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December 23, 2010
Reader Comments (35)
Choir conducting can be legitimate. The choir teacher at my high school spent a boatload of money and 5 years on his training. But yeah, in the case of average carolers though, it's probably not.
I've had the same thought about conductors before.
My conductor conducts with his middle fingers and sometimes I do the same back.
I have often thought this about conductors as well.
Ive often thought the exact same thing...
Hahaha!
I've often thought the same thing...
Thank god I'm not the only one who thinks this way.
But metronomes make one of the more annoying sounds in the world...
and first? It's still a great feat to have no life first, right?
Good point made by the author that sometimes you need to vent.You need to somehow release your anger from you heart.But sometimes venting also increases the tension.So its better to keep your cool
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:) good one
Well done - very seasonal with the carols while still being interdenominationally inclusive. Afterall, the first part of Festivus is the airing of the grievances
LOVE the last panel, Scott-- the entire page is a work of inspired genius, as per usual!
Frame 3 is awesome! I would also respect a mini lightsaber (damn inaccurate metronome).
As a choral conducting student, I must say. Now that I've been given the idea, I'm going to give the choir the finger the next time the tenors forget their part.
Awesome comic! :)
Well, I'll skip over the bit where I point out everything that conductors actually CAN do to influence a performance in real time. Instead, I will ruefully agree that for many choirs (and probably 95%+ of choirs caroling at the mall), no-one will have their heads out of their music long enough to observe the time of day, let alone the conductor's vain ministrations. Well said, comic-man.
Excellent! I've often felt the same way...
> Studies show that venting actually makes you angrier, and is pointless.
> Like many pointless things, it is really satisfying.
See David Brin's "Open Letter to Researchers of Addiction, Brain Chemistry, and Social Psychology" (2005) about addiction to self-righteous indignation.
www.davidbrin.com/addiction.htm
By "crosses all boundaries of ideology," I'm sure that Westin et. al. were referring only to people who disagree with me, and all of the other independent-minded correct-thinkers who share my opinions and world view.
Wow, just what i needed. I was just venting about a family member that stole something from me. Now i feel a little better, thanks Scott.
"Like many pointless things, it is really satisfying"
So true...
Love the new pictures in the third panel. You do really great work. Keep it up! And Merry Christmas. :)
The conductor is useful in a large arrangement to make sure people on the far sides of the room can play at the same time without being able to hear each other over loud ass instruments. Otherwise, I agree, fuck that guy.
I created a conductor robot. It's a metronome with stern eyebrows painted on.
Hahaha! "No, that I'd respect" You Star Wars geek.
I grew up in a tiny tiny town, our choir instructor got the job because he was the only teacher in the school who could play a musical instrument. All things considered he did a decent job.
I always especially liked the "affectionately bemused" Missy pose from panel 2.
But regarding her posture in panel 3: she doesn't always stand like that, does she? I'd call a shoulder tilt as extreme as that a bonafide postural abnormality. If that's a regular stance for her to be in, she should maybe see a chiropractor or a massage therapist or something.
Just trying to be helpful. :P