So, I know I haven’t posted in a while. I’ve been getting in the groove with school and focusing on getting work done. So don’t suprised if I don’t post as often (all two of you). I’m doing a lot of exciting things, taking some music classes, having a good time, making new good friends. I hope to still get out and see all my downtown friends. Have a great day!
Yours busy,
Nathan
Hello all!
I am pumped because I recently signed up to be a part of NC Stage’s Bard-A-Thon. It’s a like a walk-a-thon, except you read Shakespeare for 48 hours. And I’ve signed up to do the whole magilla. All 48 hours. The reading is September 11-13 at NC Stage, and you can come and watch for free. If you want to sponser me, hit the contact button in the sidebar and let me know. I won’t post everything I’m playing, but here are some hightlights . . .
Fri 8 PM Romeo and Juliet – Mercutio
Sat 4 PM Henry V – Alice
Sun 4 AM Titus Andronicus – Aaron
Sun 8 AM Hamlet – Horatio
Sun 12 PM The Merchant of Venics – Shylock
I know they still need readers, so if you love Shakespeare . . .
Hello, sorry that I have been out of touch for awhile. This Saturday, I will be performing in a special Vortex Cabaret fundraiser for the City Council campaign of Jenny Bowen. It will be held at Eleven on Grove Street. Admission is $7. The doors open at 9 PM for a meet-and-greet with the candidate, with the main show starting at 10 PM.
I recently was drafted volunteered to be the Assistant Stage Manager for the Montford Park Players Production of “The Taming of the Shrew.” It’s truly an amazing production, which I highly recommend. It’s hilarious, and very inventive.
I will be posting my lists of Art Absorbed for June and July once I have them compiled, or I will wait until the end of summer.
More news. I have just joined the cast of the Montford Park Players “Cymbeline.” I will be doing a few walk-on roles are I am needed. It looks like it’s going to be a great show, so I would encourage you to come check it out. You can find all the details at the Montford website.
Also, tonight I performed some stand-up at the Vortex Cabaret. It was a fun show, although it would have been nice if there had been more people. Check out the production company’s website, The Pleasure Saucer. And come out to the next Vortex Cabaret!
So, first of all, in very exciting news, I will be performing again in the Pleasure Saucer’s “Vortex Cabaret” at the Boiler Room in downtown Asheville. The show is at 10 PM, and admission is $5. Come check it out! There will be a few other acts there, though I don’t know who.
Also, last night I had the extreme privilege of reprising my No Shame skit “Atlanta the Ballsy” for the Best of. It went swimmingly, once my entire cast arrived from the Montford Park Player’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” (which just closed, but was a very enjoyable show). Some of the highlights included Ryan Madden’s “Gorlax,” which I didn’t have the pleasure of seeing the first time it was performed. A skit I was in orginally, “Burning Brothers,” was included as well, which was a nice boost to my ego. I thought it was interesting that “Rock Saber” did a retrospective, and that “Buffalo Moments” presented a new Buffalo Moment. It was a great and successful evening (they reached fire code!) and I look forward to No Shame Theatre next season!
READ
NOVEL
New Moon
POETRY
The Force That Through the Green Fuse Drives the Flower
Poem in October
The Hunchback in the Park
Fern Hill
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
Digging
Sunt Leones
Our Bog Is Dood
Not Waving but Drowning
Thoughts About the Person from Porlock
Pretty
Punishment
Casuality
The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
Journey of the Magi
The Stolen Child
The Lake Isle of Inisfree
The Wild Swans at Coole
The Second Coming
A Prayer for my Daughter
Sailing to Byzantium
Among School Children
Lapis Lazuli
High Windows
Talking in Bed
HEARD
POP/ROCK
21st Century Breakdown
The Fame
Tonight In This Motel
Together Through Life
SAW
FILM
Nick and Nora’s Infinite Playlist
Be Kind Rewind
Lucky Number Sleven
The Producers (1968)
For the Bible Tells Me So
MUSIC VIDEO
LoveGame
Poker Face
Eh Eh (Nothin’ Else I Can Say)
Jai Ho (You Are My Destiny)
Paparazzi
Arma-Goddamn-Mother-Fuckin’-Geddon
Know Your Enemy
WITNESSED
THEATRE
The Vortex Cabaret
EVENTS
Honors Convocation – Montreat College
2009 Commencement – Montreat College
CONCERT
Student Recital – Montreat College
Caroline Howard’s Senior Recital – Montreat College
Pan went down
We thought he was dead
But then he was up
And bashed in Hook’s head
The fight was done
The day had died
Pan had won!
Though Pirates belied
What could be better
For students before finals
Than to run ’round, get wetter
And dress up like dolls
Inhibitions released
Energy spent
A recharging feast
End of College Lent
Here at Montreat
We have a creative nack
Next year so sweet
I have peanut butter on my back?
Not long after the charges two
Came that most revere-ed rhyme
What to do we all knew
“It’s Hook or me this time!”
We circled round each to their side
And in turn chanted our leaders name
A lose neither could abide
Only one outcome to the game
Pan selected a double bladed beast
And Hook had his hook, of course
Plus a sword that was far from the least
With all of us screaming, already horse
The battle began and all was alight
Each blow seemed to be in slow mo’
The endless lightning fight
The pass of time none could know
Water was not the only weapon
There were many other things
For when I with him was done
The Noble Pirate was covered in string
But the Tweeners were worst by far
Peanut Butter, Ranch Dressing, eww
To one they poured syrup from a jar
Then added live bugs to their evil brew
As the battle began to climax
Two charges made two as one
First to jocks who our fun had taxed
But then ran and they were done
Then to the Tweeners went our rage
The sides of Pan and sides of Hook
Trapped like birds inside a cage
They could not hide in any nook
READ
NOVELS
Things Fall Apart
H is for Homocide
POETRY
Journey of the Magi
The Stolen Child
The Wild Swans At Coole
The Lake Isle of Innisfree
The Second Coming
Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats
Sailing to Byzantium
A Prayer for my Daughter
Among School Children
NON-FICTION
Creatures of “Charm”: A New T. S. Eliot Poem
Literary Contexts in Poetry Collections: T. S. Eliot’s “Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats”
“Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats” Essay by: Russell Elliott Murphy
116. Stephen Spender, CATS AND DOG, “Listener.”
HEARD
MUSIC
POP/ROCK
ALBUMS
Innuendo
News of the World
SINGLES
Know Your Enemy
Beyond Here Lies Nothin’
We’re From America
WATCHED
MOVIES
FILMS
Romeo + Juliet
SHORT FILMS
World Record
DOCUMENTARY
The Narnia Code
VIDEOS
The Best of George Carlin
WITNESSED
THEATRE
Everything I Need To Know I Learned In Kindergarden
No Shame Theatre Asheville March 2009
CONCERTS
Friends of Music Compitition
Philip Graf’s Junior Recital
Ambassador’s and Chamber Chior Spring Tour 2009
Zach Blew in Concert
SAW
ART SHOWS
Welcome to Black Mountain
Freedom’s Fight
