Sometimes silly, sometimes offensive, often bizarre. These are the things that make us say “ha.”
During busy weeks and months on the road - eating crap, loading junk, getting one’s knickers in a twist, making heinous sounds - it is amazing what a little VIP treatment can do for the nerves. And UMS in Ann Arbor MI have treated us like visiting royalty during our first three visits.
When in town [...]
“I think Oberlin has a football team for ironic reasons. When I started there, they hadn’t won a game in four years.”
“You know, Tim, they tried to draft me onto the team.”
“I didn’t realize you played football, Nick!”
“Um, I never have. They just walked up to me on campus and asked if I was interested [...]
Classical music geekiness does funny things to one’s sense of self.
I was sixteen, fresh on my L-Plates, and a profound, passionate choir dork. On my bumper, loud and proud, I pasted my school’s “Need a tune-up? Join a choir” sticker, thinking I was advertising my passion for a respected art-form. If passing cars honked at [...]
