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July 2011

“I first remember noticing this difference, between the traditional, gilt and...”

– The National Theatre goes pop-up | Ben Power | Stage | guardian.co.uk “In recent years, of course, there has been an explosion in site-specific theatre, with the enormous success of Shunt and Punchdrunk spearheading a wave of shows in arches, tower blocks, car parks, dockyards, tunnels and...

“There are other ways of solid to gas— they’re substance specific, like iodine, ...”

– Sublimation Point by Jason Schneiderman (via blogut)

“Nikolai Ivanovič mi diceva: l’uomo per la struttura dei labirinti delle orecchie...”

– [Viktor Šklovskij, C’era una volta, cit., p. 132-133] (via maraebasta) ci sono funamboli ai quali se fai presente che quello che fanno è straordinario improvvisamente guardano giù e vedono il baratro e si bloccano sulla corda e non riescono a muoversi più né in avanti né indietro. aspetto di...

“One wasn’t sure where the sound ended and the silence began.”

– Reader’s comment on Prom 14: Stuttgart Radio SO/Norrington – review | Music | The Guardian It was an immense, indescribable joy to celebrate our wedding anniversary at “one of the most important symphonic concerts in a very long time” with Mahler’s Ninth and a champagne...

Johann Sebastian Bach, Cello Suite No. 1 in G...

The London Review of Breakfasts →

File under: very important websites to be consulted weekly. Trying The Table of Southwark today.

zforzelma asked: Hi! More Cherry Orchard.
It's true that Lopakhin never explicitly says that he loves Varya, but the question of whether he does or not then becomes the actor's job to answer. I could just leave it at that and say that it's therefore not even worth discussing in a literary analysis of the play but really I think that viewing it from an actor's perspective can help.

polvosederia asked: yes in original script it's given that lopakhin is in love with varya. i think it's like everywhere in chekhov works - a person feel something but can't show it, he can't make a decision or he didn't really want it. Lopakhin's words for Varya"Ohmelia, go to the monastery!" also mean something.
About Ranevskaya - his words when he tells that the cherry...

polvosederia asked: hey lopakhin loves varya, not ranevskaya, he only remembered that she was kind with him or it was first love.

Bruce Springsteen gets poll backing to run for New... →

When Bruce Springsteen wrote Born to Run more than 30 years ago, it is a safe bet that the eventual destination he had in mind in his anthem to youthful hopes was not the governor’s residence. But a poll suggests he would romp home in a race against the Republican incumbent in New Jersey, Chris Christie. The Public Policy Polling survey ties the two on 42% but gives Springsteen much...

fuck yeah byronic →

strepitupido: a random selection of some of her best tags. open for submissions (quotes only). My friends understand that mockery is a form of flattery (or even the other way round). LOL

Duemilaeuno (odissea) « byronic on JunkiePop →

Ti ricordi l’estate del 2001? Il primo disco degli Strokes, il G8 di Genova, le vacanze, l’11 Settembre? Su JunkiePop la mia versione, qui* quelle di tanti altri. Dai, leggi. (Contiene poca politica, molta roba mia, un’odissea ma non nello spazio. Click.) (edit: *link corretto, dovrebbe funzionare)

John Mayer, Don’t Think Twice It’s All...

Important update: Aleksander Skarsgård received a... →

In other words, he’s a Doctor, not a Professor. (But it’s still unfair! I still have to write 80,000 words, etc.)