Geopardy time

So today in class, we played Jeopardy (Geo party as it has been referred to) where we were all assigned three questions and had to answer them.

Needless to say, this was an epic fail.  A big fucking epic fail.

The main failing is the way the questions were asked.  For example:

"Are double stops common on the double bass?"

Of course they are, so we answered accordingly, and we were wrong.  Here  is why this question is a fail.

1.  Does the question refer to solo lit or orchestral?
2.  Does the question refer to double stops being exclusive to the bass?
3.  How does one define common?  Like in every piece or used once or twice?

Anyway, this class sucks.  There have been numerous other retarded questions.  Such as:

"What is the biggest interval that one hand with two mallets could play on a marimba?"

I think this depends on the size of the person, and the octave that the marimba is being played in.  I mean, what if Rachmaninoff was playing marimba; I'm pretty sure he could stretch like crazy.

Well, good thing this retarded class is about to end because this class is a joke.  In other news, I'm the Wiz Khalifa.  And bitches love the theoretical physics.

Eric Marienthal

This is for Ben Lepley

Friends, Romans, Countrymen

Hey there kids

As you may or may not know this is the antithesis of Jeremy Tarshis, this, is Benjamin Lepley.

Let me tell you a little something about my good friend Jeremy. One thing about Jeremy that I would like to tell you and accentuate for the sake of this here project we have begun is the storytelling abilities of our friend Jeremy.
I can tell you on a consistent basis I see Jeremy and the first words out of my mouth are almost always,
"Hey Jeremy, tell me a story."
Now in most cases when asking this question you get some mundane, boring anecdote about nothing by someone is mediocre at best at storytelling.
 Not with Jeremy.
He will bring in the most random amazing story that will blow your mind, out of nowhere, usually concerning something blowing up, someone getting arrested from a result of one night's shenanigans, or how many bottles of whiskey an average person SHOULD drink on a daily basis....many. And these stories are ACTUALLY true.

This, my friends, means that we all should be able to get some wisdom dropped on us relatively frequently from this fine young, small, gentleman from time to time and  I would love to join him for your entertainment and introduce The Weekly Drunk.
Grab a drink, gather round, and let's have a little fun.

Benjamin Lepley

Introduction

Where to start?  Let's start with Ben Lepley.