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umlewis · 9 months

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Sorry if you have a tag for this, but, you said he talks or takes pictures with fans w disabilities? 🥺 i’d love to see some

(sorry i’m new here 🧏‍♀️)

that's okay, and welcome to f1blr! (: i sadly don't have a tag for that, but maybe i should start one 💜

here he is visiting great ormond's children's hospital in late 2022

he did the same in 2018 :) [more pictures here!]

at the track with kids from great ormond street back in 2007

here's an article about nicolas, lewis, and when lewis got nicolas into his seat in the mercedes (and driving the sim!) 💜 in 2019 lewis arranged to have his car and spanish gp trophy taken to a little boy with terminal cancer named harry shaw, which you can see here, dedicated the spanish gp win to him here, and paid tribute to him at the canadian gp after his passing he also had his car sent, along with a parade of supercars, to a 3-year-old boy named morgan riddler in the same situation who was supposed to attend silverstone and sadly didn't make it [here]

here he is with billy monger at the 2017 british gp after his accident, and here's his post from 2017 congratulating billy on his nomination for laureau's sporting moment of the year and encouraging people to vote for him

lewis with a fan at the factory this year

'nother picture with billy! and here's all the pictures of lewis and billy that motorsports images has (:

lewis became an ambassador for the invictus games in 2015 and playled some wheelchair basketball

with a fan at the u.s. gp in 2015

lewis and lewis! with lewis hammans in 2018

lewis with 9-year-old luca, who was visiting with other patients from great ormond, at the british gp

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sir lewis taking sir frank williams on a hot lap of silverstone in 2019 🥺

and, of course, lewis always making sure nicolas is involved in his career. that, i do have a tag for (: also! only tangientally related, but if you would like disabled drivers to cheer on, nicolas (who has cerebral palsy) races in the british touring car championship and robert wickens (a paraplegic after a horrific indycar crash) drives in the imsa michelin pilot challenge (which is gt racing) 😊 everybody, abled and disabled, please feel free to reblog this! us disabled and chronically ill fans belong here and the goat said so 💜👑

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doomedandstoned · 5 years

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Meet Corey G. Lewis, The Dude Who’s Bringing Grunge Back

~By Jamie LaRose~

Art by Ben House

With the new album sinking into our consciousness, 'Deathspiration' (2018) by The Misery Men invokes the necessity to dig a bit deeper into the creative processes behind its craft. I had the chance to follow-up with Corey G. Lewis, mastermind of the music, and take a glimpse at the band's evolution as portrayed by sound. Deathspiration was recorded and mixed by Steve Jones of Ancient Warlocks at Big Sound Productions in Seattle, and features Jones as drummer.

Deathspiration by The Misery Men

The intro track is reminiscent of reflections, leading into a blasting presence of a second track. This album seems to tell a diverse story, can you explain some of the inspiration behind Deathspiration?

Well the intro track is sort of an homage to Neil Young’s Dead Man soundtrack. I’m also really into Dylan Carlson and EARTH. Before I discovered Earth, I’d always described The Misery Men as, Western Doom Noir. That’s evolved into me describing it as Stone Drone. Nevertheless it’s reminiscent of the space between the notes, and the chaos that occurs. The song Sughrue is about C.W. Sughrue, a character from the book Last Good Kiss by the late great James Crumley, also an old friend. Sughrue is a Private Dick that goes off looking for missing woman. “Like a train” barreling down the highway, from Montana to Mexico.

Oh, most importantly, the inspiration behind Deathspiration is the evolution of me as a human. The cathartic shedding of skin. "Harnessing the Darkness" and riding the waves. Sometimes I feel we might be desperate to reach death, to know the truths, while we attempt to be inspired to live life, as we pass through all the adversity, and perspiring blood, sweat, and tears in these moments of our existence.

Deathspiration by The Misery Men

Do you have any secrets of sound to share? What types of techniques present The Misery Men persona?

My secret sound really is simplicity, and the ghost of Leo Fender haunting my amp. I run a 70’s Music Man 112 RP 65-watt amp with an EV bass speaker, through a 2x12 THD Cab, with a phaser pedal, and a Little Big Muff. A wall of fuzz, that is grizzly, meaty, and punchy. I don’t really try to be the tone guy, but I get more compliments about my tone than anything else.

Deathspiration by The Misery Men

"Night Creeps In" presents itself to me as the vertex of the Deathspiration story, it feels ritualistic and defining. Are there any rituals you perform while in the writing process?

This song in particular was written after a girl I was dating for only a week, told me she was going to kill herself. It was pretty heavy, and at the time she texted me, I was walking past Lone Fir Cemetery and wrote her, “sometimes the night creeps in, looking wretched weak and thin. Smiling with its meathook grin.” It was a very heavy experience. When I wrote this song about seven years ago, I was just really getting deep into Dax Riggs of Acid Bath. He’s definitely had a big impact on my music writing since moving to Portland.

Deathspiration by The Misery Men

Aside from the release of Deathspiration, are there any other exciting current happenings with The Misery Men?

We played at Dante’s not long ago with Chris Newman Deluxe Combo. Chris is quintessential to the Portland rock scene and to the whole Pacific Northwest in general. He is famous for his band Napalm Beach, who released their first album in 1981. Without Napalm Beach, The Wipers, and Dead Moon, well Seattle “Grunge” just wouldn’t sound the same. We might all still be playing Hair Metal!

Officially, Deathspiration has been out since last December, but this week it will launch on all digital platforms worldwide. This fall around September or October, expect a new two-part album to drop digitally, recorded by Witch Mountain and The Skull’s own Rob Wrong! It’ll feature 3-4 different local bass players and a couple local drummers, all guitars and vocals have been recorded, and bass/drums will be done by July/August. So far, we've got interest from bass players Billy Anderson (yes, the famous Sleep producer), Matt Howl (Mammoth Salmon), Wayne Boucher (Troll), and Jaden Mcginiss (Legendary Peavy owner, Doorman, Boudicca). All of this will be recorded in Rob’s basement, the same basement Elliott Smith practiced in.

I decided that my second album needed to be done sooner than later, after the 1st was seven years in the making. Deathspiration was recorded in Seattle with Ancient Warlocks drummer Steve Jones, I’m very happy with the way it turned out, it was analog with no filters, no frills, just my raw intensity. The second though I feel needs to be done here in Portland, it is after all according to Greg Sage, DoomTown. Unlike the first one, it’ll be all digital, but still raw and real, capturing my live performance sound. I’m also likely going to have a variety of drummers on the album playing different songs, perhaps even some legendary Portland drummers!

This week I begin practicing with a new drummer for two upcoming gigs. On Saturday, July 6th, we'll be playing with Chronoclops and Stereo Creeps from Seattle at Misdemeanor Meadows in Portland. It's a free show. Then on Friday, July 26th, The Misery Men will be rocking Gil's Speakeasy for a $5 show that includes The Sleer and Breath. I'm Working on gigs for August on through the Fall.

Do you have any memories of childhood that are notably similar to your current state of mind? What type of things about your childhood self were spot-on about who you become? What was your favorite toy?

I knew I’d always wanted to be a Rock n’ Roller or an actor in films. Like pretty much as long as I could remember. I dressed up almost every Halloween as a Punk Rocker in the '80s. My first concert of grand scale was Poison and Warrant 1989, in Bozeman, Montana -- I was in 5th grade. That show changed my life. I also dug rocks in my grandparent’s backyard, but not for pleasure -- my grandfather took advantage of child labor! I’m a rocker through and through. I think I’ve followed my dreams pretty spot on.

Favorite toys were probably GI Joe’s, Star Wars, or my SEGA Genesis. I also built wood swords from fence posts and painted them with finger nail polish as a kid. Think I may have accidentally got high!

What was the moment when you could feel music has become a part of your life? How has writing music helped you, and those around you?

Well, ever since I could remember music was a part of my life. Listening to my mom’s old tapes and records as a kid really impacted me. I was always surrounded by music, my grandparents owned a Rock n’ Roll bar I’m the ‘60s, '70s, and '80s, called The Wrangler Bar in Livingston, MT. It’s featured in the film Rancho Deluxe about some wild young cattle rustlers, starring Jeff Bridges, and Sam Waterson. There’s a scene with Jimmy Buffett playing "Livingston Saturday Night" while Jeff and Sam play Pong. I’ve played that same machine as a kid! There was always a jukebox, I loved playing Jefferson Starship's "We Built This City," Joan Jett's "I Love Rock n’ Roll," Ozzy's "Bark at the Moon," Pat Benatar's "Hit Me With Your Best Shot" and "Hell Is For Children," and Billy Squire's "The Stroke"!

In 7th and 8th grades, I really was into The Doors, The Beatles, Hendrix, and I was in a English class for kids who couldn’t really focus on reading Lord Of The Rings. In this class our teacher would have us listen to our favorite music at home, then with the feelings we got, write our own poetry. I often listened to Hendrix, especially Axis: Bold As Love and Electric LadyLand, so there were plenty of references to fantasy in my early lyrics. This really helped me learn to become a lyricist, and take an interest in poetry. Most importantly, it gave me an outlet. Around the same time, I got heavy into Henry Rollins. When I saw the video for "Liar" with Hank all painted red, I thought, “I wanna be that guy!” I bought Get in The Van and it became my Bible. All the while I was into Nirvana, Alice In Chains, and Soundgarden.

Is there a way to describe when you feel most productive or most relaxed? How is your state of mind best explained while writing music?

I’m most productive when I feel inspired. Or when the Sun is out and I’m well rested. I like the Sun, except in extreme heat, then I wanna murder the Sun. I was born at night, so I’m a Moon child. I definitely get more inspired and productive writing at night. A few years ago when I was reworking an old song that turned out to be Harness The Darkness, I took a wee bit of LSD or mushrooms -- I’m more of a microdose kind of guy -- found myself going down some deep wormholes to connect a lot of dots that would go on to make up the six verses of the song, that I eventually dropped into four, because it was the most exhausting song to play! I’m a Beatnik kid. I got into the Beat style of writing early on. So, letting the stream of consciousness come flowing out seems to work well for me. I can keep a pretty decent rhyme or off rhyme too.

What is the most peculiar thing that anyone has ever said to you?

Hmmmm. Can you keep a secret? From experience, always tell them no, because sometimes people will lay some heavy shit on you, and maybe you didn’t want to be that person to carry their burden. I’m not a Priest, or a therapist, sometimes it’s fine to listen to friends, but there’s some things you can’t unhear or unsee!

Do you have a message for the universe?

I call it the "Megaverse," as coined by quantum physicist Leonard Susskind -- but my message is to be real, be compassionate, be loving, be forgiving, be understanding, be courageous, be ever evolving, and in the words of E.T.: “Beeeeee Gooooooddd.”

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theathenszinebibliotheque · 3 years

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AZB @ SIKINOS VOL.3 — Join us this year as we return to Sikinos island for the third time (check 2018 & 2019 past events). During the weekend of the 17th and the 18th of July 2021 (from 19:00 to 22:00), AZB will present at the yard of the old school of Kastro village all the zines that were added to the library since summer of 2019. Also, on Saturday the 17th of July we will hold an open zine workshop (at 19:00) on how to make an one-page zine.

Free entrance. — The event is sponsored by the Municipality of Sikinos and is supported by the SNFPHI (The Stavros Niarchos Foundation Public Humanities Initiative at Columbia University). — List of zines (in alphabetical order) participating at the exhibition "AZB @ Sikinos VOL.3":

• _Brut — Álvaro Fernández • 15. August 2020. A day in the life — Various • 1998-2018: 20 years making zines!/20 anos zinando! — Julie Albuquerque • Abnormal — George Tourlas • Abrasion — Kati Akraio • Airlines on paper — Tefra90 • An illustrated guide to insta-emotions — Kati Akraio • Anartchy — Jens Besser & Shlomo Faber • Another day in the office — Sophia Tolika • Armarolla, issues #1-4 — Stelios Hadjithomas • Around Labor, Art, and the Auratic Condition (This is Not a Love Song) — Various • ArtSexDrugsRevolution.gr — Θείο Τραγί • Atomphysik — Philip Joa • Autobioskat — Georgios Plastok • Berliner Mortis Zine — Livor Mortis Zine & Berliner Mauern • Bernd — Daria Rubisch • Blurry territory, notes for a topography of curiosity — Georgios Plastok & Alfred Fabricius • body / struck, issue 1 — Ifigeneia Ilia-Georgiadou & Angelos Kalogerias • Boys! Männer! — Michalis Pichler • Camila — Julie Albuquerque • Carousel #4 — Various • CcBnC issue[1]: prall — Prall • Cheesyphus — Dennis Muñoz Espadiña • Choose your fighter — Jovana Ćubović & Nataša Mihailović • Claustrophobic Tendencies — Never Brush My Teeth • Cockroach Milk — Never Brush My Teeth • Confused Jack — Inés Ballesteros • Crucial Zine, 2019/20 Winter Holiday Special — Various • Crucial Zine, issues #8-11 — Various • Crucial Zine,The CB1 years/MMVIII-MMXI — Various • Dadatek: a manifesto against techno — filtig • DCIM — Κυκλοθυμία & το σφάλμα • Deadiario — Julie Albuquerque • Desired landscapes, issue #3 — Various • Divine Furies Trilogy: The Oracle, The Rescue & The Wedding Night — Nikos Kachrimanis • Do polaroids dream of instant cameras? — Nikos K. Kantarakias • Doors of Athens — Death Vallée & Tarta Ross • Doors of Kypseli — Eleanor Lines • Dotter — Aimilia Balaska • Enterprise Projects Journal, issues #1-4 — Kostas Stasinopoulos, Evita Tsokanta, Myrto Katsimicha, Panos Giannikopoulos • Faces n' Chases, vol.01 — RTMONE & Nadia Stasinou • Finding New Problems — Andromache Kokkinou • Footnotes, issue C — Various • For the love of God — Sinde Butler • Garm zine — Ιωάννης Καρμανιώλος • Giant-size Holy Shit Comix! — Tasmar • Goodbye Horses — Mass Control Superviolence • Graffiti from an American Refugee — Pockets • Greatest hits — Michalis Pichler • GRIP — Aidan Frere-Smith • Gutzine — Various • Hallow Zine — AUB Zine Society (various) • Haras 2nd class — Sarah Maria Schmidt/Haras (Ananas) • Have some change — Mass Control Superviolence • Help — Andromache Kokkinou • Herbal healing: Making Fire Cider — J Henry Hansen • Hibernation — Fred Afraid • Holy shit comix!, issue #3 — Tasmar • Home Is Where The Heart Is — Aidan Frere-Smith • Hotfoot Terrors — Never Brush My Teeth • How to exist at the beach as a non-conforming body — Asparagus Plumosa • How to make your own one-page zine / Πως να φτιάξεις το δικό σου μονοσέλιδο ζιν — The Athens Zine Bibliotheque • I wonder if they could hear me jerking off and other closet fag tips — Unknown • Imaginary Memories, coloring book — RTMONE • Indie music: From fans to professionals — Athanasia Daskalopoulou, Alexandros Skandalis, Maria Dianellou, Fay Daskalopoulou • İşkembe çorbası - Χαϊκού για γερό στομάχι — Χάρης Αλεξίου • Kavourakia Ta — Queer Ink • Kiefer on dirtbike — Tefra90 • Let's talk about feelings — Unknown • Lethargic Punch — Never Brush My Teeth • Light your future bright, 2nd edition — Barba Dee • Livor Mortis Zine #1 Hype in the Hypogeum — SBF Ruttley • Livor Mortis Zine #13 Mo Honey Mo Problems — SBF Ruttley • Livor Mortis Zine #2 Party Hits Vol.2 — SBF Ruttley • Livor Mortis Zine #6(66) The Number of the Beast — SBF Ruttley • Lord — DED2: APESK, ΗΓΗ • Lost in the city — Inés Ballesteros • Lung-Independent music fanzine, issue #6 — Various • Manual — Leifur Ýmir Eyjólfsson • Map of Santorini, Greece — Lila Ruby King & One Quarter Greek • Mercury Retrograde — Asparagus Plumosa • Moan, issue one — Various • Modern savior — Marianna Papageorgiou • Monsanto Company Earnings Call Transcript — Michalis Pichler • Moth. — Asparagus Plumosa • My first bike touring adventure — J Henry Hansen • My pen won't break, but borders will. — Parwana Amiri • Neo Mythological — The Krah • Neptune Square Neptune or my midlife crisis — J Henry Hansen • Networking with an attitude! — Julia Evans • NEW YORK POST flag profile — Michalis Pichler • Newspaper from the American West — Antonis Theodoridis • Not Dead Yet, vol.1 — Various • Nothingness — Manuel Hernández Ruiz • Official Portrait — Lewis Bush • Parental Leave — Anne-Laure Franchette • Peach + Eggplant — AUB Zine Society (various) • Perzine Prompts, Power to your voice — Andromache Kokkinou • Peza vs. Noir (NAC 1st Year Zine) — Neo-Apollonia Crew • Poor Appetite — Folded City • Pour Une Nouvelle Nouvelle Sculpture Grecque — Stamatis Schizakis • Pro-typos, fiction newspaper, Design Walk 2012 — pi6 • Psychedelic Art — AUB Zine Society (various) • Quasar — Ctin • Queer Ink DIY zine — Queer Ink • Queer βίωμα τραύμα και μνήμη — Mochi & Smar • Quotidien — Georgios Plastok • Room around a page — Chloë van Diepen • Self important — Kati Akraio • Soft cake — Sarah Maria Schmidt/Haras (Ananas) • Solo : A broad, issues: #2 & #3 — J Henry Hansen • Solo Diver — Solo Diver • Some call them balkans, 6 acts/books — The Ground Tour Project • Some fallen umbrellas and something else — Michalis Pichler • Sonic Urbanism — &beyond • Street Crawler, issues #1-2 — Aidan Frere-Smith • Summer Time!!! … And how to survive it! — Asparagus Plumosa • Sunny Days, the A-dash issue — A-dash (various) • Swimming outside the stream (vol.I-IV) — Karan Reshad • Talk to me — Born, Think & Yiakou • The adventures of Betty X — Krista Raisa • The Architect is absent — kyklàda.press • The Athens Zine Bibliotheque People — Nadia Stasinou • The bugbook! — Stefania Patrikiou • The cemetery is a forest — Olga Vereli & Katerina Markoulaki • The dreams of Charlotte — Charlotte & Inés Ballesteros • The Feminine Sublime — Rakel McMahon, Katrín Inga Jónsdóttir Hjördísardóttir & Eva Isleifs • The Gum Issue Magazine, issues #1-3 — Various • The international pop no.1, La Sabotage — Dominik Leitner • The Krah illustra zine (1997-2020) — The Krah • The Krah sketchbook, issue #1 — The Krah • The lioness only swims when she has to — Margarita Athanasiou • The Olive tree and the old woman — Parwana Amiri • The search for what doesn't exist begins — Leifur Ýmir Eyjólfsson • The space in between — Chloë van Diepen • The Ultimate Book Coat, User's Guide—Dah Yee Noh • The urban encounters zine — Various • The Urge — Tairis Dimitris • The worst street journal, issue #4 — Dimitris Mitropoulos • Things we don’t talk about — J Henry Hansen • This is my b. world — b. • Tinted window, issue #1: Hervé Guibert — Various • To make radical poetry from home: zine & catalogue — Various • Tomorrow Land — Jana Jarosova • Torso: The Athens Zine Bibliotheque issue — Andrew Nicholas • Torso: IZM July 2019 issue — Andrew Nicholas • Torso: Wild (16 issues) — Andrew Nicholas • TRAINS (FTBTP) — Livor Mortis Zine • Tunnel Up/Tunnel Down, a zine about virtual private networks — Mara Karagianni • Unlimited Card Zine — Noam Assayag & Nick Splendorr • Until the darkness was gone… — J Henry Hansen • Untitled — Stefania Patrikiou • Untitled — Kunstlerexemplar • Untitled — Michael Oskar Wlaschitz • Untitled, vol.1 — Aidan Frere-Smith • Untouchable!! Unreachable!! — Cara Farman & Cameron Lynch • Versifier — William Lee a.k.a. Shannon Flegel • Vielleicht Schwammerl — Kati Akraio • Von Eisen Und Wind — Klára Zahrádková • We are Stefan Werc — Tiny Hand Collective • What I wore yesterday — Asparagus Plumosa • Why do bunnies need to go to therapy? — Queer Ink • Writing new titles for an unfinished novel — Esther Kempf • You stay at home all day and daydream about shoulder dislocations — Never Brush My Teeth • You were born naked and the rest is drag — Amor de Primas • Zine 02 — Various • Zine of zines: "Pause" — Emily Randall • Zine-Ception! A zine about zines — Asparagus Plumosa • 7 αγαπημένα μέρη στη Σίκινο — These Are A Few Of Our Favorite Things • 7 θρεπτικές ουσίες που πρέπει να προσέξεις σε περίπτωση αιφνίδιας χορτοφαγίας — Margarita Athanasiou • 90 ίχνη — Αλέκος Κοάν & Φώντας • Άτιτλο — Liz Papadaki • Εδραιωτικό τετράδιο φιλίας ε#1 — Maria Paneta • Εμβοές, Πεταλούδες της λήθης — Νικόλας Μαλεβίτσης • ένα προς δύο (1:2) — Nikos Staikoglou • Εξομολογήσεις — Various • Η πρώτη τελευταία και παντοτινή Μπιενάλε του Ψηλορείτη, Παναγιώτης Λουκάς & Μαλβίνα Παναγιωτίδη — Stamatis Schizakis • Η πρώτη τελευταία και παντοτινή Μπιενάλε του Ψηλορείτη, Ρένα Παπασπύρου — Stamatis Schizakis • Η πρώτη τελευταία και παντοτινή Μπιενάλε του Ψηλορείτη, Φοίβη Γιαννίση — Stamatis Schizakis • Θα βγαίνω θα πίνω — Asparagus Plumosa • Θέρως — μ² • Καλοκαίρι από απόσταση — Νίκος Καπετάνιος • Λένα Λεπιδόπτερα — Eloish Leigh • Λίπος Άλμπατρος #6 — Joanne Alexopoulou • Μια εποχή στον χαρτοπόλεμο — Αντώνιος Βάθης • Νεωτερισμοί — Χάρης Αλεξίου • Ντελίριο — Μαρία Κωνσταντοπούλου • Οι παγωμάρες μέρες του Πηλίου — Αναστασία Δαφερέρα • Πευκόραμα — Christina Karavida & Louis Bitsikokos • Ποιήματα για Πόκεμον — #TextMe_Lab • Πολιτικά χοντρέλες — Σοφία Αποστολίδου, Hodan Warsame, Φωτεινή Κάκκαρη & Βασιλική Λαζαρίδου • Πώς να φτιάξεις χαρτί στο σπιτάκι σου και να τυπώσεις διάφορα πράγματα ανάλογα με την όρεξή σου και το budget σου, εγχειρίδιο part 1 — Νέλλη & Χριστίνα • Σαντορίνη: μια σύντομη εισαγωγή — Θάνος Ν. Στασινόπουλος • Σαράντα δύο — Silent • Σεμπρία, τεύχη #1-3 — Κύριος Φλανέριος • Σου 'χω πει ποτέ — Tango with lions • Τα θερινά — Χάρης Αλεξίου • Τι τρώνε οι κότες; — Νικόλας Φαράκλας • Τρυφερά υφαίστεια ως το μεδούδι χωρίς επιστροφή — Αντώνιος Βάθης • Φούιτ, τεύχη ΙΙΙ, ΙV & V — Various • Χαίρομαι που είσαι φίλη μου — Asparagus Plumosa • Χαμένο σαν σταφίδα σε μωσαϊκό — Never Brush My Teeth • Ψηφίδες / Pixels (12 books) — miss dialectic • Ψωμί — Paky Vlassopoulou

List of zines that we forgot in Athens (will be presented in 2022 at "AZB @ Sikinos VOL.4"): • 38°32’S 143°58’E — Mirella & Arur Kokk • Berlin Love Me — Αντώνιος Βάθης • Do I have self esteem? — Alex Schauwecker • freedom machine — Mirella & Arur Kokk • Kerozine, issue #1 — The Shop Lifters Collective • Tabloid, issue #1 — Various • διαχωρισμός — Mirella & Arur Kokk • Η πρώτη μου βαβέλ — Tasmar

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newyorktheater · 5 years

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Both King Kong and Olaf, the goofy snow man from Frozen, will loom large on Thanksgiving Day — but not on Broadway; neither current musical is one of the four Broadway shows performing on Thursday. (see Thanksgiving Week Broadway schedule below.)

Olaf will be one of the huge balloons hovering over Sixth Avenue during the 92nd annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, and the cast of “King Kong” will be performing a number from the new musical during CBS’s coverage of the parade. (Also performing on CBS: the casts of “Dear Evan Hansen.” and “Head Over Heels.” Performing at the parade itself, broadcast by NBC: “Mean Girls,” “My Fair Lady,” “The Prom,” and “Summer: The Donna Summer Musical.”)

BUT…

both Frozen and King Kong have added a matinee on Friday, the day after Thanksgiving — as have most other Broadway shows. Many have also added a Monday night performance.

Below is the Broadway schedule for Thanksgiving Week, as well as a list of my four favorite shows that have opened this season so far, and another four that are evergreens suitable for young children.

Skip to Broadway Thanksgiving Week Schedule

Recommended new shows

Of my four favorite new shows listed below (shows that have opened in the second half of 2018 that you can still see), only two are on Broadway, and only one is suitable for young children …but they’re too good to pass up.

The Ferryman

Paddy Considine as Quinn Carney (center, standing) and the company of The Ferryman

By the time “The Ferryman” has ended, we have been treated to a breathtaking mix of revenge action thriller, romance, melodrama, family saga, and a feast of storytelling – ghost stories, fairy stories, stories of Irish history and politics, stories of longing and of loss.

Jez Butterworth’s play about farmer Quinn Carney and his sprawling, colorful family is rich, sweeping entertainment — epic, tragic….and cinematic.

Recommended for 10+, barred to children under 4.

Tickets to The Ferryman

The Waverly Gallery

Joan Allen and Elaine May in The Waverly Gallery

Elaine May is back on a Broadway stage after more than 50 years, and making the most of it in The Waverly Gallery, Kenneth Lonergan’s meticulously observed, funny and sad play about a woman’s decline and its effect on her family. May is not alone. She is one of five stellar cast members, notably Lucas Hedges making a splendid Broadway debut. They turn this 18-year-old play into…if not required, certainly well-rewarded viewing.

Recommended for 10 +, barred to children under 4.

Tickets to The Waverly Gallery.

Lewiston/Clarkston

Noah Robbins and Edmund Donovan in Clarkston

“ Lewiston/Clarkston” are two powerfully affecting plays by Samuel D. Hunter about 21stcentury descendants of the 19thcentury North American explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. The plays are being presented one after the other in a single evening, separated by a communal dinner during the half-hour intermission, in an extraordinary production at Rattlestick Playwrights Theater. The theater has been completely reconfigured for the show, with the removal of its decades-old proscenium stage and of its raked stadium seating. Now, just 50 members of the audience sit in a row of folding chairs on either side of a plain playing space only 13 feet wide. As a result, the two dramas play out in close-up.

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Fiddler on the Roof

Steven Skybell as Tevya and Ensemble sing “Tradition” (“Traditsye” טראַדיציע)

Yes, it’s in Yiddish — the first Yiddish-language production of the musical in the United States — but the Folksbiene production of ‘Fiddler,’ directed by Joel Grey, is as entertaining as any I’ve seen…All the performers have great voices, and this Fiddler has an advantage that the Broadway ‘Fiddlers’ don’t match. The surtitles assure that nobody who can read English (or Russian) misses a single word.

Tickets to Fiddler (Note: There is a show today, but none other on Thanksgiving week. I list anyway because there are plenty for the rest of the holiday season, until it closes at the Museum of Jewish Heritage on December 30, then transfers uptown.)

Broadway shows for young children

Major Attaway as the Genie

Aladdin

The genie ( now Major Attaway) is the one who provides the bulk of the entertainment, morphing from showbiz master of ceremonies to carnival barker to infomercial huckster to game show host to Cab Calloway-like zoot-suiter to disco dj to hip-hopper in a Hawaiian shirt, to yes, a sparkling-suited magical genie who emerges amid smoke from a little lamp. Every number over which he presides – nearly every moment he is on stage – answers the question that fans of the 1992 film Aladdin might have wondered about: How would Disney be able to translate to the stage the protean cartoon character of genie voiced by Robin Williams at his peak? Also new to the cast: Telly Leung as Aladdin!

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The Lion King

Disney celebrated The Lion King’s 20th anniversary on Broadway last year with lots of self-congratulations, but in this case it is deserved. Based on the 1994 Disney animated film about the coming-of-age of a young lion in the African jungle, this musical offers African-inflected music by Elton John, lyrics by Tim Rice and the visual magic of Julie Taymor. Taymor is the director, and a composer and lyricist for some of the songs. But above all, she is the designer of the costumes, masks, and puppets — and it is these visuals that make this show a good first theatrical experience — and worthwhile for any theatergoer no matter how experienced.

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School of Rock

In his first original musical on Broadway in a decade, Andrew Lloyd Webber chose to adapt a movie with a plot that could hardly be sillier, and supplies a new score that could hardly be more addictive. School of Rock – The Musical is full of both hard-charging rock n roll and supremely catchy melodies.

An implicit message of the musical — that rocking and stomping are far more important to fourth graders than math or history – could make a convincing case for the depravity of rock n roll. But if anybody is still alive to be receptive to that argument, they’re sure to be won over by the thrilling performances by the baker’s dozen of talented kids, several sure to share stardom with the adults. This show is closing in January

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Wicked

Wicked NY

The musical tells the story of “The Wizard of Oz” from the witches’ perspective, more specifically from the Wicked Witch of the West, who was not, as a child, wicked at all, but just green-tinted, taunted, and misunderstood. There is so much to like about this musical, the clever twists on the familiar tale, the spectacular set, and music that is a lot more appealing in context (such as the song “Defying Gravity”) that I will forgive the contortions necessary to tack on a happy ending.

Tickets to Wicked

Tickets to Hamilton

Broadway Thanksgiving Week Schedule

Four Broadway shows are scheduled to perform on Thanksgiving Day — Chicago, Phantom of the Opera, Torch Song and Waitress. All the others are dark that day, but most have added matinees on Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, and nine have even added performances on the Monday, before Thanksgiving.

The show names in the chart below are linked to my reviews, or other relevant articles, when available. (Several of the shows haven’t opened yet.) I put an asterisk next to those shows that I enjoyed without reservation. (Or just one reservation — tickets are expensive.)

Show Run Time Theatre Mon 11/19 Tue 11/20 Wed 11/21 Thu 11/22 Fri 11/23 Sat 11/24 Sun 11/25 *Aladdin 2h 30min New Amsterdam 7:00 1:00 & 7:00 2:00 & 8:00 2:00 & 8:00 3:00 American Son 1h 20min Booth 7:00 2:00 & 7:00 2:00 & 8:00 2:00 & 8:00 Anastasia 2h 25min Broadhurst 7:00 7:00 2:00 2:00 & 8:00 2:00 & 8:00 3:00 *The Band’s Visit 90min Barrymore 7:00 2:00 & 7:00 2:00 & 8:00 2:00 & 8:00 3:00 Beautiful – The Carole King Musical 2h 15min Stephen Sondheim 7:00 2:00 & 7:00 2:00 & 8:00 2:00 & 8:00 3:00 *The Book of Mormon 2h 30min Eugene O’Neill 7:00 2:00 & 7:00 2:00 & 8:00 2:00 & 8:00 2:00 The Cher Show 2h 20min Neil Simon 8:00 2:00 & 8:00 2:00 & 8:00 2:00 & 8:00 3:00 Chicago 2h 30min Ambassador 8:00 8:00 8:00 8:00 2:30 & 8:00 2:30 & 8:00 Come From Away 100min Schoenfeld 7:00 7:00 7:00 2:00 & 8:00 2:00 & 8:00 3:00 *Dear Evan Hansen 2h 25min Music Box 7:00 2:00 & 8:00 2:00 & 8:00 2:00 & 8:00 3:00 *The Ferryman 3h 15min Jacobs 7:00 7:00 1:00 & 7:30 7:00 1:00 & 7:30 3:00 Frozen 2h 15min St. James 7:00 2:00 & 8:00 2:00 & 8:00 2:00 & 8:00 3:00 *Hamilton 2h 40min Richard Rodgers 7:00 2:00 & 8:00 2:00 & 8:00 2:00 & 8:00 3:00 Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two 2h 35min Lyric 2:00 Prt1 7:30 Prt2 2:00 Prt1 7:30 Prt2 2:00Prt1 7:30Prt2 2:00 Prt1 7:30 Prt2 Head Over Heels 2h 15min Hudson 7:00 2:00 & 8:00 2:00 & 8:00 2:00 & 8:00 3:00 The Illusionists – Magic of the Holidays Marquis 3:00 & 8:00 11:00 & 3:00 & 8:00 1:00 & 6:30 King Kong 2h 30min Broadway 7:00 2:00 & 8:00 2:00 & 8:00 2:00 & 8:00 3:00 Kinky Boots 2h 20min Hirschfeld 8:00 7:00 8:00 2:00 & 8:00 2:00 & 8:00 3:00 The Lifespan of a Fact 1h 35min Studio 54 8:00 7:00 2:00 & 8:00 8:00 2:00 & 8:00 3:00 *The Lion King 2h 30min Minskoff 7:00 2:00 & 8:00 2:00 & 8:00 2:00 & 8:00 3:00 Mean Girls 2h 30min August Wilson 7:00 2:00 & 7:30 2:00 & 8:00 2:00 & 8:00 2:00 My Fair Lady 2h 55min Vivian Beaumont 7:00 2:00 & 8:00 2:00 & 8:00 2:00 & 8:00 3:00 Network 2h 0min Belasco 7:00 8:00 2:00 & 7:00 8:00 2:00 & 7:00 3:00 *The New One 1h 20min Cort 7:30 7:30 3:00 & 8:00 3:00 & 8:00 3:00 & 7:30 Once on This Island 90min Circle in the Square 7:00 2:00 & 8:00 2:00 & 8:00 2:00 & 8:00 3:00 The Phantom of the Opera 2h 30min Majestic 8:00 7:00 8:00 8:00 2:00 & 8:00 2:00 & 8:00 The Play That Goes Wrong 2h 0min Lyceum 7:00 7:00 7:00 2:00 & 8:00 2:00 & 8:00 3:00 Pretty Woman: The Musical 2h 30min Nederlander 7:00 2:00 & 8:00 2:00 & 8:00 2:00 & 8:00 3:00 The Prom 2h 15min Longacre 7:00 2:00 & 8:00 2:00 & 8:00 2:00 & 8:00 3:00 *School of Rock The Musical 2h 30min Winter Garden 7:00 7:00 2:00 & 7:00 2:00 & 8:00 2:00 & 8:00 3:00 Summer: The Donna Summer Musical 1h 40min Lunt-Fontanne 7:00 2:00 & 7:00 2:00 & 8:00 2:00 & 8:00 3:00 To Kill a Mockingbird 2h 50min Shubert 8:00 8:00 8:00 2:00 & 8:00 2:00 & 8:00 Torch Song 2h 30min Hayes 7:00 2:00 & 8:00 7:00 7:30 2:00 & 8:00 3:00 *Waitress 2h 30min Brooks Atkinson 7:00 7:00 7:00 7:00 2:00 & 8:00 2:00 & 8:00 *The Waverly Gallery 2h 15min Golden 7:00 7:00 2:00 & 8:00 2:00 & 8:00 2:00 & 8:00 *Wicked 2h 45min Gershwin 7:00 2:00 & 7:00 2:00 & 8:00 2:00 & 8:00 3:00

What to See on Broadway Thanksgiving Week 2018 Both King Kong and Olaf, the goofy snow man from Frozen, will loom large on Thanksgiving Day -- but not on Broadway; neither current musical is one of the four Broadway shows performing on Thursday.

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Single Review: “One Day at a Time” by American Aquarium

American Aquarium has traversed a lot of ground thus far on the first couple singles from Things Change (out on June 1st via New West Records). The reformed alt-country/rock outfit still helmed by BJ Barham has explored new territory and revisited their standard sound, injecting a new flare into it. And now, the third song in advance of the group’s forthcoming release feels more like something that would have been complimentary of Barham’s solo record of 2016. “One Day at a Time” is a minimalistic song, one led by the prominent though gentle picking of Barham’s acoustic guitar, accented only by some airy notes from the pedal steel guitar and on occasion some light keys. That allows Barham’s most potent skills to shine the brightest: his remarkable abilities as a songwriter and storyteller. This track is one of his most personal to date – and he’s never been one to shy away from dealing with his demons through his music, getting quite introspective in this case as he glances back at his career as a performer. Barham addresses his habits that developed, coming to use alcohol as a “crutch”, a means to be able to perform, while also reckoning past behaviors, not just with his addictions, but also some of the songs he wrote.

“…I'd kick, I'd scream, I'd curse the names of the girls who walked away. You see, the man left holdin' the pen controls how every story ends and truth becomes a martyr for the sake of the song.” The second verse is so powerful due to the overwhelming amount of truth that it holds and demonstrates an immense amount of personal growth given that he has apparently reassessed some of his works in retrospect. “…I guess it comes with the job: Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' roll!” he gruffly croons at another point, practically resigning himself to the fact that those risks were basically inherent to the line of work before making another bold and insightful declaration, “You see, songs fulfill a human need to sit back and watch another man bleed. So, for a moment, we don't have to feel sorry for ourselves.” The title “One Day at a Time” is a self-explanatory one, the basic gist of it being that you need to take things one day at a time, especially when recovering from addiction; Barham continuing to guide everyone along to the point he is currently at in life, having finally found a person whom he wanted to share his life with, still striving to be the best person he can possibly be. “…I'm just gettin' along, rightin' these wrongs. One day at a time.” In the end, “One Day at a Time” is an outstanding song about redemption. It’s about accepting that directly or indirectly your actions affected the lives of others – family, friends, ex’s – and wanting to fix that. Maybe not exclusively through making amends, but at least by adjusting your life and rising to be a better person. Poignant when it needs to be and marked by an uplifting silver lining quality, it’s another stunning example of what an exceptional musician Barham is, this single just highlighting his magnificent talents as a lyricist and singer. Traits of his that only grow more impressive with the passing of time. Pre-order Things Change on: iTunes | Google Play | Amazon MP3 Visit American Aquarium’s websites: Official Website | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | Youtube Current Shows: 2018 May 28--City Winery--Chicago, IL 29--Waiting Room Lounge--Omaha, NE 30--Wooly's--Des Moines, IA 31--Turf Club--St Paul, MN June 1--The Vogue--Indianapolis, IN 2--Off Broadway--St Louis, MO 4—Zanzabar--Louisville, KY 5--The Basement--East Nashville, TN 6--Rumba Café--Columbus, OH 7--Beachland Ballroom & Tavern--Cleveland, OH 8--Mr. Smalls Theatre--Pittsburgh, PA 9--The Saint--Asbury Park, NJ 10--Gramercy Theatre--New York, NY 12--City Winery --Boston, MA 13--Boot & Saddle--Philadelphia, PA 14--Harvester Performance Center--Rocky Mount, VA 15--9:30 Club--Washington, DC 16--The National--Richmond, VA 17--The Burl--Louisville, KY 19--Southgate House Revival (Sanctuary)--Newport, KY 20--The Grey Eagle--Asheville, NC 21--Visulite Theatre--Charlotte, NC 22--Blind Tiger--Greensboro, NC 23--Lincoln Theatre--Raleigh, NC 25--Will's Pub--Orlando, FL 26--Charleston Pour House--Charleston, SC 27--Jack Rabbits--Jacksonville, FL 28--The Radio Room--Greenville, SC 29—Saturn--Birmingham, AL 30--Georgia Theatre--Athens, GA July 26--The Heights Theater--Houston, TX 27--Gruene Hall--New Braunfels, TX 28--Statler Ballroom--Dallas, TX 29--Cactus Theatre--Lubbock, TX 30--The Liberty--Roswell, NM August 1--Taos Mesa Brewing Taos Tap Room--Taos, NM 2--Bluebird Theater--Denver, CO 3--The Cowboy Saloon & Dance Hall--Laramie, WY 4--Rock’n MC BrewFest--Miles City, MT 5--Lewis & Clark Brewery--Helena, MT 6--Live From The Divide--Bozeman, MT 8--The State Room--Salt Lake City, UT 9--Braun Brothers Reunion--Challis, ID 10--Nashville North--Post Falls, ID 11--Tractor Tavern--Seattle, WA 13--Mississippi Studios--Portland, OR 14--Slim's--San Francisco, CA 15—Troubadour--West Hollywood, CA 16��Casbah--San Diego, CA 17--Beauty Bar--Las Vegas, NV 18--The Rebel Lounge--Phoenix, AZ 25--Fayetteville Roots Festival--Fayetteville, AR September 14—AmericanaFest--Nashville, TN October 19--Poppodium Iduna--Drachten, Netherlands 20--Ramblin’ Roots Festival--Utrecht, Netherlands 21--Luxor Live--Arnhem, Netherlands 22--Café De Amer--Amen, Netherlands 23—Tobakken--Esbjerg, Denmark 26—Posten--Odense C, Denmark 27--Buchholz Saloon--Altlandsberg, Germany 28--Die Kantine--Cologne, Germany 30--Louisiana--Bristol, United Kingdom 31--Night & Day Café--Manchester, United Kingdom November 1—Borderline--London, United Kingdom 2--De Kroepoekfabriek--Vlaardingen, Netherlands 3--Take Root Festival--Oosterpoort, Netherlands 4--Southern Roots Festival @ Nieuwe Nor--Heerlen, Netherlands

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