Today I used my refund to buy a bottle of cheap Australian wine, and this....

[LanternWaste]

Today I used my tax refund to buy a bottle of cheap Australian wine, and this....


Already a neighbor has dropped by to... compliment my long dormant talent. I'm thinking of calling Springsteen and offering my services for a very reasonable rate-- what rock band wouldn't want a bass clarinet stealing the limelight, the groupies and the thunderous applause from them?

Eric Dolphy can bite me! Between my talent and my wine, I've already done a mean cover of Thunder Road. Move over Neal Peart-- I'm gonna do a twenty minute bass clarinet solo to Radio Days!!!


(And this is why I should never, ever post while under the influence of wine....)

[Shakespeare]

1. *gasp* I used to play one of those!!

I would occasionally switch over from my Bb clarinet in jr. high and high school to bass clarinet or sax, just for a change. Makes one of the loveliest sounds in the lower register I've ever heard. Congratulations on your new toy!!

[LanternWaste]

2. My running joke in high school

My running joke in high school was that I was considered one of the ten best bass clarinetists in TX. I never mentioned aloud that there were only ten bass clarinetists in TX.... :)

(Thanks...)

[vard28]

Very cool for you!

I switched from flute to bass clarinet in middle school 'cause they had so many flutes in our band. I picked it back up last year (I work at a middle school now) when the teachers at our school put together a staff band. I love it!

[DarkTirade]

3. ... you'd think the US 'cruel and unusual punishment' laws would forbid the sale of that device.

:shrug: