Some Dark Carnival of the Soul*

The New Play continued:

Well, you knew that sooner or later I'd end up back at Riot Grrrls.  Seems to be my current obsession.

I heard an NPR interview with Kathleen Hanna, lead singer for Bikini Kill, Le Tigre, and now The Julie Ruin.  I am not a huge punk fan, but there is something about the attitude of these women that I love.  And surprisingly, I liked the two songs from the new The Julie Ruin album that I heard.  I bought Ha Ha Ha."

I watched another longer interview with Kathleen Hanna on YouTube.  Again, I just loved her attitude.

All this stuff lead to some new title possibilities: Instant Macho Gun Revolution, Bus Stop Epiphany, Gross Bathrooms, The Huge Dick Aesthetic.  The first and the last are my favorites.

I also got a lot of quotes from the interviews and some stuff from Riot Grrrl websites.

Now, I've started looking at Greek mythology (a long time obsession.)  I read about Talos, the giant copper automaton that guarded Cyprus.  I read about Hephaestus, the crippled god who created all the magic stuff for the Olympic Gods.  I read about Galatea and Pygmalion.

Then I found a note about ancient Greek Satyr plays.  I've read a lot about the ancient history of the theatre in Greece, but I don't recall reading about Satyr Plays.  They were tragedies told with comic styling's.  Often the fourth play in a series with three actual tragedies proceeding.  Why have I never heard of these before.  This is what I write!... I think.  There are only a couple of complete examples left.  I intend to read one.

And the newest member of the cast?  A mechanical parrot that talks like a pirate... maybe.  His name will be either Rupert or Persephone.

And then there's Nicki Minaj, Saartjie "Sarah" Baartman, and Baudelaire.


*Mystery Science Theater 3000, The Day the Earth Froze, Joel Hodgson