Drew McManus on the orchestra business.
After the last few days of heavy-duty posts, it is time for something light. To that end, there’s a wildly entertaining video out there called Instagram Husband (h/t @LauraKak) that is begging for a parody called Artist Assistants. Anyone who has ever witnessed the life of a personal assistant for a particularly Diva driven artist knows what that pain looks like. If anyone ever makes that video, know that I will …
No, there’s no actual lockout, today’s headline click-bait references one of the many gags in the closing story arc from Who’s Minding The Score?, which now has the final two years available in the new binge friendly format. There’s a good union related mini-arc that includes the WTF toon along with several others that result in someone receiving medical treatment for a busted-up arm. If that weren’t enough, you’ll also find …
Updates are a good thing. So are interns. Put them together and you get a brand new layout for Who’s Minding The Score?. The funniest satire-fortified carton about orchestra life to grace the intertubes. The new design sports lazy loading which means you can get through each cartoon in the series without reloading a single page (it is also the inspiration for Netflix’s autoplay feature when watching series programs and subsequently, …
Technically, this may not qualify as good news per the week of living dangerously post but it sure is funny. H/t to Marc Geelhoed for pointing out this gem of observational humor on the typical concert event masquerading as overview from the perspective of a child attending an in-school concert. It’s a turducken of sarcasm, satire, and self-deprecation that skewers so many stereotypes, it becomes difficult to keep up with which …
