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So Fucking much
AND the creativity of the Original Poster.
theme music for the WIN.
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Librettist needed for operetta project (General)
Date: 2009-09-28, 10:24AM PDT
Reply to: gigs-kx4wz-1396463358@craigslist.org
ASCAP composer seeks librettist for collaboration on an original operetta concept.
Libretto experience preferred, but poetry and/or dramaturgical background also acceptable.
Enthusiasm, versatility, and imaginativeness a must.
Familiarity with Broadway and operatic idioms recommended.
Enjoyment of "cult classic" science fiction, horror, and/or dystopian cinema also preferred.
Project seeks to fuse the so-called "New Wave/Neo-Romantic movement" of American opera and musical theatre ("Dead Man Walking", "Harvey Milk", "Little Women"/ "Sweeney Todd", "Wicked") with the idioms of the cinematic styles mentioned above (see the work of George Romero, John Carpenter, David Cronenberg and Roger Corman, among others) to create a truly engaging new work for a new generation of operagoers.
CA [California] residence not required, as most collaboration will likely take place via email, etc.
* Location: General
* it's NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests
* Compensation: Project is speculative, however, any eventual profits/fees will be divided as close to 50/50 as possible.
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BILLY BOYD WITH BEECAKE TO EMBARK ON U.S. EAST COAST TOUR OCTOBER 6-11, 2009
Actor and musician, Billy Boyd, who starred in The Lord of the Rings Trilogy as Peregrin “Pippin” Took and contributed to the soundtrack with his original song “Steward of Gondor”, will embark on a tour of the U.S. East Coast with his band Beecake October 6-11 in support of their new album “Soul Swimming”. (credit TORn)
Tour Dates
OCTOBER 6 at 7PM, Iota Café, Arlington, VA.
For tickets, visit www.iotaclubandcafe.com or call (703) 522-8340.
OCTOBER 7 at 8:30PM, Tin Angel, Philadelphia, PA.
For tickets, visit www.tinangel.com or call (215) 928-0770.
OCTOBER 8 & 10 at 10:30PM, Joe’s Pub, New York, NY.
For tickets, visit www.joespub.com or call (212) 967-7555.
OCTOBER 11 at 9PM, Passim Center, Cambridge, MA.
For tickets, visit www.clubpassim.org or call (617) 492-5300.
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| 2009-05-14 02:44 |
| Lord of the Rings Concert @ Radio City Music Hall (October) |
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FOTR Weekend in New York City: October 9–11, 2009
From the website:
On October 9 and 10 be ready to experience The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring like never before. Beneath an immense projection of Peter Jackson's film, the 21st Century Orchestra, under the direction of Maestro Ludwig Wicki, will perform Howard Shore's entire Academy Award®-winning score. Joining them will be the acclaimed voices of The Collegiate Chorale, The Brooklyn Youth Chorus, and soprano Kaitlyn Lusk.
The producers of The Radio City LOTR Concert and the Official Fan Committee are pleased to present a weekend packed with LOTR happenings! Watch this space...
Scheduled events include:
* The official release of Doug Adams’ new book The Music of the Lord of the Rings Films
* Pre-concert talks and post-concert signing sessions with Howard Shore and Doug Adams
* Discussion with Tolkien linguist David Salo, who translated all choral lyrics for The Lord of the Rings scores
* Illustrator/artist Colleen Doran talks about her work
* The Hobbit discussion—Join fans for a chat!
http://www.theradiocitylotrconcert.com/
One of the few times I wish I lived close enough to NYC to go.
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Two versions of "Come Pick Me Up", Ryan Adams
Been playing around with GoogleMaps, various trips taken and dreamed about, and with FlashEarth, and got me a wistful moment wishing to be with beloveds, to meet new friends and old, to be on the road. So, here is one of my favorite road-trip songs. Yes, from Elizabethtown (underrated movie, y'all), but even more from that need to travel, to travel to, to travel with.
[x-posted]
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| 2009-03-31 15:09 |
| moar books, movies, etc. |
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| amazon, black studies, books, child lit, education, europe 2009, friends, fun, gender studies, history, language, lj, movies, music, native american studies, nursing, philosophy, psychology, religion, women's studies |
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Apparel and shoes on sale at Amazon until April 3rd. (yeah, I get referral points if you buy after going in through my portal. geez, don't I sound like a pro, or a shill, or something? lol)
Sample listings:
( A Tolkien Treasury )
Amy's Eyes
( Read more... )
BRITISH COLUMBIA: A CENTENNIAL ANTHOLOGY [Hardcover] Edited by Reginald E. Watters
The five sections of this Centennial Anthology attempt to portray in words and B&W pictures the varied life of British Columbia in both the past and present.
30 Days to a Simpler Life; A Medieval Woman's Mirror of Honor: The Treasury of the City of Ladies; Boycott; Capitol Hill in Black and White; Canciones Infantiles [Audio CD] El patio de mi casa; Child in the Night [VHS Tape] JoBeth Williams; Tom Skerritt; Tim Choate, Elijah Wood IMDb; Conservation Medicine: Ecological Health in Practice [Hardcover] Gary M. Tabor; Core Curriculum for Lactation Consultant Practice [Paperback] by Walker, Marsha; Essentials of Nursing Research: Methods, Appraisal, and Utilization; Eve's Bayou [DVD] Jurnee Smollett; Meagan Good; Samuel L. Jackson; Gender and Religion: On the Complexity of Symbols by Bynum, Caroline W.; Guide to Rembering Japanese Characters (Tuttle language library); Howard Street by Nathan C. Heard; Savage Dreams: A Journey into the Landscape Wars of the American West by Rebecca Solnit; Spiritual Gardening [Audiobook] by Handelsman, Judith (cassettes) among other books, movies, and music.
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8 weeks (less) until graduation. eeps!
8 weeks and a day before I start traveling. yay!
thought i could pick up some overtime at work, but apparently not. so, must sell more books and music and movies. lol! I have no paid time off, no vacation or holiday time (agency doesn't give any- not that i'm spendthrift with it, i don't earn any!), so am selling as much to cover expenses while gone as to afford the trip.
( beneath the cut: cover (and sometimes illustration) scans of things I can't list on Amazon for one reason or another. Babies Board Books, YA novels that are long, long out of print, historical fiction that is long out of print. CDs not in Amazon's catalog. There may be magazines of Interest added to this list, so tag it, eh, if you collect magazines. )
So, you know. If you can help a girl out. Pass the word? Share my shop link with friends and family. If you're going to Amazon anyway, go in through my shop first, then to Search. That way, if you purchase something else on Amazon, I get referral bonuses.
Thanks for looking, sorry for the spam, am optimistic about your continuing ability to help me make this happen, and to find new homes for lovely books, movies, cds, and so on. And Blessings on your heads.
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| 2009-03-25 04:25 |
| Leonard Cohen, Live in London, Concert on NPR |
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Here, and if anyone knows how to rip from NPR, would you? *bats eyes*
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| 2009-03-24 11:21 |
| Listings, with categories and some commentaries |
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| amazon, books, children's books and movies, europe 2009, fun, glbt studies, movies, music, thanks, women's studies, ymoyl |
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Mystery, Intrigue, and Espionage:( Read more... )Historical Fiction and Novels:( Read more... )Biography and Autobiography( Read more... )Womens' and Gender Studies; Psychology: ( Read more... )Spirituality; Meditation; Religion, Questioning, Searching( Read more... )Children's books, movies, and CDs( Read more... )
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NPR All Songs Considered.
I'm DL the podcast. I know not everyone can use the NPRplayer, so will see if i can upload the podcast.
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A Satisfied Mind.
( lyrics )
Mediafire share folder
of versions, and a zip of the versions there.
ETA
more versions, and zip2
am looking for other versions, as many as you can bring me.
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| 2009-01-09 04:25 |
| As seen around and about - that question meme (or one of 'em, anyway) |
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Most of these meme things either intimidate or bore me, but this one caught my eye, I have a moment, so-
Make a list of things you can see around you without getting up: oh man, well, I'm in 'my girl's' apartment's living room, so it's all the usual- sofa, chairs, lamps, tv, plants, stuffed animals and dolls (two of everything, one for her and one for her sister), family photos, computer desk/nurse's desk, wheelchair, kitchen, her nephew's toys for when he comes to see gramma, my junk I bring with me every night... stuff.
How do you style your hair?
I lean over from the waist, brush it all out, stand up and curl it into a knot at the top of my head and hold it with a clamshell clip. Unless, of course, I'm wearing it down and beading the braids in it. Feast or famine.
What are you wearing now?( it's just not that interesting, folks, but what the hey! )
What are you listening to right now?
PBS: The Rat Pack: Conference of Cool. (KQED)
Oh no, now it's Latin Pulse on Best of LinkTV, on KRCB, and it's about Venezuela being on the verge of war with Ecuador and Colombia. :(
But I do love LinkTV- without it I'd never know about The Black Farmer. And I do need to know what's going on in this hemisphere south of Los Angeles. It just makes me sad, more war.
What's the last song that got stuck in your head?
I have to make a list. actually, I'll make a zip, since I'm inundating y'all with links anyway. Ashokan Farewell. Universe. Bibo No Aozora/Endless Flight/Babel. Hymn. I'll See Your Heart and I'll Raise You Mine. Rocks and Water. Same Mistake. The Luckiest. You've Got a Friend. zip
( continuing )
How are you?
Fine. Wishing I could just 'come up with' this last paper for that Damn Critical Thinking Course (c). Tired, and my shoulders ache. Ready to go home/ to come into about $10,000 tax-free/to go back to Europe. Happy enough.
What's something you'd like to say to someone right now?
I got my tickets!!! I'll be there just as we planned.
Say something to the person who tagged you.
No-one tagged me, but to lj user japanpeterpan- I still think there's room in this world (and in my writing life) for some Hook/Pan fic, and by god, one day, I'm going to write it. *nods*
Not going to tag anyone either, but hey- It's been interesting to do.
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there wanted to be fic written tonight, more in the little au, or perhaps something piratey, or even something not fandom-related at all, but just a story, something unpretentious and light- but the words won't unscramble at the moment, so instead i'm posting a song that moved me terribly over the summer and seems to have settled in for the night's studying, now.
download
( Naked As We Came )
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I woke up this morning
I had a scone and a large house blend
And then a little conversation with my squirrel and chipmunk friends
I said I’m sick and tired of winter
And I wish that it was spring
And then a little fellow named Robin Redbreast
Began to sing
And he sang...
In other news, political science is OVAH except for two quizzes on California State Gov't, and the final. *fist pump*
So now it's all about the critical thinking papers. whoohoo! [and more concrete planning for my trip, of course.]
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| 2008-03-29 21:40 |
| The Police |
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| Ocean's 11 [movie] |
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There is a move afoot to make a movie about the band! Get on down, sign the guest book. Closes Sunday. Can't hurt, might help. [Thanks to ![[info]](http://www.insanejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) pecos for the headsup!]
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in honor of the end of winter
Carole King/It's Too Late
and the coming of spring
I'll be taking some time to do a little self-care: concentrate on uni, swim/walk/garden, and think.
Still be around, cleaning up lists. If you'd like me to let you off my fl, let me know, or use 'defriend'- it's always defriending amnesty day.
[I first heard this song in 1971, not long after my oldest son was born. I knew as soon as I listened to it that for me, it would always be about knowing that my marriage wouldn't last. It was 1981 before the divorce was final, but the end began that day in the fog and chill of Sebastopol, dancing in the living room and crying for something that hadn't happened, and was inevitable.]
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| 2008-03-15 13:51 |
| Ethics, politics, the world, fanfic, and music |
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the first three can be summed up here: Monks Protest in Tibet and Nepal. Candles vs. automatic weapons; bare arms and heads against full body armor; the search for compassion, connection, and peace vs. fear, loneliness, and hate.
and the second? Idaho Mortensen and the Obelisk of Osiris. As the author says, It's funny, it's cheesy, it's even work-safe.
Me? I've finished vacuuming the Mail program on the big computer. I've been swimming. I've prayed for my fandom. I've talked with friends about my trip to Europe.
And now I'm going to bed. Blessings on your heads, each and every one of you.
Ah. And, courtesy of poetic_self: Ray LaMontagne, Till the Sun Turns Black.
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Because I will be taking Political Science, and Critical Thinking this Spring Term, some things in my FL and around and about. (Sorry, no lj-cut today ;))
1) The gay rights meme: I dislike the wording of it [posted it last year, and had the wording pointed out to me then- a lot to think about since then]. Suffice to say my son's gay, and I do worry about his rights being restricted because of that.
2) Rudeness in LJ and other places: reading someone's journal is like anything else voluntary: You're free to leave, anytime. No need to flame them, email rude things, or start a brawl in comments. Save your sanity, and just leave.
3) notes from all over:
About the US elections:
from ithiliana13: Gloria Steinem and Melissa Harris-Lacewell on race and gender in presidential politics. Ithiliana says: "Steinem has not done enough to think about racism and intersectional theory, and it shows."
from ![[info]](http://www.insanejournal.com/img/community.gif) dark_christian: Mike Huckabee, the Constitution, and 'God's Standards' "(excerpt)[Some of my opponents] do not want to change the Constitution, but I believe it's a lot easier to change the constitution than it would be to change the word of the living God, and that's what we need to do is to amend the Constitution so it's in God's standards rather than try to change God's standards," Huckabee said, referring to the need for a constitutional human life amendment and an amendment defining marriage as between a man and a woman. (thanks to zorya_speaks) from The New York Times : Dennis Kucinich battles for your right to hear all the candidates, so you can make up your own mind. about US policyUS Joint Chief of Staff would like to see Guantánamo shut down (thanks to nverland and she_gollum for surfacing the story and for keeping Gitmo front and center in my thinking). About thinking:from circe_tigana: A discussion (not stated truths) about the Cassie Edwards/Signet Publishing plagiarism situation, and secondarily, as Circe says, "a case study in the evolution of a created newstory in the internet age i[which] can't be beat." (linked with permission). The Fallacy of NeutralityPlagiarism is a Community IssueThe New P&P: Professionalism and Plagiarism, a not so classic tale of romance. [A woman who, oh, 35 years ago, I took care of in daycare (and am still in contact with), is now a romance and sci-fi writer (among many, many other things), so I'm following this with particular interest because it is close to home.] About writing:from penknife: prompts at the potcfest as well as other ficathons are still available!from dorrie6 ! axial_tilt multifandom pg fanfic exchange- today is last day to sign up</a> Movies I recommend, or want to see, and what I'm reading about movies: Alex Gibney's Taxi to the Dark Side; Wonders are Many by Jon Else; Black Light/White Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by Steven Okazaki; Sweeney Todd; Comanche Moon; Women in Film by Jeannie Rose. And what is a long, link-filled post without a present or two? Ocean Surf: timeless and sublime by Dan Gibson (will reupload on yousendit soon); and Kindness, by Naomi Shihab Nye.
Kindness
Before you know what kindness really is
you must lose things,
feel the future dissolve in a moment
like salt in a weakened broth.
What you held in your hand,
what you counted and carefully saved,
all this must go so you know
how desolate the landscape can be
between the regions of kindness.
How you ride and ride
thinking the bus will never stop,
the passengers eating maize and chicken
will stare out the window forever.
Before you learn the tender gravity of kindness,
you must travel where the Indian in a white poncho
lies dead by the side of the road.
You must see how this could be you,
how he too was someone
who journeyed through the night with plans
and the simple breath that kept him alive.
Before you know kindness as the deepest thing inside,
you must know sorrow as the other deepest thing.
You must wake up with sorrow.
You must speak to it till your voice
catches the thread of all sorrows
and you see the size of the cloth.
Then it is only kindness that makes sense anymore,
only kindness that ties your shoes
and sends you out into the day to mail letters and purchase bread,
only kindness that raises its head
from the crowd of the world to say
it is I you have been looking for,
and then goes with you every where
like a shadow or a friend.
~ Naomi Shihab Nye ~
(Words From Under the Words: Selected Poems)blessings on your heads. all of you.
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