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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000081.txt from 2004/05

From: arri bachrach <abachrach@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [DR-L] Air Bassoon
Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 17:01:22 -0400

sounds like an air-head..

AB

>ADELAIDE, Sunday: A cultivated male teenager was last night observed
>inside his bedroom, playing "air bassoon" in front of a full-length mirror.
>
>The 17-year-old student was rapturously miming syncopated bassoon
>fingering along with a Brahms concerto which was playing loudly on his CD
>player.
>
>The cultured teen said he liked to fantasize in front of the mirror,
>pretending he was playing first bassoon in one of Europe's major concert
>halls. He said he thought blowing into an imaginary woodwind reed, in
>addition to its escapism value, was a wonderful way to release pent-up
>teenage angst.
>
>"Often when I go to live recitals, I like to stand right up the front with
>the other teenagers so I can air bassoon with them in the moshpit," he said.
>
>The boy's parents said that in previous years they've also caught him in
>his bedroom playing air oboe, air timpani and air French horn.
>
>
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