Last night was a blast.
Reverend Matt’s Monster Science presented the lecture “Raining Cats and Manticores: Late Night Monster Science”— exploring cats in prehistory, cryptozoology, mythology, and fiction.
Sam Landman opened with the inauguration of his new "Rockucation Series", unearthing the secret history of Prince's "Computer Blue" (extended remix, of course).
All in all, one of the more satisfying evenings of entertainment in recent memory.
I hardly do any work for the stage these days, but this was an opportunity I couldn’t pass up. Charles Cambpell and I have been something of a mutual appreciation society for the past few years, and it’s been a lot of fun to finally get the chance to work with his company Skewed Visions to create this performance piece. It’s very difficult to describe, and we’re still not sure exactly what we will have put together by the time it opens this coming Thursday, but suffice to say it’s unlike anything I’ve ever worked on before, and I’m grateful for the chance to explore such a wild and weird soundscape on the way there.
With a single finger, cataclysm is summoned! A discrete ingredient of the maelstrom here, just one of many flavors that will cook the stew of chaos for Skewed Visions’ Birds of the Future.