Comments on: The Clap http://theomniscientmussel.com/2009/06/the-clap-video/ Classical Music & Culture Sun, 14 Mar 2010 11:24:51 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Helen http://theomniscientmussel.com/2009/06/the-clap-video/comment-page-1/#comment-3656 Helen Thu, 18 Jun 2009 08:48:00 +0000 http://theomniscientmussel.com/?p=4135#comment-3656 Loved this! And it's always a pleasure to see Kayvan Novak (aka Fonejacker) without his balaklava! Loved this!

And it’s always a pleasure to see Kayvan Novak (aka Fonejacker) without his balaklava!

]]> By: Miss Mussel http://theomniscientmussel.com/2009/06/the-clap-video/comment-page-1/#comment-3655 Miss Mussel Wed, 17 Jun 2009 19:12:55 +0000 http://theomniscientmussel.com/?p=4135#comment-3655 PEOPLE ARE SO WEIRD - timing a performance? Attempts to quantitatively measure a qualitative experience are strange to me though simply because I really don't see the point. Even record collecting doesn't appeal on those grounds. When I see someone with a score and a pencil at a concert I always want to ask them why they didn't just stay home and listen. But then again, it is the weirdos that are the most interesting in an anthropological sense. PEOPLE ARE SO WEIRD – timing a performance? Attempts to quantitatively measure a qualitative experience are strange to me though simply because I really don’t see the point. Even record collecting doesn’t appeal on those grounds.

When I see someone with a score and a pencil at a concert I always want to ask them why they didn’t just stay home and listen.

But then again, it is the weirdos that are the most interesting in an anthropological sense.

]]> By: Nicole http://theomniscientmussel.com/2009/06/the-clap-video/comment-page-1/#comment-3654 Nicole Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:55:47 +0000 http://theomniscientmussel.com/?p=4135#comment-3654 Love this video. Makes me think of all of the annoying habits of Audience Members I Have Known. One of them liked to know exactly how long various people's performances of different movements or pieces were (so that he could ... what? go home and compare the data with some ginormous database?), so about a second after you'd start playing, he'd turn the stopwatch on his digital watch on with a beep. Guess what's on all my live recordings from that period? Yep. I cannot tell you how tickled I am that the way to distinguish between the two versions of Pride and Prejudice is to call this one the wet-shirt version, for obvious reasons. I thoroughly approve. :) Love this video. Makes me think of all of the annoying habits of Audience Members I Have Known. One of them liked to know exactly how long various people’s performances of different movements or pieces were (so that he could … what? go home and compare the data with some ginormous database?), so about a second after you’d start playing, he’d turn the stopwatch on his digital watch on with a beep. Guess what’s on all my live recordings from that period? Yep.

I cannot tell you how tickled I am that the way to distinguish between the two versions of Pride and Prejudice is to call this one the wet-shirt version, for obvious reasons. I thoroughly approve. :)

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