Cell phone stops Mahler 9 at New York Philharmonic

[Karl Henning]

Well, Mahler was born unto suffering . . . .

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

Well, Mahler was born unto suffering . . . .

And he did say, when still very young, he wanted to become a martyr.

[Karl Henning]

Hold onto your dreams . . . .

[stingo]

The cellphonist must've had the "Mein Zeit wird kommen" alarm set to let him know his time had certainly come.

[Wanderer]

And he did say, when still very young, he wanted to become a martyr.

Well, he did marry Alma.

[Szykneij]

That's outrageous, I'm speechless! Mahler must be turning over in his grave.

... or perhaps it was Mahler himself calling to complain that the tempo wasn't slow enough.

[bhodges]

... or perhaps it was Mahler himself calling to complain that the tempo wasn't slow enough.

Meanwhile...it's already on YouTube...you knew someone would do it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUcYqdUBvQg

--Bruce

[Lisztianwagner]

... or perhaps it was Mahler himself calling to complain that the tempo wasn't slow enough.

Hahaha, maybe

[madaboutmahler]

Meanwhile...it's already on YouTube...you knew someone would do it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUcYqdUBvQg

--Bruce

That was painful....

[Ataraxia]

Meanwhile...it's already on YouTube...you knew someone would do it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUcYqdUBvQg

--Bruce

Fake.


"Just an example of how it could've went down..... tribute to Alan Gilbert, Mahler, and the composer of the iPhone marimba ringtone."

[bhodges]

Fake.


"Just an example of how it could've went down..... tribute to Alan Gilbert, Mahler, and the composer of the iPhone marimba ringtone."

Oh yes, definitely fake. (Sorry if I implied that the YouTube video was of the actual incident - but now I'm thinking, someone  may have recorded it... )

--Bruce

[Ataraxia]

Oh yes, definitely fake. (Sorry if I implied that the YouTube video was of the actual incident - but now I'm thinking, someone  may have recorded it... )

--Bruce

Yeah! That's what I want to see. 

[bhodges]

And now, I'm logging off to go hear the NY Phil do the Bruckner 8th (with Mehta) - the first performance since Tuesday's brouhaha! I wonder if they will have changed the "turn off your phones" announcement...

--Bruce

[ibanezmonster]

This would be appropriate: 

Cannibal Corpse » Hammer Smashed Face Lyrics

There's something inside me
It's, it's coming out
I feel like killing you
Let loose the anger, held back too long
My blood runs cold

Through my anatomy, dwells another being
Rooted in my cortex, a servant to its bidding

Brutality now becomes my appetite
Violence is now a way of life
The sledge my tool to torture
As it pounds down on your forehead

Eyes bulging from their sockets
With every swing of my mallet
I smash your fucking head in, until brains seep in
through the cracks, blood does leak
distorted beauty, catastrophe
Steaming slop, splattered all over me

Lifeless body, slouching dead lecherous abcess, where you once had a head


Avoiding the prophecy of my new found lust
You will never live again, soon your life will end
I'll see you die at my feet, eternally I smash your face
facial bones collapse as I crack your skull in half

Crushing, cranial, contents

Draining the snot, I rip out the eyes
Squeezing them in my hands nerves are incised
Peeling the flesh off the bottom of my weapon
Involuntarily pulpifying facial regions

Suffer, and then you die

Torture, pulverized

At one with my sixth sense, I feel free
To kill as I please, no one can stop me

Created to kill, the carnage continues
Violently reshaping human facial tissue

Brutality becomes my appetite
Violence is now a way of life
The sledge my tool to torture
As it pounds down on your forehead

You've been hammered! 

[Lethevich]

Crushing, cranial, contents
Crushing, cranial, contents
Crushing, cranial, contents
Crushing, cranial, contents
Crushing, cranial, contents
Crushing, cranial, contents
Crushing, cranial, contents
Crushing, cranial, contents

The more you say it, the nicer it sounds :3

[starrynight]

Maybe he would have incorporated it into one of his symphonies, the symphony represents the whole world and all that stuff.

[Wanderer]

And now, I'm logging off to go hear the NY Phil do the Bruckner 8th (with Mehta) - the first performance since Tuesday's brouhaha! I wonder if they will have changed the "turn off your phones" announcement...

--Bruce

Just make sure to turn off your phone. This time they'll go for blood.

[Opus106]

It would be apocalyptic!

[eyeresist]

Y'know, isn't this what ushers are for? I want to see the ushers properly trained for dealing with the riff raff. Tasers, etc.

Also, cell phone jamming for concert halls. I mean, unless you're Batman, just how urgent is that call likely to be?

[mc ukrneal]

People, you're thinking too small! A laser (or a few of them) in the middle of the hall on the ceiling (with access to every seat). Cell phone rings - zap! Alarm clock - zap! Coughing - zap!