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07.09.06 by Widge @ 5:52 pm  Neat*Geek clues us in to one of the most terrifying MP3s you will download this week: a song from the Batman musical. I remember hearing about this long and long ago, but then nothing. I assumed it had gone into the Broadway development hell, wherever that is. The song is apparently the Joker's big number from the show, "Wonderful Toys." Find it here. "Stop him before he rhymes again." Yes. Please. Categorized as: Music and Stimuli
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07.09.06 by Widge @ 2:04 am And the rest. Enjoy. "16 Shells From a Thirty-Ought Six," from the film Big Time. Direct link for the feedreaders. Tons more after the break. Categorized as: Music
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07.09.06 by Widge @ 1:42 am Yes, that's right. I have my tickets for the Atlanta show. He's in the southeast for the first time since God was a fetus. I can barely restrain my head from exploding with joy. Here are the dates. In celebration, have a crapload of Waitsian glory. And thank David Gallaher, because he wanted to make sure the word got out. Here's part one of goodness. There's just too much for a single post. "Small Change," performed live. From the album of the same name, one of my three favorite records of all time. Damn shame this cuts off right at the end. Direct link for the feedreaders. A veritable arseload after the break. Categorized as: Music
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07.02.06 by Widge @ 3:56 pm The quality of the video is awful (and quite bootleggish, I shouldn't doubt), but it's worth watching for a couple of reasons. Avenue Q won the Tony for Best Musical and, unlike many recipients of that award, actually deserved it. I've been on stage and I find it hard enough work just being able to deal with my own body. What this video will show you, albeit jerkily, is something you can't appreciate listening to the soundtrack: the skill of the performers in working with these puppets. Not only are they performing but they're performing through the puppets. And the puppets in this show that require two performers--I can't be coordinated with just me, so these folks, all of them, impress the hell out of me. Just watch how they move. If there's any way possible for you to get to New York and see this, or catch it when it tours, make sure you do so. In the meantime, console yourself with the soundtrack. Here's the show's official site. Categorized as: Music
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06.28.06 by Widge @ 11:18 pm   Well, while everybody who didn't get in line to see the film at a midnight showing is no doubt checking out the film even as I type this and you read it, if you dug it and you want some more of a spandex fix, then check it out: John Ottman does his best to channel John Williams in the soundtrack to the new film--and rightly so. It became very evident how much the new film leans on the old franchise to get your nostalgia rocks off when I saw the most recent television commercial: had absolutely no effect on me. Once it was over, I realized why: they had exchanged the Williams score for some progressive rock crap. It's the Williams score and the feelings it stirs in us--same thing with Star Wars. We're suckers, all of us, for Williams. So they were wise to prop up the film on his back, although it's a shame since I normally like Ottman's work when he's just being himself. Also of note, if you're feeling in a mood for a tribute album, there's Sound of Superman, which features a mix of cover songs and original bits in praise of Kal-El. Honestly, I didn't recognize any of the bands on here except The Sun and Motion City Soundtrack. I'm just a little disappointed they couldn't get somebody like Marilyn Manson to cover "Can You Read My Mind?" You know you'd pay good money to hear that. Both of these releases are from Rhino. Categorized as: Music
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