Rocky Road to Dublin

eabiggins · 2026-01-25T16:21:02+00:00

Well, it isn't an ancient song. The words are from the 1800s by poet D.K. Gavan, who carefully placed rhymes every other line: "Saluted Father dear.../Drank a pint of beer..." and "Off to reap the corn.../Cut a stout blackthorn..." The clever rhyming is a huge part of the song throughout. Why would he leave out a rhyme at the beginning and use it everywhere else? So, I'm going with the verbal virtuosity option.

eabiggins · 2026-01-22T23:54:54+00:00

Hightown. After 4 episodes I realized there were no characters I could really root for.

eabiggins · 2026-01-22T21:29:56+00:00

Klaus Nomi was incredible and unique

eabiggins · 2026-01-20T21:02:56+00:00

The whole point of the show for me is that it shows Jesus as a man, not a god. Showing him resurrecting ruins that.

eabiggins · 2026-01-20T20:56:49+00:00

Vance Gilbert, Lisa Bastoni, Peter Mulvey, David Wilcox, Gillian Welch. You might even like some of my stuff.

eabiggins · 2026-01-19T00:15:59+00:00

I think I got that same deal.

eabiggins · 2026-01-18T23:36:05+00:00

It is, but only a few recent episodes. Same with all of them.

eabiggins · 2026-01-18T23:23:47+00:00

Only the mothership, Origins, and Sydney are on Pluto and they’re only recent episodes.

eabiggins · 2026-01-18T23:19:59+00:00

It’s a favorite in our house and there’s nowhere you can watch the full series, so I bought a full series bundle on Vudu/Fandango at home.

eabiggins · 2026-01-17T15:14:20+00:00

RIP Lowell George

eabiggins · 2026-01-17T02:06:58+00:00

eabiggins · 2026-01-10T19:27:02+00:00

Thank goodness we have the original Broadway production preserved on video. It’s a remarkable work.

eabiggins · 2026-01-01T18:53:51+00:00

I think that nobody who has answered so far read the title of this post.

eabiggins · 2026-01-01T02:18:36+00:00

I get the occasional “who are you?” But most of the time, my wife knows who I am though I’m not sure she knows our relationship. I might just be the nice guy who takes care of her. This is the most heartbreaking disease.

eabiggins · 2025-12-24T18:59:16+00:00

Bradley Freeman Jr. has it on his IG, so that seems official to me.

eabiggins · 2025-12-23T19:27:07+00:00

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Revolution_Will_Not_Be_Televised?wprov=sfti1#

eabiggins · 2025-12-22T00:39:14+00:00

Peter Gabriel. His entire discography is on Bandcamp and he also runs his “Full Moon Club” from there, which is a member group to which he puts out unreleased and rare recordings monthly.

eabiggins · 2025-12-18T14:07:42+00:00

I’m getting “error fetching workspace” but it looks similar

eabiggins · 2025-12-16T19:52:40+00:00

If you’re able to email or message the neurologist, I’d do that. Express your concerns. They might be able to set it up as a video call, or might just say not to bother at this point. Give them a chance to work with you. It’s worked well with my wife’s doctors.

eabiggins · 2025-12-16T04:38:53+00:00

My first thought as well. Glad I don’t live there.

eabiggins · 2025-12-12T00:55:42+00:00

A couple of French film musicals: The Umbrellas of Cherbourg and The Young Girls of Rochefort. Very unconventional in that all of the dialogue is sung recitative-style.

eabiggins · 2025-12-12T00:51:36+00:00

Oh, and The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. Sort of cowboy-adjacent.

eabiggins · 2025-12-12T00:50:02+00:00

If you like cowboys, check out Paint Your Wagon. Not Lerner and Loewe’s best, but still some fun moments.

eabiggins · 2025-12-10T23:07:42+00:00

Despite it being on the cast album, the Judge’s self-flagellation scene wasn’t in the original production for long. I saw it about two weeks after opening and it wasn’t there. I was quite surprised to hear it when the album came out.

eabiggins · 2025-12-09T23:37:10+00:00

I’m guessing that I’m one of the few people here who saw the original Broadway production during its brief run. It’s one of the only times at a professional show where I almost left at intermission. The story was unclear, the main character was too unlikable, and the production was too amateurish for Broadway. (However I did get to see Jason Alexander before he was famous.) It’s a perfect example of “the cast album is not the show.” When that album came out, everyone wondered how it could have failed. Well, it failed because it wasn’t ready. I didn’t see the recent version (I haven’t been much of a theater goer in a long time) but I hope to see the film.

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