Sound Specialist Gifts

'With experience, you'll be able to identify, from a long way away, the subtle sound of a can opener...'

'Didn't I tell you to take up some hobby other than opera?'

"For the best picture not having won anything thereby being eliminated from this category..."

Another long day down at the Bureau of Earthquake Prediction.

Felix Mendelssohn

'Big audio gear is coming back!'

Men looking at black screen, "I call it film noir"

'Why don't you ever look at ME that way?'

Deep in the heart of the RAND think tank, the world's greatest scientists would gather to brainstorm Batman's fight sounds.

"I'm sorry, we're looking for the voice of a spunky animated turnip and your reading is more fruit than vegetable if you understand what I mean."

Jazz is Invented

'I think I see what's making your funny noise.'

Artist and Musician

'... and the winner for 'The Noisiest Picture of the Year' is...'

'From albums to 8-tracks to cassettes to CD's...What a long, loud trip it's been!'

"We tried 'Baby Mozart,' but he prefers 'Baby John Cage.'"

Boy serenading a girl with a large amplifiers and speakers.

Annoying neighbours - irritating wind chimes

'What luck! A sound technician.'

'He likes a room where he can reverberate.'

"Did you notice how the cables never get tangled!"

'Incredibly Inexpensive Sound Engineers. Pretty Good Sound Engineers, 12 the price, 23 the quality. You'll hardly notice the occasional feedback.'

Subwoofer

'Theaters from Hell' 'We have no sound engineers, so no there's not a good seat in the house.'

'So you still can't get a sound engineer then?'

'I said, I don't know about you, but I'm a bit disappointed in the strolling musician.'

"Just play the hit single, then you can do the experimental track."

'Of course we've got Marshall amps Jim! Only the best up here.'

"The sound system is fixed so we can start. Would you kindly put the beach ball away!"

'I told you we should have gone wireless.'

'Theaters from Hell.' 'We have no sound engineers, so no there's not a good seat in the house.'

Open Mike for the spotlight operators

"My Aunt Agatha – feminist, civil rights activist, philanthropist, sound engineer for 'Cheap Trick at Budokan.'"

Can you mumble, mumble mumble? You're mumbling. What are you saying? I'm asking for your mumble, mumble. You're asking for my help? I can't get the word out. Can I get a little mumble? Mumble.

"No, I'm still getting too much banjo."