I have finally seen Rocky Horror. For the first time. Live.

Seriously, what the fuck was that?

Whatever it was, it was a hell of a lot of fun. I'm not sure I can say it better than the director's note, though:

"While I was living in London in the early 70's, I saw one of the very first stage productions of "The Rocky Horror Show" at a renovated movie ( Read more... )

I wrote a thing:

"I got a tumblr about 6 and a half months ago, and soon discovered what a wonderful and addictive thing it can be. Especially as a bandom person, there are a lot of great things about being on tumblr. Easy access to pictures, like-minded people, news, etc. But I soon noticed something a bit different about bandom on tumblr - ( Read more... )

 I saw Compleat Female Stage Beauty, written by Jeffrey Hatcher. It’s based on the story of one of the last great Shakespearean male-actors-who-played-female-parts (boy players? except he wasn’t a boy; he was grown up), named Kynaston. It was during his life that Charles II decreed that female parts must be played by women. This devastated him, and ( Read more... )