Re: [microsound] richard devine sets some fancy keyboard alight...

[Philip Orr <orr.philip@xxxxxxxxx>]

can i just add, the crowd were gay.

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From: "graham miller" <grahammiller@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "microsound" <microsound@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2005 3:15 AM
Subject: Re: [microsound] richard devine sets some fancy keyboard alight...


> it's quite obvious that weird al yankovic was the first performer to
> EVER do this, most notably in his infamous 'star spangled banner'
> rendition, where he lit his accordion on fire, and then proceeded ravage
> it in front of quite literally DOZENS of awe-struck people at an
> internationally acclaimed polka rally. indubitably one of popular
> music's most poignantly political moments, burned forever into the
> collective conscience of a nascent 'me' generation still lamenting the
> all too abrupt cancellation of ALF, without so much of a network word as
> to whether our furry protagonist escaped the evil clutches of the alien
> task force.  they say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but
> clearly, the so-called 'mr. devine,' is out of his league.  a lonely
> cubicle in the native instruments warehouse awaits him, along with
> funfur shackles, and the empty, self-gratifying, promise of free porn in
> return for more, and more, and more, of his clever presets and quirky
> post-modern patches. ah, richard, as the synchronous pumping of asthma
> sprays that signified your fleeting ascent into musical martyrdom
> evaporate like a lonely reverb trail with no attack to call its own,
> remember your mentors, remember your lineage. remember weird al.
> 
> 
> g.
> 
> 
> 
> jon wrote:
> 
> > http://www.openlabs.com/press/newsflash-neko_fire.html
> >
> > hmm...
> >
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