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February 8, 2006
Musicians Make Better Lovers
8> Equally adept at solos, duets or playing with a large
ensemble.
7> We love to play downtown.
6> We have plenty of experience making up for substandard
performance with wild enthusiasm.
5> Abilty to switch easily from 4/4 time to 6/8.
4> We had a joke about drummers and the rhythm method here, but
then we remembered this list was about musicians.
3> “Accellerando! Accellerando!! ACCELLERANDO. CRESCENDO AL
FINE!!!”
2> We know how to find your G-Clef.
warms up.
Selected from 61 submissions from 21 contributors.
Today’s Top 5 List authors are:
Rabbi Crut, Bowling Green, OH — 1 (14th #1!)
Jonathan Rosenberg, New York, NY — 2 (Rookie!)
Guy Payne, Leeds, AL — 3
Andrew Hackard, Austin, TX — 4, 6
Scott Bostick, Lake Ridge, VA — 5
Dustin Moskowitz, Skillman, NJ — 5
Jane McCabe, Laguna Hills, CA — 7
Larry Hollister, Concord, CA — 8
Matt Kall, Cleveland Heights, OH — Topic
Allan Rousselle, Redmond, WA — Banner tag
Jeffrey Anbinder, New York, NY — Maestro
(Allan Rousselle, Redmond, WA)
We have a grasp of the importance of tempo, rhythm and, most
importantly, controlled breathing.
(Bill Livingston, Decatur, AL)
Because strings know when to stroke, and when to pluck.
(Allan Rousselle, Redmond, WA)
Because particle physicists can’t excel at *everything*, dammit.
(Andy Grosser, Boston, MA)
Syncopation, syncopation, syncopation.
(Andy Grosser, Boston, MA)
If practice makes perfect, then 30,000 groupies count as
practice.
(Rabbi Crut, Bowling Green, OH)
(Jeff Rabinowitz, Wilkes-Barre, PA)
It takes a good tongue and strong hands to get a sound out of a
set of bagpipes, if you know what I mean.
(Jim G. Phynn, Horsham, PA)
No complaints about doing an encore.
(Rabbi Crut, Bowling Green, OH)
(Judith Cottrill, Bronx, New York)
We can whisper words like “fortissimo” to our lovers to heighten
the pleasure.
(Paul L. Gaba, Village of Wellington, FL)
Runners Up list name
(Bill Livingston, Decatur, AL)