Saturday, January 26, 2008
I just Googled "Road Stories", my musical play that we performed in Montreal, and came across this review:
http://www.blork.org/blog/fringe99/
Road Stories
Rating: Huh?
The program for this performance states "this isn't high art", which caused me to breathe a sigh of relief considering the overall "Huh?" level I've been experiencing throughout the festival. Road Stories is good old fashioned storytelling, somewhat embellished with the occational song and a bevy of enthusiastic although not professional actors playing out the story of a six-week cross-county road trip.
The main characters are a loosely tossed together handfull of musicians in search of cheap adventure on their way to a gig in Halifax. This is supposedly based on a real-life road trip, which makes it even more fun.
There is no big theme, and not all of the anecdotal skits really come together, but there is continuity running through the show, along with recurring characters and ideas. Something some of the "high art" people should take note of.
I liked it. It was straight-up and not pretentious. I would not want the whole Fringe to be like this, but I like the fact that the Fringe is (at least in theory) open and full of variety. Frankly, I think the festival could use a few more shows like this one.
http://www.blork.org/blog/fringe99/
Road Stories
Rating: Huh?
The program for this performance states "this isn't high art", which caused me to breathe a sigh of relief considering the overall "Huh?" level I've been experiencing throughout the festival. Road Stories is good old fashioned storytelling, somewhat embellished with the occational song and a bevy of enthusiastic although not professional actors playing out the story of a six-week cross-county road trip.
The main characters are a loosely tossed together handfull of musicians in search of cheap adventure on their way to a gig in Halifax. This is supposedly based on a real-life road trip, which makes it even more fun.
There is no big theme, and not all of the anecdotal skits really come together, but there is continuity running through the show, along with recurring characters and ideas. Something some of the "high art" people should take note of.
I liked it. It was straight-up and not pretentious. I would not want the whole Fringe to be like this, but I like the fact that the Fringe is (at least in theory) open and full of variety. Frankly, I think the festival could use a few more shows like this one.
Hi everyone,
First of all, happy 2008. One of my resolutions is to keep this damn blog more up-to-date. The other resolution is that I will create (or go out and find) lots of exciting projects to post here about.
I'm sitting in my room in Zürich right now, enjoying the wonders of wi-fi, and grooving to old Toad the Wet Sprocket songs on MySpace:http://www.myspace.com/toadthewetsprocket
In my opinion, one of the best bands of the 90's. They got me through my first love, my first heartbreak, my first cross-country trip, and served as a model for my own burgeoning songwriting projects. Their cassettes played incessantly on my walkman. Fear was one of the first cd's I bought when I started to switch from cassettes. (I have a collection of about 2-300 at home, mostly of guitar gods and hair-metal. Or combinations of both, like Yngwie.) Cool stuff, check it out.
American politics are sure fun to watch! It's like a rhetorical wrestling match, body-slamming personal records, clothes-lining morals, and the finishing move: the scandal! 1-2-3-you're out! See you later, Giuliani.
I'm going for Hillary. Obama is cool, but Hillary is HOT! I wonder if when she's elected, I could get a job as an inter-boy. Hmmm...
I love you all,
Kevin
First of all, happy 2008. One of my resolutions is to keep this damn blog more up-to-date. The other resolution is that I will create (or go out and find) lots of exciting projects to post here about.
I'm sitting in my room in Zürich right now, enjoying the wonders of wi-fi, and grooving to old Toad the Wet Sprocket songs on MySpace:http://www.myspace.com/toadthewetsprocket
In my opinion, one of the best bands of the 90's. They got me through my first love, my first heartbreak, my first cross-country trip, and served as a model for my own burgeoning songwriting projects. Their cassettes played incessantly on my walkman. Fear was one of the first cd's I bought when I started to switch from cassettes. (I have a collection of about 2-300 at home, mostly of guitar gods and hair-metal. Or combinations of both, like Yngwie.) Cool stuff, check it out.
American politics are sure fun to watch! It's like a rhetorical wrestling match, body-slamming personal records, clothes-lining morals, and the finishing move: the scandal! 1-2-3-you're out! See you later, Giuliani.
I'm going for Hillary. Obama is cool, but Hillary is HOT! I wonder if when she's elected, I could get a job as an inter-boy. Hmmm...
I love you all,
Kevin
