2010/01/22 New York
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Hotel d'Orsay

Statman

Tonight I went to Brooklyn to listen to Andy Statman.
There were about forty people in the “performance space” of Barbès, a decent bar in Brooklyn.
The performance space was slightly bigger than my living room. Above the stage hung a neon sign that read “Hotel d’Orsay”.
Mr. Statman is a great mandolin player, but in all honesty 45 minutes of mandolin music a night is enough for me.


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Always nice to see someone with a bluegrass upbringing become a klezmer virtuoso and vice versa. The 45-minute limit for non stop listening to mandoline music is a global phenomenon, and the reason why there is no 100% mandolinemusic radiostation.
said Careca . 22/01/2010 09:24 • x
Heer Grunberg toch algelijk!
Heer Grunberg toch algelijk!
Hoedat u er toch toe komt naar een mandolinespeler te gaan luisteren. De mandoline is een van die instrumenten waarvan ik denk, het is nogal veel van hetzelfde...
Maar ik mag dat eigenlijk niet zeggen, want smaken verschillen.
Met vriendelijke groeten,
Drs. Johan Arendt Happolati
said Drs. Johan Arendt Happolati 22/01/2010 10:31 • x
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I have such an old mandoline for sale. Nice to look at, even if you don't like to hear it. Someone interested?
said Mieke Dutoit 22/01/2010 12:15 • x
Mieke
Sorry that i cant except your offer, i already got one from somebody who stole it out of an italian restaurant. How?
I dont know. You can get a mandarin out of a mandoline as you can get a limon out of a cello, but you cant get a cello out of a limon. And I feel like a limon that tried that and got squeezed.. yes, the limoncellohangover.
said Careca . 22/01/2010 13:07 • x
Careca
Too bad, the profit I intend to donate for Haïti.
said Mieke Dutoit 22/01/2010 14:07 • x
Mieke
I think the benefits will be much bigger when you and the mandoline go out to the nearest station, play Haitian Fight Song by Mingus on mandoline and beg for money. You could even leave the mandoline home cause out of what you tell me it really ties your room together.
said Careca . 22/01/2010 15:53 • x
Drs. Happolati
They ignore you, but don't be sad, I'm there for you
said Jan Allemagne 22/01/2010 19:39 • x
Arnon: mandoline + monkey
My dad plays mandoline too, in the oldest italian plectrum orchestra. :)
Anyway, I'll send you an e-mail now about your monkey.
said Valentina Freschi 22/01/2010 23:01 • x
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