a confused little kerri-anne

I just came across this hilarious excerpt from talkshow host kerri-anne's TV series. She is interviewing Australian composer Jon Rose about his electrified violin bows and is completely bewildered by his instrument and performance.

You can listen to Jon Rose here as guest announcer on Bowed Radio - an online radio station that highlights string players all over the world. In the background between works you can hear a recording of one of his fence performances (I think it is a fence in Bourke, NSW?). His website has an amazing amount of resources about all that is stringed... he's written a great article about the ridiculous amount of money spent on the Guarneri del Gesù violin which was given to Richard Tognetti earlier this year. Rose is right: "the concept of a $10,000,000 violin sounds out the smiling but ugly face of capitalism". How Tognetti manages to play that bloody instrument without guilt weighing heavily on his back, I'll never know! It makes my skin crawl...