[UFO Chicago] Foster Ensemble Concert

[Elliot Shank]

On Mon, 2001-12-17 at 01:14, Peter A. Peterson II wrote:
> I'm glad you enjoyed it, and I'm sorry that I got my directions
> screwed up. Like I said, I've stayed out of all those arrangements,
> and only knew where it was myself this Thursday. Not that that's an
> excuse. But like I said, I'm glad you enjoyed it, and I'm honored that
> you would want to come hear us sing.

Well, I was interested in the Latin/Renaissance bits the most.  Of the
pop stuff, I'd say I liked your version of Silent Night the best.

> I was thinking tonight, that for us, there's a certain childish
> novelty that I think lives inside musicians (and many other people
> too, i'm sure) but like, when you're a baby, and you learn to blow
> spit bubbles, you're just so fascinated by it, and amazed at yourself,
> that you just blow spit bubbles constantly for weeks. There's
> something the same, at least for me, in singing -- because for us,
> what we do is not a big deal, any more than writing a program is
> magical (although some people think it is), but we take a lot of joy
> in singing and in making music together, sort of out of wonder that 8
> people and some printed paper can make music. It's one of those
> innocent, "look what I can do!" kind of things, not a "look at me,
> look at me!" kind of things. 

For me, it's a "look at what I can't do" thing!  Amongst the other
things I inherited from my dad is the inability to sing.  I'm plain
awful.  I can't carry a tune at all.  With one weird exception: I find I
can sing along decently with the Violent Femmes.  Dunno what that says
about Gordon Gano's abilities.  ;]


n.p. Wire (the entire output of which got ogg'd today) "The Finest
Drops" from "A Bell is a Cup Until It is Struck"