nessus@mit-eddie.UUCP (Doug Alan) (10/16/85)
While we're on the subject of dropping picks.... Once when I saw Birdsongs of the Mesozoic, Martin Swope dropped his pick in the middle of a piece and couldn't find where it went, so he grabbed a matchbook and played the rest of the piece perfectly using the matchbook as a pick! Now that's talent.... -Doug Alan nessus@mit-eddie.UUCP (or ARPA)
gjk@talcott.UUCP (John) (10/16/85)
In article <102@mit-eddie.UUCP>, nessus@mit-eddie.UUCP (Doug Alan) writes: > Once when I saw Birdsongs of the Mesozoic, Martin Swope dropped his pick > in the middle of a piece and couldn't find where it went, so he grabbed > a matchbook and played the rest of the piece perfectly using the > matchbook as a pick! Now that's talent.... No, that's not talent...I'll tell you what talent is: I once saw Itzhak Perlman drop his bow while playing a Mozart piece. So he pulled out a hacksaw and played the rest of the performace perfectly...without damaging his Stradavarius! -- abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ^ ^^
etan@tellab1.UUCP (Nate Stelton) (10/23/85)
In article <530@talcott.UUCP> gjk@talcott.UUCP (John) writes: >In article <102@mit-eddie.UUCP>, nessus@mit-eddie.UUCP (Doug Alan) writes: >> Once when I saw Birdsongs of the Mesozoic, Martin Swope dropped his pick >> in the middle of a piece and couldn't find where it went, so he grabbed >> a matchbook and played the rest of the piece perfectly using the >> matchbook as a pick! Now that's talent.... > >No, that's not talent...I'll tell you what talent is: > >I once saw Itzhak Perlman drop his bow while playing a Mozart piece. So he >pulled out a hacksaw and played the rest of the performace perfectly...without >damaging his Stradavarius! I remember seeing one of the three stooges saw a cello in half under similar circumstances -- a prime example of NO TALENT. -etan
barth@tellab1.UUCP (Barth Richards) (10/24/85)
In article <661@tellab1.UUCP> etan@tellab1.UUCP (Nate Stelton) writes: >In article <530@talcott.UUCP> gjk@talcott.UUCP (John) writes: > >>In article <102@mit-eddie.UUCP>, nessus@mit-eddie.UUCP (Doug Alan) writes: >> >>> Once when I saw Birdsongs of the Mesozoic, Martin Swope dropped his pick >>> in the middle of a piece and couldn't find where it went, so he grabbed >>> a matchbook and played the rest of the piece perfectly using the >>> matchbook as a pick! Now that's talent.... >> >>No, that's not talent...I'll tell you what talent is: >> >>I once saw Itzhak Perlman drop his bow while playing a Mozart piece. So he >>pulled out a hacksaw and played the rest of the performace perfectly...without >>damaging his Stradavarius! > >I remember seeing one of the three stooges saw a cello in half under similar >circumstances -- a prime example of NO TALENT. As I remember that Three Stooges episode, they were in the midst of Oozgood Pfortz's SYMPHONY FOR DOGS RELIEVING THEMSELVES ON THE SIDEWALK, and flawlessly executed the five minute long string of 132nd notes (in flattened fifths) while bifurcating said cello. NOW THAT'S TALENT!!! Barth Richards Tellabs, Inc. Lisle, IL "Ah, the Norweigian Blue. Beautiful plumage..."