The most curious man in the world ([info]i_blues_joo) wrote,
@ 2006-06-21 11:12:00
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Current music:Rachmaninoff - Trio Elegiaque for Piano, Violin, and Cello

He was famous for his bluegrass piano.


Yesterday's journey.

I was going to finish the trip and get to Memphis today, but I got a late start and the war wound is giving me grief, so I'm trapped in Knoxville until tomomrrow. The blues festival doesn't start until Friday anyway. I'm walking it off, ogling the legs at the Womens' Basketball Hall of Fame. Then I'm going to buy some popcorn and watch the crippled kids. Good times.

My hotel looks out on the World's Fair Park, including a big fucking statue of Rachmaninoff. No. I don't know why. Rach-fucking-maninoff. In Knoxville.


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[info]wanderingwidget
2006-06-21 04:36 pm UTC (link)
Be sure to wear the baseball cap and the big sunglasses, to complete that 'total perve' chic.

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[info]i_blues_joo
2006-06-22 02:46 pm UTC (link)
Well, yeah. That's why I brought my John Deere hat.

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[info]wanderingwidget
2006-06-22 03:45 pm UTC (link)
Obviously.

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[info]tienriu
2006-06-21 04:46 pm UTC (link)
Well, they need something they can point to and say "It's not just blues, country and rock here - we listen to classical music too!" right?

Or alternatively (and somewhat less stereotypically), could be to commemorate his last concert before his death a few months later.

(dude, wouldn't it be cool if Rachmaninoff haunted the World's Fair in Knoxville?)

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[info]i_blues_joo
2006-06-22 02:45 pm UTC (link)
I think that would be very sad. Very, very sad.

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[info]juniper200
2006-06-21 04:54 pm UTC (link)
Then I'm going to buy some popcorn and watch the crippled kids.

Please note it is considered bad form to toss the kids popcorn ala "Poisoning Pigeons in the Park." I cannot be counted upon for bail money.

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[info]i_blues_joo
2006-06-22 02:45 pm UTC (link)
What if they ask? Am I allowed to make them do tricks?

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[info]juniper200
2006-06-22 02:49 pm UTC (link)
Yes, but no Thunderdome.

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[info]annechen67
2006-06-21 07:06 pm UTC (link)
What, nothing showing at the Bijou? [checks listing] Eh, not tonight.

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[info]venilia
2006-06-21 11:49 pm UTC (link)
Why? Because people like to put up statues of well known persons. It makes them (the first party) feel important.

Why Rachmaninoff? Well, why not? At least its probably not in the middle of the fucking street, causing a serious driving hazard like a certain pointless statue near my house.

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[info]i_blues_joo
2006-06-22 01:38 pm UTC (link)
See, but that would at least make it funny. A twelve-foot statue of a classical legend in the middle of Knoxville, Tennessee, that's just sad.

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[info]marissa_214
2006-06-22 03:22 am UTC (link)
Oh, and the "Sunsphere" which is oh so beautiful. hah.

You drove right through my hometown!!

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[info]i_blues_joo
2006-06-22 01:38 pm UTC (link)
You lived somewhere I drove right through!!

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