{"id":471,"date":"2009-07-29T08:00:43","date_gmt":"2009-07-29T12:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yiddishecup.com\/blog\/?p=471"},"modified":"2012-03-26T16:27:27","modified_gmt":"2012-03-26T20:27:27","slug":"piano-men","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.yiddishecup.com\/blog\/2009\/07\/29\/piano-men\/","title":{"rendered":"PIANO MEN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Highly sensitive people.\u00a0 That&#8217;s a book title: <\/strong><\/span><em>The Highly<\/em> <em>Sensitive Person.<\/em> These folks are bugged by eyeglasses that rub their temples; pillows that don&#8217;t fluff out enough; shoes that don&#8217;t breathe well. \u00a0Basically, they&#8217;re like Woody Allen but not as funny or famous.<\/p>\n<p>Cleveland has its share.\u00a0 These highly sensitive people shouldn&#8217;t live in apartment buildings.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">When I lived in an apartment, I thought <\/span>the guy upstairs was dropping weights all day.\u00a0 It was probably Kleenex. \u00a0I bailed in three weeks.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>In my real estate leases, <\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I put<\/span><\/span> an addendum: &#8220;If you&#8217;re a party animal, party elsewhere.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Doesn&#8217;t work.<\/p>\n<p>For example, I have a couple piano-playing renters.\u00a0 Lou, he plays classical all day.\u00a0 That&#8217;s OK.\u00a0 But then there&#8217;s Ragtime \u2014 not so well-loved. \u00a0Ragtime&#8217;s neighbor periodically calls the cops and writes me letters about &#8220;headache-inducing, thundering piano music.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>I told Ragtime to go electric \u2014 <\/strong><\/span>get some headphones and play for himself.\u00a0 And I told the highly sensitive neighbor, he could move out and I&#8217;d give him his security deposit back.<\/p>\n<p>He didn&#8217;t move.\u00a0 He just kept writing. \u00a0He could crank it: &#8220;Right now I&#8217;m hearing piano music at decibel levels designed to throw the planet out of orbit . . . No more piano music!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He liked to write more than he liked packing.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #339966;\">&#8212;-<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #339966;\">1 of 2 posts for 7\/29\/09.\u00a0 Please see post below too.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #339966;\">&#8212;-<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #339966;\">Yiddishe Cup concert:\u00a0 Wade Oval, University Circle, Cleveland.<br \/>\n6 p.m. Wed., April 5<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #339966;\">&#8212;-<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QYAQtvemo9Q&amp;feature=channel_page\">Watch<\/a> a new YouTube video of Yiddishe Cup playing\u00a0 the blue klez classic &#8220;Joe and Paul.&#8221;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #339966;\">&#8212;-<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #339966;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pittchron.com\/pages\/full_story\/push?article-Holy+pachalafaka-+Yiddishe+Cup+has+a+new+klezmer+CD%20&amp;id=2969957-Holy+pachalafaka-+Yiddishe+Cup+has+a+new+klezmer+CD&amp;instance=lead_story_left_column\">Read <\/a>a review of the CD <em>Klezmer Guy<\/em>, Pittsburgh <em>Jewish Chronicle<\/em>, 7\/15\/09, by Lee Chottiner.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Highly sensitive people.\u00a0 That&#8217;s a book title: The Highly Sensitive Person. 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