sacrilege.

Can I just say this once and get it out of my system?

Playing Gershwin's "Summertime" on a solo clarinet is sacrilegious.

It sounds like a recorder. Summertime is such a classic, you cant just play it walking around the apartment. And there were no dynamics too! Look, at least play with some emotion!!!

Speaking of bad music, it would have been comparable to this (couldn't find a good English clip of this, so I apologize for the Spanish):



If anybody thought the video was out of taste, I apologize. I was merely trying to make a point.

But of course, Summertime sounding like that wouldn't sound much better at 1 AM in the morning, while yours truly was trying to get some eye-shut time.

Why doesn't anything great happen to me after 1 AM???

But yes, this time I got out of bed and gave him my 1AM-death-stare. And for the first time, it worked (of course, the last time i had to use it at 1 in the morning, it failed horribly, leading to me sleeping outside the room, frozen and close to tears... for those who remember). I was like "Keep it down, son." and he fled. Go bert.

So to you-who-shall-remain-nameless, stick to your Frodo and Sam tunes, but don't you dare touch Gershwin, or Porter, or Kern, or anyone for that matter. By golly, don't even dare touch the Sesame Street theme, it might just lose its magic.

Ok, done with ranting, and full steam ahead to the last 3 weeks of this semester!

To those who are going through finals, God is with us!

I'M OUT!!!