When I was in high school, the tuba section was the coolest section in the marching band. Actually, for marching band they played sousaphones, but I’m still going to call them tubas here and hope you understand. Anyway, the guys in the tuba section smoked pot, rode dirt bikes, and at least one of them got arrested for attempting to incite a riot at one of the football games after ruining some lame cheerleader stunt. Way cool.
I don’t know why I’m telling you all this, really. Maybe it’s because I just saw this video of a guy doing crazy things with a tuba and a bunch of sampling and effects equipment, and once again I’m thinking about how cool tuba players are. I’m sure there are some lame tuba players out there, but there is something about the tuba that generally attracts awesomeness. It’s like the anti-saxophone.
