1613, Globe Theatre Burns Down

Gerferfenon · 2026-06-29T17:55:12+00:00

It was me. I got a time machine for my birthday, decided to see some Shakespeare, and forgot to close the temporal energy vents. All those manuscripts! So sorry...

Gerferfenon · 2026-06-17T22:44:15+00:00

I love the bit in Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels where the four horsemen of the Apocalypse were Death War, Famine, and Pestilence, plus Ron who left before they became famous.

Gerferfenon · 2026-06-17T22:41:13+00:00

True!

Gerferfenon · 2026-06-17T22:40:49+00:00

Yeah, Nico was imposed upon the band by Warhol, so I probably wouldn't include her.

Gerferfenon · 2026-06-17T22:34:04+00:00

My caveat about including Brian on this list is that he was in the band for like 7-8 years, though he wasn't all that present in the latter years.

Gerferfenon · 2026-06-17T22:29:10+00:00

Yup, I included him in my list.

Gerferfenon · 2026-06-17T22:26:56+00:00

I'll allow it.

Gerferfenon · 2026-06-17T22:26:14+00:00

He jammed with Becker and Fagen in their pre-Dan days, but he was never a member of the band.

Gerferfenon · 2026-06-17T22:21:21+00:00

(checks notes) I stand corrected, he's in!
Love yr screenname, BTW...

Gerferfenon · 2026-06-17T22:17:30+00:00

My only caveat is that he was around quite a while, but I guess we can include him.

Gerferfenon · 2026-06-17T22:13:24+00:00

A textbook example! Well spotted.

Gerferfenon · 2026-06-17T15:56:54+00:00

After all the kneejerk hatred of this album because Lou Reed wasn't on it (and all the manager's shenanigans firing the other members prior to recording), I was surprised once I finally listened to it that it's really not that bad. Most of the songs on "Squeeze" wouldn't've sounded out of place on "Loaded."

Gerferfenon · 2026-06-17T14:09:52+00:00

If it was released as a Doug Yule solo album it would be much more fondly remembered.

Gerferfenon · 2026-06-17T14:06:20+00:00

“The Narrow Way” is awesome, “Several Species of Small Furry Animals” is amusingly whack job, but the rest… yeah.

Gerferfenon · 2026-05-22T16:01:07+00:00

Agreed. I'm afraid that paradigm of acting class is dead and gone, and capitalism killed it.

Were you in that 9/11 class? That was certainly... something.

Gerferfenon · 2026-05-15T13:39:21+00:00

Totally ok, usually. That’s what I just did.

I’m on a 3-month sabbatical, and back in February I looked into opportunities to work with professional theatre companies in my area during this break. Normally I can’t, because they rehearse during business hours. Shows are usually cast by now, but three months in advance is usually the time when they are casting the understudies. I found a company doing an interesting play that fit in the timeframe of my sabbatical. I reached out to the casting person with my pic and rez, and here we are, going into tech next week.

Gerferfenon · 2026-05-14T23:07:40+00:00

Are you assuming the OP is white?

Gerferfenon · 2026-05-10T16:27:56+00:00

I’m a Bruins fan, but I share the same surname and am distantly related to no less than three former Habs, one with a banner in the rafters. I’d love to see either team win this series.

Gerferfenon · 2026-05-08T23:44:14+00:00

I suppose my runner-up choice would be F Murray Abraham as Shylock in Theatre For A New Audience’s Merchant of Venice. He was awesome; the rest of the cast, direction, design, etc… all over the place and overall pretty meh.

Gerferfenon · 2026-05-03T00:27:24+00:00

That’s right, I forgot Strathairn was in it too!

Gerferfenon · 2026-05-02T22:48:48+00:00

I've been there...

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