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Tag Archives: New York City
SUN GLARE, 46th Street, Early February
Specifically February 4, 8am, on 46th street between 7th and 6th avenues. Do you too see animal faces in the steam? A boar, a schnauzer, a fox? … or maybe Fuchur AKA Falkor the … Continue reading
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Cinema Scope
Tagged 46th street, animals, dolphins, Falkor, Fuchur, glare, Neverending Story, New York City, photography, photos, steam, sun, Times Square
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What Makes Us ANXIOUS – What Gives Us HOPE
I want to have a happier marriage Love wins My Trump voting relatives I am tougher than dirt Currently at the Rubin Museum in New York City, there is an exhibit curated by the public’s hopes and fears. One … Continue reading
Posted in Melodies Linger On, Notes in the News
Tagged Amazon, anxiety, Black Lives Matter, blue wave, death, deportation, election, fear, God, Hope, Kavanaugh, Love, museum, music, negativity, New York City, peace, Robert Mueller, Rubin, Science, Shout, Tears for Fears, The Song of Job 9:11, Time, Trump
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MARCHING FOR OUR LIVES IN NYC
March 24 – March For Our Lives – Millions are on the streets in the USA. Here are some impressions from New York City. With appropriate and inappropriate songs that went through my head as Ed and I participated. … Continue reading
Posted in Melodies Linger On, Notes in the News
Tagged A Part Hate, AR-15, Central Park West, Cyndi Lauper, Deathly Hallows, Ed Elder, Foster the People, gun control, Happiness is a Warm Gun, Harry Potter, Imagine, John Lennon, March 24, March for our Lives, New York City, Nick Cave, NRA, O Children, Paul McCartney, Protest, Pumped Up Kicks, school shootings, The Beatles
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AIDS Memorial, Greenwich Village, NYC
Breaths – The Flirtations Jesus to a Child – George Michael Smalltown Boy – Bronski Beat Boy Blue – Cyndi Lauper
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', LGBTQ Alphabet Soup, Melodies Linger On, Two-fisted Touristing
Tagged Aids, Being Boring, Boy Bue, Breaths, Bronksi Beat, Bruce Springsteen, Chains of Love, Cyndi Lauper, Elton John, Erasure, George Michael, GMHC, Greenwich Village, Jenny Holzer, Jesus to a Child, John Grant, Joseph Sonnabend, LGBT, LGBTQ, memorial, Neil Young, New York City, Pet Shop Boys, Philadelphia, Return to Oz, Scissor Sisters, Smalltown Boy, Song of Myself, Streets of Philadelphia, TC and Honeybear, The Flirtations, The Last Song, Walt Whitman
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An Indecent Play of Light & Geometry on 56th and 8th
New York New York – Ol’ Blue Eyes I moved to New York City in 1986 yet sometimes I still enjoy it like a tourist. You know the old joke about telling the tourists from the New Yorkers by who … Continue reading
SPEAKEASY KICKSTARTER CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED!
The Day Has Come! We Have Launched Our Kickstarter Fundraising Campaign! CLICK HERE TO GO TO THE PROJECT PAGE! Help bring this original, ambitious new musical onto the stage! “Speakeasy – John and Jane Allison in the Wonderland” brings … Continue reading
THE SONG OF JOB 9:11 – 14 year anniversary of 9/11/2001
The Song of Job 9:11 – Chapter Ten: HOPE – concert video, Sep 9, 2011 The Song of Job 9:11 – Chapter Ten: HOPE – concert audio, Sep 11, 2011 Above are recordings of the finale of the tenth anniversary … Continue reading
Posted in Musicabilia, Notes in the News
Tagged 9/11, 9/11/2001, Book of Job, brooklyn, composing, concert, Ground Zero, Hope, New York City, Old Testament, oratorio, September 11, The Song of Job 9:11, Twin Towers, writing
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THE SPEAKEASY GLOSSARY – Queer Slang of the Prohibition Era
Part of the fun of researching 1920’s and 1930’s Queer subculture in New York City was coming across a wide variety of specialized slang and coded terms that flourished among homosexual men and women of the time. Some of these … Continue reading
Posted in LGBTQ Alphabet Soup, The Speakeasy Chronicles
Tagged 1920s, 1930s, Fairy, Flapper, LGBT, Mask, musical, Nance, New York City, Pansy, Prohibition, Punk, queen, Queer, Rough Trade, slang, Speakeasy, Wolf
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THE SPEAKEASY INTRODUCTION – A fantastical musical of Prohibition era NYC Queer life.
The following is the official introduction/synopsis for Speakeasy. While you read it, you may want to listen to the Wonderland’s Master of Ceremonies Chet Cheshire sing the Speakeasy opening number: (If you are “greedy” and want to listen to more … Continue reading
