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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000085.txt from 2006/02

From: Laura Devaney Foote <ldevaney@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [DR-L] Re: 8th grade oboist plays Weezer
Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 12:10:56 -0500

Weezer is a band. The joke is that an 8th grader, to be cool, tries to play
their songs on oboe.

At 12:04 PM 2/17/2006 -0500, you wrote:
>Actually, I think Pat has it right. . . .Weezer must be one of those oboes
>made in China and sold at Sam's Club. . . . .
>
>2 cents,
>
>B
>
>Miriam Williams wrote:
>
>>Here's a link to the article:
>>http://www.theonion.com/content/search/onion/advanced?search=oboist%20plays%20Weezer&restrict=.site:onion
>>
>>
>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Laura Devaney Foote" <ldevaney@-----.edu>
>>To: <doublereed@-----.org>
>>Sent: Friday, February 17, 2006 8:29 AM
>>Subject: Re: [DR-L] Non Sequitur Oboe mention
>>
>>>Yes! My husband pointed it out to me. I cut it out and put it on the
>>>fridge along with two "headlines" from the Onion, that read:
>>>"8th Grade oboist plays Weezer"
>>>and
>>>"Well someones gotta play oboe, screams frustrated band director"
>>>For whatever reason, the oboe is comedic gold.
>>>
>>>
>>>At 04:19 AM 2/17/2006 -0500, you wrote:
>>>
>>>>Hey there -
>>>>
>>>>Did anyone else catch the oboe reference in Wiley's cartoon "Non Sequitur"
>>>>today (err, 2/16/6)? Not sure what we oboists have done to merit a
>>>>place on the
>>>>dart board, though.
>>>>
>>>>- Phil Freihofner
>>>>
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