January 23, 2009
Quote of the Day
Well, hell, they knew it was going to be January. If these candyass classicists can't play in the cold, they should have hired some musicians who can. -- Ann Althouse, bummed that "Yo-Yo Ma and Itzhak Perlman faked it."
I'll laugh put pass on high dudgeon. Too cold for cellos.
Posted by John Kranz at January 23, 2009 12:23 PM
Being a huge fan of both YoYo Ma and Itzhak Perlman, The Refugee will jump to their defense. When the temp is around 20 degrees and windy, it's hard to have the manual dexterity to tie your shoes, let alone play a string instrument at a world-class level. It's not like you can play the things with gloves on, but that's what it would have sounded like if they'd tried. Had they tried, they would have been panned for sounding terrible and it would have hurt their professional reputations. Better to sound exquisite while finger-syncing than authentically frozen.
Being a huge fan of both YoYo Ma and Itzhak Perlman, The Refugee will jump to their defense. When the temp is around 20 degrees and windy, it's hard to have the manual dexterity to tie your shoes, let alone play a string instrument at a world-class level. It's not like you can play the things with gloves on, but that's what it would have sounded like if they'd tried. Had they tried, they would have been panned for sounding terrible and it would have hurt their professional reputations. Better to sound exquisite while finger-syncing than authentically frozen.
Posted by: Boulder Refugee at January 23, 2009 2:12 PMAnd not just that, but the problems of keeping strings in tune at such frigid temperatures.
It was all an evil BushCheneyRove Conspiracy (tm), I tell you!
Posted by: Perry Eidelbus at January 26, 2009 3:45 PM | What do you think? [2]