and you're draped in kelp, below by 8000 feet

Feb 26, 2017 18:39

Friday C and I went to see Leviathan at the MAC, a loose dance adaptation of Moby Dick. We ran into friends in the bar and chatted about theremins (I still don't know how you can play one with a cat and still have a face) and nostalgia for cassette tapes. The actor playing Ahab was superb - stalking about in undershirt and cargo pants with the ( Read more... )

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sovay February 26 2017, 20:11:58 UTC
and you're draped in kelp, below by 8000 feet

If this is from your current music, I can see I'll need to give it a listen.

The Leviathan herself rolled and undulated in splendid isolation, totally indifferent to her hunter. The crew turned whales themselves in the second act and ran Ahab down under their wave.

That sounds great.

I thought of the times I'd rooted through the cinder-pit in the corner as a child, finding bones and bits of crockery. A bit of the past gone. I don't think that influenced my decision to hack my hair back to a collar-length bob.

Photographs?

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ashlyme February 26 2017, 20:23:29 UTC
*If this is from your current music, I can see I'll need to give it a listen.*

I'll post a link to the Carrion video (and a bobbed photo) to Facebook; it's less faff than here, alas.

*That sounds great.*

It was magical! I went in expecting the worst and was captivated instead.

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sovay February 27 2017, 08:37:17 UTC
I'll post a link to the Carrion video (and a bobbed photo) to Facebook; it's less faff than here, alas.

Thanks to your link, I am as we speak enjoying The Decline of British Sea Power (2003), having previously enjoyed their complete scores to Man of Aran (2009) and From the Sea to the Land Beyond (2013). Thank you!

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ashlyme February 27 2017, 22:39:45 UTC
I'm really glad you like the album! It's almost perfect.

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