Georgia Southern is very close to where I am, and I would've loved to have been there in person. This is one of my favorite of John Williams' soundtrack pieces, extremely complex, and absolute Big Band.
The original:
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
A Comment on Thinking Anglicans I Made
It was made on the fly, and, it is absolutely true.
I know, now, this really is how I feel. I really don't have any reason to continue with church or its fellowship, outside of St. Pat's.
Why should Jesus bother to come back to a world filled with such hate.
Every time I go off to be with friends and family, and God on my days off, I feel great and soaring hopes for humanity. I come back, see the remarks about gays and lesbians, about women, about liberals, see comment from such "christian" leaders as York and Williams, from supposed "brothers and sisters" here . . . and some part of me dies. Just dies.
I'm about 90% of the way to being able to say, "I believe in God and Jesus . . . and it's a pity He suffered on the Cross to no effect at all. Let us pray for a swift end to the failed experiment of this 'humanity.'"
I know, now, this really is how I feel. I really don't have any reason to continue with church or its fellowship, outside of St. Pat's.
Why should Jesus bother to come back to a world filled with such hate.
Every time I go off to be with friends and family, and God on my days off, I feel great and soaring hopes for humanity. I come back, see the remarks about gays and lesbians, about women, about liberals, see comment from such "christian" leaders as York and Williams, from supposed "brothers and sisters" here . . . and some part of me dies. Just dies.
I'm about 90% of the way to being able to say, "I believe in God and Jesus . . . and it's a pity He suffered on the Cross to no effect at all. Let us pray for a swift end to the failed experiment of this 'humanity.'"
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Monday, February 20, 2012
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Monday, February 13, 2012
The Stage Version
Okay, I did NOT think that the Child Catcher could possibly be more nightmarish than the film. I was wrong: My favorite bit in the movie was the wunderbar song Chu-chi Face: Movie version, with the delightful Gert Frobe (Goldfinger) and Anna Quayle
HOWEVER, Marc Kudisch and Jan Maxwell give it a different take, and I especially love Jan Maxwell's Baroness Bomburst-as-played-by-Marlene-Dietrich. http://youtu.be/-GqwYG92tIE
HOWEVER, Marc Kudisch and Jan Maxwell give it a different take, and I especially love Jan Maxwell's Baroness Bomburst-as-played-by-Marlene-Dietrich. http://youtu.be/-GqwYG92tIE
Friday, February 3, 2012
Thursday, February 2, 2012
They All Laughed at Me at the University
But it's a real musical.
Two of my favorites - Elijah's song and Queequeg's song. Keep in mind, this ain't a serious adaptation, and the basis of the play is a girls' school putting on a production - so all parts are female, except the few played by the man playing the headmistress.
Two of my favorites - Elijah's song and Queequeg's song. Keep in mind, this ain't a serious adaptation, and the basis of the play is a girls' school putting on a production - so all parts are female, except the few played by the man playing the headmistress.
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
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