Peter, Paul & Mary do G&S

This is not really "mondo" but it's lovely nonetheless.  It's Peter, Paul and Mary in front of the Sydney Opera house, singing their version of the faux medieval ballad "I Have A Song To Sing, O" from Gilbert & Sullivan's The Yeoman of the Guard (1888).  Love it!

CONAN: The Musical

Sorry for the paucity of posts of late.  As if anybody's reading anyway!  This has made the rounds of the blogs lately and I think it's fairly funny, so here it is.

TOTAL RECALL: The Musical

Gotta love those YouTube spoofs.

JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR

In honor of Good Friday, I am re-posting my 2008 entry on  Jesus Christ Superstar. This is one of my favorite musicals.  It dramatizes the intersection between faith and politics, using the prism of modern celebrity culture to take a new and compelling look at the story of Judas' betrayal of Jesus. This phantasmagorical combination of rock music and pop culture cynicism, applied to the tales of the Bible, make Jesus Christ Superstar a mondo musical indeed.  Read more after the jump!

Goodbye, Baby June

It's time to say farewell to June Havoc, whose vaudeville childhood was immortalized in the legendary Broadway musical Gypsy.

The actress, whose career stretched from the 1920s to her retirement in 1990, has passed away at the age of 98.

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SUCK: The Vampire Musical

This premiered at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival, and it looks like fun.


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SOUL MUSIC: The Moral Dimension of Rhythm

Just read a very provocative and stimulating article by Roger Scruton, taking the music criticism of Plato and Adorno and applying it to how we encounter the popular music of today. Scruton's distinction between music which moves with us and moves at us is compelling, and I thought I'd share.
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