When I got to work this morning, I found a copy of the Statesman, turned to the page bearing this article sitting on my chair:
http://www.statesman.com/search/content/editorial/stories/10/31/31hanks_edit.html
Though you can’t see it in the online version, they used our publicity photo. Thanks, Anna, for the interesting article!
Just in time for Halloween we thought we’d send you a little insight into the audition process for Bitten! A Zombie Rock Odyssey (and really pretty much any Loaded Gun Theory production). Brought to you by our good friends The Becchini you really must pass this along to your friends.
AND, if you want more info on the CD, and a couple of tracks, check out the great review on Covert Curiousity, one of my favorite MP3 Blogs, based right here in Austin.
Zombie flash mob in front of city hall! This Friday! News at 10!
http://www.austinist.com/archives/2006/10/25/zombie_flash_mob_on_friday.php
I’m bored at work, and just ran a Google search on Just One Bite so I figured I’d share some of the fascinating things I learned:
| Just One Bite is a brand new Canadian series on FoodTV for parents who are tired of eating |
“Just One Bite” is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode where SpongeBob tries to make Squidward eat a Krabby Patty, after learning he’s never had one, read more about it on: Just One Bite - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Naked sushi can be found: http://www.boingboing.net/2005/02/28/naked_sushi_just_one.html
Just One Bite is the name of a rotenticide one can purchase here: http://www.farnamlivestock.com/rodenticides.html
Just one mosquito bite can transmit the West Nile virus, which has killed nearly 800.
So we’ve got a big party going on October 28th. Zombies! Halloween! What could be better?
Come out. Door is only $5. Beer is free. Bands are awesome. Victory Grill Rocks.
Man. It’s amazing what doing a play will do to your desire to post to an internet blog. As in, kill it. I figured it’d be good to do a sort of recap of what’s been happening. So here it is:
First of all, we got uh… reviewed in the Austin Chronicle. Some highlights:
“This show is impressively bad…”
“Unfortunately, the rock was impaled on a stake of incompetence, and the only odyssey was the grotesquely long half-hour intermission.”
On the other hand, Ms. Hannah Kenah liked the music a lot:
“Several days after seeing Bitten!, an original rock musical written by the Unbearables (a band) and produced in conjunction with Loaded Gun Theory (a theatre company), I am still singing the songs.”
Since that review came out, though, for whatever reason, we’ve had more people come to the show than at any point previous. Sure, you could say that it’s a natural result of Austinites’ theatre-going practices (as in, procrastinating until closing weekend to go see something), but it’s nice to think that the bad press actually helped. The houses have also been a lot better in terms of their response to the show–a lot more raucous laughter and good times had by all.
Since closing at the DAC, I’ve been driving around in a van full of theatre junk and sound equipment, just waiting until we’re moving back into Arts on Real. We’re also in the process of tweaking the script a little bit–be prepared for a bigger and better show when we re-open.
I keep on hearing the chorus from that new Nelly Furtado song in my head. You should listen to it.
It’s Friday the 13th, which is an excellent day to see an awesome musical about zombies. Where might I see such a musical? Why at the Dougherty Arts Center, tonight at 8pm! Tomorrow at 8pm, too, which is Saturday the 14th! Spoooooky
The Arts Eclectic spot for Bitten! is now offically online. You should give it a listen online and try to catch it throughout the day on KUT.