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...Jonathan Richman wrote one of the essential rock songs but is most famous for playing the mystery musician in There's Something About Mary, who sings the movie's theme song while waltzing through the scenery. Of course, Jonathan Richman, despite his incredible influence over more than 26 years of playing music, has had only one hit--"Egyptian Reggae," an instrumental dance number that scraped the bottom of the charts in Europe about 22 years ago. Richman's recording career, among the most varied in rock, is what ought to be garnering all the attention; his first songs were highly...
...music, aside from general excellence, is its unironic appreciation of life, rare in today's hipper-than-thou culture. Richman is never less than totally honest and earnest and although he is aware of this and its effects, he is never putting on an act; he's just being Jonathan. This was very apparent when he played to a packed downstairs at the Middle East on Nov. 2. With just his guitar and drummer Tommy Larkins, Richman played one of the most entertaining and energetic live shows I've seen in a very long time. And true to his concern...
...Poppea) itself, however, pulled its own attention-grabbing weight from the first scene. Monteverdi would have been proud, especially if he had seen the costuming. Perhaps it was the "irony" of looking at the scantily costumed goddess Virtue (Katie Szal '99), or the cute power behind choir boy Jonathan "Yoni" Heilman's role as Amor that so easily distracted me from the layout of the orchestra pit. More probably it was the beautiful magenta flush of the entire stage, revealed at last as the prelude finished...
...sequentially, with an ending climax where Ethan and Mattie have an aria "reminiscent of Macbeth--a crossing of the paths" which makes use of the Neapolitan scale that followed Allanbrook Sr. home from the Santo Carlo Operas. Egan, who spent the summer working at the Santa Fe Opera with Jonathan Miller, will be stage directing the preformance, and his hand-picked cast promises a great show...
...though, are a decade of pedophilia: Prince William, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Elijah Wood and Hanson look like fresh-eyed dough babies in comparison to the heroes of yore. "It's a reversal of gender roles," postulates Tse W. Lim '02. "Older men have traditionally young girls. Girls these days are liking younger and younger guys...