#vivian jones

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Vivian Jones - Flash it and Gwaan

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Weeding Dub feat. Vivian Jones - Trod On Wise & Dubwise // WD011 // France 2022 // ==================

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Vivian Jones - The Max (2014)

01. Never Not Love You

02. Happiness

03. Sometimes Love

04. Sugar Love

05. Extra Classic Super Fantastic Love

06. The First

07. The Hurt

08. I Care

09. Strong Love

10. Ethiopian Eyes

11. Love Is For Lovers

12. Good Morning

13. Thank You Lord

14. Mr Gwaan Like

15. Jah Bless Love

16. Lady Love

17. Sensitivity

18. More

19. It's You

20. A Woman Should Be

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Emma Vol 6

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Random Obscure Musical Recs(?): La Tempesta/Prospera

Finally getting back to these! It's been a year since Tom Jones died, so I figured I'd celebrate him by highlighting this (these) show(s) of his which someone should have produced by now. We got a production of an unfinished Sondheim show, how has no one picked up what the librettist of the longest-running musical in the world has called his best work? (Okay, there was a Japanese production in 2019. At least Japan appreciates Tom Jones!)

La Tempesta, unsurprisingly, is an adaptation of The Tempest. In a 2012 interview, Jones explained that the Italian title is "in honor of a production by the Piccolo Teatro di Milano, an innovative Italian company whose work also inspired many of the theatrical devices used in The Fantasticks." Somewhere between September 2021 and June 2022, the show was rewritten as Prospera, with a female lead. I'm not sure if both versions are available for production (like the two versions of The Fantasticks), or if only Prospera is. I think the latter. But there are pages for both La Tempesta and Prospera on jonesandschmidt.com. I haven't been able to find anything Jones said about the rewrite. Did he think that having Prospera rather than Prospero worked better thematically? Did he just think there should be more roles for middle-aged women? I don't know, and I probably never will. Unless the show gets produced and the composer, Andrew Gerle, talks about it, I guess.

For a synopsis, see The Tempest. Or, see Prospera's whole script! The musical doesn't follow the play exactly, but it's close enough that if you know it, you can get what's happening in the songs. It's been a while since I've seen or read The Tempest so when reading Prospera I wasn't always sure if something was in the original not, but I can say that there's more emphasis on Prospera's anger and the way it affects her (same goes for Prospero in La Tempesta). And she gets a confrontation with Antonio! Which I'd forgotten that Prospero really doesn't in the play until I checked just now to see how the scenes differed! Here's the author's note from the script:

Containing traditional musical theatre songs and a fantastical electronic score, PROSPERA is based on Shakespeare’s play, but in this version, the Tempest is not just the great storm Prospera creates to shipwreck her enemies. It is the storm inside herself, the raging anger and the need to punish those who took away her kingdom and cast her and her infant daughter Miranda out to sea on a rotting ship. Likewise, in this version her two spirits, Ariel and Caliban, are not just offsprings of some forgotten witch but somehow part of herself, twisting images of dark and light constantly intertwined. The story of the play is the process by which Prospera is finally able to forgive her enemies and free herself from the heavy burden of hatred and revenge. When this is done, she breaks her magic staff and bids the audience, and the world, farewell.

There were of course some extra changes made for Prospera, like Antonio being the title character's counselor instead of her brother and Gonzalo being Consuela. Trinculo is described as "possibly male, possibly female, possibly both" - dunno if that was also true for La Tempesta. Ariel is female in both versions (and she gets some interesting story changes). "Thy mother was a piece of virtue, and/She said thou wast my daughter" became "The mid-wife said so, and she was a woman of some experience," which was a relief because I have never recovered from seeing that scene done with Prospero played by and as a woman and saying that line as "Thy father was a piece of virtue," etc. which makes no sense. But I digress.

A lot of the dialogue is based on Shakespeare, rewritten in a way that might bother people who have the original basically memorized (judging by my reaction to Twelfth Night adaptations). I think there are a few lines of actual Shakespeare left, and also a lot that's original to Jones, written in a poetic style similar to The Fantasticks. The metatheatrical elements will also be familiar to fans of Jones's other work. He knew what he liked. <3

And, the songs! The songs are great, with a really cool sound. Which is very different from Harvey Schmidt's, but that's okay! This makes me want to hear more from Andrew Gerle. You can listen to demos at the jonesandschmidt.com links above, and also I've uploaded them here and here. Some tracks are the same in both versions, in part or in full, so the Prospera changes aren't always reflected. The casting isn't always consistent between tracks and the cast lists on the site aren't completely accurate, but I think the artist info in the files I uploaded is correct. I'm just not sure who sings Caliban's solo - T. Oliver Reid is the only Caliban listed, but it doesn't sound like him. It might be Gerle? I am fairly certain that Jones has a cameo as Gonzalo in the opening. :D

Here's a video with clips of the Japanese production set to the La Tempesta demo:

And another video with Prospera demos:

And here's Tom Jones talking about the show, pre-rewrite (but mentioning how he created the Antonio confrontation, guess it's been too long since I watched this):

I miss him. :(

Sample songs and some more stuff below the cut!

Prospera and Caliban's backstory.

Okay this is actually three songs, but only one track so I'm not cheating! Ariel draws out Ferdinand, who sings a duet with Miranda before they meet, and also after. Ferdinand and Miranda here are Max Crumm and Samantha Bruce, who I saw as Matt and Luisa in The Fantasticks together.

Antonio and Sebastian plot!

The script has three songs that aren't on the demo: a reprise of "Full Fathom Five" for Ariel and Alonso, a reprise of "One Day When It Was Raining" when Caliban tries to convince Stephano and Trinculo to kill Prospera, and in place of the masque, "See the Snow" for Ariel, which seems to start as a reprise of "Hear the Music" but then go in another direction (it's hard to tell with just text, sigh). "See the Snow" reminds me of something Tom Jones said about the ending of The Fantasticks, and that was in the same interview where I first heard him talk about La Tempesta, so I wouldn't be surprised if it was a conscious connection. So here are some of the lyrics:

SEE THE SNOW: IT’S FALLING SOFTLY. FEEL ITS FINGERS TOUCH YOUR SKIN. SEE THE OLD WORLD BEING COVERED SO A NEW WORLD CAN BEGIN. GONE ARE ALL THE DARKENED SHADOWS, DISAPPEARED WITHOUT A TRACE. IN THEIR PLACE, A NEW BEGINNING. IN THEIR PLACE, A STATE OF GRACE. WHITE AS A PAGE THAT’S NOT YET WRITTEN. SWEET AS A LONGED FOR SECOND CHANCE.

Here's hoping for a real cast album with everything on it someday! And just in case it isn't clear, I absolutely do recommend this one.

Get more random obscure musical recs(?) here!

[chernobog13]

I'm surprised we haven't seen this contest on ESPN yet. Lord knows there are enough people in this country eligible to compete.

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WNBA PLAYERS

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[quietflorilegium]

“Don’t you miss all the other androids?” “Not at all,” said Elio. “The only time I met another android, I became extremely irritated with the creature. I confess I wished to hit it in the face. It is the one occasion on which I have felt those strong emotions that you born-humans seem to feel all the time.” “Don’t you feel anything?” Vivian said. By now they were walking briskly and they were nearly at the corner into the hall. “Don’t you even feel happy?” “No, but neither do I feel sad,” Elio said. “Amusement I do feel, and much contentment. The alarms and fusses of generations of born-humans keep me entertained all the time.”

Diana Wynne Jones, "A Tale of Time City"

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elio, play 'merry-go-round of life' from howl's moving castle

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[importantbluebirdpoetry]

Oct 23, 2021

Falling in love ain’t shit.  Somebody talk to me, please, about how to stay there.

Love Jones (1997) dir. Theodore Witcher

Cinematography by Ernest Holzman

[kekeartzworld]

Miss Thavel’s Adopted Deer Children

I can never ever think of a ship for Miss Thavel since I ship Ciroomie, DemiSasha, and Gracemily leaving Miss Thavel all on her own

BUT

I did make a fankid for Miss Circle and Miss Bloomie and since I didn’t want Miss Thavel to feel left out, I’ve designed these 4 deer characters that she took into her care

Vesper Jones, the chill tomboyish partygoer who works at an arcade

She’s also the oldest

Eli Jones, transmasc softie who dreams of being a famous musician

He’s the middle child

Josie Jones, the reckless rebel

She’s the second youngest

FINALLY

We have Penni Beezley (PB) Jones, the youngest out of the siblings and Josie’s twin sister

I’m also giving you the blank version of the ref sheet template I used cuz I’m nice

THE TEMPLATE IS NOT MINE!!! Template belongs to merisaphire

Transparent versions below

That’s all!

GOOD BYE!!!

[aura-oracle]

A Tale of Time City is my favorite book. I wish there was more content about it here and other social media. It’s an excellent book. Let’s talk about anything in it. Any theory or lore or knowledge they have to learn or cool futuristic inventions. Also, I wonder how do you make a butter pie?

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[chernobog13]

COMING SOON ON ESPN...

...the 127th Annual Upper-Class Twit Of The Year Contest!

Rumor has it this event will be added to the Paris Summer Olympics this year.