January 2010
My tentative show schedule NYC
Here are the shows I’m thinking of seeing while still in NYC:
Hair
A Little Night Music
A View from the Bridge
As You Like it (directed by Sam Mendes)
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Anyone have any more suggestions?
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-1-24) →
The Strokes (5)
Jason Mraz (5)
Gorillaz (4)
Fatboy Slim (3)
Tor / Sufjan Stevens (3)
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Awesome. I’ll probably write a more in-depth review later, but I thoroughly enjoyed the show. I’ve listened to the cast album since last summer, and as I felt with “Spring Awakening,” it came alive after seeing it onstage. We didn’t get to see Alice Ripley, but her understudy was definitely up to par. NYC is the best.
@erenier and @BarrettWeed and I have won! We’re seeing the show.
WatchMandy Patinkin - Buddy’s Blues (from Stephen Sondheim’s Follies)
This is one of the single most impressive performances I’ve seen. I only wish I could have been alive and in Carnegie Hall when this was done! Mandy pays such attention to detail in crafting his rendition of this song.
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Dear Pat Robertson,
I know that you know that all press is good press, so I appreciate the shout-out. And you make God look like a big mean bully who kicks people when they are down, so I’m all over that action. But when you say that Haiti has made a pact with me, it is totally humiliating. I may be evil incarnate, but I’m no welcher. The way you put it, making a deal with me leaves...
“There’s a good argument to be made for the fact that the excitement of theatre...”
– Stephen Sondheim (via fuckyeahsondheim) (via restlessruminations)
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-1-17) →
Phoenix (5)
Ann Murray, Choeurs Et Orchestre De Paris, Daniel Barenboim, David Rendall, Kathleen Battle & Matti Salminen (4)
Nick Drake (3)
Jason Mraz (3)
The Beatles (3)
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“But in any case, nobility can lead to happiness. Professor Haidt notes that one...”
– Nicholas D. Kristof (Our Basic Human Pleasures: Food, Sex and Giving)
Ballet
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Mind - In Antidepressant Study, More Questions... →
(via NY Times)
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-1-10) →
Kanye West (4)
Jason Mraz (3)
Brett Dennen (3)
Eric Hutchinson (2)
The Weepies (2)
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“My generation tried to run away from responsibility; we tried to avoid growing...”
– Barry Bingham Sr. - A Good And Useful Life (via This I Believe)
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-1-3) →
Julian Casablancas (7)
The Beatles (5)
Stephen Sondheim (4)
Brett Dennen (3)
Pete Yorn & Scarlett Johansson (2)
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I have a good feeling about 2010 :)