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Party Fears, Tosca and New Zealand!
Dec. 15th, 2003 05:27 pmWell, I've finally managed to get (nearly) all my things in the same place, thanks to the help of the superkind caseopaya. Part of this was the discovery of Party Fears - heads up reddragdiva. For those of you who don't know the reddragdiva is a long-term rocknerd. He used to produce a good quality independent music 'zine in Perth in the mid-80s to early 90s.
It even won an award. (No really, you must read this link).
Bar_bar_rella! The page is down ! Fix it please! For the sake of the relationship of musicians to gormet chefs! Please!
Anyway, the good Dr. is putting his olde journal online. If it's any help I have issues 5, 6, 7, 13, 14, 17, 18....
The lovely severina242 took me to the opera on Saturday night - Puccini's Tosca. What a lovely story. What a excellent performance. What exceptional value for money. I mean, about 10 main actors, a few dozen extras, a full choral orchrestra, three magnificant sets... And less expensive than a "rave" party or some moderately popular international rock band.
This causes me some pondering. Popular culture is now more expensive than high art. Will pop eat itself? Quite possibly under those circumstances.
The other thought that ran through my head (a la Horkheimer/Adorno) was that only capitalism could debase the Enlightenment art of the opera to the musical (which I must admit does work when it's incongruous - "Dancer in the Dark" or parody - "Rocky Horror Picture Show").
Finally, I'm in New Zealand - country number six for the year!! Flew in via Emirates (haha, the day that Saddam was caught, how ironic), who did pretty well. Currently in Auckland, leave for Palmerston North tomorrow. About to head off to a warfside pub called "Lenin's Bar". If I can't find a decent full-bodied red there I'll eat my hat.
Speaking of Saddam, did anyone else notice how the news photos of "cheering Iraqis" vanished so very very quickly once it was discovered that they were cheering members of the Iraqi Communist Party?
It even won an award. (No really, you must read this link).
Bar_bar_rella! The page is down ! Fix it please! For the sake of the relationship of musicians to gormet chefs! Please!
Anyway, the good Dr. is putting his olde journal online. If it's any help I have issues 5, 6, 7, 13, 14, 17, 18....
The lovely severina242 took me to the opera on Saturday night - Puccini's Tosca. What a lovely story. What a excellent performance. What exceptional value for money. I mean, about 10 main actors, a few dozen extras, a full choral orchrestra, three magnificant sets... And less expensive than a "rave" party or some moderately popular international rock band.
This causes me some pondering. Popular culture is now more expensive than high art. Will pop eat itself? Quite possibly under those circumstances.
The other thought that ran through my head (a la Horkheimer/Adorno) was that only capitalism could debase the Enlightenment art of the opera to the musical (which I must admit does work when it's incongruous - "Dancer in the Dark" or parody - "Rocky Horror Picture Show").
Finally, I'm in New Zealand - country number six for the year!! Flew in via Emirates (haha, the day that Saddam was caught, how ironic), who did pretty well. Currently in Auckland, leave for Palmerston North tomorrow. About to head off to a warfside pub called "Lenin's Bar". If I can't find a decent full-bodied red there I'll eat my hat.
Speaking of Saddam, did anyone else notice how the news photos of "cheering Iraqis" vanished so very very quickly once it was discovered that they were cheering members of the Iraqi Communist Party?