roller derby, götterdämerung, and hairball bombardment

Readers, who are so dear to both of us Lous here in madison wi,

    this weekend lou and I went with some buddies (julian, betsy, arthur, and mary) to the Windy City Rollers roller derby.

roller derby, if you're not familiar, is awesome. tough empowered women in booty shorts circle around in roller skates and knock each other over, or make daring jukes passing other skaters to score points. if you are interested in the rules click over here.

the players had super rad names like:
    hermione danger, brawla poundstone, nancy pagan, unicoroner, tina flay, ruth enasia, justice feelgood marshall, beaster bunny, beth amphetamine, rose feratu, sixteen scandals, and t.s. helliot.

Lou played too his name was felon keller.

Lou and I listened to Götterdämmerung from start to finish the other day. it's the fourth and final opera in wagner's ring cycle.

the title means "twilight of the gods" which is sweet. it's about five hours long and it has, according to my opera professor, the most outrageously impossible stage directions ever, which occur at the very end of the opera. keep in mind this is supposed to happen on stage. here they are:

    [Brünhilde] swings herself onto the horse and makes it leap into the burning pyre. The Rhine overflows its bank in a mighty wave bearing the Rhine-maidens on its crest.
    Woglinde and Welgunde throw their arms around Hagen and draw him into the depths; Flosshilde holds up the recovered ring exultantly. The firelight grows in the heavens until the flames are seen to seize upon Valhalla itself and the gods assembled burn.

far out!


and finally the third and final album by the rock group Lou the Cat and the Humans: "Hairball Bombardment".

Side A:
1.) me! I disconnect from you - tubeway army
2.) modern world - the modern lovers
3.) rock & roll - the velvet underground
4.) conversation - gary numan
5.) oh! sweet nuthin' - the velvet underground

Side B:
1.) debaser - pixies
2.) la la love you - pixies
3.) heroin - the velvet underground
4.) little red riding hood hit the road - robert wyatt
5.) 'heroes' - david bowie

download this business here: >meow>

peace in the middle east, one love.