Archive for the ‘Funny’ Category

Geek test

Sunday, January 8th, 2006

Sadly, I rated 35.10848% Major Geek: Geek Test: the original test from innergeek Hat tip to slat rat.

Old joke

Sunday, January 8th, 2006

Old bass joke to make you groan: musicmutt: A fun little story A friend of a friend of a friend of mine told me this little tale of one of our local symphony orchestras doing a rendition of Beethoven's 9th symphony. There is a passage in this piece where the bass section ...

Bribery

Friday, December 23rd, 2005

Capitalism is inherent in some children. I found this morning that if I give Max a nickel for each bite, he'll eat things that he normally refuses to touch. Fine he can start saving for college this way. As I speak, Dylan is multitasking between sticking things in the toilet ...

Opera l33tspeak

Friday, December 2nd, 2005

Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise: Joe Volpe gets hip Sharp-eyed reader Nora Renka noticed that the drop curtain at the Met's Romeo et Juliette features a medieval figure reading a book, and on the book is written the phrase "LORVM IPSVM ALL YOVR BASE ARE BELONG TO VS." W00t! :D

Failing

Monday, November 7th, 2005

Failing is indeed a very difficult piece for double bass. This is a nice little low-fi version of a performance posted over at violinist.com that is great for giving you an idea of what the piece is about. Very funny! I had never actually heard this piece, though I've heard ...