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pensnestFirst, the horror, the horror! . Seriously, I shrieked. It's a look at men's fashions from the '70s. Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!
This, by contrast, is truly awesome! Quarantine shenanigans with fresh poppin' dance moves.
There have been quite a lot of pictures showing zoo animals interacting. Here we have a sloth going visiting, on his branch. And if you scroll down, you will see him encounter dolphins. One of the dolphins re-orients itself to match its new friend. I mean. This is adorable.
And there's this one, with orangutans and otters - I mean, awesomeness, or what?
I must also recommend to you something else, but with provisos.
First, are you interested in and willing to listen to the story of a murderous barber and the sidekick who puts his victims into pies? If not, pass along now.
Second, are you averse to the music of Sondheim? Because if you are (and you shouldn't be, but there is no accounting for taste and it takes all kinds to make a world so I will not judge you, not very much), you may as well pass along. Nay, nay, what am I saying, stay, and listen, and be converted!
I recently discovered that the very first version of Sondheim's Sweeney Todd that I ever heard is available on YouTube. I recorded it from the radio on cassette tape more than twenty years ago, and I am *so* glad to have found it in this much, much better form. It is audio only, for this was a concert version by the National Theatre Cast, from a production I never saw (woe). But you don't really need visuals, just think dark, Victorian and bloody, and you'll see it.
Do, do give it a listen. It is brilliant. Brilliant. What a fine soundtrack it would make to your creative efforts, if you are knitting, say, or baking, or… well, maybe not baking, but anyway. I do prefer to hear it through headphones, the SFX are very, um, visceral that way.
If you do give it a listen, how do you picture the members of the cast? I only have one in my head—the Beadle is a more sinister version of Mr Collins from the 1995 Pride and Prejudice series. I'd love some more visuals, if you have any suggestions to make!
Although if you want a visual, this is probably the most awesomely funny scene in the entire musical, here played by Imelda Staunton and Michael Ball, who were absolutely brilliant when I saw this version live several years ago. Brilliant. (!t was set in the 1930s, which worked.)
This, by contrast, is truly awesome! Quarantine shenanigans with fresh poppin' dance moves.
There have been quite a lot of pictures showing zoo animals interacting. Here we have a sloth going visiting, on his branch. And if you scroll down, you will see him encounter dolphins. One of the dolphins re-orients itself to match its new friend. I mean. This is adorable.
And there's this one, with orangutans and otters - I mean, awesomeness, or what?
I must also recommend to you something else, but with provisos.
First, are you interested in and willing to listen to the story of a murderous barber and the sidekick who puts his victims into pies? If not, pass along now.
Second, are you averse to the music of Sondheim? Because if you are (and you shouldn't be, but there is no accounting for taste and it takes all kinds to make a world so I will not judge you, not very much), you may as well pass along. Nay, nay, what am I saying, stay, and listen, and be converted!
I recently discovered that the very first version of Sondheim's Sweeney Todd that I ever heard is available on YouTube. I recorded it from the radio on cassette tape more than twenty years ago, and I am *so* glad to have found it in this much, much better form. It is audio only, for this was a concert version by the National Theatre Cast, from a production I never saw (woe). But you don't really need visuals, just think dark, Victorian and bloody, and you'll see it.
Do, do give it a listen. It is brilliant. Brilliant. What a fine soundtrack it would make to your creative efforts, if you are knitting, say, or baking, or… well, maybe not baking, but anyway. I do prefer to hear it through headphones, the SFX are very, um, visceral that way.
If you do give it a listen, how do you picture the members of the cast? I only have one in my head—the Beadle is a more sinister version of Mr Collins from the 1995 Pride and Prejudice series. I'd love some more visuals, if you have any suggestions to make!
Although if you want a visual, this is probably the most awesomely funny scene in the entire musical, here played by Imelda Staunton and Michael Ball, who were absolutely brilliant when I saw this version live several years ago. Brilliant. (!t was set in the 1930s, which worked.)