#sing your song nightingale (andrew)

[indizombie]

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have recently released a video of Meghan volunteering at a pop-up baby boutique she staged for expectant mothers experiencing homelessness. This is not an act of solidarity with struggling families, but carefully curated promotional publicity stunts from an archaic institution. In the opening line of The Housemartins’ song “Flag Day”, Paul Heaton sings, “Too many Florence Nightingales, not enough Robin Hoods”. Although written nearly 40 years ago, it couldn’t sum up better the predicament in which the UK today finds itself – with rising poverty, destitution and homelessness. Heaton sings that charity is “a waste of time if you know what they mean, try shaking a box in front of the Queen, ‘cause her purse is fat and bursting at the seams”. In other words, royals, if you’re concerned about poverty give away a spare palace or two, don’t give us a video montage of your latest poverty safari.

Andrew Fisher, ‘Royal visits to baby banks are a dangerous normalisation of poverty’, iNews

#iNews #Andrew Fisher #Duke of Sussex #Duchess of Sussex #Meghan Markle #The Housemartins #Flag Day #Paul Heaton #poverty #UK #homelessness #destitution

[primordialsoundmeditation]

I did not write this poem... but I wish I had. It is wonderfully written and rich in imagery. It's inspiring.

***

Sometimes a Wild God

By: Tom Hirons - Poet and Storyteller

Sometimes a wild god comes to the table.

He is awkward and does not know the ways

Of porcelain, of fork and mustard and silver.

His voice makes vinegar from wine.

When the wild god arrives at the door,

You will probably fear him.

He reminds you of something dark

That you might have dreamt,

Or the secret you do not wish to be shared.

He will not ring the doorbell;

Instead he scrapes with his fingers

Leaving blood on the paintwork,

Though primroses grow

In circles round his feet.

You do not want to let him in.

You are very busy.

It is late, or early, and besides…

You cannot look at him straight

Because he makes you want to cry.

The dog barks.

The wild god smiles,

Holds out his hand.

The dog licks his wounds

And leads him inside.

The wild god stands in your kitchen.

Ivy is taking over your sideboard;

Mistletoe has moved into the lampshades

And wrens have begun to sing

An old song in the mouth of your kettle.

‘I haven’t much,’ you say

And give him the worst of your food.

He sits at the table, bleeding.

He coughs up foxes.

There are otters in his eyes.

When your wife calls down,

You close the door and

Tell her it’s fine.

You will not let her see

The strange guest at your table.

The wild god asks for whiskey

And you pour a glass for him,

Then a glass for yourself.

Three snakes are beginning to nest

In your voicebox. You cough.

Oh, limitless space.

Oh, eternal mystery.

Oh, endless cycles of death and birth.

Oh, miracle of life.

Oh, the wondrous dance of it all.

You cough again,

Expectorate the snakes and

Water down the whiskey,

Wondering how you got so old

And where your passion went.

The wild god reaches into a bag

Made of moles and nightingale-skin.

He pulls out a two-reeded pipe,

Raises an eyebrow

And all the birds begin to sing.

The fox leaps into your eyes.

Otters rush from the darkness.

The snakes pour through your body.

Your dog howls and upstairs

Your wife both exults and weeps at once.

The wild god dances with your dog.

You dance with the sparrows.

A white stag pulls up a stool

And bellows hymns to enchantments.

A pelican leaps from chair to chair.

In the distance, warriors pour from their tombs.

Ancient gold grows like grass in the fields.

Everyone dreams the words to long-forgotten songs.

The hills echo and the grey stones ring

With laughter and madness and pain.

In the middle of the dance,

The house takes off from the ground.

Clouds climb through the windows;

Lightning pounds its fists on the table.

The moon leans in through the window.

The wild god points to your side.

You are bleeding heavily.

You have been bleeding for a long time,

Possibly since you were born.

There is a bear in the wound.

‘Why did you leave me to die?’

Asks the wild god and you say:

‘I was busy surviving.

The shops were all closed;

I didn’t know how. I’m sorry.’

Listen to them:

The fox in your neck and

The snakes in your arms and

The wren and the sparrow and the deer…

The great un-nameable beasts

In your liver and your kidneys and your heart…

There is a symphony of howling.

A cacophony of dissent.

The wild god nods his head and

You wake on the floor holding a knife,

A bottle and a handful of black fur.

Your dog is asleep on the table.

Your wife is stirring, far above.

Your cheeks are wet with tears;

Your mouth aches from laughter or shouting.

A black bear is sitting by the fire.

Sometimes a wild god comes to the table.

He is awkward and does not know the ways

Of porcelain, of fork and mustard and silver.

His voice makes vinegar from wine

And brings the dead to life.

***

Art: Andrew Ferez

Tara Shannon

[thepucegoose]

The Yearning of Anthony J. Crowley spotify; art by @6utton​

A late afternoon Crowley a-yearning for his angel. Sauntering vaguely over 6000 years.

From Eden - Hozier - Idealism sits in prison, chivalry fell on it's sword / Innocence died screaming, honey ask me I should know / I slither here from Eden just to hide outside your door 

Love Of My Life - Queen -  You will remember / When this is blown over / Everything's all by the way / When I grow older / I will be there at your side to remind you / How I still love you (I still love you) / I still love you

A Case of You - Joni Mitchell -   She knew your devils and your deeds and she said / "Go to him / Stay with him if you can / But be prepared to bleed" / Oh you’re in my blood like holy wine / You taste so bitter / And so sweet

Love Love Love - The Mountain Goats - Snakes in the grass beneath our feet, rain in the clouds above / Some moments last forever / But some flare out with love, love, love

Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow - Carole King - Tonight with words unspoken / You say that I'm the only one / But will my heart be broken / When the night meets the morning sun?

Mr. Brightside - Run River North -  Let me go / 'Cause I just can't look, it's killing me / And taking control Jealousy, turning saints into the sea / Swimming through sick lullabies / Choking on your alibi 

Landslide - Fleetwood Mac - Well, I've been 'fraid of changin' / 'Cause I've built my life around you / But time makes you bolder / Even children get older / And I'm gettin' older, too / I'm gettin' older, too 

Turning Tables - Adele - So I won't let you close enough to hurt me, no / I won't ask you, you to just desert me / I can't give you, what you think you gave me / It's time to say goodbye to turning tables 

Don’t give up on us - David Soul - Lord knows we've come this far / Can't we stay the way we are? / The angel and the dreamer / Who sometimes plays a fool / Don't give up on us, I know / We can still come through 

Thank You For Being A Friend - Andrew Gold -  Into the night the Milky Way / You'll hear me call as we ascend / I'll say your name then once again / Thank you for being a / Thank you for being a friend (I want to thank you)

What Would I Do Without You - Drew Holcomb & The Neighbours -  The difference between what I've said and done / And you're still standing by my side / A guilty soul and a worried mind / I will never make it, if I'm on my own

Songbird - Fleetwood Mac - 'Cause I feel that when I'm with you / It's all right I know it's right / And the songbirds keep singing like they / Know the score / And I love you I love you I love you / Like never before

Bitter Boy - Kate Rusby -  But I will rise, and I will sing / Until the day I can't conceal it / And then I'll sing the saddest song / And wish to God you cannot hear it.

Kathy’s Song - Simon and Garfunkel - And so you see I have come to doubt / All that I once held as true / I stand alone without beliefs / The only truth I know is you

World Spins Madly On - The Weepies - Everything that I said I'd do / Like make the world brand new / And take the time for you / I just got lost and slept right through the dawn / And the world spins madly on

Pale Blue Eyes - The Velvet Underground -  Thought of you as my mountain top / Thought of you as my peak / Thought of you as everything / I've had, but couldn't keep / I've had, but couldn't keep

Snow Owl - The Mountain Goats - You came down from heaven to the branch outside my window / Your feathers were the colour of snow / The dice were loaded against us ever seeing each other / But one of us had nowhere else to go

Living Without You - Mary McCaslin - The milk truck hauls the sun up / And the paper hits the door / The subway shakes my floor / And i think about you / Time to face the dawning grey / Of another lonely day

Who Knows Where The Time Goes - Fairport Convention - Sad, deserted shore, your fickle friends are leaving / Ah, but then you know it's time for them to go / But I will still be here, I have no thought of leaving / I do not count the time

Song For The Asking - Simon and Garfunkel -  This is my tune for the taking / Take it, don't turn away / I've been waiting all my life / Thinking it over, I've been sad / Thinking it over, I'd be more than glad / To change my ways for the asking

Till Tomorrow - Don McLean -  What can this be? / Can you tell me? / Would you like to discover why we're not free, to be lovers? / I've been wanting to ask you

Behind That Locked Door - George Harrison -  The love you are blessed with This world's waiting for / So let out your heart please, please / From behind that locked door

Leaving on a Jet Plane - Peter, Paul and Mary - I hate to wake you up to say goodbye / But the dawn is breakin’ / It’s early morn / The taxi’s waitin’ / He’s blowing his horn / Already I’m so lonesome I could die

A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square - Vera Lynn - There were angels dining at the Ritz / And a nightingale sang in Berkeley square

#good omens #gomens #ineffable husbands #Playlists #good omens playlist #ineffable husbands playlist #THANK U 6UTTON FOR THE ART!! #IM LOV #my posts #he breaks half way through his moping to watch the golden girls and then goes right back at it

[dukereviewsxtra]

Duke Reviews Xtra: Cinderella (Remake)

Hello, I'm Andrew Leduc And Welcome To Duke Reviews Xtra Where We Continue Our Look At The Movies Of Disney...

And Yesterday I Looked At The 3rd Cinderella Sequel, Cinderella 3: A Twist In Time So, Today Is A Day I've Been Dreading Ever Since I Started Looking At Cinderella, Let's Look At The Remake...

No Synopsis Today, Let's Just Dive Into (Sighs) Cinderella...

With The Fairy Godmother (Played By Helena Bonham Carter) Narrating, Our Story Starts With Ella, Living With Her Wealthy Parents In A Beautiful Estate In A Peaceful Kingdom...

From A Young Age, Ella Is Taught By Her Mother (Played By Agent Carter) To Believe In The Existence Of Magic, Allowing Her To Befriend Many Of The Animals On The Estate But In Particular The Mice...

Yes, Everything Is Perfect In Ella's Life Until Her Mother Contracts (Name Fatal Illness Here). On Her Deathbed, She Makes Cinderella Promise That She Will Always Have Courage And Be Kind To Other People...

Which Leads To The First Problem I Have With The Film, They Overplay The Message A Little Too Much...

It's Like They Want To Hammer Into Your Head By Saying It A Million Times Or In This Case, Seven Times Throughout The Damn Movie And It Just Gets To The Point Where You Want To Say...

Years Later, When Ella Is A Teenager (Now Played By Lilly James) Her Father Marries Lady Tremaine (Played By Cate Blanchett) Who's The Widow Of An Old Acquaintance Who Has 2 Daughters Named Drizella And Anastasia...

But When The Father Is Getting Ready To Leave On Another Business Trip, He Admits To Ella That He Likes Ella's Mother More Than He Likes Tremaine As Tremaine Overhears Their Conversation...

After The Father Leaves, Tremaine Takes Advantage Of Ella's Hospitality By Persuading Her To Give Up Her Room To Drizella And Anastasia And Making The Attic Her New Room Temporarily...

While The Other Ones Are Painted. We Get A Sing, Sweet Nightingale Reference As Cinderella Helps The Workers Around The House Before One Night, Ella Finds Out That He Father Has Died On One Of His Trips From A Friend Of The Family...

Dismissing The Servants Shortly After Ella's Father's Death, Ella Does All The Work Around The House And Is Relegated To Nothing More Than A Servant As She Is Subjected To Cruel Mistreatment By Tremaine And The Stepsisters...

To The Point That She Is Forbidden To Eat With Them And Is Spitefully Renamed Cinderella After Waking With Soot On Her Face After Sleeping In Front Of The Fireplace...

Which Leads Next Problem With The Remake, Her Breakdown Here...

After Being Not Allowed To Eat With Her Stepmother And Stepsisters, Cinderella Breaks Down In The Kitchen, And It Is Understandable, She Has A Reason To Be Hurt...

But The Only Problem Is When She Has The Breakdown Here, It Takes Away The Impact Of Her Breakdown Later When The Stepsisters Tear Her Dress Apart Or In This Movie's Case, Slightly Rip It...

Anyway, Going On A Ride In The Woods To Get Away From Her Evil Stepsiblings, Ella Encounters A Hunting Party Where She Meets One Of The Hunters Who Claims To Be An Apprentice Named Kit (Played By Richard Madden)...

Who Lives In The Palace. But Unbeknownst To Cinderella, He Is Actually The Prince Of The Kingdom And Despite Never Learning Her Name, He Becomes Infatuated By Ella After Talking With Her...

Returning To The Palace Afterwards, Kit Discovers That His Father, The King (Played By The Master) Is Going To Die And Regenerate Into John Simms Soon...

So, He Insists That Kit Finds A Bride At The Upcoming Ball But Despite The Law Saying That The Prince Must Marry A Princess, Kit Can't Get Over Ella And Gets His Father To Invite Every Eligible Maiden In The Land To The Ball...

With The Ball Announced, The Tremaines Are Ecstatic At The Possibility Of Being Married To Royalty But Refusing To Buy Ella A Dress, Ella Fixes Up An Old Dress Of Her Mom's With The Help Of The Mice...

But On The Night Of The Ball, Ella Tries To Join Her Stepfamily But Claiming That Being Seen With Her Would Only Disgrace Them, They Tear The Dress Up (Or As I Said Slightly Rip It) And Leave Without Her..

Seemingly Breaking Down Into Tears Again, Cinderella Encounters An Old Beggar Woman Who Asks For Some Water, Getting It For Her, The Old Beggar Reveals To Ella That She's Her Fairy Godmother...

Which Leads To My Next Complaint That Whole Scene....

In The Original, As Cinderella Was Crying The Fairy Godmother Just Appeared And Comforted Her Like A Grandparent Would....

Where Here, Ella Is Put To A Test First To See If She's A Good Person When The Fairy Godmother Oughta Know That She Is A Good Person And Just Help Her

Turning Her Old Beggar Look Into The Look Of A Fairy Godmother (I Guess) She Turns A Pumpkin Into A Carriage, 4 Mice Into Horses, 2 Lizards Into Footmen And A Goose Into A Coachmen Before Turning Cinderella's Tattered Dress Into A Gorgeous Blue Gown With Glass Slippers...

Which Leads Me To My Next Complaint, Why Aren't The Songs In This?

Now I Understand Not Having The Mice's Song And So This Is Love From The Film In This Movie And I'll Live With The Reference To Sing Sweet Nightingale That They Had Earlier But Why Did You Not Have Bibbidy Bobbity Boo In This Scene?

You Have Helena Bonham Carter Singing The Song In The Soundtrack...

So Why Not Use It In The Film During That Scene?

The Same Goes For A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes Which You Had Lilly James Singing In The Soundtrack Too?

You Could Have Had Her Singing That In The Attic Instead Of That Song From So Dear To My Heart When She Was Locked In The Attic...

And It Would Have Made It A Better Scene Than What It Was...

Idiots!

So, Getting In The Carriage, The Fairy Godmother Warns Her That The Spell Only Lasts Till Midnight Before Sending Her On Her Way...

Arriving At The Ball, The Entire Court Is Entranced By Ella Including Kit, Who Gives Her The First Dance Of The Night As He Reveals Who He Is To Her...

This Irritates The Grand Duke (Played By Erik Selvig) Who Has Secretly Promised Kit To A Spanish Princess Which Lady Tremaine Overhears...

This Leads To My Next Complaint, Making The Grand Duke A Bad Guy!...

What...The...Hell...

The Grand Duke Was Fine The Way He Was In The Original Movie, There Was No Need To Make Him Another Bad Guy When Lady Tremaine And The Stepsisters Are Enough For This Movie

Come On!

After Dancing With The Prince, Ella And Him Look Around The Palace And The Grounds Where They Slowly Fall In Love But Before He Can Learn Her Name It Strikes Midnight And Ella Is Forced To Flee Where She Accidentally Drops One Of Her Slippers On The Stairs As She Rides Off...

Getting Away Before The Final Stroke, She Hides The Other Slipper In Her Room While Back At The Palace, The King Gives His Blessing For His Son To Find And Marry The Girl He Fell In Love With...

Making An Announcement That The Prince Will Marry The Mystery Girl If She Only Present Herself, Ella Races Home To Get The Slipper Only To Discover That It's In The Hands Of Lady Tremaine Who Has Figured Out Her Identity Through Ella's Attitude After The Ball...

This Leads Her To Blackmail Ella, Telling Her That When She Is Queen, Tremaine Will Be Made Head Of The Royal Household And Drizella And Anastasia Will Be Given Proper Husbands...

Refusing Tremaine's Threat, Saying That She Regrets Not Protecting Her Father From Her But She Will Protect Both The Prince And The Kingdom From Her Evil No Matter What She Does To Her, So, Smashing The Slipper, Tremaine Locks Cinderella In Her Room...

Taking The Shoe To The Grand Duke, Tremaine Reveals The Name Of The Mystery Girl To Him As She Makes A Deal With Him That In Exchange For Her Silence, She Would Get The Title Of Countess And And Drizella And Anastasia Would Be Given Worthy Husbands...

Taking The Broken Slipper To Kit In An Effort To Discourage Him, It Instead Makes Him More Determined To Find His True Love As He Orders Them To Take The Slipper They Have And Try It On Every Maiden In The Kingdom...

Amusing His Highness, The Grand Duke And Captain Of The Guard Lead A Garrison To Try The Slipper On All The Girls In The Land. Eventually Arriving At The Tremaine House, They Try The Slipper On Anastasia And Drizella But Of Course It Doesn't Fit Them...

Turning To Leave, They Soon Stop When They Hear Ella Singing Through A Window The Mice Opened While She's Dancing Like An Idiot...

Which Leads Me To My Last Problem With The Film, Cinderella Herself...

People Like This Cinderella For Being A So Called Smart And Independent Character, But Unlike The Original This One Is A Dummy For 2 Reasons...

The First Reason Comes From This Scene, When She Was Locked In Her Room In The Original, She Cried, She Screamed And Like A Regular Person Would But Here She Just Gives Up And Dances Like A Dummy As She Sings That Song I Mentioned From So Dear To My Heart...

And Like I Said If It Was A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes I Might Feel Different But Since It's Not, It's Just Dumb

And The Second Reason Is Her Reasoning For Staying With The Tremaines...

In The Original Movie, After Her Father Died When She Was A Child, Tremaine Manipulated Her Her Entire Life By Making Her Feel Guilty And Serve Her Family To The Point That She Doesn't Know Much About The Outside World And Could Never Really Leave The House...

Where In This, She Could Have Left Anytime She Wanted But She Promised Her Dad That She Would Look After Their House Which Makes No Sense Later When She Leaves Anyway At The Very End Of The Movie...

We're Obviously Going To Like The Cinderella That's More Human And Relatable To Us And I'm Sorry But That's The Original...

The Grand Duke Tries To Leave Anyway, But He Is Shocked To Discover That One Of The Men Is Kit In Disguise Who Demands That The Captain Thoroughly Investigate The Sound...

Of Course, Once Ella Is Found Tremaine Forbids Her From Trying On The Shoe But Telling Her That She Has Never Been Her Mother, Her And Kit Are Reunited And She Tries On The Slipper To Which She Fits...

With The Stepsisters Asking For Her Forgiveness, She Forgives Tremaine As She Leaves (Despite Promising Her Father That She Would Look After The House) And To Live Happily Ever After With Kit While Tremaine And The Stepsisters Soon Depart The Kingdom With The Grand Duke...

And That's Cinderella And Despite People Saying That This Is The Best of The Disney Remakes It's Honestly The Worst Until Mulan Comes Out...

While You All Know My Reasons For Hating This Movie, The Story Was Interesting At Times And I Do Like What They Did With The Prince And Tremaine And If There Was One Good Thing I Did Like About The Cinderella Character It Was Her Ball Gown...

But I'm Sorry The Negatives Just Outweigh The Positives Of This Movie So For That I Say Skip It And Just Watch The Frozen Short That Played Before The Movie Because You'll Get More Entertainment Out Of That Than Of This Movie...

Next Week Is Wonderland Week As I Look At Not Only Disney's Original Animated Version On Duke Reviews Movies But The Tim Burton Film, The Burton Less Sequel And 1 Other Version Of The Tale Done By Irwin Allen In 1985....

Anyway, Till Then, This Is Duke, Signing Off...

#cinderella #lilly james #richard madden #cate blanchett #stellan skarsgard #derek jacobi #helena bonham carter #hayley atwell #disney #disnerd #disney + #disney remakes

[skonnaris]

Books I’ve Read: 2006-2019

Alexie, Sherman - Flight

Anderson, Joan - A Second Journey

                          - An Unfinished Marriage

                          - A Walk on the Beach

                          - A Year By The Sea

Anshaw, Carol - Carry the One

Auden, W.H. - The Selected Poems of W.H. Auden

Austen, Jane - Pride and Prejudice

Bach, Richard - Jonathan Livingston Seagull

Bear, Donald R - Words Their Way

Berg, Elizabeth - Open House

Bly, Nellie - Ten Days in a Madhouse

Bradbury, Ray - Fahrenheit 451

                        - The Martian Chronicles

Brooks, David - The Road to Character

Brooks, Geraldine - Caleb’s Crossing

Brown, Dan - The Da Vinci Code

Bryson, Bill - The Lost Continent

Burnett, Frances Hodgson - The Secret Garden

Buscaglia, Leo - Bus 9 to Paradise

                         - Living, Loving & Learning

                         - Personhood

                         - Seven Stories of Christmas Love

Byrne, Rhonda - The Secret

Carlson, Richard - Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff

Carson, Rachel - The Sense of Wonder

                          - Silent Spring

Cervantes, Miguel de - Don Quixote

Cherry, Lynne - The Greek Kapok Tree

Chopin, Karen - The Awakening

Clurman, Harold - The Fervent Years: The Group Theatre & the 30s

Coelho, Paulo -  Adultery

                           The Alchemist

Conklin, Tara - The Last Romantics

Conroy, Pat - Beach Music

                    - The Death of Santini: The Story of a Father and His Son

                    - The Great Santini

                    - The Lords of Discipline

                    - The Prince of Tides

                    - The Water is Wide

Corelli, Marie - A Romance of Two Worlds

Delderfield, R.F. - To Serve Them All My Days

Dempsey, Janet - Washington’s Last Contonment: High Time for a Peace

Dewey, John - Experience and Education

Dickens, Charles - A Christmas Carol

                             - Great Expectations

                             - A Tale of Two Cities

Didion, Joan - The Year of Magical Thinking

Disraeli, Benjamin - Sybil

Doctorow, E.L. - Andrew’s Brain

                         - Ragtime

Doerr, Anthony - All the Light We Cannot See

Dreiser, Theodore - Sister Carrie 

Dyer, Wayne - Change Your Thoughts, Change Your Life

                     - The Power of Intention

                     - Your Erroneous Zones

Edwards, Kim - The Memory Keeper’s Daughter

Ellis, Joseph J. - His Excellency: George Washington

Ellison, Ralph - The Invisible Man

Emerson, Ralph Waldo - Essays and Lectures

Felkner, Donald W. - Building Positive Self Concepts

Fergus, Jim - One Thousand White Women

Flynn, Gillian - Gone Girl

Follett, Ken - Pillars of the Earth

Frank, Anne - The Diary of a Young Girl

Freud, Sigmund - The Interpretation of Dreams

Frey, James - A Million Little Pieces

Fromm, Erich - The Art of Loving

                       - Escape from Freedom

Fulghum, Robert - All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten

Fuller, Alexandra - Leaving Before the Rains Come

Garield, David - The Actors Studion: A Player’s Place

Gates, Melinda - The Moment of Lift

Gibran, Kahlil - The Prophet

Gilbert, Elizabeth - Eat, Pray, Love

                            - The Last American Man

                            - The Signature of All Things

Ginsburg, Ruth Bader - My Own Words

Girzone, Joseph F, - Joshua

                               - Joshua and the Children

Gladwell, Malcom - Blink

                              - David and Goliath

                              - Outliers

                              - The Tipping Point

                              - Talking to Strangers

Glass, Julia - Three Junes

Goodall, Jane - Reason for Hope

Goodwin, Doris Kearnes - Team of Rivals

Graham, Steve - Best Practices in Writing Instruction

Gray, John - Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus

Groom, Winston - Forrest Gump

Gruen, Sarah - Water for Elephants

Hannah, Kristin - The Great Alone

                          - The Nightingale

Harvey, Stephanie and Anne Goudvis - Strategies That Work

Hawkins, Paula - The Girl on the Train

Hedges, Chris - Empire of Illusion

Hellman, Lillian - Maybe

                         - Pentimento

Hemingway - Ernest - A Moveable Feast

Hendrix, Harville - Getting the Love You Want

Hesse, Hermann - Demian

                            - Narcissus and Goldmund

                            - Peter Camenzind

                            - Siddhartha

                            - Steppenwolf

Hilderbrand, Elin - The Beach Club

Hitchens, Christopher - God is Not Great

Hoffman, Abbie - Soon to be a Major Motion Picture 

                          - Steal This Book

Holt, John - How Children Fail

                  - How Children Learn

                 - Learning All the Time

                 - Never Too Late

Hopkins, Joseph - The American Transcendentalist

Horney, Karen - Feminine Psychology

                        - Neurosis and Human Growth

                        - The Neurotic Personality of Our Time

                        - New Ways in Psychoanalysis

                        - Our Inner Conflicts

                        - Self Analysis

Hosseini, Khaled - The Kite Runner

Hoover, John J, Leonard M. Baca, Janette K. Klingner - Why Do English Learners Struggle with Reading?

Janouch, Gustav - Conversations with Kafka

Jefferson, Thomas - Crusade Against Ignorance

Jong, Erica - Fear of Dying

Joyce, Rachel - The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy

                       - The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry

Kafka, Franz - Amerika

                      - Metamophosis

                      - The Trial     

Kallos, Stephanie - Broken For You  

Kazantzakis, Nikos - Zorba the Greek

Keaton, Diane - Then Again

Kelly, Martha Hall - The Lilac Girls

Keyes, Daniel - Flowers for Algernon

King, Steven - On Writing

Kornfield, Jack - Bringing Home the Dharma

Kraft, Herbert - The Indians of Lenapehoking - The Lenape or Delaware Indians: The Original People of NJ, Southeastern New York State, Eastern Pennsylvania, Northern Delaware and Parts of Western Connecticut

Kundera, Milan - The Unbearable Lightness of Being

Lacayo, Richard - Native Son

Lamott, Anne - Bird by Bird

                         Word by Word

L’Engle, Madeleine - A Wrinkle in Time

Lahiri, Jhumpa - The Namesake

Lappe, Frances Moore - Diet for a Small Planet

Lee, Harper - To Kill a Mockingbird

Lems, Kristin et al  - Building Literacy with English Language Learners

Lewis, Sinclair - Main Street

London, Jack - The Call of the Wild

Lowry, Lois - The Giver

Mander, Jerry - Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television

Marks, John D. - The Search for the Manchurian Candidate: The CIA and Mind         Control

Martel, Yann - Life of Pi

Maslow, Abraham - The Farther Reaches of Human Nature

                              - Motivation and Personality

                              - Religions, Values, and Peak Experiences

                             - Toward a Psychology of Being                            

Maugham. W. Somerset - Of Human Bondage

                                        - Christmas Holiday

Maurier, Daphne du - Rebecca

Mayes, Frances - Under the Tuscan Sun

Mayle, Peter - A Year in Provence

McCourt, Frank - Angela’s Ashes

                          - Teacher man

McCullough, David - 1776

                                - Brave Companions

McEwan, Ian - Atonement

                      - Saturday

McLaughlin, Emma - The Nanny Diaries

McLuhan, Marshall - Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man

Meissner, Susan - The Fall of Marigolds

Millman, Dan - Way of the Peaceful Warrior

Moehringer, J.R. - The Tender Bar

Moon, Elizabeth - The Speed of Dark

Moriarty, Liane - The Husband’s Sister

                         - The Last Anniversary

                         - What Alice Forgot

Mortenson, Greg - Three Cups of Tea

Moyes, Jo Jo - One Plus One

                       - Me Before You 

Ng, Celeste - Little Fires Everywhere

Neill, A.S. - Summerhill

Noah, Trevor - Born a Crime

O’Dell, Scott - Island of the Blue Dolphins

Offerman, Nick - Gumption

O’Neill, Eugene - Long Day’s Journey Into Night

                            A Touch of the Poet

Orwell, George - Animal Farm

Owens, Delia - Where the Crawdads Sing

Paulus, Trina - Hope for the Flowers

Pausch, Randy - The Last Lecture

Patchett, Ann - The Dutch House

Peck, Scott M. - The Road Less Traveled

                         - The Road Less Traveled and Beyond

Paterson, Katherine - Bridge to Teribithia

Picoult, Jodi - My Sister’s Keeper

Pirsig, Robert - Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

Puzo, Mario - The Godfather

Quindlen, Anna - Black and Blue

Radish, Kris - Annie Freeman’s Fabulous Traveling Funeral

Redfield, James - The Celestine Prophecy

Rickert, Mary - The Memory Garden

Rogers, Carl - On Becoming a Person

Ruiz, Miguel - The Fifth Agreement

                     - The Four Agreements

                     - The Mastery of Love

Rum, Etaf - A Woman is No Man

Saint-Exupery, Antoine de - The Little Prince

Salinger, J.D. - Catcher in the Rye

Schumacher, E.F. - Small is Beautiful

Sebold, Alice - The Almost Moon

                       - The Lovely Bones

Shaffer, Mary Ann and Anne Barrows - The Gurnsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

Shakespeare, William - Alls Well That Ends Well

                                   - Much Ado About Nothing

                                   - Romeo and Juliet

                                   - The Sonnets

              ��                    - The Taming of the Shrew

                                   - Twelfth Night

                                   - Two Gentlemen of Verona

Sides, Hampton - Hellhound on his Trail: The Stalking of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the International Hunt for His Assassin

Silverstein, Shel - The Giving Tree

Skinner, B.F. - About Behaviorism

Smith, Betty - A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

Snyder, Zilpha Keatley - The Velvet Room

Spinelli, Jerry - Loser

Spolin, Viola - Improvisation for the Theater

Stanislavski, Constantin - An Actor Prepares

Stedman, M.L. - The Light Between Oceans

Steinbeck, John - Travels with Charley

Steiner, Peter - The Terrorist

Stockett, Kathryn - The Help

Strayer, Cheryl - Wild

Streatfeild, Dominic - Brainwash

Strout, Elizabeth - My Name is Lucy Barton

Tartt, Donna - The Goldfinch

Taylor, Kathleen - Brainwashing: The Science of Thought Control

Thomas, Matthew - We Are Not Ourselves

Thoreau, Henry David - Walden

Tolle, Eckhart - A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose

                      - The Power of Now

Towles, Amor - A Gentleman in Moscow

                       - Rules of Civility

Tracey, Diane and Lesley Morrow - Lenses on Reading

Traub, Nina - Recipe for Reading

Tzu, Lao - Tao Te Ching

United States Congress - Project MKULTRA, the CIA's program of research in behavioral modification: Joint hearing before the Select Committee on Intelligence and the ... Congress, first session, August 3, 1977

Van Allsburg, Chris - Just a Dream

                                - Polar Express

                                - Sweet Dreams

                                - Stranger

                                - Two Bad Ants

Walker, Alice - The Color Purple

Waller, Robert James - Bridges of Madison County

Warren, Elizabeth - A Fighting Chance

Waugh, Evelyn - Brideshead Revisited

Weir, Andy - The Martian

Weinstein, Harvey M. - Father, Son and CIA

Welles, Rebecca - The Divine Secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood

Westover, Tara - Educated

White, E.B. - Charlotte’s Web

Wilde, Oscar - The Picture of Dorien Gray

Wolfe, Tom - I Am Charlotte Simmons

Wolitzer, Meg - The Female Persuasion

Woolf, Virginia - Mrs. Dalloway

Zevin, Gabrielle - The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry

Zusak, Marcus - The Book Thief

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aaron’s andi mack fic masterlist

A compilation of all @captainkippen‘s Andi Mack fics

AO3 Chaptered

Completed

Best Laid Plans • (10/10) • Faking Dating AU

Speaking In Cursive • (8/8) • High School AU

1986 • (12/12) • 1980s AU

In Progress

Atomic Shadow And The Titanium Vengeance • (11/25) In progress • Superhero AU

Reckless • Indefinite hiatus • Punk AU

Across The Hall • (2/?) In progress • College AU

Tumblr Chaptered

Cyrus Goodman’s Guide to Flirting • Indefinite hiatus • Canon Divergence

Bewitched • Indefinite hiatus • Vampire Slayer AU

Battle of the Bros • Indefinite hiatus • Fraternity AU

Oneshots

AMBI

Study Date

Presents

Complete Chaos

Out Tonight

My Moon

Milkshakes

MUFFY

Oblivious

Sunday

AMBRIS

If I’m Lucky

TARTY

Without A Thought

WONAH

Always

TYRUS

A Simple Confession 

Luckiest Man Alive 

A Little Spoon 

Little Horrors

He Borrowed It

Oblivious

Baby Pictures

To Keep You Warm

New Tricks

Going In Blind

There For You

Stairwell Kisses

The Stolen Shirt

Ten Years On

That First Kiss

Easy As Breathing

Looking Out

Sight

Max Kippen

Broken Parts, Weathered Roads

Escaping the Rain

Sweet Shower Song

The Ball Is In Your Court

Soulmates

Friends Don’t

A Proposal

Discovered

No Apologies In Kippen

Back To Bed

Confrontation

Dress Shopping

Save A Waltz

Fourth of July

Cut Off With A Kiss

Let It Snow

First Date

Chocolate

Admit It

An Accidental Goodbye

Surprise!

Two teachers

Confessions

Cross Country Plans

It’s Called Stargazing

On Campus

The Aftermath

New Year’s Eve

In Secret

Bar Talking

Baking Together

Groceries

When Playing Hockey

Seeing You

To Be Proud

Mount Rushmore Or Less Fix-It

Mount Rushmore Or Less But Happy

A Proposal for the Future

Home

You Will Never Be

White Roses

Lookalike

Mary’s Song

Round One

After Laughter

The Shirt

Better Than Okay

Conquering The World

Anchor

Your Song

Winter

A Foreign Exchange

Shattered

A Nightingale Sings 

Valentine’s Day

The Summer of 1987

Four Times TJ Got The Shovel Talk + The One Time Cyrus Did Instead

Meeting The Parents

Spring Sunshine

PLATONIC/GENERAL

Flowers For Bex • Mack Family

A Pizza Advice  • TJ & Bex

Help Wanted • TJ & Andi

A Study In Friendship • TJ & Andi

A Place To Stay • TJ & Andi

You’re Okay • Buffy & TJ

Honey • TJ, Jonah & Marty

Chicken • TJ, Jonah & Marty

Somebody To Lean On • TJ & Andi

The Beginning • TJ, Jonah & Marty

Jumpin’ Jack Flash • TJ & Andi

First Day • The Whole Gang

4AM  • TJ & Andi

Surprise • TJ & Andi

Anniversary • TJ & Andi

I Hate Andrew Garfield • TJ & Buffy

Comic Book Day • Kippen Siblings

#updated masterlist #my writing

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Common Audition Roles [List 1 (3/28/19)] Part I

Phantom of the Opera

Christine Daae:

(High Soprano, G#3-E6 (only goes up to C#6 live in most productions, including broadway)

A singer must be free (Nightingale)*, Children of the wind (Rags), yes my heart (Carnival), Seeing is believing [female solo cut] (Aspects of Love), The Finer Things (Jane Eyre), Inside Out (GGLAM)

Raoul:

(Legit baritone, G2-Ab4)

Asking for you (Do re mi), Her face (Carnival)*, I like you (Fanny), If I loved you* (Carousel), I do not know a day I did not love you (Two by two), People will say we’re in love (Oklahoma), Love to me (Light in the Piazza)

Phantom (Erik):

If I can’t love her (BATB), Lilly’s Eyes [or just about anything Neville or Archie sing] (Secret Garden)*, If I loved you (Carousel), look at Frank Wildhorn’s shows (Jekyll & Hyde, Dracula, Scarlet Pimpernel), Martin Guerre

Firmin/André/Buquet/Male Ensemble:

It must be so (Candide), C’est Moi (Camelot)*, War is a Science (Pippin)*, Any Gilbert & Sullivan patter Song (a la Modern Major General from Pirates of Penzance)*

Carlotta:

Art is calling me (The Enchantress)*, They Won’t let you in the Opera, The Finer Things (Jane Eyre), Glitter and be Gay (Candide), By Strauss (Gershwins), The Glamourous Life [As a solo for Desiree, look at version on Renée Fleming’s Broadway album] (A little night music), Any big comic high soprano aria like Quando m’en Vo (La Boheme) or The Doll Song (Les Contes de Hoffman)*

Piangi/Male Ensemble:

It must be so (Candide), C’est Moi (Camelot), any big high comic tenor aria like ale Donna e Mobile (Rigoletto), La Fille du Regiment,

Meg Giry/Female Ensemble:

The beauty is (Light in the Piazza), Dear Friend (She loves me), Why not me (Carrie), hold on, the girl I mean to be or Come to my garden* (Secret Garden), some things are meant to be (Little Women), yes my heart (Carnival), The glamorous life [Frederika solo-movie] (a little night music)

Mme Giry/Female Ensemble:

When there’s no one (Carrie), I read* or Loving you (Passion), will you* (Grey Gardens), Dividing day or Let’s walk (Light in the Piazza)

Les Miserables:

Jean Val Jean:

At the fountain*-SSOS, Soliloquy* (Carousel), Something was missing-Annie, if I can't love her-BATB, close every door-Joseph, now there is no choice-Jekyll & Hyde, I’m Martin Guerre*– Martin Guerre, no other way (Tarzan), the impossible dream, where in the world (Secret Garden), This Is The Moment (Jekyll&Hyde) , Being Alive (Company) , Finishing the Hat (Sunday in the Park)

Javert:

Falcon in the dive (Scarlet Pimpernel), soliloquy* (carousel) molasses to rum (1776) Kim’s nightmare (miss Saigon), nowhere left to run (amazing grace), anthem* (chess), look at Jekyll&Hyde

Bishop:

Pilate’s dream (JCS), Sweeney Todd/Turpin’s stuff, molasses to rum* (1776), Rains of Castamere* (Game of Thrones), Ol’ Man River (Show boat)

Marius:

il Mundo era vuoto, On the Street Where You Live” from My Fair Lady, Into the Fire *– Scarlet Pimpernel, Lily’s Eyes- Secret Garden, This is the Moment – Jekyll and Hyde, Why God* from Miss Saigon

Enjolras & students:

Private Conversation*, You Should Be Loved, The Devil You Know from Side Show, Why God” ** from Miss Saigon, I’ve Heard It All Before from Shenandoah, Guido’s Song* from Nine, I, Don Quixote from Man of La Mancha

Thenardier:

Guido’s Song (Nine), Reviewing the Situation* or pick a pocket or two– Oliver!, The American Dream (miss Saigon), molasses to rum* (1776)

Mme Thenardier:

Naughty Baby – Crazy For You, Deep Down Inside from Little Me, Loud from Matilda, Leave You *– Follies, Little Girls from Annie, Wherever He Ain’t from Mack and Mabel, Whatever Happened to My Part from Spamalot, Fine Life* from Oliver

Fantine:

Where is it written from Yentl, Heaven Help My Heart– Chess, Someone Like You– Jekyll and Hyde, Could We Start Again Please - J.C. Superstar, Aldonza* – Man La Mancha, Unusual Way - Nine, The Movie in the Mind- Miss Saigon, Your Daddy’s Son or Back to Before* - Ragtime, Forgiveness- Jane Eyre, Loving you (Passion)

Eponine:

A New Life* from J&H,What Kind of Fool Am I from Stop The World I Want to Get Off, Why Can’t I Speak? from Zorba, I Don’t Know How to Love Him - J.C Superstar, They Say It’s Wonderful - Annie Get Your Gun, As Long as He Needs Me - Oliver!, Hold On - The Secret Garden, With One Look— Sunset Boulevard, Back to Before - Ragtime, Stranger to the rain (Children of Eden), Loving you (Passion), unexpected Song or tell me on a Sunday (Song & dance)*

Cosette:

Happiness (Passion), Light in the Piazza — The Light in the Piazza, Come to My Garden – The Secret Garden, Embraceable You – Crazy for You, Falling In Love with Love – The Boys from Syracuse, Finer Things – Jane Eyre, Unusual Way* - Nine, My White Knight – The Music Man, Children of the wind (Rags), yes my heart* (Carnival), unexpected song* (Song & dance), tell me why (amazing grace), A TON of stuff from My Life with Albertine

Lil Cosette:

There’s more to life from Ruthless, The girl I mean to be* from Secret Garden, my lord and master (the king and I)

Gavroche:

Consider yourself or where is love from Oliver, Wick* from Secret Garden, Edgar’s stuff in Ragtime, Not while I'm around (Sweeney)

Urinetown:

Bobby:

Sit Down You’re Rockin’ The Boat*, Married” from Cabaret, Any of the prince’s songs from Once Upon A Mattress., Something From a Dream from Bridges of Madison County “My Unfortunate Erection” from The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee and If You Were Gay from Avenue Q, My Bobby when I did it sang Out there from Hunchback & What do I need with Love* (TMM)

Cladwell:

The Legacy** from On The Twentieth Century}, Married from Cabaret, molasses to rum* (1776), dance with me, darling-Bat Boy,

Lockstock:

The Legacy and I've got it all from On The Twentieth Century, all I care about is love (Chicago), molasses to rum* (1776), me (BATB), You deserve a better life or private conversation from Side Show, The Way it ought to be (Tale of 2 cities), as good as you (Jane Eyre), dance with me darling* (Bat boy)

Hope:

Make Believe-Show Boat*, A home for you-Bat boy, Daddy's Girl (Grey Gardens), Goodbye little dream goodbye (Cole Porter), Goodnight My Someone – Music Man, Ribbons Down My Back – Hello Dolly, When I Marry Mr. Snow – Carousel, A Change In Me – Beauty and the Beast , A New Life – Jekyll & Hyde, It Might As Well Be Spring – State Fair, They Say It’s Wonderful – Annie Get Your Gun, Delishious - Nice Work If You Can Get It**

Pennywise:

What Ever Happened to my Part*- Spamalot(my Penny sang this), Anything that Ms. Strict* from Zombie Prom sings, Little Girls from Annie but that’s kinda overdone, A New Argentina - Evita , Morning Person- Shrek, Mr. Right from Triumph of Love, Down in the Depths on the 90th Floor-Cole Porter,

Little Sally:

My Party Dress from Henry and Mudge, “Disneyland*” from Smile, What It Means to be A Friend from 13 the Musical, “My Friend The Dictionary” or “The I Love You Song” from Spelling Bee, “It’s a Perfect Relationship*” from Bells Are Ringing, A Home for You from Bat Boy, “Where In The World Is My Prince” from Miss Spectacular, “Change” from A New Brain, Calm (Ordinary Days), Little known facts (You're a good man, Charlie Brown)

Other female featured/Ensemble (Ma Strong, Becky, etc):

Disneyland” from Smile, A Home for You or Inside your heart from Bat Boy, A Change In Me – Beauty and the Beast, It’s a perfect relationship (Bells are ringing), Change* (A new brain), Life upon the wicked stage (show boat), Feelings (The Apple Tree), unexpected song (song and dance), They won’t let you in the Opera, A lot of jazz songs (Cole Porter in particular), a TON of Judy’s stuff* and Penthouse apartment from Ruthless!

Other male featured/Ensemble (Harry, McQueen, etc):

Any of the prince’s songs from Once Upon A Mattress., Dance with me darling** or let me walk among you (Bat boy), Rooster’s song* (Annie), look at comedy songs from Kurt Weill*, Cole Porter, Gershwins

Rent:

Mark:

I’m Not That Guy*, Public Life, or The Saddest Song from Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, Amazing Journey, Sensation, or I’m Free from The Who’s Tommy, I’m One or Is It In My Head from Quadrophenia, I’m Alive from Next to Normal, I who have nothing (Lieber & Stoller), Freedom 90 (George Michael), Can't get enough of your love Babe or my first my last my everything (Barry White), 6th Ave heartache (The Wallflowers), Know your enemy* or favorite son (Green Day)

Roger:

Don’t do Sadness* from Spring Awakening, Louder than words” or “See Her Smile" from Tick, Tick…Boom}, Iris (Goo goo dolls)

Collins:

Can't get enough of your love Babe* (Barry White), Can't make you live me (Bonnie Rait), real life** (Tick tick boom), old man river, bui doi (miss Saigon), Empty chairs

Angel:

Wig in a box* (Hedwig), stuff from Jersey Boys, Don't let me go (Shrek), Great balls of fire, a bunch of Bowie & Queen* songs, look at Kinky boots

Benny:

Favorite son* (Green day), I'll be here (Wild Party), let it sing** (Violet)

Mimi:

Saturday Night in the City from The Wedding Singer, Bring the Future Faster** from Rooms, Safe in the City from Taboo, It Won’t Be Long Now from In The Heights, Come To Your Senses* from Tick Tick …. Boom (May be overdone at Rent, but great for her)

Joanne:

Easy to be hard (Hair), Come to your senses, safe in the City, when you're good to mama (Chicago), My Strongest Suit (Aida)},,you had me (Joss Stone), something bad or i'm breaking down** [the end reminds me of we’re ok!](Falsettos), random black girl* (homemade fusion)

Maureen:

Easy To Be Hard from Hair, The Life of the Party** from The Wild Party, My Strongest Suit from Aida, Special from Avenue Q, My friend got the role with Ireland* from Legally Blonde (and play it up like Over the Moon), Acid Queen from Tommy, Touch-A-Touch-A-Touch Me from Rocky Horror, need a lover (Pat Benatar), let me come home* (Wedding Singer)

Male Ensemble:

I who have nothing (Lieber & Stoller), Freedom 90* (George Michael), Can't get enough of your love Babe or my first my last my everything (Barry White), 6th Ave heartache (The Wallflowers), Know your enemy or favorite son* (Green Day)

Female Ensemble:

Call from the Vatican (Nine), Saturday Night in the City from The Wedding Singer, “Come to Your Senses” from Tick tick boom (probably will be suuuppper overdone at a rent audition, Safe In the City” from Taboo, Look at The Who’s Tommy, I Will Prevail from Wonderland, Forever from Shrek the Musical, Anything Natalie sings in Next to Normal… or just any female song in that show, My Strongest Suit from Aida (only really good for Maureen), The Dark I know Well is overdone but good

Grease:

Sandy:

How Lovely to be a woman (Bye bye birdie), Anything Toffee sings in Zombie Prom**, happy to keep his dinner warm, love me tender or there's always me (all shook up)}, Lonely pew (Reefer Madness) Someday (Wedding Singer), you don't have to say you love me (Dusty Springfield), Inside you heart* from Bat Boy

Danny:

how can I say goodbye* (Zombie Prom), Mary Jane/Mary Lane (Reefer Madness), I don’t want to (all shook up), it takes two (hairspray), One last kiss (bye bye birdie), serve yourself (pump boys and dinettes), Edgar’s part *of Comfort and Joy [i have kind of a weird solo cut that could do the trick] (Bat Boy), look at Crybaby

Rizzo:

Spanish rose, I don't know how to love him, big spender (sweet charity), one night with you *(All shook up), nobody's side (Chess), you don't have to say you love me** (Dusty Springfield)

Marty/Female Ensemble:

A teenager in love* (Return from the forbidden planet), fools fall in love (all shook up), change (a new brain), an English teacher (Bye bye birdie)}, whatever Lola wants (damn Yankees), stuff from Bonnie&Clyde, you don't have to say you love me, wishing and hoping*, or Son of a Preacher Man (or anything she's done, really (Dusty Springfield), a tonnn of female stuff from Bat Boy, look at Shout! A Mod Musical, a lot of pop songs of the 50s and 60s.

Kenickie/Male Ensemble:

Stuff from catch me of you can, All shook up, me (BATB), a tonnn of Male stuff from Bat Boy, Jersey Boys, Footloose, a lot of pop songs of the 50s and 60s. Earth angels (crew cuts)

Legally blonde:

Elle:

Fly, Fly, Away” - Catch Me If You Can , “Fly Into the Future**” - Vanities, “On My Way” - Violet, “How to Return Home” - Tales from the Bad Years}*

Emmet:

Freeze Your Brain” - Heathers, Wouldn't it be nice or I'll be here (Wild Party), Purpose (Ave Q), Marry me a little * Company), my next story (Glory days), They say it's wonderful (Annie Get Your Gun)}, let me walk among you (Bat boy), it took me awhile (John & Jen)

Warren:

Freeze Your Brain” - Heathers}

Wouldn't it be nice (Wild Party), The Green (Wedding Singer), Bye Room (John & Jen)

Vivienne/Brooke:

Candy Store” or “Beautiful” - Heathers, Pop!”- The Wedding Singer, Miss Byrd” -Closer Than Ever}

Margot, Pilar & Serena:

You’ve Got Possibilities”, “Getting Ready” - 13}

Pr. Callahan:

The pinstripes are all they see (Catch Me if you can), all I care about is love (Chicago), Sweet Charity,

Paulette:

Shy” - Once Upon a Mattress, “What Ever Happened to My Part” - Spamalot, “A Little Brains A Little Talent” - Damn Yankees , “As We Stumble Along” - The Drowsy Chaperone, The same old music** (Vanities), I ain't got time (Zanna don't), plain Jane fast ass (bare), Get out and stay out, change* (a new brain)

Kate & Female Ensemble:

Someday*- The Wedding Singer, Let’s Hear it for the Boy- Footloose, Mixtape- Avenue Q, Once Upon a Time- Brooklyn: The Musical, Cute Boys With Short Haircuts* or The Same Old Music or Fly Into the Future from Vanities

Grandmaster & Male Ensemble:

it takes two (hairspray), look at bring it on, Charlie’s stuff* kinky boots

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  Julie Andrews as Mary Poppins – practically perfect in every way

  For many of us Baby Boomers, Mary Poppins, was the ultimate film of our childhood and, it has really has stood the test of time.  I watched it again last week. And what would Christmas be without Mary Poppins or The Sound of Music, eh?  I love it, just as much as I ever did.

Many thanks, sincerely… Jane and Michael Banks Childhood envy confession… I always wanted to be Jane Banks

  Back in 1964, we all wanted to be Jane or Michael Banks.  They were sharing their world with the perfectly perfect Julie Andrews as the immortal Mary Poppins who, just by clicking her fingers, was making their lives supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.

When I first heard that Emily Blunt (Girl on a Train) was going to star as Mary in the 2018 production of Mary Poppins Returns, I said… noooo, you’ve GOT to be joking.   Nobody can step into Julie Andrews’ Victorian button boots and prance around the rooftops of London singing like a nightingale.  Let’s face it, Julie Andrew’s voice alone is an impossible act to follow.

But… I am delighted to say that one of my Christmas presents was a ticket to see Mary Poppins Returns and I was in the theatre last night, agog, missing my mouth, dropping popcorn down my front.

 ‘Close your mouth, Tessa Barrie, we are not a codfish.’  

So, Emily, I take it all back, you nailed Mary Poppins, in your own inimitable way.

Emily Blunt as Mary Poppins

Disney brought in some of the powerhouses of modern cinema to make sure Mary Poppins’ return flew our kites to the highest height, including Colin Firth and Julie Walters, as well as a few surprises.   Wheeling in Karen Dotrice, the original Jane Banks, was a nice touch, but you’ve got to be quick to spot her.

Another bastion of Disney magic, Angela Lansbury (Bedknobs and Broomsticks 1971 amongst a host of other fine productions), singing, pretty flawlessly, at ninety-three!  And another spritely ninety-three-year-old, Dick van Dyke reprises his secondary role of Mr. Dawes Jr in the original production.  I’ve love to know what they’re both sprinkling on their cornflakes in the mornings.

Angela Lansbury in Mary Poppins Returns

The ageless Mr Dawes Jr in Mary Poppins Returns

The magic of Meryl Streep.  An unsurpassed performance as Topsy, Mary’s cousin.

But for me, the fleeting,  superlative performance from Mary Poppins Returns comes from Meryl Streep, as Topsy Turvy, Mary’s cousin.  Pure Meryl magic.

I missed hearing some of the classic and very memorable songs from the original film.  The composer, Marc Shaiman, kind of teases you with the first few bars of Chim Chim Cheree or Let’s Go Fly a Kite then launches into one of the new numbers.  But, I have no doubt that the new score will worm its way into my memory banks and I will become as word perfect as I am with the songs, if not the entire script, from the 1964 production.  So, I can’t wait to add the DVD to my collection of Disney greats.

Mary Poppins Returns is warming the cockles of the hearts of a whole new generation, who in turn will pass it on to their sons and daughters, who will sing in grateful chorus… Well done! Well done! Well done, Disney you’ve done it again! 

Endnote

Whilst writing this, I couldn’t stop thinking about all the great actors that made the 1964 production of Mary Poppins such a magical experience for so many of us.  Many are no longer with us, gone but never forgotten, especially Matthew Garber, the little boy who warmed our hearts with his portrayal of Michael Banks, who so tragically died in 1977.  He was just 21 years old.

Matthew Garber 1956-1977

    Disney Does It Again. She’s Back! For many of us Baby Boomers, Mary Poppins, was the ultimate film of our childhood and, it has really has stood the test of time.  

#Angela Lansbury #Colin Firth #Dick van Dyke #Disney #Emily Blunt #Julie Andrews #Julie Walters #Karin Dotrice #Marc Shaiman #Mary Poppins #Mary Poppins Returns #Meryl Streep

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Jealous Moon: The Best of The Week

Hayes Carll. Photo: High Road Touring

  The year is starting off to it’s usually slow pace and should stay on that track for about another seven days as it does every year.  While it’s not quite as packed out like the summer weeks, that doesn’t mean that this week doesn’t have plenty of options.  Performances from Hayes Carll, Darude, and more will be here while local acts keep the pace.  Houston, here’s how to spend the next seven days.

  Wednesday you can start off at MKT Bar where I’ll be on hand to spin albums.  The set will include myfavorite tracks from the last year, as well as songs from my Best of 2016 album list.  The all ages event runs from 7 pm to 10 pm and it’s 100% FREE.

  Christmas Island will host a solo set from Arizona’s Diners.  The indie pop set should be littered with electro pop jams from last year’s three, and worth checking out.  The anarcho punk of Houston’s Ancient Gods will provide direct support and the DIY indie rock of Houston’s Heck Nugget will be on prior.  The folk pop of San Marcos’ Death By Skwerl will endearingly open the all ages show with doors at 7 pm and a $5 cover.

  Walters will host Houston’s The Cops for a night of punk rock.  If you’ve never seen a crazy live set from The Cops, they’re dressed like cops, they sing tongue in cheek punk from the cop’s point of view, and tracks like “Street Hooker” sound like Hot Snakes meets Pissed Jeans.  Austin’s Cheap Fur will go on prior while the street punk of Trouble Boys will go on before them.  The Mahas will open the all ages show with doors at 8 pm and a measly $6 cover.  Keep in mind, the order of this show might be different, as it’s been listed differently in different places.

  At Under The Volcano you can catch an up close and personal performance from Texas’ Shinyribs.  The roots Americana rockers always play a heck of a show, and if you’re a fan, this is your chance to see them as close as if they were in your living room.  The crazy and intense bluegrass of Son of Bitch will open the 21 & up show with doors at 8 pm and a $20 cover.

  Thursday at The Tank Project Space at Spring Street, you can catch an exhibit from Gary Watson called Dear Lieutenant Governor, We’re Just People.  The photography exhibit will feature photographs of Houston’s Doomstress Alexis of Project Armageddon and Doomstress, and both will be on hand for the opening reception.  The all ages exhibit gets going around 6 pm and it’s 100% FREE.

  Zahid Dewji. Photo: Come And Take It/Robert MacCready

  Over at Improv, Houston’s Zahid Dewji will swing by to help you get a good laugh in.  The show, with Zahid on as headliner just proves that hard work pays off, as this guy works hard.  I’m sure the slew of Houston comics like Andrew Youngblood, Zach Dickson, John Nguyen and more who will be on the bill as well will bring plenty of laughs for the 18 & up show with doors at 7:15 pm and a paltry $5 cover.

  Stereo Live will host the edm jams of loosid.  The elusive producer will be on hand to bring his dance heavy tunes to all, and drop some of the groove heavy tracks like “I Want U” and “X-Ray” that he dropped last year to life.  The 18 & up show has doors at 9 pm and tickets between FREE and $10.

  Mucky Duck will host Grammy winning Americana leader Jim Lauderdale over to perform.  Lauderdale will be on hand for his album release that’s full of Texas twang and Western swing.  The album, last year’s This Changes Everything showcases another new direction for the singer songwriter.  The 21 & up show gets going around 9:30 pm and has tickets between $28 and $30.

  Friday you could head out to Dosey Doe in the Woodlands for the popular sounds of Hayes Carll.  Carll has been making his rounds as of late in support of his new album Lovers and Leavers from last year.  The Texas singer songwriter still packs em’ in though, and his sets are always worth catching.  Your dinner isn’t included with your ticket price on this show, but their kitchen is open at 7 pm with tickets between $26 and $30.

  Nightingale Room will host a set from Americana rockers Ruckus.  The group is on the heels of releasing their debut album, though their latest single “Trades” offers up some depth to the band’s already intriguing sound.  The indie alt pop of Humble’s No Rehearsal will open the 21 & up show with doors at 7 pm and it’s 100% FREE.

  Children of Pop. Photo: Tell All Your Friends

  Upstairs at White Oak Music Hall you can catch the indie electro pop of LA’s TV Girl.  Here in support of last year’s Who Really Cares, the duo has become known for fun live sets that make you want to get down.  Houston’s Children of Pop will provide plenty of good time jams as direct support while the tongue in cheek electro jams of JERK will go on prior.  The weird LA pop of one woman band Poppet will open the all ages show with doors at 8 pm and a $10 cover.

  Walters will have the compositional songs of Austin’s Marcus Rubio, also known as more eaze.  The more eaze project consists of destruction of song forms and sonic collages, and is worth checking out.  His latest release wOrk is a real trip.  Electro pop duo TEE VEE will provide direct support while Hedrick & Murland go on before.  The minimal pop of Houston’s FASHIONWEEK will open the all ages show with Taylor Spank visuals.  The doors are at 8 pm and tickets are between $8 and $10.

  Wayne Hancock. Photo: Bloodshot Records/Victor Barajas

  Fitzgerald’s will host the always twangy and entertaining sounds of Wayne Hancock.  Though he’s dropped the Wayne “the train” Hancock moniker, his shows still stand up and his latest release Slingin’ Rhythm from last year seems to echo the Texas swing that Bob Wills made famous.  The roots based rockabilly of The Octanes will energetically open the show and provide support as well for the all ages show with doors at 8 pm and tickets between $10 and $15.

  Satellite Bar will have the alterna rock of Forever Miles over to play for the second time, while the alt prog rock of NOLA’s Paper Bison will go on beforehand.  These guys are pretty solid and their latest release Anyone Else is definitely worth checking out.  The indie rock of Since Always will also be on the bill and Finger Guns will open the all ages show with doors at 8 pm and an $8 cover.

  Andy Huggins. Photo: Zahid Dewji

  Saturday you can get your sexy on over in the studio at Warehouse Live when Kiki Maroon’s Burly Q Lounge returns.  The show featuring music, comedy and of course burlesque has a bit of everything for everyone.  This edition will have music from Chase Hamblin and comedy from Andy Huggins as well as a slew of guests performing everything in between.  The 18 & up show has doors at 7 pm and seated tickets for $25.

  Upstairs at White Oak Music Hall you could check out the singer songwriter jams of Matthew Logan Vasquez.  Known as the frontman for Delta Spirit, Vasquez is making plenty of waves on his own, most recently with his catchy 2016 release Solicitor Returns.  His live shows are always fun and full of energy as well.  The swaying and rhythmically beautiful tones of Dollie Barnes will go on as direct support and and opener while bringing her latest single “Doesn’t It Matter” to life.  The all ages show has doors at 8 pm and it’s 100% FREE.

  Satellite Bar will bring the intense sounds of Houston’s Krullur on for a show.  These guys kind of scare me with their creepy dark metal, and their latest album …failure to comply should give you an idea of what you’re in for.  Cryptic Void will bring their speedy grindcore on as direct support while Apocalyptic Noise Syndicate will bring their strange sounds on prior.  The thrash of Houston’s Termination Force will also perform and the all ages show will get opened by the charge d beat punk of Saint Crusher.  Bring earplugs with doors at 8 pm and an $8 cover, cause’ this will be a loud show.

  Rudyard’s will have the indie rock of Arlington’s Tame Tame and Quiet over for a set.  These guys have an atmospheric sound that’s all over their latest full length, last year’s Peach Hills.  The indie pop rock of Slow Future will provide support while the pop of Bryan’s The Inators on as openers.  The 21 & up show has doors at 9 pm and a $5 cover.

  Darude. Photo: Catalyst Management

  Finnish DJ/Producer Darude will be over at Stereo Live for you to get down to.  This guy is massively popular, he’s topped the UK charts multiple times, and his latest drop Moments from 2015 is pretty catchy and laced with EDM goodness.  The 18 & up show has doors at 9 pm and tickets for $15.

  On Monday you should head over to The Secret Group for their Nerf Or Nothing Mondays.  Tournaments of Nerf guns blazing, teams of 3-5, and a $5 entry into the tournament sets you up for double elimination or the chance to win cash and prizes.  More information is available here, the doors are at 9 pm, and cover is between $15 and $25.

  Over at Poison Girl, their Tiny Concert series will see a solo set from Charlie Bryan and a following DJ set as well.  The 21 & up show gets going promptly at 10 pm and it’s 100% FREE.

  Tuesday you can get there early to hop in line for another edition of Grown-Up Storytime at Rudyard’s.  The massively popular Boo Town event is always worth checking out, and now with two shows at either 8 pm or 10 pm, you’re guaranteed to get your laugh on.  The always 21 & up shows always have a measly $5 cover.

  That’s about all that’s happening around town this week.  Remember to stay warm, that you should always drink like an adult, and a safe ride home is always available.

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