Mary Esterheld wrote:

>In Philadelphia, there are containers of Hall's cough drops placed in all
>the hallways for the convenience of concertgoers.  Wrappers are not
>noiseless, however.

It seems that some composer should take advantage of this, and the current
rage for audience participation in art, and score a section where people
are *supposed* to open their candies. Entitle the piece, "The Contemporary
pos-post-modern concert experience" and have cell phones ringing, pagers
paging, people cough and critics wandering up and down the aisles reviewing
the work as it happens....

Stirling Newberry <[log in to unmask]>