If Mario Had A Marimba...

As most readers probably know, we're winding up a three-week Percussion Festival this week at Orchestra Hall, and the offerings have ranged from slightly humorous to decidedly populist to deeply intellectual. Percussionists tend to come in for a lot of flak in the business (What do you call an anti-social alcoholic who hangs out with musicians?), but there really isn't much in life and music more fun than watching a bunch of folks wailing away at things with sticks. To that end, here's one of my current favorite clips floating around the series of tubes - the tunes in this medley should be comfortingly familiar to anyone who (like Sarah and me) grew up in the Age of Nintendo...