02.18.03
Posted in Travels at 5:49 pm by Leopoldo
On Saturday evening I attended the play All the Great Books (Abridged) by The Reduced Shakespeare Company. The Reduced Shakespeare Company is best known for their performance of The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) in which they cover all 37 of Shakespeare’s plays in 97 minutes. In All the Great Books (abridged), The Reduced Shakespeare Company treats us to coverage of 92 literature classics explained in about an hour and a half… and then recapped in 3 minutes. I was afraid that I would be attending the play without enough background to understand the humor. While I am sure there were many references that flew right over my head I was surprised to find that I have in fact read half of the works covered. The rest are pervasive enough in our culture that the jokes are well understood… and quite funny. All the Great Books is a great piece of theater fluff. You will laugh, you will cry, you will want to have read more of the books so you can get the rest of the jokes.
As a sad postscript to this trip, I learned in the news that afternoon that the ACT has run out of money and may soon be closing its doors. Saturday’s performance may have been the last in what is probably the best theater venue in Seattle.
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02.06.03
Posted in Music at 9:13 pm by Leopoldo
On Tuesday I went with my friend Sara to see Dahlia perform live at Ohm in downtown Portland. The show was incredibly good. Even though it was a late Tuesday night, it was obvious that the crowd was made up largely of regulars who knew their grooves and could follow along. The band was easily able to create energy and a mood that was deliciously contagious.
Vocalist Jennifer Folker can best be described as spunky. She carries a dramatic energy, which she projects out to the crowd. Her natural sensuality and foul mouthed “I am here to enjoy myself and if you can?t take a joke: fuck you” attitude team up with an amazing vocal ability that makes it hard to keep your eyes or ears off the stage. Perhaps more amazing is Keith Schreiner?s astounding ability to program up a sweet beat then play with it and shape it to his whimsy. Schreiner and Folker?s perfect synchronicity is evidence of either well-practiced artistry or musically induced telepathy. Either way the result is the same: a well-connected audience that is present and enjoying every musical nuance. I am still not sure what sound engineer Jay Bozich was doing in the back booth, but his incessant fiddling with scores of consoles evidentially added to the soundscape the three were painting onto the club.
If you are anywhere near Portland and enjoy quality electronic music I commend you to take the time and experience Dahlia at Ohm.
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Posted in Personal at 1:59 pm by Leopoldo
Last week I was assigned to a new project at work. The project has me so busy (I have had meetings solid from 8am to 5pm every day last and this week) that I have not been writing or doing much of anything else lately. I worked through my lunch hour today and just now got a chance to sit down and eat an apple. After my first bite I realized I am so distracted that I bit right into the apple’s label and ate it without noticing. I think it is time to slow down.
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02.05.03
Posted in Music at 5:26 pm by Leopoldo
Emotion Cycles (2001) by Dahlia continues to be one of my favorite albums, it is what I am listening to right now as a matter of fact. I recently posted the lyrics to Serenity and can now offer lyrics for Marcella Behind Liquid Blue Eyes.
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Posted in Geekdom at 1:58 pm by Leopoldo
The perfect accessory for your evening shadowrun: An invisible cloak!
Ananova - Japanese scientist invents ‘invisibility cloak’
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