If Six Was Nine

Friday, August 27, 2004

Suddenly much less embarassed.

Dude. Kara's Flowers (who I discovered via an awesome mix my sister's ex made for me) is almost the same band as Maroon 5! I knew I was justified in grooving my ass off whenever that "This Love" song comes on. Damn!

Rebecca C. Brown 8:43 PM

Monday, August 09, 2004

What, no Charles Manson songs?

First it was ABBA, then it was well-known defensive driver Billy Joel. Now the Beach Boys are getting a musical:

"Good Vibrations," a new musical using more than 30 Beach Boys songs, will open on Broadway in January. The show will begin preview performances in early December at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre. An opening date has not been announced.

"Good Vibrations" has a book by Richard Dresser and centers around a group of small-town teenagers who move to Southern California. It will be directed and choreographed by John Carrafa, who created the dance sequences for "Urinetown" and the Vanessa Williams-starring revival of "Into the Woods."

Among the songs expected to be used in the show are such Beach Boys classics as "Good Vibrations," "Fun, Fun, Fun," "California Girls," "Help Me, Rhonda," "Surf City," "Surfer Girl" and "Surfin' Safari."

So how long is this "box-set musical" thing gonna last? I'm about halfway through that Ani musical I'm working on, but I can't find a plot device enabling my set of small-town teenagers to go to Manhattan and dig. I'm curious to see if anyone out there has some amusing ideas for other artists/bands that should get their own box-set musicals.

Anyway, I'm curious to see how "Good Vibrations" pans out (though it will have to compete with "Spamalot", yikes!). Enjoy the fine second act of the show, in which said small-town teenagers have nervous breakdowns and refuse to appear on stage!
Bren 1:40 PM

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