Overheard in San Francisco: NY Smackdown, Part II

Scene: Three guys standing at the bus stop outside Herbst Theatre following the Peabody Trio's impassioned and virtuosic performance, which included Thierry de Mey's fascinating hand-percussion piece Musique de Tables (must-see video).

Guy 1 and Guy 2: Clap clap clap, clap clap, clap, clap clap.
Guy 3: ... Clap clap, clap clap, clap, clap clap, clap.

Take that, New York and London, with your "City-wide Festivals" and your "4-hour Webcasts from the Whitney" and your "World Premieres of the Daniel Variations" and your "Remounting of The Cave"! We've got three guys standing on a sidewalk doing Clapping Music (must-see video #2, of a young Reich clapping) and me at home playing with giant Pez.

[Don't mind me; I'm still on hiatus]

Comments

[sfmike]

The first must-see video was definitely must-see. Molti grazie. The second one seemed like it was miscaptioned because that didn't look like the sidewalk on Van Ness in front of the Herbst Theatre.

[M. C-]

ack! clarified.

[john]

M. C-, what a charming Reich homage in your Pez piece! Thanks.

The Reich video made me wonder -- how does one express appreciation for such a piece, without self-consciously stumbling over the sudden, unexpected clumsiness and redundancy of applause?