Klarinet Archive - Posting 000626.txt from 2002/04

From: notestaff@-----.de (David Glenn)
Subj: [kl] shadow cat and dick vigorous
Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2002 14:04:38 -0400

I second that motion! Welcome back Lelia, Shadow and Dick!

David

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Audrey Travis wrote:

> 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
> >
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > 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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