The flat cap's on the 'at stand, the whippets 'ave bin fed
-Bela Lugosi's Dad
I itch to play a set of often-disregarded 'soundalikes' - sounds like the Cure, sounds like Sisters, etc - that've gotten a little obscure to the ears of the EBM generation. If they can field Project Pitchfork clones on goth night then I can play the Damned with impunity (distressingly, the Damned sound a lot more decent than I ever gave the buggers credit for. Time to haul out the whiskey and lament recent developments in deathrock?) Hence the Mission quote above.
An essential part of the whole lousy, motheaten Goffick culture is self-parody; and that's a good thing. How else could the shambling beast have survived this long? I've been taking stock after the riotous mess of a show that was Black Circus 3 - a fun mess! - and I've realised that what makes me enjoy the alternative creative scene is the ability to not be all serious all the time. So we can field culturally sensitive garments made from harakeke and at the same time joke about robbing starmart wearing the stocking masks that come with the outfit. Or run a retro-inspired, vaguely jazz-age set in a mansion, under chandeliers, in the middle of a recession and using thrift-store materials. The pleasure's in the perversion.
I'm going to start up with the blog posts again, and associated artistic nonsense, now that the all-consuming clothing nonsense is over, the carnival's closed down for Christmas, and the whippets have been fed. On the horizon lurk amusing possibilities and more complex ones. I'm rueing my decision to put up my hand for a bit of storyboarding for a mate's project. And delighting in the possibility of taking a small theatrical turn in a very, very peculiar Fringe festival production in March of next year...
... if all goes as planned I shall be portraying a psychopathic armoured muppet crustacean. I don't know about you, dear readers, but doesn't that sound like an invitation to something sublime in its dementia? I am all over this... ALL over it.
http://theseductobot.blogspot.com/ is the link to the fledgling production site. I'll post a little more when I have more news to relate. The whole thing's the curious brainchild of Rose Deschamps, an expressive and witty singer/songwriter and all around Good Person. Nor is she the only friend of mine trying to rehabilitate the reputation of the Musical Theatre genre! Truly I know some amazing and funky people - who also happen to have an excellent sense of humour.
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