Time To Lighten Up

After a few days of heavy-duty posts, it’s time to lighten the mood a bit, and what better way than visiting some of the latest tweets from two of my favorite cathartic watering holes.

Can we just change the mission statement of the orchestra to: "continuing the tradition of playing white male composers for decades to come"

— Shit Orchestra Musicians Say (@OrchestraSay) April 29, 2019

Even though it went through 15 rounds of proofing, there’s a typo in the season brochure.

— Shit Arts Administrators Say (@artsadminssay) April 29, 2019

General rule should be: you're not allowed to ask a question in rehearsal if the only purpose is to show everyone just how goddamn smart you think you are. #STFU

— Shit Orchestra Musicians Say (@OrchestraSay) April 13, 2019

Everyone is against you, nobody listens to you, you are practically invisible. Maybe you should quit–then they'd all know how valuable you a really were—said every musician, staff member, and board member in the orchestra.

— Shit Orchestra Musicians Say (@OrchestraSay) April 16, 2019

One (notoriously cranky) patron called to complain so that must mean all our patrons feel the same way.

— Shit Arts Administrators Say (@artsadminssay) April 13, 2019

Let’s get a group of white men together to teach us about diversity and inclusion in the arts.

— Shit Arts Administrators Say (@artsadminssay) February 19, 2019

Let's pick 5-7 of the hardest works in the rep, schedule only one rehearsal, and try to impress kids at children's concerts.

— Shit Orchestra Musicians Say (@OrchestraSay) March 26, 2019

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