Klarinet Archive - Posting 000105.txt from 2002/09

From: "Gary Fleming" <noblespear@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] News for Foodies
Date: Sat, 7 Sep 2002 20:43:21 -0400

Abe;
I believe the vegetable name was 'aubergine'(eggplant), not
aborigine-GaryTo: <klarinet@-----.org>
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> Date: Sat, 7 Sep 2002 09:46:25 -0700
> To: <klarinet@-----.org>
> From: "Avrahm Galper" <agalper@-----.com>
> Subject: News for foodies
> Message-ID: <000701c2568e$1c048c00$d2fcfea9=agalper>
>
> News for foodies
> The Vienna Vegetable Orchestra, which plays carved-out carrots,
aborigines,
> pumpkins and other vegetables, has been playing to packed houses says the
> Sunday Telegraph.
> Jorg Piringer who plays the "gurkophone" (a horns made from a hollowed
out
> cucumber) leads the band of 10 to 20 players.
> These musicians carve their instruments before each concert.
> Afterwards a cook adds them to a big pot of soup or stew for the players
and
> audience to share.
> The vegetables, say aficionados, bears comparison to the best electronic
> music.
>
> tone, technique and staccato
> upbeat scales and arpeggios
> eine kleine klezmer music
> http://www.avrahm-galper.woodwind.org
>
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>
> Date: Sat, 07 Sep 2002 08:10:15 -0600
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> From: Richard Bush <rbushidioglot@-----.com>
> Subject: Re: [kl] News for foodies
> Message-ID: <3D7A08C7.9080401@-----.com>
>
> While they might be fun to listen to, I
> sure wouldn't want to eat a cucumber
> that's full of a "gurkophonist's" spit!
> My wife doesn't even like me to use the
> kitchen sink to wash out my clarinet
> mouthpiece.
>
> Avrahm Galper wrote:
>
> > News for foodies
> > The Vienna Vegetable Orchestra, which plays carved-out carrots,
aborigines,
> > pumpkins and other vegetables, has been playing to packed houses says
the
> > Sunday Telegraph.
> > Jorg Piringer who plays the "gurkophone" (a horns made from a hollowed
out
> > cucumber) leads the band of 10 to 20 players.
> > These musicians carve their instruments before each concert.
> > Afterwards a cook adds them to a big pot of soup or stew for the players
and
> > audience to share.
> > The vegetables, say aficionados, bears comparison to the best electronic
> > music.
> >
> > tone, technique and staccato
> > upbeat scales and arpeggios
> > eine kleine klezmer music
> > http://www.avrahm-galper.woodwind.org
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> >
> >
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Sat, 7 Sep 2002 09:18:10 -0700 (PDT)
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> From: w8wright@-----.net (William Wright)
> Subject: Re: [kl] News for foodies
> Message-ID: <27450-3D7A26C2-122@-----.net>
>
> Finally! Now we have a true opportunity to settle the age-old
> question:
>
> Does material make a difference?
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Sat, 7 Sep 2002 12:55:33 EDT
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> From: JMarioneau@-----.com
> Subject: Re: [kl] News for foodies
> Message-ID: <105.1b78bea9.2aab8985@-----.com>
>
> I once saw Peter Schickle play an instrument made of a hot dog. I think
he
> called it a weiner whistle. He would play it, then eat some of the bottom
of
> it then play some more until finally, after the song was over, he ate the
> last bite. He said that if you got hungry during the rests, you could
snack
> on the instrument, but one problem was that you could not play the song
again
> because the instrument was gone.
> James Marioneaux
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Sat, 7 Sep 2002 18:05:09 +0100
> To: <klarinet@-----.org>
> From: "Ian Black" <clarinet1@-----.uk>
> Subject: RE: [kl] News for foodies
> Message-ID: <INEGKJJOEKOIEBOKPBLPCEDKDBAA.clarinet1@-----.uk>
>
> Er.... Aborigines? While I'm sure few of these fine people use a computer
> regularly, but implying they're vegetables is going a bit far ;-)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Avrahm Galper [mailto:agalper@-----.com]
> Sent: 07 September 2002 17:46
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: [kl] News for foodies
>
> News for foodies
> The Vienna Vegetable Orchestra, which plays carved-out carrots,
aborigines,
> pumpkins and other vegetables, has been playing to packed houses says the
> Sunday Telegraph.
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Sat, 7 Sep 2002 18:12:06 +0100
> To: <klarinet@-----.org>
> From: "Ian Black" <clarinet1@-----.uk>
> Subject: RE: [kl] News for foodies
> Message-ID: <INEGKJJOEKOIEBOKPBLPIEDKDBAA.clarinet1@-----.uk>
>
> Why oh why don't I actually read these before hitting "Send"?
>
> I've removed the extraneous (and erroneous) "but".
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ian Black [mailto:clarinet1@-----.uk]
> Sent: 07 September 2002 18:05
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: RE: [kl] News for foodies
>
> Er.... Aborigines? While I'm sure few of these fine people use a computer
> regularly, implying they're vegetables is going a bit far ;-)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Avrahm Galper [mailto:agalper@-----.com]
> Sent: 07 September 2002 17:46
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: [kl] News for foodies
>
> News for foodies
> The Vienna Vegetable Orchestra, which plays carved-out carrots,
aborigines,
> pumpkins and other vegetables, has been playing to packed houses says the
> Sunday Telegraph.
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Sat, 7 Sep 2002 10:47:38 -0700 (PDT)
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> From: w8wright@-----.net (William Wright)
> Subject: Re: [kl] News for foodies
> Message-ID: <22602-3D7A3BBA-388@-----.net>
>
> I'm trying to be serious about this. How do you play a hot dog?
>
> <><> James Marioneaux wrote:
> I once saw Peter Schickle play an instrument made of a hot dog.
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Sat, 7 Sep 2002 10:52:19 -0700 (PDT)
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> From: w8wright@-----.net (William Wright)
> Subject: Re: [kl] News for foodies
> Message-ID: <22597-3D7A3CD3-778@-----.net>
>
> ....and if someone says "with relish", I'll call the pun police.
>
> <><> I'm trying to be serious about this. =A0 How do you play a hot dog?
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Sat, 7 Sep 2002 15:20:16 EDT
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> From: JMarioneau@-----.com
> Subject: Re: [kl] News for foodies
> Message-ID: <7a.2c98fb15.2aabab70@-----.com>
>
> To seriously (as seriously as possible with this topic) try to answer your
> question, it looked like he had drilled a hole down the length of it, then
> drilled finger holes in it. It seemed like he carved the part that you
blow
> in into something like a recorder mouthpiece, but I am not sure about
that.
> He actually did this when he was a guest on the Tonight Show when Johnny
> Carson was the host. I don't know if there is a way to find out how he
did
> this, but maybe you can e mail the University of Southern North Dakota at
> Hoople.
> I won't say that you you play the weiner whistle "with relish", but if
> someone could ever hear it played again, they would be so happy they might
> exclaim "Hot Dog!"
> No bun....er pun intended (yes there was).
> James Marioneaux
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Sat, 7 Sep 2002 09:11:09 -0700
> To: "Klarinet Digest (Mail)" <klarinet@-----.org>
> From: "James Lytthans" <lytthans@-----.net>
> Subject: Fernau Quote
> Message-ID: <000e01c25689$2d8081a0$c400a8c0=jimscomputer>
>
> <Wer glücklich ist, fühlt; wer unglücklich ist, denkt>
>
> Roughly: He who is happy, feels; he who is unhappy, thinks.
>
> Think About it. Do you feel what he is saying?
>
> --------
> Jim Lytthans
> Anaheim, CA
> http://home.earthlink.net/~lytthans/index.htm
> Principal Clarinet - La Mirada Symphony Orchestra
> http://www.cityoflamirada.org/symphony.htm
> Concertmaster and Associate Conductor
> Claremont Symphonic Winds
> http://www.its.caltech.edu/~dooley/csw.html
>
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>
> Date: Sat, 7 Sep 2002 10:18:46 -0700 (PDT)
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> From: Neil Leupold <leupold_1@-----.com>
> Subject: Re: [kl] Fernau Quote
> Message-ID: <20020907171846.75377.qmail@-----.com>
>
> --- James Lytthans <lytthans@-----.net> wrote:
>
> <<Wer glücklich ist, fühlt; wer unglücklich ist, denkt>>
>
> > Roughly: He who is happy, feels; he who is unhappy, thinks.
> > Think About it. Do you feel what he is saying?
>
> I speak German, James. 'Quite capable of translating the text. It's as
> if you didn't read what I wrote though, given your response, which is a
> little redundant. Fernau's little platitude above is absurd. I would
> almost be inclined to reverse the logic, for I've found that, in large
> part, those who swim through life in a sea of emotions, seldom to feel
> the ground beneath them, are often robbed of an appreciation for their
> own happy times. Some back-of-the-hand-on-the-forehead calamity looms
> ever large in the near distance, seemingly to splash a wave of misery
> upon whatever good tidings were fleetingly enjoyed beforehand. A vari-
> ation on this theme can be equally applied to the chronic contemplators
> of the world. Better to exist on a plane somewhere between the two
> extremes.
>
> "All things in moderation, including moderation."
>
> Neil
>
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