I don’t have much to say about her passing. I didn’t really know much about her from an historical perspective, and I always thought that whole family was kind of silly. But I will give her mad props for this: As first lady, she was perhaps best known as the determined environmentalist who wanted roadside billboards and junkyards replaced with … Read More
The Full Monty: The Review
It’s a hit! Baring All: ‘Tasteful’ musical fully uncovers story of hard times By Mary Martin Niepold What’s it like to strip right down to our natural born selves? It’s bad enough if you’re a fledgling teenage girl. But what if you’re a full-grown, out-of-work, steelworker kind of man? That’s the send-up in The Full Monty, the Terrence McNally musical … Read More
A Tribute To Cherry Berry
Cherry Berry may be the most famous North Carolina personality that nobody knows. Who is she? Why, she’s the North Carolina Labor Commissioner (whose name is actually Cherie Berry). And why is her name so familiar to North Carolinians? Well, it’s a memorable name, which is on the inspection certificates of every elevator in the state. So it was only … Read More
Full Monty: Dress Rehearsal
What a blast! 171 people came to the Arts Council Theatre tonight to see dress rehearsal of "The Full Monty". At $10 a pop (the discounted price), they certainly got their money’s worth. A few technical glitches (including a late entrance by yours truly) didn’t detract from an exciting show. I watched the last twenty minutes of Act One from … Read More
From The Performance At Center City Park Pavillion
Photos courtesy of Heather Waiting for our turn to perform Scott dips Heather in "Love That Man"
Come For The Naked Men, Stay For The Political Propaganda
I’ll be in the Fourth of July parade at Greensboro on — hold on — let me check my calendar — yes — on the 4th of July (tomorrow). I’ll be riding "The Full Monty" float which, as far as I know, will be just a trailer bed with members of the cast of the show (see sidebar, right). We … Read More
Full Monty Preview
Link here, but I’ll reprint it below the fold…. Some thoughts about the article: (1) Obviously, the folks at the WInston-Salem Journal/Relish need to fix the headline, and I wish they would. (2) I’m not sure I agree with the quote of co-producer Norman Ussery, saying that, if this were a movie, it would be rated "R". Okay, maybe — … Read More
Hank Madress Sleeps Tonight
The guy who sang the most popular version of "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" is dead.
Breaking News: Iraq War Not Just A “Civil” Internal One Anymore
Turkey invaded? Oh, great. UPDATE: Avarosis gives the 30-second background and analysis about the possible implications: In a nutshell, Turkey is worried, has been worried, about the Kurds in northern Iraq. (You’ll recall that Iraq is mainly made up of three groups, Kurds, Sunnis and Shias.) Turkey has a good number of Kurds in eastern Turkey – 20% of Turkey’s … Read More
Gas Price Watch
Think gas prices are bad now? Well, look what’s bearing down on the Middle East: That’s a category five, and its heading for Oman and Iran — two oil-producing countries. These places haven’t been hit with a storm like this in 60 years, so they’re not even close to being prepared. From an oil blog: Considering the region has never … Read More
The Long Weekend & Charles Nelson Reilly
Well, obviously no blogging for a few days there. I had pretty productive weekend. Managed to clean the pool and fill it — almost ready for use! Did some major yardwork. A couple of Full Monty rehearsals. Played an $11-entry-fee online poker tournament and walked away with $2,450.00. Couldn’t get my new kitchen faucet installed. I tried — I’m just … Read More