#charles tyler ensemble

[dialoogid]

Various Artists - The ESP Sampler (1967)

[medium-observation]

NOVEMBER RELEASE

Hadestown - Second US National Tour (Non-Equity)

October 21, 2024 - Medium Observation

Video

Cast:

Bryan Munar (Orpheus), Megan Colton (Eurydice), Nickolaus Colón (Hades), Namisa Mdlalose Bizana (Persephone), Jaylon Crump (Hermes), Julia Schick (u/s Fate), Miriam Navarrete (Fate), Katelyn Crall (Fate), Randy Cain (Worker), Miracle Myles (Worker), Kaitlyn O’Leary (Worker), Mikaela Rada (Worker), Joe Rumi (Worker)

Notes:

Perfect capture of this incredible new tour! Lots of nice closeups and lots of wideshots to show the new staging and lighting! Sometimes the right side of the stage gets covered with lights and can obstruct faces but its always minuscule. Some washout, shakiness and readjusting throughout.

NFT Date: May 1st, 2025

Screenshots: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjBPi2G

Video is $20

Hadestown - Second US National Tour (Non-Equity)

October 22, 2024 - Medium Observation

Video

Cast:

Bryan Munar (Orpheus), Julia Schick (u/s Eurydice), Randy Cain (u/s Hades), Namisa Mdlalose Bizana (Persephone), Jaylon Crump (Hermes), Miriam Navarrete (Fate), Katelyn Crall (Fate), Michelle E. Carter (u/s Fate), Jamir Brown (s/w Worker), Miracle Myles (Worker), Kaitlyn O’Leary (Worker), Mikaela Rada (Worker), Joe Rumi (Worker)

Notes:

Fantastic capture of Julia, Randy and Michelles Debut's as Eurydice, Hades and Fate respectively. Due to how far away i was the video is slightly grainy at max zoom. Wideshot to show new tour differences and zooms to highlight the debuts. Some washout, shakiness and readjusting throughout.

NFT Date: May 1st, 2025

Screenshots: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjBPiVg

Video is $20

Hamilton - First US National Tour (Angelica)

October 8, 2024 - Medium Observation

Video

Cast:

Tyler Fauntleroy (Alexander Hamilton), Lauren Mariasoosay (Eliza Hamilton), Jimmie JJ Jeter (Aaron Burr), Marja Harmon (Angelica Schuyler), A.D. Weaver (George Washington), Hosea Mundi (s/b Marquis de Lafayette/Thomas Jefferson), Colby Lewis (Hercules Mulligan/James Madison), Nathan Haydel (John Laurens/Philip Hamilton), Lily Soto (Peggy Schuyler/Maria Reynolds), Justin Matthew Sargent (King George III), Devin Tyler Hatch (s/w James Reynolds/Philip Schuyler/Doctor), Alex Dorf (Samuel Seabury), Alex Larson (Charles Lee), Nathanael Hirst (George Eacker), Sabrina Harrison (Ensemble)

Notes:

Incredible capture of this insanely good cast! i think this was hosea's debut? or it was one of his firsts! Some washout, shakiness and readjusting throughout.

NFT Date: May 1st, 2025

Screenshots: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjBMYMG

Video is $20

Les Misérables - Sixth US National Tour

October 13, 2024 (Matinée) - Medium Observation

Video

Cast:

Nick Cartell (Jean Valjean), Nick Rehberger (Javert), Lindsay Heather Pearce (Fantine), Eden Mau (u/s Cosette), Jake David Smith (Marius), Mya Rena Hunter (Éponine), Matt Crowle (Thénardier), Christian Mark Gibbs (Enjolras), Victoria Huston-Elem (Madame Thénardier), Milo Maharlika (Gavroche), Emerson Mae Chan (Little Cosette), Kyle Adams (Grantaire), Daniel Gerard Bittner (Feuilly), Danny Martin (Courfeyrac), Andrew Marks Maughan (Combeferre), J.T. Wood (Joly), Steve Czarnecki (Factory Foreman/Brujon), David Andino (Bamatabois/Babet), Jonathan Young (Jean Prouvaire), Jeremiah Alsop (Montparnasse), David T. Walker (Claquesous), Randy Jeter (Lesgles/The Bishop of Digne), Greta Schaefer (Young Éponine), Paige McNamara (Factory Girl), Ashley Alexandra (Old Woman), Emily Fink (Wigmaker), Mikako Martin (u/s Innkeeper's Wife), Ashley Dawn Mortensen (u/s Ensemble)

Notes:

Fantastic capture of this tour's new cast along with Eden as Cosette! due to how dark les mis can be at times it can look a little grainy. Some washout, shakiness and readjusting throughout.

NFT Date: May 1st, 2025

Screenshots: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjBNuD1

Video is $20

Some Like it Hot (Shaiman and Wittman) - First US National Tour

October 13, 2024 - Medium Observation

Video

Cast:

Tavis Kordell Cunningham (Jerry | Daphne), Matt Loehr (Joe | Josephine), Leandra Ellis-Gaston (Sugar Kane), Tarra Conner Jones (Sweet Sue), Edward Juvier (Osgood Fielding III), Jamie LaVerdiere (Agent Mulligan), Devon Goffman (Spats Colombo), Devon Hadsell (Minnie), Ashley Marie Arnold (Ensemble), Kelly Berman (Ensemble), Darien Crago (Ensemble), Drew Franklin (Ensemble), Devin Holloway (Ensemble), Emily Kelly (Ensemble), Brianna Kim (Ensemble), Stephen Michael Langton (Ensemble), Jay Owens (Ensemble), Ranease Ryann (Ensemble), Nissi Shalome (Ensemble), Michael Skrzek (Ensemble), Tommy Sutter (Ensemble)

Notes:

First known video of this new tour! Incredible capture that has a lot of wideshots to show the incredible choreography of this show! Some washout, shakiness and readjusting throughout.

NFT Date: May 1st, 2025

Screenshots: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjBNCNt

Video is $20

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[wanderingmind867]

Idea that just popped into my head: a Love Actually pastiche with the members of the original Justice League (and maybe some of their supporting cast and/or villians). Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Barry Allen, Hal Jordan, Martian Manhunter, Aquaman, Green Arrow, Ray Palmer, Hawkman and Hawkgirl, Black Canary, Red Tornado, Elongated Man, Zatanna and Firestorm. Plus The Phantom Stranger and Metamorpho! We have enough characters to deliver an ensemble cast, and a story of love and how it's expressed amongst all the members.

If we need more characters though... then let's add the JSA. Jay Garrick, Alan Scott, Rex Tyler, Wesley Dodds, Jim Corrigan, Ted Knight, Charles Mcnider, Al Pratt, Ted Grant, Terry Sloane, Johnny Thunder, and all the others. They have stories to tell at Christmastime. And if they don't, surely Lois Lane, Jimmy Olsen, Perry White, Lex Luthor, Edward Nygma, Harvey Dent, Victor Fries, Dick Grayson, Carol Ferris, John Stewart, Len Snart, etc would have stories to tell. Everyone has love in their lives. Or did, once. We need a massive book just full of short stories about what love means to superheroes and supervillians. I would gladly read this comic. Gladly.

If DC won't do it, then let Marvel do it. Use The Avengers and The Defenders. Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, Hank Pym, Janet van Dyne, Rick Jones, Hawkeye, Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver, The Vision, Black Panther, Hercules, Doctor Strange, The Hulk, Namor, The Silver Surfer, Valkyrie, Nighthawk, Daredevil, Luke Cage and Daimon Hellstrom. There's just so, so many characters who we could see at the holidays. Winter is a wonderful time, a time for sentiment. And I want to see that sentiment.

[theriddletrades]

HAMILTON - 2NT - JUNE, 2024

Hamilton | 2NT | 2024, June | MP4 (11.82 GB, 2160p) | The Riddle’s master Cast: Nick Sanchez (u/s Alexander Hamilton), Kendyl Sayuri Yokoyama (Eliza Hamilton), Deon'te Goodman (Aaron Burr), Lencia Kebede (Angelica Schuyler), Carvens Lissaint (George Washington), Jared Howelton (Marquis de Lafayette/Thomas Jefferson), Eddie Ortega (Hercules Mulligan/James Madison), Tyler Fauntleroy (John Laurens/Philip Hamilton), Erin Ramirez (u/s Peggy Schuyler/Maria Reynolds), Paul Louis Lessard (King George III), Devin Tyler Hatch (s/w James Reynolds/Philip Schuyler/Doctor), Stephen Carrasco (Samuel Seabury), Zach Bravo (s/w Charles Lee), Dharon Jones (George Eacker), Bella Rusli (s/w The Bullet), Taeko McCarroll (s/w Ensemble), Josh Marin (Ensemble), Cyndal Gilmore (Ensemble), Vanessa Magula (s/w Ensemble) Victoria Fiore (Ensemble), Malachi Durant (Ensemble)

Notes: Decent 4k capture of the touring production.  Some very rough filming at times, with some blind-wideshots and a few blackouts due to usher activity, but also has some really gorgeous close-ups.  Struggles with washout at times, some minor obstruction from heads particularly on either extreme side of the stage, and has some major obstruction from a head during Act 2.  Filming is much more settled during Act 2.  Has some nice covers on.  Jared’s, Bella’s, and Devin’s final show with the company.

NFT DATE: JANUARY 7, 2025 Sales only until NFT date; price is $15

email theriddletrades@gmail.com if interested Screenshots: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjByhpk

[burlveneer-music]

David Wertman - Kara Suite - Finders Keepers reissue of 1976 LP from Steve Reid's Mustevic Sound label

As one of the three inaugural 1976 releases to ignite the mythical Mustevic Music catalogue, David Wertman’s elusive Kara Suite LP was the first record to turn jazz drummer Steve Reid’s vanity imprint into a bona fide cooperative record label with a multi-artist repertoire. Entrusting his own bass player with the limelight, Reid’s unlikely A&R decision would typify his oblique strategies and challenge the common perception of a soloist within jazz’s shifting landscape. Drawing few comparisons amongst independent label releases of the time, save for rare standalone LP by Ronnie Boykins (ESP 1975) and cellist Abdul Wadoud (Bisharra 1978), Wertman’s only solo album (preceding his work with Sun Ensemble and The New Life Trio) combined frenetic bow work, intricate spiritual exchanges and raucous rock solid cyclic riffage to underpin his own compositional complexities. Providing a platform for first-time players like Richard Schatzberg (French horn) and future avant jazz punk participant Ken Simon (tenor/soprano sax) Kara Suite provides an early indication of Wertman’s multilayered and non-conformist blueprint from which the hallowed New Life Trio would eventually illuminate. The album’s off-kilter commitment is further cemented by the inclusion of worldly free jazz luminary Charles Tyler (alto sax) and the naturalistic back-beat of Steve Reid himself to complete the dream team – albeit a sleepless one, on account of this one-off quintet’s wide-eyed innovation. Presented in four parts, Kara Suite documents Wertman’s very first musical directorial commitment to vinyl, preceded only by guest appearances, months earlier, on Steve Reid’s classic Rhythmatism and the ultra-rare The Universal Jazz Symphonette LP which chronicles Wertman’s deep-end New York baptism alongside Billy Bang and Earl Freeman before his relocation to Northampton forged this unique and oblique chapter in America’s independent jazz narrative. As one of the final pages to be turned in the Mustevic reappraisal legacy this album perhaps remains the best kept secret for aficionados who actively choose to blur the lines between spiritual jazz and free jazz with no discrimination against art rock and the genre that might soon be christened punk (but not as we know it). Finally resurrected via the Finders Keepers/Early Future unison, complete with full cooperation and sleeve note narration by David’s partner Lynne Meryl, it might come as little surprise that amongst these pillars of alternative, privately pressed jazz is a story that also intertwines names such as Alice Cooper, Archie Shepp, KISS and DJ Shadow and many mutating musical genres that have made this music so hard to pin down over the subsequent five decades. 

[adastrafanfic]

State of the Archive

A decent week!  We're steadily gaining new users and have a pretty good participation in both the weekly challenges and the Review Hunt!  I'm so happy you're all here.  Anyway, we're still occasionally running into indexing errors, etc, so if you go to use the site and it throws you an error, it's not an instability issue, just a minor bug we're still chasing.  Everything's safe in the database.

Weekly Challenge #14: Wind and Water Ever have someone show up on your doorstep when you had no idea they were coming? Or how about that time you were crusing that nebula and suddenly a warship decloaked. Or what happened that time someone actually stood up at a wedding and interrupted?

Anyway, your challenge is to write between 100 and 700 words about unexpected appearances, as prompted by DaraOakwise. And when you post it to the archive, tag it Weekly Challenge: Unexpected Appearances

This challenge ends on 8/18 at 11:59PM Eastern.

Stories Archived

★ denotes Weekly Challenge Entry

Star Trek: Enterprise

by QuailFence Wading - G - Charles "Trip" Tucker III/T'Pol

Star Trek: Discovery

by lah_mrh This Delicate Thing We've Made - T - Ash Tyler | Voq/Christopher Pike

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

by kalima Three Books - M - Christine Chapel/Spock

by LadyEmma Where Do We Go From Here? - G - Ensemble

by Pixie All my tears have been used up - T - La'an Noonien-Singh/George Samuel "Sam" Kirk

Star Trek: The Original Series

by QuailFence Division Colors - G - Janice Rand/Nyota Uhura

by SLWalker ★ Closure - G - Leonard "Bones" McCoy, Abigail "Abby" Corrigan

Star Trek: Alternate Original Series

by daraoakwise ★ Away from Earth Awhile - T - Andrew "Corry" Corrigan, Montgomery "Scotty" Scott (AOS)

by lah_mrh A New Path - G - Spock & Spock (AOS)

Star Trek: The Next Generation

by zeusfluff A Mother's Joy - T - Beverly Crusher, Jack Crusher, Wesley Crusher

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

by nostalgia Paved With Good Intentions - E - Ezri Dax/Julian Bashir Lemonade - T - Ezri Dax/Julian Bashir/Quark For The Best - T - Julian Bashir/Miles O'Brien, Keiko O'Brien/Miles O'Brien The Same Kind Of Different - M - Julian Bashir/various

Star Trek: Voyager

by nostalgia Only Human - T - Kathryn Janeway/Chakotay, Tuvok Some Sunny Day - T - Kathryn Janeway/Seven of Nine Tales From the Government-In-Exile - T - Kathryn Janeway & Seven of Nine

by Pixie B'Elanna's Pancakes - G - B'Elanna Torres, Miral Paris

Expanded Universes

by BountyTrek Star Trek: Bounty - 101 - T - Original Characters

by ESD Star Trek: We Will Rebuild, Episode 1 - T - Ensemble, Lower Decks xover

by Hawku Marauding Moosavak - G - Ensemble Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Record - G - Ensemble

by sixbeforelunch ★ Hafayat - G - Veral, OCs

[starkiddreamcasting]

Starkid Shucked

It’s time for Starkid to get totally Shucked! The bizarre experience of Broadway’s  new corn-based musical almost feels like a Starkid musical to me so I was all too ready to create this dreamcast once the cast recording dropped. So I hope you all enjoy this crop just in time for the Tony’s (in which Shucked will likely win one or two of them.) 

(Also I realized I’d been writing Davis Hamilton’s name incorrectly, oops)

1. Lauren Lopez as Maizey 2. Britney Coleman as Lulu 3. Curt Mega as Gordy 4. Brian Rosenthal as Peanut 5. Davis Hamilton as Beau 6. Bryce Charles as Storyteller 1 7. Will Branner as Storyteller 2 8. Tyler Brunsman as Ensemble 9. Corey Dorris as Ensemble 10. Ali Gordon as Ensemble 11. AJ Holmes as Ensemble 12. Janaya Mahealani Jones as Ensemble 13. Joey Richter as Ensemble 14. Rachael Soglin as Ensemble 15. Tiffany Williams as Ensemble

Swings: Angela Giarratana, Brian Holden, James Tolbert, Virginia Vass

Understudies: Tyler Brunsman (Gordy, Beau, Storyteller 2), Angela Giarratana (Maizey), Ali Gordon (Maizey), Brian Holden (Beau), AJ Holmes (Peanut, Storyteller 2), Janaya Mahealani Jones (Lulu, Storyteller 1), Joey Richter (Gordy, Peanut), Virginia Vass (Lulu), Tiffany Williams (Storyteller 1)

Make sure to leave any show suggestions or any questions on my casting choices so I can explain them.  

[denimbex1986]

'…Weekly Commentary: Barbenheimer has burst into the Oscar race with Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” and Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” finally landing in theaters with critical acclaim and a possible colossal box office haul.

Of all the movies screened up to this point this year, Nolan’s movie is one of two films that could have all the key ingredients to win the Academy Awards’ most coveted prize. It’ll be a colossal guild player (watch out for the SAG ensemble), and the regional critics could make it a darling during the precursor season. The ongoing strikes could have a ripple effect on films that are dropping in the later months since their teams won’t be able to promote them in the same way as earlier titles…

The submission deadline for general categories is Nov. 18, 2023. Preliminary shortlist voting will begin on Dec. 18, with the results announced on Dec. 21. The voting period will run from Jan. 11-16, 2024, with the official nominations announcement on Jan. 23.

The 96th Oscars will be held on Sunday, Mar. 10.

AND THE PREDICTED NOMINEES ARE: “Killers of the Flower Moon” (Apple Original Films/Paramount Pictures) Dan Friedkin, Martin Scorsese, Bradley Thomas, Daniel Lupi “Oppenheimer” (Universal Pictures) Emma Thomas, Charles Roven, Christopher Nolan “Maestro” (Netflix) Fred Berner, Bradley Cooper, Amy Durning, Emma Tillinger Koskoff, Kristie Macosko Krieger, Todd Phillips, Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg “The Color Purple” (Warner Bros.) Quincy Jones, Scott Sanders, Steven Spielberg, Oprah Winfrey “Past Lives” (A24) David Hinojosa, Pamela Koffler, Christine Vachon “Saltburn” (Amazon Studios) Emerald Fennell, Josey McNamara, Tom Ackerley, Margot Robbie “The Holdovers” (Focus Features) Mark Johnson, Bill Block, David Hemingson “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” (Sony Pictures) Avi Arad, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, Amy Pascal, Christina Steinberg “May December” (Netflix) Jessica Elbaum, Will Ferrell, Grant S. Johnson, Pamela Koffler, Tyler W. Konney, Sophie Mas, Natalie Portman, Christine Vachon “The Zone of Interest” (A24) Ewa Puszczynska, James Wilson NEXT IN LINE “Dune: Part Two” (Warner Bros.) “Anatomy of a Fall” (Neon) “Poor Things” (Searchlight Pictures) “Dumb Money” (Sony Pictures) “Air” (Amazon Studios) “Bob Marley: One Love” (Paramount Pictures) “The Book of Clarence” (Sony Pictures) “Nightbitch” (Searchlight Pictures) “The Killer” (Netflix) “Barbie” (Warner Bros.) OTHER TOP-TIER POSSIBILITIES “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret” (Lionsgate) “Wish” (Walt Disney Pictures) “Napoleon” (Apple Original Films/Sony Pictures) “The Iron Claw” (A24) “Ferrari” (Neon) “BlackBerry” (IFC Films) “Freud’s Last Session” (Sony Pictures Classics) “Challengers” (MGM) “El Conde” (Netflix) “Priscilla” (A24) ALSO IN CONTENTION “Fair Play” (Netflix) “Foe” (Amazon Studios) “Rustin” (Netflix) “Asteroid City” (Focus Features) “Nyad” (Netflix) “A Little Prayer” (Sony Pictures Classics) “Golda” (Bleecker Street) “Next Goal Wins” (Searchlight Pictures) “Memory” (No U.S. Distribution) “Shortcomings” (Sony Pictures Classics) ALL ELIGIBLE TITLES (ALPHABETIZED BY STUDIO)** “A Haunting in Venice” (20th Century Studios) “The Bikeriders” (20th Century Studios) “Beau is Afraid” (A24) “Dream Scenario” (A24) “The Iron Claw” (A24) “Past Lives” (A24) “Priscilla” (A24) “Showing Up” (A24) “When You Finish Saving the World” (A24) “You Hurt My Feelings” (A24) “The Zone of Interest” (A24) “Air” (Amazon Studios) “The Burial” (Amazon Studios) “Cassandro” (Amazon Studios) “Foe” (Amazon Studios) “Saltburn” (Amazon Studios) “Flora and Son” (Apple Original Films) “Killers of the Flower Moon” (Apple Original Films/Paramount Pictures) “Napoleon” (Apple Original Films/Sony Pictures) “Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie” (Apple Original Films) “Across the River and Into the Trees” (Bleecker Street) “Golda” (Bleecker Street) “The Origin” (Bleecker Street) “Untitled Mike Leigh Film” (Bleecker Street) “Suzume” (Crunchyroll) “The YouTube Effect” (Drafthouse Films) “Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken” (DreamWorks Animation) “Trolls Band Together” (DreamWorks Animation) “Asteroid City” (Focus Features) “Drive Away Dolls” (Focus Features) “Every Body” (Focus Features) “The Holdovers” (Focus Features) “My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3” (Focus Features) “A Thousand and One” (Focus Features) “How Do You Live?” (GKids) “BlackBerry” (IFC Films) “Monica” (IFC Films) “R.M.N.” (IFC Films) “The Pot au Feu” (IFC Films) “Migration” (Illumination) “Flamin’ Hot” (Hulu/Searchlight Pictures) “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” (Illumination) “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret” (Lionsgate) “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes” (Lionsgate) “John Wick Chapter 4” (Lionsgate) “Joy Ride” (Lionsgate) “Baby Ruby” (Magnet Releasing) “Little Richard: I Am Everything” (Magnolia Pictures) “Master Gardener” (Magnolia Pictures) “The Stones and Brian Jones” (Magnolia Pictures)

“Untitled Ernest Cole Documentary” (Magnolia Pictures) “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quanumania” (Marvel Studios) “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” (Marvel Studios) “The Marvels” (Marvel Studios) “Bottoms” (MGM/Orion) “Boys in the Boat” (MGM) “Challengers” (MGM) “Creed III” (MGM) “Landscape with Invisible Hand” (MGM) “The Nickel Boys” (MGM) “Untitled Cord Jefferson Movie” (MGM) “The Eternal Memory” (MTV Documentary Films) “The Delinquents” (Mubi) “Fallen Leaves” (Mubi) “The Settlers” (Mubi) “Unclenching the Fists” (Mubi) “Anatomy of a Fall” (Neon) “Eileen” (Neon) “How to Blow Up a Pipeline” (Neon) “La Chimera” (Neon) “Longlegs” (Neon) “Mothers’ Instinct” (Neon) “Perfect Days” (Neon) “Robot Dreams” (Neon) “Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget” (Netflix) “The Deepest Breath” (Netflix) “El Conde” (Netflix) “Fair Play” (Netflix) “The Killer” (Netflix) “Leave the World Behind” (Netflix) “Leo” (Netflix) “Maestro” (Netflix) “The Magician’s Elephant” (Netflix) “May December” (Netflix) “Miraculous: Ladybug & Cat Noir: The Movie” (Netflix) “The Monkey King” (Netflix) “Nimona” (Netflix) “Nyad” (Netflix) “Pain Hustlers” (Netflix) “Rebel Moon” (Netflix) “Reptile” (Netflix) “Rustin” (Netflix)

“Society of the Snow” (Netflix) “Stamped from the Beginning” (Netflix) “About Dry Grasses” (No U.S. Distribution) “Banel Et Adams” (No U.S. Distribution) “The Bastard” (No U.S. Distribution) “Black Flies” (No U.S. Distribution) “The Breaking Ice” (No U.S. Distribution) “The Burti Flower” (No U.S. Distribution) “Caste” (No U.S. Distribution) “Club Zero” (No U.S. Distribution) “Firebrand” (No U.S. Distribution) “Four Daughters” (No U.S. Distribution) “Goodbye Julia” (No U.S. Distribution) “Hopeless” (No U.S. Distribution) “How to Have Sex” (No U.S. Distribution) “If Only I Could Hibernate” (No U.S. Distribution) “Il Sol Dell’Avvenire” (No U.S. Distribution) “Jeunesse” (No U.S. Distribution) “L’Ete Dernier” (No U.S. Distribution) “Le Regne Animal” (No U.S. Distribution) “Lee” (No U.S. Distribution) “Les Meutes” (No U.S. Distribution) “Memory” (No U.S Distribution) “Monster” (No U.S. Distribution) “The Mother of All Lies” (No U.S. Distribution) “The New Boy” (No U.S. Distribution) “The Old Oak” (No U.S. Distribution) “Omen” (No U.S. Distribution) “The Passion of Dodin Bouffant” (No U.S. Distribution) “Rapito” (No U.S. Distribution) “Rein a Perdre” (No U.S. Distribution) “Rosalie” (No U.S. Distribution) “The Settlers” (No U.S. Distribution) “Simple Comme Sylvain” (No U.S. Distribution) “Terrestrial Verses” (No U.S. Distribution) “Trans Los Angeles” (No U.S. Distribution) “Untitled Diane Warren Documentary Project” (No U.S. Distribution) “Bob Marley: One Love” (Paramount Pictures) “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One” (Paramount Pictures) “PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie” (Paramount Pictures) “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem” (Paramount Pictures) “Transformers: Rise of the Beasts” (Paramount Pictures) “Please Don’t Destroy This Project” (Peacock) “Elemental” (Pixar) “Camp Hideout” (Roadside Attractions) “Chevalier” (Searchlight Pictures) “Magazine Dreams” (Searchlight Pictures) “Next Goal Wins” (Searchlight Pictures) “Nightbitch” (Searchlight Pictures) “Poor Things” (Searchlight Pictures) “Strangers” (Searchlight Pictures) “Theater Camp” (Searchlight Pictures) “The Book of Clarence” (Sony Pictures) “Dumb Money” (Sony Pictures) “The Equalizer 3” (Sony Pictures) “Kraven the Hunter” (Sony Pictures) “No Hard Feelings” (Sony Pictures) “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” (Sony Pictures) “Freud’s Last Session” (Sony Pictures Classics) “A Little Prayer” (Sony Pictures Classics) “The Miracle Club” (Sony Pictures Classics) “Persian Version” (Sony Pictures Classics) “Shadya” (Sony Pictures Classics) “Shortcomings” (Sony Pictures Classics) “Teachers Lounge” (Sony Pictures Classics) “They Shot the Piano Player” (Sony Pictures Classics) “Ferrari” (Neon) “Cocaine Bear” (Universal Pictures) “The Exorcist: Believer” (Universal Pictures) “Fast X” (Universal Pictures) “M3gan” (Universal Pictures) “Oppenheimer” (Universal Pictures) “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom” (Warner Bros.) “Barbie” (Warner Bros.) “Blue Beetle” (Warner Bros.) “The Color Purple” (Warner Bros.) “Dune: Part Two” (Warner Bros.) “The Flash” (Warner Bros.) “Wonka” (Warner Bros.) “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” (Warner Bros.) “The Little Mermaid” (Walt Disney Pictures) “Wish” (Walt Disney Pictures) ** This official list is incomplete…'

[radiophd]

charles tyler ensemble -- strange uhuru

[superghfan]

Marcus Coloma’s Final General Hospital Airdate as Nikolas Revealed

In December, we reported that Marcus Coloma would be exiting his General Hospital role as Nikolas for good and now, as confirmed in the latest issue of Soap Opera Digest, the actor will last be seen in the role this week. Fans can also expect to see another actor stepping in to finish up the character’s Port Charles scenes next week. Whether or not Adam Huss will return, remains to be seen.

**Please let it be Tyler Christopher!!

On Thursday, January 26, his last scene, we watched as Nikolas told Ava that things weren’t what they seemed, and that once the truth came out she would see things differently.

Coloma first broke his silence before the holidays near the end of 2022 to say what an amazing ride he had having played the role of Nik since 2019. He then thanked fans for all of their messages of support and shared, “You are the best.”

Not long after, the ABC soap released a comment as to why Coloma would no longer be in the role and explained that the network and the actor agreed that he “should not film the remaining few days of the year,” as a result of “health issues with his recent Covid exposure.”

A spokesperson for the actor then released a message from Coloma, who praised the “family feel of the ensemble cast” and said how much he “fell in love with the extremely passionate fanbase,” one he’ll always be grateful for.

Again, we wish Coloma much success in his future endeavors, and we’ll be sure to reported details as to who will step in to play out the last of Nik’s scenes as they are released.

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[medium-observation]

November Release

Beetlejuice - First US National Tour

October 31, 2023 - Medium Observation

Video

Cast:

Justin Collette (Beetlejuice), Isabella Esler (Lydia Deetz), Megan McGinnis (Barbara Maitland), Will Burton (Adam Maitland), Jesse Sharp (Charles Deetz), Kate Marilley (Delia Deetz), Lexie Dorsett Sharp (u/s Miss Argentina), Abe Goldfarb (Otho), Brian Vaughn (Maxie Dean), Kris Roberts (Maxine Dean/Juno), Jackera Davis (Girl Scout), Lee N Price (Ensemble), Eric Anthony Johnson (s/w Ensemble), Haley Fish (Ensemble), Kenway Hon Wai K. Kua (Ensemble), Sean McManus (Ensemble), Katie Lombardo (s/w Ensemble), Trevor Michael Schmidt (Ensemble), Corben Williams (Ensemble)

Notes:

Good capture of Halloween! This was filmed on the aisle so you can see some people getting up and walking around at times. LOTS of latecomers during ready set I had to get up to let people into the row, so there is no video there. The guy in front of me wouldn't stop moving so his head can come in and out of frame at times but it's always worked around.

NFT Date: May 1st, 2024

Screenshots: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjB1KLh

Video is $20

Mean Girls - Second US National Tour (Non-Equity)

October 26, 2023 - Medium Observation

Video

Cast:

Natalie Shaw (Cady Heron), Maya Petropoulos (Regina George), Kristen Amanda Smith (Gretchen Wieners), MaryRose Brendel (Karen Smith), Alexys Morera (Janis Sarkisian), Ethan Jih-Cook (Damian Hubbard), Joseph Torres (Aaron Samuels), Shawn Mathews (Kevin Gnapoor), Kristen Seggio (Mrs. Heron/Ms. Norbury/Mrs. George), Justin Phillips (Principal Duvall), Justin O'Brien (Mr. Heron), Justin O'Brien (Coach Carr/Glen Coco/Math Moderator), Thalia Atallah (Dawn Schweitzer), Victoria Mesa (Lizzie Therman/Caroline Krafft), Lucas Hallauer (Tyler Kimble), Jonah Nash (Christian Wiggins), Mikey Corey Hassel (Shane Oman), Oshie Mellon (Sophie Kawachi), Megan Arseneau (s/w Caitlyn Caussin), Brandon Moreno (Jason Weems), Tyler Jung (Marwan Jitla), Reagan Kennedy (Taylor Wedell), Joi D. McCoy (Rachel Hamilton)

Notes:

Nice Capture of the new non-equity tour! There can be a head in the way at some points but it's worked around well. The video can be somewhat grainy at times due to how far I was + how dark the show was. Overall a great video of this incredible cast.

NFT Date: May 1st, 2024

Screenshots: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjB1e1L

Video is $20

Come From Away - Second US National Tour (Non-Equity)

October 30, 2023 - Medium Observation

Video

Cast:

Addison Garner (Beverley/Annette & others), Shawn W. Smith (Kevin T./Garth & others), Andrew Hendrick (Claude & others), Danny Arnold (Oz & others), Hannah Kato (Janice & others), Trey DeLuna (Kevin J./Ali & others), Stanton Morales (Nick/Doug & others), Molly Samson (Diane & others), Candace Alyssa Rhodes (Hannah & others), Kristin Litzenberg (Beulah & others), Kathleen Cameron (Bonnie & others), Jason Tyler Smith (Bob & others)

Notes:

Incredible capture of the new non-equity tour. No obstruction, very little washout in wideshots. Overall a perfect video of a great new cast.

NFT Date: May 1st, 2024

Screenshots: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjB1DyY

Video is $20

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My Favorite Films and Performances of 2020

“I wish I could’ve seen it on the big screen.”

It was a strange year, and even stranger year of movie watching. In 2020 I saw only one of my top films in a theater, which is crazy (like much else over these past months). But the experience of keeping up with the movies this year was a reminder that great filmmaking can transcend the specifics of the viewing experience. In your living room, in bed, projected onto the side of a garage, streaming on Twitch, broken up into multiple sittings, maybe even on your phone (desperate times)… if doesn’t matter as long as it connects with you. A great film has the power to soothe and transport, to alter your perspective, to re-wire your brain. So while I didn’t get on a single airplane last year, I definitely went places. And I’m grateful for these changes of scenery. For the time-travel as well; last year in my house, we found great comfort in revisiting a bunch of old favorites. It was also an opportunity to finally watch a number of those older films that had someone evaded us… a year of catching up, now or never. We were members of a weekly movie club for some months — that was cool. Another pleasant silver lining was the emergence of virtual film festivals, which have been a fantastic opportunity. I hope that they can continue in some form when this pandemic is in the rearview. Because, you know, getting to Park City is a real schlep. All this to say: like you, I’ll always remember 2020. In this truly crummy year, the movies really helped.

I’m including some of the film festival stuff that’s coming out a little later, because the boundaries between 2020 films and 2021 films feels blurry to me without proper theatrical releases.

TOP 5, loosely ranked. I love these deeply.

1. LOVERS ROCK, Steve McQueen

2. NOMADLAND, Chloe Zhao

3. ANOTHER ROUND, Thomas Vinterberg

4. TIME, Garrett Bradley

5. MARTIN EDEN, Pietro Marcello

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The rest of the Top 25, in alphabetical order. I loved these.

À L’ABORDAGE, Guillaume Brac

BACURAU, Kleber Mendonça Filho

COLOR OUT OF SPACE, Richard Stanley

THE FATHER, Florian Zeller

FIRST COW, Kelly Reichardt

I’M THINKING OF ENDING THINGS, Charlie Kaufman

JASPER MALL, Bradford Thomason and Brett Whitcomb

LUXOR, Zeina Durra

ALEX WHEATLE / EDUCATION / MANGROVE / RED, WHITE AND BLUE, Steve McQueen

THE NEST, Sean Durkin

NEVER RARELY SOMETIMES ALWAYS, Eliza Hittman

NEW ORDER, Michel Franco

THE PAINTER & THE THIEF, Benjamin Ree

THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF DAVID COPPERFIELD, Armando Iannucci

POSSESSOR, Brandon Cronenberg

PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN, Emerald Fennell

RELIC, Natalie Erika James

SAINT FRANCES, Alex Thompson

SOUND OF METAL, Darius Marder

THE TRUTH, Hirokazu Koreeda

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I also enjoyed (some more than others):

Apples, The Assistant, Babyteeth, Bad Education, Black Bear, Blow the Man Down, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, Butt Boy, The Climb, Da 5 Bloods, Deerskin, Emma, The Father (Bulgaria), Greed, His House, The Hunt, I Used to Go Here, I'm No Longer Here, Impetigore, The Intruder, The Invisible Man, Kajillionaire, La Llorona, Let Them All Talk, Lost Girls, The Man Who Sold His Skin, Mank, Never Gonna Snow Again, News of the World, One Night in Miami, Palm Springs, Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time, Rebecca, She Dies Tomorrow, Shirley, Slow Machine, Sorry We Missed You, Soul, Spree, Straight Up, A Sun, Swallow, Tenet, Tesla, Tommaso, The Traitor, The Trip to Greece, True History of the Kelly Gang, Uncle Frank, Under the Open Sky, The Vast of Night, Vitalina Varela, Wendy, The Whistlers, Wildland, Young Ahmed

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And these documentaries!

American Murder: The Family Next Door, The American Sector, Assassins, Beastie Boys Story, The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart, Bloody Nose Empty Pockets, Boys State, Brainiac: Transmissions After Zero, Circus of Books, Class Action Park, Collective, Crip Camp, David Byrne's American Utopia, Dick Johnson is Dead, Fireball: Visitors From Darker Worlds, The Go-Go's, Gunda, Miss Americana, MLK/FBI, The Mole Agent, Mucho Mucho Amor: The Legend of Walter Mercado, My Psychedelic Love Story, Mystify: Michael Hutchence, Narrowsburg, On the Record, Other Music, Sisters with Transistors, Spaceship Earth, The Way I See It, Whirlybird

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And these shorts:

Bye Bye Body (which I edited), Fit Model, Friday Night Pizza for Daddy, Hard Cracked the Wind, The Human Voice, John Was Trying to Contact Aliens, Michael's Preference West, What Did Jack Do?, World of Tomorrow Episode Three: The Absent Destinations of David Prime

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My favorite performance of the year:

Frances McDormand as Fern in Nomadland

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Favorite ensembles:

À l’abordage, Another Round, Bad Education, Babyteeth, Bloody Nose Empty Pockets, Blow the Man Down, Emma, First Cow, Kajillionaire, Let Them All Talk, Lovers Rock, Mangrove, Mank, One Night in Miami, The Personal History of David Copperfield, Promising Young Woman, True History of the Kelly Gang

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More memorable (and in some cases under-discussed) performances:

Christopher Abbott as Colin Tate in Possessor and as Gabe in Black Bear

Idir Ben Addi as Ahmed in Young Ahmed

Riz Ahmed as Ruben Stone in Sound of Metal

Daniel Algrant as Kelvin Kranz in Let Them All Talk

Maria Bakalova as Tutar Sagdiyev in Borat Subsequent Moviefilm

Haley Bennett as Hunter Conrad in Swallow

John Boyega as Leroy Logan in Red, White and Blue

Rob Brydon as Rob Brydon in The Trip to Greece

Jessie Buckley as Young Woman in I’m Thinking of Ending Things

Nicolas Cage as Nathan Gardner in Color Out of Space

Salif Cissé as Chérif in À L’abordage

Sheyi Cole as Alex Wheatle in Alex Wheatle

Cleopatra Coleman as Trina in The Argument

Carrie Coon as Allison O’Hara in The Nest

Michael Angelo Covino as Mike in The Climb

Willem Dafoe as Tommaso in Tommaso

Charles Dance as William Randolph Hearst in Mank

Catherine Deneuve as Fabienne Dangeville in The Truth

Katie Findlay as Rory in Straight Up

Sidney Flanigan as Autumn in Never Rarely Sometimes Always

Johnny Flynn as George Knightley in Emma

Julia Garner as Jane in The Assistant

Robbie Gee as Simeon in Alex Wheatle

Chris Giarmo as himself in David Byrne’s American Utopia

Betty Gilpin as Crystal Creasey in The Hunt

Ethan Hawke as Hank in The Truth

Kris Hitchen as Ricky Turner in Sorry We Missed You

Anthony Hopkins as Anthony in The Father

Jonathan Jules as Dennis Isaacs in Alex Wheatle

Sandra Guldberg Kampp as Ida in Wildland

Joe Keery as Kurt Knuckle in Spree

Udo Kier as Michael in Bacurau

Orion Lee as King Lu in First Cow

Delroy Lindo as Paul in Da 5 Bloods

Peter Macdissi as Walid "Wally" Nadeem in Uncle Frank

Matthew Macfadyen as Wilcock in The Assistant

George MacKay as Ned Kelly in True History of the Kelly Gang

Yahya Mahayni as Sam Ali in The Man Who Sold His Skin

Luca Marinelli as Martin Eden in Martin Eden

Tuppence Middleton as Sara Mankiewicz in Mank

Mads Mikkelsen as Martin in Another Round

Wunmi Mosaku as Rial in His House

Elisabeth Moss as Cecilia Kass in The Invisible Man

Kelly O'Sullivan as Bridget in Saint Frances

Shaun Parkes as Frank Crichlow in Mangrove

Robert Pattinson as Neil in Tenet

Paul Raci as Joe in Sound of Metal

Kadeem Ramsay as Samson in Lovers Rock

Gayle Rankin as Marissa in The Climb

Tanya Reynolds as Mrs Augusta Elton in Emma

Tyler Rice as Detective Russell Fox in Butt Boy

Andrea Riseborough as Hana in Luxor

Cecilia Roth as Marta in The Intruder

William Sadler as the Grim Reaper in Bill & Ted Face the Music

Kenyah Sandy as Kingsley Smith in Education

Amarah-Jae St. Aubyn as Martha Trenton in Lovers Rock

David Strathairn as David in Nomadland

Michael Stuhlbarg as Stanley Edgar Hyman in Shirley

Swankie as Swankie in Nomadland

Tilda Swinton as Woman in The Human Voice

Kristin Scott Thomas as Mrs. Danvers in Rebecca

Steve Toussaint as Ken Logan in Red, White and Blue

Alec Utgoff as Zhenia in Never Gonna Snow Again

Jairaj Varsani as young David Copperfield in The Personal History of David Copperfield

Ben Whishaw as Uriah Heep in The Personal History of David Copperfield

Sharlene Whyte as Agnes Smith in Education

Letitia Wright as Altheia Jones-LeCointe in Mangrove

Ramona Edith Williams as Frances in Saint Frances

Kôji Yakusho as Masao Mikami in Under the Open Sky

Youn Yuh-jung as Soon-ja in Minari

Helena Zengel as Johanna Leonberger in News of the World

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Favorite pre-2020 films I saw for the first time in 2020:

Blood on the Moon, But I’m A Cheerleader, Crooklyn, Cure, Daughters of the Dust, The Death of Dick Long, Deep Cover, The Draughtsman's Contract, Eyes of Laura Mars, Give Me Liberty, Greener Grass, Hardcore, High Hopes, The Last Party, Long Day's Journey into Night, Maiden, One Day Pina Asked, Persona, Right Now Wrong Then, Right On!, The Seventh Victim, Slightly French, Synonyms, Tammy and the T-Rex, Variety, The Watermelon Woman... and a tip of the hat to Coppola's new The Godfather Part III recut, The Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone

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                                                                        MAY                 2021

The Rib Page

*****

George Takei is sweatin’ with the oldies. He stars in a fitness app for gay seniors, Bar Belles. It was his April Fool’s day joke.

*****

Fox will bring us Crime Scene Kitchen on May 26 with host Joel McHale.

*****

Joel Hodgson has launched a new kick starter to create a new independent season of MTS3K, The goal is $2mil.

*****

Bob Odenkirk will release: Comedy, comedy, comedy, drama: A Memoir on Jan. 18 2022

*****

Leslie Jones will host the 2021 MTV Awards.

*****

$3 mil was raised for Next for Autism with help from Conan, Kimmel, Charlize, Chris Rock, Jack Black and Sarah Silverman.

*****

Have ya noticed that Gayle King looks great in yellow.

*****

Some people are not too happy that Elon Musk will host SNL on May 8. Miley Cyrus is the musical guest.** Musk tweeted: Let’s find out just how live SNL really is. Cast member Bowen Yang tweeted back, : What the Fuck does this even mean?

*****

Oh Seth Meyers: Every time I see the sea captain on your show, I miss him so much!!

*****

There is a spotlight on Foxconn which made a big splash for Trump at the start of his presidency. The company has done a lot of nothing but still gets tax cuts. Homes were demolished, roads were widened to nowhere and money was spent. Wisconsinites are upset that this big business is just folly and a big glass orb.

*****

Mike Lindell is a kook but he did try to appear to be a good sport on Kimmel.

*****

When will weed be legal on a federal level? When will drug testing for employment be illegal? We hear so much about personal rights with the gun laws and vaccines and masks. What about the right to do what we want with our bodies when we are not at work. Think of the administrative costs that could be saved if we just removed drug testing. Our experience and work ethic should mean more that what we do with our free time. This is not a problem at all companies. There are places in this country where it is near impossible anywhere in your area to get hired without a drug screening. One joint on a random Saturday night could keep someone from a great opportunity. A person in pain who reaches for an edible might miss out on the job that saves their lives.

*****

NASA sent the first flight to another planet. The Mars flight made history with the 30 sec feat.

*****

What? The Menendez brothers are popular again? From the Ramsey case to the Manson murders or Bundy, it all comes back around again.

*****

The Lizzie Borden house just sold for $2mil to Lance Zaal of U. S. Ghost Adventures.

*****

Quarantine and so much television et al proves one thing, the pharmaceutical and insurance companies have way too much $.

*****

Trump told everyone to boycott Coke and is later seen drinking diet Coke.** Trump sent out a statement about how bad the Oscars are. They threw it right back in his face. ** Federal agents have searched Giuliani’s Manhattan apartment. It stems from the 2 year investigation into activities in Ukraine.

*****

X-VP Pence is said to have pressured the Navy to reinstate former Mo. Gov. Eric Greitens. Greitens was accused of tying up, blindfolding, taking explicit photos of and blackmailing a woman.

*****

There is a crisis in schools with the lack of civics and history being taught.

*****

Hulk Hogan was hit with a chorus of Boo’s at his latest event.

*****

The latest sexual harassment news: Matt Gaetz  is being looked into for sex with a minor and sex trafficking.  Bill Barr opened the investigation.** Tom Reed has been accused of sexual misconduct by former lobbyist, Nicolette Davis.** Marilyn Manson has been sued by Game of Thrones, Esme Bianco for sexual abuse.

*****

What is going on with Bank of America? I am hearing from multiple people that often they do not get their statement in the mail. Is this a bad Postal service? Is this bad business practice? How many late fees had to be paid because of this? Not everybody wants to pay their bills online.

*****

Jack Hanna has revealed that he has dementia.

*****

Tiny Tim : King for a day is a new doc I must see. The film contains footage shot from Warhol’s Factory. There are excerpts from Tim’s diary read by Weird Al Yankovic and the story of how Tiny’s friend, Bob Dylan wanted to make a film with him.

*****

Lindsay Lohan’s Father, Michael has been charged with 5 counts patient brokering and 1 count of attempted patient brokering. This is an apparent scam of steering addicts into rehab for cash.

*****

Aaron Sorkin and Paulina Porizkova are dating. Pete Davidson and Phoebe Dynevor are dating.

*****

JB Smoove has a new podcast brought to you by TeamCoco.

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Hey.. People working on the new Law and Order: Organized Crime….. TOO MUCH MELONI!!

*****

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Zach Avery, actor, was arrested for his participation in a $690 mil Ponzi scheme.

*****

President Biden has restored aid to the Palestinians.

*****

MLB put up a wall in Georgia but the Masters stayed.

*****

Hank Azaria has brought Brockmire to a new podcast.

*****

Tommy Chong isn’t allowed on FB because of his weed posts but they allow an imposter to use his name to sell weed.

Pennsylvania is trying to push thru 14 voter suppression bills.

*****

Joe Manchin. Ugh!!** Marjorie Taylor- Greene has let go of her America First caucus.** Ted Cruz has allegedly used $154, 000 of his campaign funds to buy up copies of his book to boost sales. This is an old trick but still illegal.

*****

For the first time, The Carter Center became involved in a U.S. election. They published videos and live webcasts as well as deploying observers across Georgia.

*****

Most health programs in Uganda, Nigeria and Ethiopia have resumed after Covid.** Tom Vilsack from the Dept. of Agriculture has announced the USDA will provide assistance to 30 million kids.** It is sad to me that we have to entice people to vaccinate. Football games, Church’s and shot for shot in bars?? Really? Saving the lives of others should be enough. WTF?

*****

Alec Baldwin, Alec Mapa and Kelsey Grammer are shopping around a new comedy that ABC decided to pass on.

*****

Chauvin was found guilty.

*****

Days alert: C’mon Ben, calm the fuck down! Don’t prove how out of control you are like everybody thinks. ** Xander is so funny right now.** How many people will Kristen be and how many times can one person melt down?? **Bring Carrie back!! **Jackee’ seemed a bit nervous in the beginning but she is fitting right in. More!

*****

The SAG awards came and went. With the Trial of the Chicago 7 winning best ensemble, Michael Keaton is the first person to be in 3 best casts for SAG’s.** Other winners include Viola Davis, Chadwick Boseman, Daniel Kaluuta, Youn Yuh-Jung, Mark Ruffalo, Anya Taylor- Joy, Jason Bateman, Catherine O’Hara, Schitt’s Creek and The Crown.

*****

The Oscars were held on April 25. It was a bit of a yawner and why would a show set themselves up for an awkward end?? There was a commercial from P&G right before the broadcast that stated, “ Widen the screen so we can widen our view.” Nice sentiment.  Mank had so many noms and only 2 wins. People looking their best to me were Leslie Odom Jr., Glenn Close, Riz Ahmed, LaKeith Stanfield, Colman Domingo, John Batiste, Mia Neal, Questlove (gold crocs and a mask!), Desmond Roe, Travon Free, Trish Summerville, Marlee Matlin, The Lucas Brothers, Andra Day, Carey Mulligan, Amanda Seyfried, Nicolette Robinson, Regina King and Margot Robbie. Laura Dern looked like Big Bird, there were just too many feathers. Tiara Thomas had feathers but they looked great.  Angela Bassett had some power sleeves and Tyer Perry looked like a little boy.  Hooray for Emerald Fennell for her win for original screenplay but not sure about the dress. And Viola Davis?? Dana Murray?? Ashley Fox?? Hmm?? Winners seemed to have trouble getting to the stage. They often refused the steps or the walkway and sort of climbed up the side. I did love the intimate setting and it did remind me of the old clips of years before. Sound of metal and Ma Rainey both won. Tyler Perry and for the first time, an organization, the motion picture and television fund, took home the humanitarian award. I was thrilled to see My Octopus Teacher win for Doc. I loved Crip Camp too, that was a hard category.  The acting winners went in all directions.  Many critics complained that the films were real downers . Nomadland won best picture. Michael Moore put it best I think. Of the films this year, he said, “They force you to look backward with 2021 eyes.”

*****

Why the Fuck do we need a militarized police force?

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R.I.P. victims of the multiple mass shootings, victims of police shootings, the crush in Israel, Cosette Brown, Midwin Charles, DMX, Paul Ritter, Ethel Gabriel, G. Gordon Liddy, Buddy Peppenschmidt,  Prince Philip, Anne Beatts, Diane Adler, Vartan Gregorian, Monte Hellman, Jim Steinman, Michael Collins, Michael wolf Snyder, Johnny Crawford, Eli Broad and Walter Mondale.

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Okay!

After these 2 posts

The 2 candidates for the name of James’ ensemble character is Pete, Charles and Tyler!!!!

So please vote so a name for this amazing character can be given!!

Edit: yes pls vote, also right now it looks like it’ll be Tyler or Charles

Also liking doesn’t help it’s easier if you reblog or comment

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Albert Ayler – 1965 · Spirits Rejoice & Bells Revisited (Ezz-thetics)

Economy-sized ensembles are sort of the default setting in Albert Ayler’s tragically fixed discography. Trios abound, from his earliest recordings in the company of a pair of ill-equipped and recalcitrant Swedes to the seminal expletive-in-a-cathedral unit involving Gary Peacock and Sunny Murray. Quartets are also plentiful, with first Don Cherry and then sibling Donald following in fielding brass. Spirits Rejoice & Bells Revisited renews attention on a pair of pivotal larger group episodes, one concert, the other captured in a concert hall sans audience, where Ayler expanded measurably on the polyphonic possibilities of his music.

Sequencing situates the second performance first, a sextet with the brothers Ayler joined by altoist Charles Tyler, bassist Henry Grimes and old colleagues Peacock and Murray. Five originals cover a spectrum of bases starting with the clarion march “Spirits Rejoice” which is redolent with the sanctified Salvation Army atmosphere that was Albert’s trademark. Regal statement of an Aeolian theme is answered by Tyler’s limpid asides before a conflagration of collective free improvisation takes hold. “Holy Family,” by comparison, is almost jukebox-worthy in its shimmy-powered concision and Call Cobbs joins the fun on flurried and florid harpsichord for “Angel.”

“Bells” comes from an engagement at New York’s Town Hall four months earlier with bassist Lewis Worrell in place of Grimes and Peacock. Essayist Brian Olewnick makes astute linkages to Ornette Coleman’s “Free Jazz” in terms of its general linkage free and thematic passages, but Ayler’s extended design sounds more elemental and unhinged from the jump. Donald is a molten metallic fount abetted by his older brother’s exhortations and those of Tyler who was apparently making his recorded debut on the date. A series of exchanges ensues, broken by audience applause and shifts to subgroupings including a duet passage by leader and Peacock that’s never sounded clearer.

That new clarity dials focus directly to audio engineer Peter Pfister and it’s why this particular reissue really matters. Pfister has become a continuous and crucial footnote to these reissues on the Ezz-thetics imprint. As with earlier projects, he defogs and brightens the source material substantially, bringing particularly potent boosts to the bassists and Murray’s vocalizations. The effect is as conspicuous and revelatory as to render earlier ESP editions of the music instantly obsolete. Ayler’s tenor sound, a helical weave of textured striations and colors, is absolutely deserving of the royal aural treatment so copiously applied.

~ Derek Taylor

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Could you do Singin' In The Rain?

Make em' laugh! It's the Starkid dreamcast of Singin' in the Rain. I'll admit this dreamcast is mainly built off of the movie version (with what limited footage of the musical I could find) so apologies if there are any major changes between them (but I doubt there are). But please enjoy this extensive cast.

Curt Mega as Don Lockwood

Britney Coleman as Kathy Senten

Jon Matteson as Cosmo Brown

Denise Donovan as Lina Lamont

Jeff Blim as Roscoe Dexter

Dylan Saunders as R.F. Simpson

Jaime Lyn Beatty as Dora/Ensemble

Will Branner as Ensemble

Tyler Brunsman as Ensemble

Bryce Charles as Broadway Melody/Ensemble

Brant Cox as Ensemble

Corey Dorris as Ensemble

Mariah Rose Faith as Zelda Zanders/Ensemble

Davis Hamilton as Ensemble

Brian Holden as Sound Engineer/Ensemble

Ali Gordon as Ensemble

Lauren Lopez as Ensemble

Alle Faye Monka as Ensemble

Alex Paul as Ensemble

Joey Richter as Ensemble

Brian Rosenthal as Rod/Ensemble

Rachael Soglin as Ensemble

James Tolbert as Ensemble

Joe Walker as Dialect Coach/Ensemble

Kim Whalen as Ensemble

Tiffany Williams as Ensemble

Swings: Julia Albain, Clark Baxtresser, Eric Kahn Gale, Virginia Vass

Understudies: Will Branner (Don Lockwood, Cosmo Brown), Tyler Brunsman (Don Lockwood), Corey Dorris (Roscoe Dexter, R.F. Simpson), Lauren Lopez (Kathy Senten, Lina Lamont), Rachael Soglin (Lina Lamont), James Tolbert (Cosmo Brown), Joe Walker (Roscoe Dexter, R.F. Simpson), Kim Whalen (Kathy Senten)

Make sure to leave any show suggestions or any questions on my casting choices so I can explain them.