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- Subject: Re: MY FANTASTY HEARING AID COMPANY
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- Date: 19 Nov 92 21:37:37 GMT
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- Delano:
- |when i worked at mit, i was told that good ol' amar bose, while
- |presenting a lecture, was asked why his 901 series speakers are
- |never spec'd with power handling limits. in response, he
- |unplugged a speaker from the demonstration setup, stripped the
- |wire, and jammed it into a power outlet. after a 60 Hz burst of
- |appropriate duration, he reconnected the speaker to the stereo
- |and continued with the lecture.
-
- Once I went to see John Zorn at Harvard. He brought out a tray full of
- mouthpieces for his sax, and proceeded to go "SKROONK HONK HOWWWWWWL"
- for a full hour. The critics from the local newspapers left after
- about a minute or two. No story today.
-
- During much of this time, the microphone was fully jammed into the
- saxaphone bell, and the BOSE-brand sound reinforcement instruments
- emitted a lovely orange glow from their horn-like protruberances.
-
- After the concert, I wanted to get Zorn to sign my earplugs, but we
- had to catch the bus.
-
- mr HEINOUS
- a true story
-