See You Next Wednesday
Wednesday, August 30
More loot.
And then:
5. American Dad season one on DVD;
6. Platinum Grit book one;
7. Platinum Grit book two; and
8. quince paste.
Aww.
And then:
5. American Dad season one on DVD;
6. Platinum Grit book one;
7. Platinum Grit book two; and
8. quince paste.
Aww.
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Sunday, August 20
I've never blogged on my birthday before.
So far I have scored:
1. a work of art;
2. Blake's 7 series four on DVD;
3. two shirts; and
4. breakfast.
Last night Emma, Gavin, Linda and I went to see Broad which I enjoyed and thought each artist performed their part very well (despite some poor sound engineering).
I wonder what the rest of the day will bring?
So far I have scored:
1. a work of art;
2. Blake's 7 series four on DVD;
3. two shirts; and
4. breakfast.
Last night Emma, Gavin, Linda and I went to see Broad which I enjoyed and thought each artist performed their part very well (despite some poor sound engineering).
I wonder what the rest of the day will bring?
Wednesday, August 16
I like telly.
Broken News is funny, for example: "That's the way it is with omens; we'll just have to wait and see.".
Backstage.
The horror muppets are loitering around the green room with their one-page scripts and their fangs. Pigs in Space are running through their lines in the dressing rooms while Beauregard hammers away in the workshop. Why is nobody rehearsing?
Broken News is funny, for example: "That's the way it is with omens; we'll just have to wait and see.".
Backstage.
The horror muppets are loitering around the green room with their one-page scripts and their fangs. Pigs in Space are running through their lines in the dressing rooms while Beauregard hammers away in the workshop. Why is nobody rehearsing?
Thursday, August 10
Praising with faint damnation.
Last night I went to see Porgy and Bess, which was nice enough. The singing was great, mostly. The acting was operatic. The music was spoiled by the speakers. The sets were well designed but not well used. The costumes were adequate. The lighting was poor. The directing was quite awkward. Overall it wasn't awful but you have to come up with your own reason to go because I'm not recommending it.
Last night I went to see Porgy and Bess, which was nice enough. The singing was great, mostly. The acting was operatic. The music was spoiled by the speakers. The sets were well designed but not well used. The costumes were adequate. The lighting was poor. The directing was quite awkward. Overall it wasn't awful but you have to come up with your own reason to go because I'm not recommending it.
Tuesday, August 8
Muppet Hallowe'en on Ice.
The fangs arrived for the closing act. They will be held in place by gravity and friction rather than the toxic adhesive provided by the manufacturer (and can therefore be removed by hand rather than bone saw). The prosthetic is roughly the same size as the buccal cavity of a muppet. (Another good reason not to glue them in place.) This may have caused poor elocution, however the failure to distribute scripts to the cast and subsequent rearrangement of the performance has left most of the nominally speaking parts with no dialogue to squeeze around the awkward pointy mass.
The new lighting array would be in place if Pigs in Space could stop playing with it. The standard features can be turned off when an act doesn't require them; the special features can be turned on when an act does require them. Which feature is which changes daily, consequently so does the lighting plan. Only the requisition order remains constant (and featureless) because they don't bother to update it, which is why nobody knows which features are the special ones. Now they want to restore a redundancy which they requested to be removed when the rig was being designed because "they can't remember why they didn't want it". (Could it have been because it is redundant? Maybe so. It is certainly easier to restore it, and add an off switch, than get a firm decision.)
The fangs arrived for the closing act. They will be held in place by gravity and friction rather than the toxic adhesive provided by the manufacturer (and can therefore be removed by hand rather than bone saw). The prosthetic is roughly the same size as the buccal cavity of a muppet. (Another good reason not to glue them in place.) This may have caused poor elocution, however the failure to distribute scripts to the cast and subsequent rearrangement of the performance has left most of the nominally speaking parts with no dialogue to squeeze around the awkward pointy mass.
The new lighting array would be in place if Pigs in Space could stop playing with it. The standard features can be turned off when an act doesn't require them; the special features can be turned on when an act does require them. Which feature is which changes daily, consequently so does the lighting plan. Only the requisition order remains constant (and featureless) because they don't bother to update it, which is why nobody knows which features are the special ones. Now they want to restore a redundancy which they requested to be removed when the rig was being designed because "they can't remember why they didn't want it". (Could it have been because it is redundant? Maybe so. It is certainly easier to restore it, and add an off switch, than get a firm decision.)
Sunday, August 6
Interest may vary.
Doctor Who DVDs I do have are: Ark in Space; Aztecs; Caves of Androzani; Curse of Fenric; Earthshock; Five Doctors; Ghost Light; Green Death; Leisure Hive; Pyramids of Mars; Remembrance of the Daleks; Robots of Death; Seeds of Death; Talons of Weng Chaing; Two Doctors; Lost In Time (collection of lost episodes); and Doctor Who: Series 1 (box set).
Doctor Who DVDs I don't have yet include: Carnival of Monsters; City Of Death; Claws Of Axos; Dalek Invasion of Earth; Genesis of the Daleks; Hand Of Fear; Horror Of Fang Rock; Inferno; Mind Robber; Resurrection of the Daleks; Spearhead from Space; Three Doctors; Tomb of the Cybermen; Vengeance On Varos; Visitation; Web Planet; Doctor Who: The Movie; The Beginning (box set of the first 3 stories); and Doctor Who: Series 2 (box set, released 20 November).
Titles may or may may not start with 'The' in some catalogues.
Doctor Who DVDs I do have are: Ark in Space; Aztecs; Caves of Androzani; Curse of Fenric; Earthshock; Five Doctors; Ghost Light; Green Death; Leisure Hive; Pyramids of Mars; Remembrance of the Daleks; Robots of Death; Seeds of Death; Talons of Weng Chaing; Two Doctors; Lost In Time (collection of lost episodes); and Doctor Who: Series 1 (box set).
Doctor Who DVDs I don't have yet include: Carnival of Monsters; City Of Death; Claws Of Axos; Dalek Invasion of Earth; Genesis of the Daleks; Hand Of Fear; Horror Of Fang Rock; Inferno; Mind Robber; Resurrection of the Daleks; Spearhead from Space; Three Doctors; Tomb of the Cybermen; Vengeance On Varos; Visitation; Web Planet; Doctor Who: The Movie; The Beginning (box set of the first 3 stories); and Doctor Who: Series 2 (box set, released 20 November).
Titles may or may may not start with 'The' in some catalogues.
Thursday, August 3
There's no business.
The words "shows fangs" have being added to all the scripts for Sarah's finale. Some scripts are now two words long. Also, it hasn't been decided how the fangs can be attached. I expect we will find out when they are delivered tomorrow.
Pigs in Space are confused about whether the lighting plan should say "add red and blue filters" or "remove green filters" when the alien attacks.
The words "shows fangs" have being added to all the scripts for Sarah's finale. Some scripts are now two words long. Also, it hasn't been decided how the fangs can be attached. I expect we will find out when they are delivered tomorrow.
Pigs in Space are confused about whether the lighting plan should say "add red and blue filters" or "remove green filters" when the alien attacks.
Tuesday, August 1
Technical rehearsal.
The very special guest star is Sarah Michele Gellar. Nobody checked to see if any of the rent-a-crowd horror muppets were vampires until after the final act had been choreographed. Sweetums has had a fog machine piped into his shirt, someone has figured out how to get the spiders to skate, and the ice rink has been completely refurbished; but there are no vampires to be slain. So now everyone Sarah stakes will have a set of fangs added to their costume, which it turns out is not a great problem. But it shouldn't have happened this way.
Pigs in Space have realized they can't pretend they don't know about lighting plans if they want to have different lighting when the alien attacks. Better late than never.
The very special guest star is Sarah Michele Gellar. Nobody checked to see if any of the rent-a-crowd horror muppets were vampires until after the final act had been choreographed. Sweetums has had a fog machine piped into his shirt, someone has figured out how to get the spiders to skate, and the ice rink has been completely refurbished; but there are no vampires to be slain. So now everyone Sarah stakes will have a set of fangs added to their costume, which it turns out is not a great problem. But it shouldn't have happened this way.
Pigs in Space have realized they can't pretend they don't know about lighting plans if they want to have different lighting when the alien attacks. Better late than never.
