Klarinet Archive - Posting 000545.txt from 2002/04
From: Audrey Travis <vsofan@-----.ca>
Subj: Re: [kl] CIM Live! Tomorrow.
Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2002 11:57:36 -0400
Hey - WELCOME BACK, LELIA! We've missed you and Shadow Cat. Hope you'll stick
around - it's more fun when you're here....
All the best,
Audrey
lelialoban@-----.com wrote:
> Mark Charette wrote,
> >The Cleveland Institute of Music will be performing
> >Mozart's "Cosi Fan Tutti" [snip date] simulcast on WCLV FM and
> >available as a live audio feed from www.wclv.com .
> >
> >You get to hear my son, Stephen Charette, playing principal.
> [Mark later corrected the recorded broadcast date to 9:00 PM EDT on April
> 26th.]
>
> Looking forward to the performance! Congratulations to Stephen for this
> achievement.
>
> Lelia Loban
>
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>
> To: "klarinet" <klarinet@-----.org>
> From: "Shadow Cat" <LeliaLoban@-----.com>
> Subject: RE: [kl] Multiphonics?
> Message-ID: <13-feline-psychic-interference-666.com>
>
> John J. O'Neill wrote,
> >>>Dear List: While practicing my Bb clarinet today, the tones suddenly
> >>>started coming out as doubles. What do you think caused the double
> >>>tones?
>
> The Guy on the Couch wrote:
> >> Two simple explanations:
> >>
> >> 1. Was there a running fan (ceiling, box, etc) anywhere in close
> >> proximity?
>
> John J. O'Neill wrote,
> >It was a floor fan! I had never experienced this phenomenon before.
> >Visions of a major overhaul danced in my head. Thanks for responding,
> >Shouryu.
>
> I'm making my stupid pet human type this. She thinks she fell asleep at the
> keyboard, while in reality, I, Shadow Cat, have taken control of her bulky,
> sloppy, inefficient, primate brain. The explanation of the double tones
> given above is altogether incorrect, alas. The truth: The tones double when
> the entire cl*r*n*t is on the verge of doubling, and more! Beware! These
> instruments of the devil breed in the night with disgusting and lascivious
> abandon, by parthenogenesis if no other cl*r*n*ts are available to satisfy
> their lust. Soon, the screech-stick larvae will crawl out of your case and
> conceal themselves all over your home. They grow alarmingly fast. One
> morning soon, you are quite likely to find more screech-sticks snuggled up
> under the blanket with you, because, when young, they make the most shameless
> attempts to ingratiate themselves with their victi
>
> -------
>
> Aaaaaah, shaddup, ya whinin yowlin feline. Nyaah, nyaah, Shadow Cat's lost
> her connection. This is Dick Vigorous hackin in here. Fer those of ya
> that's new to the list, I'm a rat. I live in Lelia's attic wall.
>
> (Yeah, yeah, yeah, I said a rat. That's right, a dirty rat. Ya got a
> problem with that? Buzz off.)
>
> Ya wanna know sumpin about that hairbag feline? She just done a week inna
> slammer, fer murder! AAAAAHAHAHAHAHA! Yup. She whacked the wrong mices.
> Tried, found guilty an stuck in a little cage. Lelia's such a softie, she
> sent Shadow Brat some food she likes, but the guards pitched it out, an fed
> her the prison food she hates. They took away her little rug an lost it,
> too. Nyaah, nyaah.
>
> Shadow Brat will probably lie, an say that when them humans gone on vacation,
> her usual kitty-sitter, ya know, the guy what comes in the house an feeds her
> way too much, he flaked on 'em at the last minute or some such crap, so they
> hadda board her at the vet's. But the truth is, them humans grabbed the
> chance to take a vacation cuz Her High-an-Mightiness was in JAIL! About
> time, too. Too bad they sprung her loose when they come home. Shoulda left
> her there for life. The house was a lot nicer without her.
>
> An don't believe nothin that lyin sack of meat says about clarinets, neither.
> Let em mate in peace! Breed as many of em as ya can get. Gotta love them
> squeaks an squawks. Man, that's my favoritest instrument inna whole world!
>
> Ya wanna know what reed is best? It's a split one with a nice raggedy tip,
> SKREEEEEKKKK!!! That's one little beef I got with Lelia, cuz just when her
> reeds are gettin broke in just right, she goes an throws em inna trash. Ya
> should keep the split reeds an play me an my friends some squeaks, super
> high-pitch squeaks, okay? Cuz us rats is yer biggest fans. An them double
> tone squeaks is the best of all!
>
> Yers truly,
> Dick Vigorous, Rodent Extraordinaire.
> P. S. That's French. Hahahahaha. Learnt some French off a cargo ship rat.
> He knowed eight human languages an' forty-seven non-human ones including a
> little bit of Millipede, and lemme tell ya, Millipede lingo ain't easy to
> learn when ya only got 4 legs. Not that bugs is much in the conversation
> department, but he learnt enough to say howdy-do before he et em.
>
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