1. In _Measure for Measure_, I was the Provost, and one of the two "like gentlemen" of act 1, scene 2 (the elizabethan equivalent of the "third tall man" credit in film); in _Twelfth Night_, Orsino; and in _A Midsummer Night's Dream_, Egeus, Flute, Thisbe, and Peasblossom (I think it took a re-assigned line or two to make it so those 4 are never on stage at the same time). All that was in repertory on the road in 91. A few years before that, I got to play Fluellen, Lord Scroop, and the Duke of Bourbon in _Henry V_, still one of my favorite plays. A few years after that, I got to play Puck against HWRNMNBSOL's Oberon at HOTT.BOB, and that is still my favorite performance of the lot of them.
2. Without playing it, it's very difficult to form an opinion, but...when they say the body style is "new thin style cutaway, two alarm bells go off. How thin is it? I've had a hard time getting good sounds out of "thin" guitars, and both the ones I am thinking of were borrowed Gibson acoustics, although I forget the model numbers. I have a single-cutaway Takamine, and while it sounds great acoustic-- full, kind of glassy, with a pronounced but not piercing high end-- when I plug it in, all the body goes out of it. I am assuming that the single-cut is making a weird resonance pattern inside the guitar, and the pickups are missing out on the whole bottom register. The first time I plugged the guitar in to record it was extremely disappointing. So one thing I would say is, if you've played it, and like it, see if your salesperson will let you plug it in and record a bit...get it on a Crate amp or something, or run a cable to a portable recorder and see how it sticks to tape.
3. "Interesting" birds, in the wild. Hmmmm. I am always fascinated by hummingbirds, just because, but no single one stands out. If we say "most interesting" as in "held my interest for the longest", the family of ducks, mama and 3 or 4 ducklings, that wandered into our cove and waddled around on the dock and rocks, swimming away from curious children, and all that, when we were at Conesus Lake 2 years ago takes the cake. We watched them (the whole clan, me, A, Nina, my folks, grandma, various neighbors) for about 2 hours every day. They rocked. If we say "interesting for it's own sake" then it has to be the brown pelican that swam by when I was out on a useless and failed whale watching trip in um, 1998 maybe? We were a good hard 2 hour cruise away from shore, and here comes dis boid, just tooling along through the waves, dodging the occasional wayward lunch (heavy seas left most of the boat looking quite green). Pelican beaks just don't look right, you know? And they clack their jaws for no good reason, but it sure looks and sounds cool.
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Date: 2004-04-15 06:18 pm (UTC)2. I need to get an acoustic-electric guitar, and I'm considering this one. What do you think?
3. What's the most interesting bird you've ever seen in the wild?
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Date: 2004-04-15 09:01 pm (UTC)2. Without playing it, it's very difficult to form an opinion, but...when they say the body style is "new thin style cutaway, two alarm bells go off. How thin is it? I've had a hard time getting good sounds out of "thin" guitars, and both the ones I am thinking of were borrowed Gibson acoustics, although I forget the model numbers. I have a single-cutaway Takamine, and while it sounds great acoustic-- full, kind of glassy, with a pronounced but not piercing high end-- when I plug it in, all the body goes out of it. I am assuming that the single-cut is making a weird resonance pattern inside the guitar, and the pickups are missing out on the whole bottom register. The first time I plugged the guitar in to record it was extremely disappointing. So one thing I would say is, if you've played it, and like it, see if your salesperson will let you plug it in and record a bit...get it on a Crate amp or something, or run a cable to a portable recorder and see how it sticks to tape.
3. "Interesting" birds, in the wild. Hmmmm. I am always fascinated by hummingbirds, just because, but no single one stands out. If we say "most interesting" as in "held my interest for the longest", the family of ducks, mama and 3 or 4 ducklings, that wandered into our cove and waddled around on the dock and rocks, swimming away from curious children, and all that, when we were at Conesus Lake 2 years ago takes the cake. We watched them (the whole clan, me, A, Nina, my folks, grandma, various neighbors) for about 2 hours every day. They rocked. If we say "interesting for it's own sake" then it has to be the brown pelican that swam by when I was out on a useless and failed whale watching trip in um, 1998 maybe? We were a good hard 2 hour cruise away from shore, and here comes dis boid, just tooling along through the waves, dodging the occasional wayward lunch (heavy seas left most of the boat looking quite green). Pelican beaks just don't look right, you know? And they clack their jaws for no good reason, but it sure looks and sounds cool.
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Date: 2004-04-16 05:16 am (UTC)