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December 19, 2009
Valery Gergiev conducts — with a toothpick
Wrote Flautist, "I almost [soiled myself] laughing when I saw this.... Just wondered if anybody else thought it was funny."
Put me down, for one.
December 19, 2009 at 04:01 PM | Permalink
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Let's see, Miles, if I remember correctly, they say the shorter the stick, the tinier the pr - uh-oh...
Posted by: Flautist | Dec 21, 2009 6:36:54 PM
You know what they say about conductors with tiny batons don't you? ;-)
Posted by: Milena | Dec 21, 2009 2:04:15 PM
Another thing that makes it funny as hell, to me, anyway, is the way he tears through the thing. I've never heard Ruslan & Ludmilla played in such a frenzy before - he snorts through it so fast you can hardly get any of the goodie out of it. I think when he was selecting his baton to beat time with, he thought, hmmm, if I use the 12-incher, all that weight will slow me down...maybe a pencil...no, I have a swizzle stick left over from my pe-concert rum & Coke, hmmm...I've got it - this toothpick from one of those little bacon-wrapped hotdogs I ate yesterday at that fund-raiser, that'll do the trick...
Posted by: Flautist | Dec 20, 2009 2:14:54 AM
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