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this afternoon
May. 17th, 2009 07:54 amI'll be in Harvard Square to hear Sassafrass at Club Passim. Are any of you thinking of going? The concert starts at 4:30.
I thought of linking to one of their videos from Boskone, but decided against it. I was just stunned by their opera at Boskone, but the same performance just dissolved into noise when I tried to listen to it on YouTube (listen, or listen and watch together.) I think it has something to do with how that kind of performance depends on getting the timing exactly right--all performing arts depend on timing to a certain extent, but Sassafrass works with very small margins for error--and the lag introduced by recording and playback may be enough to throw it off for my ear.
I thought of linking to one of their videos from Boskone, but decided against it. I was just stunned by their opera at Boskone, but the same performance just dissolved into noise when I tried to listen to it on YouTube (listen, or listen and watch together.) I think it has something to do with how that kind of performance depends on getting the timing exactly right--all performing arts depend on timing to a certain extent, but Sassafrass works with very small margins for error--and the lag introduced by recording and playback may be enough to throw it off for my ear.
