So, in my delirious
state last night when I was trying not to pass out and vomit, I mistakenly
said that Meier's housewarming was THIS WEEKEND. I was wrong, it
is NEXT WEEKEND JUNE 30th.
If you show up @ their
house, yer just going to get a kick to the head, so save yerselves for
next weeksend. There's always the beergarden, if you're bored.
My Head's
A Splodin' (6/21/01)
Okay, quick quick
bits of info for everyone, as I seem to be spending a unhealthy amount
of time in front of computers lately...w/ my job & the site, it's
come to like 12-14 hours. Therefore, I now (in addition to a splitting
headache) am getting vertigo when I sit here typing this stuff. <pause
for 10 minute break to take advil & water>. Okay, nowtogetthroughthisniceandquicksoIcangolaydownintheairconditioning...
Jedi PunkRawk has
a superduper offer for Mafia Members who still haven't seen Free Market.
Read for the details:
"For those ithaca mafia that are interested, I
am offering discounted tix to Free Market, at the low, low SPECIAL STAFF
RATE of $15, half off the $30 regular ticket price. People should just
contact me and tell me what date they want to come. It's a good opportunity
to watch 6 amazing actors in 29 roles. They do some incredible work.
The New York TImes called the show "Funny...imaginative...and satisfying"
JediPunkRock
Also, From
the Worm--be it known the He and the Parsonage gal are holding their (6-month)
post-housewarming party this weekend. Details are as follows:
"who:
everyone who wants to come who we remotely know.
where: Kerry and Seth's place CLICK
HERE FOR DIRECTIONS
when: Saturday, June 30th around 8PM
why: do you need a reason?
post
on the messageboard
if you can make it or email: sethmeier@pipeline.com
( Bring
booze if you can but we will try and get as much as we can afford.)
best
Seth"
Aaaaaaand I
think my eyes are starting to meltoutofmyhead, so if you want more entertainment,
please peep the newly-updated Nick
Hornby site or the new Tenacious
D webpage (Jack Black's band who has an album coming out soon...)
or hell, go and watch the J&SBSB
Trailer (up tonight @ midnight..).
Now if you excuse
me, I'm going to go and "castle". Kklllllllllluvvvvvvvvvvv
Fake Plastic
Trees (6/19/01)
Whoa there folks,
I'm here to tip you off to this weeks new Mystery Link... it seems that
our boy Jedi Diesel (aka Eric of the
Lorenz') has an evil twin in this world. The scary thing is that he is
interested in many of the same things that Diesel is, like PHOTOGRAPHY--and
he is also, like Diesel a good looking man. I swear, I though this
had to be some sick joke, but it's not. Our boy Eric has a doppleganger
living in the midwest. Amazing.
Also, for some light
reading--I would like to suggest a wonderful article on Why Roger Clemens
is Really The Antichrist. This very well-done piece was written by
sports colunmist Bill Simmons, and intelligently breaks down the Rocket's
career, and why he'll "never be truly loved by any group of
baseball fans" (Yanks fans included). Pop on over to ESPN's
Page TWO and read. You'll thank me (and perhaps never look @ Clemens
the same way again...)
Oh, and much love
to the ol' Kanucklehead, Tim Wakefield of the Sox who pitched a no-hitter
through 8 innings last night. I love that dirty water!
high and
dry (6/18/01)
my baby's got the
bends. where do we go from here?
I trust the weekend played itself out for everyone nicely, and if not--welcome
back to the lovely workaday drudgery. Last Thursday was the debut of the
new ultra-tasty seasonings of Mrs.
Grundyfeaturing our own Jedi Duck
on lead vocals. It was a fantaballastic showing @ the Lions Den, and I
put together a Gallery for everyone to
peep, in case you missed it (and if you did miss it, then you missed a
balls to the walls version of the legendary "Borderline" by
the Madonna, suckahs!). I highly suggest that you check them out (they're
going to have a number of dates coming up--more when I get the info),
as they can only get better (if that's a possibility).
"Shirak."
Now, there is plenty
more coming up this week: the mysteries will be updated, I've got some
uber important info regarding Volleyball, and many other superfun things/news/notes--so
stay tuned.
But to finish this
evenings Rock-Update, enjoy some Music News from Spin.com.
People
Love Sebastian Bach
Especially us. Here at Spin.com, we never pass up an
opportunity to wax poetic on the talents and stately glory of Skid Row
frontman Sebastian Bach. For instance, when we found out that he was
tapped to replace Jack Wagner (from the hit television series Melrose
Place) in the Broadway production of Jekyll & Hyde last summer,
we made a cake. We were just that happy. And now it's happened again.
Sebastian Bach has been named as the Favorite Male Replacement as part
of Broadway.com's 2001 Audience Awards. About 115,000 theater buffs
worldwide vote in the awards, which determine the most beloved performers
and plays of the theater season. Bach starred in the Jekyll & Hyde
production for four months on Broadway, marking the first time that
someone from a "hard rock band" has been on Broadway. Stellar.
Sebastian is also set to appear on the popular Sally Jesse Raphael show
for the Father's Day episode Friday on NBC. And if you are hankering
for some more music from the Bach, his debut solo album, Bring 'Em Bach
Alive, is out now. And he's also hard at work at present writing songs
for a second solo album, which should be out by the end of this year.
In related news, Sebastian Bach has the coolest house ever, not that
I watch Cribs or anything. Also, may we take this moment now to brag?
'Cause you know Sebastian Bach came to Spin about a year ago and sang
"I Remember You" in our office. You will never have that.
For all your Sebastian needs, check out his website. And check out Broadway.com
for more about the awards. Oh, and in case you were wondering, my favorite
male Replacement is Tommy Stinson.
Vonnegut
Rocks. Like, Totally.
From the innovative, aged, and charmingly dry Kurt Vonnegut
who produced such works as Slaughterhouse-Five (known also as the bible
to every teen when they face their moment of anti-establishment clarity)
and Breakfast of Champions, comes Ice Nine Ballads, an album featuring
a collection of songs written and narrated by the author himself. But
don't expect the 79 year-old Vonnegut to be realizing any lofty punk
rock aspirations. With the help of composer David Soldier, Vonnegut
has transplanted excerpts from his novel Cat's Cradle to create a musical
prose that ranges from classical chamber music to Carribbean and gospel.
"You could call it an opera, set to world musics," said Ayo
Osinibi, owner of Mulatta records, who will put out the record. This
will be the first musical endeavor for the 79 year-old Vonnegut, who
plans to produce two more such albums in the future. However the novels
to be used remain unknown. Ice Nine Ballads is expected to hit stores
in two to three weeks.
Jimmy
Page: Prime Minister of Guitarists
This is hysterical. U.K. music magazine, Total Guitar,
has taken it upon themselves to create and elect a British "Guitar
Government," comprised of the peoples' favorite players. Again,
hysterical. The magazine put out a survey to readers across the country
Friday, conviently at the same time as the actual general election,
asking them to vote for who they'd like to see from each region sitting
on the 12-seat assembly. Former Yardbird Jimmy Page was voted as the
"Prime Minister of Guitarists." Apparently, it was a total
landslide victory, too, as Page, who apparently was in some Zeppelin
group also and has made records with David Coverdale of Whitesnake,
trounced Greater London, edging out competitors Brian May (Queen) and
The Who's Pete Townsend. As for the Southeast, well, Eric Clapton beat
out the Stones' Keith Richards and Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood, which
is probably good since Jonny doesn't really play the guitar anymore,
and instead just bangs on things. There was a blistering race in the
Southwest, with Deep Purple's Ritchie Blackmore and Muse's Matt Bellamy
running head to head. The Northwest can claim Johnny Marr (The Smiths)
as their own over George Harrison, though he only won by 2 percent.
There had to be a recount for the Northeast, as Dire Straits' Mark Knopfler
was beaten by The Shadow's Hank Marvin by just one percent. Lame. I
mean, Marvin doesn't even have a dinosaur named after him. Delighting
me tremendously, Marillion's Steve Rothery won for Yorkshire and Humberside,
while Pink Floyd's Dave Gilmour took East Anglia, and Ten Years After's
Alvin Lee of Ten Years got the east Midlands. Oddly, Slash took the
West Midlands over Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi. Who knew that Slash was
from the West Midlands? Of course, Angus Young took Scotland and those
crazy Welsh people chose James Dean Bradfield of the Manic Street Preachers.
Finally, Northern Ireland has Gary Moore to call their own. In related
news, this is the best idea any magazine has ever had ever. We will
be doing our best to blatantly steal it in the upcoming months.
"Come on Sugar
Daddy, bring it home!" Glam Lovas of the world, rejoice in the splendor
that is the new trailer released for Hedwig & The Angry Inch
(www.Get-Hed.com)
just recently. Take a look, and get ready to rock out this July.
Also, for y'all lovers
of Jay & Silent
Bob, the next internet-only trailer for J&SBSB
is rumored to come out Thursday. Be sure and give it a try, if you can
get through...
Good ol' Kate Chell
was kind enough to point out that her new play, The Ressurectionist
(listed on the EVENTS page) just got reviewed
by NYTheatre.com,
and it's quite a nice one:
THE RESURRECTIONIST
The Resurrectionist marks the New York debut of playwright Kate
Chell and proves that she's a talent to
keep an eye on. Though a little tightening is in order, this
suspense thriller set in the 17th century is a fine piece of dramatic
writing, the kind of play that grabs your attention and holds it as
it takes you on a roller coaster ride full of surprises and shocks.
It's also rather meaty: its story, which pits medieval church doctrine
against the radical views of the nascent science of anatomy, will disarm
and disturb you in unexpected ways.
Program notes advise us that resurrectionists, gangs
of graverobbers who provided corpses to surgeons and anatomists, thrived
in London in the years following the Great Fire and the final outbreak
of Plague. Their trade was illegal--the Church viewed both disinterment
and dissection as sinful--and consequently inordinately dangerous.
In Chell's play, the resurrectionist of the title is
Molly Lark, a young woman who entered this unsavory business after the
disappearance (and probable murder) of her brother. Molly's accomplice
at the moment is Gabriel Shepherd, a vile and villainous fellow who
may have had something to do with her brother's death. When Gabriel
brings Molly the corpse of a young woman with a slit throat and a seemingly
untouched shroud, Molly's suspicions become aroused. Eventually, this
cadaver, sold to an earnest young anatomist named Jeffrey Rymer who
is in love with Molly, will transform the lives of everyone who gets
near it.
Once the exposition is out of the way, things move swiftly
and relentlessly to a conclusion that is inevitable and terrible. Several
moments are deliciously shocking: this really is a thriller that thrills.
Director David Denson has done a splendid job staging it in the intimate
performance space at The Gershwin Hotel, making ingenious use of the
aisles surrounding the audience to place us literally in the thick of
this exciting tale. Nicole Pintal, cast against type as Molly, gives
a powerful performance, with fine support coming from Mika David Duncan
(Rymer), Michael Gilpin (Shepherd), Timothy Fannon (Thom Gilhenny, another
admirer of Molly's), Jennifer Larkin (Erin, Molly's friend), and Jeff
Cote (Dr. Conner Pond, another anatomist). (reviewed on June 11, 2001)
A hearty round
of applause for Chelly on her success w/ the show! *CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP
CLAP CLAP!*
Forget not:
Thurday night, Mrs. Grundy @ The Lions Den. Suddenly Duck will be the
"Ms. Punk Rock star of stage and screen.....and she's never coming
back!"
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