#moby dick the musical

[amaliatheartist]

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First Mates

[id: Digital sketch of Izzy from OFMD and Starbuck from Moby Dick: a musical reckoning. Starbuck is sitting down, hands crossed. Izzy has his back to them , looking out in the distance. /end id]

[doyouknowthismusical]

[amaliatheartist]

fellas is it gay for another man to drill deep down and blast all your reason out of you? fellas is it gay if the ineffable thing has tied you to him with a cable you have no knife to cut? fellas?

[pearlwingdraws]

I thought I’d posted this before but I can’t find it so here’s a meme that is so obscure

[pixies992]

DAVE MALLOY FANS:

Are you a dave malloy fan? do you like surveys? well if they answer was yes to EITHER of those questions DO MY SURVEY RIGHT NOW

Even if you only know like two of his shows please do it all data is good data. Once I get enough responses I will make a post going through the results.

[coulson-is-an-avenger]

KILL THE WHALE (LYRICS AND COMMENTARY)

HELLO! Over the past couple of months I have been making it a personal project to transcribe and annotate the lyrics for Daniel Emond's musical adaptation of Moby Dick, called "Kill The Whale".

For those unfamiliar with this album/adaptation, here is the official description of it right from Emond's website:

Kill the Whale is a concept album and live rock opera, built in the characters and waters of Melville's Moby Dick. When Ishmael, a young rocker with an unknown past falls in love with the hiphop harpooner Q, they join Peek-Wow, the Whaleship/Orchestra led by steel-eyed frontwoman Ahab, who sets her crew upon a course to kill the gigantic sperm whale that maimed her, a plan opposed by Ahab's first mate (and secret admirer), the devout and soulful Starbuck. Contending with face-melting squalls and mad mates, the hymnic wonder of whales nursing in the heart of the Ocean, and the poignant Gospel of the castaway cabin kid Pip, Peek-Wow embarks on a rock and roll quest for vengeance. Kill The Whale is memory manifested as a 1970's folk/hiphop/rock opera, that centers two queer romances, lifts voices of color, and re-casts authority roles as women.

The album was released on Spotify in April of this year, with two live performances at Joe's Pub taking place only a few days after it's release.

I have archived and noted the lyrics as they appear in the studio album, the live variation, and Daniel's "official" lyrics as posted to his personal Reddit, and the differences therein. I and my good Melville scholar friend and partner @pocketsizedquasar-2 have also left extensive commentary, notes of context, and criticisms of this album in the document. Please enjoy the fruit of much labor and insanity :)

[psychicbluebirdmiracle]

I caved and bought a new copy for 30 bucks at a bookstore at the beach 😭

[juliajacklinofficial]

you know a songs about to ruin your life when you see dave malloy in the writing credits

[allthedesiredusernamesaretaken]

... remembering ...

📷 James Fortune

[karhun-kallo]

as a huge fan of nautical stuff and theatre we should agree to make more productions that take place on boats. because the possibilities are ENDLESS. above are images from Swept Away: A New Musical composed by the Avett Brothers and set designed by Rachel Hauck. apparently the entire ship ROCKS, at least from what I could tell from the clips available. actually breathtaking. more examples under the cut!

Moby Dick: A Musical Reckoning (set designed by Mimi Len)

Moby Dick, the LA Opera (set designed by Robert Brill)

[amaliatheartist]

That recent twitter meme with the comfort characters

[malloy-character-death-battle]

Death Battle Round 1

Dolokhov:

A crazy good shot

he’s a soldier, he’s referred to as ‘dolokhov the assassin’ cause he killed the shah’s brother

Moby Dick:

it's a fucking whale also a portent of doom, yes it gets punked (spoilers) but the cycle of vengeance continues and (more spoilers) it kills everyone except for one lucky twink this whale hates you personally and will come to your house just to cause damage

[doyouknowthismusical]

[the-golden-vanity]

Current obsession: Swept Away, the Avett Brothers jukebox musical inspired by the wreck of the Mignonette. I don't know how many of my fellow shipmates of Boat Tumblr are also musical theater and/or folk-rock people, but if you are, please let me know, especially if you're a The Terror/Moby-Dick/In The Heart Of The Sea person.

[saltavenegar]

“I turned in, and never slept better in my life”