The Standing Roomtag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-500622008-11-22T06:00:00+00:00Singing and Parking in San FranciscoTypePadLinks for 2008-11-21 [del.icio.us]2008-11-22T00:00:00-06:00http://del.icio.us/thestandingroom#2008-11-21<ul>
<li><a href="http://chicagoist.com/2008/11/20/review_glenn_kotche_and_eighth_blac.php">Chicagoist: Review: Glenn Kotche and eighth blackbird at The Harris Theater</a><br/>
"a stellar performance including a jaw dropping solo rendition of 'Monkey Chant' by Kotche and a vertiginous reading of Frederic Rzewski's 'Les Moutons de Panurge' by eighth blackbird that knocked the audience on its collective ass"</li>
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<li><a href="http://chicagoist.com/2008/11/20/review_glenn_kotche_and_eighth_blac.php">Chicagoist: Review: Glenn Kotche and eighth blackbird at The Harris Theater</a><br/>
"a stellar performance including a jaw dropping solo rendition of 'Monkey Chant' by Kotche and a vertiginous reading of Frederic Rzewski's 'Les Moutons de Panurge' by eighth blackbird that knocked the audience on its collective ass"</li>
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<li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ifGHUfR5Ks">YouTube - Single Ladies / Single Man Beyonce Mashup</a><br/>
possibly the gayest. thing. EVAR. simply mind-boggling. (nsfw)</li>
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<li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ifGHUfR5Ks">YouTube - Single Ladies / Single Man Beyonce Mashup</a><br/>
possibly the gayest. thing. EVAR. simply mind-boggling. (nsfw)</li>
</ul><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheStandingRoom/~4/460415120" height="1" width="1"/>http://del.icio.us/thestandingroom#2008-11-20Caturday Met Broadcasttag:typepad.com,2003:post-582399722008-11-08T23:40:40-08:002008-11-20T15:08:47-08:00Bert on the set of Doctor AtomicM. C—<center><a href="http://www.thestandingroom.com/.a/6a00d8341e9c6153ef010535de7126970b-popup" onclick="window.open( this.href, '_blank', 'width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0' ); return false" style="display: inline;"><img alt="Ikea" class="at-xid-6a00d8341e9c6153ef010535de7126970b " src="http://www.thestandingroom.com/.a/6a00d8341e9c6153ef010535de7126970b-400wi" style="width: 400px;"></img></a>
<br><em>Bert on the set of <a href="http://www.metoperafamily.org/metopera/broadcast/hd_events_next.aspx">Doctor Atomic</a></em></center><div class="feedflare">
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<li><a href="http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/2008/11/18/116-black-music-that-black-people-dont-listen-to-anymore/">#116 Black Music that Black People Don’t Listen to Anymore « Stuff White People Like</a><br/>
"All white people believe they prefer listening to jazz over watching television. This is not true. Every few months, a white person will put on some Jazz and pour themselves a glass of wine or scotch. Then they will get bored and watch television or write emails to other white people about how nice it was to listen to Jazz at home."</li>
<li><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/19/arts/music/19duda.html">Gustavo Dudamel Navigates Brahms and Bernstein With Loose-Limbed Vigor - NYTimes.com</a><br/>
"Carnegie included the Hebrew text in its program book, but printed it backward." (luckily it was only the Israel Philharmonic celebrating Israel's 60th anniversary; surely no one else even noticed)</li>
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<li><a href="http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/2008/11/18/116-black-music-that-black-people-dont-listen-to-anymore/">#116 Black Music that Black People Don’t Listen to Anymore « Stuff White People Like</a><br/>
"All white people believe they prefer listening to jazz over watching television. This is not true. Every few months, a white person will put on some Jazz and pour themselves a glass of wine or scotch. Then they will get bored and watch television or write emails to other white people about how nice it was to listen to Jazz at home."</li>
<li><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/19/arts/music/19duda.html">Gustavo Dudamel Navigates Brahms and Bernstein With Loose-Limbed Vigor - NYTimes.com</a><br/>
"Carnegie included the Hebrew text in its program book, but printed it backward." (luckily it was only the Israel Philharmonic celebrating Israel's 60th anniversary; surely no one else even noticed)</li>
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<li><a href="http://www3.timeoutny.com/newyork/tonyblog/?p=7611">The TONY Blog City Opera fallout: Einstein on the Beach - Time Out New York</a><br/>
"Today, only a week away from auditions, the show got the ax."</li>
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<li><a href="http://www3.timeoutny.com/newyork/tonyblog/?p=7611">The TONY Blog City Opera fallout: Einstein on the Beach - Time Out New York</a><br/>
"Today, only a week away from auditions, the show got the ax."</li>
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<li><a href="http://chamberbridge.org/Festival.html">ChamberBridge: Messiaen Illuminated</a><br/>
"On Saturday, November 15th, 2008, ChamberBridge will present Messiaen Illuminated at Old First Concerts in San Francisco. This one-time special event is a celebration of birth centenary of the composer Olivier Messiaen" 3pm - 10pm</li>
<li><a href="http://www.overheardinnewyork.com/archives/016930.html">Overheard in New York | Don't Make Me Go All Forte on Your Ass</a><br/>
from the metropolitan opera lobby</li>
<li><a href="http://www.sfcm.edu/calendar/calendar.aspx?performanceID=2463">- San Francisco Conservatory Of Music - Blueprint / The Urgency of Now: Transparent Walls</a><br/>
I can feel it coming in the air tonight at 8pm - Aleksandra Vrebalov, Giya Kancheli, Phil Collins</li>
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<li><a href="http://chamberbridge.org/Festival.html">ChamberBridge: Messiaen Illuminated</a><br/>
"On Saturday, November 15th, 2008, ChamberBridge will present Messiaen Illuminated at Old First Concerts in San Francisco. This one-time special event is a celebration of birth centenary of the composer Olivier Messiaen" 3pm - 10pm</li>
<li><a href="http://www.overheardinnewyork.com/archives/016930.html">Overheard in New York | Don't Make Me Go All Forte on Your Ass</a><br/>
from the metropolitan opera lobby</li>
<li><a href="http://www.sfcm.edu/calendar/calendar.aspx?performanceID=2463">- San Francisco Conservatory Of Music - Blueprint / The Urgency of Now: Transparent Walls</a><br/>
I can feel it coming in the air tonight at 8pm - Aleksandra Vrebalov, Giya Kancheli, Phil Collins</li>
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<li><a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/11/14/DD8U14360B.DTL">Chron / Leah Garchik: Smoke gets in White House eyes</a><br/>
"The place was filled with literati, including Ben Fong-Torres and Amy Tan...who was introduced as Ruth Young Kamen" ok, this is now a pathology (h/t RevHills)</li>
<li><a href="http://parterre.com/?p=1776">parterre box presents La Cieca » star reporter</a><br/>
"San Francisco Opera’s costcutting measures will include dropping Peter Grimes from next season"</li>
<li><a href="http://www.theonion.com/content/news/donald_fagen_defends_steely_dan_to?utm_source=onion_rss_daily">Donald Fagen Defends Steely Dan To Friends | The Onion - America's Finest News Source</a><br/>
"'Look, I understand. It's an acquired taste,' Fagen said after putting his group's 1978 hit 'Deacon Blues' on the bar's jukebox. 'I wasn't that into it at first, either.'"</li>
<li><a href="http://secretsociety.typepad.com/darcy_james_argues_secret/2008/11/how-to-dismantle-an-atomic-bomb.html">Secret Society: How to dismantle an atomic bomb</a><br/>
"Is it really too much to ask that performers move with a purpose whenever they are on stage?" no; in fact, we all should be DEMANDING this.</li>
<li><a href="http://parabasis.typepad.com/blog/2008/11/a-night-at-the-opera.html">Parabasis: A Night At The Opera</a><br/>
"Any theatre artist will tell you: You are supposed to do something on stage to fill this gap. Some action must occur during it. The amount of stage time [in Doctor Atomic] where people are standing around doing nothing strung together would be longer than many plays I've seen. It made me uneasy because every atom of my being was saying 'Something should be happening here! Has something gone wrong?'"</li>
<li><a href="http://operatattler.typepad.com/opera/2008/11/final-dress-rehearsal-of-la-boh%C3%A8me.html">The Opera Tattler: Final Dress Rehearsal of La Bohème</a><br/>
"Gheorghiu is 'like a cross between one of the muppets and Judy Garland.'"</li>
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<li><a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/11/14/DD8U14360B.DTL">Chron / Leah Garchik: Smoke gets in White House eyes</a><br/>
"The place was filled with literati, including Ben Fong-Torres and Amy Tan...who was introduced as Ruth Young Kamen" ok, this is now a pathology (h/t RevHills)</li>
<li><a href="http://parterre.com/?p=1776">parterre box presents La Cieca » star reporter</a><br/>
"San Francisco Opera’s costcutting measures will include dropping Peter Grimes from next season"</li>
<li><a href="http://www.theonion.com/content/news/donald_fagen_defends_steely_dan_to?utm_source=onion_rss_daily">Donald Fagen Defends Steely Dan To Friends | The Onion - America's Finest News Source</a><br/>
"'Look, I understand. It's an acquired taste,' Fagen said after putting his group's 1978 hit 'Deacon Blues' on the bar's jukebox. 'I wasn't that into it at first, either.'"</li>
<li><a href="http://secretsociety.typepad.com/darcy_james_argues_secret/2008/11/how-to-dismantle-an-atomic-bomb.html">Secret Society: How to dismantle an atomic bomb</a><br/>
"Is it really too much to ask that performers move with a purpose whenever they are on stage?" no; in fact, we all should be DEMANDING this.</li>
<li><a href="http://parabasis.typepad.com/blog/2008/11/a-night-at-the-opera.html">Parabasis: A Night At The Opera</a><br/>
"Any theatre artist will tell you: You are supposed to do something on stage to fill this gap. Some action must occur during it. The amount of stage time [in Doctor Atomic] where people are standing around doing nothing strung together would be longer than many plays I've seen. It made me uneasy because every atom of my being was saying 'Something should be happening here! Has something gone wrong?'"</li>
<li><a href="http://operatattler.typepad.com/opera/2008/11/final-dress-rehearsal-of-la-boh%C3%A8me.html">The Opera Tattler: Final Dress Rehearsal of La Bohème</a><br/>
"Gheorghiu is 'like a cross between one of the muppets and Judy Garland.'"</li>
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<li><a href="http://sfciviccenter.blogspot.com/2008/11/slava-obama.html">Civic Center: Slava Obama</a><br/>
"Word of McCain's concession speech spread through backstage like wildfire a few minutes before everyone climbed up stairways for the coronation of the new Tsar Boris. The 80-person chorus knocked the scene out of the house. Some of them were crying while singing 'Slava, slava, slava' which I assume means 'praise'"</li>
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<li><a href="http://sfciviccenter.blogspot.com/2008/11/slava-obama.html">Civic Center: Slava Obama</a><br/>
"Word of McCain's concession speech spread through backstage like wildfire a few minutes before everyone climbed up stairways for the coronation of the new Tsar Boris. The 80-person chorus knocked the scene out of the house. Some of them were crying while singing 'Slava, slava, slava' which I assume means 'praise'"</li>
</ul><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheStandingRoom/~4/452596003" height="1" width="1"/>http://del.icio.us/thestandingroom#2008-11-13From Wasilla to New Yorktag:typepad.com,2003:post-571851972008-10-18T17:20:17-07:002008-10-18T22:48:19-07:00Different trains, on the Bridge to Nowhere. h/t DecSimp (someone NEEDS to perform this)M. C—<center><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/9nlwwFZdXck&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed allowfullscreen="true" height="344" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/9nlwwFZdXck&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425"></embed></object></center>
<p>Different trains, on the Bridge to Nowhere.</p><p>
</p><p style="font-size: 11px; font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><em>h/t <a href="http://deceptivelysimple.typepad.com/simple/2008/10/sarah-palin-lounge-singer.html">DecSimp</a> (someone NEEDS to perform this)</em></p><div class="feedflare">
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheStandingRoom/~4/425022044" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.thestandingroom.com/blog/2008/10/from-wasilla-to-new-york.htmlCuz you're the best mom I'll ever knowtag:typepad.com,2003:post-555952262008-09-13T22:55:42-07:002008-10-19T12:29:22-07:00Precious Auntie, Amy Tan, Crazy Mom We're your Daughters Boys, off with your pee-pee We're your Daughters Boys, we fly through air We're your Daughters "Dragon breathe fog from nostril" All you gotta wear's a wig, "Lootie"... And Amy's there!...M. C—
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<em><span style="font-size: 11px; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Precious Auntie, Amy Tan, Crazy Mom</span></em></center>
<p>We're your <a href="http://sfopera.com/o/265.asp">Daughters</a><br>
Boys, off with your pee-pee</p>
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<p>We're your Daughters<br>
Boys, we fly through air</p>
<p></p><center><a href="http://www.thestandingroom.com/.a/6a00d8341e9c6153ef010534a195ae970b-popup" onclick="window.open( this.href, '_blank', 'width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0' ); return false" style="display: inline;"><img alt="Act2_0008" class="at-xid-6a00d8341e9c6153ef010534a195ae970b " src="http://www.thestandingroom.com/.a/6a00d8341e9c6153ef010534a195ae970b-400wi" style="width: 400px;"></a></center>
<p>We're your Daughters<br>
"Dragon breathe fog from nostril"</p>
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<p>All you gotta wear's a wig, "Lootie"...</p>
<p></p><center><a href="http://www.thestandingroom.com/.a/6a00d8341e9c6153ef010534a195e5970b-popup" onclick="window.open( this.href, '_blank', 'width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0' ); return false" style="display: inline;"><img alt="Act1_0101" class="at-xid-6a00d8341e9c6153ef010534a195e5970b " src="http://www.thestandingroom.com/.a/6a00d8341e9c6153ef010534a195e5970b-400wi" style="width: 400px;"></a></center>
<p>And Amy's there!</p>
<p></p><center><a href="http://www.thestandingroom.com/.a/6a00d8341e9c6153ef010534a195f0970b-popup" onclick="window.open( this.href, '_blank', 'width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0' ); return false" style="display: inline;"><img alt="Amytan" class="at-xid-6a00d8341e9c6153ef010534a195f0970b " src="http://www.thestandingroom.com/.a/6a00d8341e9c6153ef010534a195f0970b-400wi" style="width: 400px;"></a></center>
<p><strong>BONUS TRACKS</strong><br />
Inspired by the <a href="http://operatattler.typepad.com/opera/2008/09/bonesetters-daughter-rehearsal.html">Tattler</a>:</p>
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<p>What would an Assmaster aria for Margaret Cho be like, set atop a Chinatown restaurant lazy susan? Mommy so curious!</p>
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<p>Ancient Chinese Stuff, huh?</p></div>
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