fiesta resistance!

i'm sitting here at our desk, having just eaten a rather large plate of leftover chinese food. on public radio, some lady with a crazy voice is singing some operatic high notes that, according to the host, once induced a pretty big riot. i can't remember the name of the composer, but to witness a riot caused by a highly controversial classical music piece must've been memorable.

"were you there the night the orchestra performed the infamous forty-third violin concerto in a minor?"

"but of course! why, my jaunty new velvet hat was knocked right off my head and trampled by the throngs!"

i guess it would be like being at the dylan concert in which he went electric. i just find it difficult to imagine that riots at the turn of the century would entail much more than angry fist-shaking and/or boos*.

music does strange things to people, though. it's hard to predict exactly what they'll do.

*fyi.