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Title: D.C. Punks Make an Opera
Post by: jadetree on January 15, 2003, 10:51:00 am: Catherine Lewis reports: And now for something completely different: Opera! No, wait, keep reading. A group of Washington, DC's most dedicated punk rock devotees are taking their DIY ethic to another medium with The Nitrate Hymnal, a multimedia opera by writer/musician Bob Massey and filmmaker David Wilson. The show will open at the end of the month. The opera is based on the lives of Massey's grandparents, whose 8mm home movies from 1941-1985 serve as the work's source material. The Nitrate Hymnal plays on seen and unseen moments in the couple's life-- throughout, these film relics are complemented by on-stage actors, beginning at the end of their lives and moving backwards to images of the young couple, newly married, innocently playing on a Hawaiian beach (just weeks before the Pearl Harbor attack). Massey (Tsunami, Telegraph Melts, Gena Rowlands Band) has been instrumental in DC's music scene since the 1990s, booking shows and curating a local composer's salon called Punk Not Rock, while Wilson (Kansas Anymore, Magic City) has had his films shown in countless festivals worldwide, including New York's Underground Film Festival.If you haven't tired of the not-so-familiar namedropping yet, try this on for size: The Nitrate Hymnal's all-star orchestra features members of Circus Lupus (Dischord), Skull Kontrol (Touch and Go), HiM, Frodus, Fast Eddie, and folks who perform with Mary Timony, Edith Frost, and Jenny Toomey, among others. Jonathan Kreinik, who has toured relentlessly as a soundman for Trans Am and the Hot Snakes, provides the show's sound design. Now we're ringing some bells. The Nitrate Hymnal will run from January 23rd to January 25th at the George Washington Masonic National Memorial Auditorium in Alexandria, VA. The group hopes to take this show on the road in the spring.
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Post by: Celeste on January 15, 2003, 10:58:00 am: Intriguing...even though I think punk is over-rated and I don't care at all for opera...this sounds kind of cool!
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Post by: ggw on January 15, 2003, 11:06:00 am: Wow.....Reading the board this morning is nearly as fulfilling as reading pitchfork.
Title: Re: D.C. Punks Make an Opera
Post by: jadetree on January 15, 2003, 11:07:00 am: <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by ggw: Wow.....Reading the board this morning is nearly as fulfilling as reading pitchfork.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>yeah, it is rare that all 4 pieces they do I find interesting, I thought you would comment
Title: Re: D.C. Punks Make an Opera
Post by: ggw on January 15, 2003, 11:18:00 am: Are you going to give us your review of The Sinking Ships also?
Title: Re: D.C. Punks Make an Opera
Post by: jadetree on January 15, 2003, 11:22:00 am: <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by ggw: Are you going to give us your review of The Sinking Ships also?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>What do you mean my review? Never heard them. It is not like I passed off the articles as my own, pretty clear that I did not write them.
Title: Re: D.C. Punks Make an Opera
Post by: ggw on January 15, 2003, 11:36:00 am: <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by jadetree: What do you mean my review? Never heard them. It is not like I passed off the articles as my own, pretty clear that I did not write them.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>just kidding.
Title: Re: D.C. Punks Make an Opera
Post by: jadetree on January 15, 2003, 11:53:00 am: <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by ggw: just kidding.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>ok, I thought I was missing something
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Post by: poorlulu on January 15, 2003, 12:21:00 pm: heheheheheeeggw you are mean today..............i guess i should say more mean than normal today
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Post by: markie on January 15, 2003, 12:27:00 pm: (http://199.26.34.19/images/WFO_GIFS/GGW-wfo.GIF) I was trying to think of a good caption for this, but failed.
Title: Re: D.C. Punks Make an Opera
Post by: poorlulu on January 15, 2003, 12:35:00 pm: i guess needing a magnifying lens to see ggw could be said ...........but not by me of course...........i'm not nearly brave enough.............
Title: Re: D.C. Punks Make an Opera
Post by: ggw on January 15, 2003, 12:38:00 pm: Apparently Markie has stumbled upon the location of my secret hunting lodge in eastern Montana. Now I'll have to fend off the damn paparazzi when I jet out for my weekend escapes.
Title: Re: D.C. Punks Make an Opera
Post by: markie on January 15, 2003, 12:53:00 pm: is this what you do in your secret bunker? (http://webpages.marshall.edu/~kitamura1/11319645.jpg)
Title: Re: D.C. Punks Make an Opera
Post by: ggw on January 15, 2003, 01:10:00 pm: You're fond of that picture aren't you?
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Post by: poorlulu on January 15, 2003, 01:15:00 pm: can you blame him?............growl.......rrrrrrrggggggggrrrrri'll bet that's a bass guitar............
Title: Re: D.C. Punks Make an Opera
Post by: markie on January 15, 2003, 01:15:00 pm: you didnt comment last time. I wanted to make sure you saw it. It does look uncannily like you as well.Nice shirt, BTW.
Title: Re: D.C. Punks Make an Opera
Post by: ggw on January 15, 2003, 01:34:00 pm: <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by markie: you didnt comment last time. I wanted to make sure you saw it. It does look uncannily like you as well.Nice shirt, BTW.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>I don't think I have that receding hairline.
Title: Re: D.C. Punks Make an Opera
Post by: teledano on January 15, 2003, 05:10:00 pm: this is going to be a good show. be sure to get your tickets! check out "Dear Posterity" at <A HREF="http://www.nitratehymnal.com" TARGET=_blank>www.nitratehymnal.com[/url]
Title: Re: D.C. Punks Make an Opera
Post by: kurosawa-b/w on January 24, 2003, 09:18:00 am: Anyone else going tonight?
Title: Re: D.C. Punks Make an Opera
Post by: Jaguär on January 24, 2003, 12:52:00 pm: <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by kurosawa-b/w: Anyone else going tonight?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>Kurosawa, check your email. Just a side note, tonight's performance is sold out.
Title: Re: D.C. Punks Make an Opera
Post by: teledano on January 24, 2003, 02:32:00 pm: these shows are sold out!
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Post by: teledano on January 24, 2003, 05:28:00 pm: lookie for a sunday show.mat in ee
Title: Re: D.C. Punks Make an Opera
Post by: Herr Professor Doktor Doom on January 13, 2006, 05:07:00 pm: What happened with this opera?
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Post by: vansmack on January 13, 2006, 05:22:00 pm: I miss jadetree.
Title: Re: D.C. Punks Make an Opera
Post by: beetsnotbeats on January 13, 2006, 06:24:00 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Doctor Mood:
What happened with this opera?
The opera's archives (http://www.lib.umd.edu/PAL/MC/) (probably including audio and video) will soon be available at the University of Maryland.