Just a couple of quick tidbits:
- Last night, I was part of a small group of bloggers who were invited to take a tour of the Four Seasons Centre, the new opera house at Queen and University. I’ll post a writeup before the grand opening on Sunday. I think the architects and designers did a great job in making the building unique and yet fitting it well with it surroundings — the very open design makes it feel as though it’s part of the surrounding city, which is important for a place devoted to an art form that is often perceived as cut off from the modern life.
- It must’ve been some sort of musical milestone: on Monday at Carson’s karaoke night at The Social, I met another guy who plays rock and pop on an unconventional instrument — the bassoon! After he performed Madness’ big hit, Our House (a.k.a. the Maxwell House coffee song) with an excellent bassoon solo, I joined him for what was probably the first bassoon/accordion/karaoke treatment of Led Zeppelin’s Stairway to Heaven. I imagine Robert Plant got chills down his spine at that exact moment and had no idea why.
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The Funny thing was, Jeff came up and asked if it was ok for the two of you to perform a "vertboten" song.
I'm all like - "...what forbidden song?...
and what songs do I really ever forbid?"
Ever knucklehead who requests Boheimian Rap-Shoddy always tells me this'll be the most incredible thing I've ever seen.
... it usually is... but not in the way they expected.
It still gets sung.
Sweet Child Of Mine.
Still requested.
Still sung.
...often badly.
Nothing's ever forbidden. (that's in the book, I mean)
Just nudged into something more recent and cutting edge than a 20 year old rock song.
That said
Yes, it was a first and a real treat.
There was however, a point where I was convinced that the combination of Accordion and Bassoon,
on the same stage,
at the same time
would create an explosion like the Star Trek where matter and anti-matter touched.
It was pretty damn cool.
I do enjoy being the facilitator.
Carson
Who was the basoonist?