Go, crazy violin girl, go!

Last night, Thundercat and I went with Sensei and Ana to see the Trans-Siberian Orchestra. Aside from the much-loved Christmas in Sareymahuevomoagogo, I'm not all that familiar with their music. I gotta say, the Christmas portion of the program didn't do a whole lot for me, but I loved the rest of it, which mostly took classical music and performed it in a hard rock fashion. There was a frightening amount of talent on that stage, but clearly the show-stealer was the strings director, a British woman in knee boots who headbanged while playing the electric violin. It was a sight, seeing this woman sprinting about the arena in heels, all the while still playing her instrument in an almost violent fashion.

Off the top of my head, I recall hearing rock versions of "The Marriage of Figaro", "Beethoven's 5th Symphony - Allegro", "The Magic Flute", "O Fortuna", "The Nutcracker", "Flight of the Bumblebee", "Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2", and "Für Elise". Gonna have to grab some new CDs soon.

Got Elite Beat Agents and Final Fantasy V Advance this week; gonna blog on them soon. Next week, Final Fantasy III and Yoshi's Island DS will get added to the pile. Weep with pity for my poor, poor wallet.