If you want to go a little deeper with Moor Mother and can deal with some experimental-leaning jazz, she's a member of the group Irreversible Entanglements, who are consistently just so, so good. (IE bassist Luke Stewart's "Exposure Quintet" album is a big favorite around here too.)
somehow i had missed 'sexy oklahoma' when it happened. just clicked on your link and that rendition of 'people will say we're in love'... let's just say that I've been listening to that song several times in a row now... wow.
I'm so glad you liked Merrily, I have seen a few productions (Encores! and the filmed version of the London production this one is a "transfer" of) and I've never had the book track so well, the backwards chronology felt the most correct it ever has for me, the individual mistakes and choices adding up as distinct choices that feel correct in the moment and lead to ruin. I love the examination of the relationship between work/artistic collaboration and friendship, how crossing that line can be so fulfilling and treacherous at the same time. And it's I think my favorite Sondheim score on a musical level, the way the horns soar throughout, the jazzy drum riffs, the way it integrates the musical work of the artists it's depicting, it's so alive and haunting and I've been swimming in the album this week!
It is a really dazzling production and such a wonderful show in general. When I saw it in Chicago several years ago, I went in only with the knowledge that this was kind of a "real heads only" type of musical or that it was somewhat loathed and beloved at the same time. I have always found it so moving and great, and with the right chemistry, some of what people see as clunkier totally soars. I love this cast and they do such a brilliant job with it!
are you telling me you can read 150 pages of a book written before 1900 in two hours lmfao
if it’s the last 150 pages then yes!!! I will have the momentum & motivation if “being done”
Ok color me impressed
Never clicked on an article quicker in my life that your Timothée one. Great stuff. I am pretty deep in Timothée stan twitter. Love it.
Also u should keep seeing Maestro i just saw Oppenheimer for the 8th time yesterday.
be blessed!!!
If you want to go a little deeper with Moor Mother and can deal with some experimental-leaning jazz, she's a member of the group Irreversible Entanglements, who are consistently just so, so good. (IE bassist Luke Stewart's "Exposure Quintet" album is a big favorite around here too.)
Gonna check it out!!!
somehow i had missed 'sexy oklahoma' when it happened. just clicked on your link and that rendition of 'people will say we're in love'... let's just say that I've been listening to that song several times in a row now... wow.
It was totally genius - a genuine adaptation and revival of what felt like a musical for middle schoolers.
Nan Goldin <3 I was introduced to her photography when I read The Mars Room by Rachel Kushner, a book that haunts me.
love Rachel Kushner love The Mars Room
The thing about Disco Elysium is that it’s basically just Inherent Vice set in Bas-Lag! Don’t worry about tha actual plot too much....
I'm so glad you liked Merrily, I have seen a few productions (Encores! and the filmed version of the London production this one is a "transfer" of) and I've never had the book track so well, the backwards chronology felt the most correct it ever has for me, the individual mistakes and choices adding up as distinct choices that feel correct in the moment and lead to ruin. I love the examination of the relationship between work/artistic collaboration and friendship, how crossing that line can be so fulfilling and treacherous at the same time. And it's I think my favorite Sondheim score on a musical level, the way the horns soar throughout, the jazzy drum riffs, the way it integrates the musical work of the artists it's depicting, it's so alive and haunting and I've been swimming in the album this week!
It is a really dazzling production and such a wonderful show in general. When I saw it in Chicago several years ago, I went in only with the knowledge that this was kind of a "real heads only" type of musical or that it was somewhat loathed and beloved at the same time. I have always found it so moving and great, and with the right chemistry, some of what people see as clunkier totally soars. I love this cast and they do such a brilliant job with it!
All that anodic dance music.. just flow with it and revel in the dramatic prose!