Maya Thomas as Lavinia in Titus Andronicus.

Photos copyright Adam Trigg

Titus Andronicus at the Etcetera Theatre

Photos copyright Adam Trigg

curlybeach:

GEORDLANDO
To the tune of Fernando, by ABBA
(for Emma, Rob, Rhian and Sophie,, the greatest fellow life-ruiners)

***

Can you hear the bells, Geordlando?
I recall not long ago, another sunny day like this
In the evening warmth, Geordlando
He was leaning ‘gainst a wall and softly playing his accordion
I could hear the distant hums
And the sound of sweet heigh-hos were coming from afar

They were closer now, Geordlando
Every hour every minute seemed to pass just far too fast
I was so merry, Geordlando
We were young with lack of shame, and all of them were just the same
And I’m not ashamed to say
The words and songs and faces really made me cry

There was something in the air that night
Oh what a sight, Geordlando
And now you’re bringing it all back to me
Oh my, what glee, Geordlando
Though we never thought we’d love the new
There’s now no doubt
‘Cause you’ll make us feel the same again
Our Northern friend, Geordlando

Now we’re one year on, Geordlando
And we never could have hoped to be so happy once again
Can you hear our hearts, Geordlando?
Do you still recall that fateful night on stage at Anne Boleyn?
You delighted in our lies
Such love from shiny-eyed and curly-haired groundlings

There was something in the air that night
Oh what a sight, Geordlando
And now you’re bringing it all back to me
Oh my, what glee, Geordlando
Though we never thought we’d love the new
There’s now no doubt
‘Cause you’ll make us feel the same again
Our Northern friend, Geordlando

(via emslj)

slightly:

staceythinx:

As a former surfer, Paul Bobko had plenty of time to observe waves of all shapes and forms. It was during this time that he found his inspiration for his series Water Landscapes-Suspended Energy. 

About the project:

In his magnum opus, Gravity’s Rainbow, Thomas Pynchon introduces us to the German concept of Brenschluss in the telemetry of the flight of the V2 rocket. The rocket is propelled by its engines and travels along its parabolic arc. At a certain point the engines turn off, this flameout is called brenschluss. At brenschluss the rocket’s ascendancy is checked by gravity, and before it begins to fall to its target on earth, it hesitates for just a moment. After this moment gravity and momentum alone, not a rocket engine, define the inexorable trajectory of descent to its inevitable, calamitous end.

So to do Paul Bobko’s Water Landscapes-Suspended Energy photographs allow us to see that very moment of hesitation when the force of nature that is the ocean wave, ceases to be propelled by the surging forces of the ocean floor. The ocean suddenly lets go and sets it free, it hesitates at this moment of release, then crashes on the shore, liberated, but spent. Bobko shows us this very moment of hesitation, before the explosion. The outline of the explosion is clear and coming, but it hasn’t happened yet, it is, as yet, prelude…the power is still coiled in the curl, frozen for this second. Light comes glowing through that watery tunnel, foam is leaping from its crest, escaping and ecstatic. The menace is limned in the terrifying flexing of its form. It is most exhilarating to see the noun become the verb.

Mum, look! Waves!

(via tiltwithlips)

emslj:

Geordlando: A Love Song
To the tune of Maria from West Side Story
(For Rob, Rhian, Hannah and Sophie, with love, thanks, and more than a little shame)

——————————————————————————————————

Geordlando…

The most beautiful name I ever heard…
Geordlando, Geordlando, Geordlando, Geordlando…
All the beautiful vowels of the North in a single word…
Geordlando, Geordlando, Geordlando, Geordlando…
Geordlando, Geordlando…

Geordlando!
I’ve just seen the chest of Geordlando,
And topless wrestling
Is yet again a thing
For me

Geordlando!
I’ve FEELINGS about you, Geordlando,
And much to my dismay
I’ve got to see this play
Again!

Geordlando!
Say it loud and there’s accordians playing
Say it soft and it’s like sexy praying

Geordlando
I’ll never stop saying Geordlando!
The most beautiful name I ever heard.
Geordlando!

man-of-science:

The Fall (2006)

 ” We’re a strange pair, aren’t we? ”

(♛) 010/100 - Mark Alan Ruffalo

quinainpink:

Cool..