On a slow summer day, here's a Rest Is Noise golden oldie: "Arnie Schoenberg and His Second Viennese School," a spoof radio commercial perpetrated by Robert Conrad, Kenneth Jean, and Matthias Bamert on the Cleveland station WCLV for April Fool's Day, 1977. A couple of discographic notes: the superb Lulu death-shriek is delivered by Evelyn Lear, while the monstrously slow rendition of the 11/4 bar in Stravinsky's Rite comes courtesy of the dulcet baton of Lorin Maazel — an in-joke for Cleveland listeners. Thanks again to Mr. Conrad for giving permission to post the commercial.
