{"id":12811,"date":"2009-09-17T17:07:30","date_gmt":"2009-09-18T00:07:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/?p=12811"},"modified":"2009-09-17T17:07:34","modified_gmt":"2009-09-18T00:07:34","slug":"truth-sometimes-comes-from-the-strangest-of-places","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/2009\/truth-sometimes-comes-from-the-strangest-of-places\/","title":{"rendered":"Truth Sometimes Comes From The Strangest Of Places…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last night I happened to catch a classic episode of The Simpsons<\/em> while channel surfing before going to my Deception<\/a><\/em> rehearsal. It was the episode titled Moaning Lisa<\/a>, in which Lisa meets jazz-saxophonist, Bleeding Gums Murphy.<\/p>\n

\"Bleeding<\/a><\/p>\n

The rather poignant exchange that rather caught my attention went like this:<\/p>\n

Bleeding Gums Murphy:<\/strong> You know, you play pretty well for someone with no real problems.<\/p>\n

Lisa:<\/strong> Yeah, well I don’t feel any better.<\/p>\n

Bleeding Gums Murphy:<\/strong> The blues isn’t about making yourself feel better, it’s about making other people feel worse. And makin’ a few bucks while you’re at it.<\/span><\/p>\n

(Emphasis added)<\/h6>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\"Lisa<\/a><\/p>\n

So with that bit of wisdom freshly in my mind, off I went to rehearsal… Doing the best impersonation of Lisa Simpson’s playing that\u00a0I could. \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n

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…this is just my blog<\/em>. <\/span> My \u201creal\u201d <\/b> website is<\/span> www.bassic-sax.info.<\/a> If you\u2019re looking for <\/span> sax info<\/strong>,<\/span> you should check it out too.<\/span>There\u2019s lots<\/em> there! <\/span>\n<\/div>\n
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