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August 18, 2009
Colleges recruit trumpeter?: College football coaches thought they were recruiting a player but he was a trumpeter with the same name.
Good one THX! As much as cheerleaders like jocks, most of the rest of the girls like musicians. I always wanted to be a musician. The closest I got was messin' with the harmonica. Love them blues. May Jim Belushi rest in peace.
posted by kerrycindy at 06:07 PM on August 18, 2009
May Jim Belushi rest in peace.
Does that mean John is still alive ?
Cool !
posted by tommybiden at 06:26 PM on August 18, 2009
Actually, I think it would be better if Jim Belushi rested. In piece or otherwise. As long as it was away from any sort of public appearance.
The closest I got was messin' with the harmonica.
How do feel about messin' with a sax? (I have let many of the other things I could have said left...well...unsaid)
posted by THX-1138 at 06:44 PM on August 18, 2009
Does that mean John is still alive ?
You guys got me. "According to Jim" is one of my favorite mindless sitcoms. What can I say. By-the-way, that was my first post on here and I sure left myself wide open.
posted by kerrycindy at 07:24 PM on August 18, 2009
It's OK. I have made an amateur career out of saying things with my foot planted firmly in my mouth.
(BTW, that wasn't another attempt at innuendo)
posted by THX-1138 at 07:39 PM on August 18, 2009
As much as cheerleaders like jocks, most of the rest of the girls like musicians
As soon as I read that, I immediately thought about the groupie in Flight of the Conchords.
posted by owlhouse at 08:20 PM on August 18, 2009
As a collegiate musician, I appreciate this story so very much. Awesome.
Also, drummers know how to beat it. I'm just saying.
posted by boredom_08 at 11:46 PM on August 18, 2009
The interesting part of this story isn't the fact that somebody made a mistake and sent recruitment letters to the wrong kid who lives near the right kid.
What I found interesting (as a musician) was how the the trumpet player was being referred to as a dweeb. Why was he a dweeb? Because he can play music? Or because he is a trumpet player? Yeah, that Miles Davis--What a dweeb.
And saying that Trumpet players are the "jocks" of the band may be accurate. But while the jocks are strutting their stuff, the sax player is foolin' around with their girlfriends.