Scorsese rocks. I liked the film. I didn’t notice how long it was until it was over. And it was long.

Vicious and brutal at the end. You could say gruesome. Nicholson was not the “cuddly” Jack as Roeper put it. More like an older, larger version of what we saw in The Shining with a bit of a Boston accent. The rest of the cast was great, too. Damon and DiCaprio worked well opposite each other even though they were (almost) never in the same scenes. And Mark Wahlberg had a small but memorable role as a polite, refined police sergeant. :)

Tickets are now on sale. And tonight we block Act I. :)

October 4 Press Release [PDF]

I got this e-mail forward from a member of my family today. Included is the text of the e-mail and my response to it:

Dallas ATC:  “Tower to Saudi Air 911—You are cleared to land eastbound on runway 9R.”

Saudi Air: “Thank you Dallas ATC.  Acknowledge cleared to land on infidel’s runway 9R—Allah be Praised !!”

Dallas ATC: “Tower to Iran Air 711—You are cleared to land, Westbound on runway 9R.”

Iran Air: “Thank you Dallas ATC.  We are cleared to land on infidel’s runway 9R.- -Allah is Great !!”

The vocal score for Urinetown offers surprises, even from the very toughest amongst us. It demands great vocal agility from a former* Baritone, now assigned for the most part to Tenor 1. This means I sing, as written, anything from a low Ab to a high B. No kidding. Unfortunately most of the range sits on the high end. But that’s okay. It’ll still be a great show.

* Former and future, after the show, of course.

Here’s our company’s website: http://www.UrinetownDenver.org

After four years of sitting in the garage, I’ve decided to put my 1995 Chevy Caprice 9C1 back into limited use, mostly for weekend driving and stuff like that. There are a few repairs I need to tackle, including recharging the A/C 134a refrigerant and finding a replacement bolt for the right front brake caliper (I had nightmares about not being able to stop—now I know why)! But most importantly I recently took care of a non-functioning fuel pump. Turns out the wires had fried but now I have a new pump, too. Included is a picture of the wiring that supplied power to the old fuel pump. Yes, I replaced that part. 🙂

As I prepare to put my own company’s media online, DRM and copyright keeps popping up in my head. I had the thought the other day, “what’s to keep tweenies from buying a show then posting it on YouTube for all the world to see for free?” That of course is just one poor example. But DRM is a huge issue. It’s not about large corporations being greedy but for me it’s about small corporations who plan to make their entire income online being kept afloat at all. I guess time will tell. But of particular interest, besides the interoperability comment (with which I wholeheartedly agree), is the bit on YouTube and copyrighted music. It would make the world a so much better place if noncommercial home videos could use copyrighted music for fun without fear of Big Music reprisal, their being given the option to veto the vid of course. But it doesn’t make commercial music licensing any much easier for me, which as of right now I anticipate to be the bane of my existance. That or I just avoid all nonorignal music anyway.

I’m in Urinetown the Musical this fall. A Denver company is producing the show from November 3rd to December 3rd at the Denver Water Reclamation Building and I’m playing the part of Mr. McQueen. Rehearsals begin Saturday the 23rd.