http://orphicmusic.com/blog ... Thu, 20 Sep 2007 13:38:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en When you're in a show, you hang out with the cast of that show a lot, particuarly while the show is running (rehearsals are often a "getting to know you" phase, so there's less socializing, except when a number of you have worked together before).  A number of us from ... http://orphicmusic.com/blog/2007/06/25/plural/ Opening week for any show is crazy, and this is opening week for Ruddigore.  I'm tired.  Between work and rehearsal, I would be short on sleep if I went to bed right when I got home, but I get home with a hyper brain, so I'm getting far too little ... http://orphicmusic.com/blog/2007/06/06/so-very-tired/ ...you go out of your way to find out what a song is and who it's by, only discover that you already own it. A year or two ago, I called a local radio station to find out what song they had just been playing. I had also heard this ... http://orphicmusic.com/blog/2007/05/17/you-know-you-have-too-many-cds-when/ I would say I'm an established member of the Gilbert and Sullivan Society of Austin's troupe. Technically, they don't have a troupe, but I've performed in nine or ten of the group's productions over the past eight years. This summer, I'll be singing in the chorus of Ruddigore. ... http://orphicmusic.com/blog/2007/03/07/how-ghastly/ Living in Texas, I should be used to bugs. My parents house has always had a minor scorpion problem. My college apartment was a seasonal breeding ground to what looked like small wasps, but thankfully turned out to merely be large flies. Ants have found the kitchen ... http://orphicmusic.com/blog/2007/02/05/ants-dont-belong-in-microwaves/ I may be the only person alive who does not feel that this is a great film. I went to Rotten Tomatoes hoping to find a reviewer who could clearly articulate my dissapointment, and I find not one negative review. So, it's up to me to voice my ... http://orphicmusic.com/blog/2007/01/29/pans-labyrinth/ You may have heard or seen some adds for a new horror film called "Primeval," touting the film as being based on the true story of a serial killer, still at large, who has claimed over 300 victims. What the ads don't reveal (understandably, given the nature of what ... http://orphicmusic.com/blog/2007/01/11/based-on-a-true-story-spoiler-for-horror-fans/ I've been known to complain about television.  I made my own "Break Your TV" shirt, inspired after seeing a tee that said "Exhalt your new God" with stylized hands praying to an idiot box.  To clarify my own throughts, and to have somewhere to point when people ask what I've ... http://orphicmusic.com/blog/2007/01/03/me-vs-tv/ I happened into the list of this years Grammy nominees. Frankly, I'm woefully unqualified to comment on any of these (I haven't heard all the nominees for a single one of the 80+ categories), but I'm going to anyway. Best New Artist: Imogen Heap was a member of Frou Frou, ... http://orphicmusic.com/blog/2006/12/12/grammy-nominees/ Well, I don't suppose this is really going to be a "rant," per se. Rather, I was thinking about a couple of reviews I'm going to be writing soon, and started wondering how well-defined and well-known the meaning of "Accessible" is in the context of music. It came ... http://orphicmusic.com/blog/2006/12/06/accessible-another-rant-about-a-single-words-meaning/