[78-L] tasting... tasting the magic shortening that spreads like lard

[buster]

A technique most expertly applied, albeit unintentionally, by intrepid reporter and winner of 16 diction awards, ...ly Ballou.

On Mar 27, 2012, at 9:23 AM, David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca> wrote:

> And then there's going up to a microphone and moving your lips silently till 
> you get to the words "..this f*****g thing on?" A million laughs. (One of the 
> BeeGees was in the touring company of Pirates of Penzance that played the Royal 
> Alex in Toronto in the early 80s or whenever that was around, and his mike kept 
> cutting out during his "Pirate King" aria but worked fine when he stormed 
> backstage and said "F*****g mike wouldn't work.")
> 
> dl
> 
> On 3/27/2012 12:16 PM, Malcolm Rockwell wrote:
>> We did the same "tasting, tasting..." in San Francisco in the 1960s when
>> checking microphones on stage. I imagine someone is still doing it
>> today. Not so much clever as it is timeless.
>> Malcolm
>> 
>> *******
>> 
>> On 3/27/2012 2:42 AM, umashankar wrote:
>>> that is not fair. it is the exclusive right of bengalees to shout tasting tasting tasting into microphones and on to loud loudspeakers, (i one digitised 50 audio cassettes which all began on both sides with someone very loudly saying tasting, tasting, tasting. it was recorded in bengal
>>> 
>>> umashankar
>>> 
>>> i have published my poems. you can read (or buy) at http://stores.lulu.com/umashankar
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> ________________________________
>>>> From: Malcolm Rockwell<malcolm at 78data.com>
>>>> To: 78-L Mail List<78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 10:13 AM
>>>> Subject: [78-L] tasting... tasting
>>>> 
>>>> Is 78-L down? I haven't gotten a thing all day.
>>>> So this is a test, I guess.
>>>> Malcolm
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