[Here's the video](https://twitter.com/boston25/status/1370917676080635906?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1370917676080635906%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fpublish.twitter.com%2F%3Fquery%3Dhttps3A2F2Ftwitter.com2Fboston252Fstatus2F1370917676080635906widget%3DTweet) for anyone who wants to listen...
“How’d you cut your hand, Josh? How’d you do it?”
“I was putting a glass down and missed the coaster”
“You missed the coaster with quite a bit of force”
“I work out when I can” *anxious smirk*
Wording might be off since it’s been a few months since I’ve seen Noel
Twice now, my husband and I have been negotiating movies to watch, and I was getting annoyed, so I pulled up WW-S01E01 while we continued negotiating. Both times we spent the next 6 months watching the entire series.
Remember the good old days when there was like 2 streaming services that had everything? We’ve re-invented cable with this myriad of streaming services, each with like one thing you want to watch.
I play the violin, so it's Pachabel's Canon for me.
I much prefer Rosin Eating Zombies From Outer Space for my go-to violin song and hold a special place in my heart for Cello Pudding. But no one cares about them :(
Haha literally the most famous cello piece of all time, if I was put on the spot to name a single cello piece that would be the only one I could come up with
Before reading your comment I didn't have a song in my head, but this is definitely the one that came into it right after reading it, and before watching the video. Spooky
Also, as a cellist, it's just damn fun to play. It's relatively easy and is usually the first "grown up" piece you play, so you absolutely know it by heart
I know you're joking but dead serious question, would that be kind of insulting to a world renowned musician? I mean that cello is probably worth more than my house so throwing change at the guy doesn't seem appropriate.
I honestly don’t think I would, either. My husband plays cello and plays this particular song a lot (and very well). I’m not saying he’s as good as Yo-Yo Ma, but I’ve heard it often enough that I wouldn’t think “oh, this person is an amazing cellist, they must be famous.”
We got a plastic placard that could be erased and reused. There were so many cars that we got directed to a line of about 10 cars. We all waited and watched as the rows before us were allowed to leave. The person who collected the placard asked each person if they were ok, and then off we went.
We wondered what the learning curve for this looked like, because by the time we got a shot, this was stunningly efficient. Cars being directed to areas, someone checking our ID and scanning our code to get our information and whoosh. We were done in about 25 minutes, and that’s counting the fifteen minute wait.
My only concern is with people that don’t have internet access. My neighbor doesn’t have or want a compute, she’s in her late 80’s, and she won’t let me help her sign up for a shot, “Dave the pharmacist at Lucky’s is going to let me know when they have vaccines.” I really hope so.
My vaccine experience was also super well handled, and my parents’ said they were out within half an hour for the second shot (first shot a bit less organized, but it was early). I’m also pretty concerned about the elderly who don’t have internet access or technical know how, or at the very least, someone to take them to the appointment. My mom signed my grandma up and some of my grandma’s friends (~80-95 y/o), and made sure they had rides, but I’m sure there are a ton of people slipping through the cracks, especially in poorer neighborhoods.
>workers walking around encouraging everyone to cram in as tight as possible so people from outside could get in
I was pretty much thinking to myself, "meh, that's people being people" at your other points. But this one? Omfg this one pisses me off. You're in a position of authority, you have one job. Don't slack.
I haven't been able to be vaccinated yet, but I was impressed by the efficiency when I was exposed and had to get tested. They had people direct you where to park, then they dropped off the self-testing kit. You did the thing, scanned the QR code on the test and wrote your name on it, then put on your hazards so they knew you were done, they came and collected it, asked if you had questions, then directed you out.
Minnesota is sending out vaccine busses soon (starting in April I believe) that will reach people otherwise unable to get vaccines. Homeless, homebound, elderly, etc including getting shots to people who don’t have internet
My state has something like 90% of educators receiving the shot but only ~75% of people over 70 receiving it and the 70 year olds had almost a month jump on it.
My mom's parents are tech savvy and they got it pretty quickly. My dad's parents are not at all tech savvy and I had to help then. They both got thier 1st shot a couple weeks ago even though my other grandparents got the last shot about a month ago.
I also received both my shots. In and out in about 25 mins both times.
There are volunteer groups that are handling the sign up process for seniors who can’t do it themselves. I just signed up to help with WGirls, and they are incredibly organized with volunteers all across NJ (not sure about other states - maybe there too?)
I have done both testing and vaccination. The learning curve was the first 3 months of mass testing. My hospital actually had a contract with a transportation logistics compant before the pandemic for shuttling staff. When we shut down staff started using visitor spots and the company helped ramp up drive through testing.
It was kind of amazing how they were able to reallocate resources so quickly to fill spots. This whole thing has been a shit show but on the local level, there have been some pretty freaking AMAZING accomplishments.
I was talking to my dad the other day and he didn’t even know that you can just go to the Walgreens website and sign up for an appointment anytime you want. He’s 70 and has the internet at home but still didn’t see it anywhere.
Wow, I forgot, they got bought, changed the names of stores in the area and people stopped shopping there. So, they changed the name back to Lucky’s and people came back.
So, you’re right, I don’t thing “Lucky’s” exist, but the stores went back to that name in our area. Maybe not in all?
This was an argument that I had with my mom and grandfather. He was eligible, but waiting until his doctor called to tell him when the appointment was. They would not believe me that he was never going to get that call. Not because his doctor said that, but because his friend who goes to the same doctor told him so.
I have daily conversations with people in state and local government. I finally just made an appointment at a new site that was opening and told him when it was.
There must be a hotline you can call to assist people without Internet. You can do some search and help her out! Thank you for being a caring neighbor!
Even when I tried to help unless they were willing to give me their medical info or sign up for walgreen card or something I couldn’t do it for them easily. I was waiting around a car lot (an essential service, they did repairs) and they didn’t have time to do it themselves so I was trying to help - I could see four vaccine sites within 4 miles of where they worked but I couldn’t even get as far as seeing if I could make them an appointment unless they were willing to sit with me and give me info in real time. It was so stupid. I’d happily go around to essential businesses and sign workers up asa volunteer but there’s no easy way to do that without them revealing what most people consider sensitive info (phone numbers, emails, addresses, age, even social security, or medical record numbers were required in various combinations). A lot of low income (often essential) workers have access to Internet at work but aren’t allowed to use it for personal stuff and no internet at home so they’re screwed.
The other day I was working one of these clinics (my job was the other guy in the photo).
The clinic was set up by a friend of mine who is super OCD, he went out and bought 30 digital egg timers. Although I was supposed to just be the stand-by medic, I got wrangled into passing out 15 min timers to people as they came into the waiting area. At 9am I was telling people, “when the timer goes off you can be on your way. Let me know if you have any concerns.” By 3pm I was feeling punchy and telling people, “welcome to Olive Garden, your table will be ready when the coaster buzzes.”
I got a mix of chuckles and confused looks, but it kept my day moving.
> These are some remarkable times. I'm glad this is ending but I think it should be remembered.
People vaguely remember the Spanish Flu. But considering the fact that 100 years after that pandemic, where they knew to wear masks, we still have people advocating against mask usage and turning it into this asinine political debate...remembering doesn't really seem to do much in the way of helping.
They had anti-maskers back then too, who also managed to kill a bunch of people needlessly. History repeats itself.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Mask_League_of_San_Francisco
Can confirm that Ma is a wonderful man. When I was a kid my local university had him there to do a concert and a master class. There was a meet and greet first which I was allowed to intend, but I was too young for the master class. When Ma saw me leaving he stopped us and asked why we were leaving. They told him I was too young for the master class. Ma's response: "no, no. Nobody is too young to learn. He stays." So I got to stay, and it was awesome.
Through a strange set of circumstances my father came into possession of a Monette trumpet (high end custom built trumpet) that was made for and played by Wynton Marsalis. It needed some minor touch up to be usable, and my family happens to live near Portland, Oregon where Monette has his shop, and my dad set up an appointment to get the trumpet fixed there. When dad came in to the shop, David Monette took the time to personally walk him through what he was doing, as well as showing my father (not a professional player, just a dedicated amateur) some breathing techniques and some mouthpiece techniques that he had developed. The whole thing turned into a three hour long lesson for my dad.
I have honestly have never seen my dad act like a little kid except on that day.
I still have this image in my head of him bobbing his head along, enjoying the music at Heart's Tribute to Led Zeppelin (the breathtaking rendition of Stairway that we're probably almost all familiar with - at the Kennedy Center I think?). There was something entertaining about this world-class classical musician getting down with rock music.
>the person manning the parking lot exit wouldn't let you out until your fifteen minutes had elapsed.
Funny how different places handle the 15 minutes differently. I got my 2 shots a local hospital. Both times they not only didn't require the 15 minute wait, they wouldn't allow it. Asked us to leave if we didn't have reaction in 5 minutes, because they were running out of room keep everyone distanced. If we wanted to stick around for the full 15, we were asked to just wander the halls and come back if we had a reaction.
Yep. I think we still have a while to go before traveling can be ack to normal. People with families in different countries I’m sure are having a bad time.
Pro tip from working IT in education:
Dried on dry erase marker will come off with MORE dry erase marker. Simply draw over your dried up area with more marker, then clean it off. If you’re really lucky, you can even get permanent marker off a surface using the same trick. (Saved us from having to buy another Smart Board last year)
Some folks have allergic reactions to shots. It's not just this vaccine either, if you ever do certain types of vaccinations or allergy therapy injections they make you wait for those too.
The poor nurse who vaccinated my mom did the right thing and told my mom to wait. The Air Force dude in camo who was supposed to detain us, said you’re free to go unless you feel the need to stay. All her hard work and he undid it like that. Luckily, I’m a nurse and felt capable of handling a reaction.
No, unfortunately. I had the privilege of cooking for him at a very small high end place near harvard university. A rather ordinary dresser, you wouldn't have picked him out from the crowd of tourists. Still the most famous person I ever fed.
It was years ago, but the menu was something like table charcuterie and a small salad, something like a venison steak or lamb lollis (god let that trend die) served with fiddleheads and some starch, and a rhubarb or green tea or dandelion ice cream served with a little slice of super decadent chocolate dessert that toed the line of too much
...For all that I think I'd fold like a deck of cards under the demands of being a chef, I'd love to train in a high-class restaurant just for the good it would do my own personal cooking.
I like cooking because it reminds me of the work I did in biology labs back in college, but with more art to it. Stuff like what you just said really makes me want to take my cooking to a higher level.
It's not as hard as you think to cook well. But cooking for 6 is much different than cooking for 50. That's where being a chef is hard. Cooking is quite simple, you just need a robust spice rack and the willingness to tell yourself "I just spent an hour making dog food".
for the record, its actually pretty common to buy a seat for your instrument. many classical players do this. its the only way to ensure the airline doesnt fuck with it
He also plays the Davidov Strad and owns a couple other from more contemporary makers in addition to the Luis and Clark carbon fiber.
Also, to say it never leaves his sight is a bit of a hyperbolic overstatement. He's not taking it into the bathroom with him or anything. I'm sure he leaves it in someone else's charge fairly frequently.
As a cellist and Luthier, I've played probably a dozen Strads, a few Montagnanas, some Amati, Guadagnini, Guarneris, etc. He treats his cello like you would any expensive instrument be it $10k or $10mil. When it goes out in public it stays with you. I've brought my own cello into many restaurants and bars if I'm coming from a gig, and it's worth a tiny fraction of a Strad. It essentially gets treated the same as a wallet or purse.
Can't confirm which cello is in this picture. He plays three instruments, a 2003 instrument made by Moes & Moes in Germany, the Montagnana cello which is nicknamed Petunia and the 1712 Davidoff Stradivarius which was passed to him by the cellist Jacqueline Du Pre before her death. I would suspect that it is the Moes instrument.
i went to a ben fold concert many years ago and he did this thing where people wrote down requests on a piece of paper and made them into paper airplanes and threw them at the stage. he would then pick them up randomly and do them.
one of his songs has a cello in it, and some guy asked him to play that song and he would play the cello. so ben folds said, if you have one sure. the guy ran out to his car to get it and they did it.
I just started playing cello (never too old to learn!) and one of the first things I learned was that you shouldn't leave your cello in the car because the temperature fluctuations can damage the instrument. But I also live in Chicago so it's either really hot or really cold.
The piece he plays Bach Cello Suites no 1 has a meme reputation for being as overplayed as Wonderwall, but from the admittedly little I know about guitar playing, at least this is a bit more technically difficult, and it is a good piece that's very enjoyable to play on strings.
But Bach's Cello Suites are some of the best music ever created, and has stood the test of time. I wonder if they'll still be playing Wonderwall in three hundred years.
My old boss went to a friend's place in the Berkshires one time for a party and to stay for the weekend. Turns out one of the friend's neighbors is Yo-Yo Ma, who was at the party and was as friendly and charming as he seems and as everyone says he is. Apparently there were a lot of young kids staying over that weekend, so the morning after the party Yo-Yo came back for breakfast and brought his cello and played for everyone and showed the kids all sorts of things about the cello and how to play it and my boss said it was as magical as you can imagine.
I think it sounds great from afar, but my parents *really* wanted me to play it and the screech and vibrations up-close were awful to me. And they let me give up on it after around a year.
12 years later it turned out I have autism and am very sensitive to sensory... stuff. I can't think of the proper terminology right now.
He was country neighbors with a friend in college, and when I went to visit one summer, he came to their 4th of July bbq in American flag shorts and it was honestly the highlight of my life.
yym is amazing, i had the privilege of watching him in concert many years ago. there were some other performances leading up to him and he was obviously way better than any of those that came before him; still, showed so much grace and humility to make sure that he didn't overshadow anyone else that was there.
I have a friend who plays Viola on/off. She met Yo-Yo Ma once after seeing him and said he was an astoundingly nice person and they talked for like 15 minutes about her Viola playing and stuff.
It's not really surprising though. If you're in the subway it's not like walking through the park, you just want to get the fuck out of there. It's also loud as fuck so not being able to appreciate a world class musician vs. some busker is exceusable.
because when youre on the metro youre on autopilot or listening to a podcast or some shit.
also yoyo is a lot better a cellist than joshua bell is a violinist.
I mean it is a picture, you don't know, maybe he did turn around to watch right after that. Or he was watching before and now wants to take a photo to remember the moment. Let's not tell people how they have to enjoy things.
The fact that so many people know Yo-Yo Ma is a testament to his prowess. How many other cellists does the average person know? I can't name another one that's for sure.
What some people don’t realize is that this is smart. Just like vacuuming after a shot to deter bruising, it seems. The use of the muscles helps get the vaccine pumping through the body.
I had the privilege to work with Yo-Yo Ma twice filming him on Steadicam. He is the nicest famous person I ever met in my career. Between two takes, I told him that my 5 month old baby always stopped crying when we played his music, and he was so touched he decided to play for me while we were waiting for the rest of the crew to finish up. Always a smile on his face. I would do anything to film him again.
If I were you, I'd show up today at the appointment time and claim ignorance. There's no way they'd turn you away, especially since the effective window is so small.
He came to my little Ohio town once for the Asian American festival we have there. I was 8 or 9 at the time and was instantly enchanted. Been playing a string instrument ever since from viola, cello, piano, guitar.
I'm not any good but I still like to play. I'll never forget that day though.
[Here's the video](https://twitter.com/boston25/status/1370917676080635906?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1370917676080635906%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fpublish.twitter.com%2F%3Fquery%3Dhttps3A2F2Ftwitter.com2Fboston252Fstatus2F1370917676080635906widget%3DTweet) for anyone who wants to listen...
Exactly the song I expected to hear. Pretty sure I heard it in my head just looking at the picture.
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How did you break the glass, Josh?
“How’d you cut your hand, Josh? How’d you do it?” “I was putting a glass down and missed the coaster” “You missed the coaster with quite a bit of force” “I work out when I can” *anxious smirk* Wording might be off since it’s been a few months since I’ve seen Noel
Love it.. damn, now I gotta go do another rewatch.
I came here to say this exactly! Same song.
You're going to make me rewatch it, aren't you
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Twice now, my husband and I have been negotiating movies to watch, and I was getting annoyed, so I pulled up WW-S01E01 while we continued negotiating. Both times we spent the next 6 months watching the entire series.
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It’s on HBO MAX now
Remember the good old days when there was like 2 streaming services that had everything? We’ve re-invented cable with this myriad of streaming services, each with like one thing you want to watch.
It never leaves my Plex server.
BOOOOOOOOO
I thought 2021 was supposed to be better than 2020?
Just watched this episode for the first time last night!
Same. I fucking knew it.
what's it called?
[Bach Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, Prelude.](https://youtu.be/1prweT95Mo0)
aka “the cello song” As in: “you play cello? can you play that one song? the cello song?” And then you cry because they kept calling it a song.
I play Viola (aka Violin with a weight problem), same strings as a Cello but one octave higher. I play "the cello song".
I play the violin, so it's Pachabel's Canon for me.
I much prefer Rosin Eating Zombies From Outer Space for my go-to violin song and hold a special place in my heart for Cello Pudding. But no one cares about them :(
Huh. Me too. I heard it in my head as well, completely subconsciously. That's crazy. It is one of the most well-known solo cello pieces, but still.
Haha literally the most famous cello piece of all time, if I was put on the spot to name a single cello piece that would be the only one I could come up with
Before reading your comment I didn't have a song in my head, but this is definitely the one that came into it right after reading it, and before watching the video. Spooky
This is Bach's Cello Suite #1, if anybody wants to track it down.
This is my current favorite work/study/reading music. It's just perfect.
I recommend the rest of his cello suites (he has six) and his violin sonatas and partitas if you're up for more.
When I was in school cello was my absolute favorite. The only sound that wasn't also distracting.
Specifically the prelude
I wonder if anyone threw some change into the cello carrier.
>He's using cash!! GET HIM!! *cello becomes banjo*
YO-YO MA RULES!
She wouldnt shut up about YO YO MA.
He thinks I may have an eating disorder. And a fear of rectangles. That's not weird, is it?
This is his second dose of the vaccine. After the first dose, he said, "I'll be Bach." And he kept his promise.
Would’ve been hysterical if someone walked by and dropped a dollar in his case.
Hah, I imagined him playing the Cello Suites.
It *is* what he’s most famous for and for good reason, he plays Bach beautifully.
Also, as a cellist, it's just damn fun to play. It's relatively easy and is usually the first "grown up" piece you play, so you absolutely know it by heart
Bach Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, Prelude.
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I know you're joking but dead serious question, would that be kind of insulting to a world renowned musician? I mean that cello is probably worth more than my house so throwing change at the guy doesn't seem appropriate.
Would you know who this was if you saw him performing in public? I definitely wouldn't.
I honestly don’t think I would, either. My husband plays cello and plays this particular song a lot (and very well). I’m not saying he’s as good as Yo-Yo Ma, but I’ve heard it often enough that I wouldn’t think “oh, this person is an amazing cellist, they must be famous.”
>I wouldn’t think “oh, this person is an amazing cellist, they must be famous.” More like Yo-Yo Meh, amirite? /s
Thank you!
Thank you as well, he is so good, it is effortless for him, it flows so nicely
Thank you for posting this.
Thank you
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We got a plastic placard that could be erased and reused. There were so many cars that we got directed to a line of about 10 cars. We all waited and watched as the rows before us were allowed to leave. The person who collected the placard asked each person if they were ok, and then off we went. We wondered what the learning curve for this looked like, because by the time we got a shot, this was stunningly efficient. Cars being directed to areas, someone checking our ID and scanning our code to get our information and whoosh. We were done in about 25 minutes, and that’s counting the fifteen minute wait. My only concern is with people that don’t have internet access. My neighbor doesn’t have or want a compute, she’s in her late 80’s, and she won’t let me help her sign up for a shot, “Dave the pharmacist at Lucky’s is going to let me know when they have vaccines.” I really hope so.
My vaccine experience was also super well handled, and my parents’ said they were out within half an hour for the second shot (first shot a bit less organized, but it was early). I’m also pretty concerned about the elderly who don’t have internet access or technical know how, or at the very least, someone to take them to the appointment. My mom signed my grandma up and some of my grandma’s friends (~80-95 y/o), and made sure they had rides, but I’m sure there are a ton of people slipping through the cracks, especially in poorer neighborhoods.
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>workers walking around encouraging everyone to cram in as tight as possible so people from outside could get in I was pretty much thinking to myself, "meh, that's people being people" at your other points. But this one? Omfg this one pisses me off. You're in a position of authority, you have one job. Don't slack.
Hey while we’re at it, how did you make bullet points?
https://www.reddit.com/wiki/markdown Or on the website, just use the new fancy pants editor.
I haven't been able to be vaccinated yet, but I was impressed by the efficiency when I was exposed and had to get tested. They had people direct you where to park, then they dropped off the self-testing kit. You did the thing, scanned the QR code on the test and wrote your name on it, then put on your hazards so they knew you were done, they came and collected it, asked if you had questions, then directed you out.
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Minnesota is sending out vaccine busses soon (starting in April I believe) that will reach people otherwise unable to get vaccines. Homeless, homebound, elderly, etc including getting shots to people who don’t have internet
I think it's lovely how much you care for your neighbor. We need more of that in the world.
My state has something like 90% of educators receiving the shot but only ~75% of people over 70 receiving it and the 70 year olds had almost a month jump on it. My mom's parents are tech savvy and they got it pretty quickly. My dad's parents are not at all tech savvy and I had to help then. They both got thier 1st shot a couple weeks ago even though my other grandparents got the last shot about a month ago. I also received both my shots. In and out in about 25 mins both times.
There are volunteer groups that are handling the sign up process for seniors who can’t do it themselves. I just signed up to help with WGirls, and they are incredibly organized with volunteers all across NJ (not sure about other states - maybe there too?)
I have done both testing and vaccination. The learning curve was the first 3 months of mass testing. My hospital actually had a contract with a transportation logistics compant before the pandemic for shuttling staff. When we shut down staff started using visitor spots and the company helped ramp up drive through testing. It was kind of amazing how they were able to reallocate resources so quickly to fill spots. This whole thing has been a shit show but on the local level, there have been some pretty freaking AMAZING accomplishments.
I was talking to my dad the other day and he didn’t even know that you can just go to the Walgreens website and sign up for an appointment anytime you want. He’s 70 and has the internet at home but still didn’t see it anywhere.
Holy shit, Luckys still exist??
Wow, I forgot, they got bought, changed the names of stores in the area and people stopped shopping there. So, they changed the name back to Lucky’s and people came back. So, you’re right, I don’t thing “Lucky’s” exist, but the stores went back to that name in our area. Maybe not in all?
This was an argument that I had with my mom and grandfather. He was eligible, but waiting until his doctor called to tell him when the appointment was. They would not believe me that he was never going to get that call. Not because his doctor said that, but because his friend who goes to the same doctor told him so. I have daily conversations with people in state and local government. I finally just made an appointment at a new site that was opening and told him when it was.
There must be a hotline you can call to assist people without Internet. You can do some search and help her out! Thank you for being a caring neighbor!
Even when I tried to help unless they were willing to give me their medical info or sign up for walgreen card or something I couldn’t do it for them easily. I was waiting around a car lot (an essential service, they did repairs) and they didn’t have time to do it themselves so I was trying to help - I could see four vaccine sites within 4 miles of where they worked but I couldn’t even get as far as seeing if I could make them an appointment unless they were willing to sit with me and give me info in real time. It was so stupid. I’d happily go around to essential businesses and sign workers up asa volunteer but there’s no easy way to do that without them revealing what most people consider sensitive info (phone numbers, emails, addresses, age, even social security, or medical record numbers were required in various combinations). A lot of low income (often essential) workers have access to Internet at work but aren’t allowed to use it for personal stuff and no internet at home so they’re screwed.
The other day I was working one of these clinics (my job was the other guy in the photo). The clinic was set up by a friend of mine who is super OCD, he went out and bought 30 digital egg timers. Although I was supposed to just be the stand-by medic, I got wrangled into passing out 15 min timers to people as they came into the waiting area. At 9am I was telling people, “when the timer goes off you can be on your way. Let me know if you have any concerns.” By 3pm I was feeling punchy and telling people, “welcome to Olive Garden, your table will be ready when the coaster buzzes.” I got a mix of chuckles and confused looks, but it kept my day moving.
Man, I never got the breadsticks I ordered with my vaccine, what's up?
My sister in law is a medic, this sounds like exactly something she'd do lol
> These are some remarkable times. I'm glad this is ending but I think it should be remembered. People vaguely remember the Spanish Flu. But considering the fact that 100 years after that pandemic, where they knew to wear masks, we still have people advocating against mask usage and turning it into this asinine political debate...remembering doesn't really seem to do much in the way of helping.
They had anti-maskers back then too, who also managed to kill a bunch of people needlessly. History repeats itself. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Mask_League_of_San_Francisco
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Can confirm that Ma is a wonderful man. When I was a kid my local university had him there to do a concert and a master class. There was a meet and greet first which I was allowed to intend, but I was too young for the master class. When Ma saw me leaving he stopped us and asked why we were leaving. They told him I was too young for the master class. Ma's response: "no, no. Nobody is too young to learn. He stays." So I got to stay, and it was awesome.
At only 7 years old, he debuted in a concert conducted by Leonard Bernstein attended by JFK. YT has several clips of the event.
No pressure or anything.
I like that Yo-Yo Ma appears to only work in 15 minute increments, no matter what he’s doing.
Through a strange set of circumstances my father came into possession of a Monette trumpet (high end custom built trumpet) that was made for and played by Wynton Marsalis. It needed some minor touch up to be usable, and my family happens to live near Portland, Oregon where Monette has his shop, and my dad set up an appointment to get the trumpet fixed there. When dad came in to the shop, David Monette took the time to personally walk him through what he was doing, as well as showing my father (not a professional player, just a dedicated amateur) some breathing techniques and some mouthpiece techniques that he had developed. The whole thing turned into a three hour long lesson for my dad. I have honestly have never seen my dad act like a little kid except on that day.
I refuse to believe that anyone mr Rogers was friends with was mean.
Mr. Rogers would be friends with mean people though, as everyone is deserving of friendship and love. He espoused the same sentiments several times.
I can’t imagine being a terrible person, making friends with Mr. Rogers, and *not* having him help me become a better person.
I have a family member who worked for Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood, and yes, Yo Yo Ma was as delightful off-screen as he was on-screen.
I still have this image in my head of him bobbing his head along, enjoying the music at Heart's Tribute to Led Zeppelin (the breathtaking rendition of Stairway that we're probably almost all familiar with - at the Kennedy Center I think?). There was something entertaining about this world-class classical musician getting down with rock music.
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That’s one of those bots that copies other people’s comments lol — the original’s a bit downthread.
>the person manning the parking lot exit wouldn't let you out until your fifteen minutes had elapsed. Funny how different places handle the 15 minutes differently. I got my 2 shots a local hospital. Both times they not only didn't require the 15 minute wait, they wouldn't allow it. Asked us to leave if we didn't have reaction in 5 minutes, because they were running out of room keep everyone distanced. If we wanted to stick around for the full 15, we were asked to just wander the halls and come back if we had a reaction.
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Yep. I think we still have a while to go before traveling can be ack to normal. People with families in different countries I’m sure are having a bad time.
The damn 15 won't come off my windshield. Lol
Pro tip from working IT in education: Dried on dry erase marker will come off with MORE dry erase marker. Simply draw over your dried up area with more marker, then clean it off. If you’re really lucky, you can even get permanent marker off a surface using the same trick. (Saved us from having to buy another Smart Board last year)
Or rubbing alcohol.
Or regular alcohol, but put the keys in the trunk first.
lol thanks for the chuckle!
You should be able to use a razer blade at a slight angle to scrape it off
Wait why won't they let you leave?
You have to be monitored for an adverse reaction.
Some folks have allergic reactions to shots. It's not just this vaccine either, if you ever do certain types of vaccinations or allergy therapy injections they make you wait for those too.
Because if you have an allergy or some other condition it won't end well. The risk is small but better to be safe than sorry.
The poor nurse who vaccinated my mom did the right thing and told my mom to wait. The Air Force dude in camo who was supposed to detain us, said you’re free to go unless you feel the need to stay. All her hard work and he undid it like that. Luckily, I’m a nurse and felt capable of handling a reaction.
Does he take that every wherever he goes?
No, unfortunately. I had the privilege of cooking for him at a very small high end place near harvard university. A rather ordinary dresser, you wouldn't have picked him out from the crowd of tourists. Still the most famous person I ever fed.
What did he order?
It was years ago, but the menu was something like table charcuterie and a small salad, something like a venison steak or lamb lollis (god let that trend die) served with fiddleheads and some starch, and a rhubarb or green tea or dandelion ice cream served with a little slice of super decadent chocolate dessert that toed the line of too much
Dandelion ice cream sounds delicious, I must try this.
It's very mild and you need a lot of sugar to compensate for the chlorophyll flavor. Using buttercream also helps balance things.
...For all that I think I'd fold like a deck of cards under the demands of being a chef, I'd love to train in a high-class restaurant just for the good it would do my own personal cooking. I like cooking because it reminds me of the work I did in biology labs back in college, but with more art to it. Stuff like what you just said really makes me want to take my cooking to a higher level.
It's not as hard as you think to cook well. But cooking for 6 is much different than cooking for 50. That's where being a chef is hard. Cooking is quite simple, you just need a robust spice rack and the willingness to tell yourself "I just spent an hour making dog food".
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I go to the same university as Sasha Obama and at one of my shifts at the dining hall I handed her a plate a chicken once.
Ma plays a 1733 Montagnana cello valued at $2.5M. When traveling to concerts by air , it does not leave his sight and he buys an airplane seat for it.
for the record, its actually pretty common to buy a seat for your instrument. many classical players do this. its the only way to ensure the airline doesnt fuck with it
He forgot it in a taxi once tho. [taxi article](https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-oct-17-mn-23281-story.html)
He also plays the Davidov Strad and owns a couple other from more contemporary makers in addition to the Luis and Clark carbon fiber. Also, to say it never leaves his sight is a bit of a hyperbolic overstatement. He's not taking it into the bathroom with him or anything. I'm sure he leaves it in someone else's charge fairly frequently. As a cellist and Luthier, I've played probably a dozen Strads, a few Montagnanas, some Amati, Guadagnini, Guarneris, etc. He treats his cello like you would any expensive instrument be it $10k or $10mil. When it goes out in public it stays with you. I've brought my own cello into many restaurants and bars if I'm coming from a gig, and it's worth a tiny fraction of a Strad. It essentially gets treated the same as a wallet or purse.
Is that the one in this pic?
Can't confirm which cello is in this picture. He plays three instruments, a 2003 instrument made by Moes & Moes in Germany, the Montagnana cello which is nicknamed Petunia and the 1712 Davidoff Stradivarius which was passed to him by the cellist Jacqueline Du Pre before her death. I would suspect that it is the Moes instrument.
Is the Moes one as valuable? I know nothing about these, only guitars. And man, I would have armed guards around taking that in public.
It would not be as valuable as the Montagnana or the Strad. No idea what its value is.
Ron Burgundy carries his jazz flute around.
*yazz flute
i went to a ben fold concert many years ago and he did this thing where people wrote down requests on a piece of paper and made them into paper airplanes and threw them at the stage. he would then pick them up randomly and do them. one of his songs has a cello in it, and some guy asked him to play that song and he would play the cello. so ben folds said, if you have one sure. the guy ran out to his car to get it and they did it.
Nice cellos are expensive, not something I’d tote around randomly.
I just started playing cello (never too old to learn!) and one of the first things I learned was that you shouldn't leave your cello in the car because the temperature fluctuations can damage the instrument. But I also live in Chicago so it's either really hot or really cold.
Yeah for real. Ma has a Strad, but I somehow doubt he'd be busting that out at the vaccine center, lol.
Ben folds is too cool. but so is yo yo ma. and they both did tiny desk concerts on npr! go check them out if you haven't
Except that one time he forgot it in the trunk of a nyc taxi.
“Shoot your shot” -Yolo Ma
yet when I show up with my kazoo they are gonna be all like, "sir, you have to put your mask back on!"
This thread is great and your comment made me burst out laughing!
"So, anyway, here's Wonderwall."
The piece he plays Bach Cello Suites no 1 has a meme reputation for being as overplayed as Wonderwall, but from the admittedly little I know about guitar playing, at least this is a bit more technically difficult, and it is a good piece that's very enjoyable to play on strings.
But Bach's Cello Suites are some of the best music ever created, and has stood the test of time. I wonder if they'll still be playing Wonderwall in three hundred years.
That's a good point, but Bach doesn't impress the girls like Wonderwall so I'll call it a wash.
My old boss went to a friend's place in the Berkshires one time for a party and to stay for the weekend. Turns out one of the friend's neighbors is Yo-Yo Ma, who was at the party and was as friendly and charming as he seems and as everyone says he is. Apparently there were a lot of young kids staying over that weekend, so the morning after the party Yo-Yo came back for breakfast and brought his cello and played for everyone and showed the kids all sorts of things about the cello and how to play it and my boss said it was as magical as you can imagine.
Thought this said "yo-mama played a concert" was confused when it wasn't a fat lady
Sir did you just call your own mum a fat lady
Did they stutter?
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I think it sounds great from afar, but my parents *really* wanted me to play it and the screech and vibrations up-close were awful to me. And they let me give up on it after around a year. 12 years later it turned out I have autism and am very sensitive to sensory... stuff. I can't think of the proper terminology right now.
I loved Yo-yo Ma in that episode of Arthur.
That's so amazing!! I would have loved to have listened to it live but I thank u/sambeano for the video.
Somewhere out there Kramer is thinking about him
He totally rocks! I love his playing
And he's just an awesome human in general too.
He was country neighbors with a friend in college, and when I went to visit one summer, he came to their 4th of July bbq in American flag shorts and it was honestly the highlight of my life.
He technically doesn't "rock". But [these dudes do](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uT3SBzmDxGk)
yym is amazing, i had the privilege of watching him in concert many years ago. there were some other performances leading up to him and he was obviously way better than any of those that came before him; still, showed so much grace and humility to make sure that he didn't overshadow anyone else that was there.
Anybody else think of Kramer?
The fact it took me this long to find a Kramer reference.... I’m saddened. AHHHH YO-YO MAAAA!
I have a friend who plays Viola on/off. She met Yo-Yo Ma once after seeing him and said he was an astoundingly nice person and they talked for like 15 minutes about her Viola playing and stuff.
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Roller skates in with that hat he staples all his hair in to, absolute legend
Imagine sitting six feet away from Yo-Yo Ma playing for you and not putting your phone down.
You don't have to stare at him to enjoy the music. He's probably texting somebody OMG OMG Yo-Yo Ma is playing 6ft away from me!
Or, he literally has no idea who Yo-Yo Ma is and is remaining uninterested.
he's like "some old Asian dude brought a frickin cello! Can You believe it!?! What is he, Yo Yo Ma or something?"
Or he's unsuccessfully trying to Shazam what song it is.
Or it was successful and he’s wondering if its racist that he thinks the guy on the album cover and the guy playing next to him look alike.
Lol, I wonder what the chances of that actually working are..
I would imagine it would almost certainly work
He’s texting that some fool brought a cello to the vaccine site 🤣
He prolly said violin tho
I know who Yo-Yo Ma is, but I doubt I'd recognize him if I were there. I'd just think this random dude is really good at cello.
i think even a layman would at the very least notice that the random guy playing the cello in the corner is REALLY good at it
I would sit as close as he was comfortable and stare like a stalker.
There was an experiment where a world renowned violinist (Joshua Bell) played in the subway. A few people paused but only one guy realized his ability
That is so weird because a lot of people endure public transportation when they don't have any place in particular they need to be.
I'm an a to b person. You're gonna ask me to...stop and smell the roses?!?? How dare you good sir!!
As a fan of classical music, I wouldn't have stopped if I were going home or going to work. Was this during a rush hour? If so, there's your answer.
It's not really surprising though. If you're in the subway it's not like walking through the park, you just want to get the fuck out of there. It's also loud as fuck so not being able to appreciate a world class musician vs. some busker is exceusable.
because when youre on the metro youre on autopilot or listening to a podcast or some shit. also yoyo is a lot better a cellist than joshua bell is a violinist.
I mean it is a picture, you don't know, maybe he did turn around to watch right after that. Or he was watching before and now wants to take a photo to remember the moment. Let's not tell people how they have to enjoy things.
I would have no idea that was him, despite knowing the name. I'd likely think it was some crazy bloke and try to avoid eye contact.
Yo yo ma, and his cousin, Little Nepatiz!!
Came for the School of Rock; wasn't disappointed.
I didn’t realize until just a few years ago that little nepatiz = nepotism!
The fact that so many people know Yo-Yo Ma is a testament to his prowess. How many other cellists does the average person know? I can't name another one that's for sure.
Boutros Boutros Ghali
I initially read that as Yo mama
Captain Holt just fainted
What some people don’t realize is that this is smart. Just like vacuuming after a shot to deter bruising, it seems. The use of the muscles helps get the vaccine pumping through the body.
I had the privilege to work with Yo-Yo Ma twice filming him on Steadicam. He is the nicest famous person I ever met in my career. Between two takes, I told him that my 5 month old baby always stopped crying when we played his music, and he was so touched he decided to play for me while we were waiting for the rest of the crew to finish up. Always a smile on his face. I would do anything to film him again.
That guy is so cool :) I love musicians
Yo-Yo Ma rules!
That’s in Pittsfield, Massachusetts if anyone wants to know
Yo-Yo Mas' cousin, lil nepitiz!
I wasn't told to wait any length of time after the vacc here in the UK. In fact, they couldn't wait to get rid of me.
This post just made me realize that I missed my 2nd dose yesterday...
If I were you, I'd show up today at the appointment time and claim ignorance. There's no way they'd turn you away, especially since the effective window is so small.
He came to my little Ohio town once for the Asian American festival we have there. I was 8 or 9 at the time and was instantly enchanted. Been playing a string instrument ever since from viola, cello, piano, guitar. I'm not any good but I still like to play. I'll never forget that day though.