Monthly Archives: August 2011

How I Spent My Brief Vacation

Posted on August 24, 2011 | Leave a comment

There was also a lot of running and some lake-swimming and a little art-perusing and Rock Band-playing and Game of Thrones and The Hunger Games and a lot of drinking, but.

(Photo by Derek Hills.)

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Biczar Love Triangle: Weaving & Blanchett Accent the Loopy Tragedy of Sydney Theatre’s Uncle Vanya

Posted on August 11, 2011 | Leave a comment

Cate Blanchett and Richard Roxburgh in the Syndey Theatre's UNCLE VANYA

Hugo Weaving as the Red Skull

Or you could go with the one my editor preferred, Tsar-Crossed Lovers. You tell me which one’s funnier.

In any case: The Sydney Theatre Company‘s star-stuffed 2010 adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya, reviewed for the Washington City Paper.

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Like Louis Armstrong Said, All Music Is Folk Music

Posted on August 3, 2011 | Leave a comment

Gillian Welch posted her Strathmore setlist on her Twitter feed this morning.

Ain’t never heard a horse sing no song.

I reviewed Gillian Welch and David Rawlings‘s concert at the Music Hall at Strathmore last night for the Washington Post. It was great. It was better than that. There wasn’t a bum note all night. Continue reading →

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