Couldn’t resist this one: do you think there’s any chance these two news items might be connected in some way? Like, if high-frequency sound affects stage machinery reliability?
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Maybe they should perform Cage’s 4’33″ instead. Maybe with several artists to compare interpretations.
Hehe. The trick would be to have stagehands playing dog whistles in the wings.
The first article describes the Sydney Opera House’s Vivid Festival: “‘So it’s a night of music for dogs, soft music and martial arts,’ [Lou] Reed said, summing up the festival.”
You mean they do Inside the Classics down there too?!
Emily, I’m working on the martial arts. I took aikido for years, but am a little rusty. Maybe in time for Rite of Spring…
Sounds like the Lou Reed concert is for the government officials who have let the Opera House go to rot…..