halfknot

Smack dab in the middle of the NMF and RR has his new trio premiered in the Arbelos Trio's first performance. First rate. Piece and performance. Fit well in the concert. And damn, his last two pieces have been incredibly strong. This is a very good thing. Not good thing: 3 pea-brained undergrads sitting right in front of us who were obviously not paying attention to the music, just sitting through it to get their cards punched, turning around in their chairs and looking around like MTV-fed 8-year-olds, giggling whenever anyone makes a noise, and one of them even going so far as spending a good 47 seconds trying to pop a zit on his back, then apparently succeeding, and sniffing. Why would I relay such a thing? Because such things should not be implicitly tolerated and ignored. This is a temple for chrissake, or the closest I get to having one. Hell, I'll even capitalize Chrissake. At least have the decency to sit in the back if you are a complete moron, wearing a red sweater thing with a stripe across it, and a piddly little goatee, yeah you. And yes, I was passive aggressively tapping my foot to the beat against the leg of your chair for the last part of different trains. Whatcha gonna do about it?

Yes, I did close me eyes through most of it, and that always works, but these were my friends playing my friend's piece and I wanted to see it all. Anyway, tomorrow night Rize is playing Nish's piece and a solo. I'm looking forward to it. And I will be bringing my camera. I will capture any ass-scratching, cell-phone-game-playing, or generally boorish numbskullery and post wanted posters up on the school boards describing their crimes and rewards for further photo-documented punishment.

Or, just learn to let things go.