You mean you can get paid for this?

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From: Pre-patinated plastic gumby block w/ coin slot
[mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Pamela S.
Follett
Sent: Friday, December 03, 2004 2:27 PM
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Subject: Re: [BP] Department of the InTerrier


Hmmm - Virtual BP violin lessons.  Ralph should go stand by his mailbox and
wait for the checks to come rolling in.

- Pam
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From: "John Callan" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, December 03, 2004 14:34
Subject: Re: [BP] Department of the InTerrier


> Cuyler,
>
> I didn't know you played the violin?!  And apparently VERY well.
>
> I need a teacher!  Preferably one who's not too sensitive about the
> time between lessons and practices, or the lack of progress.  You might
> be just the one I was looking for!  At least until we figure out that
> the technology exists to do this in real time.
>
> There is an exhibit I know, that has a beat up old violin with the
> strings aged and dangling.  The card reads something to the effect of,
> "This is a violin similar to the ones the pioneers brought with them to
> ..."  I always found it offensive because, 1.  This was supposed to be
> a real honest to goodness professional museum, 2.  These were supposed
> to be real honest to goodness serious profession exibit people and 3.
> Its not that F'n Hard to find a real GD mid 19th century fiddle and
> present it in the condition it would have been in when played!  But
> then, I'm easily offended.
>
> -jc
>
> On Dec 3, 2004, at 1:18 PM, Cuyler Page wrote:
>
> > I find it increasingly appropriate to think of museum exhibits and
> > historic
> > restorations as "performance art".   They exist temporarily due to
> > artificial (art) subjective choices by individuals (professionals) who
> > attempt to express what they believe (profess) about life's patterns
> > through
> > the work that is left for others to see, appreciate, and reflect on.
> >
> > cp in bc
> > (( player of the dulcian, performing the "Sonata Prima" (1626) by
> > Buonamente
> > for two violins, dulcian and continuo; and Monteverdi's "Scherzi
> > Musicale a
> > Tre Voci" (1607) this weekend.   The temporal nature of music is such
> > a good
> > reminder of the temporal nature of anything we do.   It exists while
> > you do
> > it, and during a concert, you only get one chance at it (and have to
> > live
> > with the results). ))
> >
> > --
> > To terminate puerile preservation prattling among pals and the
> > uncoffee-ed, or to change your settings, go to:
> > <http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/bullamanka-pinheads.html>
> >
>
> --
> To terminate puerile preservation prattling among pals and the
> uncoffee-ed, or to change your settings, go to:
> <http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/bullamanka-pinheads.html>
>

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