randomsity…
- listening to enter the haggis’ real life/alibis in the ghetto is probably a bad idea.
i’m serious.
i was on my way to west park tonight when the song came on my ipod. i got stuck at a light in a shady part of allentown when the ‘alibis’ half was playing, and a hispanic gent screamed at me ‘yea man! we do gots our alibis. and they be bullshit!’ and started rambling about how the ‘po-po don’t believe shit’.
i thought i was going to die. at least it would’ve been to a great song?
- damn, did i have a better-than-decent playing day so far, despite all the instrument!phail i’ve been having the past few days! first, i could’ve sworn a pad was leaking on my piccolo (turns out i was attempting to grip my right hand like i would my fiddle bow again haha)… the whisper key on my bassoon was going haywire yesterday (humidity is GROSS!)… i have like..four leaky pads on my clarinet… two strings snapped on my guitar when i was re-stringing a few days ago… my violin’s A string popped when i was changing the string, and i thought my soundpost was going to collapse because i thought i heard it rattling (it didn’t, thankfully!)… my keyboard’s sustain pedal almost electrocuted me… and i *think* that’s all of the instrument!phail!! i’ve had this week…
despite that, today’s been a surprisingly pretty OK playing day… my stars&stripes with muni band was the most comfortable it’s been all summer… and i went in after not having touched a piccolo in two days. it took me at least two pieces to get into my piccolo embouchure though… bassoon is not very forgiving on it some days. i like comfortable.
and my bassoon playing was not that bad either… i was pretty on top of my low register. best it’s been in a while. i did crack quite a bit doubling jean’s line in god of our fathers though… *kicks self* that half-hole on an a-flat gets me every time if i don’t pay attention to it. such a pretty tune though… actually, i just enjoyed playing that concert. it was dedicated to fred, who recently passed away. i barely knew the gent, but he was definitely a great person and a fine musician.
i may be a ‘devout’ atheist, but music is music no matter the institution it may represent… and some religious music is pretty darn gorgeous.
- my body hates me for doing stupid things to it.
i need to not get intoxicated as much as i do or something. i think i can hear my liver crying right now. 
here’s to many good nights. let’s raise a glass to amazing people and good music!
i should probably get some sleep at some point too… but what’s the fun in that?
- greece needs to stop being on fire all the time.
i hate hearing about it… and even better, everyone seems to hate the hellenic government, so they use natural disasters to complain about how they all hate it. i know they’re a bunch of sexists, morons, orthodox religious nuts and generally a bunch of f-ups, but come on! look who the US had to deal with for eight years! (greeks are amazing at complaining about everything, btw.)
- if you play a bunch of instruments pretty decently, don’t let the word get out if you’re not much of a ‘people’ person.
i’m off to play at least three more for a few hours. lucky you, i don’t mind people that much. (just the stupid ones) i’m just really exhausted right now… but i know i’ll have fun once i’m playing.
good night!
Tags: concerts, music, summer, useless drivel