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Thursday, April 12, 2012
Pageantry / WTF? Axl Rose loves clauses; won't let them induct him into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
OK, admittedly there is no Arkansas entertainment connection to this post, but Axl Rose's letter laying out, in great detail, for your elucidation, so that there's no further questions about reunions, so that we can all just move past the past and get on with things, about why he's declining to join his former bandmates at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony is so ramblingly awesome that I just had to post it here.
Prime excerpts:
"The only reason, at this point, under the circumstances, in my opinion whether under the guise of 'for the fans' or whatever justification of the moment, for anyone to continue to ask, suggest or demand a reunion are misguided attempts to distract from our efforts with our current lineup of myself, Dizzy Reed, Tommy Stinson, Frank Ferrer, Richard Fortus, Chris Pitman, Ron 'Bumblefoot' Thal and DJ Ashba," Rose wrote.
And:
"So let sleeping dogs lie or lying dogs sleep or whatever. Time to move on. People get divorced. Life doesn't owe you your own personal happy ending especially at another's, or in this case several others', expense."
Got that? Cool.
Also: Oh yeah, I guess I forgot, but Tommy Stinson is in Guns N' Roses.
The rest of the letter is after the jump.
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Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Theater / Pageantry Cirque de Soleil's 'Dralion' dazzles
- Daniel Desmarais, courtesy of Cirque du Soleil
Cirque du Soleil’s "Dralion"— a synthesis of Arabic music, eastern pageantry and western circus tropes — has been touring on and off for 14 years, making it one of the oldest shows among Cirque’s current repertoire. At its premise, “Dralion” embodies the four elements: earth, air, fire and water. Characters include Gaya, an African dancer-cum-earth goddess; Kaya, an Atlas-figure who shoulders a giant silver globe; and Little Buddah the chosen child, perhaps representing all stewards of the earth. The symbolism is murky, but the individual acts are stunning.
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Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Theater / Pageantry Cirque du Soleil backstage footage
Dioman Gbou, a native of Ivory Coast, has been with Cirque du Soleil since 1998. She'll appear onstage at the Verizon Arena tonight dancing as Gaya, the Goddess of Earth.
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Monday, December 12, 2011
Music / Heavy Metal / Pageantry Trans-Siberian Orchestra: cliches on parade
"There's a reason arena rock died," my friend Jayson hissed at me, as we glanced at my cell phone for the third time in 15 minutes. Those numbers were changing much too slowly. We'd only sat through half an hour of the Trans-Siberian Orchestra's Christmas show, and already the extravagance rang hollow. The spectacle of hair flinging and V-legged rocker stances was funny for about seventy seconds. The novelty of existing inside a giant screensaver, circa 1993, held my attention for about nine minutes beyond the hair flinging. But now it just felt like some sort of penance — sit through the show to write the review.
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Monday, October 31, 2011
Pageantry How does your Halloween costume compare to Boo Bash winners'?
Is your Halloween costume more creative than the ones above — the dude in green is a Swiffer, the woman is dust? If so, you blew it. You could've won $3,500 in cash and prizes at The Peabody's Boo Bash on Saturday.
On the jump, check out the second place finishers, Legos Gone Wild.
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Friday, July 15, 2011
Pageantry Let's predict the winner of the Miss Arkansas pageant
- You've Got the Look Photography
- Miss Ouachita Baptist University Kristen Glover, Miss Apple Blossom Dorothy Shepherd and Miss Crowley's Ridge Bethany Bell
The Miss Arkansas pageant crowns a new Miss Arkansas at 7:30 p.m. Saturday night at the Hot Springs Convention Center. It costs $10 to attend. The winner will clearly not be able to live up to the current and surely greatest Miss Arkansas, Alyse Eady. But based on the Miss Arkansas contestant webpage, I've picked out a couple who have potential.
One trend this year: Clogging as a talent. Miss Greater Little Rock Sagan Shipe, Miss Greater Jacksonville Amber Gross and Miss Dogwood Dalia Garrison will all be making the music with their feet. Similarly maybe, Miss Lake Dardanelle Kathryn Holcomb is doing Irish step dance and Miss Ouachita River Sloan Roberts is doing something called Acapella Tap Dance.
My favorite platforms:
“Inspire Your Think: Motivating Teen Writers," Miss Johnson County Natalie Grove
“Keeping It Natural” Miss Cotton Belle Hannah Billingsley
“Bullying: "It's Not Okay!" Miss Southeast Arkansas Hannah Brickey
“Matters of the Heart” Miss Arkansas Valley Lauren English
“Putting Fizz Into Fitness" Miss Magnolia Elizabeth Liberty
But, if I had to put money on someone, I'd go with Miss Ouachita Baptist University Kristen Glover (above, left). She's got the look and she's done well in preliminary rounds.
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