Journal perfessor multigeek's Journal: A Different Kind of Sound 1
Last night I went off to Williamsburg for a performance that I really now wish I could have gotten on tape. The Squeezebox Orchestra. Eighteen women playing accordians.
Let me rephrase that. Eighteen pigtailed alternachicks moonlighting from their postproduction jobs, punk bands, and thesis revisions to get together under the leadership of a middle-aged German accordian repairman fighting to bring the squeezebox to its deserved (!?) glory.
Yes, pretty much all of us had had at least one drink. No, this was not a deep and subtle experience. But my oh my did we have fun. I recommend it highly. You will never hear funk quite the same way again after you have seen a five foot seven asian woman in pigtails do an accordian-backed rendition of "It's A Man's World" with callouts from other orchestra members. All, by the way, in a perfectly credible deep alto growl with a down and dirty tone.
I love the modern world.
Rustin
Let me rephrase that. Eighteen pigtailed alternachicks moonlighting from their postproduction jobs, punk bands, and thesis revisions to get together under the leadership of a middle-aged German accordian repairman fighting to bring the squeezebox to its deserved (!?) glory.
Yes, pretty much all of us had had at least one drink. No, this was not a deep and subtle experience. But my oh my did we have fun. I recommend it highly. You will never hear funk quite the same way again after you have seen a five foot seven asian woman in pigtails do an accordian-backed rendition of "It's A Man's World" with callouts from other orchestra members. All, by the way, in a perfectly credible deep alto growl with a down and dirty tone.
I love the modern world.
Rustin
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