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Some Choice Quotes from “LESS”
I just finished Andrew Sean Greer’s Pulitzer Prize winning novel “Less”. It’s a really good read, with lots of writing you just want to quote for the pleasure of it. So I will. Here are some choice bits from … Continue reading
Posted in Literary Lyricism
Tagged Andrew Sean Greer, audition monolog, Berlin, Broadway, Camel, Less, Love, musical, New York City, Pulitzer, quotes, Turning 50
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TELL-TALE DELAY
It was June. I was looking forward to finishing my short film “The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre“, based on my musical adaptation of the Edgar Allan Poe story. I was feeling good. Post production was coming … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, Musicabilia, Notes in the News
Tagged color grading, Edgar Allan Poe, musicabre, musical, production stills, screen shots, short film, The Tell-Tale Heart, VFX
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BRYCE CANYON – PEEKABOO & QUEEN’S GARDEN TRAILS
Hiking the Peekaboo Loop Trail and then the Queen’s Garden Trail in Bryce Canyon After hiking and driving along the Bryce Canyon rim and taking the Navajo Loop Trail, we returned the next day to hike from … Continue reading
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Two-fisted Touristing
Tagged Bryce Canyon, gremlin, Henry Moore, hiking, hoodoo, jigsaw, Peekaboo Loop, photography, Queen Victoria, Queen's Garden, trail, window
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BRYCE CANYON – NAVAJO LOOP TRAIL
Entering the Canyon Walls of Bryce Canyon After enjoying the awesome views of Bryce Canyon from all along the rim, it was time to go inside. Here the view from the top at the Navajo Loop Trail. … Continue reading
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Two-fisted Touristing
Tagged Bryce Canyon, hoodoo, National Park, Navajo Loop, Paiute, photography, Sunrise Point, Sunset Point, Thor's Hammer, trail, Two Bridges, Wall Street, window
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BRYCE CANYON AMPHITHEATER
A Place of Fantastical Beauty In the series of marvels that we saw in the our tour of the Great American Southwest, Bryce Canyon may easily be the most marvelous. (Although how to compare Wonders of Nature each so … Continue reading
ZION!
Announcing my new biblical musical extravaganza!?! um, no – just an extravagant photo tour through Zion National Park in Southern Utah. Right at the entrance into the park, one is greeted by this majestic vista. Let’s … Continue reading
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Two-fisted Touristing
Tagged Altar of Sacrifice, Angel's Landing, Bighorn sheep, Checkerboard Mesa, Court of the Patriarchs, Crawford Arch, Emerald Pools, Mountain climber, National Park, photography, Sinawava, stone arch, sun dial, Temple, Utah, Weeping Rock, White Throne, Zion
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The Staten Island September 11th Memorial
This year at this date, I would like to share photos I took earlier this summer at the Staten Island September 11th Memorial, just across the water from Manhattan’s financial district, and the new World Trade Center. The memorial … Continue reading
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Musicabilia, Notes in the News
Tagged 9/11, concert, memorial, photography, September 11, Staten Island, The Song of Job 9:11
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LAS VEGAS STRIP TEASE
Ah, Las Vegas… They say what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas. And that may be true, or it may just be a somewhat devilish advertising slogan. But these photos of Vegas, or more specifically, the famed Vegas Strip … Continue reading
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Two-fisted Touristing
Tagged aria, Bellagio, Berlin Wall, Bliss Dance, Caesar's Palace, casinos, Chihuly, circle of hell, Circus Circus, Cirque du Soleil, Coca cola, Conservatory Garden, Cosmopolitan, Donny & Marie, Excalibur, Fountain, Fremont, gambling, Golden Nugget, Hooters, Ka, Las Vegas, Luxor, Main Street Station, Marco Cochrane, MGM Grand, New York New York, o, Paris, photography, Shrine Of Four-Faced Brahma, Strip, The Mirage, Venetian, Volcano, wedding chapel, Zumanity
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Sunset in the Trailer Park
Just a little amuse bouche of photo and music quiz in between larger courses of Two-fisted Touristing Ed and I stayed a few days in an airbnb 20 miles south of the Grand Canyon (major photo blog post to … Continue reading
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Melodies Linger On, Two-fisted Touristing
Tagged A Single Man, Arizona, beTwixt beTween & beTWAIN, Christmastime in the Trailer Park, Don Henley, Ed Elder, Fiddler on the Roof, Kate Bush, Mississippi, musical, photography, Sunrise Sunset, sunset, Sunset Grill, Sunset on the River, Tom Ford, Trailer Park, Y'All
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DEATH VALLEY
A Day in Death Valley Intense Heat and Awe-Inspiring Desert Beauty Our first stop in Death Valley, after driving two hours west from Las Vegas, was Zabriskie Point. A million years of volcanic emissions, lake-bed sediments, seismic activity, … Continue reading
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Two-fisted Touristing
Tagged Artist's Drive, Artist's Palette, Badwater Basin, borax, crystalized salts, Dante's View, Death Valley, Devil's Cornfield, Devil's Golf Course, dragonfly, Dry Waterfall, Furnace Creek, Golden Canyon, Mesquite, Natural Bridge, salt creek, salt flats, sand dunes, Stovepipe Wells, Zabriskie Point
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VALLEY OF FIRE
East of Las Vegas. West of Lake Mead. North of the Hoover Dam. A Day in Valley of Fire State Park. We start our tour of the Valley of Fire in and amongst the Beehives, wonderfully fabulous … Continue reading
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Melodies Linger On, Two-fisted Touristing
Tagged ABBA, Beehives, Big Horn Sheep, chuckwalla, erosion, Fire Canyon, Geography, Kisses of Fire, lizard, Mouse's Tank, Nevada, petrified log, petroglyphs, photography, Red Rock, Star Trek:TNG, State Park, Valley of Fire, White Domes
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RED ROCK CANYON
A Scenic Drive West of Las Vegas Ed and I flew into Las Vegas last weekend. It’ll be our base for a week (more on that later) as we plan a tour of the Great American West, or as … Continue reading
TELL-TALE RINGTONE
Dial M for Macabre Todd Maki, the sound engineer on our short film “The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre” surprised me this morning with an email with no subject heading and merely “just for fun” written in the body … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, Musicabilia
Tagged Edgar Allan Poe, macabre, musicabre, ringtone, short film, sound, The Tell-Tale Heart, Todd Maki
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The Sound of Recovery Music
Not your childhood van Trapps… The same friend who treated us to the SCA benefit performance “Snow White and the Seven Hos” invited us to see that show’s impresario Michael Roth’s latest romp “The Sound of Recovery Music”. Once … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, LGBTQ Alphabet Soup, Live! On Stage
Tagged 12 steps, AA, addition, drag, Gay, LGBTQ, Maria, Michael Roth, parody, promises, Recovery, SCA, Seven Hos, Snow White, sobriety, The Sound of Music, triggering
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