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I don't remember how it came up, but Stephen mentioned to me during dinner yesterday (he sat with me and we discussed how the Evensong had gone) that he'd bought a new car the day before the course started, and he was really excited about it. He could tell I wasn't a car person, and neither is he, but he thought I'd appreciate this car, so he had to show it to me sometime when I had my laptop around. A Jagyuah convertible, he explained, and I snickered and said "how midlife of you". We went on to talk about other things, including Queen and their awesomeness, and I said if he showed me the car I had to show him my recording of '39.
So, after the evening rehearsal (which, learning the Holst Nunc Dimittis that everyone loves, was pleasant, even funny at times, sometimes hilarious) I had my computer in the gym and was checking all the things I check, when he came over and sat down next to me and asked for it to show me his car. It is, indeed, gorgeous. He figured since this is the first time he's going to have a commuting job, he may as well have something nice to spend time in. So then he had to show me a coupe of funny videos about the girls' high school he's going to teach at.
One of the second sopranos came to tell him a long and articulate tale about how a German boy went up to her and her friend and asked them to "put in a little effort", which, true, is a bit of an affront, especially since those second sopranos are not the most disruptive ones and really do try. So I read Language Log with one eye and contributed to the conversation with half a brain till she went away and I could show Stephen the recording.
I hadn't expected an audience to gather, but there were people coming back from pub and you have to go through the gym to get to the dorm, so there must have been ten people crowded around my laptop, silent as death, staring at my iTunes screen. Stephen really loved it, and proceeded to name me his favorite Queen song because he could play it on the piano when he was a teenager, so we Youtubed it. That led (as Youtube is wont to do) to a 3-hour perusal of related (and unrelated) Youtube videos we thought of and had to share. Barcelona, the Freddie-Montserrat collab, to Margaret Price, to Moffo's Rach Vocalise, to more Queen, to Crash Kings, to Dean Friedman, to Tenacious D...
We stayed up till half past midnight playing on Youtube, and nearly every time he knew the bass line he'd hum or sing it the octave down, right next to me. I have rarely had so much fun.
So, after the evening rehearsal (which, learning the Holst Nunc Dimittis that everyone loves, was pleasant, even funny at times, sometimes hilarious) I had my computer in the gym and was checking all the things I check, when he came over and sat down next to me and asked for it to show me his car. It is, indeed, gorgeous. He figured since this is the first time he's going to have a commuting job, he may as well have something nice to spend time in. So then he had to show me a coupe of funny videos about the girls' high school he's going to teach at.
One of the second sopranos came to tell him a long and articulate tale about how a German boy went up to her and her friend and asked them to "put in a little effort", which, true, is a bit of an affront, especially since those second sopranos are not the most disruptive ones and really do try. So I read Language Log with one eye and contributed to the conversation with half a brain till she went away and I could show Stephen the recording.
I hadn't expected an audience to gather, but there were people coming back from pub and you have to go through the gym to get to the dorm, so there must have been ten people crowded around my laptop, silent as death, staring at my iTunes screen. Stephen really loved it, and proceeded to name me his favorite Queen song because he could play it on the piano when he was a teenager, so we Youtubed it. That led (as Youtube is wont to do) to a 3-hour perusal of related (and unrelated) Youtube videos we thought of and had to share. Barcelona, the Freddie-Montserrat collab, to Margaret Price, to Moffo's Rach Vocalise, to more Queen, to Crash Kings, to Dean Friedman, to Tenacious D...
We stayed up till half past midnight playing on Youtube, and nearly every time he knew the bass line he'd hum or sing it the octave down, right next to me. I have rarely had so much fun.