Live harpsichord jazz! Now I can die happy.

(Probably just as well, considering the text.)

Wow, I really haven't been posting much, have I? Um, let's see. techie_pet and musakura were married on Saturday, and the wedding was so lovely that it's illuminated my entire week. algae_al_fresco and I had dinner with kurrs last night and then dashed off to see Anoushka Shankar, which, holy crap you guys, I want a sitar player of my very own. Or possibly tabla. I'm not picky. :D I'm ( Read more... )

So I just finished watching Kurosawa's Throne of Blood, which I didn't like nearly as much as I liked Ran. It's true that Macbeth has been nearer and dearer to my heart for far longer than King Lear, which I actually don't know all that well. But even excluding that factor as best I can, I do think Ran is a far superior film, visually and ( Read more... )

People! People who did not go see Titus Andronicus! Yes, you!

What are you thinking? Go.Honestly, really fantastic production. (Though it's been pointed out to me that I should give, er, trauma warnings when dealing with this play. Whoops.) Hilarious in spots, too, which you wouldn't expect - Chiron and Demetrius rocked my holey socks off (and why ( Read more... )

So, this week (last week? Weekend = limbo) I've been to see Studies in Motion: The Hauntings of Eadweard Muybridge and the Bellydance Superstars, and I've read The Historian and I've been dangerously obsessed with Red Priest. What I have not done is my homework. :D Also, I'm the only person in the world who didn't see Kronos last night. Go ahead, ( Read more... )

So the first day of class yielded two cancelled classes (which is what happens when all the classics profs go to the same conference), 150 pages of reading (roughly) and 30 more lines of Ovid for Monday. Awk.

Then I went downtown to see Pride and Prejudice with moosefluff and fuzzycoatimundi. I should add that they're both total sweethearts and FAR TOO NICE. Anyhow, the ( Read more... )

Flying Wedge: Excellent ( Read more... )