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Mar 20.2011
TOMORROW NIGHT’S THE NIGHT! My first gig back in the States in 3 years! It’s going to be a nice set with me, 2 violists (including the immensely talented Liuh-Wen Ting and Eddy Malave) and with Michael Resnick on drums. Plus, of course I’m going to sing my heart out.
The performance is in a Church/venue. It’s called CFAN - Church for All Nations, and I’m told it’s a Hell’s Kitchen Landmark with really great acoustics.
The address is as follows:
417 West 57th Street, Between 9th and 10th Avenues.
Saturday April 9th. My show, which should run 45 minutes to an hour, begins at 9PM.
Looking forward to seeing many of you there.
The Curve BallMar 01.2011
One of the great things about the internet is that it has no boundaries. That’s especially good when there is a British radio show as wonderful as Curve Ball. The DJ, Chris Evans, is as close to a musical saint as I can imagine. Check out his show 10PM UK time (for my US friends, that’s 5PM) every Tuesday.
The Curve Ball
Jan 09.2011
Nearly finished with the viola parts for the upcoming show with Liuh-Wen Ting. Writing for harpsichord has been extremely challenging, but I’m quite enjoying it. For research I have been listening to a Buxtehude recording that I have which has two harpsichords. I really love harpsichord music. At best it has such a magical sound, a bit like a calliope. Anyway, hopefully I’ll be doing a performance in NY by the end of the month, if early next month. Keep checking the site for dates!
OH! Was served a nice surprise from google alerts today! I’m not sure if you all know the work of Franco Dragone. He’s an exceptionally imaginative theatre director from Belgium who directed many of Cirque du Soleil best productions and other really visionary shows. A talented photographer from his team, Mehdy Nasser, contacted me a few months ago and we met not too long ago and spoke about possibly doing some work together, which of course would be a fantastic experience for me. Anyway, again, got this from a google alert, which made me pretty derned happy! (Medhy took the shot of me in NYC.)
BTW, you should take a look at his site from the home page, if you have a fast internet connection. It’s a really well done site!
DRAGONE.BE
Dec 31.2010
Hi there, folks. Just wanted to bring this to your attention if you’re interested. It’s an interview I did with Le Doigt dans L’Oeil. You have to know French though!
READ INTERVIEW
Dec 26.2010
Just watched “Charles Laughton Directs The Night of the Hunter”, the “Making of” on the second disc in the fantastic Bluray edition of “The Night of the Hunter”.
First, of course I checked out the quality of the feature! Looks fabulous. I’m going to wait to watch the actual film with somebody else who maybe hasn’t seen it yet. Somebody who I feel will love it as much as me…
Back to the “Making of”... It really is so much more than that! Basically they piece back together the film from apparently 8 hours of out-takes. It’s absolutely fascinating. First of all, I’m left in awe of Laughton, Winters and Gish. I mean, of course Mitchum is fantastic, but Laughton, Winters and Gish are like magicians. It’s such a mysterious process to watch them sculpt out these honest, hyper-expressive performances.
They show a little bit about each of the main characters, and they are very generous about who is covered. It’s really everyone with more than a sentence of dialogue… Which really tells a lot about the brilliance of the script. All of the characters are so essential and full of color.
Shelley Winters was apparently the wild-card actress on the set. Her acting style is quite different from all of the others. And it’s absolutely amazing to watch her sink deeper and deeper into her performance.
I have to admit, I had tears streaming down my face through long portions of this movie. Yes, I’m one of those. Haha, thought about Double Rainbow at one point. Jesus, am I that kind of buffoon. Yes.
But this dvd is even better than I could have imagined! Best Christmas gift ever!
