Artist Lounge: The Ark
Moggers' favorites by The Ark
Subscribe to feed
-
Posted by:
A Perfect Opera
(2)
I have to believe that anyone who loves music can appreciate a musical. Musicals are full of music that's written to evoke serious emotion in the listener. In the musical, the image is less of a medium than the song.
Ever since I've known this song, I've thought it belonged in a musical. Maybe a contemporary one, maybe a rock opera. Whatever the case, it serves its purpose best as a story teller.
-
Posted by:
allegedly, the show the ark was supposed to play in chicago last night in chicago was canceled due to some death threats against the band. things about this story that i know to be true: a few days ago the ark played a show at the swedish consulte in washinton dc. what i have heard but seen no evidence of: the lead singer made some comments about the bush administration one involving, after hearing a plane fly overhead, a suggestion that it be flown into the white house. ... MORE
-
Posted by:
So I'm at work on a Sunday; I should be grading papers but instead I'm doing the mog. But as soon as I finish this post I'm really going to get down to work. That, or go home and take a nap. Anyhoo, let's talk about "This Piece of Poetry is Meant to Do Harm" (a provocative title). It made me think of the whole music/poetry connection --- and differences between them. Consider, for instance, this article about the Smashing Pumpkins' Billy Corgan, who has published a bo... MORE
