From paul at paulkorda.com  Thu Sep  1 02:24:16 2005
From: paul at paulkorda.com (Paul Korda)
Date: Thu Sep  1 02:27:36 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] RE: Geoffery Rush's  estimation of Hair
In-Reply-To: <200508311900.j7VJ0Avo001936@dune.islandtechnologies.net>
Message-ID: <000001c5aed6$efb0c160$01dee804@pkorda>

Dear All,
Having had to deal with elements of racism and defamation in my travels
since my birthday, I decided to have my birthday tonight and go out to
my local bar and see some friends. Having worked the first 14 days at
the beginning of the shoot of Pirates of the Caribbean:Curse of the
Black Pearl, as Governor Swann's dignatory, I spent some time with
fellow Brit Orlando Bloom, who showed me some of the sword tricks he had
to learn for the movie. So it was a nice surprise to see him, and
Geoffery Rush, passionately discussing the new movie, which I again
worked on, outside of the bar. Orlando immediately remembered me and was
very warm in his greeting. A little later Geoffery Rush came outside to
chat, and he began telling me of some his favourite productions such as
Billy Wilders obscure movie with James Cagney entitled "123" that has
been recently found and re-mastered. At some point later in the
conversation I mentioned that when I left school I joined the original
London cast of Hair. Being a very expressive person, Rush looked in
absolute reverence, at the mention of "Hair", more reverence than about
anything he had previously discussed. In fact he went silent, looked
deeply into my eyes and had completely forgotten that Orlando, Jessica
Simpson and party had all been waiting for him in the car. So I thought
I would let you all know how much Hair means to a true artist, who
believes in being out and about with humanity is important to his
well-being, and that the current attitude toward celebrity is over blown
and restrictive. Our Hair. So show 'em all in New York that our Hair is
what we got!

Paul 
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From michaeldavidarian at yahoo.com  Thu Sep  1 11:52:24 2005
From: michaeldavidarian at yahoo.com (Michael Arian)
Date: Thu Sep  1 11:56:52 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Another reunion update
In-Reply-To: <BAY5-DAV737CE0ED8BF872930877BABA00@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <20050901185224.7374.qmail@web50310.mail.yahoo.com>


Here it is 3pm nearing end of the day.I may not have any further access to email so
thought I best get this info to you.I spoke with and sold tix to James Baines,Michael
Hamilton and 2 more to Stephanie Ragni who was-as she said-"THE WIFE".I not closing up
yet but the computer is acting up and I will be here till after 6 most likely.It's
getting better all the time!!!M
--- Barbara Siomos <barbarasiomos38@msn.com> wrote:

> And we wll miss my very dear friend "Nell Carter".... :-(
> 
> 
> pece,
> barbara
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 17:29:51 -0700
> To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
> Subject: [Mb-hair] Another reunion update
> 
> 

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From lbirdie at hotmail.com  Thu Sep  1 17:57:31 2005
From: lbirdie at hotmail.com (Little Birdie)
Date: Thu Sep  1 18:01:55 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] RE: Geoffery Rush's estimation of Hair
In-Reply-To: <000001c5aed6$efb0c160$01dee804@pkorda>
Message-ID: <BAY104-F25AFE6D40029771008B76FB2A30@phx.gbl>

Dear Paul,

What a great story. Please tell Geoffrey that, should he find himself in NYC 
around September 10th, we would be honored to have him join us. And, lest my 
13 year old daughter disown me, please tell Orlando that he is welcome as 
well. :-)

Glad you finally got to celebrate your birthday! Wish you could celebrate it 
in NY with us!
Love,
Nina

The Hair Archives
http://www.michaelbutler.com/hair/holding/Hair.html


From olhippie at tampabay.rr.com  Thu Sep  1 22:34:32 2005
From: olhippie at tampabay.rr.com (Robin McNamara)
Date: Thu Sep  1 22:39:06 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] "The End Of The World Show"
Message-ID: <001101c5af7f$ff3ccfd0$8a03ca44@CowBox>

Ya know folks the ultimate realty show is the news and as I have been watching the news over the past few years I  have been half jokingly calling it "The End Of The World Show" but now after New Orleans I fear I might be right. Maybe it's Jesus or one the Gods telling us humanoids that "the party is over Mardi Gras is dead wake up & smell the coffe". This is just the beginning of this story it will continue for the rest of our lives, and  the tragic consequences of what has already taken place & what is yet about to unfold is mind staggering. Life as we knew it has just changed forever even more so than 911. This is a war with mother nature & we all know you can't  fight mother nature she is alot more powerful than some peon like Osama.They are saying now that there are possibly 50,000 people dead maybe more, with tens of  thousands more now still living in a cess poll of disease that could spead past Louisiana's borders let alone the lawlassness & the economic fallout that this is going to asbord. Also I really wonder if Bush would not have had the helicopters in there a whole lot sooner at least droping off food & water if people lived in upcale white neighborhoods. I think they he was probably trying to get the oil pipelines hooked back up first. And to think the hurricane season is not even half over, can you imagine if we get hit again. "The God Show" don't mess around. 

Love forever
Robin


http://lpintop.tripod.com/robinmcnamara
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From antonkerner at msn.com  Thu Sep  1 20:44:31 2005
From: antonkerner at msn.com (Anton Kerner)
Date: Fri Sep  2 10:10:59 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Indifference?
Message-ID: <E1EBEzX-0000Nw-IM@smtpauth03.mail.atl.earthlink.net>

Dear friends,

 

Why no air-drop of food or water for hurricane stricken Americans in New
Orleans and Mississippi while our nation's chief executive cruises
comfortably at 1700 feet above sea level to view the horror?

 

I am appalled and ashamed and do not doubt you are too.

 

Kind wishes,

 

Anton Kerner

 

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From sherwin at aceross.com  Fri Sep  2 10:17:57 2005
From: sherwin at aceross.com (Sherwin Ross)
Date: Fri Sep  2 10:22:36 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Indifference?
In-Reply-To: <E1EBEzX-0000Nw-IM@smtpauth03.mail.atl.earthlink.net>
Message-ID: <20050902171806.E9F5911F9C6@lax-gw07.mroute.net>

It is my humble opinion that this is the best thing since white bread for
the government because it takes all eyes off of Iraq.

I would not even put it past these guys if they blew up the dikes.

Just like they knew 911 would happen they knew that it was a matter of time
that this would happen and did nothing about it. 

This justifies the gas prices and decimates an area of the US that was is,
as I heard on TV, the largest area of poverty in the states.

Just my humble opinion, I could be totally wrong.

 

  _____  

From: mb-hair-bounces@islandlists.com
[mailto:mb-hair-bounces@islandlists.com] On Behalf Of Anton Kerner
Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2005 8:45 PM
To: antonkerner@msn.com
Subject: [Mb-hair] Indifference?

 

Dear friends,

 

Why no air-drop of food or water for hurricane stricken Americans in New
Orleans and Mississippi while our nation's chief executive cruises
comfortably at 1700 feet above sea level to view the horror?

 

I am appalled and ashamed and do not doubt you are too.

 

Kind wishes,

 

Anton Kerner

 

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From paul at paulkorda.com  Fri Sep  2 10:19:25 2005
From: paul at paulkorda.com (Paul Korda)
Date: Fri Sep  2 10:22:45 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Hair and the victims of Louisiana
In-Reply-To: <200509011900.j81J0Ck9005930@dune.islandtechnologies.net>
Message-ID: <000801c5afe2$7a79cec0$edc6e804@pkorda>

Posted on IEN last night, Can Hair in New York  sing "Let the Sunshine
In" for the victims of Louisiana.

Friday, September 02, 2005
WHERE ARE THE U2's OF THE USA? 

WHERE ARE THE U2's OF THE USA? by Paul Korda for International
Entertainment News
>From the painful scenes coming out of New Orleans and it's surrounding
areas, and the questions that ill-preparedness raises, one might think
that Music Artists would be dwarfed by the massive calamity. The
fortunate thought processes of musicians which allow them to perservere
in their love of music against all odds, is needed now. Which well known
music artists in the USA are rushing to support benefit concerts in
stadiums all around the USA? The people of these ravaged areas are
desperate for rescue. Everyone in the Music Industry should be asking
what they can do. The power of Music's belief system has helped many in
other countries and surely can help overcome this disaster in our
country. So please come forward you USA's stars of music? The concerts
should have been on this weekend, all over the US. There is no time to
waste. The very structure of society is threatened when we don't use
every sinew of our being to help. Do we want these victims of disaster
to lose faith in their country, and turn to lawlessness? It could be LA
next with an Earthquake, or worse still terrorism. America needs it's
people now! WHO IS GOING TO PLAY TO SAVE THESE PEOPLE, OUR OWN PEOPLE?
WHERE ARE THE U2's of THE USA?

   

Paul 
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From jules at thirdeyestudio.com  Fri Sep  2 09:21:40 2005
From: jules at thirdeyestudio.com (Jules Fisher)
Date: Fri Sep  2 10:33:47 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] FW: New Orleans
Message-ID: <E1EBFLm-0007iG-Of@smtpauth03.mail.atl.earthlink.net>

 

	
	 
	    Wake of the Flood
	    By William Rivers Pitt
	    t r u t h o u t | Perspective

	    Friday 02 September 2005

	    All last night sat on the levee and moaned,
	    All last night sat on the levee and moaned,
	    Thinkin' about my baby and my happy home.
	     -- Led Zeppelin, "When the Levee Breaks"

	    This will come as no surprise, but columnist Molly Ivins has again nailed it to the wall. "Government policies have real consequences in people's lives," Ivins wrote in her Thursday column. "This is not 'just politics' or blaming for political advantage. This is about the real consequences of what governments do and do not do about their responsibilities. And about who winds up paying the price for those policies."

	    Try this timeline on for size. In January of 2001, George W. Bush appointed Texas crony Joe Allbaugh to head FEMA, despite the fact that Allbaugh had exactly zero experience in disaster management. By April of 2001, the Bush administration announced that much of FEMA's work would be privatized and downsized. Allbaugh that month described FEMA as, "an oversized entitlement program."

	    In December 2002, Allbaugh quit as head of FEMA to create a consulting firm whose purpose was to advise and assist companies looking to do business in occupied Iraq. He was replaced by Michael D. Brown, whose experience in disaster management was gathered while working as an estate planning lawyer in Colorado, and while serving as counsel for the International Arabian Horse Association legal department. In other words, Bush chose back-to-back FEMA heads whose collective ability to work that position could fit inside a thimble with room to spare.

	    By March of 2003, FEMA was no longer a Cabinet-level position, and was folded into the Department of Homeland Security. Its primary mission was recast towards fighting acts of terrorism. In June of 2004, the Army Corps of Engineers' budget for levee construction in New Orleans was cut by a record $71.2 million. Jefferson Parish emergency management chief Walter Maestri said at the time, "It appears that the money has been moved in the president's budget to handle homeland security and the war in Iraq, and I suppose that's the price we pay."

	    And then the storm came, and the sea rose, and the levees failed. Filthy sewage-laced water began to fill the bowl of New Orleans. Tens of thousands of poor people who did not have the resources to flee the storm became trapped in a slowly deteriorating city without food, water or electricity. The entire nation has since been glued to their televisions, watching footage of an apocalyptic human tragedy unfold before their eyes. Anyone who has put gasoline in their car since Tuesday has come to know what happens when the port that handles 40% of our national petroleum distribution becomes unusable.

	    And the response? "Bush mugs for the cameras," says Kevin Drum of The Washington Monthly, "cuts a cake for John McCain, plays the guitar for Mark Wills, delivers an address about V-J day, and continues with his vacation. When he finally gets around to acknowledging the scope of the unfolding disaster, he delivers only a photo op on Air Force One and a flat, defensive, laundry list speech in the Rose Garden."

	    Newsweek described it this way: "For all the president's statements ahead of the hurricane, the region seemed woefully unprepared for the flooding of New Orleans - a catastrophe that has long been predicted by experts and politicians alike. There seems to have been no contingency planning for a total evacuation of the city, including the final refuges of the city's Superdome and its hospitals. There were no supplies of food and water ready offshore - on Navy ships for instance - in the event of such flooding, even though government officials knew there were thousands of people stranded inside the sweltering and powerless city."

	    Republican House Speaker Dennis Hastert twisted the knife on Thursday by bluntly suggesting that we should not bother rebuilding the city of New Orleans. "It doesn't make sense to me," Hastert said to the Daily Herald in suburban Chicago. "And it's a question that certainly we should ask. We help replace, we help relieve disaster. But I think federal insurance and everything that goes along with it ... we ought to take a second look at that." This sentiment was echoed by the Republican-American newspaper out of Waterbury, CT: "If the people of New Orleans and other low-lying areas insist on living in harm's way, they ought to accept responsibility for what happens to them and their property."

	    This is it, right here, right now. This is the Bush administration in a nutshell.

	    The decision to invade Iraq based on lies has left the federal government's budget woefully, and I daresay deliberately, unprepared for a disaster of this magnitude, despite the fact that decades worth of warnings have been put forth about what would happen to New Orleans should a storm like this hit. Louisiana National Guard soldiers and equipment, such as high-water Humvees for example, are sitting today in Iraq while hundreds or even thousands die because there are not enough hands to reach out and pull them from the water. FEMA - downsized, redirected, budget-slashed and incompetently led - has thus far failed utterly to cope with the scope of the catastrophe.

	    Actions have consequences. What you see on your television today is not some wild accident, but is a disaster that could have been averted had the priorities of this government been more in line with the needs of the people it pretends to serve. The city of New Orleans, home to so much of the culture that makes America unique and beautiful, is today drowning underneath an avalanche of polluted, diseased water. This, simply, did not have to happen.

	    Remember that the next time you hear Bush talk about noble causes, national priorities and responsibility. This has been an administration of death, disaster, fear and woe. The whole pack of them should be run out of Washington on a rail. Better yet, they should be air-dropped into the center of New Orleans and made to see and smell and touch and taste the newest disaster they have helped to create.


	
	 

	
	
	On Sep 2, 2005, at 8:52 AM, PK wrote:





			What you may not be seeing on the news.....






			For anybody who is interested in what is happening in New Orleans...  This
			is from my ex-wife's brother who is a Dr. in Louisiana.  He was flown into
			New Orleans to help with the relief effort.






			I just got back from helping in N.O. at the Superdome. TV news reports
			look like Disneyland compared to how it really is at "ground zero." They
			couldn't get any doctors to go because people were shooting at the
			helicopters and it wasn't a safe place. Unfortunately, all of the people
			who didn't evacuate and had to go to the dome were the poorest of the
			population and also the sickest with the most medical problems. We saved
			a lot of them but we had to be evacuated around 2am this morning because
			a couple of medics were shot by civilian snipers. There are about 20,000
			people still stranded in the dome and no way to get them out because of
			the flooding. The toilets don't work, the lights don't work, the air
			conditioning doesn't work, they can't smoke or drink and people are just
			feeling like caged animals led to slaughter.
			Dead people are floating in the streets everywhere.  They are expecting
			the death toll to be more than 50,000.  There were three rapes in the
			dome yeasterday, one was a seven year old girl.  Child molesters,
			convicts and very desperate people who can no longer smoke, drink, or
			watch Dr. Phil and Oprah.  It is truly the wild wild west.

			One of the civilians grabbed the M-16 of one of the MPs and shot
			someone.
			There are people being stabbed every so often.  Babies being born in
			front of everyone.  People having seizures, hypertensive strokes, heart
			attacks, etc. because we are out of supplies, IVs, medicine, breathing
			treatments, etc.

			No semblance of order whatsoever. A very desperate situation.  There
			were only three of us (doctors) there all day yesterday with about 10
			medics but we were forced to evacuate early this morning because the
			conditions had deteriorated so severely that it was not safe to be
			anywhere around there.
			I am in Lafayette now, working.  The phone service is hit and miss and I
			can only get internet from work.  We cannot send any outgoing messages
			sometimes.

			Peace
			AK


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From michael at michaelbutler.com  Fri Sep  2 10:56:36 2005
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Fri Sep  2 11:02:12 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] New Orleans Serious summary
Message-ID: <BF3E0A94.2393C%michael@michaelbutler.com>

 

Subject: New Orleans MUST READ!!

PLEASE READ AND PASS ON TO ALL YOU KNOW.
This is ridiculous.

http://service.spiegel.de/cache/international/0,1518,372455,00.html







From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Fri Sep  2 14:56:12 2005
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Fri Sep  2 15:00:46 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] FW: New Orleans
References: <E1EBFLm-0007iG-Of@smtpauth03.mail.atl.earthlink.net>
Message-ID: <013f01c5b009$22cad6c0$6e436c42@hotprojects>

the thing is arent all those national guardsmen in iRAQ
really supposed to be used for just this purpose
( eg new orleans )
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jules Fisher" <jules@thirdeyestudio.com>
To: <michael@michaelbutler.com>
Sent: Friday, September 02, 2005 12:21 PM
Subject: [Mb-hair] FW: New Orleans


>
>
>
>
>     Wake of the Flood
>     By William Rivers Pitt
>     t r u t h o u t | Perspective
>
>     Friday 02 September 2005
>
>     All last night sat on the levee and moaned,
>     All last night sat on the levee and moaned,
>     Thinkin' about my baby and my happy home.
>      -- Led Zeppelin, "When the Levee Breaks"
>
>     This will come as no surprise, but columnist Molly Ivins has again
nailed it to the wall. "Government policies have real consequences in
people's lives," Ivins wrote in her Thursday column. "This is not 'just
politics' or blaming for political advantage. This is about the real
consequences of what governments do and do not do about their
responsibilities. And about who winds up paying the price for those
policies."
>
>     Try this timeline on for size. In January of 2001, George W. Bush
appointed Texas crony Joe Allbaugh to head FEMA, despite the fact that
Allbaugh had exactly zero experience in disaster management. By April of
2001, the Bush administration announced that much of FEMA's work would be
privatized and downsized. Allbaugh that month described FEMA as, "an
oversized entitlement program."
>
>     In December 2002, Allbaugh quit as head of FEMA to create a consulting
firm whose purpose was to advise and assist companies looking to do business
in occupied Iraq. He was replaced by Michael D. Brown, whose experience in
disaster management was gathered while working as an estate planning lawyer
in Colorado, and while serving as counsel for the International Arabian
Horse Association legal department. In other words, Bush chose back-to-back
FEMA heads whose collective ability to work that position could fit inside a
thimble with room to spare.
>
>     By March of 2003, FEMA was no longer a Cabinet-level position, and was
folded into the Department of Homeland Security. Its primary mission was
recast towards fighting acts of terrorism. In June of 2004, the Army Corps
of Engineers' budget for levee construction in New Orleans was cut by a
record $71.2 million. Jefferson Parish emergency management chief Walter
Maestri said at the time, "It appears that the money has been moved in the
president's budget to handle homeland security and the war in Iraq, and I
suppose that's the price we pay."
>
>     And then the storm came, and the sea rose, and the levees failed.
Filthy sewage-laced water began to fill the bowl of New Orleans. Tens of
thousands of poor people who did not have the resources to flee the storm
became trapped in a slowly deteriorating city without food, water or
electricity. The entire nation has since been glued to their televisions,
watching footage of an apocalyptic human tragedy unfold before their eyes.
Anyone who has put gasoline in their car since Tuesday has come to know what
happens when the port that handles 40% of our national petroleum
distribution becomes unusable.
>
>     And the response? "Bush mugs for the cameras," says Kevin Drum of The
Washington Monthly, "cuts a cake for John McCain, plays the guitar for Mark
Wills, delivers an address about V-J day, and continues with his vacation.
When he finally gets around to acknowledging the scope of the unfolding
disaster, he delivers only a photo op on Air Force One and a flat,
defensive, laundry list speech in the Rose Garden."
>
>     Newsweek described it this way: "For all the president's statements
ahead of the hurricane, the region seemed woefully unprepared for the
flooding of New Orleans - a catastrophe that has long been predicted by
experts and politicians alike. There seems to have been no contingency
planning for a total evacuation of the city, including the final refuges of
the city's Superdome and its hospitals. There were no supplies of food and
water ready offshore - on Navy ships for instance - in the event of such
flooding, even though government officials knew there were thousands of
people stranded inside the sweltering and powerless city."
>
>     Republican House Speaker Dennis Hastert twisted the knife on Thursday
by bluntly suggesting that we should not bother rebuilding the city of New
Orleans. "It doesn't make sense to me," Hastert said to the Daily Herald in
suburban Chicago. "And it's a question that certainly we should ask. We help
replace, we help relieve disaster. But I think federal insurance and
everything that goes along with it ... we ought to take a second look at
that." This sentiment was echoed by the Republican-American newspaper out of
Waterbury, CT: "If the people of New Orleans and other low-lying areas
insist on living in harm's way, they ought to accept responsibility for what
happens to them and their property."
>
>     This is it, right here, right now. This is the Bush administration in
a nutshell.
>
>     The decision to invade Iraq based on lies has left the federal
government's budget woefully, and I daresay deliberately, unprepared for a
disaster of this magnitude, despite the fact that decades worth of warnings
have been put forth about what would happen to New Orleans should a storm
like this hit. Louisiana National Guard soldiers and equipment, such as
high-water Humvees for example, are sitting today in Iraq while hundreds or
even thousands die because there are not enough hands to reach out and pull
them from the water. FEMA - downsized, redirected, budget-slashed and
incompetently led - has thus far failed utterly to cope with the scope of
the catastrophe.
>
>     Actions have consequences. What you see on your television today is
not some wild accident, but is a disaster that could have been averted had
the priorities of this government been more in line with the needs of the
people it pretends to serve. The city of New Orleans, home to so much of the
culture that makes America unique and beautiful, is today drowning
underneath an avalanche of polluted, diseased water. This, simply, did not
have to happen.
>
>     Remember that the next time you hear Bush talk about noble causes,
national priorities and responsibility. This has been an administration of
death, disaster, fear and woe. The whole pack of them should be run out of
Washington on a rail. Better yet, they should be air-dropped into the center
of New Orleans and made to see and smell and touch and taste the newest
disaster they have helped to create.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Sep 2, 2005, at 8:52 AM, PK wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> What you may not be seeing on the news.....
>
>
>
>
>
>
> For anybody who is interested in what is happening in New Orleans...  This
> is from my ex-wife's brother who is a Dr. in Louisiana.  He was flown into
> New Orleans to help with the relief effort.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> I just got back from helping in N.O. at the Superdome. TV news reports
> look like Disneyland compared to how it really is at "ground zero." They
> couldn't get any doctors to go because people were shooting at the
> helicopters and it wasn't a safe place. Unfortunately, all of the people
> who didn't evacuate and had to go to the dome were the poorest of the
> population and also the sickest with the most medical problems. We saved
> a lot of them but we had to be evacuated around 2am this morning because
> a couple of medics were shot by civilian snipers. There are about 20,000
> people still stranded in the dome and no way to get them out because of
> the flooding. The toilets don't work, the lights don't work, the air
> conditioning doesn't work, they can't smoke or drink and people are just
> feeling like caged animals led to slaughter.
> Dead people are floating in the streets everywhere.  They are expecting
> the death toll to be more than 50,000.  There were three rapes in the
> dome yeasterday, one was a seven year old girl.  Child molesters,
> convicts and very desperate people who can no longer smoke, drink, or
> watch Dr. Phil and Oprah.  It is truly the wild wild west.
>
> One of the civilians grabbed the M-16 of one of the MPs and shot
> someone.
> There are people being stabbed every so often.  Babies being born in
> front of everyone.  People having seizures, hypertensive strokes, heart
> attacks, etc. because we are out of supplies, IVs, medicine, breathing
> treatments, etc.
>
> No semblance of order whatsoever. A very desperate situation.  There
> were only three of us (doctors) there all day yesterday with about 10
> medics but we were forced to evacuate early this morning because the
> conditions had deteriorated so severely that it was not safe to be
> anywhere around there.
> I am in Lafayette now, working.  The phone service is hit and miss and I
> can only get internet from work.  We cannot send any outgoing messages
> sometimes.
>
> Peace
> AK
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From georgeberger69 at yahoo.com  Fri Sep  2 16:30:54 2005
From: georgeberger69 at yahoo.com (James Pappaconstantine)
Date: Fri Sep  2 16:38:17 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] "The End Of The World Show"
In-Reply-To: <001101c5af7f$ff3ccfd0$8a03ca44@CowBox>
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And to think somewhere in France Little Amiele is watching this and thinking she caused it by taking photographes of Bunny shaped clouds.
 
I feel we brought this on ourselves.. No God, No Jesus, No four hourseman.. Just a bunch of humans, Omitting gasses into the air.. and we'll keep doing it until one day we wake up and the whole world will look like New Orleans. What kind of world have we brought our kids into? and what for their kids? I wonder if Parents during the Vietnam war were asking the same questions? 
 
And I too agree totally.. What the hell was our Presedent doing while Rome was burning? More than likelly shooting par on the ninth hole somewhere. And you know the blame will be shifted. I think a monkey could do a better job running this country. 
 
JIM
 


Robin McNamara <olhippie@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
Ya know folks the ultimate realty show is the news and as I have been watching the news over the past few years I  have been half jokingly calling it "The End Of The World Show" but now after New Orleans I fear I might be right. Maybe it's Jesus or one the Gods telling us humanoids that "the party is over Mardi Gras is dead wake up & smell the coffe". This is just the beginning of this story it will continue for the rest of our lives, and  the tragic consequences of what has already taken place & what is yet about to unfold is mind staggering. Life as we knew it has just changed forever even more so than 911. This is a war with mother nature & we all know you can't  fight mother nature she is alot more powerful than some peon like Osama.They are saying now that there are possibly 50,000 people dead maybe more, with tens of  thousands more now still living in a cess poll of disease that could spead past Louisiana's borders let alone the lawlassness & the economic fallout that 
 this is
 going to asbord. Also I really wonder if Bush would not have had the helicopters in there a whole lot sooner at least droping off food & water if people lived in upcale white neighborhoods. I think they he was probably trying to get the oil pipelines hooked back up first. And to think the hurricane season is not even half over, can you imagine if we get hit again. "The God Show" don't mess around. 
 
Love forever
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From: georgeberger69 at yahoo.com (James Pappaconstantine)
Date: Fri Sep  2 16:49:34 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] FW: New Orleans
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sitting here shaking my head.. I've no words to discribe how I feel. It's beyond anger, beyond hurt, beyond disbeleif..

Jules Fisher <jules@thirdeyestudio.com> wrote:




Wake of the Flood
By William Rivers Pitt
t r u t h o u t | Perspective

Friday 02 September 2005

All last night sat on the levee and moaned,
All last night sat on the levee and moaned,
Thinkin' about my baby and my happy home.
-- Led Zeppelin, "When the Levee Breaks"

This will come as no surprise, but columnist Molly Ivins has again nailed it to the wall. "Government policies have real consequences in people's lives," Ivins wrote in her Thursday column. "This is not 'just politics' or blaming for political advantage. This is about the real consequences of what governments do and do not do about their responsibilities. And about who winds up paying the price for those policies."

Try this timeline on for size. In January of 2001, George W. Bush appointed Texas crony Joe Allbaugh to head FEMA, despite the fact that Allbaugh had exactly zero experience in disaster management. By April of 2001, the Bush administration announced that much of FEMA's work would be privatized and downsized. Allbaugh that month described FEMA as, "an oversized entitlement program."

In December 2002, Allbaugh quit as head of FEMA to create a consulting firm whose purpose was to advise and assist companies looking to do business in occupied Iraq. He was replaced by Michael D. Brown, whose experience in disaster management was gathered while working as an estate planning lawyer in Colorado, and while serving as counsel for the International Arabian Horse Association legal department. In other words, Bush chose back-to-back FEMA heads whose collective ability to work that position could fit inside a thimble with room to spare.

By March of 2003, FEMA was no longer a Cabinet-level position, and was folded into the Department of Homeland Security. Its primary mission was recast towards fighting acts of terrorism. In June of 2004, the Army Corps of Engineers' budget for levee construction in New Orleans was cut by a record $71.2 million. Jefferson Parish emergency management chief Walter Maestri said at the time, "It appears that the money has been moved in the president's budget to handle homeland security and the war in Iraq, and I suppose that's the price we pay."

And then the storm came, and the sea rose, and the levees failed. Filthy sewage-laced water began to fill the bowl of New Orleans. Tens of thousands of poor people who did not have the resources to flee the storm became trapped in a slowly deteriorating city without food, water or electricity. The entire nation has since been glued to their televisions, watching footage of an apocalyptic human tragedy unfold before their eyes. Anyone who has put gasoline in their car since Tuesday has come to know what happens when the port that handles 40% of our national petroleum distribution becomes unusable.

And the response? "Bush mugs for the cameras," says Kevin Drum of The Washington Monthly, "cuts a cake for John McCain, plays the guitar for Mark Wills, delivers an address about V-J day, and continues with his vacation. When he finally gets around to acknowledging the scope of the unfolding disaster, he delivers only a photo op on Air Force One and a flat, defensive, laundry list speech in the Rose Garden."

Newsweek described it this way: "For all the president's statements ahead of the hurricane, the region seemed woefully unprepared for the flooding of New Orleans - a catastrophe that has long been predicted by experts and politicians alike. There seems to have been no contingency planning for a total evacuation of the city, including the final refuges of the city's Superdome and its hospitals. There were no supplies of food and water ready offshore - on Navy ships for instance - in the event of such flooding, even though government officials knew there were thousands of people stranded inside the sweltering and powerless city."

Republican House Speaker Dennis Hastert twisted the knife on Thursday by bluntly suggesting that we should not bother rebuilding the city of New Orleans. "It doesn't make sense to me," Hastert said to the Daily Herald in suburban Chicago. "And it's a question that certainly we should ask. We help replace, we help relieve disaster. But I think federal insurance and everything that goes along with it ... we ought to take a second look at that." This sentiment was echoed by the Republican-American newspaper out of Waterbury, CT: "If the people of New Orleans and other low-lying areas insist on living in harm's way, they ought to accept responsibility for what happens to them and their property."

This is it, right here, right now. This is the Bush administration in a nutshell.

The decision to invade Iraq based on lies has left the federal government's budget woefully, and I daresay deliberately, unprepared for a disaster of this magnitude, despite the fact that decades worth of warnings have been put forth about what would happen to New Orleans should a storm like this hit. Louisiana National Guard soldiers and equipment, such as high-water Humvees for example, are sitting today in Iraq while hundreds or even thousands die because there are not enough hands to reach out and pull them from the water. FEMA - downsized, redirected, budget-slashed and incompetently led - has thus far failed utterly to cope with the scope of the catastrophe.

Actions have consequences. What you see on your television today is not some wild accident, but is a disaster that could have been averted had the priorities of this government been more in line with the needs of the people it pretends to serve. The city of New Orleans, home to so much of the culture that makes America unique and beautiful, is today drowning underneath an avalanche of polluted, diseased water. This, simply, did not have to happen.

Remember that the next time you hear Bush talk about noble causes, national priorities and responsibility. This has been an administration of death, disaster, fear and woe. The whole pack of them should be run out of Washington on a rail. Better yet, they should be air-dropped into the center of New Orleans and made to see and smell and touch and taste the newest disaster they have helped to create.







On Sep 2, 2005, at 8:52 AM, PK wrote:





What you may not be seeing on the news.....






For anybody who is interested in what is happening in New Orleans... This
is from my ex-wife's brother who is a Dr. in Louisiana. He was flown into
New Orleans to help with the relief effort.






I just got back from helping in N.O. at the Superdome. TV news reports
look like Disneyland compared to how it really is at "ground zero." They
couldn't get any doctors to go because people were shooting at the
helicopters and it wasn't a safe place. Unfortunately, all of the people
who didn't evacuate and had to go to the dome were the poorest of the
population and also the sickest with the most medical problems. We saved
a lot of them but we had to be evacuated around 2am this morning because
a couple of medics were shot by civilian snipers. There are about 20,000
people still stranded in the dome and no way to get them out because of
the flooding. The toilets don't work, the lights don't work, the air
conditioning doesn't work, they can't smoke or drink and people are just
feeling like caged animals led to slaughter.
Dead people are floating in the streets everywhere. They are expecting
the death toll to be more than 50,000. There were three rapes in the
dome yeasterday, one was a seven year old girl. Child molesters,
convicts and very desperate people who can no longer smoke, drink, or
watch Dr. Phil and Oprah. It is truly the wild wild west.

One of the civilians grabbed the M-16 of one of the MPs and shot
someone.
There are people being stabbed every so often. Babies being born in
front of everyone. People having seizures, hypertensive strokes, heart
attacks, etc. because we are out of supplies, IVs, medicine, breathing
treatments, etc.

No semblance of order whatsoever. A very desperate situation. There
were only three of us (doctors) there all day yesterday with about 10
medics but we were forced to evacuate early this morning because the
conditions had deteriorated so severely that it was not safe to be
anywhere around there.
I am in Lafayette now, working. The phone service is hit and miss and I
can only get internet from work. We cannot send any outgoing messages
sometimes.

Peace
AK


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From: georgeberger69 at yahoo.com (James Pappaconstantine)
Date: Fri Sep  2 17:59:10 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] FW: New Orleans
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I'm not sure who he was.. but did anybody else see what I just saw? NBC is running a releif telthon right now, various artists and actors are playing and taking turns asking for support, You can tell they are reading their telepropters.. But a moment ago, Mike Myers and another black actor (I'm sorry to describe him that way, BUt I am not sure who it was) were taking turns reading their lines. The black gentleman with tears iin his eye started talking about the devestation and how Black people are being portrayed as looting while whites doing the same thing are being portrayed as getting supplies for their families. Mike Myers picked up his line and then when it came the other guys turn, He looked into the camara and said, "George Bush doesn't like black people." NBC quickly turned to someone else.. Just more proof that in America, Free Speech is only free if you say the "right" things. 


		
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From: dauber at banana-and-louie.org (Sean Courtney)
Date: Fri Sep  2 20:50:09 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: New Orleans
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On 09/03/2005, James Pappaconstantine wrote:

> I'm not sure who he was.. but did anybody else see what I just saw? NBC
> is running a releif telthon right now, various artists and actors are
> playing and taking turns asking for support, You can tell they are
> reading their telepropters.. But a moment ago, Mike Myers and another
> black actor (I'm sorry to describe him that way, BUt I am not sure who
> it was) were taking turns reading their lines. The black gentleman with
> tears iin his eye started talking about the devestation and how Black
> people are being portrayed as looting while whites doing the same thing
> are being portrayed as getting supplies for their families. Mike Myers
> picked up his line and then when it came the other guys turn, He looked
> into the camara and said, "George Bush doesn't like black people." NBC
> quickly turned to someone else.. Just more proof that in America, Free
> Speech is only free if you say the "right" things. 

That was Kanye West. He got to say what he wanted; they just kept the camera off him.
While I wish to God that G.W. Bush could run for president again just so I could see
how badly he'd get trounced on in the election, the purpose was to raise money to help those people that Dubya is pretending don't need help; it wasn't a political forum. It wasn't the
place for that, and it wasn't the time for it.

Plus, they were given an hour to do their thing...when someone strays from
the script, there's gotta be an "Oh, shit!" moment in there...

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From peacefreak at metrocast.net  Fri Sep  2 20:54:05 2005
From: peacefreak at metrocast.net (Leo)
Date: Fri Sep  2 20:58:40 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: "The End Of The World Show"
References: <200509021900.j82J0AX5008773@dune.islandtechnologies.net>
Message-ID: <004101c5b03b$210baee0$6401a8c0@Leo>


----- Original Message ----- 

 From: "Robin McNamara" <olhippie@tampabay.rr.com>
 Subject: [Mb-hair] "The End Of The World Show"
............................... Also I really wonder if Bush would not have 
had the helicopters in there a whole lot sooner at least droping off food & 
water if people lived in upcale white neighborhoods. I think they he was 
probably trying to get the oil pipelines hooked back up 
first..................................
 Love forever
 Robin

I totally agree with you Robin, and the others who've expressed their 
outrage, that this is deplorable! Why the hell did it take 5 freaking days 
to FINALLY approve some federal funding and send the Guardsmen in? How many 
more lives were lost because of this inhumane, delayed decision? After the 
tsunami hit we were air dropping supplies within 2 days. Why are we not 
taking care of our own people man? Is THIS what are taxes are buying? This 
is bullshit man to the nth degree!! I called my senators and congressman 
today and expressed my disdain and angst for the handling of this situation. 
Hell, the public sector (radio stations, sports teams, individuals, etc.) 
were already rallying for the cause by sending money, water, and food to 
those impacted by Katrina. What took the federal government so long to 
respond? This is our Amerika; this is mind blowing!!! Something really nasty 
is blowing in the wind brothers & sisters.

PEACE,
Leo 


From georgeberger69 at yahoo.com  Fri Sep  2 21:18:35 2005
From: georgeberger69 at yahoo.com (James Pappaconstantine)
Date: Fri Sep  2 21:23:37 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: New Orleans
In-Reply-To: <340ca4fcab2.5b74dc4b@outgoing.verizon.net>
Message-ID: <20050903041835.44602.qmail@web54201.mail.yahoo.com>

You know.. I am not so sure it wasn't the right place to do it. Yes, they were and are raising money to help these poor people, but the truth of the story is, if this had happened in the Hamptons instead of in a poor city populated by mainly blacks. You and I both know that "W" would have been on it before it even happened. I think that he was pissed off as I am guessing are most of Americans, and a lot of the world. You know.. the other noght I was watching RockstarINXS and this singer was booted off, And in his parting speach he said, SOmething on the lines of, One of the reasons he feels he was in the bottom three is because he was black. I kinda shrugged it off as an impulsive thing. BUt seeing how long it took Bush to get help to our own... truelly disturbs me. And now I wonder, is it because they were mostly black? I'd hate to think so. But even when they showed him down there hugging a couple of people.. which I am sure the secret service did full body cavity searches 
 of
 before hand. Most were white and one was a very light skinned black girl of maybe 12. Could our presedent be a racist? We already know he's not the smartest bulb on the tree. It truelly makes me sick..  But.. I got off topic..  I think maybe Kayne West saw his oppurtunity to speak to America live before he could be stiffled, and he took it. I say Good for him. You know everyone of those poor souls down south are thinking the same thing... Why? why? I hope this doesn't weigh on George's mind too much, it might mess up his golf swing.  JIM

Sean Courtney <dauber@banana-and-louie.org> wrote:On 09/03/2005, James Pappaconstantine wrote:

> I'm not sure who he was.. but did anybody else see what I just saw? NBC
> is running a releif telthon right now, various artists and actors are
> playing and taking turns asking for support, You can tell they are
> reading their telepropters.. But a moment ago, Mike Myers and another
> black actor (I'm sorry to describe him that way, BUt I am not sure who
> it was) were taking turns reading their lines. The black gentleman with
> tears iin his eye started talking about the devestation and how Black
> people are being portrayed as looting while whites doing the same thing
> are being portrayed as getting supplies for their families. Mike Myers
> picked up his line and then when it came the other guys turn, He looked
> into the camara and said, "George Bush doesn't like black people." NBC
> quickly turned to someone else.. Just more proof that in America, Free
> Speech is only free if you say the "right" things. 

That was Kanye West. He got to say what he wanted; they just kept the camera off him.
While I wish to God that G.W. Bush could run for president again just so I could see
how badly he'd get trounced on in the election, the purpose was to raise money to help those people that Dubya is pretending don't need help; it wasn't a political forum. It wasn't the
place for that, and it wasn't the time for it.

Plus, they were given an hour to do their thing...when someone strays from
the script, there's gotta be an "Oh, shit!" moment in there...

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From: katiekasben at hotmail.com (Katie Kasben)
Date: Fri Sep  2 21:52:01 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Amazing shift
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That's so cool Paul~

So kids, i have more great news!!!
(I was afraid to tell you that after the amazing party, we kind of fell 
apart a little in rehearsal...i was really lost for a day or two, but...)
Something clicked and we had a kick-ass rehearsal.  it really felt like 
finally everyone was on focus.
and we finally blocked the last scene...wow. almost everyone was crying.
that's some powerful stuff.

I don't know if i told you, but our local chapter of the Veterans for Peace 
are going to be involved with the final number~ it's going to be intense.
and a full circle.
One of my youngest cast members is a senior in high school, and she couldn't 
stop crying because one of her best friends just signed up for the Army...

Last week I read the poem "Ozymandius", by Percy Shelley, to my cast~ 
because i think there were a few that were too caught up in the number of 
lines they had... (there is someone on the list who emailed me the most 
wonderful email back when i was having troubles with WOOF...i have lost the 
email, and am totally embarrassed that I don't remember who sent it to me~ 
but Thank You!!!!! it made a huge difference)

and then I talked about how when you really desire something that the 
universe conspires to help you, but that before you achieve your dream ore 
realize your destiny that you are severely tested...
(read or re-read THE ALCHEMIST...now is a perfect time for it)

and then THE LITTLE PRINCE fell into my lap again last night~ it is amazing 
how this whole process has opened me back up to the soul of the world.  i 
think i had forgotten how to talk to my heart.
Thank you all so much for letting me share my experiences with you.

Peace and hope and love my dears,
K


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From lilacamy11 at yahoo.com  Fri Sep  2 22:24:07 2005
From: lilacamy11 at yahoo.com (Amy Kazan)
Date: Fri Sep  2 22:28:47 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] 40 Year Old Virgin & HAIR!
Message-ID: <20050903052407.39932.qmail@web34514.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Has anyone else seen this movie?? I just saw it
tonight (very funny) and at the end of the movie,
there is a whole scene with Aquarius and LEt the
Sunshine In! There is a dance sequence to Aquarius
that is JUST like the movie of HAIR... 

HAIR is everywhere!


- Amy

"in time of lilacs who proclaim/ the aim of waking is to dream" - e.e. cummings

"Life is around you and in you . . . Let the sunshine in!" - HAIR (the musical)


		
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From michael at michaelbutler.com  Sat Sep  3 06:34:47 2005
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Sat Sep  3 06:40:28 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Why New Orleans Is in Deep Water
Message-ID: <BF3F1EB7.239CC%michael@michaelbutler.com>

    Go to Original

    Why New Orleans Is in Deep Water
    By Molly Ivins
    Creators Syndicate

    Thursday 01 September 2005

    Austin, Texas - Like many of you who love New Orleans, I find myself
taking short mental walks there today, turning a familiar corner, glimpsing
a favorite scene, square or vista. And worrying about the beloved friends
and the city, and how they are now.

    To use a fine Southern word, it's tacky to start playing the blame game
before the dead are even counted. It is not too soon, however, to make a
point that needs to be hammered home again and again, and that is that
government policies have real consequences in people's lives.

    This is not "just politics" or blaming for political advantage. This is
about the real consequences of what governments do and do not do about their
responsibilities. And about who winds up paying the price for those
policies.

    This is a column for everyone in the path of Hurricane Katrina who ever
said, "I'm sorry, I'm just not interested in politics," or, "There's nothing
I can do about it," or, "Eh, they're all crooks anyway."

    Nothing to do with me, nothing to do with my life, nothing I can do
about any of it. Look around you this morning. I suppose the National Rifle
Association would argue, "Government policies don't kill people, hurricanes
kill people." Actually, hurricanes plus government policies kill people.

    One of the main reasons New Orleans is so vulnerable to hurricanes is
the gradual disappearance of the wetlands on the Gulf Coast that once stood
as a natural buffer between the city and storms coming in from the water.
The disappearance of those wetlands does not have the name of a political
party or a particular administration attached to it. No one wants to play,
"The Democrats did it," or, "It's all Reagan's fault." Many
environmentalists will tell you more than a century's interference with the
natural flow of the Mississippi is the root cause of the problem, cutting
off the movement of alluvial soil to the river's delta.

    But in addition to long-range consequences of long-term policies like
letting the Corps of Engineers try to build a better river than God, there
are real short-term consequences, as well. It is a fact that the Clinton
administration set some tough policies on wetlands, and it is a fact that
the Bush administration repealed those policies - ordering federal agencies
to stop protecting as many as 20 million acres of wetlands.

    Last year, four environmental groups cooperated on a joint report
showing the Bush administration's policies had allowed developers to drain
thousands of acres of wetlands.

    Does this mean we should blame President Bush for the fact that New
Orleans is underwater? No, but it means we can blame Bush when a Category 3
or Category 2 hurricane puts New Orleans under. At this point, it is a
matter of making a bad situation worse, of failing to observe the First Rule
of Holes (when you're in one, stop digging).

    Had a storm the size of Katrina just had the grace to hold off for a
while, it's quite likely no one would even remember what the Bush
administration did two months ago. The national press corps has the
attention span of a gnat, and trying to get anyone in Washington to remember
longer than a year ago is like asking them what happened in Iznik, Turkey,
in A.D. 325.

    Just plain political bad luck that, in June, Bush took his little ax and
chopped $71.2 million from the budget of the New Orleans Corps of Engineers,
a 44 percent reduction. As was reported in New Orleans CityBusiness at the
time, that meant "major hurricane and flood projects will not be awarded to
local engineering firms. Also, a study to determine ways to protect the
region from a Category 5 hurricane has been shelved for now."

    The commander of the corps' New Orleans district also immediately
instituted a hiring freeze and canceled the annual corps picnic.

    Our friends at the Center for American Progress note the Office of
Technology Assessment used to produce forward-thinking plans such as
"Floods: A National Policy Concern" and "A Framework for Flood Hazards
Management." Unfortunately, the office was targeted by Newt Gingrich and the
Republican right, and gutted years ago.

    In fact, there is now a governmentwide movement away from basing policy
on science, expertise and professionalism, and in favor of choices based on
ideology. If you're wondering what the ideological position on flood
management might be, look at the pictures of New Orleans - it seems to
consist of gutting the programs that do anything.

    Unfortunately, the war in Iraq is directly related to the devastation
left by the hurricane. About 35 percent of Louisiana's National Guard is now
serving in Iraq, where four out of every 10 soldiers are guardsmen.
Recruiting for the Guard is also down significantly because people are
afraid of being sent to Iraq if they join, leaving the Guard even more
short-handed.

    The Louisiana National Guard also notes that dozens of its high-water
vehicles, Humvees, refuelers and generators have also been sent abroad. (I
hate to be picky, but why do they need high-water vehicles in Iraq?)

    This, in turn, goes back to the original policy decision to go into Iraq
without enough soldiers and the subsequent failure to admit that mistake and
to rectify it by instituting a draft.

    The levees of New Orleans, two of which are now broken and flooding the
city, were also victims of Iraq war spending. Walter Maestri, emergency
management chief for Jefferson Parish, said on June 8, 2004, "It appears
that the money has been moved in the president's budget to handle homeland
security and the war in Iraq."

    This, friends, is why we need to pay attention to government policies,
not political personalities, and to know whereon we vote. It is about our
lives.

 

From ace at aceross.com  Sat Sep  3 07:44:14 2005
From: ace at aceross.com (Sherwin)
Date: Sat Sep  3 07:48:57 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] open letter from Michael Moore to GWB
Message-ID: <20050903144423.2A7E53AE6C8@lax-gw06.mroute.net>

Friday, September 2nd, 2005
Vacation is Over... an open letter from Michael Moore to George W. Bush

Friday, September 2nd, 2005 

Dear Mr. Bush: 

Any idea where all our helicopters are? It's Day 5 of Hurricane Katrina and
thousands remain stranded in New Orleans and need to be airlifted. Where on
earth could you have misplaced all our military choppers? Do you need help
finding them? I once lost my car in a Sears parking lot. Man, was that a
drag. 

Also, any idea where all our national guard soldiers are? We could really
use them right now for the type of thing they signed up to do like helping
with national disasters. How come they weren't there to begin with? 

Last Thursday I was in south Florida and sat outside while the eye of
Hurricane Katrina passed over my head. It was only a Category 1 then but it
was pretty nasty. Eleven people died and, as of today, there were still
homes without power. That night the weatherman said this storm was on its
way to New Orleans. That was Thursday! Did anybody tell you? I know you
didn't want to interrupt your vacation and I know how you don't like to get
bad news. Plus, you had fundraisers to go to and mothers of dead soldiers to
ignore and smear. You sure showed her! 

I especially like how, the day after the hurricane, instead of flying to
Louisiana, you flew to San Diego to party with your business peeps. Don't
let people criticize you for this -- after all, the hurricane was over and
what the heck could you do, put your finger in the dike? 

And don't listen to those who, in the coming days, will reveal how you
specifically reduced the Army Corps of Engineers' budget for New Orleans
this summer for the third year in a row. You just tell them that even if you
hadn't cut the money to fix those levees, there weren't going to be any Army
engineers to fix them anyway because you had a much more important
construction job for them -- BUILDING DEMOCRACY IN IRAQ! 

On Day 3, when you finally left your vacation home, I have to say I was
moved by how you had your Air Force One pilot descend from the clouds as you
flew over New Orleans so you could catch a quick look of the disaster. Hey,
I know you couldn't stop and grab a bullhorn and stand on some rubble and
act like a commander in chief. Been there done that. 

There will be those who will try to politicize this tragedy and try to use
it against you. Just have your people keep pointing that out. Respond to
nothing. Even those pesky scientists who predicted this would happen because
the water in the Gulf of Mexico is getting hotter and hotter making a storm
like this inevitable. Ignore them and all their global warming Chicken
Littles. There is nothing unusual about a hurricane that was so wide it
would be like having one F-4 tornado that stretched from New York to
Cleveland. 

No, Mr. Bush, you just stay the course. It's not your fault that 30 percent
of New Orleans lives in poverty or that tens of thousands had no
transportation to get out of town. C'mon, they're black! I mean, it's not
like this happened to Kennebunkport. Can you imagine leaving white people on
their roofs for five days? Don't make me laugh! Race has nothing -- NOTHING
-- to do with this! 

You hang in there, Mr. Bush. Just try to find a few of our Army helicopters
and send them there. Pretend the people of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast
are near Tikrit. 

Yours, 

Michael Moore
MMFlint@aol.com
www.MichaelMoore.com 

P.S. That annoying mother, Cindy Sheehan, is no longer at your ranch. She
and dozens of other relatives of the Iraqi War dead are now driving across
the country, stopping in many cities along the way. Maybe you can catch up
with them
<http://www.bringthemhomenowtour.org/userdata_display.php?modin=50>  before
they get to DC on September 21st.

 


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From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Sat Sep  3 19:44:37 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Dangerous Incompetence     By Cindy Sheehan
Message-ID: <BF3FD67E.23A30%michael@michaelbutler.com>

    Dangerous Incompetence
    By Cindy Sheehan
    t r u t h o u t | Perspective

    Saturday 03 September 2005

    George Bush has been an incompetent failure his entire life. Fortunately
for humanity, he was just partying his way through school, running companies
into the ground, and being an alcoholic and cocaine abuser for most of that
time - and his incompetence was limited to hurting the people who worked for
him and his own family. The people in his life who were hurt by his
incompetence probably have been able to "get on" with their lives. Now,
though, his incompetence affects the world and is responsible for so many
deaths and so much destruction. How many of us did not foresee the mess he
would make of the world when he was selected the first time? We saw what he
had done to Texas. How many of us marveled and were so discouraged and
amazed when he was "re-elected" the second time? We saw what he had done to
the world. Dangerous incompetence should never be rewarded, let alone be
rewarded so handsomely as in George's case.

    The Camp Casey movement has been struggling with how best we can help
the government-ravaged people of New Orleans and the surrounding areas. We
sent a busload of supplies into Covington, La., which is a poor,
African-American town across Lake Ponchartrain from New Orleans. I had the
privilege of visiting Covington with my friends, Buddy and Annie Spell last
July. It was a community filled with love and laughter.

    The Bring Them Home Now Tour bus that went into Covington is the
Veterans For Peace Impeachment Tour bus that I rode in and out of Crawford
on. They took about 10,000 pounds of leftover Camp Casey supplies and we had
2 trucks filled to the brim with leftover water from the camp to Covington.
The tour bus also has satellite, so it is the only communications that
Covington has with the outside world now.

    This is an email that our tour received from Gordon, who is one of the
bus drivers who bravely drove to Covington. I left it intact without
editing:

    I can't recommend coming here but, if you must, we do need help! During
the day we are going out into the community with water and baby supplies and
lunch foods. But, there has been an attack on the Armory and the cops are
scared. We have move into Covington middle school, and we are giving the red
cross our assistance with medical supplies and food services. Until we
arrived, they only had MRE's. They just brought in 5 new born babies from
the hospital as they are expecting more casualties. We brought in a
generator and solar powered lights, no power, no phone service here, our
satellite link is the only connection to the outside. The Marshal Law
enforcement that will be coming to New Orleans with the Army, could create
mass panic. That will lead to more refugees, we have twenty right now and
room for 100. Don't come here unless you're prepared to work!.

    I should say, stay out on the road and raise money for the relief
effort. But make up your own minds.

    We need to keep the public aware of what is going on here and all over
SOLA.

    If you want to help go an established refugee camp and provide your
internet access to document who is there and what they plan to do to the
website. Use your satellites access to maximize the story of the relief
effort!

    Gordon

    There it is.

    I think we should finish the tour so we can talk about what an abject
failure this administration is. The unnecessary tragedy in New Orleans is
directly related to the unnecessary tragedy in Iraq: Unnecessary being the
operative word.

    Innocent people are dying daily in this world. In the crush of the
hurricane story, the fact that 950 people (mostly women and children) were
trampled to death in Iraq was buried in the back sections. Those are 950
people who would still be alive if George Bush were not president. 950
people in Iraq and how many thousands in the Gulf States died while the
emperor strummed a guitar and knocked a golf ball around? Additionally,
eight of our brave and wonderful soldiers have been needlessly killed in
Iraq since Monday.

    I really believe that George and his band of incompetent and dangerous
thugs need to resign. It would be the only honorable and competent thing to
do. But wait....

 

From michael at intrafi.com  Sat Sep  3 19:44:50 2005
From: michael at intrafi.com (michael)
Date: Sat Sep  3 19:49:29 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] BBC E-mail: New Orleans crisis shames Americans
Message-ID: <20050904_024450_013081.michael@intrafi.com>

michael saw this story on BBC News Online and thought you
should see it.



** New Orleans crisis shames Americans **
The chaos that engulfed New Orleans this week has shamed and angered many Americans, says the BBC's Matt Wells.
< http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/1/hi/world/americas/4210674.stm >


** BBC Daily E-mail **
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From nemo1043 at yahoo.com  Sun Sep  4 09:53:47 2005
From: nemo1043 at yahoo.com (Allison Burnett)
Date: Sun Sep  4 11:01:03 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Even conservatives agree
Message-ID: <E1EByj8-0002FR-Ce@smtpauth03.mail.atl.earthlink.net>

The Sunday Times - World
 
September 04, 2005 

Focus: When the levees broke, the waters rose and Bush?s credibility sank
with New Orleans
The president tumbled to the epic scale of the disaster far, far too late,
says Andrew Sullivan

Like many seismic events, Katrina?s true impact might take a while to
absorb. What started as a natural disaster soon became an unforeseen social
meltdown and potential political crisis for the president. The poverty,
anarchy, violence, sewage, bodies, looting, death and disease that
overwhelmed a great American city last week made Haiti look like Surrey.

The seeming inability of the federal or city authorities to act swiftly or
effectively to rescue survivors or maintain order posed fundamental
questions about the competence of the Bush administration and local
authorities. One begins to wonder: almost four years after 9/11, are
evacuation plans for cities this haphazard? Five days after a hurricane,
there were still barely any troops imposing order in a huge city in America.
How on earth did this happen? And what will come of it?

In the past, American disasters have led to political changes ? the
Johnstown flood in 1889 and the Galveston hurricane in 1900 led to fury at
class privilege and a government that seemed not to care for the poor. The
1927 flood in New Orleans ? and the inequalities it exposed ? propelled the
rise of the populist demagogue Huey Long.

There seems to me a strong chance that this calamity could be the beginning
of something profound in American politics: a sense that government is
broken and that someone needs to fix it.

It did, after all, fail. It failed to spend the necessary money to protect
New Orleans in the first place. This disaster, after all, did not come out
of the blue.

Below is a passage from the Houston Chronicle in 2001, which quoted the
Federal Emergency Management Agency on the three likeliest potential
disasters to threaten America. They were: an earthquake in San Francisco, a
terrorist attack in New York City (predicted before 9/11), and a hurricane
hitting New Orleans.

Read this prophetic passage and weep: ?The New Orleans hurricane scenario
may be the deadliest of all. In the face of an approaching storm, scientists
say, the city?s less-than-adequate evacuation routes would strand 250,000
people or more, and probably kill one of 10 left behind as the city drowned
under 20ft of water.

?Thousands of refugees could land in Houston. Economically, the toll would
be shattering . . . If an Allison-type storm were to strike New Orleans, or
a category three storm or greater with at least 111mph winds, the results
would be cataclysmic, New Orleans planners said.?

Katrina, of course, was category four.

So what was done to prevent this scenario? There was indeed an attempt to
rebuild and strengthen the city?s defences. But the system of government in
New Orleans is byzantine in its complexity, with different levees answering
to different authorities, and corruption and incompetence legendary.

More politically explosive, the Bush administration has slashed the budget
for rebuilding the levees. More than a year ago, Walter Maestri, emergency
management chief for Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, told the New Orleans
Times-Picayune: ?It appears that the money has been moved in the president?s
budget to handle homeland security and the war in Iraq, and I suppose that?s
the price we pay. Nobody locally is happy that the levees can?t be finished,
and we are doing everything we can to make the case that this is a security
issue for us.?

It?s still unclear whether even with higher levels of funding the levees
would have been strong enough to withstand Katrina in time. The Army Corps
of Engineers has backed the president and said that the levees were built
for only a category three hurricane and were in satisfactory shape. But
levees need constant maintenance and an agency with a one-year budget cut of
$71m might have skimped. The connection between shifting funds to fight wars
abroad rather than to defend against calamity at home is a politically
explosive one. As one Louisianan said: ?You can do everything for other
countries, but you can?t do nothing for your own people. You can go overseas
with the military, but you can?t get them down here.?

To make matters worse, thousands of Louisianan National Guardsmen, who might
have been best able to maintain order, are deployed in the deserts of Iraq,
in a war that is increasingly unpopular. Again: it?s hard to know if this
really would have made a huge amount of difference, but the argument has the
force of a category five political storm.

In fact, there are plenty of troops and National Guardsmen who could have
responded adequately. Iraq holds only 10.2% of army forces. There are
750,000 active or part-time soldiers and guardsmen in the US today. The
question then becomes: where were they? The Sun Herald in Biloxi,
Mississippi, said last week: ?On Wednesday, reporters listening to horrific
stories of death and survival at the Biloxi Junior High school shelter
looked north across Irish Hill Road and saw air force personnel playing
basketball and performing calisthenics.?

Where was the urgency to get these soldiers to rescue the poor and drowning
in nearby New Orleans, or the dying and dead in devastated Mississippi? The
vice-president was nowhere to be seen. The secretary of state was observed
shopping for shoes in New York City. The president had barely returned to
Washington; and had already opined that nobody had foreseen the breaching of
New Orleans? levees.

Earth to Bush: the breaching of the levees had been foreseen for decades. If
anyone wanted evidence that this president was completely divorced from
reality, that statement was Exhibit A. It didn?t help coming after a
five-week vacation, when most Americans are lucky to get two.
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From: michael at intrafi.com (michael)
Date: Sun Sep  4 11:13:16 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Article from Tom Dispatch
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From: Reeeees at aol.com (Reeeees@aol.com)
Date: Mon Sep  5 10:36:37 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Quote
Message-ID: <E1ECKp1-0007Dd-Rb@smtpauth09.mail.atl.earthlink.net>

"Gods are fragile things; they may be killed by a whiff of science  or a dose 
of common sense."

- Chapman Cohen
 
________________

My heart is moved by all I  cannot save ? so much has been destroyed. I have 
to cast my lot with those who,  age after age, perversely, with no 
extraordinary power, reconstitute the  world.
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From michael at michaelbutler.com  Mon Sep  5 16:14:30 2005
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Mon Sep  5 16:20:20 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] IF YOU CAN BE SURE TO SEE
Message-ID: <BF424996.23B03%michael@michaelbutler.com>

Be sure to see "The Constant Gardner" bet film I have seen this year.
Great film, heavy subject.
Michael

From cpreston2 at tds.net  Mon Sep  5 16:54:53 2005
From: cpreston2 at tds.net (Charles Preston)
Date: Mon Sep  5 16:59:38 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] IF YOU CAN BE SURE TO SEE
References: <BF424996.23B03%michael@michaelbutler.com>
Message-ID: <002d01c5b275$376daee0$0400a8c0@CHARLES>

Michael
Will the film come out on DVD?
Charles
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Butler" <michael@michaelbutler.com>
To: "Civic" <mb-civic@islandlists.com>; "HAIR List" 
<mb-hair@islandlists.com>
Sent: Monday, September 05, 2005 7:14 PM
Subject: [Mb-hair] IF YOU CAN BE SURE TO SEE


> Be sure to see "The Constant Gardner" bet film I have seen this year.
> Great film, heavy subject.
> Michael
>
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From michael at michaelbutler.com  Mon Sep  5 17:15:56 2005
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Mon Sep  5 17:21:42 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] IF YOU CAN BE SURE TO SEE
In-Reply-To: <002d01c5b275$376daee0$0400a8c0@CHARLES>
Message-ID: <BF4257FC.23B09%michael@michaelbutler.com>

Eventually for sure.
M 

> Michael
> Will the film come out on DVD?
> Charles
> ----- Original Message -----
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> To: "Civic" <mb-civic@islandlists.com>; "HAIR List"
> <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
> Sent: Monday, September 05, 2005 7:14 PM
> Subject: [Mb-hair] IF YOU CAN BE SURE TO SEE
> 
> 
>> Be sure to see "The Constant Gardner" bet film I have seen this year.
>> Great film, heavy subject.
>> Michael
>> 
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From michael at michaelbutler.com  Mon Sep  5 17:23:35 2005
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Mon Sep  5 19:31:46 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Fury, Rage, Embarrassed, Ashamed
Message-ID: <BF4259C7.23B0D%michael@michaelbutler.com>


Michael Butler's Blog

http://www.michaelbutler.com/mbblog.html


From cpreston2 at tds.net  Mon Sep  5 20:55:00 2005
From: cpreston2 at tds.net (Charles Preston)
Date: Mon Sep  5 21:00:25 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Michael, Asheville N.C.
Message-ID: <000801c5b296$c282d5c0$0400a8c0@CHARLES>

Michael     
Are you going to be coming through the Atlanta Airport on your way to Asheville, N.C. this week? If so maybe I can see you at the airport for few moments. Can't wait to come back out to California so we all can do The Magic Castle again.
Love , Peace ~~Charles~~
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From peacefreak at metrocast.net  Tue Sep  6 04:46:26 2005
From: peacefreak at metrocast.net (Leo)
Date: Tue Sep  6 04:50:50 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Tick, tick, tick
References: <200509051900.j85J09ff017360@dune.islandtechnologies.net>
Message-ID: <003901c5b2d8$9d0863e0$6401a8c0@Leo>

I can certainly hear & feel the clock ticking down as the HAIR reunion 
weekend at La Mama draws near! A quick peek at the projected weather for 
this upcoming weekend looks absolutely fan freaking tastic. I'm looking 
forward to meeting many of you for the first time and to seeing the gang of 
freaks from Bridgeport once again. Tick, tick, tick.....................

PEACE,
Leo 


From nycrjmac at yahoo.com  Tue Sep  6 06:04:19 2005
From: nycrjmac at yahoo.com (RJ Mac)
Date: Tue Sep  6 06:09:06 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Fury, Rage, Embarrassed, Ashamed
In-Reply-To: <BF4259C7.23B0D%michael@michaelbutler.com>
Message-ID: <20050906130419.47285.qmail@web34309.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

One of your sharpest entries.
I hope you've sent it to every major paper.

Most important, the closing question: Where is the
opposition?????  A few years back, the nation went
into impassioned uproar over a stained dress.  Where's
that passion Now?

I've seen here, during the Republican Covention, and
from reports from those who attended the the WTO
demonstrations a few years back, how police and
military effectively neuter and silence opposition.

And to be fair, the protesters I saw and dealt with
were not very sharp either.  A messy outcry voicing
essentially "Bush is Bad" isn't going to affect much
forward motion.

Very different from my ACT UP days, where the
demonstrations were skilled and focused and produced
results.  (On the other hand, as much as we saved and
extended lives of PWA's, at the end of the story you
might say we gave free promotion and boost to the
pharmaceutical industries... So there was corporate
profit to be had.  Maybe that's why ACT UP was allowed
to succeed.)

So who has a vision?  Focus?  Who's a credible
opponent?  I don't have a clue.


rj



	
		
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From michael at michaelbutler.com  Tue Sep  6 06:07:02 2005
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Tue Sep  6 06:12:52 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Michael, Asheville N.C.
In-Reply-To: <000801c5b296$c282d5c0$0400a8c0@CHARLES>
Message-ID: <BF430CB6.23B54%michael@michaelbutler.com>

Charles,
Sorry, I go through Charlotte.
P&L M

> Michael     
> Are you going to be coming through the Atlanta Airport on your way to
> Asheville, N.C. this week? If so maybe I can see you at the airport for few
> moments. Can't wait to come back out to California so we all can do The Magic
> Castle again.
> Love , Peace ~~Charles~~
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From mattvesic at yahoo.com  Tue Sep  6 10:51:08 2005
From: mattvesic at yahoo.com (MATT VESIC)
Date: Tue Sep  6 12:59:56 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Morning
Message-ID: <E1ECjXE-00046b-Uj@smtpauth07.mail.atl.earthlink.net>

Hey Michael, your latest blog entry was dead on.  It
makes me pissed that this has to happen in a country
that should be as ready as can be for this kind of
happening.  Then there are the number of people I have
overheard in conversation that can't believe the
people are looting.  However the people judging the
actions of those in New Orleans have no idea of what
it's like to be dirt poor or be in a survival
situation.  The media milking of this ha been bad as
well.  It's such a shame that in the age of such
technology we are at the mercy of ratings hungry,
manipulated "news".  

I'm currently working in the properties department at
Warner Brothers.  I'm temping in accounts. 
Unfortunately I won't be able to make the reunion. 
How ever my love, thoughts, and spirits will be with
you and the tribes.

Have a safe trip, peace and love- Matt 


	
		
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From tiogajoe at juno.com  Tue Sep  6 15:06:34 2005
From: tiogajoe at juno.com (tiogajoe@juno.com)
Date: Tue Sep  6 15:15:33 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Hair Reunion
Message-ID: <20050906.150731.22913.302172@webmail16.lax.untd.com>

Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 22:39
From: "richard haase" <hotprojects@nyc.rr.com>

[At the upcoming HAIR Reunion]
IM THE ONE WHO LOOKS EXACTLY LIKE WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
WITH GLASSES

==========================

Okay, so I'll be the one who looks like John Ritter ... on a bad day.

--Tioga




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From tiogajoe at juno.com  Tue Sep  6 15:57:58 2005
From: tiogajoe at juno.com (tiogajoe@juno.com)
Date: Tue Sep  6 16:03:57 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: Reunion Update
Message-ID: <20050906.155827.22913.302849@webmail16.lax.untd.com>

Yo, Dauber!  

Okay, so I'm not particularly prompt in responding.  Well, hey, I've been BUSY, Man!  :)

Anyway, way cool transcription of your conversation to get your tickets.  Almost as hard as getting through an airport checkpoint, eh?  :)

Listen, regarding attire, Man, I don't think I've ever seen you NOT dress HAIR-ishly.  I'd say, dress the Dauber I've seen on the streets of Ocean Grove.  You're the HAIR Net man.  Be Him There.  Eh?

Or go reenacting the nude scene.  That'd surely be well received.  :)

Stay cool.  See you in NYC (you know, come to think of it, I see you more often outside of the Grove than I do while living just a few blocks away!  Guess we need more HAIR-ish events!).

Peace and such,

Sib Joe d'Tioga

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Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 00:09:23 -0500
From: Dauber <dauber@banana-and-louie.org>

On 08/25/2005, Little Birdie wrote:

> Also, people keep asking who is coming, so below is the rsvp list as of 
> yesterday afternoon. This list gets updated and changed every day, but
> as of  last evening these people have all said they are planning on
> being there. If  your name is there but you haven't bought your tickets
> yet - get to it soon  so we have an accurate head count for food and
> beverages!

I finally made my reservation about an hour after your e-mail went out. :) 
It was an interesting conversation:

ME: Hi, I'd like to make a reservation for the Hair reunion.

LAMAMA GUY: Are you a legitimate Hair person?

ME: Well...I've never been part of an actual production, but Michael Butler
said I'm part of the tribe!

LAMAMA: Okay, then...[ticket technicalities, credit card number, etc.]...can
I get a phone number with which I can reach you in the next few hours?

ME: [tell him my cell phone number with a 732 area code]

LAMAMA: 732?? Where's that?

ME: Jersey.

LAMAMA: Oy! [his exact word] Now...what makes Michael Butler say that you're
legitimate?

ME: I've been on a Hair mailing list for nearly ten years, and we call it a
"Cyber-Tribe."

LAMAMA: Ahh...got it.

ME: Oh...and I got an invite from Nina Dayton.

LAMAMA: Ah! Nina Dayton! That's good enough for me! I'm not trying to raise
hell or anything --

ME: Ehh, don't worry! I always welcome a challenge!

LAMAMA: Okay, then, I'll be the first person you see that day!

Really goofy, eh??

Now, the dumb question of the week: what's the attire for this thing??
Something tells me not terribly formal -- I just don't think it'd be right
for, I dunno...Robin to show up in tux and tails. :)



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From georgeberger69 at yahoo.com  Tue Sep  6 16:15:50 2005
From: georgeberger69 at yahoo.com (James Pappaconstantine)
Date: Tue Sep  6 16:20:38 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] A message from Lillian Berlin
Message-ID: <20050906231551.59380.qmail@web54212.mail.yahoo.com>

There is this really cool band called, Living Things. They do a lot of Anti-war songs in kind of a Ramones / Clash flare. The last release was not available in the US because of a few reasons one of which was that the band refused to change the lyrics to the single entitled Bombs Below. If anyone has the time.. go to maybe Yahoo music and check out the video for this song. In my opinion it is one of the most powerful and important videos of our lifetime. At anyrate.. I saw them a while back and wrote asking when they were coming back around and got this from Lillian. (the singer) thought you cats might dig it.
 
The era of George Bush is over. The emperor has no clothes, and everyone can 
now see it. America is finally awakening, its head pounding and its stomach 
churning, from the 9/11-induced credulity binge of the last half decade. The 
shrillness with which the Limbaughs and the O'Reillys attack the 
truth-speaking mother of a deceased US serviceman is but a measure of their 
panicked desperation as they watch the wheels coming off the wagon in every 
imaginable way, and as they stand helpless to stop it. None of the old bad 
magic works anymore - not the lies, not the diversions, not the endless 
repetition of hollow slogans, and not the character assassination of White 
House 'enemies'. Game over.

LILLIAN BERLIN

Again.. if you get the chance check out the video on line.. (it's probably the only place you'll be able to see it. as their old web site is down since they signed with a smaller more liberal label and the new site is not quite ready.)
 
Peace.. JIM
 
C-U at the reunion.  (I'll be the one who looks like a cross between Jim Morrison and that guy from just shoot me.. Elliott's brother.. "turkey pot, Turkey pot, Turkey pot pie!")

		
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From tiogajoe at juno.com  Tue Sep  6 16:33:03 2005
From: tiogajoe at juno.com (tiogajoe@juno.com)
Date: Tue Sep  6 16:39:57 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Hair and the victims of Louisiana
Message-ID: <20050906.163323.22913.303438@webmail16.lax.untd.com>

Damn, Paul, I got chills imagining the HAIR Reunioneers in NYC on Sept. 10 recording their singing "Let the Sunshine In" for the victims of Katrina.  I'm a Louisiana native (Tioga, Louisiana), and I've got folks there.  Luckily, their areas (Central & Northeast La.) were spared the wrath of the hurricane.  Still, you gotta know that those hurt, well, it still feels like family -- and The Big Easy was EVERYbody's turf, you know?  Well, even if we don't record it, for our own souls, shall we not dedicate our inhouse singing of the song to those who lost so much in that tragic event?  

Anyway, thanks for the vibes, Man.

Peace,

Tioga Joe

===========================

Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2005 10:19:25 -0700
From: "Paul Korda" <paul@paulkorda.com>

Posted on IEN last night, Can Hair in New York  sing "Let the Sunshine
In" for the victims of Louisiana.

Friday, September 02, 2005
WHERE ARE THE U2's OF THE USA? 

WHERE ARE THE U2's OF THE USA? by Paul Korda for International
Entertainment News
>From the painful scenes coming out of New Orleans and it's surrounding
areas, and the questions that ill-preparedness raises, one might think
that Music Artists would be dwarfed by the massive calamity. The
fortunate thought processes of musicians which allow them to perservere
in their love of music against all odds, is needed now. Which well known
music artists in the USA are rushing to support benefit concerts in
stadiums all around the USA? The people of these ravaged areas are
desperate for rescue. Everyone in the Music Industry should be asking
what they can do. The power of Music's belief system has helped many in
other countries and surely can help overcome this disaster in our
country. So please come forward you USA's stars of music? The concerts
should have been on this weekend, all over the US. There is no time to
waste. The very structure of society is threatened when we don't use
every sinew of our being to help. Do we want these victims of disaster
to lose faith in their country, and turn to lawlessness? It could be LA
next with an Earthquake, or worse still terrorism. America needs it's
people now! WHO IS GOING TO PLAY TO SAVE THESE PEOPLE, OUR OWN PEOPLE?
WHERE ARE THE U2's of THE USA?

Paul 
http://PaulKorda.com   


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From VinUschi at t-online.de  Tue Sep  6 17:47:53 2005
From: VinUschi at t-online.de (Vincent Edwards)
Date: Wed Sep  7 00:45:22 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] back to lamama
Message-ID: <431E38B8.5DE5DD67@t-online.de>

hi tribe and tribe elders on sep 10 i will be on the island of rhodes
where i will light a candle of love and peace for all of you at the hair
reunion be in at lamama and for our tribe members no longer with us the
hair angel tribe together we are all one  love you all  vincent

From georgeberger69 at yahoo.com  Wed Sep  7 06:48:42 2005
From: georgeberger69 at yahoo.com (James Pappaconstantine)
Date: Wed Sep  7 06:53:41 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Robin Williams
Message-ID: <20050907134842.21692.qmail@web54209.mail.yahoo.com>

A freind of mine sent this to me..I figured people might get a kick out of it.. keep in mind it came from a Republican.
 
Robin Williams' plan...(Hard to argue with this logic!) 

"I see a lot of people yelling for peace but I have not heard of a plan for peace.  So, here's one plan." 

1) "The US will apologize to the world for our "interference" in their affairs, past & present.  You know, Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin, Tojo, Noriega, Milosevic, Hussein, and the rest of those 'good ole boys', we will never "interfere" again. 

2) We will withdraw our troops from all over the world, starting with Germany, South Korea, the Middle East, and the Philippines.  They don't want us there.  We would station troops at our borders.  No one allowed sneaking through holes in the fence. 

3) All illegal aliens have 90 days to get their affairs together and leave.  We'll give them a free trip home.  After 90 days the remainder will be gathered up and deported immediately, regardless of whom or where they are.  They're illegal!!!  France will welcome them. 

4) All future visitors will be tho-
 

roughly checked and limited to 90 days unless given a special permit!!!!  No one from a terrorist nation will be allowed in.  If you don't like it there, change it yourself and don't hide here.  Asylum would never be available 

 

to anyone.  We don't need any more cab drivers or 7-11 cashiers. 

5) No foreign "students" over age 21.  The older ones are the bombers.  If they don't attend classes, they get a "D" and it's back home baby. 

6) The US will make a strong effort 

 

to become self-sufficient energy wise.  This will include developing nonpolluting sources of energy but will require a temporary drilling of oil in the Alaskan wilderness.  The caribou will have to cope for a while. 

7) Offer Saudi Arabia and other oil producing countries $10 a barrel for their oil.  If they don't like it, we go some place else.  They can go somewhere else to sell their production.  (About a week of the wells filling up the storage sites would be enough.) 

8) If there is a famine or other natural catastrophe in the world, we will not "interfere."  They can pray to Allah or whomever, for seeds, rain, cement or whatever they need.  Besides most of what we give them are stolen or given 

 

to the army.  The people who need 

 

it most get very little, if anything. 

9) Ship the UN Headquarters to an isolated island some place.  We don't need the spies and fair weather friends here. Besides, the building would make a good homeless shelter or lockup for illegal aliens.

10) All Americans must go to charm and beauty school.  That way, no one can call us "Ugly Americans" any longer.  The Language we speak is ENGLISH...learn it...or LEAVE...Now, isn't that a winner of a plan? 

"The Statue of Liberty is no longer 

 

saying 'Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses.'  She's got a baseball bat and she's yelling, 'you want a piece of me?'  " 

If you agree with the above forward 

 

it to friends...If not, and I would be amazed, DELETE it!! 


		
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From: jonathan.zenz at warnerbros.com (Jonathan Zenz)
Date: Wed Sep  7 14:01:01 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Help Me Make a Difference!
Message-ID: <2470112-22005937202015299@kintera.com>

Support Me -- and the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation

Hello HAIR, 

Join me and make a difference in the lives of children worldwide.  On Sunday, September 25, 2005, I will flex my fundraising muscle as a participant in the Nautica Malibu Triathlon -- and a supporter of the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation and its lifesaving programs.  I am writing to ask you to lend a hand as I take on this personal challenge.  To date, the nine-year partnership between Nautica and EGPAF has raised over $800,000.  Help us reach the $1 million mark this year!

 

There are an estimated 40,000 new HIV infections in the United States each year, the majority of them in people under the age of 25.  Globally, approximately 38 million people are infected with HIV, and over two million of those are children.  The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation is the worldwide leader in the fight against pediatric AIDS and other serious and life-threatening diseases affecting children.  Its innovative research programs, collaborative training initiatives, advocacy efforts, and rapidly expanding international programs are bringing dramatic changes to the lives of children worldwide. 

 

While great strides have been made, there are still many questions that remain unanswered and much work yet to be done.  This is where your help is indispensable.  By supporting me, you are also helping to support vital pediatric programs throughout the world.   Together, we can make a difference.

 

I apologize if you've already received a solicitation from me.... technology.  Many thanks for your support!



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From: mblaxill at yahoo.com (Mike Blaxill)
Date: Wed Sep  7 14:59:14 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] This Friday Night - for early reunion arrivals
Message-ID: <20050907215428.40016.qmail@web53008.mail.yahoo.com>

Hey HAiR alumni attendees - if you get into NYC
on Friday night and are looking for an activity
or place to convene with friends before the big
day, come check out this concert..Rocking
Liberally...that I'm organizing (details below).
It's a part benefit to help pro-choice groups -
all HAiR people get in free, just mention HAiR at
the door 

The line-up of bands is great, not too loud
(mostly acoustic), and there's a place in the
back to talk - also for those who don't know me,
I'm with Crissy aka Debbie Andrews (Crissy in
Detroit, DC, & Bway 1970-71)

Anyway, here's the details - see you soon!
Mike Blaxill


FRIDAY NIGHT SEPT 9

**ROCKING LIBERALLY**
A Progressive Coalition
Music for the Movement

Friday, Sept 9 - 9:30pm
Featuring 
JENNIFER O'CONNOR 
(?cucumber-cool songs? ? TimeOut NY), 
KOESTER 
(?solid songwriting chops? ? The Onion) and 
NAYSAYER 
(?so good we can?t help but say yes? ? 
Entertainment Weekly)

**With a special appearance by 
Billionaires for Bush and Greene Dragon**

@ The Tank - 208 West 37th St (7th Ave)
Admission: $7 
(portion of the proceeds to PFAW)

ROCKING LIBERALLY will offer the chance 
to learn how you can support grassroots 
efforts to defeat the Judge Roberts nomination, 
preserve your Civil Rights, Roe v Wade and a 
Fair and Independent Judiciary 

Presented by: Drinking Liberally, People for the 
American Way, NARAL, Cosmopolity, Citizen Action 
NY, New Democratic Majority, ACT NY, Democracy
for 
NYC, Music for America

The Tank is a space for performing and visual
arts emphasizing new work by emerging performers,
designers, writers, directors and producers. The
Tank is a groundfloor venue, an active gallery,
and an ever-changing stage. The Tank is currently
operating out of a temporary subsidized space
generously donated by chashama, an organization
dedicated to creating space for artists to
create.

From nycrjmac at yahoo.com  Wed Sep  7 14:57:10 2005
From: nycrjmac at yahoo.com (RJ Mac)
Date: Wed Sep  7 15:01:57 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Off-off Broadway Theater History Links
Message-ID: <20050907215710.6335.qmail@web34308.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

I thought I'd pass this on for those on the list who
have an interest in the kind of theatre whence HAIR
was rooted:

Playwright Robert Patrick has posted several pages of
photos from the early 60s at La Mama and Caffe Cino on
his personal web pages; (he is not a member of this
list.)

http://hometown.aol.com/rbrtptrck/Dailypage1.html

http://hometown.aol.com/rbrtptrck/ROBERT_PATRICK_PLAYWRIGHT_TIMES.html

http://hometown.aol.com/rbrtptrck/NEW_CAFFE_CINO_PAGEpage1.html





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From georgeberger69 at yahoo.com  Wed Sep  7 16:41:54 2005
From: georgeberger69 at yahoo.com (James Pappaconstantine)
Date: Wed Sep  7 16:46:46 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Katrina Timeline
Message-ID: <20050907234154.49635.qmail@web54208.mail.yahoo.com>


It has been a week since Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast, leveled New Orleans and left hundreds of thousands of Americans homeless. We saw the best of America during that time???millions of people stepped forward to offer help. Meanwhile, the Bush administration failed at their most important job: keeping America safe. The federal effort was too little, too late and it is now becoming obvious that hundreds or even thousands of people died as a result.

Then, starting Friday, in a Karl Rove-led campaign, the White House started to blame state and local officials and even the victims who were stranded without transportation when the Hurricane arrived. Sign our petition demanding that the Bush administration stop blaming victims, including state and local officials, and focus on helping them.

http://political.moveon.org/helpvictims/?id=5965-3636655-Qb0dioBV4oEIGhbwPt12zA&t=3

We'll begin to deliver the earliest signatures to the White House tomorrow, Thursday, when a delegation of MoveOn members from New Orleans, who are now homeless and will come to Washington and join other MoveOn members outside the White House at a petition delivery and protest. The petition is one important way to demonstrate that the public wants more action to help hurricane victims and is getting angry about this blame-shifting game the Bush administration is playing.

It is important that the Bush administration not get away with shifting their responsibility to local officials. Here is what actually happened.

Timeline

Friday, Aug. 26: Gov. Kathleen Blanco declares a state of emergency in Louisiana and requests troop assistance.


Saturday, Aug. 27: Gov. Blanco asks for federal state of emergency. A federal emergency is declared giving federal officials the authority to get involved.


Sunday, Aug. 28: Mayor Ray Nagin orders mandatory evacuation of New Orleans. President Bush warned of Levee failure by National Hurricane Center. National Weather Service predicts area will be "uninhabitable" after Hurricane arrives. First reports of water toppling over the levee appear in local paper.

Monday, Aug. 29: Levee breaches and New Orleans begins to fill with water, Bush travels to Arizona and California to discuss Medicare. FEMA chief finally responds to federal emergency, dispatching employees but giving them two days to arrive on site.


Tuesday, Aug. 30: Mass looting reported, security shortage cited in New Orleans. Pentagon says that local authorities have adequate National Guard units to handle hurricane needs despite governor's earlier request. Bush returns to Crawford for final day of vacation. TV coverage is around-the-clock Hurricane news.

Wednesday, Aug. 31: Tens of thousands trapped in New Orleans including at Convention Center and Superdome in "medieval" conditions. President Bush finally returns to Washington to establish a task force to coordinate federal response. Local authorities run out of food and water supplies.

Thursday, Sept. 1: New Orleans descends into anarchy. New Orleans Mayor issues a "Desperate SOS" to federal government. Bush claims nobody predicted the breach of the levees despite multiple warnings and his earlier briefing.

Friday, Sept. 2: Karl Rove begins Bush administration campaign to blame state and local officials???despite their repeated requests for help. Bush stages a photo-op???diverting Coast Guard helicopters and crew to act as backdrop for cameras. Levee repair work orchestrated for president's visit and White House press corps.

Saturday, Sept. 3: Bush blames state and local officials. Senior administration official (possibly Rove) caught in a lie claiming Gov. Blanco had not declared a state of emergency or asked for help.

Monday, Sept. 5: New Orleans officials begin to collect their dead.

(Adapted from: Katrina Timeline, http://thinkprogress.org/katrina-timeline/ )

Those are the facts. State and local officials BEGGED for help as people in their city suffered. The Bush administration didn't get the job done and when their failure became an embarrassment they attacked those asking for help.

The New York Times reported on Friday that Karl Rove and White House communications director Dan Bartlett "rolled out a plan...to contain the political damage from the administration's response to Hurricane Katrina." The core of the strategy is "to shift the blame away from the White House and toward officials of New Orleans and Louisiana."

This is the same pattern of smearing that the Bush political machine has used for a decade. John McCain and John Kerry had their war records smeared. The CIA cover of Ambassador Joseph Wilson's wife was blown after he criticized the Bush Iraq policy. Now, Hurricane victims are attacked when the Bush administration failed to do their duty to help them.

It isn't just the Bush administration. Republican Senator Rick Santorum blamed victims in a TV interview and House Speaker Dennis Hastert suggested New Orleans should not be rebuilt.

We can't let them get away with this. Please sign our petition today and do your part.

http://political.moveon.org/helpvictims/?id=5965-3636655-Qb0dioBV4oEIGhbwPt12zA&t=4

This is just the first step. We need to continue to help those in need directly and make sure our government does their job. There will be a time to figure out who specifically to blame and what to change. In the meantime, the Bush administration needs to get to work helping those in need.

Thanks for all you do,

???Tom, Tanya, Joan, Jennifer and the MoveOn.org Political Action Team
  Wednesday, September 7th, 2005

P.S. Check out these links for more on the Hurricane relief efforts.

Katrina Timeline, ThinkProgress.org
http://thinkprogress.org/katrina-timeline/

Editorial: No time for turf wars. The Times-Picayune, September 7, 2005.
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=869

Editorial blasts federal response. CNN, September 4, 2005.
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=870


The big disconnect on New Orleans. CNN, September 2, 2005.
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=871


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From: michael at intrafi.com (michael@intrafi.com)
Date: Thu Sep  8 08:41:55 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] An article for you from an Economist.com reader.
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Dear  hair,

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THE BLAME GAME
Sep 7th 2005  

Most of those in need of food, water and medical help after Hurricane
Katrina have now been reached, engineers have started to pump water out
of New Orleans, and the authorities have begun forcibly evacuating
residents who refuse to leave. Who is to blame for the botched relief
effort: George Bush, local officials, or no one in particular?

THE evacuation of New Orleans was finally nearing completion on
Wednesday September 7th, more than a week after the breaching of the
low-lying city's levees in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. National
Guardsmen, regular troops and federal marshals--many of whom had been
brought in late last week following criticism of the sluggish relief
effort--had moved into the worst-affected districts and were making
house-to-house searches for the remaining survivors. However, an
estimated 5,000-10,000 residents were still refusing to leave. As a
result, the authorities began on Tuesday to enforce a compulsory
evacuation order. "We'll do everything it takes to make this city
safe," said Edwin Compass, New Orleans's police superintendent. "These
people don't understand they're putting themselves in harm's way."

With most of the survivors now taken care of, the focus is shifting to
those who perished in the storm and subsequent flood. The official
death toll in the three worst-hit states--Louisiana, Mississippi and
Alabama--is still in the low hundreds. But the final toll could be as
high as 10,000. Many corpses have sunk in the water that still covers
around three-fifths of New Orleans. On Monday, the US Army Corps of
Engineers said it had plugged a big gap in the levees and started to
pump water out of the city. But it could be two to three months before
the task is completed, and up to a year before those who have left can
return. The economic costs of this, and of the damage done to the
region's oil and gas facilities, are still being counted (see
article[1]).

Perhaps 100,000 people either could not or would not leave New Orleans
when warned to do so before Katrina struck. Tens of thousands ended up
at either the city's Superdome stadium or its convention centre for
days, turning them into sinks of hot and smelly misery. By the weekend,
these refugees had been bussed out. Some 20 states have offered to
house and school refugees temporarily. But the strain is already
starting to show in neighbouring states. In Texas, home to almost half
of those who fled New Orleans, officials say they are struggling to
cope and have asked that any further refugees be airlifted to other
states. On Tuesday, the Federal Emergency Management Agency said it
would fly evacuees at New Orleans's airport to five air bases around
the country, where beds have become available because of soldiers going
to Iraq.

If the world was saddened by the devastation wrought by Katrina, it was
shocked by the breakdown of law and order that followed. Looters roamed
the streets, stealing food and water in desperation but also computers,
sporting equipment and guns in opportunism. Rapes and car-jackings were
reported, and there were angry confrontations between roving thugs and
the few shop- and homeowners who stayed. Some saw the social tension as
having a racial element, since most of those left behind were poor and
black.

Though New Orleans was flooded on Tuesday of last week, it wasn't until
Friday that the relief effort gained real momentum, with the arrival of
thousands of national guardsmen. Kathleen Blanco, the governor of
Louisiana, gave warning that "they know how to shoot to kill", and by
the weekend they had restored order to most parts of the city. But they
and other emergency personnel are under huge pressure, with many of
them working round the clock; the NEW YORK TIMES quoted Mr Compass as
saying that at least 200 of his 1,500 police officers had refused to do
their job.

LET DOWN, BUT BY WHOM? 
While Katrina was a powerful storm, the extent of the chaos and
suffering in her wake has nonetheless been surprising. America has
dealt with ferocious hurricanes before, and New Orleans's
vulnerabilities were well known. Thus many are starting to point
fingers in relation to both the short-term response and long-term
policy failures. 

Ray Nagin, New Orleans's mayor, showed increasing frustration
throughout last week, especially with the federal government's response
and its press conferences: "They're feeding the people a line of bull,
and they are spinning and people are dying...Get off your asses and
let's do something." An under-pressure President George Bush criticised
the relief effort on Friday, calling it "not acceptable", before flying
to the region to see the damage. Later, he suggested that local
officials had made some mistakes. This earned him the threat of a punch
from one Louisiana Senator, Mary Landrieu.

Many of the immediate difficulties are understandable. As Michael
Chertoff, the secretary of homeland security, pointed out, the disaster
has in fact been a double one. The hurricane's winds flattened homes on
the Gulf of Mexico coast, and shortly thereafter the rains burst the
levees, the latter creating a "dynamic" situation while authorities
responded to the former. 

Nevertheless, many Americans are blaming the man at the top. Mr Bush
should have gone to the region sooner, his critics say. (He made a
second trip on Monday.) Some Bush supporters worry that the botched
relief effort could hurt the president at a time when his ratings are
already low, thanks to the troubles of Iraq.

A WASHINGTON POST/ABC poll, conducted on Friday, found that the nation
was split down the middle, with 46% saying Mr Bush had handled the
crisis well and 47% saying he had done badly. By Tuesday, support for
the president appeared to have slipped: in a CNN/USA TODAY/Gallup poll,
42% of respondents rated his response to the disaster as "bad" or
"terrible", while 35% said it was "good" or "great". Only 35% described
the response of state and local officials as bad or terrible, with
slightly more, 37%, saying it was good or great. But when asked who was
responsible for the problems in New Orleans after Katrina struck, fewer
blamed Mr Bush (13%) than federal agencies (18%) or state and local
officials (25%); 38% blamed no one.

In an effort to head off criticism, the president has said that he will
lead an investigation into his administration's response to the
disaster. The House of Representatives and the Senate will hold their
own probes. Politicians on both sides are angry. On Tuesday Susan
Collins, a Republican senator who will lead an investigation by the
chamber's Homeland Security Committee, said: "If our system did such a
poor job when there was no enemy, how would the federal, state and
local governments have coped with a terrorist attack that provided no
advance warning and that was intent on causing as much death and
destruction as possible?"

Mr Bush's critics argue that some of his administration's longer-term
policy decisions have made the response to the disaster more difficult.
The war in Iraq, it has been noted, has depleted the number of
available national guardsmen by a third or more in Louisiana,
Mississippi and Alabama; many of those serving in Iraq are trained
emergency personnel. Others allege that the war has squeezed the
budget, causing a postponement last year of projects to improve the
levees--though it is far from clear that these could have been
completed in time to stop the flooding after Katrina.

Even if some failures can be attributed to the Bush administration, the
most important reasons for Katrina's deadliness may lie in decisions
that predate the current president, from Jean Baptiste le Moyne de
Bienville's decision to found the city in its precarious location, in
1718, to the more recent "improvements" in the area's maritime
navigability that have damaged south-eastern Louisiana's wetlands. For
much of the 20th century the federal government tampered with the
Mississippi, to help shipping and--ironically--prevent floods. In the
process it destroyed large swathes of coastal marshland around New
Orleans--something which suited property developers, but removed much
of the city's natural protection against flooding. Support may now grow
for a multi-billion-dollar plan to restore the wetlands, though a
similar project in Florida has proved difficult.

It is an uncomfortable fact that millions of Americans have made the
decision to live in areas prone to this kind of disaster. Though
Congress has authorised an immediate $10.5 billion relief package and
Mr Bush has said he will seek another $40 billion for the first phase
of rebuilding, Denny Hastert, the speaker of the House, has questioned
whether huge amounts of money should be spent on reconstruction in a
location as exposed as New Orleans (though he later backpedalled). But
there remain important questions to be asked at both the local and
national level about the failures that led to Katrina's destruction and
chaos. It has provided yet another reminder that decisions made without
due regard for the consequences can prove painful indeed later on.

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From: sherwin at aceross.com (Sherwin Ross)
Date: Thu Sep  8 11:18:22 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] A news story that disappeared
Message-ID: <20050908181322.B6AA723732F@lax-gw01.mroute.net>


 


Did anybody catch this? I saw it on Fox News.


The story than disappeared.


 


 September 05, 2005


The Modern "Let Them Eat Cake" Moment


When I saw this quote on
<http://atrios.blogspot.com/2005_09_04_atrios_archive.html#11259638161969400
0>  Atrios's site, I thought it was a parody.

But Editor and Publisher, to whom he cites, is reporting it as straight
news:

Barbara Bush: Things Working Out
<http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_conten
t_id=1001054719> "Very Well" for Poor Evacuees from New Orleans NEW YORK
Accompanying her husband, former President George H.W.Bush, on a tour of
hurricane relief centers in Houston, Barbara Bush said today, referring to
the poor who had lost everything back home and evacuated, "This is working
very well for them." 

The former First Lady's remarks were aired this evening on National Public
Radio's "Marketplace" program.

Then she added: "What I'm hearing is they all want to stay in Texas.
Everyone is so overwhelmed by the hospitality.

"And so many of the people in the arena here, you know, were underprivileged
anyway, so this--this [she chuckles slightly]is working very well for them."

And here's a link to the
<http://www.publicradio.org/tools/media/player/marketplace/2005/09/05_mpp?st
art=00:00:01:00.0&end=00:00:04:36.0>  audio of the NPR Marketplace segment
containing this incredible quote. It's real. Although some people might I
suppose call it a nervous giggle rather than a chuckle. 

 

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WHEN GOVERNMENT FAILS
Sep 8th 2005  

The pathetic official response to Katrina has shocked the world. How
will it change America?

ONLY those with a special pass, and under armed guard, can now go to
the centre of New Orleans. The city, officials will tell you, is far
more dangerous than is generally believed. But just a few people, such
as scientists needing to retrieve experiments, are being allowed in. 

Much of the city is a sea of filthy water. Cars, boats, trees and
power-lines float on it in a tangled mass. The water stinks. On higher
ground some parts remain oddly untouched, save for massive oaks lying
in the road and huge plumes of smoke from various distant fires. But on
every side the city is empty. The only sound is of helicopters
overhead, dropping water on the fires. The only people are National
Guard companies at the intersections, guns at the ready--and, on St
Charles Avenue, one lone jogger, running on the streetcar tracks.

Slowly, falteringly and much too late, America began to respond this
week to the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina. Troops and
supplies poured into New Orleans, even as survivors were bused away.
The city's Superdome and convention centre, both epicentres of horror
in the days after the hurricane, are now empty. The broken levees are
being fixed, and water is even being pumped out. By mid-week only 60%
of New Orleans, rather than 80%, remained under water. Police were
preparing to remove any remaining people by force. The death toll is
still unclear, though Ray Nagin, New Orleans's mayor, talks of 10,000
dead. 

As relief stumbles along, the political blame-game is in top gear.
George Bush and the federal government have come under fierce attack.
Though a CNN/USA TODAY/Gallup poll found that only 13% supposed the
president should take most responsibility for the relief effort, or
lack of it, both Republicans and Democrats were appalled at Mr Bush's
failure to grasp the scale of the catastrophe; shocked that his senior
staff were absent, or on holiday, while thousands of Americans were
stranded without food and water; and aghast at the bumbling response of
the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), which is charged with
coping when disasters strike. America's enemies, from Cuba to Iran,
lined up with unconcealed smirks to offer doctors and aid. 

Karl Rove, Mr Bush's political Svengali, moved into damage-control
mode. Top officials, from Donald Rumsfeld to Condoleezza Rice, were
packed off to visit the disaster zone. Mr Bush himself went back again
to hug refugees, and said, unpromisingly, that he would launch an
investigation. The White House spin-machine whirled into action, trying
to shift blame to local and state officials. The federal government,
claimed Michael Chertoff, head of the Department of Homeland Security,
had only a supporting role to play; it could not, he implied, do much
if the locals were incompetent. 

Local and state officials jabbed fingers right back. Kathleen Blanco,
the Democratic governor of Louisiana, refused to let the federal
government take control of the National Guard relief effort in her
state, fearing this would allow the Bush team to blame her for any
earlier incompetence. Instead, she hired James Lee Witt, the head of
FEMA in the Clinton administration, to advise her on disaster relief. 

Pundits explained the government's failure in every way they pleased.
Anti-war types blamed Iraq, particularly the fact that thousands of
National Guard troops had been sent there. Environmental types blamed
Mr Bush's lackadaisical attitude to wetlands. Many Democrats saw it as
proof that Mr Bush and the Republicans cared nothing for America's poor
and black. Liberals argued that Katrina showed why, as James Galbraith,
a vocal leftist economist at the University of Texas, put it, the
"government of the United States must be big, demanding, ambitious and
expensive." A WALL STREET JOURNAL column, in contrast, argued that the
hurricane showed the danger of relying too heavily on inefficient
government. 

The question of racism bobbed quickly to the surface. Jesse Jackson, a
one-time presidential hopeful, set the tone. Inspecting the crowded
pavement outside the convention centre in New Orleans, he said: "This
looks like the hull of a slave ship." 

Absurd though the comparison may be, America's racial rift has been
re-opened. Almost all the desperate-looking victims on the television
news are black. That partly reflects demography--New Orleans is
two-thirds black. It also reflects poverty. Those who failed to leave
town typically did so because they had no means of transport. Some 35%
of black households lacked a car, compared with 15% of white ones. 

Nonetheless, media coverage of Katrina drew furious allegations of
subtle bias. Using the term "refugees" for those seeking refuge from
the storm was racist, apparently, and Yahoo! News drew flak for picture
captions describing a black man as "looting" and whites as "finding"
goods. The agencies that supplied the pictures retorted that the
captions reflected what their photographers had witnessed. 

Many blacks feel that, had it been whites drowning, the federal
government would have acted more swiftly to save them. An ABC poll
found them 23 percentage points more likely than whites to find fault
with Mr Bush's response. "George Bush doesn't care about black people,"
suggested Kanye West, a rapper, during a televised appeal to raise
money for the victims. His contention is hard to prove. Was the
president indifferent, or merely incompetent? Some of Mr Bush's
supporters favour a third explanation: that Mayor Nagin (who is black)
proved more adept at berating the federal government on the radio than
at implementing the city's emergency plan.

TO TEXAS, AND POINTS NORTH
Amid all this name-calling, there were a few odd winners. Wal-Mart, for
instance, a company that is often under fire from the left for the way
it treats employees, was widely praised for the efficiency and unusual
generosity of its response. The firm donated $23m to the relief effort;
promised jobs in other Wal-Marts for all employees dislocated by
Katrina; and proved far more adept than the Feds at getting supplies
quickly to where they are needed. The state of Florida, too, which is
used to these things, immediately launched an impressive pre-planned
relief effort that saw more than $40m in aid, together with teams of
doctors and nurses, despatched to neighbouring states.

Around 1m people have been displaced by Katrina. Texas has been the
destination of close to a quarter of them. Many have gone to Houston,
already the fourth-biggest city in America, to camp in the Astrodome.
Other Texas cities have also pitched in: San Antonio has offered
temporary housing for 25,000 (as well as practice fields for New
Orleans's displaced football team). In Dallas and Austin, convention
centres have become shelters.

Governor Rick Perry has been widely praised for his quick response. He
has promised extra teachers for displaced schoolchildren and, with
Texas's shelters now crammed, he is co-ordinating with other states to
take survivors. But the real test lies ahead. As time wears on, keeping
a few hundred thousand survivors fed and clothed, not to mention
pacified, is a huge challenge--especially since nobody knows when, or
whether, they will go home. Texas has already had trouble; people have
been turned away from the Astrodome with nowhere to go, and those who
are there must endure an 11pm curfew.

Race is inevitably a factor. Most of the New Orleanians seeking public
shelter are poor and black. Barbara Bush, the president's mother,
earned no thanks from him for her remark that because many survivors
"were underprivileged anyway", their Astrodome quarters are "working
very well for them". Some white Texans (including many in the
Republican base) will "feel that we've got enough minorities in Texas
already," says Richard Murray, director of the Centre for Public Policy
at the University of Houston. He predicts that the early euphoria
associated with aiding survivors will probably fade, and that crime
will increase tensions.

Such sentiments are likely to be echoed in other states also accepting
refugees. Arkansas, for example, has opened its doors to more than
70,000 of them, turning National Guard armouries into "readiness
centres" and mobilising churches to take refugees into their halls. But
Arkansas is itself a poor state, with little cash to spare. 

States at the other end of the Mississippi river are also preparing for
an influx of Katrina victims. Minnesota has agreed to accept between
3,000 and 5,000, and will temporarily house them at a National Guard
encampment in the north-west of the state. Officials say they have
lined up longer-term housing for 2,000 evacuees. Wisconsin has space
for 1,150 Katrina victims, and will put them up at the state fair
grounds and in Milwaukee.

Ordinary citizens have also rented buses or driven down in their own
cars to pick up Katrina victims. But not many refugees are willing to
travel so far north. When one coach was sent down to Houston, most
passengers preferred to be dropped off in Dallas. Hundreds of
sympathetic families in Wisconsin and Minnesota have offered to take
Katrina victims into their homes, but, as yet, few have had their
offers accepted. 

That may be as well. Both sides are aware of the tensions that might
accrue once short-term needs are met. The refugees will overwhelmingly
be black, their hosts white; evacuees will come from a place that ranks
last in most measures of civic health and social cohesion, and will end
up in states that rank near the top in all of those measures. No wonder
the survivors would rather stay closer to home.

WHO PAYS?
Any help offered also has a price. Jim Doyle, Wisconsin's governor, is
hoping that Mr Bush will extend the state of emergency from southern
states to northern ones, so that they too can receive federal aid for
taking in thousands of people. That may be too much to hope for. 

Congress has already agreed to provide $10.5 billion. Since FEMA is
currently spending $500m a day on relief and recovery, that will not
last long. The White House has already asked Congress for an additional
$52 billion. Together, Florida's four hurricanes in 2004 cost the
federal government $14 billion, while insurers paid out much more. This
time, the ratio will be reversed. 

The insurance industry is in shock. Loss-adjusters still cannot get
close enough to assess much of the damage; hundreds of them have fanned
out across the region, trying to work their way in from the edge to the
centre of the catastrophe. Latest estimates suggest that the damage to
homes, businesses and infrastructure is around $100 billion, with
private insurance claims as high as $35 billion. Some property owners
without flood insurance (which mortgage lenders require of most people
living in flood-plains) will get relief from a federal disaster-loan
programme. Only about half of property owners in New Orleans hold flood
coverage, and even fewer in hard-hit patches of Mississippi and
Alabama. 

America's insurers have had some bruises of late: 2004 was the worst
year for catastrophes on record, and this year will surpass that.
Stricter underwriting means that the industry as a whole is in better
shape than it was in 2001, but Katrina will hit profits. Reinsurers,
the big firms that provide a safety net in major disasters, will take
the brunt of the burden. For now, the majors contend they can handle
the fallout from Katrina, but losses--including those for interrupted
business--are mounting by the day. 

The broader economic fall-out of Katrina remains uncertain.
Traditionally, big hurricanes--for all their devastation--have had only
a small effect on the macroeconomy. Katrina, though, may well be a
different case. 

Forecasters have cut their expectations for GDP for the rest of the
year--the Treasury by half a percentage point, the Congressional Budget
Office (CBO) by slightly more. But some have raised them for 2006 as
reconstruction efforts boost output. The CBO fears that, from now to
the end of the year, 400,000 jobs may be lost, though employment is
"likely to rebound" later. The big unknown remains fuel costs and the
risk that soaring prices for petrol, let alone physical supply
shortages, will hit consumer spending hard. 

Financial markets certainly seem gloomier about the country's growth
prospects. Before Katrina hit, futures prices suggested the central
bank would continue its upward march in interest rates over the next
few months. Now, the markets reckon the Federal Reserve will cut this
process short. But this week the president of the Chicago Fed sounded a
different note, emphasising the risk of higher inflation. 

And the fiscal impact could end up being sizeable. Some politicians
talked of spending more than $150 billion on recovery and relief.
Washington's budget boffins worry that all kinds of other requests will
be attached to money for Katrina relief, such as (paradoxically)
drought relief for farmers in the mid-west. Moreover, the political
aftermath of the hurricane may dampen lawmakers' already tepid
enthusiasm for budget-cutting. The 2006 budget--agreed in principle but
not in detail--is supposed to include $35 billion in budget cuts over
next five years, including in Medicaid, the federal-state health-care
programme for the poor. Politicians will be loth to do any such
trimming when America's vulnerabilities, in almost every region of
social policy, have been so ruthlessly exposed. 
 

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From lbirdie at hotmail.com  Thu Sep  8 13:50:51 2005
From: lbirdie at hotmail.com (Little Birdie)
Date: Thu Sep  8 13:55:40 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Reunion update again
Message-ID: <BAY104-F22557405978A94F442EB42B2990@phx.gbl>

Hi all!

Probably the last update before the day itself! As Leo said tick, tick, 
tick...

Here is the current rsvp list. Jim Rado may have to be out of town, so may 
not attend. We shall see. I have heard from many people not on the rsvp list 
that they are hoping to come. I suspect we'll see many people just showing 
up that night. We are almost exactly at 200 now, with numbers still 
climbing. WOW!

I am surrounded by emormous 4 foot wide blow ups of some of Dagmars 
wonderful photographs as I write this (a million thanks Dagmar for letting 
us use them to decorate our party). There is a large Hair poster just 
waiting for everyone's signature on it. The guest book is made and the 
programs, well folks, they're just beautiful, if I do say so myself. :-)

I leave for NY tomorrow morning, and look forward to seeing many of you the 
next night. I can't wait!

And yes, Paul, thank you for the suggestion. We most definitely will sing 
for the victims of Katrina. How could we not?

See you there!
Love,
Nina

The Hair Archives
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From ialterman at nyc.rr.com  Thu Sep  8 13:15:48 2005
From: ialterman at nyc.rr.com (Ian)
Date: Thu Sep  8 13:57:09 2005
Subject: [Mb-civic] [Mb-hair] A news story that disappeared
References: <E1EDRV6-00044e-It@smtpauth06.mail.atl.earthlink.net>
Message-ID: <005101c5b4b2$1c55f1a0$99ca6c42@iancn2ccrvzt0j>

It didn't disappear - at least, not totally.  It is being reported regularly on alternative news sources, and even the Times printed a letter today from someone pointing it out.

Although it may not "have legs" as a story, I hope it doesn't disappear; it is just so indicative of the Bushes.

Peace.
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Sherwin Ross 
  To: mb-hair@islandlists.com 
  Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2005 2:13 PM
  Subject: [Mb-civic] [Mb-hair] A news story that disappeared


   
  Did anybody catch this? I saw it on Fox News.
  The story than disappeared.
   
   September 05, 2005
  The Modern "Let Them Eat Cake" Moment
  When I saw this quote on Atrios's site, I thought it was a parody.

  But Editor and Publisher, to whom he cites, is reporting it as straight news:

  Barbara Bush: Things Working Out "Very Well" for Poor Evacuees from New Orleans NEW YORK Accompanying her husband, former President George H.W.Bush, on a tour of hurricane relief centers in Houston, Barbara Bush said today, referring to the poor who had lost everything back home and evacuated, "This is working very well for them." 

  The former First Lady's remarks were aired this evening on National Public Radio's "Marketplace" program.

  Then she added: "What I'm hearing is they all want to stay in Texas. Everyone is so overwhelmed by the hospitality.

  "And so many of the people in the arena here, you know, were underprivileged anyway, so this--this [she chuckles slightly]is working very well for them."

  And here's a link to the audio of the NPR Marketplace segment containing this incredible quote. It's real. Although some people might I suppose call it a nervous giggle rather than a chuckle. 

   



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From peacefreak at metrocast.net  Thu Sep  8 16:11:48 2005
From: peacefreak at metrocast.net (Leo)
Date: Thu Sep  8 16:16:27 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: This Friday Night - for early reunion arrivals
References: <200509081900.j88J09PW026072@dune.islandtechnologies.net>
Message-ID: <001801c5b4ca$b052b150$6401a8c0@Leo>

Hey Mike we appreciate the offer for sure! Unfortunately Judy, Jim Pappa, 
and I will be leaving Maine Friday evening to trek to Boston where we'll be 
spending the night. We're taking the 7am bus out of Boston Saturday morning 
and should be in the city around 11am. We'll then check into our hotel room 
( Barclay Intercontinental - which Jim got a helluva price on using 
Priceline). After that we're footloose and fancy free! If we woulda been in 
the city Friday night we'd of definitely scoped out the scene with ya. At 
any rate, we'll see you and the other HAIR freaks at La Mama!

PEACE,
Leo

----- Original Message ----- 
 From: Mike Blaxill <mblaxill@yahoo.com>
 Subject: [Mb-hair] This Friday Night - for early reunion arrivals

 Hey HAiR alumni attendees - if you get into NYC on Friday night and are 
looking for an activity or place to convene with friends before the big day, 
come check out this concert..Rocking Liberally...that I'm organizing 
(details below). It's a part benefit to help pro-choice groups - all HAiR 
people get in free, just mention HAiR at the door
 The line-up of bands is great, not too loud (mostly acoustic), and there's 
a place in the back to talk - also for those who don't know me, I'm with 
Crissy aka Debbie Andrews (Crissy in Detroit, DC, & Bway 1970-71)

 Anyway, here's the details - see you soon!
 Mike Blaxill


From tiogajoe at juno.com  Thu Sep  8 19:53:54 2005
From: tiogajoe at juno.com (tiogajoe@juno.com)
Date: Thu Sep  8 20:01:40 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] This Friday Night - for early reunion arrivals
Message-ID: <20050908.195451.997.343184@webmail18.lax.untd.com>

Way cool, Mike.  Great bonus treat for HAIR heads.  Hope it's a smashing success.
I've gotta RSVP Regrets.  I'll be slipping in just in time to make the Renion at LaMaMa e.t.c.  Though I'll try to make it in a couple hours early in hopes of meeting HAIR's Sally Shafer and meeting her new beau, both up from Florida, meeting the Dauber (HAIR Net) and great wife Lisa and meeting with any other available HAIR heads for a pre-party ... party.
That afternoon, I'll be emcee-ing a guest speaker at the Vietnam Era Educational Center in Jersey ("What Exit?"  -- Exit 116, GSP [Garden State Parkway]):  Vietnam Veteran [and college art professor] Thomas F. Morrissey, author and photograpic illustrator of "Between the Lines: Photographs from the National Vietnam Veterans Memorial."  Soon's it's over, I'll commute back home, park by my home, walk to the train station, and hit the road for NYC and HAIR.
This past Saturday, similarly, I was guest moderator for an oral-history panel discussion by participants in the VVAW (Vietnam Veterans Against the War) coordinated Operation RAW (Rapid American Withdrawel) antiwar protest and public awareness (about the reality of the My Lai-type "Search and Destroy" practices of American GIs in Vietnam) demonstration march from Morristown, NJ, to Valley Forge, PA, 35 years ago (1970) this past Labor Day Weekend.  Not bad getting to rub elbows with the likes of the founder of VVAW and a couple of the most recognized (in the world of literature) Vietnam veteran poets, Jan Barry and W.D. Ehrhart.  What an honor.
I look forward to some HAIR play Saturday.
Peace,
Sibley / Tioga Joe
===========================================
Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2005 14:54:28 -0700 (PDT)
From: Mike Blaxill <mblaxill@yahoo.com>

Hey HAiR alumni attendees - if you get into NYC
on Friday night and are looking for an activity
or place to convene with friends before the big
day, come check out this concert..Rocking
Liberally...that I'm organizing (details below).
It's a part benefit to help pro-choice groups -
all HAiR people get in free, just mention HAiR at
the door 

The line-up of bands is great, not too loud
(mostly acoustic), and there's a place in the
back to talk - also for those who don't know me,
I'm with Crissy aka Debbie Andrews (Crissy in
Detroit, DC, & Bway 1970-71)

Anyway, here's the details - see you soon!
Mike Blaxill

FRIDAY NIGHT SEPT 9

**ROCKING LIBERALLY**
A Progressive Coalition
Music for the Movement

Friday, Sept 9 - 9:30pm
Featuring 
JENNIFER O'CONNOR 
(“cucumber-cool songs” – TimeOut NY), 
KOESTER 
(“solid songwriting chops” – The Onion) and 
NAYSAYER 
(“so good we can’t help but say yes” – 
Entertainment Weekly)

**With a special appearance by 
Billionaires for Bush and Greene Dragon**

@ The Tank - 208 West 37th St (7th Ave)
Admission: $7 
(portion of the proceeds to PFAW)

ROCKING LIBERALLY will offer the chance 
to learn how you can support grassroots 
efforts to defeat the Judge Roberts nomination, 
preserve your Civil Rights, Roe v Wade and a 
Fair and Independent Judiciary 

Presented by: Drinking Liberally, People for the 
American Way, NARAL, Cosmopolity, Citizen Action 
NY, New Democratic Majority, ACT NY, Democracy
for 
NYC, Music for America

The Tank is a space for performing and visual
arts emphasizing new work by emerging performers,
designers, writers, directors and producers. The
Tank is a groundfloor venue, an active gallery,
and an ever-changing stage. The Tank is currently
operating out of a temporary subsidized space
generously donated by chashama, an organization
dedicated to creating space for artists to
create.

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From dauber at banana-and-louie.org  Thu Sep  8 21:10:52 2005
From: dauber at banana-and-louie.org (Sean Courtney)
Date: Thu Sep  8 20:16:44 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: This Friday Night - for early reunion arrivals
In-Reply-To: <20050908.195451.997.343184@webmail18.lax.untd.com>
Message-ID: <341485c8a53.2877d474@outgoing.verizon.net>

On 09/09/2005, tiogajoe@juno.com wrote:

> Soon's it's over, I'll commute back home,
> park by my home....

Uhhhh....Tioggers...remember, there's a giant huge flea market by your
home this Saturday?? You'll be lucky if you return home to find a parking space anywhere
in the county!

--
dauber@banana-and-louie.org
 * ICQ: 28677921 * YIM: dau_ber * AIM: ddaauubbeerr
From jameshburns at webtv.net  Fri Sep  9 09:18:38 2005
From: jameshburns at webtv.net (Jim Burns)
Date: Fri Sep  9 09:23:45 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Theatrical Opportunity
In-Reply-To: mb-hair-request@islandlists.com's message of Tue, 9 Aug 2005
	05:59:49 -0700
Message-ID: <3445-4321B5DE-4024@storefull-3278.bay.webtv.net>

 
This struck me as an interesting idea, from the folks at PS 122. Forgive
the bother, but if nothing else, perhaps you could forward the info to
some of your own acquantances, who might be interested! 

Best, Jim 
____ 

Call for Submissions 

Performance Space 122 is now seeking proposals for a new project
development program called "Room". "Room" seeks to match
performance-makers with experts and professionals outside the arts world
to collaborate on a performance, installation or event. For instance, a
choreographer could work with an economist OR a playwright could work
with an astrophysicist OR a musician could work with a dance company AND
a bioethicist. "Room" is meant to encourage cross-disciplinary and
intercultural work with an emphasis on non-traditional collaboration. If
you are an artist seeking an expert (or vice versa) P.S. 122 will work
to facilitate the collaboration. Projects selected for "Room" will
receive subsidized rehearsal space, a small stipend and a week-long run
at P.S. 122 in April/May 2006. Project proposals should include an
overview of the project, video/dvd of previous work, a press kit and
bios for primary artists and collaborators. Feel free to include any
other relevant supporting information. Proposals are due by Friday,
September 16th. 

Three proposals will be selected. 

Please send materials to: 

ROOM Proposal
c/o P.S. 122
150 1st Ave.
New York, NY 10009 

If you would like your materials returned please include a
self-addressed stamped envelope. 


General Info: 212-477-5288
Administrative Offices: 212-477-5829 

From michael at michaelbutler.com  Fri Sep  9 09:07:53 2005
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Fri Sep  9 11:23:43 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Report on HAIR in Asheville
Message-ID: <BF472B99.23D8A%michael@michaelbutler.com>

As we all know from this list, Katie really had our minds and hearts with he
producing problems. So much so that I agreed to go down at a terrible time
of scheduling with the LaGuardia auditions and the BE-IN. I almost cancelled
but carried on knowing that Nina & WMH would cover for me.
I was to do a Civil Rights Seminar at the University and the next night see
the Dress of the Phoenix Tribe.
First, such niceness from Katie's parents. All the others really made one
feel at home. The seminar was fascinating shared with the Harvard Chair and
the local Drama Head.
With all the prior problems I had great concern as to what I would see.
Well, was I pleasantly surprised. A really good show, a HAIR with feeling.
Had many unusual staging, some super choreography all done by a bunch of
kids on a very limited budget. Katie was producer, director, and Sheila. I
don't know how she did it.
Yes, there some glitches very little that more time and money could not have
corrected. My only regret is all that for only two nights. I do hope they
can take it further.
Thanks for a lovely evening of Freedom, Peace and Love,
Michael

From sherwin at aceross.com  Fri Sep  9 11:50:27 2005
From: sherwin at aceross.com (Sherwin Ross)
Date: Fri Sep  9 11:55:36 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Report on HAIR in Asheville
In-Reply-To: <BF472B99.23D8A%michael@michaelbutler.com>
Message-ID: <20050909185039.C17B8249DF1@lax-gw08.mroute.net>

Wow... Michael! Thank you.

-----Original Message-----
From: mb-hair-bounces@islandlists.com
[mailto:mb-hair-bounces@islandlists.com] On Behalf Of Michael Butler
Sent: Friday, September 09, 2005 9:08 AM
To: HAIR List
Subject: [Mb-hair] Report on HAIR in Asheville

As we all know from this list, Katie really had our minds and hearts with he
producing problems. So much so that I agreed to go down at a terrible time
of scheduling with the LaGuardia auditions and the BE-IN. I almost cancelled
but carried on knowing that Nina & WMH would cover for me.
I was to do a Civil Rights Seminar at the University and the next night see
the Dress of the Phoenix Tribe.
First, such niceness from Katie's parents. All the others really made one
feel at home. The seminar was fascinating shared with the Harvard Chair and
the local Drama Head.
With all the prior problems I had great concern as to what I would see.
Well, was I pleasantly surprised. A really good show, a HAIR with feeling.
Had many unusual staging, some super choreography all done by a bunch of
kids on a very limited budget. Katie was producer, director, and Sheila. I
don't know how she did it.
Yes, there some glitches very little that more time and money could not have
corrected. My only regret is all that for only two nights. I do hope they
can take it further.
Thanks for a lovely evening of Freedom, Peace and Love,
Michael

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From cpreston2 at tds.net  Fri Sep  9 12:47:17 2005
From: cpreston2 at tds.net (Charles Preston)
Date: Fri Sep  9 12:52:14 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Report on HAIR in Asheville
References: <BF472B99.23D8A%michael@michaelbutler.com>
Message-ID: <007401c5b577$4a36fae0$0400a8c0@CHARLES>

Incredible news I know Katie was going to do this with the way she has 
talked to me... Way to go. I will be there in Spirit both nights. Ahseville 
will never be the same.
Let the Sunshine in!!!

Peace and Love ~~Charles~~


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Butler" <michael@michaelbutler.com>
To: "HAIR List" <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
Sent: Friday, September 09, 2005 12:07 PM
Subject: [Mb-hair] Report on HAIR in Asheville


> As we all know from this list, Katie really had our minds and hearts with 
> he
> producing problems. So much so that I agreed to go down at a terrible time
> of scheduling with the LaGuardia auditions and the BE-IN. I almost 
> cancelled
> but carried on knowing that Nina & WMH would cover for me.
> I was to do a Civil Rights Seminar at the University and the next night 
> see
> the Dress of the Phoenix Tribe.
> First, such niceness from Katie's parents. All the others really made one
> feel at home. The seminar was fascinating shared with the Harvard Chair 
> and
> the local Drama Head.
> With all the prior problems I had great concern as to what I would see.
> Well, was I pleasantly surprised. A really good show, a HAIR with feeling.
> Had many unusual staging, some super choreography all done by a bunch of
> kids on a very limited budget. Katie was producer, director, and Sheila. I
> don't know how she did it.
> Yes, there some glitches very little that more time and money could not 
> have
> corrected. My only regret is all that for only two nights. I do hope they
> can take it further.
> Thanks for a lovely evening of Freedom, Peace and Love,
> Michael
>
> _______________________________________________
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> Mb-hair@islandlists.com
> http://www.islandlists.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mb-hair
> 


From mblaxill at yahoo.com  Fri Sep  9 14:23:29 2005
From: mblaxill at yahoo.com (Mike Blaxill)
Date: Fri Sep  9 14:28:27 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] the dude who yelled at Cheney is auctioning a video of it
	at Ebay
Message-ID: <20050909212329.33539.qmail@web53013.mail.yahoo.com>

the dude who yelled at Cheney, told him to "go
fuck yourself" in Mississippi is auctioning a
video that his friend took of the "exchange" at
Ebay - would be funnier if it wasn't so tragic

ebay auction link (it's at around $600!!)
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7712048060&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AIT&rd=1

if you haven't seen the clip you can watch it
here...scroll down about halfway
http://www.crooksandliars.com/

From tiogajoe at juno.com  Fri Sep  9 16:02:52 2005
From: tiogajoe at juno.com (tiogajoe@juno.com)
Date: Fri Sep  9 16:09:45 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Tioga Joe, 1979, (with hair out the wazoo)
Message-ID: <20050909.160343.15074.354265@webmail02.lax.untd.com>

Hey HAIR heads,

My Louisiana photographer brother LAMAR wanted to make sure you guys got a load of me at about my hairy-est in 1979 (when most others had gone disco): 

http://flickr.com/photos/lamarstyle/41722442/ 

(copy & paste if this doesn't automatically convert to a link) 

At the time, I was a Continental Soldier (with my hair past my shoulder) 9 to 5 daily at the Gunpowder Magazine in Colonial Williamsburg.  Long hair there was A-OK.

Can't wait to see those ones of you I get to at LaMaMa e.t.c. tomorrow evening for the NYC HAIR Reunion.

"...my hair like Jesus wore it,"

Peace,

Sib / Tioga Joe
Ouachita (Northeast Louisiana) Tribe, 1974


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From cpreston2 at tds.net  Sat Sep 10 00:47:03 2005
From: cpreston2 at tds.net (Charles Preston)
Date: Sat Sep 10 00:52:15 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Katie, Asheville
Message-ID: <009601c5b5db$d747f650$0400a8c0@CHARLES>

Please let me know how everything went. I could feel the vibes down here in Jasper Ga. You really did it. I was there in the astrol but could'nt stay. All the work you have done is there any way to get the show to run longer than just two days? Maybe into October I should be able to come up then.

Peace & Love ~~Charles~~
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From bev at beverlybremers.com  Sat Sep 10 10:40:41 2005
From: bev at beverlybremers.com (Beverly Bremers)
Date: Sat Sep 10 10:45:41 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Tioga Joe, 1979, and Love to Reunion Folks
Message-ID: <20050910174042.03CA91097AC@ws6-4.us4.outblaze.com>

Great hair, Sib! I'm so sorry I won't get to meet you and see all you
other Hairy folks going to the NY reunion, but I'm still doing my musical
theatre thing in LA.  I'll be thinking about all of you tonight. I hope
you'll feel the love-vibes! I'm looking forward to lots of cool pictures!

Give my regards....

Beverly


----- Original Message -----
From: "tiogajoe@juno.com"
To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
Subject: [Mb-hair] Tioga Joe, 1979, (with hair out the wazoo)
Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2005 23:02:52 GMT

>
> Hey HAIR heads,
>
> My Louisiana photographer brother LAMAR wanted to make sure you guys
got a
> load of me at about my hairy-est in 1979 (when most others had gone
disco):
>
> http://flickr.com/photos/lamarstyle/41722442/
>
> (copy & paste if this doesn't automatically convert to a link)
>
> At the time, I was a Continental Soldier (with my hair past my
shoulder) 9 to
> 5 daily at the Gunpowder Magazine in Colonial Williamsburg. Long hair
there
> was A-OK.
>
> Can't wait to see those ones of you I get to at LaMaMa e.t.c. tomorrow
evening
> for the NYC HAIR Reunion.
>
> "...my hair like Jesus wore it,"
>
> Peace,
>
> Sib / Tioga Joe
> Ouachita (Northeast Louisiana) Tribe, 1974
>
>
> ___________________________________________________________________
> Try Juno Platinum for Free! Then, only $9.95/month!
> Unlimited Internet Access with 250MB of Email Storage.
> Visit http://www.juno.com/value to sign up today!
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From nycrjmac at yahoo.com  Fri Sep  9 14:31:02 2005
From: nycrjmac at yahoo.com (RJ Mac)
Date: Sat Sep 10 12:17:10 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Report on HAIR in Asheville
In-Reply-To: <BF472B99.23D8A%michael@michaelbutler.com>
Message-ID: <E1EEAlo-00051W-50@smtpauth06.mail.atl.earthlink.net>

Thank you for the wonderful report.  

Katie's postings have been keenly inspiring for me and
my own work, for her obstacles and successes along the
way, and her evident resiliance.

I also find it moving that you gave so much of
yourself in order to be there for it.  Choices,
choices, and the ones a person makes tells you who
they are.

I've started to think of you less as the man "behind"
HAIR, and more the man Within it. 

rj


	
		
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From cpreston2 at tds.net  Sat Sep 10 17:20:55 2005
From: cpreston2 at tds.net (Charles Preston)
Date: Sat Sep 10 17:26:00 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Renion
Message-ID: <00ae01c5b666$ae9c85a0$0400a8c0@CHARLES>

    HAY ALL YOU HAIR FREAKS HAVING THE TIME OF YOUR LIFE IN N.Y. AT LA MAM MA.... ANYONE HAVE A COMPUTER ON???????

SING, SING, SING, OH LORD LET THE SUN SHINE IN  ON ALL OF YOU

SAME WITH KATIE IN ASVEVILLE, LET THE SUN SHINE IN ON ALL

I AM WITH YOU IN SPIRIT AND THROUGH THE ASTROL

HAVE AT IT ABIE BABY

PEACE AND LOVE  TO ALL ~~CHARLES~~
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From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Sat Sep 10 22:25:13 2005
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Sat Sep 10 22:30:24 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Renion
References: <00ae01c5b666$ae9c85a0$0400a8c0@CHARLES>
Message-ID: <009e01c5b691$2fcd6430$6e436c42@hotprojects>

yes we had the time of our lives charles
and i am so glad you are here with us astrally\f
felt you there
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Charles Preston 
  To: mb-hair@islandlists.com 
  Sent: Saturday, September 10, 2005 8:20 PM
  Subject: [Mb-hair] Renion


      HAY ALL YOU HAIR FREAKS HAVING THE TIME OF YOUR LIFE IN N.Y. AT LA MAM MA.... ANYONE HAVE A COMPUTER ON???????

  SING, SING, SING, OH LORD LET THE SUN SHINE IN  ON ALL OF YOU

  SAME WITH KATIE IN ASVEVILLE, LET THE SUN SHINE IN ON ALL

  I AM WITH YOU IN SPIRIT AND THROUGH THE ASTROL

  HAVE AT IT ABIE BABY

  PEACE AND LOVE  TO ALL ~~CHARLES~~


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From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Sat Sep 10 22:34:48 2005
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Sat Sep 10 22:39:50 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] it was a lovely magical evening 
Message-ID: <019a01c5b692$86b73040$6e436c42@hotprojects>

but let me tell you one of the more embarassing parts
we were all near sighted and wearing our reading glasses
so no one could make anyone else out easily
the silliest part for me was i spent a large part of the evening
with mary bond davis
who i had cast as a principal in my musical millenium man
and we were both in between effective glasses prescriptions
so we did not recognize each other while we were hanging out
silly
but a beautiful evening

the singing being the best part

if you could picture a 100 person cast of hair singing down the score
that was wonderful

and

we all got high on the balcony
about 20 of us who were bad
of course i was there

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From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Sat Sep 10 22:51:56 2005
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Sat Sep 10 22:56:57 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] nina looked lovely in an elegant black dress
Message-ID: <01eb01c5b694$eb711940$6e436c42@hotprojects>


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From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Sat Sep 10 22:53:03 2005
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Sat Sep 10 22:58:04 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] corrine and i hugged having met in person
Message-ID: <01f401c5b695$13607cc0$6e436c42@hotprojects>

and sherwin was in magnificent voice

the group singing the group singing was magificent
like the album squared
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From dauber at banana-and-louie.org  Sun Sep 11 02:17:13 2005
From: dauber at banana-and-louie.org (Sean Courtney)
Date: Sun Sep 11 01:23:17 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] The reunion...
Message-ID: <341770bc2ac.4ada18c5@outgoing.verizon.net>

Okay....I'm about to fall asleep, so I might have to make this short for
now, but...

Let me just say that I LOVE Hair people! Really had a great time at the
reunion. I really felt welcomed, considering that my involvement in Hair has
been only as a spectator and as part of this cyber-tribte; that, and at the
age of 30, I was probably the second-youngest person there. :)

Meeting many of you folks from the list...Sherwin, Robin, Nina, Leo,
Corinne, Bill, Cara...am I leaving anybody out???...just an absolute
thrill to meet you all!

Walter Michael Harris was a fantastic emcee. Very witty, very
entertaining...and it was cool seeing him play piano, too!

Unfortunately I didn't take many pictures -- in fact, I think the only
still picture in my camera was of Tioga Joe, Robin McNamara and
me....however, I did manage to get Michael Butler's words of wisdom captured
as well as "Aquarius" from the sing-along portion -- truly something to
behold! I'll be happy to send MPGs to whoever needs to have them. (Nina?  :) 
)

Memorable experience of the night -- during the sing-alongs hearing a chorus
of 100+ people singing in harmony and doing a bit of the old
choreography...well, I'm GUESSING it's the old choreography, at least!

Weird experience of the night -- my wife walks out to use the bathroom, and
while I'm waiting for her to come back Jim Rado walks over to me with a
piece of cake and says, "I don't care what you or anybody else has to
say...I'm GOING to EAT THIS CAKE." Uhhhh....okay!

Unexpected experience of the night -- Ben Vereen and Fred Armisen in the
same room!

Worst experience of the night -- having to repeat the address several times
to the cab driver and telling him the nearest cross street because he didn't
know where the heck he was going.

Discovery of the night -- I've been dousing myself with the music of Hair
since I was a 16-year-old high school student in 1990, and for some reason
it was only last night, hearing some of the music over LaMama's sound
system, that I discovered that McDermot's music is a bass player's dream.
Really, really cool bass lines in those songs.

More later...sleep now...

--
dauber@banana-and-louie.org
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From barbarasiomos38 at msn.com  Sun Sep 11 10:40:34 2005
From: barbarasiomos38 at msn.com (Barbara Siomos)
Date: Sun Sep 11 10:45:38 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Report on HAIR in Asheville
Message-ID: <BAY5-DAV17E0E1A24DD94FCB2B6A94AB9A0@phx.gbl>

That is really sweet RJ Thank you. Michael is the man "Within" HAiR.

peace,
barbara

-----Original Message-----
From: RJ Mac
Sent: Fri, 9 Sep 2005 14:31:02 -0700
To: michael@michaelbutler.com
Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Report on HAIR in Asheville

Thank you for the wonderful report.  

Katie's postings have been keenly inspiring for me and
my own work, for her obstacles and successes along the
way, and her evident resiliance.

I also find it moving that you gave so much of
yourself in order to be there for it.  Choices,
choices, and the ones a person makes tells you who
they are.

I've started to think of you less as the man "behind"
HAIR, and more the man Within it. 

rj


	
		
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From barbarasiomos38 at msn.com  Sun Sep 11 10:47:47 2005
From: barbarasiomos38 at msn.com (Barbara Siomos)
Date: Sun Sep 11 10:52:47 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] The reunion...
Message-ID: <BAY5-DAV10A07EE9667E9576EA0C60AB9A0@phx.gbl>

Dauber or anyone,

Since I was unable to be there I would sure appreciate some photos over the web and of course any tales you might want to tell. :-)

peace,
barbara

-----Original Message-----
From: Sean Courtney
Sent: Sun, 11 Sep 2005 02:17:13 -0700
To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
Subject: [Mb-hair] The reunion...

Okay....I'm about to fall asleep, so I might have to make this short for
now, but...

Let me just say that I LOVE Hair people! Really had a great time at the
reunion. I really felt welcomed, considering that my involvement in Hair has
been only as a spectator and as part of this cyber-tribte; that, and at the
age of 30, I was probably the second-youngest person there. :)

Meeting many of you folks from the list...Sherwin, Robin, Nina, Leo,
Corinne, Bill, Cara...am I leaving anybody out???...just an absolute
thrill to meet you all!

Walter Michael Harris was a fantastic emcee. Very witty, very
entertaining...and it was cool seeing him play piano, too!

Unfortunately I didn't take many pictures -- in fact, I think the only
still picture in my camera was of Tioga Joe, Robin McNamara and
me....however, I did manage to get Michael Butler's words of wisdom captured
as well as "Aquarius" from the sing-along portion -- truly something to
behold! I'll be happy to send MPGs to whoever needs to have them. (Nina?  :) 
)

Memorable experience of the night -- during the sing-alongs hearing a chorus
of 100+ people singing in harmony and doing a bit of the old
choreography...well, I'm GUESSING it's the old choreography, at least!

Weird experience of the night -- my wife walks out to use the bathroom, and
while I'm waiting for her to come back Jim Rado walks over to me with a
piece of cake and says, "I don't care what you or anybody else has to
say...I'm GOING to EAT THIS CAKE." Uhhhh....okay!

Unexpected experience of the night -- Ben Vereen and Fred Armisen in the
same room!

Worst experience of the night -- having to repeat the address several times
to the cab driver and telling him the nearest cross street because he didn't
know where the heck he was going.

Discovery of the night -- I've been dousing myself with the music of Hair
since I was a 16-year-old high school student in 1990, and for some reason
it was only last night, hearing some of the music over LaMama's sound
system, that I discovered that McDermot's music is a bass player's dream.
Really, really cool bass lines in those songs.

More later...sleep now...

--
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From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Sun Sep 11 11:02:54 2005
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Sun Sep 11 11:07:59 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] The reunion...
References: <BAY5-DAV10A07EE9667E9576EA0C60AB9A0@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <000601c5b6fb$08b76390$6e436c42@hotprojects>

it was really lovely barbara
you were missed and looked for
----- Original Message ----- 

we had a lot of fun
the highlight of this one
in my opinion
as opposed to the intimate brilliance of the last gathering
was a group sing where one had a tribe of 100+ singing down the many high
pts of the score
and everybody was unusually in sync for that kind of chance occurence and
beautiful voices
and in a wonderful way
it sounded eerily like the album
only squared
with even more texture
and bigger
and standing in the middle of it
there were moments when i thought one could feel the universe rumble
in a good way

and about 20 - 30 of us were bad and smoked pot on the fire escape
and jerrys nephew is very much like jerry
only oddly with an angelic disposition
it was a hoot
and they had really good sushi
From: "Barbara Siomos" <barbarasiomos38@msn.com>
To: <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2005 1:47 PM
Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] The reunion...


> Dauber or anyone,
>
> Since I was unable to be there I would sure appreciate some photos over
the web and of course any tales you might want to tell. :-)
>
> peace,
> barbara
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sean Courtney
> Sent: Sun, 11 Sep 2005 02:17:13 -0700
> To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
> Subject: [Mb-hair] The reunion...
>
> Okay....I'm about to fall asleep, so I might have to make this short for
> now, but...
>
> Let me just say that I LOVE Hair people! Really had a great time at the
> reunion. I really felt welcomed, considering that my involvement in Hair
has
> been only as a spectator and as part of this cyber-tribte; that, and at
the
> age of 30, I was probably the second-youngest person there. :)
>
> Meeting many of you folks from the list...Sherwin, Robin, Nina, Leo,
> Corinne, Bill, Cara...am I leaving anybody out???...just an absolute
> thrill to meet you all!
>
> Walter Michael Harris was a fantastic emcee. Very witty, very
> entertaining...and it was cool seeing him play piano, too!
>
> Unfortunately I didn't take many pictures -- in fact, I think the only
> still picture in my camera was of Tioga Joe, Robin McNamara and
> me....however, I did manage to get Michael Butler's words of wisdom
captured
> as well as "Aquarius" from the sing-along portion -- truly something to
> behold! I'll be happy to send MPGs to whoever needs to have them. (Nina?
:)
> )
>
> Memorable experience of the night -- during the sing-alongs hearing a
chorus
> of 100+ people singing in harmony and doing a bit of the old
> choreography...well, I'm GUESSING it's the old choreography, at least!
>
> Weird experience of the night -- my wife walks out to use the bathroom,
and
> while I'm waiting for her to come back Jim Rado walks over to me with a
> piece of cake and says, "I don't care what you or anybody else has to
> say...I'm GOING to EAT THIS CAKE." Uhhhh....okay!
>
> Unexpected experience of the night -- Ben Vereen and Fred Armisen in the
> same room!
>
> Worst experience of the night -- having to repeat the address several
times
> to the cab driver and telling him the nearest cross street because he
didn't
> know where the heck he was going.
>
> Discovery of the night -- I've been dousing myself with the music of Hair
> since I was a 16-year-old high school student in 1990, and for some reason
> it was only last night, hearing some of the music over LaMama's sound
> system, that I discovered that McDermot's music is a bass player's dream.
> Really, really cool bass lines in those songs.
>
> More later...sleep now...
>
> --
> dauber@banana-and-louie.org
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From jameshburns at webtv.net  Sun Sep 11 11:05:14 2005
From: jameshburns at webtv.net (Jim Burns)
Date: Sun Sep 11 11:10:13 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] The Gathering
Message-ID: <10126-432471DA-2128@storefull-3272.bay.webtv.net>


How lovely meeting so many of you!

And what an absolutely spectacular job done by Nina, and Michael, and
Michael, and Phil, putting all this together.


So many smiles, under one roof.


From michael at michaelbutler.com  Sun Sep 11 12:31:39 2005
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Sun Sep 11 12:38:19 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: Kick-Ass Party
In-Reply-To: <20050911185254.27598.qmail@web53012.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <BF49FE5B.23E65%michael@michaelbutler.com>

Great, great thanks to you and Mike for all you did to make this so much
fun.
Peace and Love, 
Michael

> My head is still reeling from all the massive
> LOVE, did most of the food get eaten ? - I want
> some of that cake right now - so great to meet
> you, Michael- you did an amazing true-to-HAiR job
> as host! MB, Nat & Nina - how much fun was this!
> ( after the light bulb decisions were made & the
> dipping sauces were aligned)
> 
> Love you all!
> Debbie
> 
> --- Michael Harris <wmichaelharris@earthlink.net>
> wrote:
> 
>> Yes indeedy we did!  Thanks to great planning
>> and support from many incredible people like
>> you and Debbie.  There are so many dimensions
>> to what went on last night.  I love the way you
>> danced through it all Nat.  Thank you!
>> 
>> XOXO
>> wmh
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Ocsomtan@aol.com
>> Sent: Sep 11, 2005 1:35 AM
>> To: dayton3@rcn.com, michael@michaelbutler.com,
>> wmichaelharris@earthlink.net,
>> debbie@franklymills.com
>> Subject: Kick-Ass Party
>> 
>> YES!!!
>> 
>> More cannot be said by me....
>> (incredible as it may seem?!...)
>> 
>> We did it!!!!
>> 
>> 
>> XXOO and massive LOVE,
>> Natalie
>> 
> 

From NewChaz64 at aol.com  Sun Sep 11 13:05:51 2005
From: NewChaz64 at aol.com (NewChaz64@aol.com)
Date: Sun Sep 11 14:03:23 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] What the Republicans said LAST TIME... See any
	parallels..? :)
Message-ID: <E1EEYtw-0005R3-O9@smtpauth04.mail.atl.earthlink.net>

Why did they second-guess our  commitment to freedom from genocide and demand 
that we cut and  run? 

"President Clinton is  once again releasing American military might on a 
foreign country with an  ill-defined objective and no exit strategy. He has yet to 
tell the Congress how  much this operation will cost. And he has not informed 
our nation's armed forces  about how long they will be away from home. These 
strikes do not make for a  sound foreign policy."
-Senator Rick Santorum  (R-PA)


"No goal, no  objective, not until we have those things and a compelling case 
is made, then I  say, back out of it, because innocent people are going to 
die for nothing.  That's why I'm against it."
-Sean Hannity, Fox News,  4/5/99

"American foreign policy is now one huge big mystery.  Simply  put, the 
administration is trying to lead the world with a feel-good foreign  policy."
-Representative Tom Delay  (R-TX)

"If we are going to commit American troops, we must be certain they  have a 
clear mission, an achievable goal and an exit  strategy." 
-Karen Hughes, speaking on behalf of presidential candidate George W.  Bush


Why did they demoralize our brave men  and women in uniform
?

"I had doubts about the bombing campaign from the  beginning...I didn't think 
we had done enough in the diplomatic  area."
-Senator Trent Lott  (R-MS)

"You think Vietnam was  bad? Vietnam is nothing next to Kosovo."
-Tony Snow, Fox News  3/24/99

"Well, I just think  it's a bad idea. What's going to happen is they're going 
to be over there for  10, 15, maybe 20 years"
-Joe Scarborough (R-FL)

"I'm on the Senate Intelligence Committee, so you  can trust me and believe 
me when I say we're running out of cruise missles. I  can't tell you exactly 
how many we have left, for security reasons, but we're  almost out of cruise 
missles."
-Senator Inhofe  (R-OK )

"I cannot support a failed foreign policy. History teaches us that it  is 
often easier to make war than peace. This administration is just learning  that 
lesson right now. The President began this mission with very vague  objectives 
and lots of unanswered questions. A month later, these questions are  still 
unanswered. There are no clarifiedrules of engagement. There is no  timetable. 
There is no legitimate definition of victory. There is no contingency  plan for 
mission creep. There is no clear funding program. There is no agenda to  
bolster our overextended military. There is no explanation defining what vital  
national interests are at stake. There was no strategic plan for war when the  
President started this thing, and there still is no plan  today"
-Representative Tom Delay  (R-TX)

"I don't know that  Milosevic will ever raise a white flag"
-Senator Don Nickles (R-OK)

"Explain to the mothers  and fathers of American servicemen that may come 
home in body bags why their son  or daughter have to give up their life?"
-Sean  Hannity, Fox News, 4/6/99


Why didn't they  support our president in a time of war?


"Victory means exit strategy, and it's  important for the President to 
explain to us what the exit strategy  is."
-Governor George W. Bush  (R-TX)

"This is President Clinton's war, and when he falls flat on his face,  that's 
his problem."
-Senator Richard Lugar  (R-IN)

"The two powers that have ICBMs that can reach the United States are  Russia 
and China. Here we go in. We're taking on not just Milosevic. We can't  just 
say, 'that little guy, we can whip him.' We have these two other powers  that 
have missiles that can reach us, and we have zero defense thanks to this  
president."
-Senator James Inhofe  (R-OK)

"You can support the  troops but not the president"
-Representative  Tom Delay (R-TX)

"My job as majority leader is be supportive of our troops, try to  have input 
as decisions are made and to look at those decisions after they're  made ... 
not to march in lock step with everything the president decides to  do."
-Senator Trent Lott  (R-MS)

For us to call this a  victory and to commend the President of the United 
States as the Commander in  Chief showing great leadership in Operation Allied 
Force is a  farce"
-Representative Tom Delay (R-TX)


Why did they blame America first?

Bombing a sovereign  nation for ill-defined reasons with vague objectives 
undermines the American  stature in the world. The international respect and 
trust for America has  diminished every time we casually let the bombs fly."

-Representative Tom Delay  (R-TX)


"Once the bombing commenced, I think then Milosevic unleashed his  forces, 
and then that's when the slaughtering and the massive ethnic cleansing  really 
started"

-Senator Don  Nickles (R-OK)

"
Clinton's bombing campaign has caused all of these problems to  explode"

-Representative Tom  Delay (R-TX)


"America has no vital interest in whose flag flies over Kosovo's  capital, 
and no right to attack and kill Serb soldiers fighting on their own  soil to 
preserve the territorial integrity of their own  country" 

-Pat Buchanan  (R)


"These international war criminals were led by Gen. Wesley Clark  ...who 
clicked his shiny heels for the commander-in-grief, Bill  Clinton."

-Michael Savage


"This has been an unmitigated disaster ...  Ask the Chinese embassy. Ask all 
the people in Belgrade that we've killed. Ask  the refugees that we've killed. 
Ask the people in nursing homes. Ask the people  in hospitals."

-Representative Joe Scarborough (R-FL)


"It is a  remarkable spectacle to see the Clinton Administration and NATO 
taking over from  the Soviet Union the role of sponsoring "wars of national  
liberation."

-Representative Helen Chenoweth (R-ID)


"America has no vital  interest in whose flag flies over Kosovo's capital, 
and no right to attack and  kill Serb soldiers fighting on their own soil to 
preserve the territorial  integrity of their own country"

-Pat Buchanan (R  )


"By the order to launch air  strikes against Serbia, NATO and President 
Clinton have entered uncharted  territory in mankind's history. Not even Hitler's 
grab of the Sudetenland in the  1930s, which eventually led to WW II, ranks as 
a comparable travesty. For, there  are no American interests whatsoever that 
the NATO bombing will
either help,  or protect; only needless risks to which it exposes the 
American soldiers and  assets, not to mention the victims on the ground in Serbia."

-Bob Djurdjevic, founder  of Truth in Media 

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From: michael at intrafi.com (michael@intrafi.com)
Date: Sun Sep 11 14:22:36 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Accounting Coup
Message-ID: <200509112018.j8BKISr29943@linux19272.dn.net>



Accounting Coup

When banker Elouise Cobell added up the Indian trust money lost, looted, and mismanaged by the U.S. government, the tab came to $176 billion. Now she's here to collect.

by Julia Whitty

September/October 2005 Issue

     
     ALONG HIGHWAY 89, south of the Two Medicine River on the slope of Glacier National Park, at a place Elouise Pepion Cobell passes every day on her way from her ranch to her office in Browning, stands a historical marker erected by the state of Montana: 
     OLD AGENCY: The Starvation Winter of 1883-1884 took the lives of about 500 Blackfeet Indians who had been camping in the vicinity of Old Agency. This tragic event was the result of an inadequate supply of government rations during an exceptionally hard winter. 
     The story of that winter that came down to Cobell from her parents and grandparents is a darker one: of Indians effectively imprisoned by what locals called the Indian Agency (now the Bureau of Indian Affairs or BIA) on land that had been emptied of the bison and pronghorn that had been their staples, and with their promised government provisions lost to pervasive corruption. "All the Blackfeet know," says Cobell, "that the Agency man was black-marketing the Indians' rations, and that the reservation was enclosed in barbed wire." 
     In the winter of 1883, as the cattle of white settlers grazed illegally on Indian lands, the Blackfeet began to die of starvation and a streptococcal epidemic. In the spring, they ate their last government-provided seed potatoes; by June they were stripping cottonwood trees to chew the inner bark; and by the time BIA officials in Washington, D.C., finally responded with extra rations, a Blackfeet man called Almost-A-Dog was said to have cut 555 notches in a willow stick, one for every Indian who had died -- one in every four Blackfeet in the state of Montana. 
     Just west of the Old Agency historical marker, in what is now the Blackfeet Nation, lies an unmarked, wind-scoured rise of hills the Indians call Ghost Ridge, where the dead from the Starvation Winter, which actually lasted 18 unrelenting months, were buried in mass graves. When Cobell was a child, an uncle lived nearby, and every time they visited him, her parents repeated the story of Ghost Ridge. Cobell says it's those dead who give her the courage to fight on. "Fighting for them," she says. "Fighting the same government that tried to get rid of this entire race of people." 

     



 
     HER FIGHT TAKES THE FORM of Cobell v. Norton, a federal lawsuit on behalf of a half-million Indians across America whose individual property is held in trust by the Department of the Interior, which oversees the BIA. Interior leases these private Indian lands to oil, timber, and agricultural corporations and other commercial entities, then pays the Indians the revenues those leases yield. But Cobell claims the government has been grossly negligent in its 118 years of managing the Individual Indian Trust, treating the Indians not as clients and beneficiaries but as easy marks. 
 
 
     While generations of non-Indians have become rich harvesting the abundant resources of private Indian lands -- which once included virtually all the oil fields of Oklahoma -- Indian landowners have been paid only erratically, and far less than their due. Consequently, even landowning Indians remain among the nation's poorest citizens, joining the 23 percent of Indians in America living in poverty, and the nearly 40 percent who are unemployed. Some tribes fare even worse, and the Blackfeet suffer a 34 percent poverty rate and a 70 percent unemployment rate. Overall, Indians are more than twice as poor as the average American. 
 
 
     Cobell filed her lawsuit in 1996 after years of kinder entreaties failed, demanding payment of all unpaid revenues from Indian leases for the past century, a tally of past revenues, and a new accounting system to deal with future revenues. According to Cobell's forensic accountants, the government owes $176 billion to individual Indian landowners, averaging $352,000 per plaintiff, making this monetarily the largest class-action lawsuit ever launched. 
 
 
     If successful, Cobell's lawsuit may force a historical shift of America's capital away from the cowboys -- the oil, gas, timber, mining, grazing, and agriculture industries, along with their political cohorts -- toward the Indians. Furthermore, there's a nearly identical case waiting in the wings regarding Tribal Trust lands, also managed by Interior. Not surprisingly, the Clinton and Bush administrations have flexed unprecedented bureaucratic muscle to delay the resolution of Cobell v. Norton, spending hundreds of millions of dollars defending Interior. 
 
 
     In court, Interior is backed by the formidable resources of the Department of Justice, along with 35 of the country's most expensive private law firms. Cobell, meanwhile, rents a modest four-room office in Browning and has funded her legal challenge with $11 million in grant money. Small, soft-voiced, and an energetic 59 years old -- she refers to herself as "kind of hyper" even six weeks after undergoing surgery to donate a kidney to her husband -- Cobell seems an unlikely crusader. But she is the great-granddaughter of Mountain Chief, part of a pantheon of legendary Blackfeet warriors who battled the U.S. government as far back as its original real estate emissaries, Lewis and Clark.
 
 
     To those concerned that the United States can't afford a Cobell v. Norton settlement, she says, "It's not your money and never was." 
 
 
     

 
 
 
 
     WHILE GHOST RIDGE is Cobell's personal inspiration, the historical heart of Cobell v. Norton beats in the Dawes Act -- a 19th-century legislative attempt to solve what President Chester A. Arthur called "the Indian problem." Simply put, Western pioneers wanted Indian lands, while liberal Easterners (mostly out of sight of any Indians) wanted the Indians to be happy. The act's author, Senator Henry Dawes of Massachusetts, felt the solution for the Indian lay in a Puritan work ethic: "Put him on his own land, furnish him with a little habitation, with a plow, and a rake, and show him how to go to work to use them.... The only way is to lead him out into the sunshine, and tell him what the sunshine is for, and what the rain comes for, and when to put his seed in the ground." 
 
 
     The Dawes Act was signed into law in 1887, three years after the Blackfeet were buried atop Ghost Ridge. Also known as the General Allotment Act, Dawes mandated that most reservation lands be broken into individual parcels in the hope that dissolving communal ownership would dissolve the power of the tribes -- considered counterproductive to Indian assimilation. Thus, BIA agents surveyed the reservations, typically allotting families 160 acres, and single adults 80 acres. The "surplus" lands -- two-thirds of the area in question -- were put up for sale. 
 
 
     From the Indians' point of view, Senator Dawes' experiment in social engineering was a mockery. Not only did the government fail to furnish the Indian with a plow when it gave him his allotment, it typically splintered those allotments into unmanageable islands (30 acres of timberland here, 50 acres of farmland 100 miles away), more or less guaranteeing that no Indian could work the disjointed parcels. Consequently, the government took legal title of the allotments and began to lease the land to settlers and, later, corporations. It pledged to collect the revenues and disburse them to the Indian landowners. 
 
 
     But from the beginning, Senator Henry M. Teller of Colorado foretold that "the real aim of [the Dawes Act] is to get at the Indian's land and open it up for settlement." And in fact as soon as allotment began, Indian-owned acreage began to vanish. Twelve percent disappeared the first year. By 1920, the 136 million acres held by Indians when the Dawes Act was signed into law had shrunk to 72 million acres -- 17 million of which were leased to white settlers. Today some 46 million acres remain in the Tribal Trust, and 10 million in the Individ-ual Indian Trust. The rest disappeared at a rate of 1.5 million acres a year.
 
 
 
 
Click to enlarge.
 
 
 
 
 
     THE BLACKFEET NATION lies on the eastern edge of Glacier National Park, under the ice and limestone fortress of the Rockies. These 1.5 million acres mark the last citadel of a tribe that once controlled most of Montana. Yet as beautiful as the land is, the Blackfeet feel isolated and marginalized here -- 120 miles from Great Falls, an airport, a medical facility of any size, a college or university, or a competitive (cheap) shopping environment. People in need of nearly anything have to drive a long way, weather permitting.
 
 
     Even on a relatively warm February afternoon the climate of the high prairie feels ominous. The skies lower unpredictably. The roads mask black ice. The wind dropping off the scarp of the Rockies blasts through Browning, and the town groans like a wooden ship in a storm at sea. Sometimes it blows at 90 miles an hour, downing signs and billboards and blowing freight trains off the tracks. Before they lost their land, the Blackfeet wintered down by Yellowstone, among its sheltered forests and warm waters, where the bison spent the cold months. "We weren't crazy," Cobell says.
 
 
     "Crazy" and "dumb" are two words Indians hear a lot. At age 18, when Cobell started asking the BIA for an accounting of her Individual Indian Monies, officials told her she wasn't "capable" of understanding the accounting. "If someone tells me something can't be done, I get so mad I just have to do it," she says.
 
 
     So Cobell became an accountant. Twelve years later, in 1976, she was appointed treasurer of the Blackfeet Nation. The job gave her the opportunity to hear the Blackfeet's concerns about their trust monies. Some years her fellow landowners got their checks, some years they didn't. They never received an accounting, and most (including Cobell) didn't even know, and couldn't find out, which lands exactly were theirs. Worse, some had once received payments but now no longer did, and they had no idea why. No one dared confront the BIA.
 
 
     One Blackfeet Cobell heard from was Jim Little Bull, now 82 years old and living in a tiny, nearly unfurnished home in Browning heated with an ancient woodstove. When his mother, Mary Little Bull, passed away years ago, the government taxed her estate $7,000 for the operation and management of an irrigation system on her allotment. The problem was, although the land had been scored with ditches years before, no irrigation equipment had ever been installed, and no water other than rainfall had ever graced it. But Jim Little Bull was afraid to ask questions, worried his own Individual Indian Monies (IIM) would be withheld to pay his mother's bill. So he forfeited her land back to the government.
 
 
     His story was hardly unique, and visiting one impoverished family after another, Cobell couldn't help but notice the oil wells pumping on Blackfeet land, the thousands of heads of cattle, the rippling fields of alfalfa. The non-Indian tenants who worked these lands were living in nice houses, driving new cars, while their Blackfeet landlords were living in cold, leaky government housing, largely unemployed and undereducated. "Why couldn't an Indian -- a landholding Indian at that," wondered Cobell, "get a mortgage or a bank loan to start his or her own life?"
 
 
     In 1983, after the government shut down the only bank on the reservation, Cobell got the idea of founding an Indian-owned bank. Told it would never work, she went back to school, became a banker, and, in 1987, threw open the doors of the Blackfeet National Bank, the first national bank located on a reservation, and the first owned by an Indian tribe. Within 15 years it had grown into the Native American Bank, with 23 tribes from across the country investing as much as $1 million apiece to participate in it.
 
 
     All the while, Cobell was looking into the government's handling of the Indian trusts. The more she investigated, the more she became convinced that the amount owed to Indian beneficiaries, both tribal and individual, was substantial, potentially enormous. Collaborating with accountants from three other tribes, she untangled a messy history of Indian trust monies dumped in the U.S. Treasury's general fund, where they could be used for the latest weapons system or for bailing out the Savings and Loan industry. "One administration after another treated the trusts as slush funds," she says. "It didn't matter to them that it was Indians' money." 
 
 
     Certain these findings would shake the system open, Cobell began to approach lawmakers and others in government. In 1996, she had an impromptu face-to-face with Attorney General Janet Reno, who listened attentively, then asked Cobell to write a letter. "Another letter," Cobell says.
 
 
     Instead, she contacted Dennis Gingold, a prominent banking attorney she had met four years earlier at a meeting called by a sympathetic official of the federal Office of Management and Budget. Although Gingold had thought they were convening to discuss the banking and finances of Americans from India -- "I'm from New Jersey," he quips, "I've never even heard of Native Americans" -- when he heard Cobell's story, he turned to the government officials in the room and said: "I can't believe you guys haven't been sued."
 
 
      "I'm going to keep my eye on that guy," Cobell thought. Four months after the Reno snub, Dennis Gingold filed what was initially called Cobell v. Babbitt in U.S. District Court. 
 
 
     

 
 
 
 
     ONE OF COBELL V. NORTON'S unnamed plaintiffs is James Mad Dog Kennerly, a man who should be a prosperous Montanan. One of his hereditary allotments includes as many as five working oil wells. Yet from these he receives a government-issued royalty check for roughly $30 a month, and he lives in a house smaller than a modern walk-in closet.
 
 
     The drive to his oil-producing property at the eastern edge of the Blackfeet Nation passes through two worlds: Browning's bleak government housing, followed by miles of prosperous farmland. "That's my land, right here," says Kennerly. He points to another of his allotments -- leased not to an oil company but to a Hutterite farming colony, an Amishlike community that, ironically, works property communally. These farms are large and seemingly prosperous, with huge barns and well-tended fields. Kennerly complains that Interior -- which manages one-fifth of all land in the country -- leases his lands for far less than the going rate.
 
 
     Mad Dog Kennerly's fight against the government began in a government-run orphanage for Indians, led through the Indian occupation of Alcatraz in 1969, and is focused now on getting paid what he feels he's owed. His battle colors include embroidered bald eagles and American flags adorning his leather jacket and baseball cap. When asked what he would have done if he'd had access to the money he believes was his all these years, he fires back without a moment's hesitation."I'd have gone to school and become a lawyer and fought the goddamned BIA."
 
 
     At the center of Kennerly's fight is the effort to free himself from the paternal grasp of a government that has tried to make every decision for him since the moment of his birth. This is the struggle of all Indians, says Cobell -- a battle personified by legendary athlete Jim Thorpe, a member of the Sac and Fox Nation, who was forced to beg for his trust monies to fund his travel to the 1912 Olympics in Sweden. The government denied his request, although the BIA eventually gave him a whopping $25. Nevertheless, Thorpe brought home two gold medals to a cheering America.
 
 
     This misbegotten paternalism continues to pervade the Indian trust saga. Keith Harper, one of Cobell's lawyers and a member of the Cherokee Nation, notes that Interior administers the Individual Trust like a welfare program. "There's an institutional reluctance to change from a boss to a servant," he says. "A trust officer is a servant." Early in the Cobell suit, the government contended that the Individual Indian Trust was not a trust at all, a contention it lost in court.
 
 
     These days Interior likes to spin the Cobell suit as an attempt to seek reparation for all wrongs done to Indians. Interior spokesman Dan DuBray admits to a "sad and difficult history between this government and native peoples," but says the Cobell case is not about "Trail of Tears or Wounded Knee -- it's about seeking an accounting." DuBray, a Rosebud Sioux and son of a BIA employee, contends that even if the plaintiffs win Cobell v. Norton, it won't make much difference in the lives of the majority of Individual Indian account holders. "In all the years my father opened his IIM mail he never said this isn't enough money," says DuBray. Instead he questioned, "Why is the government spending all this money on postage to send me an 8-cent check?"
 
 
     Cobell counters that many of the payments Indians never received were "lost" in BIA pockets, even into the pockets of Indian employees of the BIA -- who inherited a broken system and were promoted for going with the flow. "In the old days we called them the Fort Indians," Cobell says.
 
 
     DuBray says the real problem is not the government's loss of Indian records or mismanagement of funds or its negligence as trustee but an issue most Indians "don't really understand": the issue of fractionated heirship. This is the heart of the case, he says -- not that over the years the government has been paying out less money to the Indians, only that it has been splitting the money among an ever-growing number of Indian heirs. He cites his own case. DuBray and his brother will soon inherit 50 percent shares in their recently deceased father's Individual Indian Trust account. "His 8-cent check will be split between the two of us," DuBray laughs. He says even his own family members don't understand, and are hoping their "1/250th share will pay out big money if Cobell wins." 
 
 
     The plaintiffs contend the government can't be trusted when it says that 8 cents is all that's due. "How do we know it's only 8 cents?" asks Cobell. "Why not $8 or $8 million?" For Cobell and her lawyers, the heart of the case lies in the responsibilities dictated by trust law. The government is the trustee, and "if they can't show it," says Harper, "they owe it." 
 
 
     So far, the government hasn't been able to show much of anything. Although Interior maintains that trust records generated since the 1950s are mostly intact, plaintiffs contend that until a Treasury official testified to the practice in 1999, trust records were routinely destroyed after six and a half years. In any case, the Indians and the BIA disagree as to how much land is Indian land and how much money those lands have generated. The court must determine which version of history is correct -- a task that has consumed more than nine years of taxpayer-funded court time.
 
 
     The government claims it's cooperating. But U.S. District Judge Royce C. Lamberth strenuously disagrees. In the course of overseeing the lawsuit, this Reagan appointee has held two secretaries of Interior and one secretary of Treasury in contempt, has written scathing opinions on the government's destruction of evidence, and has periodically banned the entire Interior Department from access to the Internet for its failure to safeguard trust data. The BIA has been stranded offline for nearly four years (see "Interior Monologue"). "The entire record in this case tells the dreary story of Interior's degenerate tenure as Trustee-Delegate for the Indian trust," Lamberth recently ruled, "a story shot through with bureaucratic blunders, flubs, goofs and foul-ups, and peppered with scandals, deception, dirty tricks and outright villainy, the end of which is nowhere in sight." 
 
 
     In 1999, Lamberth concluded the lawsuit's first phase, finding the government in breach of its trust responsibilities. In consequence, he ordered court jurisdiction over the Individual Indian Trust for a minimum of five years, and mandated the government file quarterly reports detailing its efforts to reform the trust. He then ordered Interior to provide the Indians an accurate historical accounting dating back to 1887. "The plaintiffs should take great satisfaction in the stunning victory that they have achieved today," he concluded. 
 
 
     Yet more than five years later, James Mad Dog Kennerly is still receiving only $30 a month on his oil lease. And on this February day, driving the dirt roads to his allotment, he discovers the wells on his land, and on all the adjacent Indian lands, lying idle. Meanwhile, across the creek on non-Indian lands, they're genuflecting energetically to the four corners of the Interior-managed earth. 
 
 
     

 
 
 
 
     THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR has responded to its ongoing losses in court with tactics the plaintiffs construe as retaliatory and intimidating. In 2004, after Judge Lamberth found the BIA was seizing land owned by Indian trustees without properly informing them of its value or location and selling it to oil companies, he ordered the agency to stop communicating with plaintiffs regarding the sale, conversion, and transfer of land. Interior reacted by shutting down BIA offices and phone lines, telling Indians they would not receive their royalty checks because of the lawsuit. Cobell's name was published on the BIA website -- tacit encouragement, she says, for Indians to call and blame her. "It was the dumbest thing they could have done," she says. "I returned every one of those calls and explained what was really going on." 
 
 
     Among the Indians who filed affidavits about these BIA tactics was Verna St. Goddard, an elderly Blackfeet. She ran into problems when she visited the BIA office in Browning last February. For more than 35 years St. Goddard has withdrawn funds for the developmentally disabled Roseline Spotted Eagle, her former foster child. But not this day. A BIA official ordered her to drive to Great Falls and ascertain the price of the goods she wanted to buy for Spotted Eagle, then drive back to the BIA office for a check, and then return to Great Falls to purchase the items and back again -- 480 miles altogether. (A perfect example, St. Goddard quips, of what the BIA really stands for: Bossing Indians Around.) When she asked the BIA official why he wouldn't give Spotted Eagle her money, as he has for years, he said it was because of the Elouise Cobell lawsuit.
 
 
     Lamberth called these tactics "a testament to the startling inhumanity of government bureaucracy...[and] a deliberate, infantile, and frankly ridiculous misinterpretation of this Court's straightforward order." He added: "The idea that Interior would either instruct or allow BIA to withhold payments and then to stonewall the Indians who dared to ask why is an obscenity that harkens back to the darkest days of United States-Indian relations.... The perniciousness and irresponsibility demonstrated by blaming the Court pales in comparison to the utter depravity and moral turpitude displayed by [Interior's] willingness to withhold needed finances from people struggling to survive and support families on subsistence incomes."
 
 
     

 
 
 
 
 
     BIT BY BIT, piece by piece, the Department of the Interior is losing this case. But as with the Starvation Winter, government tactics are exacerbating the agony -- in part by appealing every one of Judge Lamberth's rulings. Interior recently lost a challenge to Lamberth's right to adjudicate the case. The department also appealed and lost a key ruling entitling the plaintiffs to full compound interest on all unpaid Individual Indian Monies. Currently, Interior is at loggerheads over how -- or if -- the historical accounting dating back to 1887 can be accomplished.
 
 
     In 2003, Congress inserted itself into the machinations by attaching midnight riders to omnibus budget and Iraq appropriation bills to delay the court-ordered historical accounting. It also attempted to cut the salary of court-appointed investigators, while permitting Secretary Gale Norton to use discretionary funds to pay for the scores of private attorneys hired by all past and present Interior employees appearing in the case. 
 
 
     In July, Judge Lamberth wrote: "For those harboring hope that the stories of murder, dispossession, forced marches, assimilationist policy programs, and other incidents of cultural genocide against the Indians are merely the echoes of a horrible, bigoted government past that has been sanitized by the good deeds of more recent history, this case serves as an appalling reminder of the evils that result when large numbers of the politically powerless are placed at the mercy of institutions engendered and controlled by a politically powerful few." 
 
 
     Cobell however is confident the Indians will eventually win. The government has no case and they know it, she says. "They can't provide the historical accounting because they've lost or destroyed too many records. Their only strategy now is to go slow and try to outlive us all." The plaintiffs are willing to settle but insist that, after more than a century of ongoing mismanagement, Interior needs to be removed as trustee, and the Individual Indian Trust put into receivership.
 
 
     

 
 
 
 
     COBELL'S OFFICE, upstairs on a side street in Browning, is a cheery mess, littered with awards, treasures, books, and paintings -- the disordered hallmarks of someone who spends more time at work than at home. From here, she orchestrates the many brainstorms that occupy a mind bent on improving life across Indian country. 
 
 
     Thanks to Cobell, Browning now has the feel of a ghost town regenerating its flesh and blood, 30 years after white business owners fled most reservations. Today the Blackfeet Nation hosts more than 200 enterprises, 80 percent of them Indian-owned, and most launched with loans from the banks Cobell helped start. Yet her ideas are wider ranging than banking. As founder and executive director of the Native American Community Development Corporation, Cobell initiated a recycling program on the reservation funded with an annual art auction in nearby Glacier National Park. She also facilitated the creation of the Blackfeet Land Trust -- the first land trust administered by Indians -- protecting 1,200 acres of unique fen vital to grizzlies, a species the Blackfeet revere. "We Indians were the original environmentalists," she says. "We need to get back to that."
 
 
     Three years ago, the Blackfeet awarded her warrior status -- a rare honor for a woman. In 1997, in recognition of her diverse talents, the MacArthur Foundation awarded her a "genius" grant. She jokes about having made the leap from "dumb Indian" to "genius" in one lifetime, and says she doesn't ever again want Indians taken advantage of because they don't understand banking and finance. Collaborating with tribal educator Roberta Kipp, Cobell founded a mini bank program in which Blackfeet kids in elementary school open bank accounts, play the roles of bankers and customers, and grow their money during their school years. They reap the windfall when they graduate. Cobell, herself a graduate of a one-room schoolhouse, insists, "I want these kids to understand the way the world works, and to question everything that comes before them." No more silence or fear. After 118 years, it's time to call in the debt.
 
Julia Whitty is the author of A Tortoise for the Queen of Tonga, which was a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award. She has been a recipient of an O. Henry Award and a Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers Award, and she is currently finishing a book on coral reefs.


     
@2005 The Foundation for National Progress

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     http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/2005/09/accounting_coup.html
     
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From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Sun Sep 11 18:35:53 2005
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Sun Sep 11 18:40:58 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: Kick-Ass Party
References: <BF49FE5B.23E65%michael@michaelbutler.com>
Message-ID: <006b01c5b73a$515a3660$6e436c42@hotprojects>

yes three cheers for the gang of four lol
!!!!!!
bravo
and didnt nina look  like a hot teenager in that black dress i thought
?????
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Butler" <michael@michaelbutler.com>
To: "Deborah Andrews" <debbie@franklymills.com>; "Michael Harris"
<wmichaelharris@earthlink.net>; "Natalie Mosco" <Ocsomtan@aol.com>; "Nina
Dayton" <dayton3@rcn.com>
Cc: "HAIR List" <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2005 3:31 PM
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: Kick-Ass Party


> Great, great thanks to you and Mike for all you did to make this so much
> fun.
> Peace and Love,
> Michael
>
> > My head is still reeling from all the massive
> > LOVE, did most of the food get eaten ? - I want
> > some of that cake right now - so great to meet
> > you, Michael- you did an amazing true-to-HAiR job
> > as host! MB, Nat & Nina - how much fun was this!
> > ( after the light bulb decisions were made & the
> > dipping sauces were aligned)
> >
> > Love you all!
> > Debbie
> >
> > --- Michael Harris <wmichaelharris@earthlink.net>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Yes indeedy we did!  Thanks to great planning
> >> and support from many incredible people like
> >> you and Debbie.  There are so many dimensions
> >> to what went on last night.  I love the way you
> >> danced through it all Nat.  Thank you!
> >>
> >> XOXO
> >> wmh
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Ocsomtan@aol.com
> >> Sent: Sep 11, 2005 1:35 AM
> >> To: dayton3@rcn.com, michael@michaelbutler.com,
> >> wmichaelharris@earthlink.net,
> >> debbie@franklymills.com
> >> Subject: Kick-Ass Party
> >>
> >> YES!!!
> >>
> >> More cannot be said by me....
> >> (incredible as it may seem?!...)
> >>
> >> We did it!!!!
> >>
> >>
> >> XXOO and massive LOVE,
> >> Natalie
> >>
> >
>
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From cpreston2 at tds.net  Sun Sep 11 19:10:04 2005
From: cpreston2 at tds.net (Charles Preston)
Date: Sun Sep 11 19:15:11 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: Kick-Ass Party
References: <BF49FE5B.23E65%michael@michaelbutler.com>
	<006b01c5b73a$515a3660$6e436c42@hotprojects>
Message-ID: <007801c5b73f$1835d150$0400a8c0@CHARLES>

I could fell it all the way down here and it was great flying through in the 
astrol, what a party

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "richard haase" <hotprojects@nyc.rr.com>
To: <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2005 9:35 PM
Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Re: Kick-Ass Party


> yes three cheers for the gang of four lol
> !!!!!!
> bravo
> and didnt nina look  like a hot teenager in that black dress i thought
> ?????
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Michael Butler" <michael@michaelbutler.com>
> To: "Deborah Andrews" <debbie@franklymills.com>; "Michael Harris"
> <wmichaelharris@earthlink.net>; "Natalie Mosco" <Ocsomtan@aol.com>; "Nina
> Dayton" <dayton3@rcn.com>
> Cc: "HAIR List" <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
> Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2005 3:31 PM
> Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: Kick-Ass Party
>
>
>> Great, great thanks to you and Mike for all you did to make this so much
>> fun.
>> Peace and Love,
>> Michael
>>
>> > My head is still reeling from all the massive
>> > LOVE, did most of the food get eaten ? - I want
>> > some of that cake right now - so great to meet
>> > you, Michael- you did an amazing true-to-HAiR job
>> > as host! MB, Nat & Nina - how much fun was this!
>> > ( after the light bulb decisions were made & the
>> > dipping sauces were aligned)
>> >
>> > Love you all!
>> > Debbie
>> >
>> > --- Michael Harris <wmichaelharris@earthlink.net>
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> >> Yes indeedy we did!  Thanks to great planning
>> >> and support from many incredible people like
>> >> you and Debbie.  There are so many dimensions
>> >> to what went on last night.  I love the way you
>> >> danced through it all Nat.  Thank you!
>> >>
>> >> XOXO
>> >> wmh
>> >>
>> >> -----Original Message-----
>> >> From: Ocsomtan@aol.com
>> >> Sent: Sep 11, 2005 1:35 AM
>> >> To: dayton3@rcn.com, michael@michaelbutler.com,
>> >> wmichaelharris@earthlink.net,
>> >> debbie@franklymills.com
>> >> Subject: Kick-Ass Party
>> >>
>> >> YES!!!
>> >>
>> >> More cannot be said by me....
>> >> (incredible as it may seem?!...)
>> >>
>> >> We did it!!!!
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> XXOO and massive LOVE,
>> >> Natalie
>> >>
>> >
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Mb-hair mailing list
>> Mb-hair@islandlists.com
>> http://www.islandlists.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mb-hair
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From katiekasben at hotmail.com  Sun Sep 11 19:55:57 2005
From: katiekasben at hotmail.com (Katie Kasben)
Date: Sun Sep 11 20:01:00 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Echoes of an amazing evening
In-Reply-To: <019a01c5b692$86b73040$6e436c42@hotprojects>
Message-ID: <BAY104-F11EEFE29945102A0353684AD9D0@phx.gbl>

The stars certainly aligned here in Asheville.
We had our most amazing performance on Saturday night.
and let's just say that there were roosters crowing when we went to bed. :)

*But this is really cool:

~ Throughout the process, when people asked me why we had such a short run, 
I would always reply (after the practical, "because we couldn't get the 
theatre longer"), that it was like a Tibetan Sand Painting...Something that 
is made painstakingly, and is amazingly beautiful, and then swept away after 
a moment.
Well, guess what!  it turns out that the last three days there were three 
Tibetan monks in Asheville doing a sand painting and they had their closing 
ceremony today at 2pm. HOLY COW- can you believe the synchronicity????  So a 
lot of the cast were able to come out and see this beautiful sand painting 
swept away into an urn, then we all went down to the river's edge and 
watched the monks pour the sand back into the river, to re-enrich our 
eco-system and return the beauty to nature.  it was amazing.

after I take a long nap, I'll give you all the incredible wrap up of our 
show. I really can't tell you how much it has meant to be on this list. 
Thank you so very much.
Peace and love!!!!
Katie


ALOHA NUI LOA!


From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Sun Sep 11 20:17:04 2005
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Sun Sep 11 20:22:27 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: Kick-Ass Party
References: <BF49FE5B.23E65%michael@michaelbutler.com>
	<006b01c5b73a$515a3660$6e436c42@hotprojects>
	<007801c5b73f$1835d150$0400a8c0@CHARLES>
Message-ID: <023b01c5b748$738806f0$6e436c42@hotprojects>

we love you charles
i hope youre well
and resettled etc

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Charles Preston" <cpreston2@tds.net>
To: <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2005 10:10 PM
Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Re: Kick-Ass Party


> I could fell it all the way down here and it was great flying through in
the
> astrol, what a party
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "richard haase" <hotprojects@nyc.rr.com>
> To: <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
> Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2005 9:35 PM
> Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Re: Kick-Ass Party
>
>
> > yes three cheers for the gang of four lol
> > !!!!!!
> > bravo
> > and didnt nina look  like a hot teenager in that black dress i thought
> > ?????
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Michael Butler" <michael@michaelbutler.com>
> > To: "Deborah Andrews" <debbie@franklymills.com>; "Michael Harris"
> > <wmichaelharris@earthlink.net>; "Natalie Mosco" <Ocsomtan@aol.com>;
"Nina
> > Dayton" <dayton3@rcn.com>
> > Cc: "HAIR List" <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
> > Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2005 3:31 PM
> > Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: Kick-Ass Party
> >
> >
> >> Great, great thanks to you and Mike for all you did to make this so
much
> >> fun.
> >> Peace and Love,
> >> Michael
> >>
> >> > My head is still reeling from all the massive
> >> > LOVE, did most of the food get eaten ? - I want
> >> > some of that cake right now - so great to meet
> >> > you, Michael- you did an amazing true-to-HAiR job
> >> > as host! MB, Nat & Nina - how much fun was this!
> >> > ( after the light bulb decisions were made & the
> >> > dipping sauces were aligned)
> >> >
> >> > Love you all!
> >> > Debbie
> >> >
> >> > --- Michael Harris <wmichaelharris@earthlink.net>
> >> > wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Yes indeedy we did!  Thanks to great planning
> >> >> and support from many incredible people like
> >> >> you and Debbie.  There are so many dimensions
> >> >> to what went on last night.  I love the way you
> >> >> danced through it all Nat.  Thank you!
> >> >>
> >> >> XOXO
> >> >> wmh
> >> >>
> >> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> >> From: Ocsomtan@aol.com
> >> >> Sent: Sep 11, 2005 1:35 AM
> >> >> To: dayton3@rcn.com, michael@michaelbutler.com,
> >> >> wmichaelharris@earthlink.net,
> >> >> debbie@franklymills.com
> >> >> Subject: Kick-Ass Party
> >> >>
> >> >> YES!!!
> >> >>
> >> >> More cannot be said by me....
> >> >> (incredible as it may seem?!...)
> >> >>
> >> >> We did it!!!!
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> XXOO and massive LOVE,
> >> >> Natalie
> >> >>
> >> >
> >>
> >> _______________________________________________
> >> Mb-hair mailing list
> >> Mb-hair@islandlists.com
> >> http://www.islandlists.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mb-hair
> >
> > _______________________________________________
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> >
>
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From cpreston2 at tds.net  Sun Sep 11 20:26:12 2005
From: cpreston2 at tds.net (Charles Preston)
Date: Sun Sep 11 20:31:32 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Echoes of an amazing evening
References: <BAY104-F11EEFE29945102A0353684AD9D0@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <008601c5b749$bacaddc0$0400a8c0@CHARLES>

Hi Katie,

You are a true member of the HAiR tribe, you will always be with us from now 
on.

Peace, Love and Blessings ~~Charles~~


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Katie Kasben" <katiekasben@hotmail.com>
To: <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2005 10:55 PM
Subject: [Mb-hair] Echoes of an amazing evening


> The stars certainly aligned here in Asheville.
> We had our most amazing performance on Saturday night.
> and let's just say that there were roosters crowing when we went to bed. 
> :)
>
> *But this is really cool:
>
> ~ Throughout the process, when people asked me why we had such a short 
> run, I would always reply (after the practical, "because we couldn't get 
> the theatre longer"), that it was like a Tibetan Sand Painting...Something 
> that is made painstakingly, and is amazingly beautiful, and then swept 
> away after a moment.
> Well, guess what!  it turns out that the last three days there were three 
> Tibetan monks in Asheville doing a sand painting and they had their 
> closing ceremony today at 2pm. HOLY COW- can you believe the 
> synchronicity????  So a lot of the cast were able to come out and see this 
> beautiful sand painting swept away into an urn, then we all went down to 
> the river's edge and watched the monks pour the sand back into the river, 
> to re-enrich our eco-system and return the beauty to nature.  it was 
> amazing.
>
> after I take a long nap, I'll give you all the incredible wrap up of our 
> show. I really can't tell you how much it has meant to be on this list. 
> Thank you so very much.
> Peace and love!!!!
> Katie
>
>
> ALOHA NUI LOA!
>
>
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From peacefreak at metrocast.net  Sun Sep 11 20:26:12 2005
From: peacefreak at metrocast.net (Leo)
Date: Sun Sep 11 20:31:36 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: The reunion...
References: <200509111900.j8BJ0AYt001671@dune.islandtechnologies.net>
Message-ID: <00c001c5b749$b9e4ea90$6401a8c0@Leo>

Yeah Dauber man, I'm with you all the way brother; it was great to meet you 
and soooooooooo many other new & old HAIR freaks once again.
Judy, Jim, and I just got back to Maine at about 10pm here on Sunday so I'm 
a little rugged at the moment but I'd be really remiss not to add a quick 
opinion.
Nina you are to be so commended for all you did to pull this together. I 
realize you had a great deal of wonderful help from some far out people. But 
your hanging in there with this project is what caused it to come to 
fruition and be the biggest, bestest, HAIRyist bash yet!! Thank you Nina and 
all the others who worked diligently behind the scenes to make this happen! 
Michael it was fan freaking tastic to see you again my brother. Jeff, GREAT 
job on the video man!
WMH, you were wonderful and it was outasite to finally meet you after all 
these years of internet communications. You were a spot on emcee and handled 
the evening's events flawlessly!
I gotta say that Debbie, Mike, Sally Shaffer, Bill Swiggard and Tioga Joe 
are just plain beautiful people!! To me you freaks epitomize the spirit and 
camaraderie of HAIR. In a night filled with so much hubbub and people 
playing catch up with each other, you 5 went out of your way to make me and 
Judy feel really special and absolutely like we belonged there! And Jim 
Burns, man I loved our little chats throughout the evening.And Ross and Ace 
and, well hell, when you start with the names you just can't stop!!! But of 
course the list goes on and on. I certainly didn't personally meet everyone 
but man I had a relatively decent idea of who was who (or whom was whom) 
when it was all over.
I too took many pics and my camera also has the ability to do mpegs so I'm 
gonna burn a disc and send it to you Nina.
And I'm rambling on cuz I'm a bit giddy, tired, and banged up but my heart 
is in a beautiful place right now. I'll write more after a good night's 
visit to Mr. Sandman.
Thank you all for being there! The sing along was a blast!

PEACE,
Leo

----- Original Message ----- 

 From: Sean Courtney <dauber@banana-and-louie.org>
 Subject: [Mb-hair] The reunion...

 Okay....I'm about to fall asleep, so I might have to make this short for 
now, but...

Let me just say that I LOVE Hair people! Really had a great time at the 
reunion. I really felt welcomed, considering that my involvement in Hair has 
been only as a spectator and as part of this cyber-tribte; that, and at the 
age of 30, I was probably the second-youngest person there. :)
Meeting many of you folks from the list...Sherwin, Robin, Nina, Leo, 
Corinne, Bill, Cara...am I leaving anybody out???...just an absolute thrill 
to meet you all!
Walter Michael Harris was a fantastic emcee. Very witty, very 
entertaining...and it was cool seeing him play piano, too!
Unfortunately I didn't take many pictures -- in fact, I think the only still 
picture in my camera was of Tioga Joe, Robin McNamara and me....however, I 
did manage to get Michael Butler's words of wisdom captured as well as 
"Aquarius" from the sing-along portion -- truly something to behold! I'll be 
happy to send MPGs to whoever needs to have them. (Nina?  :)
 Memorable experience of the night -- during the sing-alongs hearing a 
chorus of 100+ people singing in harmony and doing a bit of the old 
choreography...well, I'm GUESSING it's the old choreography, at least!
Weird experience of the night -- my wife walks out to use the bathroom, and 
while I'm waiting for her to come back Jim Rado walks over to me with a 
piece of cake and says, "I don't care what you or anybody else has to 
say...I'm GOING to EAT THIS CAKE." Uhhhh....okay!
Unexpected experience of the night -- Ben Vereen and Fred Armisen in the 
same room!
Worst experience of the night -- having to repeat the address several times 
to the cab driver and telling him the nearest cross street because he didn't 
know where the heck he was going.
Discovery of the night -- I've been dousing myself with the music of Hair 
since I was a 16-year-old high school student in 1990, and for some reason 
it was only last night, hearing some of the music over LaMama's sound 
system, that I discovered that McDermot's music is a bass player's dream.
Really, really cool bass lines in those songs.



From cpreston2 at tds.net  Sun Sep 11 21:19:15 2005
From: cpreston2 at tds.net (Charles Preston)
Date: Sun Sep 11 21:24:39 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: Kick-Ass Party
References: <BF49FE5B.23E65%michael@michaelbutler.com><006b01c5b73a$515a3660$6e436c42@hotprojects><007801c5b73f$1835d150$0400a8c0@CHARLES>
	<023b01c5b748$738806f0$6e436c42@hotprojects>
Message-ID: <009301c5b751$24021f40$0400a8c0@CHARLES>

Thanks Richard,
Great get to gather I know, going to have to the same 
next year, We need to keep it going an get more HAiR folks involved.
Let The Sunshine In On All.

P&L ~~Charles~~ LOL 


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "richard haase" <hotprojects@nyc.rr.com>
To: <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2005 11:17 PM
Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Re: Kick-Ass Party


> we love you charles
> i hope youre well
> and resettled etc
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Charles Preston" <cpreston2@tds.net>
> To: <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
> Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2005 10:10 PM
> Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Re: Kick-Ass Party
> 
> 
>> I could fell it all the way down here and it was great flying through in
> the
>> astrol, what a party
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "richard haase" <hotprojects@nyc.rr.com>
>> To: <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
>> Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2005 9:35 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Re: Kick-Ass Party
>>
>>
>> > yes three cheers for the gang of four lol
>> > !!!!!!
>> > bravo
>> > and didnt nina look  like a hot teenager in that black dress i thought
>> > ?????
>> > ----- Original Message ----- 
>> > From: "Michael Butler" <michael@michaelbutler.com>
>> > To: "Deborah Andrews" <debbie@franklymills.com>; "Michael Harris"
>> > <wmichaelharris@earthlink.net>; "Natalie Mosco" <Ocsomtan@aol.com>;
> "Nina
>> > Dayton" <dayton3@rcn.com>
>> > Cc: "HAIR List" <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
>> > Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2005 3:31 PM
>> > Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: Kick-Ass Party
>> >
>> >
>> >> Great, great thanks to you and Mike for all you did to make this so
> much
>> >> fun.
>> >> Peace and Love,
>> >> Michael
>> >>
>> >> > My head is still reeling from all the massive
>> >> > LOVE, did most of the food get eaten ? - I want
>> >> > some of that cake right now - so great to meet
>> >> > you, Michael- you did an amazing true-to-HAiR job
>> >> > as host! MB, Nat & Nina - how much fun was this!
>> >> > ( after the light bulb decisions were made & the
>> >> > dipping sauces were aligned)
>> >> >
>> >> > Love you all!
>> >> > Debbie
>> >> >
>> >> > --- Michael Harris <wmichaelharris@earthlink.net>
>> >> > wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> Yes indeedy we did!  Thanks to great planning
>> >> >> and support from many incredible people like
>> >> >> you and Debbie.  There are so many dimensions
>> >> >> to what went on last night.  I love the way you
>> >> >> danced through it all Nat.  Thank you!
>> >> >>
>> >> >> XOXO
>> >> >> wmh
>> >> >>
>> >> >> -----Original Message-----
>> >> >> From: Ocsomtan@aol.com
>> >> >> Sent: Sep 11, 2005 1:35 AM
>> >> >> To: dayton3@rcn.com, michael@michaelbutler.com,
>> >> >> wmichaelharris@earthlink.net,
>> >> >> debbie@franklymills.com
>> >> >> Subject: Kick-Ass Party
>> >> >>
>> >> >> YES!!!
>> >> >>
>> >> >> More cannot be said by me....
>> >> >> (incredible as it may seem?!...)
>> >> >>
>> >> >> We did it!!!!
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> XXOO and massive LOVE,
>> >> >> Natalie
>> >> >>
>> >> >
>> >>
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From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Sun Sep 11 21:32:17 2005
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Sun Sep 11 21:37:35 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Echoes of an amazing evening
References: <BAY104-F11EEFE29945102A0353684AD9D0@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <029101c5b752$f56538a0$6e436c42@hotprojects>

oh katie i wish you could have joined us
also question number two if im passing through south east
etc with wife and colleagues and family
as i often do
being in love with the physical beauty of the region
can we meet somewhere
>>>
me you me family and your tribe
?????
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Katie Kasben" <katiekasben@hotmail.com>
To: <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2005 10:55 PM
Subject: [Mb-hair] Echoes of an amazing evening


> The stars certainly aligned here in Asheville.
> We had our most amazing performance on Saturday night.
> and let's just say that there were roosters crowing when we went to bed.
:)
>
> *But this is really cool:
>
> ~ Throughout the process, when people asked me why we had such a short
run,
> I would always reply (after the practical, "because we couldn't get the
> theatre longer"), that it was like a Tibetan Sand Painting...Something
that
> is made painstakingly, and is amazingly beautiful, and then swept away
after
> a moment.
> Well, guess what!  it turns out that the last three days there were three
> Tibetan monks in Asheville doing a sand painting and they had their
closing
> ceremony today at 2pm. HOLY COW- can you believe the synchronicity????  So
a
> lot of the cast were able to come out and see this beautiful sand painting
> swept away into an urn, then we all went down to the river's edge and
> watched the monks pour the sand back into the river, to re-enrich our
> eco-system and return the beauty to nature.  it was amazing.
>
> after I take a long nap, I'll give you all the incredible wrap up of our
> show. I really can't tell you how much it has meant to be on this list.
> Thank you so very much.
> Peace and love!!!!
> Katie
>
>
> ALOHA NUI LOA!
>
>
> _______________________________________________
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> Mb-hair@islandlists.com
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From katiekasben at hotmail.com  Sun Sep 11 22:01:57 2005
From: katiekasben at hotmail.com (Katie Kasben)
Date: Sun Sep 11 22:07:02 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Echoes of an amazing evening
In-Reply-To: <029101c5b752$f56538a0$6e436c42@hotprojects>
Message-ID: <BAY104-F173B40C56399F7D57D3D0FAD9D0@phx.gbl>

Are you kidding~ OF COURSE!!!

Everyone is invited to Asheville- Anytime!!!!

My parents and I helped build our house (Well, i don't live there 
anymore...but they do)
and it is really big- plenty of room.

*At the moment, it's 1:00am and I can't sleep at all...
An eight-year dream has been fulfilled and at the moment I have only a 
million ideas of where I should go, what I should do, what I could 
create...of course I can't sleep.

**These are the times I wish I still lived in NYC or LA...nothing's open in 
Asheville this time of night...
:)

I say we all get together and take HAIR on the road and spread the groovy 
revolution!
god knows our country needs it.

Love and peace!
Katie


ALOHA NUI LOA!


From cpreston2 at tds.net  Sun Sep 11 22:33:24 2005
From: cpreston2 at tds.net (Charles Preston)
Date: Sun Sep 11 22:38:32 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Echoes of an amazing evening
References: <BAY104-F173B40C56399F7D57D3D0FAD9D0@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <00b301c5b75b$80062340$0400a8c0@CHARLES>

YOU GOT IT KATIE, I AM WITH YOU 100% OF THE WAY LETS GO ON THE ROAD.
THIS COUNTRY REALLY DOES NEED IT!!!
P & L ~~CHARLES~~ LOL

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Katie Kasben" <katiekasben@hotmail.com>
To: <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
Sent: Monday, September 12, 2005 1:01 AM
Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Echoes of an amazing evening


> Are you kidding~ OF COURSE!!!
>
> Everyone is invited to Asheville- Anytime!!!!
>
> My parents and I helped build our house (Well, i don't live there 
> anymore...but they do)
> and it is really big- plenty of room.
>
> *At the moment, it's 1:00am and I can't sleep at all...
> An eight-year dream has been fulfilled and at the moment I have only a 
> million ideas of where I should go, what I should do, what I could 
> create...of course I can't sleep.
>
> **These are the times I wish I still lived in NYC or LA...nothing's open 
> in Asheville this time of night...
> :)
>
> I say we all get together and take HAIR on the road and spread the groovy 
> revolution!
> god knows our country needs it.
>
> Love and peace!
> Katie
>
>
> ALOHA NUI LOA!
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Mb-hair mailing list
> Mb-hair@islandlists.com
> http://www.islandlists.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mb-hair
> 


From steve at globalentertainmentnetwork.com  Mon Sep 12 02:37:34 2005
From: steve at globalentertainmentnetwork.com (GEMS)
Date: Mon Sep 12 04:07:17 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Reminder: Red Cross/Katrina Benefit Tuesday: "Get
	Together: Jesse Colin Young/ PM Dawn/Ruffians/Princess/and others
Message-ID: <044101c5b77d$e40931d0$a404d442@STEVEN>

This is a special announcement regarding a benefit concert this Tuesday to help the American Red Cross.  Please pass this on to your friends. Thank you.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Event Reminder: "GET TOGETHER" Benefit this Tuesday Featuring Jesse Colin Young, PM Dawn, David Marks, (formerly of the Beach Boys,) The Ruffians, Princess & Others-- 

He helped to start the "NO NUKES" movement.  And in the 1960's JESSE COLIN YOUNG sang these immortal words which will love on forever: "Come on, people now, smile on your brother. Everybody get together,  try  and love one another right now..."

"Get Together"  A concert to benefit the American Red Cross Disaster Relief  Fund and the Victims of Hurricane Katrina

* JESSE COLIN YOUNG, The Youngbloods
* PM DAWN
* DAVID MARKS, Formerly of The Beach Boys, featuring  DENNIS DIKEN, The Smithereens,  GRAHAM MABY, Joe Jackson Band
* PRINCESS
* THE RUFFIANS
* LAUGH FACTORY COMICS:" Because Laughter is Healing"
* PLUS SPECIAL GUESTS

Date: Tues., Sept.13th
Time: 7:00 p.m. until 1:00 a.m.
Location: The World Famous Laugh Factory, Eighth Ave. @ 42nd-43rd Streets, NYC
Admission: Minimum Donation is $25 per person. 100 % of ticket receipts will  go to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund, earmarked for Katrina Relief

Tickets are available at the Laugh Factory Box office, thru Ticketweb.com and, of course, the day of show

www.laughfactory.com

"Get Together"  is produced by Steve Zuckerman of GEMS Inc.Associate Producer: Dan Griffin 
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From dauber at banana-and-louie.org  Mon Sep 12 05:25:45 2005
From: dauber at banana-and-louie.org (Sean Courtney)
Date: Mon Sep 12 04:31:48 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: Echoes of an amazing evening
In-Reply-To: <BAY104-F11EEFE29945102A0353684AD9D0@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <3418ee4c8e8.6838c457@outgoing.verizon.net>

On 09/12/2005, Katie Kasben wrote:

> ~ Throughout the process, when people asked me why we had such a short
> run,  I would always reply (after the practical, "because we couldn't
> get the  theatre longer"), that it was like a Tibetan Sand
> Painting...Something that  is made painstakingly, and is amazingly
> beautiful, and then swept away after  a moment.
> Well, guess what!  it turns out that the last three days there were
> three  Tibetan monks in Asheville doing a sand painting and they had
> their closing  ceremony today at 2pm. HOLY COW- can you believe the
> synchronicity????

Heh....isn't that what the I Ching is all about??? How there's no such thing
as a coincidence??

Can't wait to read the details!

--
dauber@banana-and-louie.org
 * ICQ: 28677921 * YIM: dau_ber * AIM: ddaauubbeerr
From thefundepartment at comcast.net  Mon Sep 12 10:13:45 2005
From: thefundepartment at comcast.net (The Fun Department)
Date: Mon Sep 12 10:15:41 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] HAIR Reunion pictures
In-Reply-To: <BAY104-F22557405978A94F442EB42B2990@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <v03007800bf4b66348d6b@[192.168.2.2]>

Hello fellow HAIR-mates,

Please click, or copy and paste the following link to the address bar in
your browser.

http://plaindealing.net/Users/DispArt1.asp?Pub=Living%20Pictures&Head=10%20Sep%2
02005%20-%20Hair%20Reunion%20at%20La%20MaMa&Link=Article42/HeleneCamPic019.jpg&S
witch=

Hope you all had as much fun as we did.

Helene (nee Morrison) and Steve Crews
Jeanie -  '74  - '75

http://www.thefundepartment.com
http://www.almostcher.com
http://www.jeezband.com


From chiosceola at hotmail.com  Sun Sep 11 20:45:45 2005
From: chiosceola at hotmail.com (ernesto ciccarelli)
Date: Mon Sep 12 13:27:28 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Emailing: melajuana
Message-ID: <E1EEtnS-00021Z-Kj@smtpauth05.mail.atl.earthlink.net>

>news from Dana Beal....C.<

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Date: Mon Sep 12 13:44:49 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] FT.com / Comment & analysis / Comment - America can
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From michaeldavidarian at yahoo.com  Mon Sep 12 14:40:39 2005
From: michaeldavidarian at yahoo.com (Michael Arian)
Date: Mon Sep 12 14:45:45 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Hello
Message-ID: <20050912214039.79781.qmail@web50309.mail.yahoo.com>

I sure would like to continue the conversation I was having with Gina Harding(sp?)Please
e-me.Michael Arian

Michael David Arian 
michaeldavidarian@yahoo.com
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From georgeberger69 at yahoo.com  Mon Sep 12 16:20:52 2005
From: georgeberger69 at yahoo.com (James Pappaconstantine)
Date: Mon Sep 12 16:26:01 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] September 10th. 2005
Message-ID: <20050912232052.61783.qmail@web54212.mail.yahoo.com>

Finding the Lamama theatre wasn't too bad, although we did have our hitches.. First off our train from the hotel (the 6 train) wasn't running downtown from the first two places we tried.. so we had to first take it uptown 1 stop, switch sides and then go downtown.  Upon getting to the Aston stop. It took me a minute to get my bearings and then realized where we were. So we walked down St. Marks, where I had to stop at Trash and Vaudville (one of my favorite NYC haunts.) Anyway.. after spilling some cash out of my pocket for a way cool jacket.. I asked someone there for directions to 74a East 4th. they gave us directions and we were off. We found the street fine and made the corner.. of course the building before it had the numbers 80 and 78 on the door but in reverse order, looking like 74 would be across the street.. so we crossed the street and realized that the numbers there were even higher.. cross the street again and as approaching the venue we were welcomed by Papi, in
  his
 crazy New Orleanes pimp daddy hat. We got our tix and took the elevator upstairs with a handful of fellow freaks. Upstairs, I signed the guest book, grabbed a playbill and signed the giant Hair poster. Talked briefly with Micheal Butler, Nina and Michael Harris and had many sign a book I had picked up. At first I felt a little weird, Not in the, "hey I'm being judged kinda way." but more in the, "Hey these guys have a past, that though I understand, I am not really a part of., at times I felt like maybe I was invading a conversation or a meeting of the minds that I had no part of invading." But that feeling was long lost as more people showed up. We were all hanging out, in the lobby way, talking, drinking and eating candy from a basket. When we were asked to go into the main room.. We did and found a food spread, tables and plenty of bleacher space. Michael Harris took the reins and did an excellent job emceeing it. I had only met him that night and for only a mere few minu
 tes but
 I imediatly liked him, he gave off a really freindly open vibe. (not unlike any of the other Hair peeps.) But he truelly shined on the stage. The video performaces were great, "The Carson footage was my fave.. and the Ragne, got milk ad... ha ha " but it was all wonderful. then the small speaches were also very humorous and allowed each of us, who might not have worked with these people prior, to see a little of what makes these fellow cyber tribesmen and chicks tick. My fororite part of the whole night as it seems was most of the attendees.. was the singing.. Something about singing those songs with a bunch of people that just tears down any walls or fears that you might have once had.. I mentioned early in the night.. how I felt a bit nervous, because I wasn't one of the late 60's or early 70's actors. But after the singing.. It was like... OK.. I am welcomed into this tribe.. (and I know I was always welcomed, and that the fears were just inside me.. but.. I just found it
  funny
 and nice that through song.. how fears and worries can just fade away. ) Anyway.. I met a lot of people, had many sign my book, And as I look at it today.. some of the signatures.. I can not read.. ha ha but it doesn't matter.. When I first heard about this night, I wanted to go because A; it was my birthday and I thought.. what a cool way of celebrating it. (Didn't even realize it was also Ragne's, That was a cool piece of info.) and B: because I was really hoping Ted Nelley and Dagmar would be there.. Both people I admire deeply for the work they do in the fields they do them in. Neither were there but it didn't matter. (Not that they wern't missed by me and those who actually know them) but it didn't matter because I had the best time meeting all you new people I met, and to those I didn't meet I do wish to meet you next time. NY was only a 6 1/2 hour trip for me, but if there is another, I don't care how far away.. I will come, hold your hands and sing the warming songs 
 from
 Hair with you anyday.. If I haven't said it before Thank you for welcoming me into this Hair family. Thank you all.. and I appologize for my spelling, run on setences and whatever else I screwed up in my ramblings. Peace, Love.. and lets do this again.. Nina, Michael, WMH, Debbie and whomever else helped make this thing happen.. let me know next time, and if I can do anything.. I would love to lend a hand.  
 
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From olhippie at tampabay.rr.com  Mon Sep 12 16:23:11 2005
From: olhippie at tampabay.rr.com (Robin McNamara)
Date: Mon Sep 12 16:28:19 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: The reunion...
References: <200509111900.j8BJ0AYt001671@dune.islandtechnologies.net>
	<00c001c5b749$b9e4ea90$6401a8c0@Leo>
Message-ID: <007201c5b7f0$f17d9360$53bc2041@CowBox>


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Leo" <peacefreak@metrocast.net>
To: <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2005 11:26 PM
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: The reunion...


> Yeah Dauber man, I'm with you all the way brother; it was great to meet 
> you and soooooooooo many other new & old HAIR freaks once again.
> Judy, Jim, and I just got back to Maine at about 10pm here on Sunday so 
> I'm a little rugged at the moment but I'd be really remiss not to add a 
> quick opinion.
> Nina you are to be so commended for all you did to pull this together. I 
> realize you had a great deal of wonderful help from some far out people. 
> But your hanging in there with this project is what caused it to come to 
> fruition and be the biggest, bestest, HAIRyist bash yet!! Thank you Nina 
> and all the others who worked diligently behind the scenes to make this 
> happen! Michael it was fan freaking tastic to see you again my brother. 
> Jeff, GREAT job on the video man!
> WMH, you were wonderful and it was outasite to finally meet you after all 
> these years of internet communications. You were a spot on emcee and 
> handled the evening's events flawlessly!
> I gotta say that Debbie, Mike, Sally Shaffer, Bill Swiggard and Tioga Joe 
> are just plain beautiful people!! To me you freaks epitomize the spirit 
> and camaraderie of HAIR. In a night filled with so much hubbub and people 
> playing catch up with each other, you 5 went out of your way to make me 
> and Judy feel really special and absolutely like we belonged there! And 
> Jim Burns, man I loved our little chats throughout the evening.And Ross 
> and Ace and, well hell, when you start with the names you just can't 
> stop!!! But of course the list goes on and on. I certainly didn't 
> personally meet everyone but man I had a relatively decent idea of who was 
> who (or whom was whom) when it was all over.
> I too took many pics and my camera also has the ability to do mpegs so I'm 
> gonna burn a disc and send it to you Nina.
> And I'm rambling on cuz I'm a bit giddy, tired, and banged up but my heart 
> is in a beautiful place right now. I'll write more after a good night's 
> visit to Mr. Sandman.
> Thank you all for being there! The sing along was a blast!
>
> PEACE,
> Leo
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
>
> From: Sean Courtney <dauber@banana-and-louie.org>
> Subject: [Mb-hair] The reunion...
>
> Okay....I'm about to fall asleep, so I might have to make this short for 
> now, but...
>
> Let me just say that I LOVE Hair people! Really had a great time at the 
> reunion. I really felt welcomed, considering that my involvement in Hair 
> has been only as a spectator and as part of this cyber-tribte; that, and 
> at the age of 30, I was probably the second-youngest person there. :)
> Meeting many of you folks from the list...Sherwin, Robin, Nina, Leo, 
> Corinne, Bill, Cara...am I leaving anybody out???...just an absolute 
> thrill to meet you all!
> Walter Michael Harris was a fantastic emcee. Very witty, very 
> entertaining...and it was cool seeing him play piano, too!
> Unfortunately I didn't take many pictures -- in fact, I think the only 
> still picture in my camera was of Tioga Joe, Robin McNamara and 
> me....however, I did manage to get Michael Butler's words of wisdom 
> captured as well as "Aquarius" from the sing-along portion -- truly 
> something to behold! I'll be happy to send MPGs to whoever needs to have 
> them. (Nina?  :)
> Memorable experience of the night -- during the sing-alongs hearing a 
> chorus of 100+ people singing in harmony and doing a bit of the old 
> choreography...well, I'm GUESSING it's the old choreography, at least!
> Weird experience of the night -- my wife walks out to use the bathroom, 
> and while I'm waiting for her to come back Jim Rado walks over to me with 
> a piece of cake and says, "I don't care what you or anybody else has to 
> say...I'm GOING to EAT THIS CAKE." Uhhhh....okay!
> Unexpected experience of the night -- Ben Vereen and Fred Armisen in the 
> same room!
> Worst experience of the night -- having to repeat the address several 
> times to the cab driver and telling him the nearest cross street because 
> he didn't know where the heck he was going.
> Discovery of the night -- I've been dousing myself with the music of Hair 
> since I was a 16-year-old high school student in 1990, and for some reason 
> it was only last night, hearing some of the music over LaMama's sound 
> system, that I discovered that McDermot's music is a bass player's dream.
> Really, really cool bass lines in those songs.
>
>
>
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From fotoblue at flash.net  Mon Sep 12 16:32:57 2005
From: fotoblue at flash.net (fotoblue@flash.net)
Date: Mon Sep 12 16:38:11 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] it was a lovely magical evening 
Message-ID: <380-220059112233257576@M2W069.mail2web.com>

COME ON RICHARD!
 I can't believe this - you and Mary (Lorrie - what's the "Bond" in
there??) Davis not 
recognizing each other!!!
I'm calling her right now!

reading all the accounts and messages makes me feel even more sorry for
myself for 
not being able to be there!


Dagmar

Original Message:
-----------------
From: richard haase hotprojects@nyc.rr.com
Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2005 01:34:48 -0400
To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
Subject: [Mb-hair] it was a lovely magical evening 


but let me tell you one of the more embarassing parts
we were all near sighted and wearing our reading glasses
so no one could make anyone else out easily
the silliest part for me was i spent a large part of the evening
with mary bond davis
who i had cast as a principal in my musical millenium man
and we were both in between effective glasses prescriptions
so we did not recognize each other while we were hanging out
silly
but a beautiful evening

the singing being the best part

if you could picture a 100 person cast of hair singing down the score
that was wonderful

and

we all got high on the balcony
about 20 of us who were bad
of course i was there



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From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Mon Sep 12 16:39:45 2005
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Mon Sep 12 16:44:55 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: Echoes of an amazing evening
References: <3418ee4c8e8.6838c457@outgoing.verizon.net>
Message-ID: <000a01c5b7f3$4298e720$6e436c42@hotprojects>

katie sometimes it happens that way
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sean Courtney" <dauber@banana-and-louie.org>
To: <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
Sent: Monday, September 12, 2005 8:25 AM
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: Echoes of an amazing evening


> On 09/12/2005, Katie Kasben wrote:
>
> > ~ Throughout the process, when people asked me why we had such a short
> > run,  I would always reply (after the practical, "because we couldn't
> > get the  theatre longer"), that it was like a Tibetan Sand
> > Painting...Something that  is made painstakingly, and is amazingly
> > beautiful, and then swept away after  a moment.
> > Well, guess what!  it turns out that the last three days there were
> > three  Tibetan monks in Asheville doing a sand painting and they had
> > their closing  ceremony today at 2pm. HOLY COW- can you believe the
> > synchronicity????
>
> Heh....isn't that what the I Ching is all about??? How there's no such
thing
> as a coincidence??
>
> Can't wait to read the details!
>
> --
> dauber@banana-and-louie.org
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From olhippie at tampabay.rr.com  Mon Sep 12 16:40:27 2005
From: olhippie at tampabay.rr.com (Robin McNamara)
Date: Mon Sep 12 16:45:40 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] "The Hootenanny"
Message-ID: <007b01c5b7f3$5aca23e0$53bc2041@CowBox>

The Hootenanny was masterful, of course I want to thank Walter Michael Harris & Nina & many others for making it happen It was a magical event that will linger with me forever.

Ya know gang I just went through an amazing experince like no other ever in my life, for openers I saw & hugged wonderful friends that I had not seen for many, many years. I will not try to give the evening glowing reviews but if I die in my sleep tonight I just might feel fulfilled before God when he says "is anything else you would like to experiance on earth my son". I would just prop myself up & say "I don't think so dear lord" Also I tend to believe I was the only one to pinched Michael Butler's ass that evening.  :)

Love forever
Robin

.

http://lpintop.tripod.com/robinmcnamara
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From fotoblue at flash.net  Mon Sep 12 17:37:27 2005
From: fotoblue at flash.net (fotoblue@flash.net)
Date: Mon Sep 12 17:42:39 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Rhodos - and back to La Mama
Message-ID: <380-22005921303727114@M2W084.mail2web.com>

Hi Vince, tell me about Rhodos!
it's quite a place, I remember it from many years ago and wonder if it has
changed-
or if it is still owned by the cats roaming the streets freely?

I was also lighting candles, here in Tucson Arizona...
my thoughts were at La Mama -
so many old friends I would have loved to see again.
 
 Dagmar


Original Message:
-----------------
From: Vincent Edwards VinUschi@t-online.de
Date: Wed, 07 Sep 2005 08:47:53 +0800
To: mb-hair@islandemail.com
Subject: [Mb-hair] back to lamama


hi tribe and tribe elders on sep 10 i will be on the island of rhodes
where i will light a candle of love and peace for all of you at the hair
reunion be in at lamama and for our tribe members no longer with us the
hair angel tribe together we are all one  love you all  vincent

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From fotoblue at flash.net  Mon Sep 12 17:42:17 2005
From: fotoblue at flash.net (fotoblue@flash.net)
Date: Mon Sep 12 17:47:27 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] RE: Pictures
Message-ID: <380-22005921304217581@M2W029.mail2web.com>

No, Charles, I have not seen one picture yet, 
but I guess it's too soon, maybe CDs are being burned and pics enlarged...?
 I do hope so!!

I'm sure Nina will organize it all splendidly.
And I do hope we will be there next time!

 Love
 Dagmar


Original Message:
-----------------
From: Charles Preston cpreston2@tds.net
Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 20:34:15 -0400
To: fotoblue@flash.net
Subject: Pictures


Ha Dagmar,

Have you gotten any pictures of the reunion as for yet, if so is there a
way you could 
e-mail me some. I hear that the reunion went over really well. Maybe next
time we will 
be able to make it.

P& L ~~Charles~~ 

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From peacefreak at metrocast.net  Mon Sep 12 17:46:51 2005
From: peacefreak at metrocast.net (Leo)
Date: Mon Sep 12 17:52:02 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] La Mama Pics
References: <200509101900.j8AJ098K031466@dune.islandtechnologies.net>
Message-ID: <002701c5b7fc$a11dbf10$6401a8c0@Leo>

Please keep in mind I do not profess to be anything other than a hack 
photographer! Bear that in mind as you view (if ya wanna) these random pics 
I took at the La Mama reunion. There will be far superior pics than these in 
days to come; I'm sure cuz I saw bulbs going off like I was flashing back! 
But I hope these whet your appetite until those other pics from more 
qualified photographers arrive. My apologies to anyone whose head I cut 
off!!! Man I hate it when that happens. Hopefully this link will take you to 
where I want you to go: 
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/schvenhead/album?.dir=7fb4&.src=ph&store=&prodid=&.done=http%3a//photos.yahoo.com/ph//my_photos

PEACE,
Leo 


From fotoblue at flash.net  Mon Sep 12 17:48:58 2005
From: fotoblue at flash.net (fotoblue@flash.net)
Date: Mon Sep 12 17:54:28 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] HAIR Reunion pictures - not visible!!
Message-ID: <380-22005921304858463@M2W049.mail2web.com>

Please resend the link!
 I'm getting this, after trying to paste all the parts of the url into my
browser:

We couldn't find any results containing http://plaindealing.net/Users/
DispArt1.asp?Pub=Living Pictures. Consider: plain dealing net users
dispart1 asp 
pub living pictures

Search tips:

	Try similar words. For example, some sites may use "film" instead of
"movie".

	Make your search more general. For example, instead of using a specific
product 
name, try typing the generic product category or manufacturer.

	If you cannot find a page that you know exists, send the address to us.

	Get more search tips.



Dagmar


Original Message:
-----------------
From: The Fun Department thefundepartment@comcast.net
Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 13:13:45 -0400
To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
Subject: [Mb-hair] HAIR Reunion pictures


Hello fellow HAIR-mates,

Please click, or copy and paste the following link to the address bar in
your browser.

http://plaindealing.net/Users/DispArt1.asp?Pub=Living%20Pictures&Head=
10%20Sep%2
02005%20-%20Hair%20Reunion%20at%20La%20MaMa&Link=Article42/
HeleneCamPic019.jpg&S
witch=

Hope you all had as much fun as we did.

Helene (nee Morrison) and Steve Crews
Jeanie -  '74  - '75

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From peacefreak at metrocast.net  Mon Sep 12 17:52:57 2005
From: peacefreak at metrocast.net (Leo)
Date: Mon Sep 12 17:58:07 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] La Mama Pics - Retry
Message-ID: <20050913005258.29363237114@lax-gw01.mroute.net>

La Mama Pics - Retry
Well that other thing didn't work but I think this will. We'll see.

PEACE,
Leo
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/schvenhead/album?.dir=/7fb4&.src=ph&.tok=phonMnDBaRF8QqjX
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From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Mon Sep 12 17:57:51 2005
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Mon Sep 12 18:03:01 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] RE: Pictures
References: <380-22005921304217581@M2W029.mail2web.com>
Message-ID: <002b01c5b7fe$2c255ef0$6e436c42@hotprojects>

sherwin took beautiful pictures im waiting with baited breath for the email
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <fotoblue@flash.net>
To: <cpreston2@tds.net>; <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
Sent: Monday, September 12, 2005 8:42 PM
Subject: [Mb-hair] RE: Pictures


> No, Charles, I have not seen one picture yet,
> but I guess it's too soon, maybe CDs are being burned and pics
enlarged...?
>  I do hope so!!
>
> I'm sure Nina will organize it all splendidly.
> And I do hope we will be there next time!
>
>  Love
>  Dagmar
>
>
> Original Message:
> -----------------
> From: Charles Preston cpreston2@tds.net
> Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 20:34:15 -0400
> To: fotoblue@flash.net
> Subject: Pictures
>
>
> Ha Dagmar,
>
> Have you gotten any pictures of the reunion as for yet, if so is there a
> way you could
> e-mail me some. I hear that the reunion went over really well. Maybe next
> time we will
> be able to make it.
>
> P& L ~~Charles~~
>
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From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Mon Sep 12 17:59:59 2005
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Mon Sep 12 18:05:19 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] La Mama Pics
References: <200509101900.j8AJ098K031466@dune.islandtechnologies.net>
	<002701c5b7fc$a11dbf10$6401a8c0@Leo>
Message-ID: <005e01c5b7fe$78009f10$6e436c42@hotprojects>

how kind of you to take the time leo
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Leo" <peacefreak@metrocast.net>
To: <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
Sent: Monday, September 12, 2005 8:46 PM
Subject: [Mb-hair] La Mama Pics


> Please keep in mind I do not profess to be anything other than a hack
> photographer! Bear that in mind as you view (if ya wanna) these random
pics
> I took at the La Mama reunion. There will be far superior pics than these
in
> days to come; I'm sure cuz I saw bulbs going off like I was flashing back!
> But I hope these whet your appetite until those other pics from more
> qualified photographers arrive. My apologies to anyone whose head I cut
> off!!! Man I hate it when that happens. Hopefully this link will take you
to
> where I want you to go:
>
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/schvenhead/album?.dir=7fb4&.src=ph&store=&prodid=&.done=http%3a//photos.yahoo.com/ph//my_photos
>
> PEACE,
> Leo
>
>
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From nycrjmac at yahoo.com  Mon Sep 12 18:03:30 2005
From: nycrjmac at yahoo.com (RJ Mac)
Date: Mon Sep 12 18:08:39 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] HAIR Reunion pictures - not visible!!
In-Reply-To: <380-22005921304858463@M2W049.mail2web.com>
Message-ID: <20050913010330.17951.qmail@web34302.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

I had a similar challenge, but succeeded after
double-checking that all parts of the very-long link
were included:

http://plaindealing.net/Users/DispArt1.asp?Pub=Living%20Pictures&Head=10%20Sep%202005%20-%20Hair%20Reunion%20at%20La%20MaMa&Link=Article42/HeleneCamPic019.jpg&S


(notice that the last link-phrase of your error
message finishes before the above full URL.

rj



--- "fotoblue@flash.net" <fotoblue@flash.net> wrote:

> Please resend the link!
>  I'm getting this, after trying to paste all the
> parts of the url into my
> browser:
> 
> We couldn't find any results containing
> http://plaindealing.net/Users/
> DispArt1.asp?Pub=Living Pictures. Consider: plain
> dealing net users
> dispart1 asp 
> pub living pictures
> 
> Search tips:
> 
> 	Try similar words. For example, some sites may use
> "film" instead of
> "movie".
> 
> 	Make your search more general. For example, instead
> of using a specific
> product 
> name, try typing the generic product category or
> manufacturer.
> 
> 	If you cannot find a page that you know exists,
> send the address to us.
> 
> 	Get more search tips.
> 
> 
> 
> Dagmar
> 
> 
> Original Message:
> -----------------
> From: The Fun Department
> thefundepartment@comcast.net
> Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 13:13:45 -0400
> To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
> Subject: [Mb-hair] HAIR Reunion pictures
> 
> 
> Hello fellow HAIR-mates,
> 
> Please click, or copy and paste the following link
> to the address bar in
> your browser.
> 
>
http://plaindealing.net/Users/DispArt1.asp?Pub=Living%20Pictures&Head=
> 10%20Sep%2
>
02005%20-%20Hair%20Reunion%20at%20La%20MaMa&Link=Article42/
> HeleneCamPic019.jpg&S
> witch=
> 
> Hope you all had as much fun as we did.
> 
> Helene (nee Morrison) and Steve Crews
> Jeanie -  '74  - '75
> 
> http://www.thefundepartment.com
> http://www.almostcher.com
> http://www.jeezband.com
> 
> 
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From thefundepartment at comcast.net  Mon Sep 12 18:13:20 2005
From: thefundepartment at comcast.net (Helene (nee Morrison) Crews)
Date: Mon Sep 12 18:15:57 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] 10 Sep 2005 - Hair Reunion at La MaMa
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From: fotoblue at flash.net (fotoblue@flash.net)
Date: Mon Sep 12 18:23:57 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] The Big Easy
Message-ID: <380-2200592130625976@M2W067.mail2web.com>


This was just sent to me...
 no comment

 Dagmar

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From: Cara Robin cararobindesign@hotmail.com
Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 15:55:50 -0700
To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
Subject: RE: [Mb-hair] The Big Easy


<html><div style='background-color:'><P>How poignant, thank you for
sharing.</P>
<P>Peace and Hope,<BR>Cara<BR></P>


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From thefundepartment at comcast.net  Mon Sep 12 18:03:38 2005
From: thefundepartment at comcast.net (The Fun Department)
Date: Mon Sep 12 18:24:03 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] RE: Pictures
In-Reply-To: <380-22005921304217581@M2W029.mail2web.com>
Message-ID: <v03007804bf4bd359daf3@[192.168.2.2]>

Hi Fellow HAiR Mates,

There are lots of great pictures to be seen, thanks to my husband, Steve
(the handsome blonde guy in the very cool yellow jacket).

Just copy and paste the very long link below into your browser, choose
either manual or automatic slide show and enjoy.  We attempted to send this
to everyone on the list earlier today, but I guess maybe it didn't go
through.  We'll try again.

The party was so very wonderful.  I'm still on a happy,  hippie high from
it.  Don't ever wanna come down.  My husband and I will happily volunteer
our services to help make the next one(s) happen.

Take care.

Helene (nee Morrison) Crews
Jeanie - National Tour '74 - '75

P.S.  please make sure you copy THE ENTIRE LINK!

By the way, to see what I'm up to these days, please check my web site at
http://www.almostcher.com    Still having fun for a living and loving life!
God bless you all!!!!



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From cpreston2 at tds.net  Mon Sep 12 19:04:03 2005
From: cpreston2 at tds.net (Charles Preston)
Date: Mon Sep 12 19:09:17 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Pictures
Message-ID: <019101c5b807$6b668590$0400a8c0@CHARLES>

Thanks for some of the pictures starting to come in. Looks like a grand time was has by all. 
The Sun Really did Shine In

P&L to All ~~Charles~~ 
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From michael at michaelbutler.com  Mon Sep 12 19:05:43 2005
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Mon Sep 12 19:12:30 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] "The Hootenanny"
In-Reply-To: <007b01c5b7f3$5aca23e0$53bc2041@CowBox>
Message-ID: <BF4BAC37.23F59%michael@michaelbutler.com>

You bet!
Michael

> The Hootenanny was masterful, of course I want to thank Walter Michael Harris
> & Nina & many others for making it happen It was a magical event that will
> linger with me forever.
> 
> Ya know gang I just went through an amazing experince like no other ever in my
> life, for openers I saw & hugged wonderful friends that I had not seen for
> many, many years. I will not try to give the evening glowing reviews but if I
> die in my sleep tonight I just might feel fulfilled before God when he says
> "is anything else you would like to experiance on earth my son". I would just
> prop myself up & say "I don't think so dear lord" Also I tend to believe I was
> the only one to pinched Michael Butler's ass that evening.  :)
> 
> Love forever
> Robin
> 
> .
> 
> http://lpintop.tripod.com/robinmcnamara
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From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Mon Sep 12 19:26:40 2005
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Mon Sep 12 19:31:49 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] "The Hootenanny"
References: <BF4BAC37.23F59%michael@michaelbutler.com>
Message-ID: <001201c5b80a$932c87c0$6e436c42@hotprojects>

IT WAS AN EXQUISITE EVENING

although i would think everybody was pinching everybodys ass
?
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Butler" <michael@michaelbutler.com>
To: "HAIR List" <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
Sent: Monday, September 12, 2005 10:05 PM
Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] "The Hootenanny"


> You bet!
> Michael
>
> > The Hootenanny was masterful, of course I want to thank Walter Michael
Harris
> > & Nina & many others for making it happen It was a magical event that
will
> > linger with me forever.
> >
> > Ya know gang I just went through an amazing experince like no other ever
in my
> > life, for openers I saw & hugged wonderful friends that I had not seen
for
> > many, many years. I will not try to give the evening glowing reviews but
if I
> > die in my sleep tonight I just might feel fulfilled before God when he
says
> > "is anything else you would like to experiance on earth my son". I would
just
> > prop myself up & say "I don't think so dear lord" Also I tend to believe
I was
> > the only one to pinched Michael Butler's ass that evening.  :)
> >
> > Love forever
> > Robin
> >
> > .
> >
> > http://lpintop.tripod.com/robinmcnamara
> > _______________________________________________
> > Mb-hair mailing list
> > Mb-hair@islandlists.com
> > http://www.islandlists.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mb-hair
> >
>
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From goodhairdays at yahoo.com  Mon Sep 12 20:39:51 2005
From: goodhairdays at yahoo.com (Jonathon Johnson)
Date: Mon Sep 12 20:45:23 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] LaMama Photos
Message-ID: <20050913033952.41DBF83D21@lax-gw03.mroute.net>

LaMama Photos
Hello Tribe,

So bummed I missed this event! 

Thought I'd share some pictures with you that my dear friend Merle took though.

Peace, Love and Blessings ~ Jonathon
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/goodhairdays/album?.dir=/3eb4&.src=ph&.tok=phHEPnDBeVTSpC3n
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From michael at michaelbutler.com  Tue Sep 13 05:57:00 2005
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Tue Sep 13 06:03:53 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Definition of Incompetence
Message-ID: <BF4C44DC.23F7F%michael@michaelbutler.com>

Thanks to Natalie

>> 
>> Definition of Incompetence
>> 
>> 
>>       I don't know whether you saw President Bush's smirking speech
>> last evening, which today's Times calls "one of the worst speeches of
>> his life," or saw his pathetic interview this morning on Good Morning
>> America, in which he praised the comprehensive federal response to the
>> on-going disaster in New Orleans.  Both appearances make it painfully
>> clear that the worst president in American history and his thoroughly
>> incompetent administration continue to lead our sad country from one
>> disaster to another.
>> 
>> The president used his air time yesterday and today to lie  , there is no
>> softer word appropriate, to the American people about the catastrophe in
>> New Orleans and to dissemble about federal efforts to assist those in
>> need.  When the president says, as he said to Diane Sawyer this morning,
>> that no one could have predicted this, he is only demonstrating to a
>> watching world that he has no idea, NO IDEA, of what he is talking
>> about. It was predicted by experts on every cable channel starting last
>> Friday when Katrina set course for New Orleans as a Category 5
>> hurricane. 
>> 
>> Frankly, it's a pretty stupid lie, much easier to expose than a lie
>> about weapons of mass destruction.  In this case, most of the country
>> had seen people predicting this disaster, so the president just seems
>> out of touch.  What was worse last evening, however, was the giddy,
>> almost joyful, speech the president gave about how much the federal
>> government was doing to solve the crisis.  Does he really not watch  watch
TV?
>> Does his staff mislead him that much?  His casual, careless style was
>> beyond inappropriate.  It was obscene.
>> 
>> While claiming that no one could have predicted the disaster, he ignored
>> the fact that his own staff at FEMA warned him in 2001 that the flooding
>> of New Orleans was one of the three most likely catastrophic disasters
>> facing the nation. (A terrorist attack on New York was one of the other
>> three.)   Perhaps he was on vacation and didn't read their report.
>> 
>> But surely he noticed when the former Republican Congressman who headed
>> the Army Corps of Engineers protested the Bush cuts in the budget for
>> reinforcing the levees.  The president should remember -- he fired him.
>> 
>> 
>> And what were the cuts that led to the protest?  Worth reviewing,
>> perhaps?  President Bush cut federal flood control spending for
>> southeastern Louisiana from nearly $70 million in 2001 to less than $40
>> million  this year.  He cut an Army Corps of Engineers request for $27
>> million for hurricane protection for Lake Pontchartrain to less than $6
>> million.  As a result, for the first time in more than 37 years, work
>> had to stop on strengthening the very levee that broke this week.
>> Actions have consequences.  In this case, the consequences are the
>> destruction of a city, the loss of American lives and the
>> incomprehensible image being presented to the world of an American
>> government that appears to be led by a chief executive of such
>> incompetence that you wouldn't let him run a Laundromat yet alone a
>> government.
>> 
>> It gets worse.  The president cut completely the funding for research on
>> flooding, and he cut all funding for local and state authorities in
>> Louisiana to do a trial run of a disaster scenario.  Cutting taxes for
>> the wealthiest people in America and privatizing essential services were
>> more important than prepare  ng for a disaster that every expert was
>> predicting. 
>> 
>> What exactly do these Republican political operatives Bush has appointed
>> to jobs throughout the federal government do all day?   They certainly
>> don't do disaster planning.  How is it possible that four years after
>> 9-11 the Department of Homeland Security doesn't have plans in place to
>> evacuate every major metropolitan area in the country?  After spending
>> billions of dollars on homeland security, did no one think that it might
>> be necessary to evacuate large numbers of people after a disaster
>> strikes?  Why weren't tents, beds, trucks, boats being kept at the ready
>> for such an emergency?  Why were citizens urged to evacuate New Orleans,
>> but given no assistance if they were too sick, old, or immobile?  Why
>> were no provisions made for those without cars?  If there are no buses
>> in New Orleans, why wasn't FEMA deploying them from surrounding states  ?
>> Why wasn't the guard or the army directed to assist in the pre-hurricane
>> evacuation? 
>> 
>> Why, after all we know about the failure of communications on 9-11, are
>> the New Orleans police and fire department unable to communicate?  I
>> know the answer to that.  I'll tell you why.  Because the Bush
>> administration has opposed every effort to designate a band on the
>> communications spectrum for public safety purposes.  If you not
>> outraged, you're not paying attention.
>> 
>> In keeping with his policy of promoting incompetent people, Bush
>> appointed GOP lawyer Michael Brown to head FEMA, despite his complete
>> lack of experience in management or disaster relief.  Prior to joining
>> FEMA, Brown's only emergency management experience was as an assistant
>> city manager.  So why should we be surprised that FEMA is incapable of
>> getting water to people who have been waiting for it for four days?
>> This morning, the Navy annou  nced that a medical ship would be leaving
>> Baltimore for New Orleans tomorrow!  Why wasn't it sent last weekend?
>> What are all of the Louisiana National Guard's amphibious vehicles doing
>> in Iraq?  How much use is an amphibious vehicle in the desert?
>> 
>> I want to be clear about this.  George Bush is not responsible for the
>> hurricane.  But his budget priorities, appointment of political hacks to
>> jobs that require trained and experienced administrators, and his
>> care-free attitude in the face of a monumental crisis has created a
>> tragedy beyond human comprehension.   Why weren't federal troops sent to
>> help in the first hours after the levees broke?  Why aren't they there
>> today?  Why weren't ships pre-deployed in the area with pumps?  Why were
>> no hospital ships pre-deployed?
>> 
>> A friend of mine who lives in New Orleans called me this morning from
>> Baton Rouge.  His nephew, a fireman in New Orl  eans, told him last night
>> that they are tying dead bodies to trees so that they can be collected
>> at some point in the future.  He saw a baby die outside the Superdome
>> last night. There are people waiting in the wet streets of New Orleans
>> who haven't had a drink of water since Monday.  SINCE MONDAY.  Think
>> about that.  Why aren't Air Force planes dropping water bottles and
>> sandwiches?  How about some rafts for the thousands of people wading
>> through filthy water?  Has any president sat by so cavalierly while so
>> many Americans have suffered?  And then have the nerve to tell us, as
>> George Bush did last night, that this ordeal will make us stronger?  Not
>> since Herbert Hoover.
>> 
>> Why weren't the national guards of all the surrounding states
>> federalized and deployed to New Orleans and Biloxi within hours of the
>> hurricane's passing?  Why wasn't an aircraft carrier sent to the Gulf of
>> Mexico for  airlifting and housing refugees?  Why haven't commercial
>> cruise ships been commandeered as emergency housing?  Why are troops
>> only being mobilized today, days after the disaster was apparent to
>> anyone with a television set?
>> 
>> This isn't second-guessing.  All of these suggestions were part of a
>> plan developed while I worked at the Justice Department a decade ago, a
>> plan that clearly was not implemented by the Republican officials who
>> now have the jobs.
>> 
>> Actions have consequences.  Our vacation-hungry president's press
>> secretary said this morning that this isn't a time for pointing fingers.
>> Why not?  As people die and one of the world's great city lies in ruins,
>> when will it be time before our country realizes that this reckless and
>> arrogant dry drunk in the Oval Office has a lot to answer for?  He's
>> tanned and rested after clearing brush for a month.  But now he's on TV
>> calling this disaster "a  temporary disruption." That's what one prays
>> his presidency will be, a temporary disruption in our country's proud
>> history. 
>> 
>> I don't think I've been this saddened and angry since he made a mockery
>> of our constitution and stole the White House.  Please feel free to
>> share this with anyone you wish.
>> 
>> 
 
 

From lilacamy11 at yahoo.com  Tue Sep 13 06:34:42 2005
From: lilacamy11 at yahoo.com (Amy Kazan)
Date: Tue Sep 13 06:39:54 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Reunion
In-Reply-To: <200509130116.j8D1G1Oi005624@dune.islandtechnologies.net>
Message-ID: <20050913133442.2525.qmail@web34507.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Sorry if this sends twice.... I was in the middle fo
typing it before and hit something and it went away.

Anyway, it sounds like the reunion was amazing. I
haven't looked at the pics yet, but I will!

And in a cosmic coincidence, on Saturday night I had a
lovely evening with some friends and we were drinking
some (ok, quite a bit of :) wine. We went out for some
late night food and as we were walking down the
street, my friend John suddenly started singing "Hair"
so we sang it walking down the street. It was great to
be laughing and singing with friends ... and it made
me feel I was connected with all of you in NYC!

- Amy

"in time of lilacs who proclaim/ the aim of waking is to dream" - e.e. cummings

"Life is around you and in you . . . Let the sunshine in!" - HAIR (the musical)


		
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From bgonzal at rci.rutgers.edu  Tue Sep 13 07:21:45 2005
From: bgonzal at rci.rutgers.edu (Wm-A Gonzalez)
Date: Tue Sep 13 07:27:23 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] it was a lovely magical evening 
References: <380-220059112233257576@M2W069.mail2web.com>
Message-ID: <00b401c5b86e$7861b5f0$edde0680@Romano>


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <fotoblue@flash.net>
To: <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
Sent: Monday, September 12, 2005 7:32 PM
Subject: RE: [Mb-hair] it was a lovely magical evening


> ...reading all the accounts and messages makes me feel even more sorry for
> myself for not being able to be there!

But you were there!  Not only in spirit, but your presence was felt in your 
beautiful photographs, enlarged a displayed everywhere!

I was too young to see HAiR when it was on Broadway.  All of my 
understanding of what went on visually comes from those photographs, each of 
which I  have studied over the last 37 years, until the most minute detail 
was ingrained in my mind.

While we all would have loved for you to be there in person, please don't 
think that you were forgotten, or left out.  You were definitely part of it 
all!

I do hope to meet you one day!

-Bil Gonzalez
(Cyber-tribe and Reunion DJ)


From michael at michaelbutler.com  Tue Sep 13 07:40:59 2005
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Tue Sep 13 07:47:51 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] September 10th. 2005
In-Reply-To: <20050912232052.61783.qmail@web54212.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <BF4C5D3C.23FA2%michael@michaelbutler.com>

Thanks Jim for your offer for next time.
Michael

> Finding the Lamama theatre wasn't too bad, although we did have our hitches..
> First off our train from the hotel (the 6 train) wasn't running downtown from
> the first two places we tried.. so we had to first take it uptown 1 stop,
> switch sides and then go downtown.  Upon getting to the Aston stop. It took me
> a minute to get my bearings and then realized where we were. So we walked down
> St. Marks, where I had to stop at Trash and Vaudville (one of my favorite NYC
> haunts.) Anyway.. after spilling some cash out of my pocket for a way cool
> jacket.. I asked someone there for directions to 74a East 4th. they gave us
> directions and we were off. We found the street fine and made the corner.. of
> course the building before it had the numbers 80 and 78 on the door but in
> reverse order, looking like 74 would be across the street.. so we crossed the
> street and realized that the numbers there were even higher.. cross the street
> again and as approaching the venue we were welcomed by Papi, in
> his
> crazy New Orleanes pimp daddy hat. We got our tix and took the elevator
> upstairs with a handful of fellow freaks. Upstairs, I signed the guest book,
> grabbed a playbill and signed the giant Hair poster. Talked briefly with
> Micheal Butler, Nina and Michael Harris and had many sign a book I had picked
> up. At first I felt a little weird, Not in the, "hey I'm being judged kinda
> way." but more in the, "Hey these guys have a past, that though I understand,
> I am not really a part of., at times I felt like maybe I was invading a
> conversation or a meeting of the minds that I had no part of invading." But
> that feeling was long lost as more people showed up. We were all hanging out,
> in the lobby way, talking, drinking and eating candy from a basket. When we
> were asked to go into the main room.. We did and found a food spread, tables
> and plenty of bleacher space. Michael Harris took the reins and did an
> excellent job emceeing it. I had only met him that night and for only a mere
> few minu
> tes but
> I imediatly liked him, he gave off a really freindly open vibe. (not unlike
> any of the other Hair peeps.) But he truelly shined on the stage. The video
> performaces were great, "The Carson footage was my fave.. and the Ragne, got
> milk ad... ha ha " but it was all wonderful. then the small speaches were also
> very humorous and allowed each of us, who might not have worked with these
> people prior, to see a little of what makes these fellow cyber tribesmen and
> chicks tick. My fororite part of the whole night as it seems was most of the
> attendees.. was the singing.. Something about singing those songs with a bunch
> of people that just tears down any walls or fears that you might have once
> had.. I mentioned early in the night.. how I felt a bit nervous, because I
> wasn't one of the late 60's or early 70's actors. But after the singing.. It
> was like... OK.. I am welcomed into this tribe.. (and I know I was always
> welcomed, and that the fears were just inside me.. but.. I just found it
> funny
> and nice that through song.. how fears and worries can just fade away. )
> Anyway.. I met a lot of people, had many sign my book, And as I look at it
> today.. some of the signatures.. I can not read.. ha ha but it doesn't
> matter.. When I first heard about this night, I wanted to go because A; it was
> my birthday and I thought.. what a cool way of celebrating it. (Didn't even
> realize it was also Ragne's, That was a cool piece of info.) and B: because I
> was really hoping Ted Nelley and Dagmar would be there.. Both people I admire
> deeply for the work they do in the fields they do them in. Neither were there
> but it didn't matter. (Not that they wern't missed by me and those who
> actually know them) but it didn't matter because I had the best time meeting
> all you new people I met, and to those I didn't meet I do wish to meet you
> next time. NY was only a 6 1/2 hour trip for me, but if there is another, I
> don't care how far away.. I will come, hold your hands and sing the warming
> songs 
> from
> Hair with you anyday.. If I haven't said it before Thank you for welcoming me
> into this Hair family. Thank you all.. and I appologize for my spelling, run
> on setences and whatever else I screwed up in my ramblings. Peace, Love.. and
> lets do this again.. Nina, Michael, WMH, Debbie and whomever else helped make
> this thing happen.. let me know next time, and if I can do anything.. I would
> love to lend a hand.
> 
> JIM
> 
> 
> 
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From JTPOT at aol.com  Tue Sep 13 07:43:11 2005
From: JTPOT at aol.com (JTPOT@aol.com)
Date: Tue Sep 13 07:55:50 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] No Subject
Message-ID: <E1EFC7J-0000fe-25@smtpauth08.mail.atl.earthlink.net>

Greetings friends/neighbors.   Here is an article that was published after 
the first night of the production... the house was about 34 seats short of a 
sell-out (500 seat house)   but was a complete sell-out Saturday... what a 
fantastic experience... the audience LOVED it!!   We want to thank EVERYONE who 
participated, by either donating money or time, or bought tickets to see the 
performance, or sent prayers/good wishes/flowers.   What a fantastic experience for 
our family.   The band, lighting crew, sound crew, stage crew... to you 
all... a big hug and thank you.   To the dancers/actors... wow, what a great job 
you all did... thank you for all your hours of rehearsal, etc.   To those 
friends and neighbors who worked so hard preparing foods for the wine/ hors 
d'oeuvres reception afterwards (all directed by wonderful Nathan Lawrence)... & Sandie 
& Derek for putting together the playbill with JT,   what can we say... WOW , 
what wonderful people you all are!!!
Thank you, thank you, thank you    much love,   jt, Kathleen & Katie Kasben
ps... there are some who thought Joan Baez (a.k.a. Kathleen) was a neat way 
for Katie to open the show...   
CITIZEN-TIMES.com: Go back to the Age of Aquarius with the return of ?Hair?
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From dauber at banana-and-louie.org  Tue Sep 13 09:31:53 2005
From: dauber at banana-and-louie.org (Sean Courtney)
Date: Tue Sep 13 09:37:02 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Those of you posting picture links...a little hint
Message-ID: <20050913093153.8td4c1h19b7vo8c8@208.179.130.20>

Just in case people have problems with really really really really long URLs,
probably a good thing to do is go to this site:

http://tinyurl.com

and it'll convert your really really really really long web address into a very
very very short one -- that way you don't have to worry about cutting and
pasting multiple lines in the browser address window...

BTW -- if anybody wants, I'll be happy to host your reunion pics on my space...
From nycrjmac at yahoo.com  Tue Sep 13 11:04:32 2005
From: nycrjmac at yahoo.com (RJ Mac)
Date: Tue Sep 13 11:09:44 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Definition of Incompetence
In-Reply-To: <BF4C44DC.23F7F%michael@michaelbutler.com>
Message-ID: <20050913180432.75976.qmail@web34314.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Great piece:  what was the source, please?

rj

--- Michael Butler <michael@michaelbutler.com> wrote:

> Thanks to Natalie
> 
> >> 
> >> Definition of Incompetence
> >> 
> >> 
> >>       I don't know whether you saw President
> Bush's smirking speech
> >> last evening, which today's Times calls "one of
> the worst speeches of
> >> his life," or saw his pathetic interview this
> morning on Good Morning
> >> America, in which he praised the comprehensive
> federal response to the
> >> on-going disaster in New Orleans.  Both
> appearances make it painfully
> >> clear that the worst president in American
> history and his thoroughly
> >> incompetent administration continue to lead our
> sad country from one
> >> disaster to another.
> >> 
> >> The president used his air time yesterday and
> today to lie  , there is no
> >> softer word appropriate, to the American people
> about the catastrophe in
> >> New Orleans and to dissemble about federal
> efforts to assist those in
> >> need.  When the president says, as he said to
> Diane Sawyer this morning,
> >> that no one could have predicted this, he is only
> demonstrating to a
> >> watching world that he has no idea, NO IDEA, of
> what he is talking
> >> about. It was predicted by experts on every cable
> channel starting last
> >> Friday when Katrina set course for New Orleans as
> a Category 5
> >> hurricane. 
> >> 
> >> Frankly, it's a pretty stupid lie, much easier to
> expose than a lie
> >> about weapons of mass destruction.  In this case,
> most of the country
> >> had seen people predicting this disaster, so the
> president just seems
> >> out of touch.  What was worse last evening,
> however, was the giddy,
> >> almost joyful, speech the president gave about
> how much the federal
> >> government was doing to solve the crisis.  Does
> he really not watch  watch
> TV?
> >> Does his staff mislead him that much?  His
> casual, careless style was
> >> beyond inappropriate.  It was obscene.
> >> 
> >> While claiming that no one could have predicted
> the disaster, he ignored
> >> the fact that his own staff at FEMA warned him in
> 2001 that the flooding
> >> of New Orleans was one of the three most likely
> catastrophic disasters
> >> facing the nation. (A terrorist attack on New
> York was one of the other
> >> three.)   Perhaps he was on vacation and didn't
> read their report.
> >> 
> >> But surely he noticed when the former Republican
> Congressman who headed
> >> the Army Corps of Engineers protested the Bush
> cuts in the budget for
> >> reinforcing the levees.  The president should
> remember -- he fired him.
> >> 
> >> 
> >> And what were the cuts that led to the protest? 
> Worth reviewing,
> >> perhaps?  President Bush cut federal flood
> control spending for
> >> southeastern Louisiana from nearly $70 million in
> 2001 to less than $40
> >> million  this year.  He cut an Army Corps of
> Engineers request for $27
> >> million for hurricane protection for Lake
> Pontchartrain to less than $6
> >> million.  As a result, for the first time in more
> than 37 years, work
> >> had to stop on strengthening the very levee that
> broke this week.
> >> Actions have consequences.  In this case, the
> consequences are the
> >> destruction of a city, the loss of American lives
> and the
> >> incomprehensible image being presented to the
> world of an American
> >> government that appears to be led by a chief
> executive of such
> >> incompetence that you wouldn't let him run a
> Laundromat yet alone a
> >> government.
> >> 
> >> It gets worse.  The president cut completely the
> funding for research on
> >> flooding, and he cut all funding for local and
> state authorities in
> >> Louisiana to do a trial run of a disaster
> scenario.  Cutting taxes for
> >> the wealthiest people in America and privatizing
> essential services were
> >> more important than prepare  ng for a disaster
> that every expert was
> >> predicting. 
> >> 
> >> What exactly do these Republican political
> operatives Bush has appointed
> >> to jobs throughout the federal government do all
> day?   They certainly
> >> don't do disaster planning.  How is it possible
> that four years after
> >> 9-11 the Department of Homeland Security doesn't
> have plans in place to
> >> evacuate every major metropolitan area in the
> country?  After spending
> >> billions of dollars on homeland security, did no
> one think that it might
> >> be necessary to evacuate large numbers of people
> after a disaster
> >> strikes?  Why weren't tents, beds, trucks, boats
> being kept at the ready
> >> for such an emergency?  Why were citizens urged
> to evacuate New Orleans,
> >> but given no assistance if they were too sick,
> old, or immobile?  Why
> >> were no provisions made for those without cars? 
> If there are no buses
> >> in New Orleans, why wasn't FEMA deploying them
> from surrounding states  ?
> >> Why wasn't the guard or the army directed to
> assist in the pre-hurricane
> >> evacuation? 
> >> 
> >> Why, after all we know about the failure of
> communications on 9-11, are
> >> the New Orleans police and fire department unable
> to communicate?  I
> >> know the answer to that.  I'll tell you why. 
> Because the Bush
> >> administration has opposed every effort to
> designate a band on the
> >> communications spectrum for public safety
> purposes.  If you not
> >> outraged, you're not paying attention.
> >> 
> >> In keeping with his policy of promoting
> incompetent people, Bush
> >> appointed GOP lawyer Michael Brown to head FEMA,
> despite his complete
> >> lack of experience in management or disaster
> relief.  Prior to joining
> >> FEMA, Brown's only emergency management
> experience was as an assistant
> >> city manager.  So why should we be surprised that
> FEMA is incapable of
> >> getting water to people who have been waiting for
> it for four days?
> >> This morning, the Navy annou  nced that a medical
> ship would be leaving
> >> Baltimore for New Orleans tomorrow!  Why wasn't
> it sent last weekend?
> >> What are all of the Louisiana National Guard's
> amphibious vehicles doing
> >> in Iraq?  How much use is an amphibious vehicle
> in the desert?
> >> 
> >> I want to be clear about this.  George Bush is
> not responsible for the
> >> hurricane.  But his budget priorities,
> appointment of political hacks to
> >> jobs that require trained and experienced
> administrators, and his
> >> care-free attitude in the face of a monumental
> crisis has created a
> >> tragedy beyond human comprehension.   Why weren't
> federal troops sent to
> >> help in the first hours after the levees broke? 
> Why aren't they there
> >> today?  Why weren't ships pre-deployed in the
> area with pumps?  Why were
> >> no hospital ships pre-deployed?
> >> 
> >> A friend of mine who lives in New Orleans called
> me this morning from
> >> Baton Rouge.  His nephew, a fireman in New Orl 
> eans, told him last night
> >> that they are tying dead bodies to trees so that
> they can be collected
> >> at some point in the future.  He saw a baby die
> outside the Superdome
> >> last night. There are people waiting in the wet
> streets of New Orleans
> 
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From michael at michaelbutler.com  Tue Sep 13 12:09:46 2005
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Tue Sep 13 12:16:46 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] We need an independent Katrina Commission
Message-ID: <BF4C9C3A.23FEC%michael@michaelbutler.com>

Dear friend,

Senators, including moderate Republicans, are deciding whether
they support a Katrina Commission modeled after the 9/11 Commission this
week. We need a really big number of people to stand up and show support for
the Katrina Commission. President Bush will address the nation about
Hurricane Katrina on Thursday. We'll start delivering the petitions to
Congress starting Friday morning so your senators and representatives will
hear what you think the very next day.  Please sign a petition supporting
the creation of an independent
commission:

http://www.political.moveon.org/katrinacommission/



From sherwin at aceross.com  Tue Sep 13 12:14:03 2005
From: sherwin at aceross.com (Sherwin Ross)
Date: Tue Sep 13 12:19:37 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Photos from The Be In
Message-ID: <20050913191410.C184231B6DA@lax-gw06.mroute.net>

Dear Tribe,

 

Thank you for the opportunity to dance like no one was watching and to sing
as if the whole world heard what we were singing:-)

 

Sherwin Ross

 

http://www.aceross.com/BEIN2005.htm

 

Enjoy the photos they may be used without my permission:-)

 

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From tiogajoe at juno.com  Tue Sep 13 14:17:28 2005
From: tiogajoe at juno.com (tiogajoe@juno.com)
Date: Tue Sep 13 14:24:03 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Tioga Joe, 1979, and Love to Reunion Folks
Message-ID: <20050913.141807.14562.408997@webmail24.lax.untd.com>

Thanks, Bev.  You were missed at the reunion.  Break a leg in L.A.!

--Tioga

Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2005 09:40:41 -0800
From: "Beverly Bremers" <bev@beverlybremers.com>

Great hair, Sib! I'm so sorry I won't get to meet you and see all you
other Hairy folks going to the NY reunion, but I'm still doing my musical
theatre thing in LA.  I'll be thinking about all of you tonight. I hope
you'll feel the love-vibes! I'm looking forward to lots of cool pictures!

Give my regards....

Beverly

----- Original Message -----
From: "tiogajoe@juno.com"
Subject: [Mb-hair] Tioga Joe, 1979, (with hair out the wazoo)
Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2005 23:02:52 GMT

> [ ... ] me at about my hairy-est in 1979 (when most others had gone
disco): http://flickr.com/photos/lamarstyle/41722442/
> [ ... ]
> Can't wait to see those ones of you I get to at LaMaMa e.t.c. tomorrow evening for the NYC HAIR Reunion.
>
> "...my hair like Jesus wore it,"
>
> Peace,
>
> Sib / Tioga Joe
> Ouachita (Northeast Louisiana) Tribe, 1974

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From michael at michaelbutler.com  Tue Sep 13 15:02:23 2005
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Tue Sep 13 15:09:15 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Definition of Incompetence
In-Reply-To: <20050913180432.75976.qmail@web34314.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <BF4CC4AF.24013%michael@michaelbutler.com>

Natalie, who can reached through this list
MB
> Great piece:  what was the source, please?
> 
> rj
> 
> --- Michael Butler <michael@michaelbutler.com> wrote:
> 
>> Thanks to Natalie
>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Definition of Incompetence
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>       I don't know whether you saw President
>> Bush's smirking speech
>>>> last evening, which today's Times calls "one of
>> the worst speeches of
>>>> his life," or saw his pathetic interview this
>> morning on Good Morning
>>>> America, in which he praised the comprehensive
>> federal response to the
>>>> on-going disaster in New Orleans.  Both
>> appearances make it painfully
>>>> clear that the worst president in American
>> history and his thoroughly
>>>> incompetent administration continue to lead our
>> sad country from one
>>>> disaster to another.
>>>> 
>>>> The president used his air time yesterday and
>> today to lie  , there is no
>>>> softer word appropriate, to the American people
>> about the catastrophe in
>>>> New Orleans and to dissemble about federal
>> efforts to assist those in
>>>> need.  When the president says, as he said to
>> Diane Sawyer this morning,
>>>> that no one could have predicted this, he is only
>> demonstrating to a
>>>> watching world that he has no idea, NO IDEA, of
>> what he is talking
>>>> about. It was predicted by experts on every cable
>> channel starting last
>>>> Friday when Katrina set course for New Orleans as
>> a Category 5
>>>> hurricane. 
>>>> 
>>>> Frankly, it's a pretty stupid lie, much easier to
>> expose than a lie
>>>> about weapons of mass destruction.  In this case,
>> most of the country
>>>> had seen people predicting this disaster, so the
>> president just seems
>>>> out of touch.  What was worse last evening,
>> however, was the giddy,
>>>> almost joyful, speech the president gave about
>> how much the federal
>>>> government was doing to solve the crisis.  Does
>> he really not watch  watch
>> TV?
>>>> Does his staff mislead him that much?  His
>> casual, careless style was
>>>> beyond inappropriate.  It was obscene.
>>>> 
>>>> While claiming that no one could have predicted
>> the disaster, he ignored
>>>> the fact that his own staff at FEMA warned him in
>> 2001 that the flooding
>>>> of New Orleans was one of the three most likely
>> catastrophic disasters
>>>> facing the nation. (A terrorist attack on New
>> York was one of the other
>>>> three.)   Perhaps he was on vacation and didn't
>> read their report.
>>>> 
>>>> But surely he noticed when the former Republican
>> Congressman who headed
>>>> the Army Corps of Engineers protested the Bush
>> cuts in the budget for
>>>> reinforcing the levees.  The president should
>> remember -- he fired him.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> And what were the cuts that led to the protest?
>> Worth reviewing,
>>>> perhaps?  President Bush cut federal flood
>> control spending for
>>>> southeastern Louisiana from nearly $70 million in
>> 2001 to less than $40
>>>> million  this year.  He cut an Army Corps of
>> Engineers request for $27
>>>> million for hurricane protection for Lake
>> Pontchartrain to less than $6
>>>> million.  As a result, for the first time in more
>> than 37 years, work
>>>> had to stop on strengthening the very levee that
>> broke this week.
>>>> Actions have consequences.  In this case, the
>> consequences are the
>>>> destruction of a city, the loss of American lives
>> and the
>>>> incomprehensible image being presented to the
>> world of an American
>>>> government that appears to be led by a chief
>> executive of such
>>>> incompetence that you wouldn't let him run a
>> Laundromat yet alone a
>>>> government.
>>>> 
>>>> It gets worse.  The president cut completely the
>> funding for research on
>>>> flooding, and he cut all funding for local and
>> state authorities in
>>>> Louisiana to do a trial run of a disaster
>> scenario.  Cutting taxes for
>>>> the wealthiest people in America and privatizing
>> essential services were
>>>> more important than prepare  ng for a disaster
>> that every expert was
>>>> predicting. 
>>>> 
>>>> What exactly do these Republican political
>> operatives Bush has appointed
>>>> to jobs throughout the federal government do all
>> day?   They certainly
>>>> don't do disaster planning.  How is it possible
>> that four years after
>>>> 9-11 the Department of Homeland Security doesn't
>> have plans in place to
>>>> evacuate every major metropolitan area in the
>> country?  After spending
>>>> billions of dollars on homeland security, did no
>> one think that it might
>>>> be necessary to evacuate large numbers of people
>> after a disaster
>>>> strikes?  Why weren't tents, beds, trucks, boats
>> being kept at the ready
>>>> for such an emergency?  Why were citizens urged
>> to evacuate New Orleans,
>>>> but given no assistance if they were too sick,
>> old, or immobile?  Why
>>>> were no provisions made for those without cars?
>> If there are no buses
>>>> in New Orleans, why wasn't FEMA deploying them
>> from surrounding states  ?
>>>> Why wasn't the guard or the army directed to
>> assist in the pre-hurricane
>>>> evacuation? 
>>>> 
>>>> Why, after all we know about the failure of
>> communications on 9-11, are
>>>> the New Orleans police and fire department unable
>> to communicate?  I
>>>> know the answer to that.  I'll tell you why.
>> Because the Bush
>>>> administration has opposed every effort to
>> designate a band on the
>>>> communications spectrum for public safety
>> purposes.  If you not
>>>> outraged, you're not paying attention.
>>>> 
>>>> In keeping with his policy of promoting
>> incompetent people, Bush
>>>> appointed GOP lawyer Michael Brown to head FEMA,
>> despite his complete
>>>> lack of experience in management or disaster
>> relief.  Prior to joining
>>>> FEMA, Brown's only emergency management
>> experience was as an assistant
>>>> city manager.  So why should we be surprised that
>> FEMA is incapable of
>>>> getting water to people who have been waiting for
>> it for four days?
>>>> This morning, the Navy annou  nced that a medical
>> ship would be leaving
>>>> Baltimore for New Orleans tomorrow!  Why wasn't
>> it sent last weekend?
>>>> What are all of the Louisiana National Guard's
>> amphibious vehicles doing
>>>> in Iraq?  How much use is an amphibious vehicle
>> in the desert?
>>>> 
>>>> I want to be clear about this.  George Bush is
>> not responsible for the
>>>> hurricane.  But his budget priorities,
>> appointment of political hacks to
>>>> jobs that require trained and experienced
>> administrators, and his
>>>> care-free attitude in the face of a monumental
>> crisis has created a
>>>> tragedy beyond human comprehension.   Why weren't
>> federal troops sent to
>>>> help in the first hours after the levees broke?
>> Why aren't they there
>>>> today?  Why weren't ships pre-deployed in the
>> area with pumps?  Why were
>>>> no hospital ships pre-deployed?
>>>> 
>>>> A friend of mine who lives in New Orleans called
>> me this morning from
>>>> Baton Rouge.  His nephew, a fireman in New Orl
>> eans, told him last night
>>>> that they are tying dead bodies to trees so that
>> they can be collected
>>>> at some point in the future.  He saw a baby die
>> outside the Superdome
>>>> last night. There are people waiting in the wet
>> streets of New Orleans
>> 
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> 
> 
> 
> 
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From info at amerifilmcasting.com  Tue Sep 13 13:03:29 2005
From: info at amerifilmcasting.com (Amerifilm Casting, Inc.)
Date: Tue Sep 13 15:21:30 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re some of my reunion photos - a fantastic night!
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Date: Tue Sep 13 15:22:00 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] a few more photos - sorry if the way I do it takes a long
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From: djbrook at hevanet.com (Doris J. Brook)
Date: Tue Sep 13 16:28:18 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] a few more photos - sorry if the way I do it takes a
	long time to open
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a few more photos - sorry if the way I do it takes a longTo whoever sent these (and the previous email),

They did take a very long time to download (I only have a dial-up connection) and I can't even open them!  I'm loving all the photos, but it really is best if people use one of the other methods, such as providing a link to another location (like Leo & Sherwin did).  Sending a lot of jpeg files is probably not the best way.

Otherwise, all the stories and reports have been delightful and uplifting to hear.  I almost do feel like I was there (love that cake!) and I've been bursting with the music... 
love, Doris 
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From: sherwin at aceross.com (Sherwin Ross)
Date: Tue Sep 13 16:51:15 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re some of my reunion photos - a fantastic night!
In-Reply-To: <p06110406bf4cdff9a4d1@[162.83.207.107]>
Message-ID: <20050913234605.09F649FD5C@lax-gw05.mroute.net>

Meredith, 

 

It was so great to see you and meet your boy's.

 

May I post your photo's on www.aceross.com/BEIN2005.htm with a credit to the
photographer?

 

Much Love,

 

Your friend,

 

Sherwin

 

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From georgeberger69 at yahoo.com  Tue Sep 13 17:02:47 2005
From: georgeberger69 at yahoo.com (James Pappaconstantine)
Date: Tue Sep 13 17:07:59 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] September 10th. 2005
In-Reply-To: <BF4C5D3C.23FA2%michael@michaelbutler.com>
Message-ID: <20050914000247.62757.qmail@web54212.mail.yahoo.com>

Any time Michael.. I'm not sure how you, Nina, Debbie and all of you who put this thing up thought it went.. but I for one thought it was a win win... And I am sure the next one will be even larger.. I think everybody had a great time and they will go on to tell the tales and those who couldn't make it this time will be there next time..
 
PS. Watching those old videos of Ragne.. makes me wish I could have met him.. I think we would have gotten along magnificantly, not only do we share the same birthday but from what I saw we share the same sense of humor. BUt even not having met him.. I know a bit more about him from the people I met and the video fotage I saw.

Michael Butler <michael@michaelbutler.com> wrote:
Thanks Jim for your offer for next time.
Michael

> Finding the Lamama theatre wasn't too bad, although we did have our hitches..
> First off our train from the hotel (the 6 train) wasn't running downtown from
> the first two places we tried.. so we had to first take it uptown 1 stop,
> switch sides and then go downtown. Upon getting to the Aston stop. It took me
> a minute to get my bearings and then realized where we were. So we walked down
> St. Marks, where I had to stop at Trash and Vaudville (one of my favorite NYC
> haunts.) Anyway.. after spilling some cash out of my pocket for a way cool
> jacket.. I asked someone there for directions to 74a East 4th. they gave us
> directions and we were off. We found the street fine and made the corner.. of
> course the building before it had the numbers 80 and 78 on the door but in
> reverse order, looking like 74 would be across the street.. so we crossed the
> street and realized that the numbers there were even higher.. cross the street
> again and as approaching the venue we were welcomed by Papi, in
> his
> crazy New Orleanes pimp daddy hat. We got our tix and took the elevator
> upstairs with a handful of fellow freaks. Upstairs, I signed the guest book,
> grabbed a playbill and signed the giant Hair poster. Talked briefly with
> Micheal Butler, Nina and Michael Harris and had many sign a book I had picked
> up. At first I felt a little weird, Not in the, "hey I'm being judged kinda
> way." but more in the, "Hey these guys have a past, that though I understand,
> I am not really a part of., at times I felt like maybe I was invading a
> conversation or a meeting of the minds that I had no part of invading." But
> that feeling was long lost as more people showed up. We were all hanging out,
> in the lobby way, talking, drinking and eating candy from a basket. When we
> were asked to go into the main room.. We did and found a food spread, tables
> and plenty of bleacher space. Michael Harris took the reins and did an
> excellent job emceeing it. I had only met him that night and for only a mere
> few minu
> tes but
> I imediatly liked him, he gave off a really freindly open vibe. (not unlike
> any of the other Hair peeps.) But he truelly shined on the stage. The video
> performaces were great, "The Carson footage was my fave.. and the Ragne, got
> milk ad... ha ha " but it was all wonderful. then the small speaches were also
> very humorous and allowed each of us, who might not have worked with these
> people prior, to see a little of what makes these fellow cyber tribesmen and
> chicks tick. My fororite part of the whole night as it seems was most of the
> attendees.. was the singing.. Something about singing those songs with a bunch
> of people that just tears down any walls or fears that you might have once
> had.. I mentioned early in the night.. how I felt a bit nervous, because I
> wasn't one of the late 60's or early 70's actors. But after the singing.. It
> was like... OK.. I am welcomed into this tribe.. (and I know I was always
> welcomed, and that the fears were just inside me.. but.. I just found it
> funny
> and nice that through song.. how fears and worries can just fade away. )
> Anyway.. I met a lot of people, had many sign my book, And as I look at it
> today.. some of the signatures.. I can not read.. ha ha but it doesn't
> matter.. When I first heard about this night, I wanted to go because A; it was
> my birthday and I thought.. what a cool way of celebrating it. (Didn't even
> realize it was also Ragne's, That was a cool piece of info.) and B: because I
> was really hoping Ted Nelley and Dagmar would be there.. Both people I admire
> deeply for the work they do in the fields they do them in. Neither were there
> but it didn't matter. (Not that they wern't missed by me and those who
> actually know them) but it didn't matter because I had the best time meeting
> all you new people I met, and to those I didn't meet I do wish to meet you
> next time. NY was only a 6 1/2 hour trip for me, but if there is another, I
> don't care how far away.. I will come, hold your hands and sing the warming
> songs 
> from
> Hair with you anyday.. If I haven't said it before Thank you for welcoming me
> into this Hair family. Thank you all.. and I appologize for my spelling, run
> on setences and whatever else I screwed up in my ramblings. Peace, Love.. and
> lets do this again.. Nina, Michael, WMH, Debbie and whomever else helped make
> this thing happen.. let me know next time, and if I can do anything.. I would
> love to lend a hand.
> 
> JIM
> 
> 
> 
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From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Tue Sep 13 17:21:11 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] September 10th. 2005
References: <20050914000247.62757.qmail@web54212.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <002501c5b8c1$759b7b50$6e436c42@hotprojects>

I think a production of HAIR should be done with all the old timers

slightly avant garde
but it would be incredible

standing in the middle of the singing was awesome
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: James Pappaconstantine 
  To: mb-hair@islandlists.com 
  Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2005 8:02 PM
  Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] September 10th. 2005


  Any time Michael.. I'm not sure how you, Nina, Debbie and all of you who put this thing up thought it went.. but I for one thought it was a win win... And I am sure the next one will be even larger.. I think everybody had a great time and they will go on to tell the tales and those who couldn't make it this time will be there next time..

  PS. Watching those old videos of Ragne.. makes me wish I could have met him.. I think we would have gotten along magnificantly, not only do we share the same birthday but from what I saw we share the same sense of humor. BUt even not having met him.. I know a bit more about him from the people I met and the video fotage I saw.

  Michael Butler <michael@michaelbutler.com> wrote:
    Thanks Jim for your offer for next time.
    Michael

    > Finding the Lamama theatre wasn't too bad, although we did have our hitches..
    > First off our train from the hotel (the 6 train) wasn't running downtown from
    > the first two places we tried.. so we had to first take it uptown 1 stop,
    > switch sides and then go downtown. Upon getting to the Aston stop. It took me
    > a minute to get my bearings and then realized where we were. So we walked down
    > St. Marks, where I had to stop at Trash and Vaudville (one of my favorite NYC
    > haunts.) Anyway.. after spilling some cash out of my pocket for a way cool
    > jacket.. I asked someone there for directions to 74a East 4th. they gave us
    > directions and we were off. We found the street fine and made the corner.. of
    > course the building before it had the numbers 80 and 78 on the door but in
    > reverse order, looking like 74 would be across the street.. so we crossed the
    > street and realized that the numbers there were even higher.. cross the street
    > again and as approaching the venue we were welcomed by Papi, in
    > his
    > crazy New Orleanes pimp daddy hat. We got our tix and took the elevator
    > upstairs with a handful of fellow freaks. Upstairs, I signed the guest book,
    > grabbed a playbill and signed the giant Hair poster. Talked briefly with
    > Micheal Butler, Nina and Michael Harris and had many sign a book I had picked
    > up. At first I felt a little weird, Not in the, "hey I'm being judged kinda
    > way." but more in the, "Hey these guys have a past, that though I understand,
    > I am not really a part of., at times I felt like maybe I was invading a
    > conversation or a meeting of the minds that I had no part of invading." But
    > that feeling was long lost as more people showed up . We were all hanging out,
    > in the lobby way, talking, drinking and eating candy from a basket. When we
    > were asked to go into the main room.. We did and found a food spread, tables
    > and plenty of bleacher space. Michael Harris took the reins and did an
    > excellent job emceeing it. I had only met him that night and for only a mere
    > few minu
    > tes but
    > I imediatly liked him, he gave off a really freindly open vibe. (not unlike
    > any of the other Hair peeps.) But he truelly shined on the stage. The video
    > performaces were great, "The Carson footage was my fave.. and the Ragne, got
    > milk ad... ha ha " but it was all wonderful. then the small speaches were also
    > very humorous and allowed each of us, who might not have worked with these
    > people prior, to see a little of what makes these fellow cyber tribesmen and
    > chicks tick. My fororite part of the whole night as it seems was most of the
    > attendees.. was the singing.. Something about singing those songs with a bunch
    > of people that just tears down any walls or fears that you might have once
    > had.. I mentioned early in the night.. how I felt a bit nervous, because I
    > wasn't one of the late 60's or early 70's actors. But after the singing.. It
    > was like... OK.. I am welcomed into this tribe.. (and I know I was always
    > welcomed, and that the fears were just inside me.. but.. I just found it
    > funny
    > and nice that through song.. how fears and worries can just fade away. )
    > Anyway.. I met a lot of people, had many sign my book, And as I look at it
    > today.. some of the signatures.. I can not read.. ha ha but it doesn't
    > matter.. When I first heard about this night, I wanted to go because A; it was
    > my birthday and I thought.. what a cool way of celebrating it. (Didn't even
    > realize it was also Ragne's, That was a cool piece of info.) and B: because I
    > was really hoping Ted Nelley and Dagmar would be there.. Both people I admire
    > deeply for the work they do in the fields they do them in. Neither were there
    > but it didn't matter. (Not that they wern't missed by me and those who
    > actually know them) but it didn't matter because I had the best time meeting
    > all you new people I met, and to those I didn't meet I do wish to meet you
    > next time. NY was only a 6 1/2 hour trip for me, but if there is another, I
    > don't care how far away.. I will come, hold your hands and sing the warming
    > songs 
    > from
    > Hair with you anyday.. If I haven't said it before Thank you for welcoming me
    > into this Hair family. Thank you all.. and I appologize for my spelling, run
    > on setences and whatever else I screwed up in my ramblings. Peace, Love.. and
    > lets do this again.. Nina, Michael, WMH, Debbie and whomever else helped make
    > this thing ha ppen.. let me know next time, and if I can do anything.. I would
    > love to lend a hand.
    > 
    > JIM
    > 
    > 
    > 
    > ---------------------------------
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    > Click here to donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort.
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From sherwin at aceross.com  Tue Sep 13 17:27:44 2005
From: sherwin at aceross.com (Sherwin Ross)
Date: Tue Sep 13 17:33:08 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] September 10th. 2005
In-Reply-To: <002501c5b8c1$759b7b50$6e436c42@hotprojects>
Message-ID: <20050914002752.E318B237050@lax-gw01.mroute.net>

Richard Haase suggested:

 

I think a production of HAIR should be done with all the old timers

 

slightly avant garde

but it would be incredible

 

standing in the middle of the singing was awesome

----- Original Message ----- 

 

 

 

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From: mb-hair-bounces@islandlists.com
[mailto:mb-hair-bounces@islandlists.com] On Behalf Of richard haase
Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2005 5:16 PM
To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] September 10th. 2005

 

I think a production of HAIR should be done with all the old timers

 

slightly avant garde

but it would be incredible

 

standing in the middle of the singing was awesome

----- Original Message ----- 

From: James <mailto:georgeberger69@yahoo.com>  Pappaconstantine 

To: mb-hair@islandlists.com 

Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2005 8:02 PM

Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] September 10th. 2005

 

Any time Michael.. I'm not sure how you, Nina, Debbie and all of you who put
this thing up thought it went.. but I for one thought it was a win win...
And I am sure the next one will be even larger.. I think everybody had a
great time and they will go on to tell the tales and those who couldn't make
it this time will be there next time..

 

PS. Watching those old videos of Ragne.. makes me wish I could have met
him.. I think we would have gotten along magnificantly, not only do we share
the same birthday but from what I saw we share the same sense of humor. BUt
even not having met him.. I know a bit more about him from the people I met
and the video fotage I saw.

Michael Butler <michael@michaelbutler.com> wrote:

Thanks Jim for your offer for next time.
Michael

> Finding the Lamama theatre wasn't too bad, although we did have our
hitches..
> First off our train from the hotel (the 6 train) wasn't running downtown
from
> the first two places we tried.. so we had to first take it uptown 1 stop,
> switch sides and then go downtown. Upon getting to the Aston stop. It took
me
> a minute to get my bearings and then realized where we were. So we walked
down
> St. Marks, where I had to stop at Trash and Vaudville (one of my favorite
NYC
> haunts.) Anyway.. after spilling some cash out of my pocket for a way cool
> jacket.. I asked someone there for directions to 74a East 4th. they gave
us
> directions and we were off. We found the street fine and made the corner..
of
> course the building before it had the numbers 80 and 78 on the door but in
> reverse order, looking like 74 would be across the street.. so we crossed
the
> street and realized that the numbers there were even higher.. cross the
street
> again and as approaching the venue we were welcomed by Papi, in
> his
> crazy New Orleanes pimp daddy hat. We got our tix and took the elevator
> upstairs with a handful of fellow freaks. Upstairs, I signed the guest
book,
> grabbed a playbill and signed the giant Hair poster. Talked briefly with
> Micheal Butler, Nina and Michael Harris and had many sign a book I had
picked
> up. At first I felt a little weird, Not in the, "hey I'm being judged
kinda
> way." but more in the, "Hey these guys have a past, that though I
understand,
> I am not really a part of., at times I felt like maybe I was invading a
> conversation or a meeting of the minds that I had no part of invading."
But
> that feeling was long lost as more people showed up . We were all hanging
out,
> in the lobby way, talking, drinking and eating candy from a basket. When
we
> were asked to go into the main room.. We did and found a food spread,
tables
> and plenty of bleacher space. Michael Harris took the reins and did an
> excellent job emceeing it. I had only met him that night and for only a
mere
> few minu
> tes but
> I imediatly liked him, he gave off a really freindly open vibe. (not
unlike
> any of the other Hair peeps.) But he truelly shined on the stage. The
video
> performaces were great, "The Carson footage was my fave.. and the Ragne,
got
> milk ad... ha ha " but it was all wonderful. then the small speaches were
also
> very humorous and allowed each of us, who might not have worked with these
> people prior, to see a little of what makes these fellow cyber tribesmen
and
> chicks tick. My fororite part of the whole night as it seems was most of
the
> attendees.. was the singing.. Something about singing those songs with a
bunch
> of people that just tears down any walls or fears that you might have once
> had.. I mentioned early in the night.. how I felt a bit nervous, because I
> wasn't one of the late 60's or early 70's actors. But after the singing..
It
> was like... OK.. I am welcomed into this tribe.. (and I know I was always
> welcomed, and that the fears were just inside me.. but.. I just found it
> funny
> and nice that through song.. how fears and worries can just fade away. )
> Anyway.. I met a lot of people, had many sign my book, And as I look at it
> today.. some of the signatures.. I can not read.. ha ha but it doesn't
> matter.. When I first heard about this night, I wanted to go because A; it
was
> my birthday and I thought.. what a cool way of celebrating it. (Didn't
even
> realize it was also Ragne's, That was a cool piece of info.) and B:
because I
> was really hoping Ted Nelley and Dagmar would be there.. Both people I
admire
> deeply for the work they do in the fields they do them in. Neither were
there
> but it didn't matter. (Not that they wern't missed by me and those who
> actually know them) but it didn't matter because I had the best time
meeting
> all you new people I met, and to those I didn't meet I do wish to meet you
> next time. NY was only a 6 1/2 hour trip for me, but if there is another,
I
> don't care how far away.. I will come, hold your hands and sing the
warming
> songs 
> from
> Hair with you anyday.. If I haven't said it before Thank you for welcoming
me
> into this Hair family. Thank you all.. and I appologize for my spelling,
run
> on setences and whatever else I screwed up in my ramblings. Peace, Love..
and
> lets do this again.. Nina, Michael, WMH, Debbie and whomever else helped
make
> this thing ha ppen.. let me know next time, and if I can do anything.. I
would
> love to lend a hand.
> 
> JIM
> 
> 
> 
> ---------------------------------
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> Click here to donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort.
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From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Tue Sep 13 17:35:39 2005
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Tue Sep 13 17:40:54 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] September 10th. 2005
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youre fantastic sherwin
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  From: Sherwin Ross 
  To: mb-hair@islandlists.com 
  Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2005 8:27 PM
  Subject: RE: [Mb-hair] September 10th. 2005


  Richard Haase suggested:

   

  I think a production of HAIR should be done with all the old timers

   

  slightly avant garde

  but it would be incredible

   

  standing in the middle of the singing was awesome

  ----- Original Message ----- 

   

   

   

  I totally Agree!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  From: mb-hair-bounces@islandlists.com [mailto:mb-hair-bounces@islandlists.com] On Behalf Of richard haase
  Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2005 5:16 PM
  To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
  Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] September 10th. 2005

   

  I think a production of HAIR should be done with all the old timers

   

  slightly avant garde

  but it would be incredible

   

  standing in the middle of the singing was awesome

    ----- Original Message ----- 

    From: James Pappaconstantine 

    To: mb-hair@islandlists.com 

    Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2005 8:02 PM

    Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] September 10th. 2005

     

    Any time Michael.. I'm not sure how you, Nina, Debbie and all of you who put this thing up thought it went.. but I for one thought it was a win win... And I am sure the next one will be even larger.. I think everybody had a great time and they will go on to tell the tales and those who couldn't make it this time will be there next time..

     

    PS. Watching those old videos of Ragne.. makes me wish I could have met him.. I think we would have gotten along magnificantly, not only do we share the same birthday but from what I saw we share the same sense of humor. BUt even not having met him.. I know a bit more about him from the people I met and the video fotage I saw.

    Michael Butler <michael@michaelbutler.com> wrote:

      Thanks Jim for your offer for next time.
      Michael

      > Finding the Lamama theatre wasn't too bad, although we did have our hitches..
      > First off our train from the hotel (the 6 train) wasn't running downtown from
      > the first two places we tried.. so we had to first take it uptown 1 stop,
      > switch sides and then go downtown. Upon getting to the Aston stop. It took me
      > a minute to get my bearings and then realized where we were. So we walked down
      > St. Marks, where I had to stop at Trash and Vaudville (one of my favorite NYC
      > haunts.) Anyway.. after spilling some cash out of my pocket for a way cool
      > jacket.. I asked someone there for directions to 74a East 4th. they gave us
      > directions and we were off. We found the street fine and made the corner.. of
      > course the building before it had the numbers 80 and 78 on the door but in
      > reverse order, looking like 74 would be across the street.. so we crossed the
      > street and realized that the numbers there were even higher.. cross the street
      > again and as approaching the venue we were welcomed by Papi, in
      > his
      > crazy New Orleanes pimp daddy hat. We got our tix and took the elevator
      > upstairs with a handful of fellow freaks. Upstairs, I signed the guest book,
      > grabbed a playbill and signed the giant Hair poster. Talked briefly with
      > Micheal Butler, Nina and Michael Harris and had many sign a book I had picked
      > up. At first I felt a little weird, Not in the, "hey I'm being judged kinda
      > way." but more in the, "Hey these guys have a past, that though I understand,
      > I am not really a part of., at times I felt like maybe I was invading a
      > conversation or a meeting of the minds that I had no part of invading." But
      > that feeling was long lost as more people showed up . We were all hanging out,
      > in the lobby way, talking, drinking and eating candy from a basket. When we
      > were asked to go into the main room.. We did and found a food spread, tables
      > and plenty of bleacher space. Michael Harris took the reins and did an
      > excellent job emceeing it. I had only met him that night and for only a mere
      > few minu
      > tes but
      > I imediatly liked him, he gave off a really freindly open vibe. (not unlike
      > any of the other Hair peeps.) But he truelly shined on the stage. The video
      > performaces were great, "The Carson footage was my fave.. and the Ragne, got
      > milk ad... ha ha " but it was all wonderful. then the small speaches were also
      > very humorous and allowed each of us, who might not have worked with these
      > people prior, to see a little of what makes these fellow cyber tribesmen and
      > chicks tick. My fororite part of the whole night as it seems was most of the
      > attendees.. was the singing.. Something about singing those songs with a bunch
      > of people that just tears down any walls or fears that you might have once
      > had.. I mentioned early in the night.. how I felt a bit nervous, because I
      > wasn't one of the late 60's or early 70's actors. But after the singing.. It
      > was like... OK.. I am welcomed into this tribe.. (and I know I was always
      > welcomed, and that the fears were just inside me.. but.. I just found it
      > funny
      > and nice that through song.. how fears and worries can just fade away. )
      > Anyway.. I met a lot of people, had many sign my book, And as I look at it
      > today.. some of the signatures.. I can not read.. ha ha but it doesn't
      > matter.. When I first heard about this night, I wanted to go because A; it was
      > my birthday and I thought.. what a cool way of celebrating it. (Didn't even
      > realize it was also Ragne's, That was a cool piece of info.) and B: because I
      > was really hoping Ted Nelley and Dagmar would be there.. Both people I admire
      > deeply for the work they do in the fields they do them in. Neither were there
      > but it didn't matter. (Not that they wern't missed by me and those who
      > actually know them) but it didn't matter because I had the best time meeting
      > all you new people I met, and to those I didn't meet I do wish to meet you
      > next time. NY was only a 6 1/2 hour trip for me, but if there is another, I
      > don't care how far away.. I will come, hold your hands and sing the warming
      > songs 
      > from
      > Hair with you anyday.. If I haven't said it before Thank you for welcoming me
      > into this Hair family. Thank you all.. and I appologize for my spelling, run
      > on setences and whatever else I screwed up in my ramblings. Peace, Love.. and
      > lets do this again.. Nina, Michael, WMH, Debbie and whomever else helped make
      > this thing ha ppen.. let me know next time, and if I can do anything.. I would
      > love to lend a hand.
      > 
      > JIM
      > 
      > 
      > 
      > ---------------------------------
      > Yahoo! for Good
      > Click here to donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort.
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From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Tue Sep 13 18:37:35 2005
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Tue Sep 13 18:42:46 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] what about a hair concert for new orleans?
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From sherwin at aceross.com  Tue Sep 13 19:24:30 2005
From: sherwin at aceross.com (Sherwin Ross)
Date: Tue Sep 13 19:29:46 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] what about a hair concert for new orleans?
In-Reply-To: <006e01c5b8cc$e271b8b0$6e436c42@hotprojects>
Message-ID: <20050914022437.D8817249EB6@lax-gw08.mroute.net>

Count me in

 

  _____  

From: mb-hair-bounces@islandlists.com
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Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2005 6:38 PM
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From info at amerifilmcasting.com  Tue Sep 13 19:28:29 2005
From: info at amerifilmcasting.com (info@amerifilmcasting.com)
Date: Tue Sep 13 19:33:49 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] photos
Message-ID: <200509140228.j8E2STTt019552@web161.megawebservers.com>




Hey Sherwin,
Great to see you too.  
Yes, you can put my photos on your site.  Thanks, as I don't know how to do 
that stuff!

Meredith
From sherwin at aceross.com  Tue Sep 13 19:31:41 2005
From: sherwin at aceross.com (Sherwin Ross)
Date: Tue Sep 13 19:37:02 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] photos
In-Reply-To: <200509140228.j8E2STTt019552@web161.megawebservers.com>
Message-ID: <20050914023153.C0F3D13B80E@lax-gw04.mroute.net>

Thank you beautiful Human Being!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

-----Original Message-----
From: mb-hair-bounces@islandlists.com
[mailto:mb-hair-bounces@islandlists.com] On Behalf Of
info@amerifilmcasting.com
Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2005 7:28 PM
To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
Subject: [Mb-hair] photos




Hey Sherwin,
Great to see you too.  
Yes, you can put my photos on your site.  Thanks, as I don't know how to do 
that stuff!

Meredith
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From rgrady at rcn.com  Tue Sep 13 19:46:03 2005
From: rgrady at rcn.com (Ross Tatum)
Date: Tue Sep 13 19:53:33 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Greetings from LaGuardia High School N.Y.C.
Message-ID: <000401c5b8d6$7a55c280$2002a8c0@Grady>

We have a cast of 37, Halleluiah! All the kids are very excited and
raring to go. We had four marathon days of auditions right before the
reunion at LaMa and are blessed to have Natalie Mosco and Robert Camuto
as consultants. Michael, Nina and Bill Swiggert stopped by to add to the
magic of a movement/singing audition that was pretty spectacular. We'll
have a read-thru and costume measurements this week and then start the
exploratory/sensitivity work next week. Our musical director comes in on
the 22nd. Plenty of time for myself and the cast to bond as a tribe and
for the kids to choose a name for the tribe.  Oh, what bliss! Many
thanks to everyone who has been supportive of this production thus far. 
Peace and Love,
Ross
P.S. If you'd like to send a greeting to the cast (soon to be tribe)
regarding the magic of Hair and your own personal experiences please
feel free. They'd love to hear from you as would I. 
P.S.S. first estimate on scaffolding came in around $14,000. Anyone know
where we can get it cheap or on loan?
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From lilacamy11 at yahoo.com  Tue Sep 13 20:09:10 2005
From: lilacamy11 at yahoo.com (Amy Kazan)
Date: Tue Sep 13 20:14:32 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: Mb-hair Digest, Vol 15, Issue 15
In-Reply-To: <200509131900.j8DJ0Dqs007703@dune.islandtechnologies.net>
Message-ID: <20050914030910.24085.qmail@web34513.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

The pics look so great!

-Amy

- Amy

"in time of lilacs who proclaim/ the aim of waking is to dream" - e.e. cummings

"Life is around you and in you . . . Let the sunshine in!" - HAIR (the musical)

__________________________________________________
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From jameshburns at webtv.net  Tue Sep 13 20:53:38 2005
From: jameshburns at webtv.net (Jim Burns)
Date: Tue Sep 13 20:59:03 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Richard Haase Has Come Upon My Idea! 
In-Reply-To: mb-hair-request@islandlists.com's message of Tue, 13 Sep 2005
	18:37:05 -0700
Message-ID: <21115-43279EC2-39@storefull-3272.bay.webtv.net>


I've been thinking of doing a one-performance, perhaps no more than two
performance, production of HAIR--reuniting as many members of the
original Broadway cast, as possible--for a WHILE now!

I had even begun the earliest possible parts of producing, talking with
two of the directors who specialize in putting these large theatrical
events together--

When Seth Rudetsky announced the Actors Fund HAIR!

(And, I was thinking, you can't be doing two big ticket HAIR fund-raiser
concerts, for charity, at the same time.)

:-)

I should explain for those elsewhere. One of the nice fun New York
theatrical tickets in recent years, has become when an all-star cast,
for one night only, performs a muscal play, in concert version--which
basically just means there are no sets, or costumes, but otherwise, the
play is done in toto, often with a narrator, just to fill in the
narrative gaps created by having no scene/set changes.

(And, if it's THE WIZARD OF OZ, it's done WITH Toto....)

:-)

There were some great fun things to look. with the HAIR project to look
forward to:

Could Jim be convinced to take the stage again, even for one night?

(Seeing him sing Saturday was exciting. I consider "Where Do I Go," a
GREAT song, and recording.)

Could Diane Keaton be persuaded, to participate?

Who would I cast as Berger? In my notes, not remembering if any of the
later actors were still around, I wrote that it could be interesting,
for this one reunion, only,  to cast Ben Vereen....

Reuniting Lorri Davis, and Rubinsky, and
Plimpton, and LiPari, and Mosco and Moore and all the rest would be
thrilling, much as it was, just a few days ago!

The economics for putting this type of show together, even in one of the
bigger venues, is relatively simple, once you've worked things out, with
Equity, and the musican's union, and all the rest.

For those of you who saw Jim and I in tete-a-tete Saturday night, one of
the things I mentioned is that there are certain projects that need to
be done as soon as possible, while there's still time...

Even on our shared isle, of procrasti-nation.

:-)

(The procrastination of the United States of America?)

:-)

So, keep your fingers crossed, let's hear some good ideas--

And please, keep mums the word, for now.

(Or, if not, and, if you're so inclined, at least send your mum, some
mums...)

;-)

Best, Jim Burns

From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Tue Sep 13 21:03:23 2005
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Tue Sep 13 21:08:54 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] jim doesnt seem to know whos mouth is moving
References: <21115-43279EC2-39@storefull-3272.bay.webtv.net>
Message-ID: <000601c5b8e1$4059da70$6e436c42@hotprojects>

no jim it was my idea
thats why it came out of my mouth
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Burns" <jameshburns@webtv.net>
To: <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2005 11:53 PM
Subject: [Mb-hair] Richard Haase Has Come Upon My Idea!


> 
> I've been thinking of doing a one-performance, perhaps no more than two
> performance, production of HAIR--reuniting as many members of the
> original Broadway cast, as possible--for a WHILE now!
> 
> I had even begun the earliest possible parts of producing, talking with
> two of the directors who specialize in putting these large theatrical
> events together--
> 
> When Seth Rudetsky announced the Actors Fund HAIR!
> 
> (And, I was thinking, you can't be doing two big ticket HAIR fund-raiser
> concerts, for charity, at the same time.)
> 
> :-)
> 
> I should explain for those elsewhere. One of the nice fun New York
> theatrical tickets in recent years, has become when an all-star cast,
> for one night only, performs a muscal play, in concert version--which
> basically just means there are no sets, or costumes, but otherwise, the
> play is done in toto, often with a narrator, just to fill in the
> narrative gaps created by having no scene/set changes.
> 
> (And, if it's THE WIZARD OF OZ, it's done WITH Toto....)
> 
> :-)
> 
> There were some great fun things to look. with the HAIR project to look
> forward to:
> 
> Could Jim be convinced to take the stage again, even for one night?
> 
> (Seeing him sing Saturday was exciting. I consider "Where Do I Go," a
> GREAT song, and recording.)
> 
> Could Diane Keaton be persuaded, to participate?
> 
> Who would I cast as Berger? In my notes, not remembering if any of the
> later actors were still around, I wrote that it could be interesting,
> for this one reunion, only,  to cast Ben Vereen....
> 
> Reuniting Lorri Davis, and Rubinsky, and
> Plimpton, and LiPari, and Mosco and Moore and all the rest would be
> thrilling, much as it was, just a few days ago!
> 
> The economics for putting this type of show together, even in one of the
> bigger venues, is relatively simple, once you've worked things out, with
> Equity, and the musican's union, and all the rest.
> 
> For those of you who saw Jim and I in tete-a-tete Saturday night, one of
> the things I mentioned is that there are certain projects that need to
> be done as soon as possible, while there's still time...
> 
> Even on our shared isle, of procrasti-nation.
> 
> :-)
> 
> (The procrastination of the United States of America?)
> 
> :-)
> 
> So, keep your fingers crossed, let's hear some good ideas--
> 
> And please, keep mums the word, for now.
> 
> (Or, if not, and, if you're so inclined, at least send your mum, some
> mums...)
> 
> ;-)
> 
> Best, Jim Burns
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Mb-hair mailing list
> Mb-hair@islandlists.com
> http://www.islandlists.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mb-hair
From sherwin at aceross.com  Tue Sep 13 21:05:40 2005
From: sherwin at aceross.com (Sherwin Ross)
Date: Tue Sep 13 21:11:06 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] jim doesnt seem to know whos mouth is moving
In-Reply-To: <000601c5b8e1$4059da70$6e436c42@hotprojects>
Message-ID: <20050914040549.8373F24AFDE@lax-gw02.mroute.net>

I agree with Richard, he has been talking about this for one year or more!

-----Original Message-----
From: mb-hair-bounces@islandlists.com
[mailto:mb-hair-bounces@islandlists.com] On Behalf Of richard haase
Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2005 9:03 PM
To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
Subject: [Mb-hair] jim doesnt seem to know whos mouth is moving

no jim it was my idea
thats why it came out of my mouth
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Burns" <jameshburns@webtv.net>
To: <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2005 11:53 PM
Subject: [Mb-hair] Richard Haase Has Come Upon My Idea!


> 
> I've been thinking of doing a one-performance, perhaps no more than two
> performance, production of HAIR--reuniting as many members of the
> original Broadway cast, as possible--for a WHILE now!
> 
> I had even begun the earliest possible parts of producing, talking with
> two of the directors who specialize in putting these large theatrical
> events together--
> 
> When Seth Rudetsky announced the Actors Fund HAIR!
> 
> (And, I was thinking, you can't be doing two big ticket HAIR fund-raiser
> concerts, for charity, at the same time.)
> 
> :-)
> 
> I should explain for those elsewhere. One of the nice fun New York
> theatrical tickets in recent years, has become when an all-star cast,
> for one night only, performs a muscal play, in concert version--which
> basically just means there are no sets, or costumes, but otherwise, the
> play is done in toto, often with a narrator, just to fill in the
> narrative gaps created by having no scene/set changes.
> 
> (And, if it's THE WIZARD OF OZ, it's done WITH Toto....)
> 
> :-)
> 
> There were some great fun things to look. with the HAIR project to look
> forward to:
> 
> Could Jim be convinced to take the stage again, even for one night?
> 
> (Seeing him sing Saturday was exciting. I consider "Where Do I Go," a
> GREAT song, and recording.)
> 
> Could Diane Keaton be persuaded, to participate?
> 
> Who would I cast as Berger? In my notes, not remembering if any of the
> later actors were still around, I wrote that it could be interesting,
> for this one reunion, only,  to cast Ben Vereen....
> 
> Reuniting Lorri Davis, and Rubinsky, and
> Plimpton, and LiPari, and Mosco and Moore and all the rest would be
> thrilling, much as it was, just a few days ago!
> 
> The economics for putting this type of show together, even in one of the
> bigger venues, is relatively simple, once you've worked things out, with
> Equity, and the musican's union, and all the rest.
> 
> For those of you who saw Jim and I in tete-a-tete Saturday night, one of
> the things I mentioned is that there are certain projects that need to
> be done as soon as possible, while there's still time...
> 
> Even on our shared isle, of procrasti-nation.
> 
> :-)
> 
> (The procrastination of the United States of America?)
> 
> :-)
> 
> So, keep your fingers crossed, let's hear some good ideas--
> 
> And please, keep mums the word, for now.
> 
> (Or, if not, and, if you're so inclined, at least send your mum, some
> mums...)
> 
> ;-)
> 
> Best, Jim Burns
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Mb-hair mailing list
> Mb-hair@islandlists.com
> http://www.islandlists.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mb-hair
_______________________________________________
Mb-hair mailing list
Mb-hair@islandlists.com
http://www.islandlists.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mb-hair

From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Tue Sep 13 21:07:03 2005
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Tue Sep 13 21:12:24 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] no offense jim but
Message-ID: <001a01c5b8e1$c36cffa0$6e436c42@hotprojects>

the day your ideas come out of my mouth
is when pigs fly
you need to stop jim
you are not in charge of anything
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From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Tue Sep 13 21:09:56 2005
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Tue Sep 13 21:15:30 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] jim doesnt seem to know whos mouth is moving
References: <20050914040549.8373F24AFDE@lax-gw02.mroute.net>
Message-ID: <001001c5b8e2$2ae2e640$6e436c42@hotprojects>

first of all
the first thing one has to do
is contact tams witmark or other second class rights companies
and not one of us
some associate no one has heard of

??????

the first class rights are off the table

( so its no good thinking about that right now )
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sherwin Ross" <sherwin@aceross.com>
To: <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 12:05 AM
Subject: RE: [Mb-hair] jim doesnt seem to know whos mouth is moving


> I agree with Richard, he has been talking about this for one year or more!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mb-hair-bounces@islandlists.com
> [mailto:mb-hair-bounces@islandlists.com] On Behalf Of richard haase
> Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2005 9:03 PM
> To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
> Subject: [Mb-hair] jim doesnt seem to know whos mouth is moving
>
> no jim it was my idea
> thats why it came out of my mouth
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jim Burns" <jameshburns@webtv.net>
> To: <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2005 11:53 PM
> Subject: [Mb-hair] Richard Haase Has Come Upon My Idea!
>
>
> >
> > I've been thinking of doing a one-performance, perhaps no more than two
> > performance, production of HAIR--reuniting as many members of the
> > original Broadway cast, as possible--for a WHILE now!
> >
> > I had even begun the earliest possible parts of producing, talking with
> > two of the directors who specialize in putting these large theatrical
> > events together--
> >
> > When Seth Rudetsky announced the Actors Fund HAIR!
> >
> > (And, I was thinking, you can't be doing two big ticket HAIR fund-raiser
> > concerts, for charity, at the same time.)
> >
> > :-)
> >
> > I should explain for those elsewhere. One of the nice fun New York
> > theatrical tickets in recent years, has become when an all-star cast,
> > for one night only, performs a muscal play, in concert version--which
> > basically just means there are no sets, or costumes, but otherwise, the
> > play is done in toto, often with a narrator, just to fill in the
> > narrative gaps created by having no scene/set changes.
> >
> > (And, if it's THE WIZARD OF OZ, it's done WITH Toto....)
> >
> > :-)
> >
> > There were some great fun things to look. with the HAIR project to look
> > forward to:
> >
> > Could Jim be convinced to take the stage again, even for one night?
> >
> > (Seeing him sing Saturday was exciting. I consider "Where Do I Go," a
> > GREAT song, and recording.)
> >
> > Could Diane Keaton be persuaded, to participate?
> >
> > Who would I cast as Berger? In my notes, not remembering if any of the
> > later actors were still around, I wrote that it could be interesting,
> > for this one reunion, only,  to cast Ben Vereen....
> >
> > Reuniting Lorri Davis, and Rubinsky, and
> > Plimpton, and LiPari, and Mosco and Moore and all the rest would be
> > thrilling, much as it was, just a few days ago!
> >
> > The economics for putting this type of show together, even in one of the
> > bigger venues, is relatively simple, once you've worked things out, with
> > Equity, and the musican's union, and all the rest.
> >
> > For those of you who saw Jim and I in tete-a-tete Saturday night, one of
> > the things I mentioned is that there are certain projects that need to
> > be done as soon as possible, while there's still time...
> >
> > Even on our shared isle, of procrasti-nation.
> >
> > :-)
> >
> > (The procrastination of the United States of America?)
> >
> > :-)
> >
> > So, keep your fingers crossed, let's hear some good ideas--
> >
> > And please, keep mums the word, for now.
> >
> > (Or, if not, and, if you're so inclined, at least send your mum, some
> > mums...)
> >
> > ;-)
> >
> > Best, Jim Burns
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Mb-hair mailing list
> > Mb-hair@islandlists.com
> > http://www.islandlists.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mb-hair
> _______________________________________________
> Mb-hair mailing list
> Mb-hair@islandlists.com
> http://www.islandlists.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mb-hair
>
> _______________________________________________
> Mb-hair mailing list
> Mb-hair@islandlists.com
> http://www.islandlists.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mb-hair

From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Tue Sep 13 21:12:18 2005
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Tue Sep 13 21:17:40 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] neither am i for that matter
Message-ID: <001201c5b8e2$7f7cc450$6e436c42@hotprojects>


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From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Tue Sep 13 21:18:11 2005
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Tue Sep 13 21:23:42 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] the one who owns the ball of wax
Message-ID: <002001c5b8e3$519f2b80$6e436c42@hotprojects>

little jimmy
is the one who puts down the money for tams witmark option successfully in a viable venue in a major city

eg could be the fox in atlanta ; etc 
would be nice to get okay on non conventional venue
in nyc but i wouldnt hold my breath

to shake lose first class option
i would estimate one might have to show
20 - 50 million US verifiable

anyway second class option
with at least 500k behind it
optimally quite a bit more

in a major city
thats whos in charge little jimmy
and dont try and eat me sonny\
thats why im barrys partner
and youre asking me questions about a vehicle
you havent seen

as they say in the magic show
face it kid youre out of your league

oh and also little jimmy you need to check your mathematics

i am not much older than you
i am 4 years older than you
you didnt do well at math>?
peace

and dont ever try and rip me off
i take a really dim view of it

richard in the project pit
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From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Tue Sep 13 21:23:11 2005
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Tue Sep 13 21:28:39 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] oh add to that the media
Message-ID: <000d01c5b8e4$04b4a8d0$6e436c42@hotprojects>

500k, major city; major novel media coverage
( and remember the critics are not disposed towards you
eg they just ate two gentlemen of verona alive in the park this summer )

oh

then you have to be able to pull it off

ill race you any time little jimmy
if im in the mood
with one foot tied behind my back

" richard haase came up with my idea "

thats just nasty

little jimmy
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From sherwin at aceross.com  Tue Sep 13 21:27:22 2005
From: sherwin at aceross.com (Sherwin Ross)
Date: Tue Sep 13 21:33:09 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] a rant
In-Reply-To: <21115-43279EC2-39@storefull-3272.bay.webtv.net>
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From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Tue Sep 13 21:27:57 2005
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Tue Sep 13 21:33:29 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] for berger you need someone exciting
Message-ID: <002001c5b8e4$af01eb40$6e436c42@hotprojects>

blow down the doors the way jimmy still has it going on
but more so

maybe some music people as opposed to bdwy
people
chaka kahn etc
i dont know
have aguilera sing aquarius

something exciting and jerryish for berger

gene simmons i dont know
david bowie lol
i think sherwin would be better than ben right now

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From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Tue Sep 13 21:28:23 2005
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Tue Sep 13 21:33:45 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] think music people
Message-ID: <002d01c5b8e4$be8d1b20$6e436c42@hotprojects>


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From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Tue Sep 13 21:41:44 2005
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Tue Sep 13 21:47:10 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] someone needs to hit the table with a half a million
	bucks or better
Message-ID: <005601c5b8e6$9bdf78f0$6e436c42@hotprojects>

and the rights and a venue
and they need to do it rapidly

beacuse the first class production is all but inked
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From georgeberger69 at yahoo.com  Tue Sep 13 21:45:52 2005
From: georgeberger69 at yahoo.com (James Pappaconstantine)
Date: Tue Sep 13 21:51:23 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Where's the LOVE?
Message-ID: <20050914044552.39815.qmail@web54207.mail.yahoo.com>

Man... the other night was so cool and the room was so full of Peace and Love and Flowers.. and I for one couldn't wait to read all the reviews and see the photos and what not.. and it seemed to be going that way but then all this word fighting??? Isn't there enough fighting going on in the world? Do we really need to do it here? Just my 2 cents. JIM

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From jameshburns at webtv.net  Tue Sep 13 21:49:36 2005
From: jameshburns at webtv.net (Jim Burns)
Date: Tue Sep 13 21:55:17 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Walter Michael Harris
In-Reply-To: mb-hair-request@islandlists.com's message of Tue, 13 Sep 2005
	19:33:48 -0700
Message-ID: <9958-4327ABE0-1114@storefull-3271.bay.webtv.net>


How could I have possibly left Walter Michael Harris's name off that
list?

I must be stupified!

Particularly because, "What a Piece of Work Is Man," when I was growing
up, was always one of my Dad's favorite parts of the HAIR original cast
recording.

And probably some weird mind trick, because I've been meaning to write a
seperate entry about how spectacular the job Michael did Saturday night
was, seamlessly leading the gathered through the evenings role-call of
pleasures.

And the fact that he made it look effortless...  Well, that's the real
art of the grand em-cee, and host.

And I've now had the pleasure of seeing Michael act as moderator for two
very different sessions--the first, La Mama's tribute to his family. And
I'm sure helping to tell your family's story, WITH your family
there--all that Gotham theatrical history in one place, had to present
all of its own marvelous set of challenges.

But I'm betting there was an interesting bonus for Michael, as he played
the piano, Saturday night, for the gathered's reprise of so many HAIR
songs. 
 
He was both the maestro, and the focal point, for all that marvelous
energy.

Best, Jim Burns

From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Tue Sep 13 22:08:52 2005
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Tue Sep 13 22:14:21 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] sorry to lose my cool
Message-ID: <000801c5b8ea$66970b00$6e436c42@hotprojects>

but i feel deeply and without malice
that people who claim credit for other peoples ideas
are just one of the worst things in this business
obviously everybody was reading the posts
and saw who said what
you never made such a suggestion to anyone on this list jim
not about the concert as i suggested it 
nor about the senior production
these werent your ideas
they were mine
and if they were someone elses
i would properly credit them
i never took another persons idea in my life
with my own catologue of projects i surely dont need to

in any event again
the one who controls this is the one who gets a venue 500k
and an appropriate context
eg you have to explain at least summarily why theyre old
it could be as simple as hippies remembering
it could be a production of hair being put on ten years in the future in a senior center
i dont know
but one would have to explain the context

but a hair concert might be nice and economically feasible

keith carradine could be berger

whos got a big head of hair like jerry and is of that period?

with a big rock voice etc



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From jameshburns at webtv.net  Tue Sep 13 22:12:35 2005
From: jameshburns at webtv.net (Jim Burns)
Date: Tue Sep 13 22:17:56 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Gracious Blessings, (Or, Gee,
	Where Did All That Hostility Come From?)
In-Reply-To: mb-hair-request@islandlists.com's message of Tue, 13 Sep 2005
	21:55:23 -0700
Message-ID: <9968-4327B143-16@storefull-3271.bay.webtv.net>


You seem to have gotten hung up on a choice of words. 

So, let's put it this way.

I had this idea, a while back...

And then you had it, as well!

(Actually, I think, rather I know, I first thought of this around 1998.
Not a terribly difficult idea, by the way! And, then, a whole bunch of
things came up, incuding, ultimately, the Encores! HAIR.)

So, why all the anger!

Misplaced!

:-)

By the way, your dollar figures are way, way off.

The way these concert performances are done is as CHARITY BENEFITS.

It's the only way they're affordable.

Much of the work, and facilities, are at ridclously low costs.

And the rights holders make their work available, because it IS for
charity.

(Stephen Schwartz, as you probaly know. has been particularly generous,
in recent years--and should give you  an idea of the caliber of talent
that will avail themselves, for these benefits.)

And the media is virtually free. Many publicists offer their services
nearly gratis, on this type of project.

(And in a situation where you have a great media story, such as this,
the media is ANXIOUS to cover it. As I've told many folks throughout the
years, one of the only advantages of what seems to sometimes have become
an  instant-media, is that THEY NEED TIME TO FILL, and PAGES TO RUN. If
you have a great story that can fill one-to-three minutes, or some
column inches, producers and editors are often thrilled to assign a
reporter.

(I think I mentioned all this, in some email exchange, here, with
MB--Because it's something important for political activists to
remember, as well. If you can cache a story in an appealing way, the
media can be more than your friend--at least, if you're trying to get a
point of view across.)


So, just as a point of info, for all of you who might be interested in
these type of events--

The budgets, for even the most spectacular, are often around $25,000,
and almost never ever over $100,000--And that's for only the really big
productions.

Remember, if you're selling 1000 tickets, at $70 to $100 apiece, you're
only going to gross about seventy grand. So, to raise any kind of money
for a charity--and we're not talking about one of those deals where the
main money is actually being raised by a concurrent dinner, and/or
ball--the costs have to be low.

And, in one of the many gracious blessings of the Broadway, and
theatrical community, that's recognized.

Best, Jim Burns

From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Tue Sep 13 22:17:58 2005
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Tue Sep 13 22:24:27 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Gracious Blessings, (Or, Gee,
	Where Did All That Hostility Come From?)
References: <9968-4327B143-16@storefull-3271.bay.webtv.net>
Message-ID: <001701c5b8eb$acd9d6f0$6e436c42@hotprojects>

no sir
my figures are not off
the benefits you describe would draw no one
i am talking about something with enough of an engine
with enough fat on the bones
to make the thing go


listen go agead i am stupid to get involved in this
i got other things to do
send me a ticket please

and no jim you didnt have this idea awhile back

encores may have but you didnt
also the encores project is a different entity


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Burns" <jameshburns@webtv.net>
To: <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 1:12 AM
Subject: [Mb-hair] Gracious Blessings, (Or, Gee,Where Did All That Hostility
Come From?)


>
> You seem to have gotten hung up on a choice of words.
>
> So, let's put it this way.
>
> I had this idea, a while back...
>
> And then you had it, as well!
>
> (Actually, I think, rather I know, I first thought of this around 1998.
> Not a terribly difficult idea, by the way! And, then, a whole bunch of
> things came up, incuding, ultimately, the Encores! HAIR.)
>
> So, why all the anger!
>
> Misplaced!
>
> :-)
>
> By the way, your dollar figures are way, way off.
>
> The way these concert performances are done is as CHARITY BENEFITS.
>
> It's the only way they're affordable.
>
> Much of the work, and facilities, are at ridclously low costs.
>
> And the rights holders make their work available, because it IS for
> charity.
>
> (Stephen Schwartz, as you probaly know. has been particularly generous,
> in recent years--and should give you  an idea of the caliber of talent
> that will avail themselves, for these benefits.)
>
> And the media is virtually free. Many publicists offer their services
> nearly gratis, on this type of project.
>
> (And in a situation where you have a great media story, such as this,
> the media is ANXIOUS to cover it. As I've told many folks throughout the
> years, one of the only advantages of what seems to sometimes have become
> an  instant-media, is that THEY NEED TIME TO FILL, and PAGES TO RUN. If
> you have a great story that can fill one-to-three minutes, or some
> column inches, producers and editors are often thrilled to assign a
> reporter.
>
> (I think I mentioned all this, in some email exchange, here, with
> MB--Because it's something important for political activists to
> remember, as well. If you can cache a story in an appealing way, the
> media can be more than your friend--at least, if you're trying to get a
> point of view across.)
>
>
> So, just as a point of info, for all of you who might be interested in
> these type of events--
>
> The budgets, for even the most spectacular, are often around $25,000,
> and almost never ever over $100,000--And that's for only the really big
> productions.
>
> Remember, if you're selling 1000 tickets, at $70 to $100 apiece, you're
> only going to gross about seventy grand. So, to raise any kind of money
> for a charity--and we're not talking about one of those deals where the
> main money is actually being raised by a concurrent dinner, and/or
> ball--the costs have to be low.
>
> And, in one of the many gracious blessings of the Broadway, and
> theatrical community, that's recognized.
>
> Best, Jim Burns
>
> _______________________________________________
> Mb-hair mailing list
> Mb-hair@islandlists.com
> http://www.islandlists.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mb-hair

From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Tue Sep 13 22:19:21 2005
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Tue Sep 13 22:24:47 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Gracious Blessings, (Or, Gee,
	Where Did All That Hostility Come From?)
References: <9968-4327B143-16@storefull-3271.bay.webtv.net>
Message-ID: <001e01c5b8eb$dd3e2530$6e436c42@hotprojects>

you could be more mistaken
as someone holding the rights to a major company of a major steven schwartz
musical in nyc
i can safely tell you mr schwartz is extremely careful about who he gives
his rights to

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Burns" <jameshburns@webtv.net>
To: <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 1:12 AM
Subject: [Mb-hair] Gracious Blessings, (Or, Gee,Where Did All That Hostility
Come From?)


>
> You seem to have gotten hung up on a choice of words.
>
> So, let's put it this way.
>
> I had this idea, a while back...
>
> And then you had it, as well!
>
> (Actually, I think, rather I know, I first thought of this around 1998.
> Not a terribly difficult idea, by the way! And, then, a whole bunch of
> things came up, incuding, ultimately, the Encores! HAIR.)
>
> So, why all the anger!
>
> Misplaced!
>
> :-)
>
> By the way, your dollar figures are way, way off.
>
> The way these concert performances are done is as CHARITY BENEFITS.
>
> It's the only way they're affordable.
>
> Much of the work, and facilities, are at ridclously low costs.
>
> And the rights holders make their work available, because it IS for
> charity.
>
> (Stephen Schwartz, as you probaly know. has been particularly generous,
> in recent years--and should give you  an idea of the caliber of talent
> that will avail themselves, for these benefits.)
>
> And the media is virtually free. Many publicists offer their services
> nearly gratis, on this type of project.
>
> (And in a situation where you have a great media story, such as this,
> the media is ANXIOUS to cover it. As I've told many folks throughout the
> years, one of the only advantages of what seems to sometimes have become
> an  instant-media, is that THEY NEED TIME TO FILL, and PAGES TO RUN. If
> you have a great story that can fill one-to-three minutes, or some
> column inches, producers and editors are often thrilled to assign a
> reporter.
>
> (I think I mentioned all this, in some email exchange, here, with
> MB--Because it's something important for political activists to
> remember, as well. If you can cache a story in an appealing way, the
> media can be more than your friend--at least, if you're trying to get a
> point of view across.)
>
>
> So, just as a point of info, for all of you who might be interested in
> these type of events--
>
> The budgets, for even the most spectacular, are often around $25,000,
> and almost never ever over $100,000--And that's for only the really big
> productions.
>
> Remember, if you're selling 1000 tickets, at $70 to $100 apiece, you're
> only going to gross about seventy grand. So, to raise any kind of money
> for a charity--and we're not talking about one of those deals where the
> main money is actually being raised by a concurrent dinner, and/or
> ball--the costs have to be low.
>
> And, in one of the many gracious blessings of the Broadway, and
> theatrical community, that's recognized.
>
> Best, Jim Burns
>
> _______________________________________________
> Mb-hair mailing list
> Mb-hair@islandlists.com
> http://www.islandlists.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mb-hair

From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Tue Sep 13 22:28:22 2005
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Tue Sep 13 22:33:39 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] anyway dont mean to upset anyone
Message-ID: <008301c5b8ed$1faa94c0$6e436c42@hotprojects>

sorry to everyone
send me a ticket

im sure jim will put together something lovely
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From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Tue Sep 13 22:30:32 2005
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Tue Sep 13 22:35:49 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] also i should pt out 
Message-ID: <008c01c5b8ed$6cf2ab50$6e436c42@hotprojects>

that if the authors get wind and decide to put up a concert;
then i would tend to think theyre the ones in charge
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From cpreston2 at tds.net  Tue Sep 13 22:31:33 2005
From: cpreston2 at tds.net (Charles Preston)
Date: Tue Sep 13 22:36:51 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] What a trip it's great
Message-ID: <009c01c5b8ed$92b1c150$0400a8c0@CHARLES>

Ha folks these are great photos, and YES lets do a show with the old timers.
Hi Sherwin
Hi Richard I now know what you look like.
Everyone is so great, I am having a blast seeing everyone

Peace and Love ~~Charles~~


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From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Tue Sep 13 22:34:54 2005
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Tue Sep 13 22:40:19 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] What a trip it's great
References: <009c01c5b8ed$92b1c150$0400a8c0@CHARLES>
Message-ID: <003401c5b8ee$094ebed0$6e436c42@hotprojects>

yes peace and love everyone
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Charles Preston 
  To: mb-hair@islandlists.com 
  Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 1:31 AM
  Subject: [Mb-hair] What a trip it's great


  Ha folks these are great photos, and YES lets do a show with the old timers.
  Hi Sherwin
  Hi Richard I now know what you look like.
  Everyone is so great, I am having a blast seeing everyone

  Peace and Love ~~Charles~~





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From cpreston2 at tds.net  Tue Sep 13 22:49:20 2005
From: cpreston2 at tds.net (Charles Preston)
Date: Tue Sep 13 22:54:38 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Ha Richard
Message-ID: <00cb01c5b8f0$0ead08d0$0400a8c0@CHARLES>

I just got word that the lady that was going to buy my house is now looking a backing out because of the contractor she had go look at. He is a 21 year old know it all that dells with multi million dollar houses that are made out of materials used in today's building of housing not real wood if you know what I mean. Presswood and glue and that kind of crap. He just stabbed me in the back. Oh well
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From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Tue Sep 13 22:58:04 2005
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Tue Sep 13 23:03:33 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Ha Richard
References: <00cb01c5b8f0$0ead08d0$0400a8c0@CHARLES>
Message-ID: <001601c5b8f1$45c191f0$6e436c42@hotprojects>

sorry charles
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Charles Preston 
  To: mb-hair@islandlists.com 
  Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 1:49 AM
  Subject: [Mb-hair] Ha Richard


  I just got word that the lady that was going to buy my house is now looking a backing out because of the contractor she had go look at. He is a 21 year old know it all that dells with multi million dollar houses that are made out of materials used in today's building of housing not real wood if you know what I mean. Presswood and glue and that kind of crap. He just stabbed me in the back. Oh well
  Peace and Love  ~~Charles~~ 


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From bev at beverlybremers.com  Tue Sep 13 23:43:55 2005
From: bev at beverlybremers.com (Beverly Bremers)
Date: Tue Sep 13 23:49:21 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Where's the LOVE?
Message-ID: <20050914064355.6CCB62F93F@ws6-3.us4.outblaze.com>

I second that emotion!! What's the matter with you guys? You just sucked
all the juice out of the beautiful  HAIR fruit! Shame on you!

Meanwhile, didn't someone just do an all-star concert of the show?

Beverly

PS - Love those pictures of the reunion and tales of fun and love! Keep
'em comin'!



  ----- Original Message -----
  From: "James Pappaconstantine"
  To: Mb-hair@islandlists.com
  Subject: [Mb-hair] Where's the LOVE?
  Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 21:45:52 -0700 (PDT)

  Man... the other night was so cool and the room was so full of Peace
  and Love and Flowers.. and I for one couldn't wait to read all the
  reviews and see the photos and what not.. and it seemed to be going
  that way but then all this word fighting??? Isn't there enough
  fighting going on in the world? Do we really need to do it here? Just
  my 2 cents. JIM

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From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Wed Sep 14 04:33:33 2005
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Wed Sep 14 04:38:51 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] anyway i dont want any bad vibes either
Message-ID: <013801c5b920$23a3da40$6e436c42@hotprojects>

I apologize to the group and to jim for my part in the conflict
peace

but jim tip
next time trying saying

i was thinking that too

or i too have worked at that idea etc

or i had a similar idea myself 
instead of what you said

you need to take a moment respectfully jim 
and think about how you came across
i was very offended

back to the matter at hand

HAIR CONCERT FOR NEW ORLEANS

?

( and it doesnt matter whose idea it was; what is important in this context is that it gets done if possible )
?

it would have to be a 50,000 bill for New Orleans per night
PUT IT ON TELEVISION
or like these various mini music telethons for the new orleans cause
springing up on all channels

the real thing to do would be to tie it in with one of the cable channels
and collect pledges over the air

just the way you thought of it right jim?
lol

thats a possibility

THEY ARE SHORT FOR PRODUCT FOR THESE MINI TELETHONS
if you look at them while there are nice performances
a lot of it seems thrown together
and quantitatively there is a lot of no name talent etc

ill bet you the tv stations would put it on

then youd raise a million plus

?


anyway jim lets be friends fights are part of life and the business
its a growing process

jim thats something useful you could do with that mouth and the hooplah etc
you wanna do something important>?
go to the tv station jims; i am so busy i dont have the time


see if MSNBC will run it at midnight
theyre repeating programs anyway and have low ratings tv wise
would be very glad for something hot to boost their ratings it seems to me
or one of the MTV channels ( off time ) ( non peak )

JIM TAKE THAT BEAUTIFUL LETTER WRITING ABILITY AND GO TO MSNBC!!!!!!!


SEE?
HOWS THAT FOR CONSTRUCTIVE???
RUN JIM 
( JIMS GOT A GOOD GIFT OF GAB; I THINK HE COULD CLOSE THEM )

???????

GO TO MSNBC
( OR OTHER CABLE NETWORK IF YOU THINK UP ONE WITH BETTER ATTRIBUTES )

HAIR FOR NEW ORLEANS

bet ya theyd carry it
?
and it would be great publicity for the show as well
very good karma all around

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From peacefreak at metrocast.net  Wed Sep 14 04:52:08 2005
From: peacefreak at metrocast.net (Leo)
Date: Wed Sep 14 04:57:23 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: Greetings from LaGuardia High School
References: <200509140455.j8E4tN5T009401@dune.islandtechnologies.net>
Message-ID: <000601c5b922$bbde6cb0$6401a8c0@Leo>


----- Original Message ----- 
 From: "Ross Tatum" <rgrady@rcn.com>
 Subject: [Mb-hair] Greetings from LaGuardia High School

.......... P.S.S. first estimate on scaffolding came in around $14,000. 
Anyone know where we can get it cheap or on loan?..............


First of all Ross congrats on getting this lovefest cast! Wow, a tribe of 
37!! That's huge man! I take it you worked things out with your Sheila 
situation?
Secondly, it was great to see you again at La Mama. What a magical, far out 
night.
Now the scaffolding situation. We got the use of our scaffolding for free. 
We did this by contacting painters in the area to see if they had 
scaffolding that they wouldn't be using over the next 2 month period. In 
exchange for the use of their scaffolding we ran them an ad in our playbill 
and donated some tickets to their company. It worked like a charm and beats 
the bejeezus outa spending $14000!!! Give it a shot my brother. If that dead 
ends (hmmm, sounds like a song title) try contacting rental places and see 
if they'll whip you up a deal! Was this $14000 to purchase the scaffolding?

PEACE,
Leo 


From fotoblue at flash.net  Tue Sep 13 22:38:42 2005
From: fotoblue at flash.net (fotoblue@flash.net)
Date: Wed Sep 14 05:57:52 2005
Subject: FW: [Mb-hair] Re some of my reunion photos - a fantastic night!
Message-ID: <380-22005931453842122@M2W033.mail2web.com>

arrgghh
  from a very frustrated Dagmar

 I have spent an entire hour and a half now, DETERMINED to open and save
your 
pictures, and it's just not working.
 they eventually open - only the numbers that don't have an % in front of
them 
(these are double files anyway, why send two??)

and when I try to save them to my desktop, it just won't do it. I wanted
the shot in 
particular with the three authors on the roof of the Ukrainian Hall. Who
are the two 
guys standing with the photograph?? Since there's a hand holding the
blow-up, I 
cannot se if I did get photocredit, as Nina had promised. I hope so!!

I also tried to forward the entire message to my other mailbox that has
more space.
fotoblue@flash.net is currently full to capacity with the huge files.

 got the one with the cake and Jimon the mike to open up, but could not
save it to my 
desktop either.
HELP!


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From: Amerifilm Casting, Inc. info@amerifilmcasting.com
Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 16:03:29 -0400
To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re some of my reunion photos - a fantastic night!


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From fotoblue at flash.net  Tue Sep 13 23:00:52 2005
From: fotoblue at flash.net (fotoblue@flash.net)
Date: Wed Sep 14 05:57:58 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Photos from The Be In
Message-ID: <380-2200593146052238@M2W036.mail2web.com>

THANKS,  Sherwin, they are beginning to open...

I opened one pic also from of the Ameriflm set, the cake looked SO
American! 
great!
Was it edible at all??

here's my latest take of a food picture,   attached.
That's a cangaroo-rattail, not a toothpick, hanging out of roadrunner
Raffaello's beak.
The little rat was a drowning victim from my pool...
;-(, 
but nothing gets wasted around here.

P&L

Dagmar

Original Message:
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From: Sherwin Ross sherwin@aceross.com
Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 12:14:03 -0700
To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
Subject: [Mb-hair] Photos from The Be In


Dear Tribe,

 

Thank you for the opportunity to dance like no one was watching and to sing
as if the whole world heard what we were singing:-)

 

Sherwin Ross

 

http://www.aceross.com/BEIN2005.htm

 

Enjoy the photos they may be used without my permission:-)

 



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From jameshburns at webtv.net  Wed Sep 14 05:59:56 2005
From: jameshburns at webtv.net (Jim Burns)
Date: Wed Sep 14 06:05:08 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] I Say Let Them Eat Cake
In-Reply-To: mb-hair-request@islandlists.com's message of Wed, 14 Sep 2005
	05:58:42 -0700
Message-ID: <8086-43281ECC-176@storefull-3276.bay.webtv.net>


Now, Dagmar, I am personally offended that you would suggest that a cake
that looks so American would not be edible.

:-)

It was delicious!

(But, I'm old enought, that these "photo" cakes, or whatever they're
called, still astonish me!)

Best, Jim

From michael at michaelbutler.com  Wed Sep 14 06:05:03 2005
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Wed Sep 14 06:11:52 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] a few more photos - sorry if the way I do it takes
	a long time to open
In-Reply-To: <007c01c5b8a0$95421020$6b00a8c0@djb>
Message-ID: <BF4D983F.2407E%michael@michaelbutler.com>

Good point. Either do as Leo & Sherwin with links. If you are going to send
.jpg then reduce the size of each.
Michael

> a few more photos - sorry if the way I do it takes a longTo whoever sent these
> (and the previous email),
> 
> They did take a very long time to download (I only have a dial-up connection)
> and I can't even open them!  I'm loving all the photos, but it really is best
> if people use one of the other methods, such as providing a link to another
> location (like Leo & Sherwin did).  Sending a lot of jpeg files is probably
> not the best way.
> 
> Otherwise, all the stories and reports have been delightful and uplifting to
> hear.  I almost do feel like I was there (love that cake!) and I've been
> bursting with the music...
> love, Doris 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Amerifilm Casting, Inc.
> To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
> Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2005 4:09 PM
> Subject: [Mb-hair] a few more photos - sorry if the way I do it takes a long
> time to open
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
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From michael at intrafi.com  Wed Sep 14 06:16:02 2005
From: michael at intrafi.com (michael)
Date: Wed Sep 14 06:21:32 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Article from Tom Dispatch
Message-ID: <200509141316.j8EDG2ev012864@thor.thenation.com>

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From michael at michaelbutler.com  Wed Sep 14 06:27:45 2005
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Wed Sep 14 06:34:37 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Greetings from LaGuardia High School N.Y.C.
In-Reply-To: <000401c5b8d6$7a55c280$2002a8c0@Grady>
Message-ID: <BF4D9D91.24089%michael@michaelbutler.com>

Ross,
Wish I was in NYC and I would jump into help. I would like to suggest that
you expand the tribe by 3. Get 3 PA's to handle different areas Artistic,
Business, Sales. All are equally important. If you are going to be
Producer/Director you need some others hands. Good way to teach kids about
that side of the Arts.
Michael
PS if you need this expanded on let me know

> We have a cast of 37, Halleluiah! All the kids are very excited and
> raring to go. We had four marathon days of auditions right before the
> reunion at LaMa and are blessed to have Natalie Mosco and Robert Camuto
> as consultants. Michael, Nina and Bill Swiggert stopped by to add to the
> magic of a movement/singing audition that was pretty spectacular. We'll
> have a read-thru and costume measurements this week and then start the
> exploratory/sensitivity work next week. Our musical director comes in on
> the 22nd. Plenty of time for myself and the cast to bond as a tribe and
> for the kids to choose a name for the tribe.  Oh, what bliss! Many
> thanks to everyone who has been supportive of this production thus far.
> Peace and Love,
> Ross
> P.S. If you'd like to send a greeting to the cast (soon to be tribe)
> regarding the magic of Hair and your own personal experiences please
> feel free. They'd love to hear from you as would I.
> P.S.S. first estimate on scaffolding came in around $14,000. Anyone know
> where we can get it cheap or on loan?
> 
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From venuetheatre at juno.com  Wed Sep 14 06:49:39 2005
From: venuetheatre at juno.com (venuetheatre@juno.com)
Date: Wed Sep 14 06:56:20 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: Squabbles Mb-hair Digest, Vol 15, Issue 21
Message-ID: <20050914.094939.2440.2.venuetheatre@juno.com>

There is an old theatre saying  "Leave your Ego at the door"
I think this is very appropriate here.

Yes, Beveryly, what a shame to suck all the good out of a nice reunion
with all of this.

Come on guys, get over yourselves.  Who cares whose "idea" it was.  
I suggested it after the FIRST reunion in 1979!
So there!

Corinne



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From michael at michaelbutler.com  Wed Sep 14 06:56:02 2005
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Wed Sep 14 07:03:06 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] QUIT IT!
In-Reply-To: <20050914064355.6CCB62F93F@ws6-3.us4.outblaze.com>
Message-ID: <BF4DA432.2408F%michael@michaelbutler.com>

QUIT IT!
If you guys want to fight do it off the HAIR list. Not in our space to be
hogged with personal unpleasantness. No one can claim such ideas as being
theirs alone. Many of us have had these thoughts and ideas.
I agree with Jim P. and Beverly.
Shame on you
Peace and Love
Michael

> I second that emotion!! What's the matter with you guys? You just sucked
> all the juice out of the beautiful  HAIR fruit! Shame on you!
> 
> Meanwhile, didn't someone just do an all-star concert of the show?
> 
> Beverly
> 
> PS - Love those pictures of the reunion and tales of fun and love! Keep
> 'em comin'!
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "James Pappaconstantine"
> To: Mb-hair@islandlists.com
> Subject: [Mb-hair] Where's the LOVE?
> Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 21:45:52 -0700 (PDT)
> 
> Man... the other night was so cool and the room was so full of Peace
> and Love and Flowers.. and I for one couldn't wait to read all the
> reviews and see the photos and what not.. and it seemed to be going
> that way but then all this word fighting??? Isn't there enough
> fighting going on in the world? Do we really need to do it here? Just
> my 2 cents. JIM
> 
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From lbirdie at hotmail.com  Wed Sep 14 07:22:52 2005
From: lbirdie at hotmail.com (Little Birdie)
Date: Wed Sep 14 07:28:07 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Where's the LOVE?
In-Reply-To: <20050914064355.6CCB62F93F@ws6-3.us4.outblaze.com>
Message-ID: <BAY104-F36803FE12F430E23626AEAB29F0@phx.gbl>

What a total drag it was to wake up to this fighting on the list when we 
should be glorying in what transpired last Saturday night.  I agree 
completely with those who have asked that it stop.

If people want to fight let me say it yet again: TAKE IT OFF THE LIST!!! Do 
not do it here ever again. I truly am getting tired of having to say this 
over and over. It is in the FAQ and is a condition of people being allowed 
to be members of this list.

As to your subject matter, there are at least 5 Hair concert projects in 
development that I am aware of, and probably many more that I am not aware 
of, so to argue over who had the idea first is ridiculous. Let's talk about 
Hair and the reunion and let's enjoy the love that we generated this 
weekend.
Nina

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From lbirdie at hotmail.com  Wed Sep 14 07:28:49 2005
From: lbirdie at hotmail.com (Little Birdie)
Date: Wed Sep 14 07:34:03 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: Squabbles Mb-hair Digest, Vol 15, Issue 21
In-Reply-To: <20050914.094939.2440.2.venuetheatre@juno.com>
Message-ID: <BAY104-F8667A3B44BC09A39BDDE4B29F0@phx.gbl>

Dear Corinne,

Getting to meet you and give you a hug was one of the high lights of the 
reunion for me! It was all too brief though - come visit! And you too dear 
Robin and Suzie. And Leo, and Jim and Sib and Dauber and so many others.
What a night it was!
Love,
Nina

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From michael at intrafi.com  Wed Sep 14 08:26:24 2005
From: michael at intrafi.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Wed Sep 14 08:32:56 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Act Now - Don't Let the Governor Veto the Civil Marriage
	Act
Message-ID: <20050914152624.7720.639.qmail@web5.getactive.com>

Dear Friend,

Time is running out! I need you to join me and tell Governor
Schwarzenegger to sign the Civil Marriage and Religious Freedom
Protection Act TODAY.

For the first time in U.S. history, both houses of a state
legislature passed a bill allowing civil marriage for same sex
couples. But Governor Schwarzenegger is planning to
single-handedly halt the expansion of basic civil rights to
everyone in the state.

Click here to tell Schwarzenegger to sign the Civil Marriage and
Religious Freedom Protection Act. 
http://action.angelides.com/campaign/civilmarriage

Signing the Civil Marriage and Religious Freedom Protection Act
into law would move California forward on the right side of
history by affording the same rights to all Californians,
regardless of sexual orientation.

But Governor Schwarzenegger has said that he will veto the Civil
Marriage and Religious Freedom Protection Act passed by both
houses of the California State Legislature. 

Don't let Schwarzenegger veto the bill! Click here to tell
Schwarzenegger to sign the Civil Marriage and Religious Freedom
Protection Act.
http://action.angelides.com/campaign/civilmarriage

This is a critical time in our history and we must do what is
right. As recently as the late-1940's interracial marriages were
banned in the US - until California was the first to lift its
ban, thus leading the way to ending decades of discrimination. 
California must continue to be at the forefront in the great
fight against discrimination of any kind. 

The Governor has until October 8th to sign the Civil Marriage
and Religious Freedom Protection Act into law. Stand with us and
tell the Governor to sign the bill and make history for
California. 

Click here to tell the Governor to do what is right for all
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This bill affects all Californians, regardless of sexual
orientation, and we must stand up for the liberties and equality
all Californians deserve. After you have sent your message,
please tell your family and friends to sign it as well. Together
we can move California forward to the right side of history. 

Thanks!
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From michael at michaelbutler.com  Wed Sep 14 08:53:40 2005
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Wed Sep 14 09:00:48 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] SERIOUS OPINION from George Milman
Message-ID: <BF4DBFC4.240AC%michael@michaelbutler.com>

If one needs a glimpse of the kind of thinking that pervades our national
mind, check out this frightening article.
 
http://wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=46178
 
We do, in fact, have what could be fairly called a national mind, and,
simply put, the measure of its intellect is seen in how we vote.  The
ability of power-grabbers to exploit that superstitious, anti-scientific,
anti-intellectual national mind, accompanied by the almost axiomatic
accompaniment of a stripping away of human rights and a fading of civility
is nothing new; it has just been raised to a more lethal and politically
dangerous level than we have seen in a while.  (Actually not that long a
while, sadly.)  Yet even in an age characterized by the ability of billions
of people to access more information than has ever been available to even
the most celestially placed elite?and who are already venturing into the
cooperative richness of Web 2.0?we Democrats, patriots, do not even have an
exit strategy from our war with those who actually take seriously the kind
of nonsense blatantly expressed in so many ways in the attached article.
 
Yet we remain with our friends in our own echo chamber, locked from the
inside like that of the Republicans.  We seem content there to wallow in our
misery; at the same time turning up the polarizing volume on more and more
florid tellings of the meanness, stupidity and ineptness of our
opponents?qualities which they seem to have a dependable and endless
capacity to flash us with.  Until we recognize that our natural gravity
emanates from the critical need to focus on both immediate and long-term
plans to defeat the people standing in the way of the proper education of
our children and ourselves?science-based to clear the fog of superstition
and fear that has dogged us from the beginnings of complex thought, combined
with a study of the beauty of individual, truly free expression manifest in
the liberal arts?we are going to continue to live dangerously in
intolerance.



From barbarasiomos38 at msn.com  Wed Sep 14 10:19:08 2005
From: barbarasiomos38 at msn.com (Barbara Siomos)
Date: Wed Sep 14 10:24:24 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Echoes of an amazing evening
Message-ID: <BAY5-DAV7CCFF048848C9C4E5D4C6AB9F0@phx.gbl>

Oh Katie....

 You truly are a pure soul of HAiR and I am so happy your show worked out so well.

peace,
barbara

-----Original Message-----
From: Katie Kasben
Sent: Sun, 11 Sep 2005 22:01:57 -0700
To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Echoes of an amazing evening

Are you kidding~ OF COURSE!!!

Everyone is invited to Asheville- Anytime!!!!

My parents and I helped build our house (Well, i don't live there 
anymore...but they do)
and it is really big- plenty of room.

*At the moment, it's 1:00am and I can't sleep at all...
An eight-year dream has been fulfilled and at the moment I have only a 
million ideas of where I should go, what I should do, what I could 
create...of course I can't sleep.

**These are the times I wish I still lived in NYC or LA...nothing's open in 
Asheville this time of night...
:)

I say we all get together and take HAIR on the road and spread the groovy 
revolution!
god knows our country needs it.

Love and peace!
Katie


ALOHA NUI LOA!


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From michael at michaelbutler.com  Wed Sep 14 10:30:01 2005
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Wed Sep 14 10:37:19 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Quite a film, courtesy of Ward
Message-ID: <BF4DD65A.240BC%michael@michaelbutler.com>

wow- makes you wonder?
?
http://www.freedomunderground.org/memoryhole/pentagon.php#Main?
?


From sherwin at aceross.com  Wed Sep 14 08:57:38 2005
From: sherwin at aceross.com (Sherwin Ross)
Date: Wed Sep 14 10:37:22 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] (no subject)
Message-ID: <20050914155749.C96D613B7F6@lax-gw04.mroute.net>

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From michael at intrafi.com  Wed Sep 14 10:37:57 2005
From: michael at intrafi.com (michael@intrafi.com)
Date: Wed Sep 14 10:44:09 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] An article for you from an Economist.com reader.
Message-ID: <200509141713.NAA17090@stage-web-app.economist.com>

  
- AN ARTICLE FOR YOU, FROM ECONOMIST.COM - 

Dear  hair,

Michael Butler (michael@intrafi.com) wants you to see this article on Economist.com.



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WHEN GOVERNMENT FAILS
Sep 13th 2005  

The pathetic official response to Katrina has shocked the world. How
will it change America?

ONLY those with a special pass, and under armed guard, can now go to
the centre of New Orleans. The city, officials will tell you, is far
more dangerous than is generally believed. But just a few people, such
as scientists needing to retrieve experiments, are being allowed in. 

Much of the city is a sea of filthy water. Cars, boats, trees and
power-lines float on it in a tangled mass. The water stinks. On higher
ground some parts remain oddly untouched, save for massive oaks lying
in the road and huge plumes of smoke from various distant fires. But on
every side the city is empty. The only sound is of helicopters
overhead, dropping water on the fires. The only people are National
Guard companies at the intersections, guns at the ready--and, on St
Charles Avenue, one lone jogger, running on the streetcar tracks.

Slowly, falteringly and much too late, America began to respond this
week to the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina. Troops and
supplies poured into New Orleans, even as survivors were bused away.
The broken levees are being fixed, and water is even being pumped out.
By the weekend less than 60% of New Orleans, rather than 80%, remained
under water. Police were continuing to remove any remaining people,
sometimes by force. The death toll is still unclear. Ray Nagin, New
Orleans's mayor, talked last week of 10,000 dead, though other
officials now say it could be a lot fewer than that. 

As relief stumbles along, the political blame-game is in top gear.
George Bush and the federal government have come under fierce attack.
Though a CNN/USA TODAY/Gallup poll found that only 13% supposed the
president should take most responsibility for the relief effort, or
lack of it, both Republicans and Democrats were appalled at Mr Bush's
failure to grasp the scale of the catastrophe; shocked that his senior
staff were absent, or on holiday, while thousands of Americans were
stranded without food and water; and aghast at the bumbling response of
the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), which is charged with
coping when disasters strike. America's enemies, from Cuba to Iran,
lined up with unconcealed smirks to offer doctors and aid. 

Karl Rove, Mr Bush's political Svengali, moved into damage-control
mode. Top officials, from Donald Rumsfeld to Condoleezza Rice, were
packed off to visit the disaster zone. Mr Bush himself went back again
to hug refugees, and said, unpromisingly, that he would launch an
investigation. The White House spin-machine whirled into action, trying
to shift blame to local and state officials. The federal government,
claimed Michael Chertoff, head of the Department of Homeland Security,
had only a supporting role to play; it could not, he implied, do much
if the locals were incompetent. That did not, however, stop the
administration from unceremoniously relieving FEMA head Michael Brown
of hurricane duty on Friday September 9th and packing him off to
Washington while Thad Allen, a vice-admiral in the coast guard, took
his place. On Monday, Mr Brown announced that he was resigning from the
agency.

Local and state officials have fought their corner. Kathleen Blanco,
the Democratic governor of Louisiana, refused to let the federal
government take control of the National Guard relief effort in her
state, fearing this would allow the Bush team to blame her for any
earlier incompetence. Instead, she hired James Lee Witt, the head of
FEMA in the Clinton administration, to advise her on disaster relief. 

Pundits explained the government's failure in every way they pleased.
Anti-war types blamed Iraq, particularly the fact that thousands of
National Guard troops had been sent there. Environmental types blamed
Mr Bush's lackadaisical attitude to wetlands. Many Democrats saw it as
proof that Mr Bush and the Republicans cared nothing for America's poor
and black. Liberals argued that Katrina showed why, as James Galbraith,
a vocal leftist economist at the University of Texas, put it, the
"government of the United States must be big, demanding, ambitious and
expensive." A WALL STREET JOURNAL column, in contrast, argued that the
hurricane showed the danger of relying too heavily on inefficient
government. 

The question of racism bobbed quickly to the surface. Jesse Jackson, a
one-time presidential hopeful, set the tone. Inspecting the crowded
pavement outside the convention centre in New Orleans, he said: "This
looks like the hull of a slave ship." 

Absurd though the comparison may be, America's racial rift has been
re-opened. Almost all the desperate-looking victims on the television
news are black. That partly reflects demography--New Orleans is
two-thirds black. It also reflects poverty. Those who failed to leave
town typically did so because they had no means of transport. Some 35%
of black households lacked a car, compared with 15% of white ones. 

Nonetheless, media coverage of Katrina drew furious allegations of
subtle bias. Using the term "refugees" for those seeking refuge from
the storm was racist, apparently, and Yahoo! News drew flak for picture
captions describing a black man as "looting" and whites as "finding"
goods. The agencies that supplied the pictures retorted that the
captions reflected what their photographers had witnessed. 

Many blacks feel that, had it been whites drowning, the federal
government would have acted more swiftly to save them. An ABC poll
found them 23 percentage points more likely than whites to find fault
with Mr Bush's response. "George Bush doesn't care about black people,"
suggested Kanye West, a rapper, during a televised appeal to raise
money for the victims. His contention is hard to prove. Was the
president indifferent, or merely incompetent? Some of Mr Bush's
supporters favour a third explanation: that Mayor Nagin (who is black)
proved more adept at berating the federal government on the radio than
at implementing the city's emergency plan.

TO TEXAS, AND POINTS NORTH
Amid all this name-calling, there were a few odd winners. Wal-Mart, for
instance, a company that is often under fire from the left for the way
it treats employees, was widely praised for the efficiency and unusual
generosity of its response. The firm donated $23m to the relief effort;
promised jobs in other Wal-Marts for all employees dislocated by
Katrina; and proved far more adept than the Feds at getting supplies
quickly to where they are needed. The state of Florida, too, which is
used to these things, immediately launched an impressive pre-planned
relief effort that saw more than $40m in aid, together with teams of
doctors and nurses, despatched to neighbouring states.

Around 1m people have been displaced by Katrina. Texas has been the
destination of close to a quarter of them. Many have gone to Houston,
already the fourth-biggest city in America, to camp in the Astrodome.
Other Texas cities have also pitched in: San Antonio has offered
temporary housing for 25,000 (as well as practice fields for New
Orleans's displaced football team). In Dallas and Austin, convention
centres have become shelters.

Governor Rick Perry has been widely praised for his quick response. He
has promised extra teachers for displaced schoolchildren and, with
Texas's shelters now crammed, he is co-ordinating with other states to
take survivors. But the real test lies ahead. As time wears on, keeping
a few hundred thousand survivors fed and clothed, not to mention
pacified, is a huge challenge--especially since nobody knows when, or
whether, they will go home. 

Race is inevitably a factor. Most of the New Orleanians seeking public
shelter are poor and black. Barbara Bush, the president's mother,
earned no thanks from him for her remark that because many survivors
"were underprivileged anyway", their Astrodome quarters are "working
very well for them". Some white Texans (including many in the
Republican base) will "feel that we've got enough minorities in Texas
already," says Richard Murray, director of the Centre for Public Policy
at the University of Houston. He predicts that the early euphoria
associated with aiding survivors will probably fade, and that crime
will increase tensions.

Such sentiments are likely to be echoed in other states also accepting
refugees. Arkansas, for example, has opened its doors to more than
70,000 of them, turning National Guard armouries into "readiness
centres" and mobilising churches to take refugees into their halls. But
Arkansas is itself a poor state, with little cash to spare. 

States at the other end of the Mississippi river have also been
preparing for an influx of Katrina victims. Minnesota has agreed to
accept between 3,000 and 5,000, and will temporarily house them at a
National Guard encampment in the north-west of the state. Officials say
they have lined up longer-term housing for 2,000 evacuees. Wisconsin
has space for 1,150 Katrina victims, and will put them up at the state
fair grounds and in Milwaukee.

Ordinary citizens have also rented buses or driven down in their own
cars to pick up Katrina victims. But not many refugees are willing to
travel so far north. When one coach was sent down to Houston, most
passengers preferred to be dropped off in Dallas. Hundreds of
sympathetic families in Wisconsin and Minnesota have offered to take
Katrina victims into their homes, but, as yet, few have had their
offers accepted. 

That may be as well. Both sides are aware of the tensions that might
accrue once short-term needs are met. The refugees will overwhelmingly
be black, their hosts white; evacuees will come from a place that ranks
last in most measures of civic health and social cohesion, and will end
up in states that rank near the top in all of those measures. No wonder
the survivors would rather stay closer to home.

WHO PAYS?
Any help offered also has a price. Jim Doyle, Wisconsin's governor, is
hoping that Mr Bush will extend the state of emergency from southern
states to northern ones, so that they too can receive federal aid for
taking in thousands of people. That may be too much to hope for. 

Shortly after Katrina struck, Congress agreed to provide $10.5 billion.
But with FEMA spending $500m a day on relief and recovery, it was clear
that this would not last long. So, last Thursday, Congress approved an
additional $51.8 billion which the White House had requested. Together,
Florida's four hurricanes in 2004 cost the federal government $14
billion, while insurers paid out much more. This time, the ratio will
be reversed. 

The insurance industry is in shock. Loss-adjusters still cannot get
close enough to assess much of the damage; hundreds of them have fanned
out across the region, trying to work their way in from the edge to the
centre of the catastrophe. Latest estimates suggest that the damage to
homes, businesses and infrastructure is around $100 billion, with
private insurance claims as high as $35 billion. Some property owners
without flood insurance (which mortgage lenders require of most people
living in flood-plains) will get relief from a federal disaster-loan
programme. Only about half of property owners in New Orleans hold flood
coverage, and even fewer in hard-hit patches of Mississippi and
Alabama. 

America's insurers have had some bruises of late: 2004 was the worst
year for catastrophes on record, and this year will surpass that.
Stricter underwriting means that the industry as a whole is in better
shape than it was in 2001, but Katrina will hit profits. Reinsurers,
the big firms that provide a safety net in major disasters, will take
the brunt of the burden. For now, the majors contend they can handle
the fallout from Katrina, but losses--including those for interrupted
business--are mounting by the day. 

The broader economic fall-out of Katrina remains uncertain.
Traditionally, big hurricanes--for all their devastation--have had only
a small effect on the macroeconomy. Katrina, though, may well be a
different case. 

Forecasters have cut their expectations for GDP for the rest of the
year--the Treasury by half a percentage point, the Congressional Budget
Office (CBO) by slightly more. But some have raised them for 2006 as
reconstruction efforts boost output. The CBO fears that, from now to
the end of the year, 400,000 jobs may be lost, though employment is
"likely to rebound" later. The big unknown remains fuel costs and the
risk that high prices for petrol, let alone physical supply shortages,
will hit consumer spending hard. 

Financial markets certainly seem gloomier about the country's growth
prospects. Before Katrina hit, futures prices suggested the central
bank would continue its upward march in interest rates over the next
few months. Now, the markets reckon the Federal Reserve will cut this
process short. But the president of the Chicago Fed has sounded a
different note, emphasising the risk of higher inflation. 

And the fiscal impact could end up being sizeable. Some politicians
talked of spending more than $150 billion on recovery and relief.
Washington's budget boffins worry that all kinds of other requests will
be attached to money for Katrina relief, such as (paradoxically)
drought relief for farmers in the mid-west. Moreover, the political
aftermath of the hurricane may dampen lawmakers' already tepid
enthusiasm for budget-cutting. The 2006 budget--agreed in principle but
not in detail--is supposed to include $35 billion in budget cuts over
next five years, including in Medicaid, the federal-state health-care
programme for the poor. Politicians will be loth to do any such
trimming when America's vulnerabilities, in almost every region of
social policy, have been so ruthlessly exposed. 
 

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From cpreston2 at tds.net  Wed Sep 14 10:46:18 2005
From: cpreston2 at tds.net (Charles Preston)
Date: Wed Sep 14 10:51:34 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: [Mb-ha)Relaxtion
References: <20050914155749.C96D613B7F6@lax-gw04.mroute.net>
Message-ID: <00f601c5b954$37d22ec0$0400a8c0@CHARLES>

Looks like all they can do is have a good time in the middle of a disaster, stay on vacation all the time and get paid for it with our tax dollars and let the country go down hill. Why doesn't the public stand up and do something, are they all that afraid of our government and the law folks these days. What happened to the way we used to stand up for things back in the sixty's.

Peace & Love ~~Charles~~
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Sherwin Ross 
  To: mb-hair@islandlists.com 
  Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 11:57 AM
  Subject: [Mb-hair] (no subject)


   Precious Vacation photo of the BushesJ

   



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From barbarasiomos38 at msn.com  Wed Sep 14 11:04:48 2005
From: barbarasiomos38 at msn.com (Barbara Siomos)
Date: Wed Sep 14 11:10:04 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] La Mama Pics - Retry
Message-ID: <BAY5-DAV19F162DD0C334660B81671AB9F0@phx.gbl>

Leo....

Since i was not able to be there thank you for sending these... :-)   So nice to see many happy familiar faces....

peace and love,
barbara

-----Original Message-----
From: Leo
Sent: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 17:52:57 -0700
To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
Subject: [Mb-hair] La Mama Pics - Retry

La Mama Pics - Retry
Well that other thing didn't work but I think this will. We'll see.

PEACE,
Leo
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/schvenhead/album?.dir=/7fb4&.src=ph&.tok=phonMnDBaRF8QqjX


From barbarasiomos38 at msn.com  Wed Sep 14 13:01:47 2005
From: barbarasiomos38 at msn.com (Barbara Siomos)
Date: Wed Sep 14 13:07:06 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] a few more photos - sorry if the way I do it takes a
	long time to open
Message-ID: <BAY5-DAV2D226FAC55238B2A199E9AB9F0@phx.gbl>

Doris I have dial up also and these came up great, I had a hard time getting Sherwins photos to load... I still have not seen all of his photos they just won't load.

peace,
barbara

-----Original Message-----
From: Doris J. Brook
Sent: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 13:20:17 -0700
To: mb-hair
Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] a few more photos - sorry if the way I do it takes a long time to open

a few more photos - sorry if the way I do it takes a longTo whoever sent these (and the previous email),

They did take a very long time to download (I only have a dial-up connection) and I can't even open them!  I'm loving all the photos, but it really is best if people use one of the other methods, such as providing a link to another location (like Leo & Sherwin did).  Sending a lot of jpeg files is probably not the best way.

Otherwise, all the stories and reports have been delightful and uplifting to hear.  I almost do feel like I was there (love that cake!) and I've been bursting with the music... 
love, Doris 
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Amerifilm Casting, Inc. 
  To: mb-hair@islandlists.com 
  Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2005 4:09 PM
  Subject: [Mb-hair] a few more photos - sorry if the way I do it takes a long time to open


From sherwin at aceross.com  Wed Sep 14 13:04:44 2005
From: sherwin at aceross.com (Sherwin Ross)
Date: Wed Sep 14 13:10:07 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] a few more photos - sorry if the way I do it takes
	along time to open
In-Reply-To: <BAY5-DAV2D226FAC55238B2A199E9AB9F0@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <20050914200453.76A9B24AEDE@lax-gw02.mroute.net>

Barbara,

I will go over all the photos and make sure I reduced all the pixels.
I added a music track that requires QuickTime player.

Much Love,
sherwin

-----Original Message-----
From: mb-hair-bounces@islandlists.com
[mailto:mb-hair-bounces@islandlists.com] On Behalf Of Barbara Siomos
Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 1:02 PM
To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] a few more photos - sorry if the way I do it takes
along time to open

Doris I have dial up also and these came up great, I had a hard time getting
Sherwins photos to load... I still have not seen all of his photos they just
won't load.

peace,
barbara

-----Original Message-----
From: Doris J. Brook
Sent: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 13:20:17 -0700
To: mb-hair
Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] a few more photos - sorry if the way I do it takes a
long time to open

a few more photos - sorry if the way I do it takes a longTo whoever sent
these (and the previous email),

They did take a very long time to download (I only have a dial-up
connection) and I can't even open them!  I'm loving all the photos, but it
really is best if people use one of the other methods, such as providing a
link to another location (like Leo & Sherwin did).  Sending a lot of jpeg
files is probably not the best way.

Otherwise, all the stories and reports have been delightful and uplifting to
hear.  I almost do feel like I was there (love that cake!) and I've been
bursting with the music... 
love, Doris 
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Amerifilm Casting, Inc. 
  To: mb-hair@islandlists.com 
  Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2005 4:09 PM
  Subject: [Mb-hair] a few more photos - sorry if the way I do it takes a
long time to open


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From cpreston2 at tds.net  Wed Sep 14 13:13:00 2005
From: cpreston2 at tds.net (Charles Preston)
Date: Wed Sep 14 13:18:21 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] a few more photos - sorry if the way I do it takesalong
	time to open
References: <20050914200453.76A9B24AEDE@lax-gw02.mroute.net>
Message-ID: <011401c5b968$b62ce4e0$0400a8c0@CHARLES>

Great job Sherwin, right sound track for it.

P&L ~~Charles~~

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sherwin Ross" <sherwin@aceross.com>
To: <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 4:04 PM
Subject: RE: [Mb-hair] a few more photos - sorry if the way I do it 
takesalong time to open


> Barbara,
>
> I will go over all the photos and make sure I reduced all the pixels.
> I added a music track that requires QuickTime player.
>
> Much Love,
> sherwin
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mb-hair-bounces@islandlists.com
> [mailto:mb-hair-bounces@islandlists.com] On Behalf Of Barbara Siomos
> Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 1:02 PM
> To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
> Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] a few more photos - sorry if the way I do it takes
> along time to open
>
> Doris I have dial up also and these came up great, I had a hard time 
> getting
> Sherwins photos to load... I still have not seen all of his photos they 
> just
> won't load.
>
> peace,
> barbara
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Doris J. Brook
> Sent: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 13:20:17 -0700
> To: mb-hair
> Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] a few more photos - sorry if the way I do it takes 
> a
> long time to open
>
> a few more photos - sorry if the way I do it takes a longTo whoever sent
> these (and the previous email),
>
> They did take a very long time to download (I only have a dial-up
> connection) and I can't even open them!  I'm loving all the photos, but it
> really is best if people use one of the other methods, such as providing a
> link to another location (like Leo & Sherwin did).  Sending a lot of jpeg
> files is probably not the best way.
>
> Otherwise, all the stories and reports have been delightful and uplifting 
> to
> hear.  I almost do feel like I was there (love that cake!) and I've been
> bursting with the music...
> love, Doris
>  ----- Original Message ----- 
>  From: Amerifilm Casting, Inc.
>  To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
>  Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2005 4:09 PM
>  Subject: [Mb-hair] a few more photos - sorry if the way I do it takes a
> long time to open
>
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From fotoblue at flash.net  Wed Sep 14 13:44:03 2005
From: fotoblue at flash.net (fotoblue@flash.net)
Date: Wed Sep 14 13:49:22 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] it was a lovely magical evening 
Message-ID: <380-22005931420443837@M2W051.mail2web.com>

How sweet!  THANKS, that does make me feel a LOT better!

and BTW I was on the phone with Mary Davis last night for 117 minutes .. 
and had a first person account of the evening from her .

I forwarded all the image links to her and talked her through opening the
files 
(so it was not ALL chat!!)
;-)

Nina, if you read this, can you put her on the list??
 her email is: msmld@earthlink.net
(msmld= MsMaryLorrieDavis)

Love

Dagmar

Original Message:
-----------------
From: Wm-A Gonzalez bgonzal@rci.rutgers.edu
Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 10:21:45 -0400
To: fotoblue@flash.net, mb-hair@islandlists.com
Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] it was a lovely magical evening 



----- Original Message ----- 
From: <fotoblue@flash.net>
To: <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
Sent: Monday, September 12, 2005 7:32 PM
Subject: RE: [Mb-hair] it was a lovely magical evening


> ...reading all the accounts and messages makes me feel even more sorry for
> myself for not being able to be there!

But you were there!  Not only in spirit, but your presence was felt in your 
beautiful photographs, enlarged a displayed everywhere!

I was too young to see HAiR when it was on Broadway.  All of my 
understanding of what went on visually comes from those photographs, each
of 
which I  have studied over the last 37 years, until the most minute detail 
was ingrained in my mind.

While we all would have loved for you to be there in person, please don't 
think that you were forgotten, or left out.  You were definitely part of it 
all!

I do hope to meet you one day!

-Bil Gonzalez
(Cyber-tribe and Reunion DJ)



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From barbarasiomos38 at msn.com  Wed Sep 14 13:54:17 2005
From: barbarasiomos38 at msn.com (Barbara Siomos)
Date: Wed Sep 14 13:59:33 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Where's the LOVE?
Message-ID: <BAY5-DAV19904F01E8BF7D2BF1CFF8AB9F0@phx.gbl>

I was not there Jim but I feel/felt the L-o-v-e it is still there don't take all the other talk to heart.... :-) 

peace,
barbara

-----Original Message-----
From: James Pappaconstantine
Sent: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 21:45:52 -0700
To: Mb-hair@islandlists.com
Subject: [Mb-hair] Where's the LOVE?

Man... the other night was so cool and the room was so full of Peace and Love and Flowers.. and I for one couldn't wait to read all the reviews and see the photos and what not.. and it seemed to be going that way but then all this word fighting??? Isn't there enough fighting going on in the world? Do we really need to do it here? Just my 2 cents. JIM

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From sherwin at aceross.com  Wed Sep 14 14:00:46 2005
From: sherwin at aceross.com (Sherwin Ross)
Date: Wed Sep 14 14:06:08 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Love is in the air:)
In-Reply-To: <BAY5-DAV19904F01E8BF7D2BF1CFF8AB9F0@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <20050914210056.2AF3A9FC62@lax-gw05.mroute.net>

Dear Barbara and Dagmar,

I rechecked all the photos on www.aceross.com/BEIN2005.htm
There were some that were to large and I changed the sizes.
Please refresh your browser and let me know if that helps.
Thank you so much,

All my love,

Sherwin

-----Original Message-----
From: mb-hair-bounces@islandlists.com
[mailto:mb-hair-bounces@islandlists.com] On Behalf Of Barbara Siomos
Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 1:54 PM
To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Where's the LOVE?

I was not there Jim but I feel/felt the L-o-v-e it is still there don't take
all the other talk to heart.... :-) 

peace,
barbara

-----Original Message-----
From: James Pappaconstantine
Sent: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 21:45:52 -0700
To: Mb-hair@islandlists.com
Subject: [Mb-hair] Where's the LOVE?

Man... the other night was so cool and the room was so full of Peace and
Love and Flowers.. and I for one couldn't wait to read all the reviews and
see the photos and what not.. and it seemed to be going that way but then
all this word fighting??? Isn't there enough fighting going on in the world?
Do we really need to do it here? Just my 2 cents. JIM

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From olhippie at tampabay.rr.com  Wed Sep 14 14:11:10 2005
From: olhippie at tampabay.rr.com (Robin McNamara)
Date: Wed Sep 14 14:16:22 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: Squabbles Mb-hair Digest, Vol 15, Issue 21
References: <BAY104-F8667A3B44BC09A39BDDE4B29F0@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <003201c5b970$d4d742c0$53bc2041@CowBox>

Nina

It was so wonderful to see you too & give you a big hug & also see & hug 
Michael, Tom, Julie, & Jim, Also to meet all the "listers: Leo, Sib,& Dauber 
& all. It was an amazing night & from what I understand the next one is 
supposed to be even bigger & better if that is possible. When is that 
supposed to happen?.My evening ended at Phebe's where I hugged & said 
goodbye to Keith, Allen, Heather & Shelly. Just a magical night for me.

Love forever
Robin


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From: "Little Birdie" <lbirdie@hotmail.com>
To: <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 10:28 AM
Subject: RE: [Mb-hair] Re: Squabbles Mb-hair Digest, Vol 15, Issue 21


> Dear Corinne,
>
> Getting to meet you and give you a hug was one of the high lights of the 
> reunion for me! It was all too brief though - come visit! And you too dear 
> Robin and Suzie. And Leo, and Jim and Sib and Dauber and so many others.
> What a night it was!
> Love,
> Nina
>
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From olhippie at tampabay.rr.com  Wed Sep 14 14:19:02 2005
From: olhippie at tampabay.rr.com (Robin McNamara)
Date: Wed Sep 14 14:24:20 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: [Mb-ha)Relaxtion
References: <20050914155749.C96D613B7F6@lax-gw04.mroute.net>
	<00f601c5b954$37d22ec0$0400a8c0@CHARLES>
Message-ID: <005101c5b971$ee684120$53bc2041@CowBox>

Right on Charles we need to get the ball rolling & start a new revolution, maybe if we all stay in touch  we can start the momentum somehow, someway as we work up to the next reunion and develop a catch phase i.e."Cast of Hair reunite against the ignorance & maddness of war & our government" 

Love forever
Robin 
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Charles Preston 
  To: mb-hair@islandlists.com 
  Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 1:46 PM
  Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: [Mb-ha)Relaxtion


  Looks like all they can do is have a good time in the middle of a disaster, stay on vacation all the time and get paid for it with our tax dollars and let the country go down hill. Why doesn't the public stand up and do something, are they all that afraid of our government and the law folks these days. What happened to the way we used to stand up for things back in the sixty's.

  Peace & Love ~~Charles~~
    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Sherwin Ross 
    To: mb-hair@islandlists.com 
    Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 11:57 AM
    Subject: [Mb-hair] (no subject)


     Precious Vacation photo of the BushesJ

     



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From: cpreston2 at tds.net (Charles Preston)
Date: Wed Sep 14 14:34:35 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: [Mb-ha)Relaxtion
References: <20050914155749.C96D613B7F6@lax-gw04.mroute.net><00f601c5b954$37d22ec0$0400a8c0@CHARLES>
	<005101c5b971$ee684120$53bc2041@CowBox>
Message-ID: <002401c5b973$5f7d9350$0400a8c0@CHARLES>

Robin

The beginning should be changed to, Looks like all the Bush's and the government can do....
Thanks Robin

Peace & Love ~~Charles~~
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Robin McNamara 
  To: mb-hair@islandlists.com 
  Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 5:19 PM
  Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Re: [Mb-ha)Relaxtion


  Right on Charles we need to get the ball rolling & start a new revolution, maybe if we all stay in touch  we can start the momentum somehow, someway as we work up to the next reunion and develop a catch phase i.e."Cast of Hair reunite against the ignorance & maddness of war & our government" 

  Love forever
  Robin 
    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Charles Preston 
    To: mb-hair@islandlists.com 
    Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 1:46 PM
    Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: [Mb-ha)Relaxtion


    Looks like all they can do is have a good time in the middle of a disaster, stay on vacation all the time and get paid for it with our tax dollars and let the country go down hill. Why doesn't the public stand up and do something, are they all that afraid of our government and the law folks these days. What happened to the way we used to stand up for things back in the sixty's.

    Peace & Love ~~Charles~~
      ----- Original Message ----- 
      From: Sherwin Ross 
      To: mb-hair@islandlists.com 
      Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 11:57 AM
      Subject: [Mb-hair] (no subject)


       Precious Vacation photo of the BushesJ

       



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From jameshburns at webtv.net  Wed Sep 14 14:30:33 2005
From: jameshburns at webtv.net (Jim Burns)
Date: Wed Sep 14 14:35:49 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] TEN HOUR Theatre Peformance  Marathon,
	For Our Friends Down South
In-Reply-To: mb-hair-request@islandlists.com's message of Mon, 12 Sep 2005
	18:24:07 -0700
Message-ID: <8087-43289679-684@storefull-3276.bay.webtv.net>


Now, this sounds extraordinary, this Sunday afternoon and night, just a
few blocks, actually, from where we were the other evening. 

Jim Burns
____________

"10-Hour Marathon Hurricane Relief Benefit NY LOVES NOLA Sept. 18"

Downtown Artists Offer 10-Hour Marathon Hurricane Relief Benefit
NY LOVES NOLA
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 18

Due to overwhelming response from the artists community The Culture
Project has joined the NY LOVES NOLA benefit on September 18th as a
performance venue. The benefit now boasts 60 acts performing in a 10
hour marathon. New additions to the performance roster include Sides:
the Fear is Real, Musical of Musicals: The Musical, John Kelly, and
Ellen Foley.

The French Quarter is relocating to Noho for one night only. Spend
tonight in solidarity with your friends from New Orleans and the ravaged
Gulf coast at NY LOVES NOLA, a benefit for the American Red Cross. Your
minimum $25 donation gets you a delicious Cajun buffet at Acme Bar &
Grill, plus access to 10 hours of marathon performance at two
neighboring venues: Ace of Clubs and The Culture Project. The roster of
over 60 acts includes Charles Busch, John Cameron Mitchell, Kevin
Aviance, Penny Arcade, Madame, Bindlestiff Family Cirkus, Creation
Nation, Lisa Jackson, Meat, Carmelita Tropicana, Elephant Larry, Melissa
Rauch, the Duelling Bankheads, David Gurland, a reading of Tennessee
Williams' short play "Auto-Da-Fe" by NeoNeo Theater, a new short play
created for the event by Lizzie Simon, plus the casts of "Joy," NYMTF's
"Rooms," and FringeNYC's "Fleet Week." There is something for everyone:
rock, musical theater, pop, cabaret, burlesque, dance, drama, comedy,
drag, circus acts, magic, puppetry, performance art and more. The
generous folks at these venues are even donating all the profits from
the bar to the cause. Tonight head for one big hangover that you can be
proud of --- and help ease the headaches faced by our friends down
South.

5 PM - 1 AM
ACME BAR & GRILL / ACE OF CLUBS (9 Great Jones St. at Lafayette)
THE CULTURE PROJECT (45 Bleecker St at Lafayette)

Minimum $25 donation. No advance reservations required. Tickets are
available at the Acme door which will allow all-evening access to all 3
venues. For more information, visit www.SpinCycleNYC.com.

Current talent roster (as of 9/14/05):

Ben Curtis
Bindlestiff Family Cirkus
Carmelita Tropicana
Cashetta
Charles Busch
Cherylyn
Chris Rael
Chris Tanner & Lance Cruce
Creation Nation
Da Lypstixx
David Gurland
David Ilku / The Duelling Bankheads
Destiny Glamour
Elephant Larry
Fleet Week
Flotilla DeBarge
Hercules in High Suburbia/Ellen Foley
Iggy
Jane Goldberg
Jo Boobs
Joe Kovacs & Madame
John Cameron Mitchell
John Kelly
Joy
Julie Atlas Muz
Karen Mack
Karen Weinberg
Keo Nozari
Kevin Aviance
Linda Simpson
Lisa Jackson & Girl Friday
Lizzie Simon (with Kate Benson & Jason Egan)
Matthew Duffy
MEAT
Melissa Rauch
Michael Holland
Mini Red Satan
Musical of Musicals: The Musical
Neal Medlyn
NeoNeo Theatre
Paul Scott Goodman/Rooms
Penny Arcade
Pigloo
PJ Mahaffey/Teen Tawney
Roger Hailes
Ron Palillo
Scott Nevins
Shania Rendezvous
Shelly Watson
Sides: The Fear is Real
Sirpaul
Stan Richardson
Stewart Lewis
The Fabulous Entourage
The Great Fredini
The Striking Viking Story Pirates
the World Famous *BOB*
Xavier

From jameshburns at webtv.net  Wed Sep 14 14:34:40 2005
From: jameshburns at webtv.net (Jim Burns)
Date: Wed Sep 14 14:39:53 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] The Marathon's in Manahattan
In-Reply-To: mb-hair-request@islandlists.com's message of Mon, 12 Sep 2005
	18:24:07 -0700
Message-ID: <8088-43289770-498@storefull-3276.bay.webtv.net>


I should have made clear, in the headline...

(And on a personal note, what sort of gave me a chill, when I read that
release: I've had a couple of magical experieces in the Culture
Project's theatre space, one thanks to the actor John Spencer, in THE
EXONERATED, and the other, thanks to the lovely actress, Geraldine
Hughes, in BELFAST BLUES...)

Best, Jim Burns

From jameshburns at webtv.net  Wed Sep 14 15:11:19 2005
From: jameshburns at webtv.net (Jim Burns)
Date: Wed Sep 14 15:16:32 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] And, Have You Heard This Yet?
In-Reply-To: mb-hair-request@islandlists.com's message of Mon, 12 Sep 2005
	18:24:07 -0700
Message-ID: <8086-4328A007-959@storefull-3276.bay.webtv.net>


(From my friend, Mike Paul)


Q: What is George W. Bush's position on Roe vs. Wade? 

A: He really doesn't care how people get out of New Orleans. 


From lbirdie at hotmail.com  Wed Sep 14 16:52:59 2005
From: lbirdie at hotmail.com (Little Birdie)
Date: Wed Sep 14 16:58:13 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] it was a lovely magical evening
In-Reply-To: <380-22005931420443837@M2W051.mail2web.com>
Message-ID: <BAY104-F403F1746733956267FA25EB29F0@phx.gbl>

Dagmar wrote about Mary Davis:
>Nina, if you read this, can you put her on the list??

Done! She needs to reply to the confirmation email to complete her 
subscription. Please tell her that I really loved meeting her.

And you were definitely there in spirit. I felt you with me all evening as 
we looked at your beautiful photos. But next time I would love to get the 
chance to give you a hug in person.
Love,
Nina

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From lbirdie at hotmail.com  Wed Sep 14 17:02:13 2005
From: lbirdie at hotmail.com (Little Birdie)
Date: Wed Sep 14 17:07:32 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: Squabbles Mb-hair Digest, Vol 15, Issue 21
In-Reply-To: <003201c5b970$d4d742c0$53bc2041@CowBox>
Message-ID: <BAY104-F22937069300162A8904B60B29E0@phx.gbl>

Dear Robin,

Every time I close my eyes I am transported back to standing on the high 
riser on that stage singing Let The Sunshine In. It was indeed magical.

Anyone who shot video can you please email me at dayton3@rcn.com

Love,
Nina

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From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Wed Sep 14 17:04:32 2005
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Wed Sep 14 17:09:50 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: Squabbles Mb-hair Digest, Vol 15, Issue 21
References: <BAY104-F22937069300162A8904B60B29E0@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <001001c5b989$0cbd2e30$6e436c42@hotprojects>

nina looked like the hottest girl at a sweet 16 party
literally she looked like a teenager
and had the hottest black dress
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Little Birdie" <lbirdie@hotmail.com>
To: <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 8:02 PM
Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Re: Squabbles Mb-hair Digest, Vol 15, Issue 21


> Dear Robin,
> 
> Every time I close my eyes I am transported back to standing on the high 
> riser on that stage singing Let The Sunshine In. It was indeed magical.
> 
> Anyone who shot video can you please email me at dayton3@rcn.com
> 
> Love,
> Nina
> 
> The Hair Archives
> http://www.michaelbutler.com/hair/holding/Hair.html
> 
> 
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From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Wed Sep 14 17:09:30 2005
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Wed Sep 14 17:14:45 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] jim in jesus name in tribes name lets be friends
Message-ID: <002a01c5b989$bec07830$6e436c42@hotprojects>

can do more as allies
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From georgeberger69 at yahoo.com  Wed Sep 14 17:37:45 2005
From: georgeberger69 at yahoo.com (James Pappaconstantine)
Date: Wed Sep 14 17:42:58 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: Squabbles Mb-hair Digest, Vol 15, Issue 21
In-Reply-To: <BAY104-F8667A3B44BC09A39BDDE4B29F0@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <20050915003745.93782.qmail@web54207.mail.yahoo.com>

Thanks Nina..  Leo and I are talking now about a road trip down to see the archives... And I might even be able to add something.. I have on super 8 the first time we did Hair in 97.. and I believe I also have a 99 somewhere... I just have to find a way to transfer it onto either VHS or Disc.. (My super 8 player has a broken cord and no one makes one for it.. so.. I can veiw the tapes on it's small screen but I have no way to hook it to a TV) Anyway.. We are looking toward maybe Oct or into Nov.. Nothing in stone yet but both anxious to see the treasures. I truelly loved seeing the Carson footage.. I think I would have gotten along great with my birthday buddy Gerome.  JIM

Little Birdie <lbirdie@hotmail.com> wrote:Dear Corinne,

Getting to meet you and give you a hug was one of the high lights of the 
reunion for me! It was all too brief though - come visit! And you too dear 
Robin and Suzie. And Leo, and Jim and Sib and Dauber and so many others.
What a night it was!
Love,
Nina

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From barbarasiomos38 at msn.com  Thu Sep 15 11:14:35 2005
From: barbarasiomos38 at msn.com (Barbara Siomos)
Date: Thu Sep 15 11:19:55 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] a few more photos - sorry if the way I do it takes
	along time to open
Message-ID: <BAY5-DAV16AEBE5BB036B30B82B38BAB9E0@phx.gbl>

Thank you my dear Sherwin you are always on top of things.... Hmmmn...

peace,
barbara

-----Original Message-----
From: Sherwin Ross
Sent: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 13:04:44 -0700
To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
Subject: RE: [Mb-hair] a few more photos - sorry if the way I do it takes along time to open

Barbara,

I will go over all the photos and make sure I reduced all the pixels.
I added a music track that requires QuickTime player.

Much Love,
sherwin

-----Original Message-----
From: mb-hair-bounces@islandlists.com
[mailto:mb-hair-bounces@islandlists.com] On Behalf Of Barbara Siomos
Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 1:02 PM
To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] a few more photos - sorry if the way I do it takes
along time to open

Doris I have dial up also and these came up great, I had a hard time getting
Sherwins photos to load... I still have not seen all of his photos they just
won't load.

peace,
barbara

-----Original Message-----
From: Doris J. Brook
Sent: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 13:20:17 -0700
To: mb-hair
Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] a few more photos - sorry if the way I do it takes a
long time to open

a few more photos - sorry if the way I do it takes a longTo whoever sent
these (and the previous email),

They did take a very long time to download (I only have a dial-up
connection) and I can't even open them!  I'm loving all the photos, but it
really is best if people use one of the other methods, such as providing a
link to another location (like Leo & Sherwin did).  Sending a lot of jpeg
files is probably not the best way.

Otherwise, all the stories and reports have been delightful and uplifting to
hear.  I almost do feel like I was there (love that cake!) and I've been
bursting with the music... 
love, Doris 
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Amerifilm Casting, Inc. 
  To: mb-hair@islandlists.com 
  Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2005 4:09 PM
  Subject: [Mb-hair] a few more photos - sorry if the way I do it takes a
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From sherwin at aceross.com  Thu Sep 15 11:25:05 2005
From: sherwin at aceross.com (Sherwin Ross)
Date: Thu Sep 15 11:30:44 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] a few more photos - sorry if the way I do it takesalong
	time to open
In-Reply-To: <BAY5-DAV16AEBE5BB036B30B82B38BAB9E0@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <20050915182515.D54ED9FCFD@lax-gw05.mroute.net>

:) Love you

-----Original Message-----
From: mb-hair-bounces@islandlists.com
[mailto:mb-hair-bounces@islandlists.com] On Behalf Of Barbara Siomos
Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 11:15 AM
To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
Subject: RE: [Mb-hair] a few more photos - sorry if the way I do it
takesalong time to open

Thank you my dear Sherwin you are always on top of things.... Hmmmn...

peace,
barbara

-----Original Message-----
From: Sherwin Ross
Sent: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 13:04:44 -0700
To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
Subject: RE: [Mb-hair] a few more photos - sorry if the way I do it takes
along time to open

Barbara,

I will go over all the photos and make sure I reduced all the pixels.
I added a music track that requires QuickTime player.

Much Love,
sherwin

-----Original Message-----
From: mb-hair-bounces@islandlists.com
[mailto:mb-hair-bounces@islandlists.com] On Behalf Of Barbara Siomos
Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 1:02 PM
To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] a few more photos - sorry if the way I do it takes
along time to open

Doris I have dial up also and these came up great, I had a hard time getting
Sherwins photos to load... I still have not seen all of his photos they just
won't load.

peace,
barbara

-----Original Message-----
From: Doris J. Brook
Sent: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 13:20:17 -0700
To: mb-hair
Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] a few more photos - sorry if the way I do it takes a
long time to open

a few more photos - sorry if the way I do it takes a longTo whoever sent
these (and the previous email),

They did take a very long time to download (I only have a dial-up
connection) and I can't even open them!  I'm loving all the photos, but it
really is best if people use one of the other methods, such as providing a
link to another location (like Leo & Sherwin did).  Sending a lot of jpeg
files is probably not the best way.

Otherwise, all the stories and reports have been delightful and uplifting to
hear.  I almost do feel like I was there (love that cake!) and I've been
bursting with the music... 
love, Doris 
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Amerifilm Casting, Inc. 
  To: mb-hair@islandlists.com 
  Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2005 4:09 PM
  Subject: [Mb-hair] a few more photos - sorry if the way I do it takes a
long time to open


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From olhippie at tampabay.rr.com  Thu Sep 15 12:13:04 2005
From: olhippie at tampabay.rr.com (Robin McNamara)
Date: Thu Sep 15 12:18:26 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Hair photos
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From sherwin at aceross.com  Thu Sep 15 12:20:52 2005
From: sherwin at aceross.com (Sherwin Ross)
Date: Thu Sep 15 12:26:36 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Hair photos
In-Reply-To: <007c01c5ba29$7fcc7b60$53bc2041@CowBox>
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From olhippie at tampabay.rr.com  Thu Sep 15 13:23:41 2005
From: olhippie at tampabay.rr.com (Robin McNamara)
Date: Thu Sep 15 13:29:06 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] "We Are Family"
References: <20050915192106.4C73283D21@lax-gw03.mroute.net>
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From mblaxill at yahoo.com  Thu Sep 15 13:28:10 2005
From: mblaxill at yahoo.com (Mike Blaxill)
Date: Thu Sep 15 13:33:31 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] bathroom break
Message-ID: <20050915202813.32340.qmail@web53006.mail.yahoo.com>

this is reeeaally funny

http://americablog.blogspot.com/2005/09/more-like-he-needs-time-out.html
From sherwin at aceross.com  Thu Sep 15 13:29:56 2005
From: sherwin at aceross.com (Sherwin Ross)
Date: Thu Sep 15 13:35:39 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] "We Are Family"
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From cararobindesign at hotmail.com  Thu Sep 15 13:37:42 2005
From: cararobindesign at hotmail.com (Cara Robin)
Date: Thu Sep 15 13:42:59 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Hair photos
In-Reply-To: <20050915192106.4C73283D21@lax-gw03.mroute.net>
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From lbirdie at hotmail.com  Thu Sep 15 14:42:42 2005
From: lbirdie at hotmail.com (Little Birdie)
Date: Thu Sep 15 14:47:59 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Hair photos
Message-ID: <BAY104-F9D7567B5DEA99B39DF20EB29E0@phx.gbl>

Suzie was right Robin. I am so glad that you posted your photos. Don't worry 
about how many of them you are in - I like looking at your beautiful smile, 
and I enjoyed seeing the party through your eyes. And everybody's photos 
fill in gaps - for instance it was great to see the photo of you and Allan 
Nicholls as there hadn't been many photos of him so far, and seeing him 
again after all those years was a wonderful moment for me. I think I could 
look at thousands of photos of that wonderful evening and not get bored.

And yes, Cara, please do post yours. I would love to see that great photo of 
you and me with Jim, and to see the rest of them, especially if you are in 
many of them! It was such a great pleasure to meet you.

What an incredible night - I keep hoping to come up with adequate words to 
describe it but failing to do so, so perhaps by posting all of these photos 
we can share a bit of what transpired there with those who couldn't join us 
this time, as well as help each other hold on to the incredible love and 
spirit that was in that room that night. Keep those photos coming. And if 
anyone shot video pease let me know.

And some of you who have silently joined us and are lurking in the 
background, come out and say hello (you know who you are, my dear new 
friends!)

Thanks and love,
Nina

The Hair Archives
http://www.michaelbutler.com/hair/holding/Hair.html


From Reeeees at aol.com  Wed Sep 14 13:23:51 2005
From: Reeeees at aol.com (Reeeees@aol.com)
Date: Thu Sep 15 16:00:16 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Bishop Spong: The Right to Live and Die
Message-ID: <E1EG2cw-0000DE-Mv@smtpauth08.mail.atl.earthlink.net>

     (https://secure.agoramedia.com/trackpromo.asp?pi=10&promo=10)  
(http://forums.prospero.com/sp-bishopspong)       

 (http://click.atdmt.com/AGM/go/ain00800001agm/direct/01/) Carol from Florida 
 writes: 
"Several years ago, I was interviewed at a pro-choice event for  Republicans. 
Being well past any likelihood of pregnancy, I linked my  concern about my 
right to die with my right to decide about my fertility.  Both ends of life are 
clearly the prime battlegrounds of the "Right to  Life" groups, yet they 
assert that an embryo or a fetus and a person who  cannot survive without heroic, 
indefinite intervention are fully alive and  must be saved. I said then that I 
was as appalled at the notion that the  government might decide if I should 
live or die, just as they might decide  if my daughters could have an abortion 
within the reasonable parameters  set by Roe v. Wade. People at that event 
thought I was "stretching it."   
"Since then I have been proven tragically correct.  Attorney General John 
Ashcroft has challenged Oregon on its right to death  with dignity law. Abortion 
conditions continue to be eroded by the radical  conservatives who seem to 
know better than the family in question what is  best. People in nursing homes 
often have to be resuscitated at hospitals  because, even with written 
directives otherwise, the nursing home is  required to send the patient to the hospital 
to be "saved." Can you  explain how it is that the Republican Party that has 
historically stood  for limited government is now inserting itself into the 
most personal of  issues?"  
Dear Carol,Politics is always more  about power than principle. You should 
not expect consistency from either  party. If you go back into the 30s, the 
Democrats were in power and met  the Depression with massive spending programs and 
rising deficits. Today  the Republicans are in power and the Democrats are 
complaining about  bigger and bigger government and massive deficits. In the 
days of Abraham  Lincoln, the Republicans were the party of civil rights and 
justice for  black Americans. Today, black Americans tend to vote about 90% 
Democratic.  In the days of Theodore Roosevelt, Republicans were the environmental  
champions. Today most environmental groups endorse Democratic candidates.  
These things may be ideological for some but I am convinced that they  result 
more from the desire to ride issues into political power more than  anything 
else. That is not cynical so much as it is realistic. Power is  the name of the 
primary goal of politics.  
When I lived in Virginia in the fifties and sixties, the  Democrats tended to 
be "States Rights, Anti-integration, Anti-Union,  Conservatives." During that 
time, the best governor of that state was, in  my opinion, A. Linwood Holton, 
a Republican. As a citizen now of New  Jersey, I still regard Republican 
Thomas H. Kean as the most effective  governor in the past thirty years.  
What is now going on in American politics is, I believe, a  reaction to the 
fast pace of change that always creates uncertainty and  fear. It has been 
building since shortly after World War II. It began with  the post World War II 
massive migration of black Americans out of the  south into urban America. Next 
came the morally correct, but culturally  destabilizing ruling of the Supreme 
Court against segregation in 1954.  This was followed by urban unrest and 
riots in the sixties, created in  part by the pressure on social systems in 
northern cities with the arrival  of black migrants who, as products of a cruel and 
dehumanizing  segregation, were generally poorly trained and poorly educated. 
Next came  the disillusioning war in Vietnam that we could not win, we could 
not lose  and from which we did not seem to know how to extricate ourselves. 
This  was followed by the Watergate scandal in which, for the first time in  
American history, a sitting president was expelled from office. These  forces 
came together to create great insecurity, great anxiety and great  fear. It also 
caused our nation as a whole to search for leaders who  reflected the values 
of our past that, by comparison, looked calm and  peaceful where values were 
not in doubt. Since it is far more difficult to  articulate new values than to 
retreat into the past, this nation turned  first to 'born again' Jimmy Carter 
and later Ronald Reagan, whose movie  career projected him as the candidate of 
law and order, American  patriotism and traditional values. Gradually security 
was restored and in  1992 America turned its presidency over to one who 
reflected the Vietnam  resistance. It was time to move on. President Bill Clinton's 
misuse of the  Oval Office for sexual escapades, however, plus the constant 
and I think  excessive investigation of him by a politically motivated 
Republican  Congress reignited the fear that values were once again under assault,  
resulting in the narrow victory in 2000 by another voice of the past,  George W. 
Bush, the son of Reagan's vice president and successor, George  W. H. Bush. 
The Bush II presidency was then defined by the 9/11 attacks  that once again 
cast the people of this nation into a mode of fear. Fear  always drives people 
to seek the security of yesterday, a security they  feel that they have lost. 
The appeal of the present Bush administration is  first to family values, which 
is code language for anti-abortion measures  and government control of sexual 
activity. The corollary to this is the  drive to protect the "sanctity of 
marriage," which is the code language  for anti-homosexual measures. So life 
issues and sexual repression issues  dominate their social agenda. They seem not 
to realize that this flies in  the face of their conservative promise to "limit 
government" or to "get  the government off the back of the people." The 
politics of fear is quite  frequently the ticket to power. The rise of a 
controlling religious  mentality that seeks to force everyone by law to abide by the 
prevailing  traditional norms of behavior is a part of that.  
What usually happens when religion becomes politically  powerful and seeks to 
impose its values on the whole body politic is that,  drunk with a new sense 
of importance, it ultimately overreaches its  mandate and people begin to feel 
threatened by the imposition of a  narrowly defined religious power. The 
passion that surrounded the Terri  Schiavo case, the president's dramatic flight 
to Washington to sign the  emergency measure rushed through Congress at 
midnight to "save this  woman's life," Republican Majority leader Tom Delay's 
subsequent attack on  the Judiciary, the whole drama being orchestrated from Florida 
by Governor  Jeb Bush, and Republican Senate Leader Bill Frist's suggestion 
that by not  passing every judge nominated by the President, the political 
opposition  party was attacking religion, even hinting that Democratic opposition 
to  these potential judges was based on the fact that the nominees were  
"Evangelical Christians," has all the marks of a major over-stepping of  the 
boundaries of religious power. People respond quite negatively to any  attempt to 
coerce conformity. A Democrat named Franklin Delano Roosevelt,  at the height of 
his post depression popularity, tried to pack the Supreme  Court and was 
rebuffed by an aroused public. That is clearly happening  once again today even 
though the political shoe is on the other foot. The  practice of politics is 
always about power more than principle and this  nation is strong enough and wise 
enough never to let any group or any  person get too much power. So, relax and 
let history play itself out. It  will.  
 
____________________________________
 New Book  From Bishop Spong Available Now! 
_THE  SINS OF SCRIPTURE_ 
(http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0060762055/agoramedia-20) 

Exposing the Bible's Texts of Hate  to Reveal the God of Love   "The  Sins of 
Scripture challenges Christians to look beyond the  myths of their faith into 
the heart of the matter."
-Bill  O'Reilly, anchor, Fox News Channel
_Order your copy  today!_ 
(http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0060762055/agoramedia-20)    
____________________________________
  
-- John Shelby  Spong
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From akstudio at flash.net  Thu Sep 15 15:40:03 2005
From: akstudio at flash.net (DAGMAR & ANTON)
Date: Thu Sep 15 16:45:08 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: Bill Maher's letter to W
In-Reply-To: <86.3071edaa.305add03@aol.com>
Message-ID: <20050915224003.56866.qmail@web81307.mail.yahoo.com>

Is the tide turning yet?

Dagmar


> In a message dated 9/14/2005 5:59:29 PM Pacific
> Standard Time, 
> Natureboy1@austin.rr.com writes:

> > Bill Maher's letter to W
> > 
> > Mr. President, 
> > 
> > This job can't be fun for you any more. 
> > 
> > There's no more money to spend--you used up all of
that. 
> > 
> > You can't start another war because you used up
the army. 
> > 
> > And now, darn the luck, the rest of your term has
> become the Bush family 
> > nightmare: helping poor people. 
> > 
> > Listen to your Mom. The cupboard's bare, the
> credit cards maxed out. No 
> > one's speaking to you.
> > 
> > Mission accomplished.
> > 
> > Now it's time to do what you've always done best:
> lose interest and walk  away. 
> > 
> > Like you did with your military service, and the
> oil company, and the baseball team. 
> > 
> > It's time.
> > 
> > Time to move on and try the next fantasy job. How
> about Cowboy  or Space Man? 
> > 
> > Now I know what you're saying: there's so many
> other things that you as 
> > President could involve yourself in. 
> > 
> > 
> > Please don't.
> > 
> > 
> > I know, I know. There's a lot left to do: 
> > There's a war with Venezuela.
> > Eliminating the sales tax on yachts. 
> > Turning the space program over to the Church, 
> > And Social Security to Fannie Mae. 
> > Giving embryos the vote.
> > 
> > But, Sir, none of that is going to happen now. 
> > Why? 
> > Because you govern like Billy Joel drives. 
> > You've performed so poorly I'm surprised that you
> haven't given yourself a  medal. 
> > You're a catastrophe that walks like a man. 
> > 
> > Herbert Hoover was a shitty president, but even he
> never conceded an entire city to rising water and
snakes.
> > 
> > On your watch, we've lost almost all of our
> allies, the surplus, four
> > airliners, two trade centers, a piece of the
> Pentagon and the City of New 
> > Orleans. Maybe you're just not lucky. 
> > 
> >          I'm not saying you don't love this
> country.
> >          I'm just wondering how much worse it
> could be if you were on the  other side.
> > 
> >          So, yes, God does speak to you. What he
> is saying is: "Take a  hint." 
> > 

 Tom Tomorrow 'What Went Wrong? '
Explanations are not pretty. 

 Mr. Fish: Cartoon: George W. Bush speaks to a man as
 a woman sits weeping in  the background. 
Bush says: "Find out if she lost her  family in the
hurricane 
 or if she lost a son in Iraq, so I know whether or
 not she deserves my  sympathy." 

 
And  How's this for Noblesse Oblige?

 "So many of the people in the arena here, you know,
 were underprivileged anyway. This is working very
well for them." 
 former First Lady Barbara Bush, 
 regarding flood evacuees at the Astrodome in Houston.


and the latest:


> Q: What is George W. Bush's position on Roe vs.
Wade?

> A: He really doesn't care how black people  get out
> of New Orleans.


The "ELVIS! by Dagmar" Book (and a sampling of R'n'R photos) can be seen here: 
http://www.dagmarfoto.com

Come visit Atelier Anton Krajnc in Cyberspace: 
http://www.AntonKrajnc.com
From djbrook at hevanet.com  Thu Sep 15 14:31:17 2005
From: djbrook at hevanet.com (Doris J. Brook)
Date: Thu Sep 15 17:39:19 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Hair photos
References: <007c01c5ba29$7fcc7b60$53bc2041@CowBox>
Message-ID: <011401c5ba3c$d22bb110$6b00a8c0@djb>

Yahoo! PhotosRobin,

Thank you for being brave and putting your photos up.  I knew (from the other pics) that it had to be you in that gorgeous peace sign tie-dye.  You look positively illuminated! You have a beautiful soul shining in your face, it does my heart good to see it even if I wasn't there.  (Don't know if you remember me, but I was one of those waif-like "kids" who hung out in the alley with Nina.  You were illuminated then, too).

Nice shot with Tioga (love the shirt!), and I also have to say that Leo and Mrs. Leo look like two people who would be awesome to spend time with.

love, 
Doris (no longer a waif...)
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Robin McNamara 
  To: mb-hair@islandlists.com 
  Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 3:13 PM
  Subject: [Mb-hair] Hair photos


  Hey Tribe

  I was not going to send these pics because there was too much "me" in them & also so many didn't come out & are blurry but Suzie says that I should send because they still capture the memories. And yes Nina Singing "Let The Sunshine In" with you & Debbie & the others on the stage is etched in my mind forever. :)  Also Meredith it was such a pleasure meeting you & your wonderfuls boys please tell them that I said to "never stop rockin" !, I wish we had had more time to chat about our hometown  "Newton" :)

  Love forever
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From georgeberger69 at yahoo.com  Thu Sep 15 17:38:35 2005
From: georgeberger69 at yahoo.com (James Pappaconstantine)
Date: Thu Sep 15 17:43:54 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Hair photos
In-Reply-To: <BAY104-F9D7567B5DEA99B39DF20EB29E0@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <20050916003835.26499.qmail@web54215.mail.yahoo.com>




To all my fellow Hair tribesman and tribechicks.. I should have my photos back in a couple of weeks .. I shot slides... haven't totally embraced that whole digital thing yet.. but I can scan them and save them in my yahoo pictures the way others have and then send them on..  BUt what about all the other photos.. man I think everyone there had a camara of one form or another yet we've only seem a few.... come on folks..  give em up.. we don't care if there are naked pictures from back at the hotel on that roll lets see em... =D 

Speaking of Naked... I have to admit.. During walking in Space (which is where Leo placed the nude scene in all three of his productions..) I had all I could do to keep my clothes on.. HA ha... I was thinking.. OK this is the nude scene..  Then I remembered A: This isn't where the nude scene wa soriginally placed and B; I am not sure how this move will go over...  HA HA  Anyway.. thought I'd share..


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From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Thu Sep 15 18:12:57 2005
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Thu Sep 15 18:18:16 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: Bill Maher's letter to W
References: <20050915224003.56866.qmail@web81307.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <007401c5ba5b$c5cfb000$6e436c42@hotprojects>

yes its turning unfortunately we will be 55 and 65 respectively by the time
its all turned
but hallelujah yes its turning
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "DAGMAR & ANTON" <akstudio@flash.net>
To: <Natureboy1@austin.rr.com>; <gilalex@earthlink.net>
Cc: <lnorth@grad.arizona.edu>; <graphics@verizon.net>;
<hjspurkel@earthlink.net>
Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 6:40 PM
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: Bill Maher's letter to W


> Is the tide turning yet?
>
> Dagmar
>
>
> > In a message dated 9/14/2005 5:59:29 PM Pacific
> > Standard Time,
> > Natureboy1@austin.rr.com writes:
>
> > > Bill Maher's letter to W
> > >
> > > Mr. President,
> > >
> > > This job can't be fun for you any more.
> > >
> > > There's no more money to spend--you used up all of
> that.
> > >
> > > You can't start another war because you used up
> the army.
> > >
> > > And now, darn the luck, the rest of your term has
> > become the Bush family
> > > nightmare: helping poor people.
> > >
> > > Listen to your Mom. The cupboard's bare, the
> > credit cards maxed out. No
> > > one's speaking to you.
> > >
> > > Mission accomplished.
> > >
> > > Now it's time to do what you've always done best:
> > lose interest and walk  away.
> > >
> > > Like you did with your military service, and the
> > oil company, and the baseball team.
> > >
> > > It's time.
> > >
> > > Time to move on and try the next fantasy job. How
> > about Cowboy  or Space Man?
> > >
> > > Now I know what you're saying: there's so many
> > other things that you as
> > > President could involve yourself in.
> > >
> > >
> > > Please don't.
> > >
> > >
> > > I know, I know. There's a lot left to do:
> > > There's a war with Venezuela.
> > > Eliminating the sales tax on yachts.
> > > Turning the space program over to the Church,
> > > And Social Security to Fannie Mae.
> > > Giving embryos the vote.
> > >
> > > But, Sir, none of that is going to happen now.
> > > Why?
> > > Because you govern like Billy Joel drives.
> > > You've performed so poorly I'm surprised that you
> > haven't given yourself a  medal.
> > > You're a catastrophe that walks like a man.
> > >
> > > Herbert Hoover was a shitty president, but even he
> > never conceded an entire city to rising water and
> snakes.
> > >
> > > On your watch, we've lost almost all of our
> > allies, the surplus, four
> > > airliners, two trade centers, a piece of the
> > Pentagon and the City of New
> > > Orleans. Maybe you're just not lucky.
> > >
> > >          I'm not saying you don't love this
> > country.
> > >          I'm just wondering how much worse it
> > could be if you were on the  other side.
> > >
> > >          So, yes, God does speak to you. What he
> > is saying is: "Take a  hint."
> > >
>
>  Tom Tomorrow 'What Went Wrong? '
> Explanations are not pretty.
>
>  Mr. Fish: Cartoon: George W. Bush speaks to a man as
>  a woman sits weeping in  the background.
> Bush says: "Find out if she lost her  family in the
> hurricane
>  or if she lost a son in Iraq, so I know whether or
>  not she deserves my  sympathy."
>
>
> And  How's this for Noblesse Oblige?
>
>  "So many of the people in the arena here, you know,
>  were underprivileged anyway. This is working very
> well for them."
>  former First Lady Barbara Bush,
>  regarding flood evacuees at the Astrodome in Houston.
>
>
> and the latest:
>
>
> > Q: What is George W. Bush's position on Roe vs.
> Wade?
>
> > A: He really doesn't care how black people  get out
> > of New Orleans.
>
>
> The "ELVIS! by Dagmar" Book (and a sampling of R'n'R photos) can be seen
here:
> http://www.dagmarfoto.com
>
> Come visit Atelier Anton Krajnc in Cyberspace:
> http://www.AntonKrajnc.com


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From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Thu Sep 15 18:14:15 2005
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Thu Sep 15 18:19:35 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Hair photos
References: <20050916003835.26499.qmail@web54215.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <00c201c5ba5b$f4cb1f70$6e436c42@hotprojects>

he put the nude scene in a different place
how interesting and creative
when i do it again i will have two nude scenes
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: James Pappaconstantine 
  To: mb-hair@islandlists.com 
  Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 8:38 PM
  Subject: RE: [Mb-hair] Hair photos





    To all my fellow Hair tribesman and tribechicks.. I should have my photos back in a couple of weeks .. I shot slides... haven't totally embraced that whole digital thing yet.. but I can scan them and save them in my yahoo pictures the way others have and then send them on..  BUt what about all the other photos.. man I think everyone there had a camara of one form or another yet we've only seem a few.... come on folks..  give em up.. we don't care if there are naked pictures from back at the hotel on that roll lets see em... =D 

    Speaking of Naked... I have to admit.. During walking in Space (which is where Leo placed the nude scene in all three of his productions..) I had all I could do to keep my clothes on.. HA ha... I was thinking.. OK this is the nude scene..  Then I remembered A: This isn't where the nude scene wa soriginally placed and B; I am not sure how this move will go over...  HA HA  Anyway.. thought I'd share..

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From peacefreak at metrocast.net  Thu Sep 15 18:46:10 2005
From: peacefreak at metrocast.net (Leo)
Date: Thu Sep 15 18:51:27 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: Hair photos 
References: <200509152029.j8FKTB6U015096@dune.islandtechnologies.net>
Message-ID: <003201c5ba60$6a0eaaa0$6401a8c0@Leo>

This is a bummer; I was unable to open any of the pics either from Robin or 
Sherwin that were sent September 15th. I even tried copying & pasting them 
into my browser! Boo hoo!!

PEACE,
Leo

----- Original Message ----- 
 From: "Robin McNamara" <olhippie@tampabay.rr.com>
 Subject: [Mb-hair] Hair photos

Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 12:20:52 -0700
From: "Sherwin Ross" <sherwin@aceross.com>
Subject: RE: [Mb-hair] Hair photos



From lilacamy11 at yahoo.com  Thu Sep 15 18:50:40 2005
From: lilacamy11 at yahoo.com (Amy Kazan)
Date: Thu Sep 15 18:55:56 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: Mb-hair Digest, Vol 15, Issue 20
In-Reply-To: <200509140455.j8E4tN5U009401@dune.islandtechnologies.net>
Message-ID: <20050916015040.60007.qmail@web34511.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

I don't know what happened here but let's keep the
peace here on this list... the love was flowing so
nicely after the reunion... just calm down Richard, no
one's trying to steal your idea... no need to be nasty
to people...

- Amy

"in time of lilacs who proclaim/ the aim of waking is to dream" - e.e. cummings

"Life is around you and in you . . . Let the sunshine in!" - HAIR (the musical)


		
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From sherwin at aceross.com  Thu Sep 15 18:54:42 2005
From: sherwin at aceross.com (Sherwin Ross)
Date: Thu Sep 15 19:00:12 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: Hair photos 
In-Reply-To: <003201c5ba60$6a0eaaa0$6401a8c0@Leo>
Message-ID: <20050916015453.221DE13B7EC@lax-gw04.mroute.net>

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From lilacamy11 at yahoo.com  Thu Sep 15 18:55:18 2005
From: lilacamy11 at yahoo.com (Amy Kazan)
Date: Thu Sep 15 19:00:33 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: Mb-hair Digest, Vol 15, Issue 21
In-Reply-To: <200509141258.j8ECwVbl010532@dune.islandtechnologies.net>
Message-ID: <20050916015518.33999.qmail@web34502.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

>Meanwhile, didn't someone just do an all-star concert
>of the show?

Yeah, that's what I was going to say too! There was
recently an all star benefit for the Actor's Fund...
the CD is cool

(sorry if these are a bit behind... I've been really
sick with a strep throat and haven't checked email ina
 few days)

- Amy

"in time of lilacs who proclaim/ the aim of waking is to dream" - e.e. cummings

"Life is around you and in you . . . Let the sunshine in!" - HAIR (the musical)


		
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From eyster at verizon.net  Thu Sep 15 17:52:24 2005
From: eyster at verizon.net (Bruce Eyster)
Date: Thu Sep 15 19:07:54 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Hair photos
Message-ID: <17730436.1126831944130.JavaMail.root@vms168.mailsrvcs.net>

 
  Thanks Robin :
      I really like the frenetic group sing a long shots . I thonk it DOES 
capture a bit of the LOVE . 

                               With Love & Blessings , 
                                   Bruce Eyster



From: Robin McNamara <olhippie@tampabay.rr.com>
>Date: Thu Sep 15 14:13:04 CDT 2005
>To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
>Subject: [Mb-hair] Hair photos

>Yahoo! PhotosHey Tribe&nbsp;I was not going to send these pics because there 
was too much "me" in them &amp; also&nbsp;so many didn't come out &amp; are 
blurry&nbsp;but Suzie says that I should send because&nbsp;they still capture 
the&nbsp;memories. And yes Nina Singing "Let The Sunshine In" with you &amp; 
Debbie &amp; the others&nbsp;on the stage is etched&nbsp;in my mind forever. 
:)&nbsp; Also Meredith&nbsp;it was such a pleasure meeting you &amp; your 
wonderfuls boys&nbsp;please tell them that I said to "never stop rockin"!,&
nbsp;I wish we had had more time to chat about our hometown &nbsp;"Newton":)&
nbsp;Love foreverRobin&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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From peacefreak at metrocast.net  Thu Sep 15 19:02:42 2005
From: peacefreak at metrocast.net (Leo)
Date: Thu Sep 15 19:08:06 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: HAIR Photos
References: <200509081900.j88J09PW026072@dune.islandtechnologies.net>
Message-ID: <005e01c5ba62$b93e0ce0$6401a8c0@Leo>

Now I was able to open that last pic you sent Sherwin - of Jim & me. Maybe, 
for some bizzaro reason, it's because the others are in gif format. But, 
that being said, my puter should open em. I just don't get it!

PEACE,
Leo 


From lilacamy11 at yahoo.com  Thu Sep 15 19:10:38 2005
From: lilacamy11 at yahoo.com (Amy Kazan)
Date: Thu Sep 15 19:15:57 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: Mb-hair Digest, Vol 15, Issue 27
In-Reply-To: <200509160043.j8G0huVk015623@dune.islandtechnologies.net>
Message-ID: <20050916021038.46631.qmail@web34503.mail.mud.yahoo.com>


Thanks so much everyone, for all the photos... I've
enjoyed looking at them all...

let's make the reunion an annual event! I'll be sure
to come to the next one:)

- Amy

"in time of lilacs who proclaim/ the aim of waking is to dream" - e.e. cummings

"Life is around you and in you . . . Let the sunshine in!" - HAIR (the musical)

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From cpreston2 at tds.net  Thu Sep 15 19:11:59 2005
From: cpreston2 at tds.net (Charles Preston)
Date: Thu Sep 15 19:17:16 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Leo   Re: HAIR Photos
References: <200509081900.j88J09PW026072@dune.islandtechnologies.net>
	<005e01c5ba62$b93e0ce0$6401a8c0@Leo>
Message-ID: <001f01c5ba64$0662c780$0400a8c0@CHARLES>

Leo,

I do not know if this will work for you but try going to explore then click 
on the folder that you have pit the pictures in. They should come up  or 
open on the right side of your screen. Maybe you will be able to see 
something. No guarantee. If you want to call me maybe I can help further.

Peace & Love ~~Charles~~


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Leo" <peacefreak@metrocast.net>
To: <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 10:02 PM
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: HAIR Photos


> Now I was able to open that last pic you sent Sherwin - of Jim & me. 
> Maybe, for some bizzaro reason, it's because the others are in gif format. 
> But, that being said, my puter should open em. I just don't get it!
>
> PEACE,
> Leo
>
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From sherwin at aceross.com  Thu Sep 15 19:28:39 2005
From: sherwin at aceross.com (Sherwin Ross)
Date: Thu Sep 15 19:34:06 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: HAIR Photos
In-Reply-To: <005e01c5ba62$b93e0ce0$6401a8c0@Leo>
Message-ID: <20050916022849.A9D2C24AFE3@lax-gw02.mroute.net>

All the pix on the site are jpegs leo:)
What is your email Leo...I will send you the photos now



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From: mb-hair-bounces@islandlists.com
[mailto:mb-hair-bounces@islandlists.com] On Behalf Of Leo
Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 7:03 PM
To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: HAIR Photos

Now I was able to open that last pic you sent Sherwin - of Jim & me. Maybe, 
for some bizzaro reason, it's because the others are in gif format. But, 
that being said, my puter should open em. I just don't get it!

PEACE,
Leo 


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From thefundepartment at comcast.net  Thu Sep 15 21:35:21 2005
From: thefundepartment at comcast.net (The Fun Department)
Date: Thu Sep 15 21:37:39 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: Mb-hair Digest, Vol 15, Issue 27
In-Reply-To: <20050916021038.46631.qmail@web34503.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
References: <200509160043.j8G0huVk015623@dune.islandtechnologies.net>
Message-ID: <v03007800bf4ff596ef12@[192.168.2.2]>

>Thanks so much everyone, for all the photos... I've
>enjoyed looking at them all...
>
>let's make the reunion an annual event! I'll be sure
>to come to the next one:)
>
>- Amy
>
>"in time of lilacs who proclaim/ the aim of waking is to dream" - e.e.
>cummings
>
>"Life is around you and in you . . . Let the sunshine in!" - HAIR (the
>musical)
>
I love the idea of an annual "Be-in".  Count me - and my hubby -  in!  I
had too much fun at LaMama;- forgot to eat.  And the food looked
spectacular.   Next year I'll bring Tupperware.

I was thrilled to be reunited with my Tour bud, Robert Camuto - who eerily
now resembles a very dear friend and chosen brother,  whom I lost two years
ago.  I would very much like to get to know some more of the"HAiR" Family.
What a beautiful, happy, healthy group o' hippies!  I am blessed to be a
member.

>From lovely, bubbly, energetic little Nina to tall, handsome, legendary
Michael Butler; from inspired geniusus Rado and O'Horgan and  and
especially to our gracious and thoughtful and thorough host, William
Michael Harris - I thank you from the bottom of my HHH*

__________________
*Happy, Hippie Heart

Helene (nee Morrison) Masiko-Crews

Please look to see what I'm doing now.  I'm still getting away with having
lots of fun for a living - lucky me!   http://www.almostcher.com

http://www.thefundepartment.com
http://www.almostcher.com
http://www.jeezband.com


From barbarasiomos38 at msn.com  Fri Sep 16 05:27:52 2005
From: barbarasiomos38 at msn.com (Barbara Siomos)
Date: Fri Sep 16 05:33:11 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: Links to Photos of HAIR Reunion
Message-ID: <BAY5-DAV20B43D3098274A3A2E0ACAB910@phx.gbl>

I would like to publicly thank WMH for sending me three links to HAiR reunion photos..... It truly shows what a thoughtful, loving and caring person he is.....

Leo, Sherwin and Robin thank you for taking the time to share your photos.. Robin yours are great so glad Suzy convinced you, Sherwin thanks for your patience with me and refreshing and Leo you are always there thanks.

peace WMH.... :-)>
barbara









From sherwin at aceross.com  Fri Sep 16 05:42:35 2005
From: sherwin at aceross.com (Sherwin Ross)
Date: Fri Sep 16 05:48:13 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Good Morning
Message-ID: <20050916124246.CD4752373D7@lax-gw01.mroute.net>

 As we grow up, we learn that even the one person that wasn't supposed
to ever let you down probably will. You will have your heart broken 
probably more than once and it's harder every time. You'll break 
hearts too, so remember how it felt when yours was broken. You'll
fight with your best friend. You'll blame a new love for things an old
one did. 

You'll cry because time is passing too fast, and you'll eventually 
lose someone you love. So take too many pictures, laugh too much, and
love like you've never been hurt because every sixty seconds you spend 
upset is a minute of happiness you'll never get back. So send this to 
all of your friends in the next 5 minutes and a miracle will happen
tonight.

So cherish every moment....even this one!!

 

Sherwin Ross

Foundasco USA

Director of Sales and Marketing

712 N. Vista Street 

Hollywood, CA. 90046

Tel: 323 655 5554

Fax: 323 655 5562

Email:  info@foundascousa.com <mailto:sherwin@foundascousa.com> 

Website: www.foundascousa.com

 

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From olhippie at tampabay.rr.com  Fri Sep 16 06:04:15 2005
From: olhippie at tampabay.rr.com (Robin McNamara)
Date: Fri Sep 16 06:16:34 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Hair photos
References: <007c01c5ba29$7fcc7b60$53bc2041@CowBox>
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Yahoo! PhotosDoris thanks so much for your kind words :)

Love forever
Robin


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Doris J. Brook 
  To: mb-hair@islandlists.com 
  Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 5:31 PM
  Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Hair photos


  Robin,

  Thank you for being brave and putting your photos up.  I knew (from the other pics) that it had to be you in that gorgeous peace sign tie-dye.  You look positively illuminated! You have a beautiful soul shining in your face, it does my heart good to see it even if I wasn't there.  (Don't know if you remember me, but I was one of those waif-like "kids" who hung out in the alley with Nina.  You were illuminated then, too).

  Nice shot with Tioga (love the shirt!), and I also have to say that Leo and Mrs. Leo look like two people who would be awesome to spend time with.

  love, 
  Doris (no longer a waif...)
    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Robin McNamara 
    To: mb-hair@islandlists.com 
    Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 3:13 PM
    Subject: [Mb-hair] Hair photos


    Hey Tribe

    I was not going to send these pics because there was too much "me" in them & also so many didn't come out & are blurry but Suzie says that I should send because they still capture the memories. And yes Nina Singing "Let The Sunshine In" with you & Debbie & the others on the stage is etched in my mind forever. :)  Also Meredith it was such a pleasure meeting you & your wonderfuls boys please tell them that I said to "never stop rockin" !, I wish we had had more time to chat about our hometown  "Newton" :)

    Love forever


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From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Fri Sep 16 06:23:34 2005
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Fri Sep 16 06:28:59 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Hair photos
References: <007c01c5ba29$7fcc7b60$53bc2041@CowBox>
	<011401c5ba3c$d22bb110$6b00a8c0@djb>
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Yahoo! Photoswho was the one with the best hair>? eg the magical hippie looking guy with the long thick white hair like something out of a psychadelic lord of the rings
that guy looked amazing
like a hippy wizard or a hippy king
very nice guy
who was he?
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Robin McNamara 
  To: mb-hair@islandlists.com 
  Sent: Friday, September 16, 2005 9:04 AM
  Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Hair photos


  Doris thanks so much for your kind words :)

  Love forever
  Robin


    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Doris J. Brook 
    To: mb-hair@islandlists.com 
    Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 5:31 PM
    Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Hair photos


    Robin,

    Thank you for being brave and putting your photos up.  I knew (from the other pics) that it had to be you in that gorgeous peace sign tie-dye.  You look positively illuminated! You have a beautiful soul shining in your face, it does my heart good to see it even if I wasn't there.  (Don't know if you remember me, but I was one of those waif-like "kids" who hung out in the alley with Nina.  You were illuminated then, too).

    Nice shot with Tioga (love the shirt!), and I also have to say that Leo and Mrs. Leo look like two people who would be awesome to spend time with.

    love, 
    Doris (no longer a waif...)
      ----- Original Message ----- 
      From: Robin McNamara 
      To: mb-hair@islandlists.com 
      Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 3:13 PM
      Subject: [Mb-hair] Hair photos


      Hey Tribe

      I was not going to send these pics because there was too much "me" in them & also so many didn't come out & are blurry but Suzie says that I should send because they still capture the memories. And yes Nina Singing "Let The Sunshine In" with you & Debbie & the others on the stage is etched in my mind forever. :)  Also Meredith it was such a pleasure meeting you & your wonderfuls boys please tell them that I said to "never stop rockin" !, I wish we had had more time to chat about our hometown  "Newton" :)

      Love forever


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From georgeberger69 at yahoo.com  Fri Sep 16 07:24:57 2005
From: georgeberger69 at yahoo.com (James Pappaconstantine)
Date: Fri Sep 16 07:30:24 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Hair photos
In-Reply-To: <005501c5bac1$d6c3ae50$6e436c42@hotprojects>
Message-ID: <20050916142458.57871.qmail@web54207.mail.yahoo.com>

That was Red Shepard.  I talked with him a bit... Very nice guy.. Not sure what role he played in Hair or when.. Nina?

richard haase <hotprojects@nyc.rr.com> wrote:who was the one with the best hair>? eg the magical hippie looking guy with the long thick white hair like something out of a psychadelic lord of the rings
that guy looked amazing
like a hippy wizard or a hippy king
very nice guy
who was he?
----- Original Message ----- 
From: Robin McNamara 
To: mb-hair@islandlists.com 
Sent: Friday, September 16, 2005 9:04 AM
Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Hair photos


Doris thanks so much for your kind words :)
 
Love forever
Robin
 
 
----- Original Message ----- 
From: Doris J. Brook 
To: mb-hair@islandlists.com 
Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 5:31 PM
Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Hair photos


Robin,
 
Thank you for being brave and putting your photos up.  I knew (from the other pics) that it had to be you in that gorgeous peace sign tie-dye.  You look positively illuminated! You have a beautiful soul shining in your face, it does my heart good to see it even if I wasn't there.  (Don't know if you remember me, but I was one of those waif-like "kids" who hung out in the alley with Nina.  You were illuminated then, too).
 
Nice shot with Tioga (love the shirt!), and I also have to say that Leo and Mrs. Leo look like two people who would be awesome to spend time with.
 
love, 
Doris (no longer a waif...)
----- Original Message ----- 
From: Robin McNamara 
To: mb-hair@islandlists.com 
Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 3:13 PM
Subject: [Mb-hair] Hair photos


Hey Tribe
 
I was not going to send these pics because there was too much "me" in them & also so many didn't come out & are blurry but Suzie says that I should send because they still capture the memories. And yes Nina Singing "Let The Sunshine In" with you & Debbie & the others on the stage is etched in my mind forever. :)  Also Meredith it was such a pleasure meeting you & your wonderfuls boys please tell them that I said to "never stop rockin" !, I wish we had had more time to chat about our hometown  "Newton" :)
 
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From: lbirdie at hotmail.com (Little Birdie)
Date: Fri Sep 16 07:36:16 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Hair photos
In-Reply-To: <005501c5bac1$d6c3ae50$6e436c42@hotprojects>
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Red Shepard - LA and NYC Berger.
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>From: "richard haase" <hotprojects@nyc.rr.com>
>Reply-To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
>To: <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
>Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Hair photos
>Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 09:23:34 -0400
>
>Yahoo! Photoswho was the one with the best hair>? eg the magical hippie 
>looking guy with the long thick white hair like something out of a 
>psychadelic lord of the rings
>that guy looked amazing
>like a hippy wizard or a hippy king
>very nice guy
>who was he?
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Robin McNamara
>   To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
>   Sent: Friday, September 16, 2005 9:04 AM
>   Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Hair photos
>
>
>   Doris thanks so much for your kind words :)
>
>   Love forever
>   Robin
>
>
>     ----- Original Message -----
>     From: Doris J. Brook
>     To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
>     Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 5:31 PM
>     Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Hair photos
>
>
>     Robin,
>
>     Thank you for being brave and putting your photos up.  I knew (from 
>the other pics) that it had to be you in that gorgeous peace sign tie-dye.  
>You look positively illuminated! You have a beautiful soul shining in your 
>face, it does my heart good to see it even if I wasn't there.  (Don't know 
>if you remember me, but I was one of those waif-like "kids" who hung out in 
>the alley with Nina.  You were illuminated then, too).
>
>     Nice shot with Tioga (love the shirt!), and I also have to say that 
>Leo and Mrs. Leo look like two people who would be awesome to spend time 
>with.
>
>     love,
>     Doris (no longer a waif...)
>       ----- Original Message -----
>       From: Robin McNamara
>       To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
>       Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 3:13 PM
>       Subject: [Mb-hair] Hair photos
>
>
>       Hey Tribe
>
>       I was not going to send these pics because there was too much "me" 
>in them & also so many didn't come out & are blurry but Suzie says that I 
>should send because they still capture the memories. And yes Nina Singing 
>"Let The Sunshine In" with you & Debbie & the others on the stage is etched 
>in my mind forever. :)  Also Meredith it was such a pleasure meeting you & 
>your wonderfuls boys please tell them that I said to "never stop rockin" !, 
>I wish we had had more time to chat about our hometown  "Newton" :)
>
>       Love forever
>
>
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From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Fri Sep 16 07:37:47 2005
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Fri Sep 16 07:43:09 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Hair photos
References: <20050916142458.57871.qmail@web54207.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <012601c5bacc$34e00b00$6e436c42@hotprojects>

he was a berger
west coast company and or national tour
best fucking hair of the night man
lol
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: James Pappaconstantine 
  To: mb-hair@islandlists.com 
  Sent: Friday, September 16, 2005 10:24 AM
  Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Hair photos


  That was Red Shepard.  I talked with him a bit... Very nice guy.. Not sure what role he played in Hair or when.. Nina?

  richard haase <hotprojects@nyc.rr.com> wrote: 
    who was the one with the best hair>? eg the magical hippie looking guy with the long thick white hair like something out of a psychadelic lord of the rings
    that guy looked amazing
    like a hippy wizard or a hippy king
    very nice guy
    who was he?
      ----- Original Message ----- 
      From: Robin McNamara 
      To: mb-hair@islandlists.com 
      Sent: Friday, September 16, 2005 9:04 AM
      Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Hair photos


      Doris thanks so much for your kind words :)

      Love forever
      Robin


        ----- Original Message ----- 
        From: Doris J. Brook 
        To: mb-hair@islandlists.com 
        Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 5:31 PM
        Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Hair photos


        Robin,

        Thank you for being brave and putting your photos up.  I knew (from the other pics) that it had to be you in that gorgeous peace sign tie-dye.  You look positively illuminated! You have a beautiful soul shining in your face, it does my heart good to see it even if I wasn't there.  (Don't know if you remember me, but I was one of those waif-like "kids" who hung out in the alley with Nina.  You were illuminated then, too).

        Nice shot with Tioga (love the shirt!), and I also have to say that Leo and Mrs. Leo look like two people who would be awesome to spend time with.

        love, 
        Doris (no longer a waif...)
          ----- Original Message ----- 
          From: Robin McNamara 
          To: mb-hair@islandlists.com 
          Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 3:13 PM
          Subject: [Mb-hair] Hair photos


          Hey Tribe

          I was not going to send these pics because there was too much "me" in them & also so many didn't come out & are blurry but Suzie says that I should send because they still capture the memories. And yes Nina Singing "Let The Sunshine In" with you & Debbie & the others on the stage is etched in my mind forever. :)  Also Meredith it was such a pleasure meeting you & your wonderfuls boys please tell them that I said to "never stop rockin" !, I wish we had had more time to chat about our hometown  "Newton" :)

          Love forever


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Date: Fri Sep 16 08:32:46 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Michael Butler has sent you an article from npr.org
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From mblaxill at yahoo.com  Fri Sep 16 10:08:14 2005
From: mblaxill at yahoo.com (Mike Blaxill)
Date: Fri Sep 16 10:13:45 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Red Sheperd
Message-ID: <20050916170814.3688.qmail@web53003.mail.yahoo.com>

here's a picture of him from the archives - he's
still got it giong on!

http://www.orlok.com/hair/holding/photographs/hair/RedShepard.html
From michael at michaelbutler.com  Fri Sep 16 07:09:20 2005
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Fri Sep 16 10:15:04 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] bathroom break
In-Reply-To: <20050915202813.32340.qmail@web53006.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <BF504A50.241F1%michael@michaelbutler.com>

Not found, que lastima!
M

> this is reeeaally funny
> 
> http://americablog.blogspot.com/2005/09/more-like-he-needs-time-out.html
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From olhippie at tampabay.rr.com  Fri Sep 16 10:13:44 2005
From: olhippie at tampabay.rr.com (Robin McNamara)
Date: Fri Sep 16 10:19:04 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: HELLO
References: <432AE786.7CDD79E@tensorengr.com>
Message-ID: <000c01c5bae1$fe613ac0$53bc2041@CowBox>

Sally

My God I am so sorry, it was such a pleasure to meet you also my fellow 
floridian, you looked wonderful.  Lets get together sometime & talk some 
baseball,  only one game up at the point, those dam Yankees. Go Red 
Sox!!!!!!!
Since my computer knowledge is about nil I have cc this to the list where 
maybe others with more smarts might be able to help you. :)

Love forever
Robin







----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sally Shafer" <SShafer@tensorengr.com>
To: <olhippie@tampabay.rr.com>
Sent: Friday, September 16, 2005 11:40 AM
Subject: HELLO


> Hi Robin,
>
> Loved meeting you and Suzie - I wasn't leaving or lettin' anybody out
> until I DID!  Hey, WHAAAAh I can't open your photos ... any suggestions?
>
> Love, Sally
>
>
> ========================================================================================================================
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> received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the
> material from any computer. 

From katiekasben at hotmail.com  Fri Sep 16 11:15:07 2005
From: katiekasben at hotmail.com (Katie Kasben)
Date: Fri Sep 16 11:20:29 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] More faith leaping
In-Reply-To: <002401c5b973$5f7d9350$0400a8c0@CHARLES>
Message-ID: <BAY104-F22646E39257D66FB1E7793AD910@phx.gbl>

I like the idea of momentum (again or for the first time)~

How about a College tour (esp. of the South East) that has load-in Saturday 
morning,
a panel discussion about Civil Rights/Vietnam/Etc. during the day, and then 
the show that evening with a Q&A after?


I've got the faith and the energy...but I am not so naive anymore to think I 
don't need to consult a lawyer (or two), Copywright people, Tour Manager, 
and someone who knows about major funding and media.

anybody have extra time on their hands? :)
I already had my nap. So, I'm ready to learn more.
it would be one helluva connecting web to get the revolution going. :)

Peace and kisses,
Katie




ALOHA NUI LOA!


From olhippie at tampabay.rr.com  Fri Sep 16 11:42:50 2005
From: olhippie at tampabay.rr.com (Robin McNamara)
Date: Fri Sep 16 11:48:06 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] More faith leaping
References: <BAY104-F22646E39257D66FB1E7793AD910@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <000401c5baee$70b1f220$53bc2041@CowBox>

Katie

This is what we need you know, something to light a fire under the ass of 
the country  and spark a " new revolution" the apathy in this country 
astounds me, everybody seems to be running around looking for the ultimate 
orgasm, self absorbed & seeking decadence. Something like what you suggest 
could really wake up the nation. :) Michael Butler I think she has a good 
idea here.

Love forever
Robin



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Katie Kasben" <katiekasben@hotmail.com>
To: <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
Sent: Friday, September 16, 2005 2:15 PM
Subject: [Mb-hair] More faith leaping


>I like the idea of momentum (again or for the first time)~
>
> How about a College tour (esp. of the South East) that has load-in 
> Saturday morning,
> a panel discussion about Civil Rights/Vietnam/Etc. during the day, and 
> then the show that evening with a Q&A after?
>
>
> I've got the faith and the energy...but I am not so naive anymore to think 
> I don't need to consult a lawyer (or two), Copywright people, Tour 
> Manager, and someone who knows about major funding and media.
>
> anybody have extra time on their hands? :)
> I already had my nap. So, I'm ready to learn more.
> it would be one helluva connecting web to get the revolution going. :)
>
> Peace and kisses,
> Katie
>
>
>
>
> ALOHA NUI LOA!
>
>
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From goodhairdays at yahoo.com  Fri Sep 16 11:47:47 2005
From: goodhairdays at yahoo.com (Jonathon Johnson)
Date: Fri Sep 16 11:53:07 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Good Morning
In-Reply-To: <20050916124246.CD4752373D7@lax-gw01.mroute.net>
Message-ID: <20050916184747.31592.qmail@web53402.mail.yahoo.com>

Thanks for sharing Sherwin.
 
Love ~ Jonathon

Sherwin Ross <sherwin@aceross.com> wrote:
st1\:*{behavior:url(#default#ieooui) }
 As we grow up, we learn that even the one person that wasn't supposed
to ever let you down probably will. You will have your heart broken 
probably more than once and it's harder every time. You'll break 
hearts too, so remember how it felt when yours was broken. You'll
fight with your best friend. You'll blame a new love for things an old
one did. 

You'll cry because time is passing too fast, and you'll eventually 
lose someone you love. So take too many pictures, laugh too much, and
love like you've never been hurt because every sixty seconds you spend 
upset is a minute of happiness you'll never get back. So send this to 
all of your friends in the next 5 minutes and a miracle will happen
tonight.

So cherish every moment....even this one!!

 

Sherwin Ross

Foundasco USA

Director of Sales and Marketing

712 N. Vista Street 

Hollywood, CA. 90046

Tel: 323 655 5554

Fax: 323 655 5562

Email:  info@foundascousa.com

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From lbirdie at hotmail.com  Fri Sep 16 12:12:03 2005
From: lbirdie at hotmail.com (Little Birdie)
Date: Fri Sep 16 12:17:22 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: HELLO
In-Reply-To: <000c01c5bae1$fe613ac0$53bc2041@CowBox>
Message-ID: <BAY104-F5656DAC4DB7B7230FCB84B2910@phx.gbl>

Robin wrote:
>Since my computer knowledge is about nil I have cc this to the list where 
>maybe others with more smarts might be able to help you. :)


Try following the link below his post rather than trying to open the gifs 
attached to the email.

Another option would be for someone to send the url for the page rather than 
the graphics intensive "Send this photo album to a friend" way. I am not at 
home right now, but when I get there I will send the urls to everyone's 
photo pages, if no one has yet done so at that point.

Love,
Nina

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>From: "Robin McNamara" <olhippie@tampabay.rr.com>
>Reply-To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
>To: "Sally Shafer" <SShafer@tensorengr.com>, <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
>Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: HELLO
>Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 13:13:44 -0400
>
>Sally
>
>My God I am so sorry, it was such a pleasure to meet you also my fellow 
>floridian, you looked wonderful.  Lets get together sometime & talk some 
>baseball,  only one game up at the point, those dam Yankees. Go Red 
>Sox!!!!!!!
>
>Love forever
>Robin


From peacefreak at metrocast.net  Fri Sep 16 13:43:55 2005
From: peacefreak at metrocast.net (Leo)
Date: Fri Sep 16 13:49:16 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: Hair photos
References: <200509161532.j8GFWkho017669@dune.islandtechnologies.net>
Message-ID: <002101c5baff$5b2b0520$6401a8c0@Leo>

Well gosh Doris thanks! We like to think that people who hang with us have a 
groovy time and that we put out a good vibe! Next reunion we'll connect!

PEACE,
Leo

       ----- Original Message ----- 
     From: Doris J. Brook
     Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Hair photos

.........................and I also have to say that Leo and Mrs. Leo look 
like two people who would be awesome to spend time 
with.....................................
 love,
 Doris (no longer a waif...)
 


From michaeldavidarian at yahoo.com  Fri Sep 16 13:49:58 2005
From: michaeldavidarian at yahoo.com (Michael Arian)
Date: Fri Sep 16 13:55:20 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] The Party!!!
In-Reply-To: <001201c5b8e2$7f7cc450$6e436c42@hotprojects>
Message-ID: <20050916204958.58420.qmail@web50301.mail.yahoo.com>

Ellen Stewart asked me to email the Hair site to thank everyone for coming to the party
La Mama threw for our friends from Hair.We sold just under 300 tickets and after the cost
of the party(wine,beer,soda,video rental,lights,crew etc)we had a profit of about $300
which Ellen has graciously sent to the victims of Katrina.In case you don't know,a
gigantic THANK YOU must go out to Natalie Moscow and Debbie Andrews for the food and of
course Michael Butler for the georgous souvenier programs.Finally without Nina and Trevor
this could never have happened.Much love and peace.Michael and Chris XOXOX

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From elizabethesquibel at hotmail.com  Fri Sep 16 16:07:42 2005
From: elizabethesquibel at hotmail.com (Elizabeth Esquibel)
Date: Fri Sep 16 16:13:13 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] RE: Mb-hair Digest, Vol 15, Issue 29
In-Reply-To: <200509161900.j8GJ083b018126@dune.islandtechnologies.net>
Message-ID: <BAY107-F2957573F41298331806CB9BF910@phx.gbl>

Sherwin,

Thank you!  You have touched my heart today!!!!

Love~Elizabeth Caveness-Esquibel


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>    3. Re: HELLO (Robin McNamara)
>    4. More faith leaping (Katie Kasben)
>    5. Re: More faith leaping (Robin McNamara)
>    6. Re: Good Morning (Jonathon Johnson)
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>Message: 1
>Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 10:08:14 -0700 (PDT)
>From: Mike Blaxill <mblaxill@yahoo.com>
>Subject: [Mb-hair] Red Sheperd
>To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
>Message-ID: <20050916170814.3688.qmail@web53003.mail.yahoo.com>
>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
>
>here's a picture of him from the archives - he's
>still got it giong on!
>
>http://www.orlok.com/hair/holding/photographs/hair/RedShepard.html
>
>
>------------------------------
>
>Message: 2
>Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 10:09:20 -0400
>From: Michael Butler <michael@michaelbutler.com>
>Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] bathroom break
>To: HAIR List <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
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>
>Not found, que lastima!
>M
>
> > this is reeeaally funny
> >
> > http://americablog.blogspot.com/2005/09/more-like-he-needs-time-out.html
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>Message: 3
>Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 13:13:44 -0400
>From: "Robin McNamara" <olhippie@tampabay.rr.com>
>Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: HELLO
>To: "Sally Shafer" <SShafer@tensorengr.com>, <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
>Message-ID: <000c01c5bae1$fe613ac0$53bc2041@CowBox>
>Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
>	reply-type=original
>
>Sally
>
>My God I am so sorry, it was such a pleasure to meet you also my fellow
>floridian, you looked wonderful.  Lets get together sometime & talk some
>baseball,  only one game up at the point, those dam Yankees. Go Red
>Sox!!!!!!!
>Since my computer knowledge is about nil I have cc this to the list where
>maybe others with more smarts might be able to help you. :)
>
>Love forever
>Robin
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Sally Shafer" <SShafer@tensorengr.com>
>To: <olhippie@tampabay.rr.com>
>Sent: Friday, September 16, 2005 11:40 AM
>Subject: HELLO
>
>
> > Hi Robin,
> >
> > Loved meeting you and Suzie - I wasn't leaving or lettin' anybody out
> > until I DID!  Hey, WHAAAAh I can't open your photos ... any suggestions?
> >
> > Love, Sally
> >
> >
> > 
>========================================================================================================================
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> > which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged
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>
>------------------------------
>
>Message: 4
>Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 18:15:07 +0000
>From: "Katie Kasben" <katiekasben@hotmail.com>
>Subject: [Mb-hair] More faith leaping
>To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
>Message-ID: <BAY104-F22646E39257D66FB1E7793AD910@phx.gbl>
>Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed
>
>I like the idea of momentum (again or for the first time)~
>
>How about a College tour (esp. of the South East) that has load-in Saturday
>morning,
>a panel discussion about Civil Rights/Vietnam/Etc. during the day, and then
>the show that evening with a Q&A after?
>
>
>I've got the faith and the energy...but I am not so naive anymore to think 
>I
>don't need to consult a lawyer (or two), Copywright people, Tour Manager,
>and someone who knows about major funding and media.
>
>anybody have extra time on their hands? :)
>I already had my nap. So, I'm ready to learn more.
>it would be one helluva connecting web to get the revolution going. :)
>
>Peace and kisses,
>Katie
>
>
>
>
>ALOHA NUI LOA!
>
>
>
>
>------------------------------
>
>Message: 5
>Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 14:42:50 -0400
>From: "Robin McNamara" <olhippie@tampabay.rr.com>
>Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] More faith leaping
>To: <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
>Message-ID: <000401c5baee$70b1f220$53bc2041@CowBox>
>Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
>	reply-type=response
>
>Katie
>
>This is what we need you know, something to light a fire under the ass of
>the country  and spark a " new revolution" the apathy in this country
>astounds me, everybody seems to be running around looking for the ultimate
>orgasm, self absorbed & seeking decadence. Something like what you suggest
>could really wake up the nation. :) Michael Butler I think she has a good
>idea here.
>
>Love forever
>Robin
>
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Katie Kasben" <katiekasben@hotmail.com>
>To: <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
>Sent: Friday, September 16, 2005 2:15 PM
>Subject: [Mb-hair] More faith leaping
>
>
> >I like the idea of momentum (again or for the first time)~
> >
> > How about a College tour (esp. of the South East) that has load-in
> > Saturday morning,
> > a panel discussion about Civil Rights/Vietnam/Etc. during the day, and
> > then the show that evening with a Q&A after?
> >
> >
> > I've got the faith and the energy...but I am not so naive anymore to 
>think
> > I don't need to consult a lawyer (or two), Copywright people, Tour
> > Manager, and someone who knows about major funding and media.
> >
> > anybody have extra time on their hands? :)
> > I already had my nap. So, I'm ready to learn more.
> > it would be one helluva connecting web to get the revolution going. :)
> >
> > Peace and kisses,
> > Katie
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ALOHA NUI LOA!
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
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> > Mb-hair@islandlists.com
> > http://www.islandlists.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mb-hair
>
>
>
>------------------------------
>
>Message: 6
>Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 11:47:47 -0700 (PDT)
>From: Jonathon Johnson <goodhairdays@yahoo.com>
>Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Good Morning
>To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
>Message-ID: <20050916184747.31592.qmail@web53402.mail.yahoo.com>
>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
>
>Thanks for sharing Sherwin.
>
>Love ~ Jonathon
>
>Sherwin Ross <sherwin@aceross.com> wrote:
>st1\:*{behavior:url(#default#ieooui) }
>  As we grow up, we learn that even the one person that wasn't supposed
>to ever let you down probably will. You will have your heart broken
>probably more than once and it's harder every time. You'll break
>hearts too, so remember how it felt when yours was broken. You'll
>fight with your best friend. You'll blame a new love for things an old
>one did.
>
>You'll cry because time is passing too fast, and you'll eventually
>lose someone you love. So take too many pictures, laugh too much, and
>love like you've never been hurt because every sixty seconds you spend
>upset is a minute of happiness you'll never get back. So send this to
>all of your friends in the next 5 minutes and a miracle will happen
>tonight.
>
>So cherish every moment....even this one!!
>
>
>
>Sherwin Ross
>
>Foundasco USA
>
>Director of Sales and Marketing
>
>712 N. Vista Street
>
>Hollywood, CA. 90046
>
>Tel: 323 655 5554
>
>Fax: 323 655 5562
>
>Email:  info@foundascousa.com
>
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>
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>Musical HAIR, by Jonathon Johnson. For more information on the book and how 
>to order it, visit www.goodhairdays.net.
>
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From venuetheatre at juno.com  Fri Sep 16 14:37:10 2005
From: venuetheatre at juno.com (venuetheatre@juno.com)
Date: Fri Sep 16 16:15:45 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: Nude scene, photos, White knight
Message-ID: <20050916.190929.3484.3.venuetheatre@juno.com>

Nude Scene during "Walking in Space" is NOT a new idea.  We did that in
Mexico in 1968.
and it worked very well.  So well they kicked us out of the country.

Nothing is "new" when it comes to ideas for HAiR

If anyone has PHOTOS would you send them to me directly?  I can't seem to
get most of them.
Thanks

the "guy with the white hair" was RED SHEPARD!!!!  What did he play? 
BERGER of course!  LA  1969, google him.

Corinne


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From djbrook at hevanet.com  Fri Sep 16 13:50:45 2005
From: djbrook at hevanet.com (Doris J. Brook)
Date: Fri Sep 16 16:58:55 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Hair photos
References: <007c01c5ba29$7fcc7b60$53bc2041@CowBox><011401c5ba3c$d22bb110$6b00a8c0@djb>
	<004e01c5babf$23e187f0$53bc2041@CowBox>
Message-ID: <001d01c5bb00$530137b0$6b00a8c0@djb>

Yahoo! PhotosRobin,

You are blessedly welcome.

love, Doris

----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Robin McNamara 
  To: mb-hair@islandlists.com 
  Sent: Friday, September 16, 2005 9:04 AM
  Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Hair photos


  Doris thanks so much for your kind words :)

  Love forever
  Robin


    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Doris J. Brook 
    To: mb-hair@islandlists.com 
    Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 5:31 PM
    Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Hair photos


    Robin,

    Thank you for being brave and putting your photos up.  I knew (from the other pics) that it had to be you in that gorgeous peace sign tie-dye.  You look positively illuminated! You have a beautiful soul shining in your face, it does my heart good to see it even if I wasn't there.  (Don't know if you remember me, but I was one of those waif-like "kids" who hung out in the alley with Nina.  You were illuminated then, too).

    Nice shot with Tioga (love the shirt!), and I also have to say that Leo and Mrs. Leo look like two people who would be awesome to spend time with.

    love, 
    Doris (no longer a waif...)

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From djbrook at hevanet.com  Fri Sep 16 13:52:19 2005
From: djbrook at hevanet.com (Doris J. Brook)
Date: Fri Sep 16 17:00:22 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Hair photos
References: <BAY104-F1132CABCFD81054D60266BB2910@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <002401c5bb00$8acc3500$6b00a8c0@djb>

Red was the first Berger I saw in NYC, and he blew me away- amazing energy
and charisma and a very kind person as well.

-Doris


----- Original Message -----
From: "Little Birdie" <lbirdie@hotmail.com>
To: <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
Sent: Friday, September 16, 2005 10:30 AM
Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Hair photos


> Red Shepard - LA and NYC Berger.
> Nina
>
>
> The Hair Archives
> http://www.michaelbutler.com/hair/holding/Hair.html
>
>
>
>
>
> >From: "richard haase" <hotprojects@nyc.rr.com>
> >Reply-To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
> >To: <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
> >Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Hair photos
> >Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 09:23:34 -0400
> >
> >Yahoo! Photoswho was the one with the best hair>? eg the magical hippie
> >looking guy with the long thick white hair like something out of a
> >psychadelic lord of the rings
> >that guy looked amazing
> >like a hippy wizard or a hippy king
> >very nice guy
> >who was he?
>

From djbrook at hevanet.com  Fri Sep 16 13:56:21 2005
From: djbrook at hevanet.com (Doris J. Brook)
Date: Fri Sep 16 17:04:22 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: Hair photos
References: <200509161532.j8GFWkho017669@dune.islandtechnologies.net>
	<002101c5baff$5b2b0520$6401a8c0@Leo>
Message-ID: <004401c5bb01$1b8f1350$6b00a8c0@djb>

You're welcome, Leo!   Fair to say that the vibe comes through in the pics.
Plus Maine is (at least the parts I've been lucky enough to visit all too
briefly) a groovy place.

-Doris
(in the "other" Portland)


----- Original Message -----
From: "Leo" <peacefreak@metrocast.net>
To: <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
Sent: Friday, September 16, 2005 4:43 PM
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: Hair photos


> Well gosh Doris thanks! We like to think that people who hang with us have
a
> groovy time and that we put out a good vibe! Next reunion we'll connect!
>
> PEACE,
> Leo
>
>        ----- Original Message -----
>      From: Doris J. Brook
>      Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Hair photos
>
> .........................and I also have to say that Leo and Mrs. Leo look
> like two people who would be awesome to spend time
> with.....................................
>  love,
>  Doris (no longer a waif...)
>
>
>
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From GenMgr1 at aol.com  Fri Sep 16 16:38:55 2005
From: GenMgr1 at aol.com (GenMgr1@aol.com)
Date: Fri Sep 16 17:06:56 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] HAIR on Broadway
Message-ID: <E1EGQ96-0005M4-PH@smtpauth06.mail.atl.earthlink.net>

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From peacefreak at metrocast.net  Fri Sep 16 17:05:00 2005
From: peacefreak at metrocast.net (Leo)
Date: Fri Sep 16 17:10:25 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: Nude scene, photos, White knight
References: <200508271900.j7RJ0Avd022541@dune.islandtechnologies.net>
Message-ID: <000f01c5bb1b$72305b50$6401a8c0@Leo>

You are right on Corinne! I had seen the nudity during WIS in a production 
here in Maine PRIOR to my first directorial stint. I really liked it there 
cuz I always felt that, albeit brief, it upstaged Claude's lamentations of 
WHERE DO I GO which is a powerful number. It's Claude's dilemma! I won't 
belabor the point further. And I never knew it was in WIS in the Mexican 
production. Thank you for that info!!

PEACE,
Leo

-------------Original Message----------------
Nude Scene during "Walking in Space" is NOT a new idea.  We did that in 
Mexico in 1968.and it worked very well.  So well they kicked us out of the 
country.
Nothing is "new" when it comes to ideas for HAiR
If anyone has PHOTOS would you send them to me directly?  I can't seem toget 
most of them.
Thanks
The "guy with the white hair" was RED SHEPARD!!!!  What did he play? BERGER 
of course!  LA  1969, google him.

Corinne



From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Fri Sep 16 17:11:43 2005
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Fri Sep 16 17:17:06 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] HAIR on Broadway
References: <E1EGQ96-0005M4-PH@smtpauth06.mail.atl.earthlink.net>
Message-ID: <005d01c5bb1c$6267b7d0$6e436c42@hotprojects>

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From peacefreak at metrocast.net  Fri Sep 16 17:12:51 2005
From: peacefreak at metrocast.net (Leo)
Date: Fri Sep 16 17:18:16 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Thank you Sherwin & Nina
References: <200508271900.j7RJ0Avd022541@dune.islandtechnologies.net>
Message-ID: <000701c5bb1c$8afe09b0$6401a8c0@Leo>

I wanna thank Sherwin for identifying the HAIR freaks in the photos on his 
website! It has been a huge help to me to finally put a name to a face.
And Nina, if you can post up those links to the various photo sites when you 
return home that would be outasite and I thank you cuz, in spite of 
attempted help from Sherwin & Charles, I have still been unable to open many 
of the links.
I'm sure we'll have a plethora of pics before this is all through and the 
more people who can be identified, the better.
BTW Nina, you should be receiving my photo disc today or tomorrow 
(Saturday).

PEACE,
Leo 


From sherwin at aceross.com  Fri Sep 16 17:28:04 2005
From: sherwin at aceross.com (Sherwin Ross)
Date: Fri Sep 16 17:33:37 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Thank you Sherwin & Nina
In-Reply-To: <000701c5bb1c$8afe09b0$6401a8c0@Leo>
Message-ID: <20050917002816.3CC5783DE6@lax-gw03.mroute.net>

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From goodhairdays at yahoo.com  Fri Sep 16 17:35:42 2005
From: goodhairdays at yahoo.com (Jonathon Johnson)
Date: Fri Sep 16 17:41:04 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Thank you Sherwin & Nina
In-Reply-To: <20050917002816.3CC5783DE6@lax-gw03.mroute.net>
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From sherwin at aceross.com  Fri Sep 16 17:37:21 2005
From: sherwin at aceross.com (Sherwin Ross)
Date: Fri Sep 16 17:42:55 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Thank you Sherwin & Nina
In-Reply-To: <20050917003542.9665.qmail@web53413.mail.yahoo.com>
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From katiekasben at hotmail.com  Fri Sep 16 17:42:23 2005
From: katiekasben at hotmail.com (Katie Kasben)
Date: Fri Sep 16 17:47:47 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Freedom Riders- 2006
In-Reply-To: <000401c5baee$70b1f220$53bc2041@CowBox>
Message-ID: <BAY104-F285758FD56DF703FAE2DE2AD900@phx.gbl>

Thank you Robin~

Does anyone have an old bus that we could convert to veggie diesel?
Bio Diesel is all the rage here in Asheville...and how cool would it be to 
have
a tour bus that runs off of fast food grease!

and we could paint FREEDOM on the side (the new age freedom riders)~
Then connect with all the local Veterans for Peace chapters.

It's a lot of pre-production...but I bet we could get Oprah or someone like 
that to
be interested, and then we could re-create the national buzz, like Michael 
did by having
so many HAIR shows across the country.

it's pretty exciting to believe in something that might not be 
practical!!!!!
that's how we change the world...

Love,
Katie






ALOHA NUI LOA!


From michael at michaelbutler.com  Fri Sep 16 15:11:19 2005
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Fri Sep 16 18:17:04 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] HAIR on Broadway
In-Reply-To: <005d01c5bb1c$6267b7d0$6e436c42@hotprojects>
Message-ID: <BF50BB47.2427E%michael@michaelbutler.com>

George MacPherson former GM and great supporter, promoter of HAIR.

> in gen man ken?
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: GenMgr1@aol.com
> To: michael@michaelbutler.com
> Sent: Friday, September 16, 2005 7:38 PM
> Subject: [Mb-hair] HAIR on Broadway
> 
> 
> FROM THE BLOG.....absolutely true!
> 
> Another not altogether unitended consequence of this decision allowed us to
> produce live, equity musical productions in more cities simultaneously than
> any other production, with casts drawn from these respective cities. I believe
> this dimension of authenticity gave HAIR: The Musical, and its message, a
> greater authenticity than it may have had had it played ten years in New York,
> on Broadway or Off. In the process, I believe HAIR brought more new actors to
> the American stage, if not the world's than any other legitimate stage
> production.
> 
> All the best to you,
> George MacPherson
> 
> 
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
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From michael at michaelbutler.com  Fri Sep 16 13:28:03 2005
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Fri Sep 16 18:23:41 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Questions About HAIR
Message-ID: <BF50A313.24252%michael@michaelbutler.com>


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From: referralsvr2 at referralblast.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Fri Sep 16 18:23:46 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Article from Common Dreams NewsCenter
Message-ID: <H1h6PkdlKOzaxkMlOtn00028884@h1>

Hello,

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From olhippie at tampabay.rr.com  Fri Sep 16 18:27:19 2005
From: olhippie at tampabay.rr.com (Robin McNamara)
Date: Fri Sep 16 18:32:37 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: Hair photos
References: <200509161532.j8GFWkho017669@dune.islandtechnologies.net>
	<002101c5baff$5b2b0520$6401a8c0@Leo>
	<004401c5bb01$1b8f1350$6b00a8c0@djb>
Message-ID: <000601c5bb26$f2553930$53bc2041@CowBox>

Doris Leo is cool , I enjoyed our conversation with he & his wife , Leo you 
remind me of a young Tom O'Horgan I really think you have wonderful insight 
into Hair as a director. I also enjoyed my talks with Dauber & his wife & 
Tioga, Dauber you have been with us from the beginning, we have been family 
now for 10 years brother. Tioga you do resemble John Ritter :) thanks for 
the dedication you have and the wonderful work you do with our veterans.

Love forever
Robin



 &----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Doris J. Brook" <djbrook@hevanet.com>
To: <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
Sent: Friday, September 16, 2005 4:56 PM
Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Re: Hair photos


> You're welcome, Leo!   Fair to say that the vibe comes through in the 
> pics.
> Plus Maine is (at least the parts I've been lucky enough to visit all too
> briefly) a groovy place.
>
> -Doris
> (in the "other" Portland)
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Leo" <peacefreak@metrocast.net>
> To: <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
> Sent: Friday, September 16, 2005 4:43 PM
> Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: Hair photos
>
>
>> Well gosh Doris thanks! We like to think that people who hang with us 
>> have
> a
>> groovy time and that we put out a good vibe! Next reunion we'll connect!
>>
>> PEACE,
>> Leo
>>
>>        ----- Original Message -----
>>      From: Doris J. Brook
>>      Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Hair photos
>>
>> .........................and I also have to say that Leo and Mrs. Leo 
>> look
>> like two people who would be awesome to spend time
>> with.....................................
>>  love,
>>  Doris (no longer a waif...)
>>
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Mb-hair mailing list
>> Mb-hair@islandlists.com
>> http://www.islandlists.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mb-hair
>>
>
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From lbirdie at hotmail.com  Fri Sep 16 18:32:19 2005
From: lbirdie at hotmail.com (Little Birdie)
Date: Fri Sep 16 18:37:39 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] HAIR on Broadway
In-Reply-To: <005d01c5bb1c$6267b7d0$6e436c42@hotprojects>
Message-ID: <BAY104-F229ECCC6755D918EE00616B2900@phx.gbl>

GenMgr is George McPherson. He signs his posts.
Nina

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From lbirdie at hotmail.com  Fri Sep 16 18:35:32 2005
From: lbirdie at hotmail.com (Little Birdie)
Date: Fri Sep 16 18:40:54 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Thank you Sherwin & Nina
In-Reply-To: <000701c5bb1c$8afe09b0$6401a8c0@Leo>
Message-ID: <BAY104-F355DE6C7BE0881A23B058FB2900@phx.gbl>

Hi Leo and all,

Here are the links, so far, of reunion photos online:

20 photos taken by Merle Frimark:
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/goodhairdays/album?.dir=/3eb4&.src=ph

72 photos taken by Leo Lunser
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/schvenhead/album?.dir=/7fb4&.src=ph&.tok=phonMnDBaRF8QqjX

129 photos taken by Helene Morrison and Steve Crew
http://www.plaindealing.net/users/SlideIndex.asp?ArtNum=42&Header=10%20Sep%202005%20-%20Hair%20Reunion%20at%20La%20MaMa&Pub=Living%20Pictures

39 photos taken by Sherwin "Ace" Ross:
http://www.aceross.com/BEIN2005.htm

50 Photos taken by Robin McNamara
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/erbal2000/album?.dir=/76d4&amp;.src=ph&amp;.tok=phfNFoDB5Oy9KzJx

I'll update this list as others get posted.
Love,
Nina

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From lbirdie at hotmail.com  Fri Sep 16 18:39:03 2005
From: lbirdie at hotmail.com (Little Birdie)
Date: Fri Sep 16 18:44:25 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Thank you Sherwin & Nina
In-Reply-To: <20050917003542.9665.qmail@web53413.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <BAY104-F3717A19428A394852B7D65B2900@phx.gbl>

Jonathon wrote:

>I believe it's the wonderful Robert I. Rubinsky.

It is indeed the very wonderful Robert I Rubinsky from the original Broadway 
cast.
Love,
Nina

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>From: Jonathon Johnson <goodhairdays@yahoo.com>
>Reply-To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
>To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
>Subject: RE: [Mb-hair] Thank you Sherwin & Nina
>Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 17:35:42 -0700 (PDT)
>

>
>Love ~ Jonathon
>
>Sherwin Ross <sherwin@aceross.com> wrote:
>v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}w\:* 
>{behavior:url(#default#VML);}.shape 
>{behavior:url(#default#VML);}st1\:*{behavior:url(#default#ieooui) }
>Leo, you are welcome, I am embarrassed by your kind words.
>
>It is I who must say thank you for being invited to share this heart 
>warming experience.
>
>
>
>What is this mans name?
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: mb-hair-bounces@islandlists.com 
>[mailto:mb-hair-bounces@islandlists.com] On Behalf Of Leo
>Sent: Friday, September 16, 2005 5:13 PM
>To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
>Subject: [Mb-hair] Thank you Sherwin & Nina
>
>
>
>I wanna thank Sherwin for identifying the HAIR freaks in the photos on his
>
>website! It has been a huge help to me to finally put a name to a face.
>
>And Nina, if you can post up those links to the various photo sites when 
>you
>
>return home that would be outasite and I thank you cuz, in spite of
>
>attempted help from Sherwin & Charles, I have still been unable to open 
>many
>
>of the links.
>
>I'm sure we'll have a plethora of pics before this is all through and the
>
>more people who can be identified, the better.
>
>BTW Nina, you should be receiving my photo disc today or tomorrow
>
>(Saturday).
>
>
>
>PEACE,
>
>Leo
>
>
>
>
>
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>
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From goodhairdays at yahoo.com  Fri Sep 16 19:11:26 2005
From: goodhairdays at yahoo.com (Jonathon Johnson)
Date: Fri Sep 16 19:16:48 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Thank you Sherwin & Nina
In-Reply-To: <BAY104-F355DE6C7BE0881A23B058FB2900@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <20050917021126.25509.qmail@web53413.mail.yahoo.com>

Hello Folks,
 
Just a heads up that I took down Merle's pictures. I wasn't thinking and forgot
to get permission to share them with you.
 
Peace and Blessings ~ Jonathon

Little Birdie <lbirdie@hotmail.com> wrote:
Hi Leo and all,

Here are the links, so far, of reunion photos online:

20 photos taken by Merle Frimark:
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/goodhairdays/album?.dir=/3eb4&.src=ph

72 photos taken by Leo Lunser
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/schvenhead/album?.dir=/7fb4&.src=ph&.tok=phonMnDBaRF8QqjX

129 photos taken by Helene Morrison and Steve Crew
http://www.plaindealing.net/users/SlideIndex.asp?ArtNum=42&Header=10%20Sep%202005%20-%20Hair%20Reunion%20at%20La%20MaMa&Pub=Living%20Pictures

39 photos taken by Sherwin "Ace" Ross:
http://www.aceross.com/BEIN2005.htm

50 Photos taken by Robin McNamara
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/erbal2000/album?.dir=/76d4&.src=ph&.tok=phfNFoDB5Oy9KzJx

I'll update this list as others get posted.
Love,
Nina

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From peacefreak at metrocast.net  Fri Sep 16 20:04:32 2005
From: peacefreak at metrocast.net (Leo)
Date: Fri Sep 16 20:10:09 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: Thank you Sherwin & Nina
References: <200509131900.j8DJ0Dqr007703@dune.islandtechnologies.net>
Message-ID: <000c01c5bb34$870b37c0$6401a8c0@Leo>

This is beautiful Nina; thank you so much!! I can now enjoy ALL the photos 
to date. Great pics everyone!!PEACE,Leo--------------Original 
Message----------------Hi Leo and all,

Here are the links, so far, of reunion photos online:

20 photos taken by Merle Frimark:
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/goodhairdays/album?.dir=/3eb4&.src=ph

72 photos taken by Leo Lunser
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/schvenhead/album?.dir=/7fb4&.src=ph&.tok=phonMnDBaRF8QqjX

129 photos taken by Helene Morrison and Steve Crew
http://www.plaindealing.net/users/SlideIndex.asp?ArtNum=42&Header=10%20Sep%202005%20-%20Hair%20Reunion%20at%20La%20MaMa&Pub=Living%20Pictures

39 photos taken by Sherwin "Ace" Ross:
http://www.aceross.com/BEIN2005.htm

50 Photos taken by Robin McNamara
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/erbal2000/album?.dir=/76d4&amp;.src=ph&amp;.tok=phfNFoDB5Oy9KzJx

I'll update this list as others get posted.
Love,
Nina





From thefundepartment at comcast.net  Fri Sep 16 23:53:52 2005
From: thefundepartment at comcast.net (The Fun Department)
Date: Fri Sep 16 23:56:13 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: Thank you Sherwin & Nina
In-Reply-To: <000c01c5bb34$870b37c0$6401a8c0@Leo>
References: <200509131900.j8DJ0Dqr007703@dune.islandtechnologies.net>
Message-ID: <v03007801bf516dcce1fa@[192.168.2.2]>

Enjoyed all the pictures so very much.  However, I must give extra praise
to Sherwin.  Beautifully done.  Thank you.

Helene Morrison-Crews

http://www.thefundepartment.com
http://www.almostcher.com
http://www.jeezband.com


From geomilman at milman.com  Fri Sep 16 22:22:26 2005
From: geomilman at milman.com (George R. Milman)
Date: Sat Sep 17 05:46:03 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Halliburton takes lead in Katrina reconstruction - Molly
	Ivins
Message-ID: <200509170522.j8H5MNsM008614@cerberus.companyv.com>

 

The graft goes on

Halliburton takes lead in Katrina reconstruction

By Molly Ivins

Creators Syndicate

09.13.05 

 AUSTIN, Texas -- Here's a good idea: Consumer groups and progressive
congressfolks have joined in an effort to stop hundreds of thousands of
victims of Hurricane Katrina from being further harmed by the new Bankruptcy
Act, scheduled to take effect Oct. 17. This law was notoriously written of,
by and for the consumer credit industry, and is particularly onerous for the
poor. 

The bill was passed with massive support from the Republican leadership in
Congress and from a disgusting number of sellout Democrats. While it was
being considered in committee earlier this year, Texas Rep. Sheila Jackson
Lee offered an amendment to protect victims of natural disasters. It was
defeated, without debate, on a party-line vote. 

 Now, Congress has a chance to rethink some of the most punitive parts of
the bill. Katrina victims who were planning to file before the new law goes
into effect are s.o.l. -- where are they gonna find a lawyer, let alone an
open courthouse? 

 Under the new law, anyone whose income is over the state median must file
under Chapter 13, a more restrictive category that requires some repayment
of debt. The new law grants no exemption for natural disaster, even though
it's going to be a little tough for some citizen sitting in the Astrodome
who no longer has a home to come up with tax statements, pay stubs, and six
months of income and expense data. Let's see if Congress can manage to open
its marble heart on this issue. 

 Meanwhile, it's an ill wind that blows no one good, so we should not be
surprised to learn the first winner out of the gate on Katrina is none other
than the Halliburton Co., whose deserving subsidiary Kellogg, Brown and Root
has already been granted a $29.8 million contract for cleanup work in the
wake of Katrina. 

 Of course, no one would suggest Halliburton and its subsidiaries get
government contracts (more than $9 billion for reconstruction work in Iraq,
with Pentagon audits thus far showing $1.03 billion in "questioned" costs
and $422 million in "unsupported costs") just because Vice President Cheney
is still on the payroll. Heavens no. The veep continues to receive deferred
pay from the company he formerly headed -- $194,852 last year. 

 But Cheney has nothing to do with the Halliburton contracts -- that,
friends, goes through none other than the noted lobbyist and former head of
-- of all things -- the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Since Joe
Allbaugh, who was Bush's campaign manger in 2000, left FEMA in December
2002, he has been busy making sure reconstruction contracts in Iraq go to
companies that give generously to the Republican Party. 

 Now, aren't you ashamed of yourself for thinking there's something wrong
with that? Besides, Allbaugh is now with a big-time Washington lobbying
firm, where he also represents Shaw Group Inc., and -- viola -- Shaw Group,
too, already has a $100 million emergency contract from FEMA for housing
management and construction, and a $100 million order from the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers for Katrina repair. 

 Congress has appropriated over $60 billion in emergency funding for
recovery costs, and estimates are the final costs will top $100 billion. 

 Danielle Brian, director of the Project on Government Oversight, told
Reuters, "The government has got to stop stacking senior positions with
people who are repeatedly cashing in on the public trust in order to further
private commercial interests." 

 Now, Ms. Brian, get a grip. Not all the money goes to the big, politically
connected firms. 

Michael ("You're doing a heckuva job") Brown liked to spread federal money
around. In fact, Rep. Robert Wexler of Florida was so annoyed by Brownie's
distribution of largesse in Miami after Hurricane Frances that he urged the
president to fire Ol' Brownie last January. What upset Wexler about the $30
million in FEMA checks to cover new wardrobes, cars, lawnmowers, vacuum
cleaners, furniture and appliances was that the hurricane did not affect
Miami. It landed 100 miles away. 

 Some of you may have heard me observe a time or two -- going back to when
George W. was still governor of Texas -- that the trouble with the guy is
that while he is good at politics, he stinks at governance. It bores him,
he's not interested, he thinks government is bad to begin with and
everything would be done better if it were contracted out to corporations. 

 We can now safely assert that W. has stacked much of the federal government
with people like himself. And what you get when you put people in charge of
government who don't believe in government and who are not interested in
running it well is... what happened after Hurricane Katrina. 

 Many a time in the past six years I have bit my tongue so I wouldn't annoy
people with the always obnoxious observation, "I told you so." But, dammit
it all to hell, I did tell you, and I've been telling you since 1994, and I
am so sick of this man and everything he represents -- all the sleazy, smug,
self-righteous graft and corruption and "Christian" moralizing and cynicism
and tax cuts for all his smug, rich buddies. 

 Next time I tell you someone from Texas should not be president of the
United States, please pay attention. 

 

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From akstudio at flash.net  Fri Sep 16 22:41:30 2005
From: akstudio at flash.net (DAGMAR & ANTON)
Date: Sat Sep 17 05:46:08 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: eBay and the news
In-Reply-To: <005301c5bb12$e0e88f30$fb316844@cynthiaff46c7f>
Message-ID: <20050917054130.80121.qmail@web81310.mail.yahoo.com>

Hi guys. Thanks Cyndy!

This is the craziest auction yet!
from 0.99 starting price to 3,080.00 by 10pm on
Friday...
and 3 more days to go. if it hits the news channels,
who knows where the bids may go!!

 111181 people had checked the page, when I looked-

pretty unbelievable and VERY funny.
Hey, how about a HAIR tourbus?
Dagmar

-- Jewel6 <jewel6@cox.net> wrote:

> Clear Day
> check this eBay aution out. I called Channel  8 News
> desk and they may put it on the news. It's for real
> too.
> 
>
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5614695213&ru=http%3A%2F%2Fsearch.ebay.com%3A80%2Fsearch%2Fsearch.dll%3Fcgiurl%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fcgi.ebay.com%252Fws%252F%26fkr%3D1%26from%3DR8%26satitle%3D5614695213%26category0%3D%26fvi%3D1
> 
> Cyndy
> 


The "ELVIS! by Dagmar" Book (and a sampling of R'n'R photos) can be seen here: 
http://www.dagmarfoto.com

Come visit Atelier Anton Krajnc in Cyberspace: 
http://www.AntonKrajnc.com
From lbirdie at hotmail.com  Sat Sep 17 06:05:26 2005
From: lbirdie at hotmail.com (Little Birdie)
Date: Sat Sep 17 06:10:49 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Thank you Sherwin & Nina
In-Reply-To: <20050917021126.25509.qmail@web53413.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <BAY104-F81FB7340929292AAFEDF3B2900@phx.gbl>

That's too bad. They were wonderful photos. Please encourage her to put them 
back up somewhere, as I know people were enjoying them.
Love,
Nina

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From sherwin at aceross.com  Sat Sep 17 06:41:52 2005
From: sherwin at aceross.com (Sherwin Ross)
Date: Sat Sep 17 06:47:28 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: Thank you Sherwin & Nina
In-Reply-To: <v03007801bf516dcce1fa@[192.168.2.2]>
Message-ID: <20050917134204.E8CA13AE662@lax-gw06.mroute.net>

Dear Helene,
Thank you so much for the compliment, I appreciate that very much.
I am so grateful to have been invited to share this heart warming experience
It is I who must say thank you.
I am filled with gratitude to be a part of this Tribe.
There have been many tearful moment of joy from my experiences, thank you :)
I love you,
Sherwin

-----Original Message-----
From: mb-hair-bounces@islandlists.com
[mailto:mb-hair-bounces@islandlists.com] On Behalf Of The Fun Department
Sent: Friday, September 16, 2005 11:54 PM
To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Re: Thank you Sherwin & Nina

Enjoyed all the pictures so very much.  However, I must give extra praise
to Sherwin.  Beautifully done.  Thank you.

Helene Morrison-Crews

http://www.thefundepartment.com
http://www.almostcher.com
http://www.jeezband.com


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From rpc06512 at sbcglobal.net  Sat Sep 17 07:40:47 2005
From: rpc06512 at sbcglobal.net (Robert Camuto)
Date: Sat Sep 17 07:46:13 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Thank you Sherwin & Nina
In-Reply-To: <20050917002816.3CC5783DE6@lax-gw03.mroute.net>
Message-ID: <20050917144047.78697.qmail@web81710.mail.yahoo.com>

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From jimrado at yahoo.com  Fri Sep 16 18:29:44 2005
From: jimrado at yahoo.com (Jim Rado)
Date: Sat Sep 17 09:22:53 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: Questions About HAIR
In-Reply-To: <BF50A313.24252%michael@michaelbutler.com>
Message-ID: <E1EGfNY-0006hl-FJ@smtpauth04.mail.atl.earthlink.net>

M - just heard Cindy Sheehan will be at St. John the
Divine on Monday evening, 6:30, Sept. 19.  And, guess
what, they have invited the local college tribe to
sing WHERE DO I GO...please spread the word.  Also, I
had heard many years ago that Barry Maguire had passed
away, but I heard just now that he is still very much
alive.  Good news!

--- Michael Butler <michael@michaelbutler.com> wrote:

> 
> Michael Butler's Blog
> 
> http://www.michaelbutler.com/mbblog.html
> 
> 
> 



		
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From cpreston2 at tds.net  Sat Sep 17 09:22:46 2005
From: cpreston2 at tds.net (Charles Preston)
Date: Sat Sep 17 09:28:10 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: Questions About HAIR
References: <E1EGfNY-0006hl-FJ@smtpauth04.mail.atl.earthlink.net>
Message-ID: <008101c5bba4$0b11e540$0400a8c0@CHARLES>

Right on Jim, Right on 
Ya I stay in touch with Barry quite a bit, he is a verry beautyfull person.
 
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Rado" <jimrado@yahoo.com>
To: "Michael Butler" <michael@michaelbutler.com>
Sent: Friday, September 16, 2005 9:29 PM
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: Questions About HAIR


>M - just heard Cindy Sheehan will be at St. John the
> Divine on Monday evening, 6:30, Sept. 19.  And, guess
> what, they have invited the local college tribe to
> sing WHERE DO I GO...please spread the word.  Also, I
> had heard many years ago that Barry Maguire had passed
> away, but I heard just now that he is still very much
> alive.  Good news!
> 
> --- Michael Butler <michael@michaelbutler.com> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Michael Butler's Blog
>> 
>> http://www.michaelbutler.com/mbblog.html
>> 
>> 
>> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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From michael at michaelbutler.com  Sat Sep 17 06:35:06 2005
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Sat Sep 17 09:40:59 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Halliburton takes lead in Katrina reconstruction -
	Molly Ivins
In-Reply-To: <200509170522.j8H5MNsM008614@cerberus.companyv.com>
Message-ID: <BF5193CA.242D5%michael@michaelbutler.com>

Thanks
XO M

> 
> 
> The graft goes on
> 
> Halliburton takes lead in Katrina reconstruction
> 
> By Molly Ivins
> 
> Creators Syndicate
> 
> 09.13.05 
> 
> AUSTIN, Texas -- Here's a good idea: Consumer groups and progressive
> congressfolks have joined in an effort to stop hundreds of thousands of
> victims of Hurricane Katrina from being further harmed by the new Bankruptcy
> Act, scheduled to take effect Oct. 17. This law was notoriously written of,
> by and for the consumer credit industry, and is particularly onerous for the
> poor. 
> 
> The bill was passed with massive support from the Republican leadership in
> Congress and from a disgusting number of sellout Democrats. While it was
> being considered in committee earlier this year, Texas Rep. Sheila Jackson
> Lee offered an amendment to protect victims of natural disasters. It was
> defeated, without debate, on a party-line vote.
> 
> Now, Congress has a chance to rethink some of the most punitive parts of
> the bill. Katrina victims who were planning to file before the new law goes
> into effect are s.o.l. -- where are they gonna find a lawyer, let alone an
> open courthouse? 
> 
> Under the new law, anyone whose income is over the state median must file
> under Chapter 13, a more restrictive category that requires some repayment
> of debt. The new law grants no exemption for natural disaster, even though
> it's going to be a little tough for some citizen sitting in the Astrodome
> who no longer has a home to come up with tax statements, pay stubs, and six
> months of income and expense data. Let's see if Congress can manage to open
> its marble heart on this issue.
> 
> Meanwhile, it's an ill wind that blows no one good, so we should not be
> surprised to learn the first winner out of the gate on Katrina is none other
> than the Halliburton Co., whose deserving subsidiary Kellogg, Brown and Root
> has already been granted a $29.8 million contract for cleanup work in the
> wake of Katrina. 
> 
> Of course, no one would suggest Halliburton and its subsidiaries get
> government contracts (more than $9 billion for reconstruction work in Iraq,
> with Pentagon audits thus far showing $1.03 billion in "questioned" costs
> and $422 million in "unsupported costs") just because Vice President Cheney
> is still on the payroll. Heavens no. The veep continues to receive deferred
> pay from the company he formerly headed -- $194,852 last year.
> 
> But Cheney has nothing to do with the Halliburton contracts -- that,
> friends, goes through none other than the noted lobbyist and former head of
> -- of all things -- the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Since Joe
> Allbaugh, who was Bush's campaign manger in 2000, left FEMA in December
> 2002, he has been busy making sure reconstruction contracts in Iraq go to
> companies that give generously to the Republican Party.
> 
> Now, aren't you ashamed of yourself for thinking there's something wrong
> with that? Besides, Allbaugh is now with a big-time Washington lobbying
> firm, where he also represents Shaw Group Inc., and -- viola -- Shaw Group,
> too, already has a $100 million emergency contract from FEMA for housing
> management and construction, and a $100 million order from the U.S. Army
> Corps of Engineers for Katrina repair.
> 
> Congress has appropriated over $60 billion in emergency funding for
> recovery costs, and estimates are the final costs will top $100 billion.
> 
> Danielle Brian, director of the Project on Government Oversight, told
> Reuters, "The government has got to stop stacking senior positions with
> people who are repeatedly cashing in on the public trust in order to further
> private commercial interests."
> 
> Now, Ms. Brian, get a grip. Not all the money goes to the big, politically
> connected firms. 
> 
> Michael ("You're doing a heckuva job") Brown liked to spread federal money
> around. In fact, Rep. Robert Wexler of Florida was so annoyed by Brownie's
> distribution of largesse in Miami after Hurricane Frances that he urged the
> president to fire Ol' Brownie last January. What upset Wexler about the $30
> million in FEMA checks to cover new wardrobes, cars, lawnmowers, vacuum
> cleaners, furniture and appliances was that the hurricane did not affect
> Miami. It landed 100 miles away.
> 
> Some of you may have heard me observe a time or two -- going back to when
> George W. was still governor of Texas -- that the trouble with the guy is
> that while he is good at politics, he stinks at governance. It bores him,
> he's not interested, he thinks government is bad to begin with and
> everything would be done better if it were contracted out to corporations.
> 
> We can now safely assert that W. has stacked much of the federal government
> with people like himself. And what you get when you put people in charge of
> government who don't believe in government and who are not interested in
> running it well is... what happened after Hurricane Katrina.
> 
> Many a time in the past six years I have bit my tongue so I wouldn't annoy
> people with the always obnoxious observation, "I told you so." But, dammit
> it all to hell, I did tell you, and I've been telling you since 1994, and I
> am so sick of this man and everything he represents -- all the sleazy, smug,
> self-righteous graft and corruption and "Christian" moralizing and cynicism
> and tax cuts for all his smug, rich buddies.
> 
> Next time I tell you someone from Texas should not be president of the
> United States, please pay attention.
> 
> 
> 
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From goodhairdays at yahoo.com  Sat Sep 17 10:10:33 2005
From: goodhairdays at yahoo.com (Jonathon Johnson)
Date: Sat Sep 17 10:16:01 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: eBay and the news
In-Reply-To: <20050917054130.80121.qmail@web81310.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <20050917171033.57358.qmail@web53414.mail.yahoo.com>

Absolutely hysterical .... Thanks for sharing Dagmar.
 
Love ~ Jonathon

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From NYRainbowFamily at aol.com  Fri Sep 16 06:23:44 2005
From: NYRainbowFamily at aol.com (NYRainbowFamily@aol.com)
Date: Sat Sep 17 11:22:36 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Rainbow Emergency Management Assembly (REMA)
Message-ID: <E1EGhFF-0008HO-P6@smtpauth01.mail.atl.earthlink.net>

 
 
Howdy Folks,

Below is an update from Arjay, one of the REMA  team in Waveland, MS.  These 
folks are doing a great job down there.   We've received several e-mails 
asking how folks can donate to this effort.   Here are the paypal accounts that go 
direct to REMA in Waveland.  
These following links are where to donate. Both representatives of these  
links, are on site, with proper passwords. 

To CALM DONATE general  medical fund (it all goes to the same place) 
_http://tinyurl.com/836ps_ (http://tinyurl.com/836ps)  

To  Hawkers WATER fund, which is being used for this effort for 90 days (it 
all  goes to the same place) 
_http://tinyurl.com/cqdky_ (http://tinyurl.com/cqdky)   
Anyone wanting to go down there and help out is welcome, come prepared to  
work hard and get amazing inner rewards - no drainbows  please.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 
This Ain't No Party, This Ain't No  Disco
This Ain't Not Foolin' Around  

Greetings from the New Waveland Cafe in the remnants of Waveland, MS.  

The Rainbow Emergency Management Assembly (REMA) is happy to announce  that 
relief efforts are going splendidly here in Waveland, MS, thanks to  tireless 
efforts of all volunteers and excellent cooperation with authorities at  all 
levels of government, the Red Cross, and myriad ad hoc relief groups.  
Believe it or not, FEMA wants to make us a "pod," whatever that is. We'll  
just do what we've been doing:  feed, inspire, listen and FEMA can call us  
whatever makes them happy.  BTW, many thanks to FEMA (or whoever did it)  for 
providing the wireless Internet service I'm using 
right now.  Someone just left us a reefer truck full of food, so I guess 
we're  expecting company. 

Please note:  while the New Waveland Cafe needs  good, experienced, 
responsible volunteers to meet our ever-expanding needs, THIS  IS NOT A RAINBOW 
GATHERING--IT IS THE WORST NATURAL DISASTER IN US HISTORY.  The area is under Martial 
Law and an 8pm-6am curfew that is strictly  enforced.  You will pass through 
as many as three military checkpoints on  your way in.  The area is extremely 
toxic having been recently covered by  some of the nastiest water you've ever 
imagined.  CHILDREN SHOULD NOT COME  HERE.  
Volunteers should expect to work long days in scorching heat with 90%  
humidity.  We don't need extra mouths to feed who are not contributing and  
disruptive elements will be removed immediately.  We are surrounded by  every kind of 
law enforcement officer all day and all night and they are all  about keeping 
the peace.  We are working very well with the National Guard,  FEMA, Red 
Cross, Florida Highway Patrol and other agencies I don't know  about....and we'd 
like to keep it that way.  
Reality check aside, the work is very rewarding and it feels good to make a  
difference.  Our sincerest thanks go out to all the supporting cast who  
cannot make it to Mississippi but made this possible.  We tell the folks  down here 
about you every day and they send their heartfelt appreciation your  way.  
The New Waveland Cafe is feeding thousands in the coastal community of  
Waveland in a kind and loving Family way.  
Much Love 
Arjay  
New Waveland Cafe Blog:  _http://newwavelandcafe.blogspot.com/_ 
(http://newwavelandcafe.blogspot.com/)  
Donations:  _http://tinyurl.com/cqdky_ (http://tinyurl.com/cqdky)   




~~~~~~~~~~~~~
NY Rainbow   P.O.  Box  1554     New York, NY 10009  
Lightline: 212-560-7111 _www.nyrainbow.org_ 
(http://members.nbci.com/nyrainbow)   
nyrainbowfamily@aol.com  ~  ny.rainbowfamily@verizon.net
WE  LOVE   YOU!
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From lilacamy11 at yahoo.com  Sat Sep 17 11:23:05 2005
From: lilacamy11 at yahoo.com (Amy Kazan)
Date: Sat Sep 17 11:28:40 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Nude Scene
Message-ID: <20050917182305.37303.qmail@web34504.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

>Nude Scene during "Walking in Space" is NOT a new
>idea.  We did that in Mexico in 1968 and it worked
>very well.  So well they kicked us out of the
country.

ha ha ha:)

I do like the idea of the nude scene in Walking in
Space ("Oh my god, your skin is soft....")and I can
see it working well. But I still love the nude scene
during Where Do I Go? Only because I love how it
juxtaposes Claude's decision - celebrate the beauty of
the human body or destroy the human body?


- Amy

"in time of lilacs who proclaim/ the aim of waking is to dream" - e.e. cummings

"Life is around you and in you . . . Let the sunshine in!" - HAIR (the musical)

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From fotoblue at flash.net  Sat Sep 17 13:10:52 2005
From: fotoblue at flash.net (fotoblue@flash.net)
Date: Sat Sep 17 13:16:25 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Reunion pix online
Message-ID: <380-220059617201052151@M2W051.mail2web.com>

Greetings!

 I thought this was a great idea, Nina anticipated my request for something
like a list of pix

 BUT: I just tried to access the first link,  Merle Frimarks pictures and
all i'm getting 
is an empty Yahoo page with the message:
The File You Are Looking For is Inaccessible.
???
 Dagmar

shall check the others now

Original Message:
-----------------
From: Jonathon Johnson goodhairdays@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 19:11:26 -0700 (PDT)
To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
Subject: RE: [Mb-hair] Thank you Sherwin & Nina


Hello Folks,
 
Just a heads up that I took down Merle's pictures. I wasn't thinking and
forgot
to get permission to share them with you.
 
Peace and Blessings ~ Jonathon

Little Birdie <lbirdie@hotmail.com> wrote:
Hi Leo and all,

Here are the links, so far, of reunion photos online:

20 photos taken by Merle Frimark:
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/goodhairdays/album?.dir=/3eb4&.src=ph

72 photos taken by Leo Lunser
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/schvenhead/album?.dir=/7fb4&.src=ph&.tok=phonM
nDBaRF8QqjX

129 photos taken by Helene Morrison and Steve Crew
http://www.plaindealing.net/users/SlideIndex.asp?ArtNum=42&Header=10%20Sep%2
02005%20-
%20Hair%20Reunion%20at%20La%20MaMa&Pub=Living%20Pictures

39 photos taken by Sherwin "Ace" Ross:
http://www.aceross.com/BEIN2005.htm

50 Photos taken by Robin McNamara
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/erbal2000/album?.dir=/76d4&.src=ph&.tok=phfNFo
DB5Oy9KzJx

I'll update this list as others get posted.
Love,
Nina

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http://www.michaelbutler.com/hair/holding/Hair.html


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From cpreston2 at tds.net  Sat Sep 17 13:14:34 2005
From: cpreston2 at tds.net (Charles Preston)
Date: Sat Sep 17 13:26:02 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Reunion pix online
References: <380-220059617201052151@M2W051.mail2web.com>
Message-ID: <00a401c5bbc4$6d572920$0400a8c0@CHARLES>

Same here Dagmar but all the others work fine
Love ~~Charles~~


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <fotoblue@flash.net>
To: <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
Sent: Saturday, September 17, 2005 4:10 PM
Subject: [Mb-hair] Reunion pix online


> Greetings!
>
> I thought this was a great idea, Nina anticipated my request for something
> like a list of pix
>
> BUT: I just tried to access the first link,  Merle Frimarks pictures and
> all i'm getting
> is an empty Yahoo page with the message:
> The File You Are Looking For is Inaccessible.
> ???
> Dagmar
>
> shall check the others now
>
> Original Message:
> -----------------
> From: Jonathon Johnson goodhairdays@yahoo.com
> Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 19:11:26 -0700 (PDT)
> To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
> Subject: RE: [Mb-hair] Thank you Sherwin & Nina
>
>
> Hello Folks,
>
> Just a heads up that I took down Merle's pictures. I wasn't thinking and
> forgot
> to get permission to share them with you.
>
> Peace and Blessings ~ Jonathon
>
> Little Birdie <lbirdie@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Leo and all,
>
> Here are the links, so far, of reunion photos online:
>
> 20 photos taken by Merle Frimark:
> http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/goodhairdays/album?.dir=/3eb4&.src=ph
>
> 72 photos taken by Leo Lunser
> http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/schvenhead/album?.dir=/7fb4&.src=ph&.tok=phonM
> nDBaRF8QqjX
>
> 129 photos taken by Helene Morrison and Steve Crew
> http://www.plaindealing.net/users/SlideIndex.asp?ArtNum=42&Header=10%20Sep%2
> 02005%20-
> %20Hair%20Reunion%20at%20La%20MaMa&Pub=Living%20Pictures
>
> 39 photos taken by Sherwin "Ace" Ross:
> http://www.aceross.com/BEIN2005.htm
>
> 50 Photos taken by Robin McNamara
> http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/erbal2000/album?.dir=/76d4&.src=ph&.tok=phfNFo
> DB5Oy9KzJx
>
> I'll update this list as others get posted.
> Love,
> Nina
>
> The Hair Archives
> http://www.michaelbutler.com/hair/holding/Hair.html
>
>
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>
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> Musical HAIR, by
> Jonathon Johnson. For more information on the book and how to order it,
> visit
> www.goodhairdays.net.
>
>
>
>
>
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From fotoblue at flash.net  Sat Sep 17 13:50:06 2005
From: fotoblue at flash.net (fotoblue@flash.net)
Date: Sat Sep 17 13:54:56 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Reunion pix online - Luther Creek??
Message-ID: <380-22005961720506843@M2W110.mail2web.com>

Hi Charles,
 I think I just found out what happened:
those Merle photos were on a page by Jonathon and he has to ask permission
first, 
so he took them down for now!

 Hope they come back up!

 I am just loading Ace Ross' page.

 Who is  Luther Creek???
 that name is under the photo of JAMES RADO!! (fourth image from top)

Can't wait to see Julie Arenal!! image not loaded yet...


Dagmar

Original Message:
-----------------
From: Charles Preston cpreston2@tds.net
Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2005 16:14:34 -0400
To: fotoblue@flash.net, mb-hair@islandlists.com
Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Reunion pix online


Same here Dagmar but all the others work fine
Love ~~Charles~~


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <fotoblue@flash.net>
To: <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
Sent: Saturday, September 17, 2005 4:10 PM
Subject: [Mb-hair] Reunion pix online


> Greetings!
>
> I thought this was a great idea, Nina anticipated my request for something
> like a list of pix
>
> BUT: I just tried to access the first link,  Merle Frimarks pictures and
> all i'm getting
> is an empty Yahoo page with the message:
> The File You Are Looking For is Inaccessible.
> ???
> Dagmar
>
> shall check the others now
>
> Original Message:
> -----------------
> From: Jonathon Johnson goodhairdays@yahoo.com
> Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 19:11:26 -0700 (PDT)
> To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
> Subject: RE: [Mb-hair] Thank you Sherwin & Nina
>
>
> Hello Folks,
>
> Just a heads up that I took down Merle's pictures. I wasn't thinking and
> forgot
> to get permission to share them with you.
>
> Peace and Blessings ~ Jonathon
>
> Little Birdie <lbirdie@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Leo and all,
>
> Here are the links, so far, of reunion photos online:
>
> 20 photos taken by Merle Frimark:
> http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/goodhairdays/album?.dir=/3eb4&.src=ph
>
> 72 photos taken by Leo Lunser
>
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/schvenhead/album?.dir=/7fb4&.src=ph&.tok=phonM
> nDBaRF8QqjX
>
> 129 photos taken by Helene Morrison and Steve Crew
>
http://www.plaindealing.net/users/SlideIndex.asp?ArtNum=42&Header=10%20Sep%2
> 02005%20-
> %20Hair%20Reunion%20at%20La%20MaMa&Pub=Living%20Pictures
>
> 39 photos taken by Sherwin "Ace" Ross:
> http://www.aceross.com/BEIN2005.htm
>
> 50 Photos taken by Robin McNamara
>
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/erbal2000/album?.dir=/76d4&.src=ph&.tok=phfNFo
> DB5Oy9KzJx
>
> I'll update this list as others get posted.
> Love,
> Nina
>
> The Hair Archives
> http://www.michaelbutler.com/hair/holding/Hair.html
>
>
> _______________________________________________
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> Mb-hair@islandlists.com
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>
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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> Musical HAIR, by
> Jonathon Johnson. For more information on the book and how to order it,
> visit
> www.goodhairdays.net.
>
>
>
>
>
> ---------------------------------
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> Click here to donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort.
>
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From sherwin at aceross.com  Sat Sep 17 14:27:42 2005
From: sherwin at aceross.com (Sherwin Ross)
Date: Sat Sep 17 14:33:22 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Reunion pix online - Luther Creek??
In-Reply-To: <380-22005961720506843@M2W110.mail2web.com>
Message-ID: <20050917212754.E544283CEC@lax-gw03.mroute.net>

Dear Dagmar,

Luther Creek is the name badge Jim Rado wore at the BEIN.....Jim has an
amazing sense of humor :)

Much Love,

Sherwin 

-----Original Message-----
From: mb-hair-bounces@islandlists.com
[mailto:mb-hair-bounces@islandlists.com] On Behalf Of fotoblue@flash.net
Sent: Saturday, September 17, 2005 1:50 PM
To: cpreston2@tds.net; mb-hair@islandlists.com
Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Reunion pix online - Luther Creek??

Hi Charles,
 I think I just found out what happened:
those Merle photos were on a page by Jonathon and he has to ask permission
first, 
so he took them down for now!

 Hope they come back up!

 I am just loading Ace Ross' page.

 Who is  Luther Creek???
 that name is under the photo of JAMES RADO!! (fourth image from top)

Can't wait to see Julie Arenal!! image not loaded yet...


Dagmar

Original Message:
-----------------
From: Charles Preston cpreston2@tds.net
Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2005 16:14:34 -0400
To: fotoblue@flash.net, mb-hair@islandlists.com
Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Reunion pix online


Same here Dagmar but all the others work fine
Love ~~Charles~~


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <fotoblue@flash.net>
To: <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
Sent: Saturday, September 17, 2005 4:10 PM
Subject: [Mb-hair] Reunion pix online


> Greetings!
>
> I thought this was a great idea, Nina anticipated my request for something
> like a list of pix
>
> BUT: I just tried to access the first link,  Merle Frimarks pictures and
> all i'm getting
> is an empty Yahoo page with the message:
> The File You Are Looking For is Inaccessible.
> ???
> Dagmar
>
> shall check the others now
>
> Original Message:
> -----------------
> From: Jonathon Johnson goodhairdays@yahoo.com
> Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 19:11:26 -0700 (PDT)
> To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
> Subject: RE: [Mb-hair] Thank you Sherwin & Nina
>
>
> Hello Folks,
>
> Just a heads up that I took down Merle's pictures. I wasn't thinking and
> forgot
> to get permission to share them with you.
>
> Peace and Blessings ~ Jonathon
>
> Little Birdie <lbirdie@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Leo and all,
>
> Here are the links, so far, of reunion photos online:
>
> 20 photos taken by Merle Frimark:
> http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/goodhairdays/album?.dir=/3eb4&.src=ph
>
> 72 photos taken by Leo Lunser
>
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/schvenhead/album?.dir=/7fb4&.src=ph&.tok=phonM
> nDBaRF8QqjX
>
> 129 photos taken by Helene Morrison and Steve Crew
>
http://www.plaindealing.net/users/SlideIndex.asp?ArtNum=42&Header=10%20Sep%2
> 02005%20-
> %20Hair%20Reunion%20at%20La%20MaMa&Pub=Living%20Pictures
>
> 39 photos taken by Sherwin "Ace" Ross:
> http://www.aceross.com/BEIN2005.htm
>
> 50 Photos taken by Robin McNamara
>
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/erbal2000/album?.dir=/76d4&.src=ph&.tok=phfNFo
> DB5Oy9KzJx
>
> I'll update this list as others get posted.
> Love,
> Nina
>
> The Hair Archives
> http://www.michaelbutler.com/hair/holding/Hair.html
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Mb-hair mailing list
> Mb-hair@islandlists.com
> http://www.islandlists.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mb-hair
>
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Good HAIR Days: A Personal Journey with the American Tribal Love-Rock
> Musical HAIR, by
> Jonathon Johnson. For more information on the book and how to order it,
> visit
> www.goodhairdays.net.
>
>
>
>
>
> ---------------------------------
> Yahoo! for Good
> Click here to donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort.
>
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From sherwin at aceross.com  Sat Sep 17 14:40:46 2005
From: sherwin at aceross.com (Sherwin Ross)
Date: Sat Sep 17 14:46:29 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] FW: Katrina victim foster dogs
Message-ID: <20050917214059.2958423729C@lax-gw01.mroute.net>

Dear Tribe,


Hello everyone and THANK YOU ALL for your support in this effort.   We need
help!  We need fosters and volunteers to help with this operation!

First off please check out the blog we made for the Rescue for Refugees
effort.  Please visit it regularly to get updates on what is happening -
<http://rescueforruffugees.blogspot.com/>
http://rescueforruffugees.blogspot.com/

There are 650 dogs at the Lamar Dixie Shelter in Louisiana that need homes.
(hopefully temporary if they can be reunited with their families.) There are
10 flights anticipated over the next 60 days to various locations around the
country. They have had 2 vet screenings, are cleared for travel and all will
be traveling with a health and vaccination certificate.  There is an
immediate need to get these dogs out of the area so the 1000 dogs being
brought in daily have a place to go.  
 
As you may know, the first shipment of dogs arrived to San Diego and to San
Marin yesterday.  Check out yesterday's CNN archives for an article on the
rescue initiative.  The dogs were mostly medium to large in size - labs,
retrievers and hound and hound mixes.  Very clean and healthy.  All came
with vaccination records and health certificates. 

As of this morning 2 more shipments of animals are tentatively scheduled to
leave Louisiana.  One on Wed. and one on Thurs.  Once we have confirmation,
we will post it on the blog.  

Because these dogs are hurricane victims, they will need 30 day fosters -
they are not adoptable now.  We must give owners a chance to claim them.
(I'm finding out more details on how logistically and financially we get
them back to the owners if and when they are claimed and will send details
to you ASAP).   If they are not claimed after the 30 day hold, they are then
adoptable. 
 
Please forward this email on and let me know if you know anyone who is
interested in helping out.
We are also in need of supplies, especially crates for the animals so if you
have any you can donate please let us know. Contact meredith@shalei.com if
you are interested in volunteering or fostering. 

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From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Sat Sep 17 16:33:53 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Reunion pix online - Luther Creek??
In-Reply-To: <380-22005961720506843@M2W110.mail2web.com>
Message-ID: <BF51F490.24312%michael@michaelbutler.com>

Luther Creek aka James Rado

> Hi Charles,
> I think I just found out what happened:
> those Merle photos were on a page by Jonathon and he has to ask permission
> first, 
> so he took them down for now!
> 
> Hope they come back up!
> 
> I am just loading Ace Ross' page.
> 
> Who is  Luther Creek???
> that name is under the photo of JAMES RADO!! (fourth image from top)
> 
> Can't wait to see Julie Arenal!! image not loaded yet...
> 
> 
> Dagmar
> 
> Original Message:
> -----------------
> From: Charles Preston cpreston2@tds.net
> Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2005 16:14:34 -0400
> To: fotoblue@flash.net, mb-hair@islandlists.com
> Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Reunion pix online
> 
> 
> Same here Dagmar but all the others work fine
> Love ~~Charles~~
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <fotoblue@flash.net>
> To: <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
> Sent: Saturday, September 17, 2005 4:10 PM
> Subject: [Mb-hair] Reunion pix online
> 
> 
>> Greetings!
>> 
>> I thought this was a great idea, Nina anticipated my request for something
>> like a list of pix
>> 
>> BUT: I just tried to access the first link,  Merle Frimarks pictures and
>> all i'm getting
>> is an empty Yahoo page with the message:
>> The File You Are Looking For is Inaccessible.
>> ???
>> Dagmar
>> 
>> shall check the others now
>> 
>> Original Message:
>> -----------------
>> From: Jonathon Johnson goodhairdays@yahoo.com
>> Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 19:11:26 -0700 (PDT)
>> To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
>> Subject: RE: [Mb-hair] Thank you Sherwin & Nina
>> 
>> 
>> Hello Folks,
>> 
>> Just a heads up that I took down Merle's pictures. I wasn't thinking and
>> forgot
>> to get permission to share them with you.
>> 
>> Peace and Blessings ~ Jonathon
>> 
>> Little Birdie <lbirdie@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi Leo and all,
>> 
>> Here are the links, so far, of reunion photos online:
>> 
>> 20 photos taken by Merle Frimark:
>> http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/goodhairdays/album?.dir=/3eb4&.src=ph
>> 
>> 72 photos taken by Leo Lunser
>> 
> http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/schvenhead/album?.dir=/7fb4&.src=ph&.tok=phonM
>> nDBaRF8QqjX
>> 
>> 129 photos taken by Helene Morrison and Steve Crew
>> 
> http://www.plaindealing.net/users/SlideIndex.asp?ArtNum=42&Header=10%20Sep%2
>> 02005%20-
>> %20Hair%20Reunion%20at%20La%20MaMa&Pub=Living%20Pictures
>> 
>> 39 photos taken by Sherwin "Ace" Ross:
>> http://www.aceross.com/BEIN2005.htm
>> 
>> 50 Photos taken by Robin McNamara
>> 
> http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/erbal2000/album?.dir=/76d4&.src=ph&.tok=phfNFo
>> DB5Oy9KzJx
>> 
>> I'll update this list as others get posted.
>> Love,
>> Nina
>> 
>> The Hair Archives
>> http://www.michaelbutler.com/hair/holding/Hair.html
>> 
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>> Musical HAIR, by
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>> visit
>> www.goodhairdays.net.
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>> 
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From johnlenonomusic at yahoo.com  Sat Sep 17 16:09:41 2005
From: johnlenonomusic at yahoo.com (Gibson Vendettuoli)
Date: Sat Sep 17 18:11:16 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Hoping this message gets through with my latest "wacky"
	proposal...
Message-ID: <20050917230941.882.qmail@web32114.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Just like my last one about attending the HAIR reunion didn't...

Irregardless, Richard, Jim, and whoever the hell else came up with the idea of a reunion
performance of HAIR featuring as many of the first-run Tribers as possible is excellent. But one
thing: where's the venue? If you're going to plan HAIR, you need a historic HAIR venue to give the
show a little panache to run on advertising-wise, lines like "The House Where HAIR Was Launched."

Here are a few "historic" options: anything like the Biltmore, the Aquarius, or -- my personal
choice -- either of the Public Theater or Joe's Pub parts of the NY Shakespeare Festival complex
on Lafayette Street. I choose the very first performance space HAIR appeared in, because, in my
mind, the advertising plays well: HAIR literally returns to its roots for one night only. And
since Joe's Pub is a more cabaret-type setting, it looks like the Public Theater would be one's
best bet, were one to choose it. And to make it even more full-circle, the opening date of the
Off-Broadway run was next month. If it's arranged by then, it could be on the opening night in
1967.

Someone pass this to Jim (he and I are not on the best footing); it could work with the right producer.

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From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Sat Sep 17 18:23:11 2005
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Sat Sep 17 18:28:39 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Hoping this message gets through with my latest
	"wacky"proposal...
References: <20050917230941.882.qmail@web32114.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <000601c5bbef$890289f0$6e436c42@hotprojects>

artistically gibson everything youre saying is true qualitatively and
artistically
but
here are the legistical problems
the biltmore in nyc implies defacto a first class production
those rights are currently not on the table
and are in final negotiation with one specific party

the aquarius is an excellent suggestion

the public theater is not pragmatic beacuse as you may or may not know
a production done for a second at the public is currently owned by the
public lock stock and barrel

the other problem with the biltmore which we all love
is they cut down on the seats reducing a theatre that had a capacity of
760ish
to 650ish; very hard to make money with full scale full cast musical in
space that size
once upon a time GODSPELL made hundreds of millions in 200 - 500 seaters
around the world
very hard to do that now

what you need is an unconventional venue with a lot of seats

a large semi abandoned nightclub

i dont know

just offering some observations
also the round about theater company is firmly anchored in biltmore now
one of their homes
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gibson Vendettuoli" <johnlenonomusic@yahoo.com>
To: <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
Sent: Saturday, September 17, 2005 7:09 PM
Subject: [Mb-hair] Hoping this message gets through with my latest
"wacky"proposal...


> Just like my last one about attending the HAIR reunion didn't...
>
> Irregardless, Richard, Jim, and whoever the hell else came up with the
idea of a reunion
> performance of HAIR featuring as many of the first-run Tribers as possible
is excellent. But one
> thing: where's the venue? If you're going to plan HAIR, you need a
historic HAIR venue to give the
> show a little panache to run on advertising-wise, lines like "The House
Where HAIR Was Launched."
>
> Here are a few "historic" options: anything like the Biltmore, the
Aquarius, or -- my personal
> choice -- either of the Public Theater or Joe's Pub parts of the NY
Shakespeare Festival complex
> on Lafayette Street. I choose the very first performance space HAIR
appeared in, because, in my
> mind, the advertising plays well: HAIR literally returns to its roots for
one night only. And
> since Joe's Pub is a more cabaret-type setting, it looks like the Public
Theater would be one's
> best bet, were one to choose it. And to make it even more full-circle, the
opening date of the
> Off-Broadway run was next month. If it's arranged by then, it could be on
the opening night in
> 1967.
>
> Someone pass this to Jim (he and I are not on the best footing); it could
work with the right producer.
>
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From barbarasiomos38 at msn.com  Sat Sep 17 20:48:19 2005
From: barbarasiomos38 at msn.com (Barbara Siomos)
Date: Sat Sep 17 20:54:02 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Article from Common Dreams NewsCenter
Message-ID: <BAY5-DAV15AE1707BE0015F104DF31AB930@phx.gbl>

Michael...

Thank you for sending the Common Dreams article re: Robert Kennedy Jr.

peace,
barbara

-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Butler
Sent: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 18:26:30 -0700
To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
Subject: [Mb-hair] Article from Common Dreams NewsCenter

Hello,

Michael Butler wanted to share this article with you:
http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0916-27.htm


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From barbarasiomos38 at msn.com  Sat Sep 17 22:00:15 2005
From: barbarasiomos38 at msn.com (Barbara Siomos)
Date: Sat Sep 17 22:05:53 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] FW: Katrina victim foster dogs
Message-ID: <BAY5-DAV19F2D173081BD59C171B51AB930@phx.gbl>

Sherwin.....

done.

peace,
b.

-----Original Message-----
From: Sherwin Ross
Sent: Sat, 17 Sep 2005 14:40:46 -0700
To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
Subject: [Mb-hair] FW: Katrina victim foster dogs

Dear Tribe,


Hello everyone and THANK YOU ALL for your support in this effort.   We need
help!  We need fosters and volunteers to help with this operation!

First off please check out the blog we made for the Rescue for Refugees
effort.  Please visit it regularly to get updates on what is happening -
<http://rescueforruffugees.blogspot.com/>
http://rescueforruffugees.blogspot.com/

There are 650 dogs at the Lamar Dixie Shelter in Louisiana that need homes.
(hopefully temporary if they can be reunited with their families.) There are
10 flights anticipated over the next 60 days to various locations around the
country. They have had 2 vet screenings, are cleared for travel and all will
be traveling with a health and vaccination certificate.  There is an
immediate need to get these dogs out of the area so the 1000 dogs being
brought in daily have a place to go.  
 
As you may know, the first shipment of dogs arrived to San Diego and to San
Marin yesterday.  Check out yesterday's CNN archives for an article on the
rescue initiative.  The dogs were mostly medium to large in size - labs,
retrievers and hound and hound mixes.  Very clean and healthy.  All came
with vaccination records and health certificates. 

As of this morning 2 more shipments of animals are tentatively scheduled to
leave Louisiana.  One on Wed. and one on Thurs.  Once we have confirmation,
we will post it on the blog.  

Because these dogs are hurricane victims, they will need 30 day fosters -
they are not adoptable now.  We must give owners a chance to claim them.
(I'm finding out more details on how logistically and financially we get
them back to the owners if and when they are claimed and will send details
to you ASAP).   If they are not claimed after the 30 day hold, they are then
adoptable. 
 
Please forward this email on and let me know if you know anyone who is
interested in helping out.
We are also in need of supplies, especially crates for the animals so if you
have any you can donate please let us know. Contact meredith@shalei.com if
you are interested in volunteering or fostering. 

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From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Sun Sep 18 04:56:13 2005
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Sun Sep 18 05:01:46 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: The Gibber
References: <BAY5-DAV15910F07B50CB0C43C7CFBAB930@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <003301c5bc47$f81c95d0$6e436c42@hotprojects>

most impressive
encourage that boy to go into the business
no i thought he was an adult

i say when gibson turns 18 he should get in touch with me
he should be a producer
i think the boys got it
blown away
i thought i was discussing pts with a colleague
theyre very erudite suggestions
just werent feasible etc

and the aquarius is the right place

my daughter is 13 and works on the shows

if gibson wants an internship and shows up with mommy or daddy or if mommy
or daddy wish to contact me
* because obviously mommy and daddy must be present at all times etc
I would give that boy an internship
if his parents were ammenable and he wanted on

AMAZING
YOU GO GIBSON

YOU BE A PRODUCER DIRECTOR AUTEUR ETC
YOU GOT IT KID

THATS WONDERFUL BARBARA


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Barbara Siomos" <barbarasiomos38@msn.com>
To: <hotprojects@nyc.rr.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 18, 2005 12:56 AM
Subject: The Gibber


Hello RH...

Not sure  IF you know but Gibson is only 13 years old... maybe  14 by now..
and has very grand ideas.

peace,

barbara

From dauber at banana-and-louie.org  Sun Sep 18 09:50:20 2005
From: dauber at banana-and-louie.org (Sean Courtney)
Date: Sun Sep 18 08:59:37 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] One more Reunion pic link...
Message-ID: <342115683fc.52e9f0a0@outgoing.verizon.net>

Here's a link to all ONE picture I took -- I brought a digital camera and
like an idiot used up most of the battery power on the two videos I shot and
forgot to bring extra batteries!! I had just enough juice to have Lisa shoot
a picture of Robin, Tioga Joe and myself:

http://www.banana-and-louie.org/hair

(Robin -- you think Sib looks like John Ritter now? He looked kinda like
Stephen Stills when he had facial hair!  8)  )

Anyhoo, just a bit more detail about the reunion...I don't think anybody
posted quite this much detail yet...

My wife and I got there at about 9:00, as we both had a busy day and we
needed to slow down for a bit and grab some dinner before we went into the
city. When we got there Nina was the first to greet us -- amazingly she knew
who I was before I even said anything! Somebody asked me for my ticket, but
I never did get actual tickets -- I just called the box office and
paid, but they never sent me tickets. They let us through anyway (I DID pay,
don't worry!).

In the lobby on the second floor of the theater there was a small group of
people socializing, and there were some fantastic Dagmar photographs
enlarged and posted all over. ("fantastic Dagmar photographs" -- yeah, as if
there's such thing as a Dagmar photograph that ISN'T fantastic??) And there
was a TV showing a 2-hour looping DVD of Hair TV spots et al. (Really...if
my $22 per person was nothing more than standing in front of that TV and
watching that DVD, just that would have been worth the admission price!)

We were directed to the main theater, and when we walked in Jim Rado (and
yes, I noticed that he had the "Luther Creek" name tag, but I didn't want to
ask!) was making some kind of speech...couldn't tell for sure what he was
doing, whether he was reading a letter from someone, reading (or making up)
some free verse poetry, or what...all I remember is there was an anti-Bush
comment that everybody loved. :)

It became obvoius that WMH was the emcee (I don't think I was aware of that
beforehand), and he introduced Michael Butler, who talked for about five
minutes, IIRC about the message and spirit of Hair. Afterwards a few people
eulogized [J/G]erry Ragni.

After a short break and a bit more socialization (and truly realizing that I
have the social skills of a dead tree), there was the big sing-along, using
what appeared to be a pretty well-done karaoke CD, with WMH directing from
the stage. "Aquarius" featured many attendees in a circle dance, using the
classic choreography. And because it was a karaoke CD, not many people knew
when to come in with "Where Do I Go?" I turned to my wife and said that
there really needs to be someone taking the lead on this particular
song...and talk about timing, Jim Rado got up on stage and sang his lead,
with WMH cuing him on a few forgotten words. (And no, nobody was nude at the
end!) "I Got Life" featured WMH pointing to body parts to keep everybody on
cue. :)

WMH asked Shelley Plimpton to come to the stage to sing "Frank Mills."
Walter played the piano to back her up. He started playing in the key of C,
which I believe is what the sheet music dictates. Shelley turned to him and
obviously asked him to lower the key, so he started playing in A, the key of
the song on the Broadway and off-Broadway cast recordings, but she asked for
even lower, and so Walter went down to F, after which Shelley delivered a
really nice vocal.

Again on piano, WMH led everybody through "Walking In Space" (which sounds
VERY interesting with only piano!), "Three-Five-Zero-Zero," and "What A
Piece Of Work Is Man," with him soloing on his original vocal parts -- and
amazingly still hitting the high notes (in the original key!), even better than he did in
1968, amazing when you consider his current baritone speaking voice!

The sing-along ended with, what else?, but "The Flesh Failures." Afterwards,
WMH announced that they were going to show a montage of various tribes
singing "what you just sang," I believe were his exact words. Among the
"tribes" was the Urban Coalition TV advertisement that had a few Hair cast
members and a wide variety of famous folks; my wife got a kick out of seeing
a lot of "squares" singing "Let The Sunshine In." :)  (At least one picture
of that is in Nina's online Hair archive -- here's a direct link to a
picture:
http://www.michaelbutler.com/hair/holding/photographs/hair/UrbanCoalition.html
)

That was pretty much the end of scheduled activities. The rest of the
evening was basically a big social. I wanted to meet as many online tribe
folk as I could, as I've been a part of it for so long.

People spotted include:
- online folk such as Cara, Corrinne, Tioga Joe (heck, we live a few blocks
away from each other and took the train back home together!), Robin
McNamara, Ross (sorry I didn't introduce myself!), Sherwin, Nina, Michael
Butler (duh!), Leo
- past tribe members such as Red, Pappy (loved the hat with the playing card
in it!), Mary Davis (I wanted to introduce myself, but she looked like she
was having too good a time, so I didn't want to interrupt her!), Heather
McRae, Ben Vereen (seemed to draw a crowd everywhere he walked, for obvious
reasons!), I believe Marjorie LiPari was there, obviously Walter Michael
Harris
- And of course a few other folks...I was surprised to see SNL's Fred
Armisen there (I'm under the impression that he might be seeing Heather
McRae's daughter??)...I spoke with a gentleman named Danny who was in the
Detroit cast with Meat Loaf...obviously Jim Rado, who approached me
apparently for the sole reason of telling me that he was going to eat that
piece of cake in his hand, and he didn't care what I or anybody else had to
say. I said "Oh, yeah? Well......PLEEEEEEEEEEASE eat that cake!" I got kinda
goofy and dropped to my knees and said "PLEASE eat it!" (I figured heck, if
he wants to eat that cake, and he didn't care what I said, would this give
him a zen thing to think about?) He seemed amused.

Tioga Joe suggested that the three of us (him, Lisa and I) share a cab on
the way back to Penn Station, so on our way out I noticed that we lost him;
turns out he had to stop and say his goodbyes to a lot of folks...I saw he
was talking to Rado, and Sherwyn kind of excitedly pointed out how the
tie-dyes that Jim and I were wearing had the same stitching on the
shoulders. He suggested it's something rare. Jim wasn't quite as
excited...he said "Uhh....I guess we just shop at the right place, I
dunno..." (Sorry to burst your bubble, Sherwyn, but it turns out it's not
all that rare -- I've since inspected my tie-dye collection, and found that
pretty much all of my tie-dyes have the same pattern, as do most of my
wife's tie-dyes!)

Anyhoo...it was a fantastic time, hope to do it again! Have to go look for a
place to live now...

--
dauber@banana-and-louie.org
 * ICQ: 28677921 * YIM: dau_ber * AIM: ddaauubbeerr
From lbirdie at hotmail.com  Sun Sep 18 11:24:25 2005
From: lbirdie at hotmail.com (Little Birdie)
Date: Sun Sep 18 11:29:57 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] One more Reunion pic link...
In-Reply-To: <342115683fc.52e9f0a0@outgoing.verizon.net>
Message-ID: <BAY104-F42FC12D1F5D831006840CAB2930@phx.gbl>

Hey Dauber,

THANK YOU for the wonderful, descriptive review of the evening. I have been 
meaning to post something about the evening's events, but can't seem to find 
the words to describe it. It all went by as if in a dream, a sentiment that 
I am hearing from a lot of people there.

Thanks also for your photo. Can't wait to see the videos!
Nina

The Hair Archives
http://www.michaelbutler.com/hair/holding/Hair.html


From info at amerifilmcasting.com  Sun Sep 18 12:45:21 2005
From: info at amerifilmcasting.com (Amerifilm Casting, Inc.)
Date: Sun Sep 18 12:48:09 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Reunion pix online - Luther Creek??
In-Reply-To: <BF51F490.24312%michael@michaelbutler.com>
References: <BF51F490.24312%michael@michaelbutler.com>
Message-ID: <p06110404bf53737b0d72@[141.155.158.142]>

I met the real Luther Creek later in the night at the reunion - he's 
a young actor who appeared as Claude in the Encores show of HAIR in 
NYC a few years ago (that's what he told me - I can't find my 
program).   I guess during the night he switched name tags with 
others as I saw him wearing Galt's name tag earlier in the night, and 
he was wearing Jim Rado's name tag when we talked.  Luther was 
wearing a white t-shirt, and sported large 60'sish women's sunglasses 
and sometimes a sunflower.

Meredith
From lbirdie at hotmail.com  Sun Sep 18 12:57:58 2005
From: lbirdie at hotmail.com (Little Birdie)
Date: Sun Sep 18 13:03:25 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Reunion pix online - Luther Creek??
In-Reply-To: <p06110404bf53737b0d72@[141.155.158.142]>
Message-ID: <BAY104-F2012813AAFC85EB95766C9B2930@phx.gbl>

Luther Creek played Claude in the 25th anniversary European tour that Jim 
directed, and in the Encores production in 2001 in NY. He wore many name 
tags throughout the evening, confusing a number of people.

Nina
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>From: "Amerifilm Casting, Inc." <info@amerifilmcasting.com>
>Reply-To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
>To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
>Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Reunion pix online - Luther Creek??
>Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2005 15:45:21 -0400
>
>I met the real Luther Creek later in the night at the reunion - he's a 
>young actor who appeared as Claude in the Encores show of HAIR in NYC a few 
>years ago (that's what he told me - I can't find my program).   I guess 
>during the night he switched name tags with others as I saw him wearing 
>Galt's name tag earlier in the night, and he was wearing Jim Rado's name 
>tag when we talked.  Luther was wearing a white t-shirt, and sported large 
>60'sish women's sunglasses and sometimes a sunflower.
>
>Meredith
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From michael at intrafi.com  Sun Sep 18 14:17:15 2005
From: michael at intrafi.com (michael@intrafi.com)
Date: Sun Sep 18 14:22:42 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Alert from Michael Butler
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From michael at intrafi.com  Sun Sep 18 15:54:05 2005
From: michael at intrafi.com (michael@intrafi.com)
Date: Sun Sep 18 16:00:26 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] An article for you from an Economist.com reader.
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The Shaming of America


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THE SHAMING OF AMERICA
Sep 8th 2005  

Hurricane Katrina has exposed both personal and structural weaknesses
in America's government

EVEN America's many enemies around the world tend to accord it respect.
It might be arrogant, overbearing and insensitive--but, by God, it can
get things done. 

Since Hurricane Katrina, the world's view of America has changed. The
disaster has exposed some shocking truths about the place: the
bitterness of its sharp racial divide, the abandonment of the
dispossessed, the weakness of critical infrastructure. But the most
astonishing and most shaming revelation has been of its government's
failure to bring succour to its people at their time of greatest need. 

The finger-pointing is already under way, with the federal government
blaming local government and local government blaming the feds. But if
America is to avoid future catastrophes it needs to do more than
bicker. It needs to learn the right lessons from this fortnight's
debacle.

BLAME FOR THE SHAME
Natural disasters on this scale inevitably bring chaos and suffering.
Katrina wreaked havoc over an area the size of Britain. And even the
best-laid hurricane plans cannot deal with the quirks of human nature.
People who live in areas prone to hurricanes tend to become blase about
storm warnings. This insouciance is native to New Orleans, where a
lethal local cocktail is called The Hurricane. But none of that excuses
government's failure.

Local government must shoulder some of the blame. The authorities in
Louisiana have a reputation for confusion, inefficiency and worse.
Different authorities are responsible for different levees, for
example, and several close associates of the former mayor were recently
indicted for corruption. Local incompetence exacerbated the disaster:
in Orleans Parish, for instance, where 60,000 households do not own a
car, hundreds of city buses which might have shipped out stranded
people were left to be swamped by the rising waters. 

Still, Washington is mostly at fault. The responsibility for mobilising
the response to a disaster lies squarely with the federal government.
And the responsibility for galvanising the federal government lies
squarely with the president. 

The administration's initial response recalled Donald Rumsfeld's
reaction to the anarchy in Iraq: stuff happens. George Bush was
listless and confused. Dick Cheney, the vice-president, remained on
holiday in Wyoming. Condoleezza Rice, the highest ranking black in the
country, saw a Broadway show, "Spamalot", while New Orleans's poor
looked out at the floodwaters. Mr Bush then added disingenuity to
leaden-footedness, declaring that nobody had anticipated the breaching
of the levees--even though people have been worrying about the
possibility for years and an official report published in 2001 warned
of impending disaster. 

Mr Bush's personal weakness is shaming; but the structural failures in
government that Katrina has revealed are perhaps more worrying. After
September 11th Mr Bush poured billions into creating the Department of
Homeland Security, but the department has flunked its first big test.
It is a bureaucratic monstrosity that includes organisations as
different as the Coast Guard and the immigration authorities and spends
most of its energies in perpetual reorganisation. The department's
focus on fighting terrorism has also distracted attention from coping
with natural disasters, reducing the Federal Emergency Management
Agency (FEMA) from a cabinet-level agency into a neglected stepchild.
The best illustration of this is its boss: Michael Brown spent nine
years at the Arabian Horse Association, before finally being eased out
and joining FEMA as general counsel, brought in by its previous head,
his college room-mate. 

The second structural problem is Washington's addiction to pork-barrel
spending. The anti-war left is keen to blame the Iraq war for depleting
government's resources. The real problem, however, is not a lack of
resources--Mr Bush has increased discretionary spending faster than any
president since Lyndon Johnson--but the way they are allocated. The
funding for New Orleans's levees, which has fallen by nearly half over
the past four years, started dropping in 2001--before the Iraq war, but
after Bob Livingston, a Louisiana congressman and erstwhile chairman of
the House Appropriations Committee, left politics under a cloud. The
recent transport bill contains some $24 billion-worth of pure
pork--including $231m for a "bridge to nowhere" in Alaska. Although
this sort of thing is endemic in Washington, it has got far worse since
the Republicans took over both the White House and Congress. 

OUT OF THE DEPTHS
The polls suggest that the majority of people don't hold Mr Bush
personally responsible for the bungling. Things are slowly improving on
the ground. The federal government is pouring resources into the
region, and ordinary Americans are opening their wallets to charities
and their homes to refugees. But if Mr Bush is to rise to this occasion
he needs to do more than take charge. He needs to make sure that
America is better prepared for future calamities. This means rejigging
his second-term agenda: downplaying favourite issues like Social
Security reform and fixing the flaws in America's government that
Katrina has exposed. 

The most urgent task is to address the mess that is the Department of
Homeland Security. He should upgrade FEMA and re-examine the wisdom of
bundling disaster relief with terrorism prevention. He needs to
confront the corrupt legislative culture in Washington: the job of the
president is to look to the national interest rather than to reward his
friends. If he managed to persuade Congress to regurgitate the pork in
the transport bill, that would go a long way towards paying for
rebuilding the levees. And he needs to start wielding his red pencil
and exercising his right to veto bad legislation. 

If Mr Bush addresses America's failings with the same vigour that he
addressed Islamic terrorism in the wake of September 11th, he has a
chance of reinvigorating his presidency and restoring respect in his
country; if he doesn't, he will go the way of his father, limping
wounded into retirement.
 

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From djbrook at hevanet.com  Sun Sep 18 14:18:42 2005
From: djbrook at hevanet.com (Doris J. Brook)
Date: Sun Sep 18 17:26:54 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] One more Reunion pic link...
References: <BAY104-F42FC12D1F5D831006840CAB2930@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <002901c5bc96$8f8f32d0$6b00a8c0@djb>


 "Little Birdie" said:
> Hey Dauber,
> THANK YOU for the wonderful, descriptive review of the evening.

I have to say, Ditto.  Very amusing and informative, Dauber, thank you for
taking the time to write it up.  Your take on what Jim R. was doing really
tracks with the series of photos from that part of the evening, and I figure
that if you had questions, then I'm not as lost in the woods as I thought I
was (not having been there...).

Peace,
Doris

From dekuyper at sbcglobal.net  Sun Sep 18 19:42:51 2005
From: dekuyper at sbcglobal.net (Gerald Gerald)
Date: Mon Sep 19 04:15:16 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] New Economy???
Message-ID: <E1EHDvV-00072E-Uv@smtpauth06.mail.atl.earthlink.net>

Has it come to this?
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From peacefreak at metrocast.net  Mon Sep 19 04:45:16 2005
From: peacefreak at metrocast.net (Leo)
Date: Mon Sep 19 04:50:57 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: Reunion pix online - Luther Creek??
References: <200509191115.j8JBFUVg025614@dune.islandtechnologies.net>
Message-ID: <000e01c5bd0f$9addbf70$6401a8c0@Leo>

Yeah I was actually speaking with Jim when he snagged the "Luther Creek" 
name tag and he asked me, "Have you met Luther Creek?" as he (Jim) was 
applying the name tag to himself. But the young man with those "60'sish 
women's sunglasses" held out his hand for me to shake. It was kind of a 
surreal moment!

PEACE,
Leo

 From: "Amerifilm Casting, Inc." <info@amerifilmcasting.com>
 Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Reunion pix online - Luther Creek??

 I met the real Luther Creek later in the night at the reunion - he's  a 
young actor who appeared as Claude in the Encores show of HAIR in NYC a few 
years ago (that's what he told me - I can't find my  program).   I guess 
during the night he switched name tags with  others as I saw him wearing 
Galt's name tag earlier in the night, and  he was wearing Jim Rado's name 
tag when we talked.  Luther was  wearing a white t-shirt, and sported large 
60'sish women's sunglasses  and sometimes a sunflower.

 Meredith



From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Mon Sep 19 04:54:38 2005
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Mon Sep 19 05:00:11 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] i still think red shepard stole the show lol
Message-ID: <000801c5bd10$e9ad43e0$6e436c42@hotprojects>


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From lbirdie at hotmail.com  Mon Sep 19 06:12:27 2005
From: lbirdie at hotmail.com (Little Birdie)
Date: Mon Sep 19 06:18:06 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] (no subject)
Message-ID: <BAY104-F55FD2676B01CFB8B87BA2B2920@phx.gbl>

Hi all,

I think Dagmar may have posted about this a while back, so excuse me if this 
is a repeat of this information, but I was speaking with Mary Lorrie Davis 
from the original Broadway cast last night and she told me that in addition 
to the book she wrote about Hair she had also written a book called How To 
Survive a Stay in the Hospital and Not Get Killed. For those of you who 
don't know, in addition to her performing career Mary worked for many, many 
years as a nurse. Here is the info she sent me for those who want to read 
her book:


"How To Survive A Stay In The Hospital Without Getting Killed" By Mary 
Lorrie Davis.
To order by Telephone: Call 1(888)232-4444 (in the Us or Canada)
To Order On Line: Go to www.traffordpublishing.com
Click on Search Desk Put in the Book Title or Author Name Click Search

You can read more about it  at Amazon, although Mary recommends buying 
through the publisher as Amazon doesn't keep many books in stock and the 
wait may be longer.

Nina

The Hair Archives
http://www.michaelbutler.com/hair/holding/Hair.html


From michael at michaelbutler.com  Mon Sep 19 09:10:49 2005
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Mon Sep 19 09:16:20 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: Reunion pix online - Luther Creek??
In-Reply-To: <000e01c5bd0f$9addbf70$6401a8c0@Leo>
Message-ID: <BF543119.2398C%michael@michaelbutler.com>

Weird!

> Yeah I was actually speaking with Jim when he snagged the "Luther Creek"
> name tag and he asked me, "Have you met Luther Creek?" as he (Jim) was
> applying the name tag to himself. But the young man with those "60'sish
> women's sunglasses" held out his hand for me to shake. It was kind of a
> surreal moment!
> 
> PEACE,
> Leo
> 
> From: "Amerifilm Casting, Inc." <info@amerifilmcasting.com>
> Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Reunion pix online - Luther Creek??
> 
> I met the real Luther Creek later in the night at the reunion - he's  a
> young actor who appeared as Claude in the Encores show of HAIR in NYC a few
> years ago (that's what he told me - I can't find my  program).   I guess
> during the night he switched name tags with  others as I saw him wearing
> Galt's name tag earlier in the night, and  he was wearing Jim Rado's name
> tag when we talked.  Luther was  wearing a white t-shirt, and sported large
> 60'sish women's sunglasses  and sometimes a sunflower.
> 
> Meredith
> 
> 
> 
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From michael at intrafi.com  Mon Sep 19 10:15:32 2005
From: michael at intrafi.com (michael@intrafi.com)
Date: Mon Sep 19 10:21:15 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] The oro years
Message-ID: <18586980.1127150132920.JavaMail.turbine@s74>

This story was sent to you by: michael butler

--------------------
The oro years 
--------------------

Boomers can retire cheaper in Mexico and could help reduce illegal immigration.

By Walter Russell Mead
Walter Russell Mead is a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and the author, most recently, of "Power, Terror, Peace and War: America's Grand Strategy in a World at Risk."

September 18 2005

AS DEBATES OVER Social Security and Medicare heat up, Americans might feel like doing what the old urban myth says the Inuit do: Ship the old folks out on the ice floes. It's cheap, simple and good for the polar bears. 

The complete article can be viewed at:
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/sunday/editorials/la-op-mead18sep18,0,7401318.story?coll=la-home-sunday-opinion 

Visit latimes.com at http://www.latimes.com
From georgeberger69 at yahoo.com  Mon Sep 19 10:21:57 2005
From: georgeberger69 at yahoo.com (James Pappaconstantine)
Date: Mon Sep 19 10:27:29 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] The oro years
In-Reply-To: <18586980.1127150132920.JavaMail.turbine@s74>
Message-ID: <20050919172158.6822.qmail@web54206.mail.yahoo.com>

I can think of one individual.. I would like to send afloat on an ice berg.. We won't name any names but his initials are George W. Bush.. Oops! The only problem is the polar bears would probably get sick if the ate him.
 
Jim

michael@intrafi.com wrote:
This story was sent to you by: michael butler

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The oro years 
--------------------

Boomers can retire cheaper in Mexico and could help reduce illegal immigration.

By Walter Russell Mead
Walter Russell Mead is a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and the author, most recently, of "Power, Terror, Peace and War: America's Grand Strategy in a World at Risk."

September 18 2005

AS DEBATES OVER Social Security and Medicare heat up, Americans might feel like doing what the old urban myth says the Inuit do: Ship the old folks out on the ice floes. It's cheap, simple and good for the polar bears. 

The complete article can be viewed at:
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/sunday/editorials/la-op-mead18sep18,0,7401318.story?coll=la-home-sunday-opinion 

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From jameshburns at webtv.net  Mon Sep 19 10:29:27 2005
From: jameshburns at webtv.net (Jim Burns)
Date: Mon Sep 19 10:34:59 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Was "Curious George" a Hippie?
In-Reply-To: mb-hair-request@islandlists.com's message of Mon, 12 Sep 2005
	18:24:07 -0700
Message-ID: <12744-432EF577-1737@storefull-3272.bay.webtv.net>


Forgive me for going off topic, but I just thought this was a marvelous
item...

(And, by the way, I do think Babar, had oee of the first "tribes..."!)
____

"How Curious George Escaped the Nazis" 

By DINITIA SMITH 
Published: September 13, 2005 
TheNew York Times 

Curious George is every 2-year-old sticking his finger into the light
socket, pouring milk onto the floor to watch it pool, creating chaos
everywhere. One reason the mischievous monkey is such a popular
children's book character is that he makes 4- to 6-year-olds feel
superior: fond memories, but we've given all that up now. 

In the years since the first book was published in the United States in
1941, "George" has become an industry. The books have sold more than 27
million copies. There have been several "Curious George" films,
including an animated one featuring the voice of Will Ferrell that is
scheduled for release this February, and theater productions, not to
mention the ubiquitous toy figure. Next year, PBS will begin a Curious
George series for pre-schoolers. 

But in truth, "Curious George" almost didn't make it onto the page. A
new book, "The Journey That Saved Curious George: The True Wartime
Escape of Margret and H. A. Rey" (Houghton Mifflin), tells of how
George's creators, both German-born Jews, fled from Paris by bicycle in
June 1940, carrying the manuscript of what would become "Curious George"
as Nazis prepared to invade. 

The book's author, Louise Borden, said in a telephone interview from
Terrace Park, Ohio, that she first spotted a mention of the Reys' escape
in Publishers Weekly. "But no one knew where they had gone from Paris,
the roads they took, the dates of where they were, the details," she
said. 

Her account, intended for older children, is illustrated in whimsical
European style by Allan Drummond, and includes photographs of the Reys
and wartime Europe, as well as H. A. Rey's pocket diaries and transit
documents. 
For her research, Ms. Borden combed the Rey archives of the de Grummond
Children's Literature Collection at the University of Southern
Mississippi, interviewed people who knew them and traced their journey
through letters and postmarks. 

Hans Reyersbach was born in Hamburg in 1898 into an educated family, and
lived near the Hagenbeck Zoo, where he learned to imitate animal sounds,
as well as to draw and paint. During World War I, Mr. Reyersbach served
in the German Army; afterward, he painted circus posters for a living.
After studying at two German universities, he went to Rio de Janeiro in
the mid-1920's, looking for a job. He wound up selling bathtubs on the
Amazon. 

Margarete Waldstein, who was born in 1906, also in Hamburg, had a more
fiery personality. After Hitler began his rise, she left Hamburg to
become a photographer in London. In 1935, she too went to Rio. Mr.
Reyersbach had first seen her as a little girl sliding down the banister
of her family's Hamburg home, and now they met again. They eventually
married, and founded an advertising agency. Margarete changed her name
to "Margret" and Hans changed his surname to "Rey," reasoning that
Reyersbach was difficult for Brazilians to pronounce. Crucially, the two
became Brazilian citizens. 

For their honeymoon, they sailed to Europe, accompanied by their two pet
marmoset monkeys. Margret knitted tiny sweaters for them to keep them
warm, but the monkeys died en route. 

The Reys ended up in the Parisian neighborhood of Montmartre, where they
began writing and illustrating children's books. In 1939, they published
"Raffy and the 9 Monkeys." Mr. Rey drew the illustrations, and his wife
helped to write the stories. Hans initially had sole credit for the
books, but eventually Margret's name was added. "We worked very closely
together and it was hard to pull the thing apart," she later said. 

Hans was a fanatical record keeper, listing expenses and details about
their work in tiny pocket calendars. In 1939, he began a story about the
youngest monkey in "Raffy," who was forever getting into trouble but
finding his way out. It was called "The Adventures of Fifi." That
September, war broke out. The Reys had signed a contract with the French
publisher Gallimard for "Fifi" and other stories, and in a stroke of
luck received a cash advance that would later finance their escape. 

By the time the Germans marched into Holland and Belgium in May 1940,
the Reys had begun a book of nursery songs in both French and English.
"Songs English very slowly because of the events," Hans wrote in his
diary. 
With refugees pouring into Paris from the north, Mr. Rey built two
bicycles from spare parts, while Margret gathered up their artwork and
manuscripts. They then joined the millions of refugees heading south,
while German planes flew overhead. 

The Reys found shelter in a farmhouse, then a stable, working their way
by rail to Bayonne, and then to Biarritz by bicycle again. They were
Jews, but because they were Brazilian citizens, it was easier to get
visas. One official, perhaps thinking that because of their German
accents they were spies, searched Mr. Rey's satchel. Finding "Fifi,"
and, seeing it was only a children's story, he released them. 

They journeyed to Spain, then to Portugal, eventually finding their way
back to Rio. "Have had a very narrow escape," Mr. Rey wrote in a
telegram to his bank. "Baggage all lost have not sufficient money in
hand." 

The couple sailed to New York in October 1940, and "Curious George," as
Fifi was renamed - the publisher thought "Fifi" was an odd name for a
male monkey - made his first appearance the following year. 

The Reys wrote a total of eight "Curious George" books; Hans died in
1977, Margret in 1996. The ensuing "George" books were created by
writers and illustrators imitating the Reys' style and art. 

"Like Hans Reyersback and Margarete Waldstein," Ms. Borden concludes,
"the little French monkey Fifi would change his name, and it would
become one to remember. " 


? 2005 The New York Times 


From michael at michaelbutler.com  Mon Sep 19 10:48:41 2005
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Mon Sep 19 10:54:13 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: The Gibber
In-Reply-To: <003301c5bc47$f81c95d0$6e436c42@hotprojects>
Message-ID: <BF544809.239C7%michael@michaelbutler.com>

Yes, he does show promise for the future.

> most impressive
> encourage that boy to go into the business
> no i thought he was an adult
> 
> i say when gibson turns 18 he should get in touch with me
> he should be a producer
> i think the boys got it
> blown away
> i thought i was discussing pts with a colleague
> theyre very erudite suggestions
> just werent feasible etc
> 
> and the aquarius is the right place
> 
> my daughter is 13 and works on the shows
> 
> if gibson wants an internship and shows up with mommy or daddy or if mommy
> or daddy wish to contact me
> * because obviously mommy and daddy must be present at all times etc
> I would give that boy an internship
> if his parents were ammenable and he wanted on
> 
> AMAZING
> YOU GO GIBSON
> 
> YOU BE A PRODUCER DIRECTOR AUTEUR ETC
> YOU GOT IT KID
> 
> THATS WONDERFUL BARBARA
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Barbara Siomos" <barbarasiomos38@msn.com>
> To: <hotprojects@nyc.rr.com>
> Sent: Sunday, September 18, 2005 12:56 AM
> Subject: The Gibber
> 
> 
> Hello RH...
> 
> Not sure  IF you know but Gibson is only 13 years old... maybe  14 by now..
> and has very grand ideas.
> 
> peace,
> 
> barbara
> 
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From barbarasiomos38 at msn.com  Mon Sep 19 11:45:44 2005
From: barbarasiomos38 at msn.com (Barbara Siomos)
Date: Mon Sep 19 11:51:19 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] (no subject)
Message-ID: <BAY5-DAV724E85629EA755252626BAB920@phx.gbl>

Thanks Nina.... Having worked in the medical field a book like this  IS  needed. I for one am going to buy it, even though I am much aware of all that goes on behind the scenes...

peace,
barbara

ps: Thank you for all of Your, Trevor, Bill (of course Michael B.) and others who got the reunion together even though I could not attend... If you can please send me a program (Oooh I hope there are some left at least one for me), you should still have my mailing address... IF not let me know and I will forward. xxxoox

-----Original Message-----
From: Little Birdie
Sent: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 06:12:27 -0700
To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
Subject: [Mb-hair] (no subject)

Hi all,

I think Dagmar may have posted about this a while back, so excuse me if this 
is a repeat of this information, but I was speaking with Mary Lorrie Davis 
from the original Broadway cast last night and she told me that in addition 
to the book she wrote about Hair she had also written a book called How To 
Survive a Stay in the Hospital and Not Get Killed. For those of you who 
don't know, in addition to her performing career Mary worked for many, many 
years as a nurse. Here is the info she sent me for those who want to read 
her book:


"How To Survive A Stay In The Hospital Without Getting Killed" By Mary 
Lorrie Davis.
To order by Telephone: Call 1(888)232-4444 (in the Us or Canada)
To Order On Line: Go to www.traffordpublishing.com
Click on Search Desk Put in the Book Title or Author Name Click Search

You can read more about it  at Amazon, although Mary recommends buying 
through the publisher as Amazon doesn't keep many books in stock and the 
wait may be longer.

Nina

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From tiogajoe at juno.com  Mon Sep 19 12:49:19 2005
From: tiogajoe at juno.com (tiogajoe@juno.com)
Date: Mon Sep 19 12:57:05 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Tioga's Take on the 2005 NYC HAIR Reunion
Message-ID: <20050919.125004.9664.490486@webmail26.lax.untd.com>

Journal 2005-09-10
Tioga's Take on the 2005 HAIR NYC Reunion
"The Adventures of Tioga Joe"
HAIR Date 2005.09.10 (Sat.) CE
 
E.T.A. New York-Penn Station 5:00 P.M. E.D.T.
Wended my way on foot
West to Broadway,
Routing me right on down
"To 4th Street U.S.A."
And home to LaMaMa
e.t.c.
Halfway there,
At Union Square,
I had a HAIR
Moment.
'Neath the bronze statue of 
Mahatma Gandhi
Saffron-ed Krishnites
Served meals, played instruments
And sang,
"Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna
"Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare
"Hare Rama, Hare Rama
"Rama Rama, Hare Hare"
'Natch, I sang along, yet
Conscious my obesity
Showed surely
I was no fellow
Vegetarian.
But 'twas sign enough
Tonight's HAIR Happening
Would only be good.
Prosing right along, I found 74-A, 4th Street, U.S.A., home to LaMaMa e.t.c. (experimental theatre club).  I knew I was nearing my destination, when spiriting from it came this Arlo-Guthrie-ish white maned and bearded (and clad) wizard, whom I later met and learned was HAIR's own Red Shepard, the (formerly) red-maned, motor-biking Berger (L.A. '68) in that wonderful photo recently posted to the MB-HAIR List.
Passing the wizard, I enter to the box office window, where I'm met by the comparably hobbit-like HAIR's Michael David Arien (Revival '74), whom I recognized from the Bridgeport, Connecticut, HAIR attendees photos.  I'd missed meeting him then, but now had the pleasure, and it indeed was a pleasure--the perfect host to meet and greet the in-coming HAIR Reunionarians.
And HAIR's Corrine Broskette arrived on my coat tails.  She, too, would make me feel so at home and so welcome at this wonderful Be-In.
(Oh, Man, I know if I start this naming-everybody thing, I'm going to miss somebody, so, I beg your pardon in advance.  Chalk it up to A.D.D., P.T.S.D., and maybe even T.H.C.)
Ah, the Hostess with the Most-est was our Little Birdie, Nina Machlin Dayton, and what a Master of Ceremonies was our "What a Piece of Work Is Man" (O.B.C.) Walter Michael Harris!
And there was Natalie Mosco (O.B.C.), Trevor Dayton, Debbie Andrews, Ross MacLean, Robin McNamara (Broadway '71/Divine HAIR, Mass in F), Leo Lunser, Lisa and Sean (Dauber) Courtney, Bill Swiggard, Robert Camuto, Sally Shafer and her handsome beau from Florida, Jeff Lunger, Sherwin Ross, Cara Robin, and others I had the pleasure of mingling with.
Was honored with a hug from Michael Butler and a brief chat with Jim Rado, both of whom I'd met at previous HAIR-ish engagements.  Although I sat near Tom O'Horgan and caught a glimpse there of Galt MacDermont, I refrained from imposing myself on them, since they wouldn't know me from Adam, and there were so many present who had worked directly with them in the past, who better warranted claiming their time and attention.
Also was honored to have join me at my table Heather MacRae (L.A. '68).  I'd reminded her that in the late '80s, we were briefly upstairs/downstairs neighbors in a two-family house in Ossining, New York.  HAIR had never surfaced in conversations back then, so there was understandably a bit of wonderment about my presence at the HAIR Reunion (and, oh, man, you should have seen/heard her belt it out singing "Flesh Failures" on the archives video playing in the lobby that night -- made it all the more sweet to hear her lead it onstage during the night's sing-along: "We starve, look at one another short of breath, ...."
Have we mentioned enough what a wonderful host was Walter Michael on stage that evening?
And how sweet to hear, live, Shelly Plimpton (O.B.C.) serenading Tom O'Horgan with her trademark rendition of "Frank Mills."
And it turns out the pixie next to me, singing every word to every HAIR song sung that night, was Shelly's daughter, actress Martha Plimpton, who gave me the sweetest giggle when I flashed her (hiding under my lapel) my circa-1979 photo of me sporting Z Z Top-length long hair and beard.
Martha's pop, actor Keith Carradine, added to the Sunshine shining on the party.
And then SNL comedian Fred Armisen joined Martha, and what a warm, kind gentleman he seemed to be, as he shook my hand and acknowledged my greeting to him.
I also, perhaps too boldly, shook Ben Vereen's hand (L.A. '68) as he arrived.  Later, Corrine kindly introduced him to me, and I said, "Yeah, I kinda grabbed your hand and shook it earlier," and he kinda chuckled and said, "Yeah, you did!"
Although I did indeed notice the yellow sport-coated handsome gent with the Rod Stewart hair and his Cher-ishly lovely wife Helene (Morrison) Masiko (Touring Co.), I'm afraid I didn't meet them.  I hope I'll have another opportunity to in the not too distant future.
And so many more there that I didn't get to meet/pay my respects to, but to whom I hope my respect vibes got through.
Oh, and what a spread!  Sushi out the wazoo (num num), and plenty of other tasty treats.
And the HAIR logo/poster cake!  Can you beat that?
Then, to wrap it up, I had the pleasure of training back to the Jersey Shore in the company of Sean and Lisa from (our mutually current home town) Ocean Grove, where Walter Michael visited that very morning!
Man, what an evening!  What a Trip!  
Thanks to all who made the Happening possible, and thanks to all who made, and continue to make HAIR possible.
And thanks to all who've posted online photos from the event!
(How'd I do with my report?)
Peace,
Lee Joseph de Tioga Livingstone Smith
Dr. Sibley
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From: djbrook at hevanet.com (Doris J. Brook)
Date: Mon Sep 19 13:00:21 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Hair & New Orleans
Message-ID: <001201c5bd3a$7a8422c0$6b00a8c0@djb>

Did anyone catch the benefit for the many impacted New Orleans musicians from Live at Lincoln Center on Saturday night that was carried on PBS stations?  In addition to the movie stars, they had some awesome musicians, including, for many of the numbers on drums, Idris Muhammad, who played in the original Broadway production (as well as on the OBC album) for years.  (Remember sitting in the band's "bus," Nina?)

-Doris
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From barbarasiomos38 at msn.com  Mon Sep 19 13:39:23 2005
From: barbarasiomos38 at msn.com (Barbara Siomos)
Date: Mon Sep 19 13:44:54 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Tioga's Take on the 2005 NYC HAIR Reunion
Message-ID: <BAY5-DAV17444930CD163F98009672AB920@phx.gbl>

Yeah !!!!    MY favorite Tioga Joe.... :-)

peace,
barbara

-----Original Message-----
From: tiogajoe@juno.com
Sent: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 12:49:19 -0700
To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
Subject: [Mb-hair] Tioga's Take on the 2005 NYC HAIR Reunion

Journal 2005-09-10
Tioga's Take on the 2005 HAIR NYC Reunion
"The Adventures of Tioga Joe"
HAIR Date 2005.09.10 (Sat.) CE
 
E.T.A. New York-Penn Station 5:00 P.M. E.D.T.
Wended my way on foot
West to Broadway,
Routing me right on down
"To 4th Street U.S.A."
And home to LaMaMa
e.t.c.
Halfway there,
At Union Square,
I had a HAIR
Moment.
'Neath the bronze statue of 
Mahatma Gandhi
Saffron-ed Krishnites
Served meals, played instruments
And sang,
"Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna
"Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare
"Hare Rama, Hare Rama
"Rama Rama, Hare Hare"
'Natch, I sang along, yet
Conscious my obesity
Showed surely
I was no fellow
Vegetarian.
But 'twas sign enough
Tonight's HAIR Happening
Would only be good.
Prosing right along, I found 74-A, 4th Street, U.S.A., home to LaMaMa e.tc. (experimental theatre club).  I knew I was nearing my destination, when spiriting from it came this Arlo-Guthrie-ish white maned and bearded (and clad) wizard, whom I later met and learned was HAIR's own Red Shepard, the (formerly) red-maned, motor-biking Berger (L.A. '68) in that wonderful photo recently posted to the MB-HAIR List.
Passing the wizard, I enter to the box office window, where I'm met by the comparably hobbit-like HAIR's Michael David Arien (Revival '74), whom I recognized from the Bridgeport, Connecticut, HAIR attendees photos.  I'd missed meeting him then, but now had the pleasure, and it indeed was a pleasure--the perfect host to meet and greet the in-coming HAIR Reunionarians.
And HAIR's Corrine Broskette arrived on my coat tails.  She, too, would make me feel so at home and so welcome at this wonderful Be-In.
(Oh, Man, I know if I start this naming-everybody thing, I'm going to miss somebody, so, I beg your pardon in advance.  Chalk it up to A.D.D., P.TS.D., and maybe even T.H.C.)
Ah, the Hostess with the Most-est was our Little Birdie, Nina Machlin Dayton, and what a Master of Ceremonies was our "What a Piece of Work Is Man" (O.B.C.) Walter Michael Harris!
And there was Natalie Mosco (O.B.C.), Trevor Dayton, Debbie Andrews, Ross MacLean, Robin McNamara (Broadway '71/Divine HAIR, Mass in F), Leo Lunser, Lisa and Sean (Dauber) Courtney, Bill Swiggard, Robert Camuto, Sally Shafer and her handsome beau from Florida, Jeff Lunger, Sherwin Ross, Cara Robin, and others I had the pleasure of mingling with.
Was honored with a hug from Michael Butler and a brief chat with Jim Rado, both of whom I'd met at previous HAIR-ish engagements.  Although I sat near Tom O'Horgan and caught a glimpse there of Galt MacDermont, I refrained from imposing myself on them, since they wouldn't know me from Adam, and there were so many present who had worked directly with them in the past, who better warranted claiming their time and attention.
Also was honored to have join me at my table Heather MacRae (L.A. '68).  I'd reminded her that in the late '80s, we were briefly upstairs/downstairs neighbors in a two-family house in Ossining, New York.  HAIR had never surfaced in conversations back then, so there was understandably a bit of wonderment about my presence at the HAIR Reunion (and, oh, man, you should have seen/heard her belt it out singing "Flesh Failures" on the archives video playing in the lobby that night -- made it all the more sweet to hear her lead it onstage during the night's sing-along: "We starve, look at one another short of breath, ...."
Have we mentioned enough what a wonderful host was Walter Michael on stage that evening?
And how sweet to hear, live, Shelly Plimpton (O.B.C.) serenading Tom O'Horgan with her trademark rendition of "Frank Mills."
And it turns out the pixie next to me, singing every word to every HAIR song sung that night, was Shelly's daughter, actress Martha Plimpton, who gave me the sweetest giggle when I flashed her (hiding under my lapel) my circa-1979 photo of me sporting Z Z Top-length long hair and beard.
Martha's pop, actor Keith Carradine, added to the Sunshine shining on the party.
And then SNL comedian Fred Armisen joined Martha, and what a warm, kind gentleman he seemed to be, as he shook my hand and acknowledged my greeting to him.
I also, perhaps too boldly, shook Ben Vereen's hand (L.A. '68) as he arrived.  Later, Corrine kindly introduced him to me, and I said, "Yeah, I kinda grabbed your hand and shook it earlier," and he kinda chuckled and said, "Yeah, you did!"
Although I did indeed notice the yellow sport-coated handsome gent with the Rod Stewart hair and his Cher-ishly lovely wife Helene (Morrison) Masiko (Touring Co.), I'm afraid I didn't meet them.  I hope I'll have another opportunity to in the not too distant future.
And so many more there that I didn't get to meet/pay my respects to, but to whom I hope my respect vibes got through.
Oh, and what a spread!  Sushi out the wazoo (num num), and plenty of other tasty treats.
And the HAIR logo/poster cake!  Can you beat that?
Then, to wrap it up, I had the pleasure of training back to the Jersey Shore in the company of Sean and Lisa from (our mutually current home town) Ocean Grove, where Walter Michael visited that very morning!
Man, what an evening!  What a Trip!  
Thanks to all who made the Happening possible, and thanks to all who made, and continue to make HAIR possible.
And thanks to all who've posted online photos from the event!
(How'd I do with my report?)
Peace,
Lee Joseph de Tioga Livingstone Smith
Dr. Sibley


From lbirdie at hotmail.com  Mon Sep 19 13:41:24 2005
From: lbirdie at hotmail.com (Little Birdie)
Date: Mon Sep 19 13:46:57 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Tioga's Take on the 2005 NYC HAIR Reunion
In-Reply-To: <20050919.125004.9664.490486@webmail26.lax.untd.com>
Message-ID: <BAY104-F3A7D60F0F2C4C61110D52B2920@phx.gbl>



The Hair Archives
http://www.michaelbutler.com/hair/holding/Hair.html




>From: "tiogajoe@juno.com" <tiogajoe@juno.com>
>Reply-To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
>To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
>Subject: [Mb-hair] Tioga's Take on the 2005 NYC HAIR Reunion
>Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 19:49:19 GMT
>
>Journal 2005-09-10
>Tioga's Take on the 2005 HAIR NYC Reunion
>"The Adventures of Tioga Joe"
>HAIR Date 2005.09.10 (Sat.) CE
>
>E.T.A. New York-Penn Station 5:00 P.M. E.D.T.
>Wended my way on foot
>West to Broadway,
>Routing me right on down
>"To 4th Street U.S.A."
>And home to LaMaMa
>e.t.c.
>Halfway there,
>At Union Square,
>I had a HAIR
>Moment.
>'Neath the bronze statue of
>Mahatma Gandhi
>Saffron-ed Krishnites
>Served meals, played instruments
>And sang,
>"Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna
>"Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare
>"Hare Rama, Hare Rama
>"Rama Rama, Hare Hare"
>'Natch, I sang along, yet
>Conscious my obesity
>Showed surely
>I was no fellow
>Vegetarian.
>But 'twas sign enough
>Tonight's HAIR Happening
>Would only be good.
>Prosing right along, I found 74-A, 4th Street, U.S.A., home to LaMaMa 
>e.t.c. (experimental theatre club).  I knew I was nearing my destination, 
>when spiriting from it came this Arlo-Guthrie-ish white maned and bearded 
>(and clad) wizard, whom I later met and learned was HAIR's own Red Shepard, 
>the (formerly) red-maned, motor-biking Berger (L.A. '68) in that wonderful 
>photo recently posted to the MB-HAIR List.
>Passing the wizard, I enter to the box office window, where I'm met by the 
>comparably hobbit-like HAIR's Michael David Arien (Revival '74), whom I 
>recognized from the Bridgeport, Connecticut, HAIR attendees photos.  I'd 
>missed meeting him then, but now had the pleasure, and it indeed was a 
>pleasure--the perfect host to meet and greet the in-coming HAIR 
>Reunionarians.
>And HAIR's Corrine Broskette arrived on my coat tails.  She, too, would 
>make me feel so at home and so welcome at this wonderful Be-In.
>(Oh, Man, I know if I start this naming-everybody thing, I'm going to miss 
>somebody, so, I beg your pardon in advance.  Chalk it up to A.D.D., 
>P.T.S.D., and maybe even T.H.C.)
>Ah, the Hostess with the Most-est was our Little Birdie, Nina Machlin 
>Dayton, and what a Master of Ceremonies was our "What a Piece of Work Is 
>Man" (O.B.C.) Walter Michael Harris!
>And there was Natalie Mosco (O.B.C.), Trevor Dayton, Debbie Andrews, Ross 
>MacLean, Robin McNamara (Broadway '71/Divine HAIR, Mass in F), Leo Lunser, 
>Lisa and Sean (Dauber) Courtney, Bill Swiggard, Robert Camuto, Sally Shafer 
>and her handsome beau from Florida, Jeff Lunger, Sherwin Ross, Cara Robin, 
>and others I had the pleasure of mingling with.
>Was honored with a hug from Michael Butler and a brief chat with Jim Rado, 
>both of whom I'd met at previous HAIR-ish engagements.  Although I sat near 
>Tom O'Horgan and caught a glimpse there of Galt MacDermont, I refrained 
>from imposing myself on them, since they wouldn't know me from Adam, and 
>there were so many present who had worked directly with them in the past, 
>who better warranted claiming their time and attention.
>Also was honored to have join me at my table Heather MacRae (L.A. '68).  
>I'd reminded her that in the late '80s, we were briefly upstairs/downstairs 
>neighbors in a two-family house in Ossining, New York.  HAIR had never 
>surfaced in conversations back then, so there was understandably a bit of 
>wonderment about my presence at the HAIR Reunion (and, oh, man, you should 
>have seen/heard her belt it out singing "Flesh Failures" on the archives 
>video playing in the lobby that night -- made it all the more sweet to hear 
>her lead it onstage during the night's sing-along: "We starve, look at one 
>another short of breath, ...."
>Have we mentioned enough what a wonderful host was Walter Michael on stage 
>that evening?
>And how sweet to hear, live, Shelly Plimpton (O.B.C.) serenading Tom 
>O'Horgan with her trademark rendition of "Frank Mills."
>And it turns out the pixie next to me, singing every word to every HAIR 
>song sung that night, was Shelly's daughter, actress Martha Plimpton, who 
>gave me the sweetest giggle when I flashed her (hiding under my lapel) my 
>circa-1979 photo of me sporting Z Z Top-length long hair and beard.
>Martha's pop, actor Keith Carradine, added to the Sunshine shining on the 
>party.
>And then SNL comedian Fred Armisen joined Martha, and what a warm, kind 
>gentleman he seemed to be, as he shook my hand and acknowledged my greeting 
>to him.
>I also, perhaps too boldly, shook Ben Vereen's hand (L.A. '68) as he 
>arrived.  Later, Corrine kindly introduced him to me, and I said, "Yeah, I 
>kinda grabbed your hand and shook it earlier," and he kinda chuckled and 
>said, "Yeah, you did!"
>Although I did indeed notice the yellow sport-coated handsome gent with the 
>Rod Stewart hair and his Cher-ishly lovely wife Helene (Morrison) Masiko 
>(Touring Co.), I'm afraid I didn't meet them.  I hope I'll have another 
>opportunity to in the not too distant future.
>And so many more there that I didn't get to meet/pay my respects to, but to 
>whom I hope my respect vibes got through.
>Oh, and what a spread!  Sushi out the wazoo (num num), and plenty of other 
>tasty treats.
>And the HAIR logo/poster cake!  Can you beat that?
>Then, to wrap it up, I had the pleasure of training back to the Jersey 
>Shore in the company of Sean and Lisa from (our mutually current home town) 
>Ocean Grove, where Walter Michael visited that very morning!
>Man, what an evening!  What a Trip!
>Thanks to all who made the Happening possible, and thanks to all who made, 
>and continue to make HAIR possible.
>And thanks to all who've posted online photos from the event!
>(How'd I do with my report?)
>Peace,
>Lee Joseph de Tioga Livingstone Smith
>Dr. Sibley


>_______________________________________________
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From lbirdie at hotmail.com  Mon Sep 19 13:44:10 2005
From: lbirdie at hotmail.com (Little Birdie)
Date: Mon Sep 19 13:49:40 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Tioga's Take on the 2005 NYC HAIR Reunion
In-Reply-To: <20050919.125004.9664.490486@webmail26.lax.untd.com>
Message-ID: <BAY104-F41A156A93305A254064124B2920@phx.gbl>

Thank you so much dear Sib. These more detailed reports are wonderful. They 
bring back the evening so clearly. I was so busy running around that night 
that my experience of it all was slightly blurred, as if seen from a moving 
car window (except the singing which was the one time I stopped and just 
enjoyed), so I am very much enjoying hearing other peoples experiences of 
the night.

Love,
Nina

The Hair Archives
http://www.michaelbutler.com/hair/holding/Hair.html


From mblaxill at yahoo.com  Tue Sep 20 09:32:30 2005
From: mblaxill at yahoo.com (mblaxill@yahoo.com)
Date: Tue Sep 20 09:38:11 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] NYTimes.com: An Antiwar Speech in Union Square Is Stopped
	by Police Citing Paperwork Rules
Message-ID: <20050920163230.EE06A24AFD1@lax-gw02.mroute.net>

This page was sent to you by: mblaxill@yahoo.com.

Jim Rado and Galt were at St Paul's last night where Sheehan spoke and the Laguardia High School sang "Where Do I Go" with Galt playing piano. They also introduced Jim who stood up and patted his heart to the crowd.


NEW YORK REGION | September 20, 2005
An Antiwar Speech in Union Square Is Stopped by Police Citing Paperwork Rules
BY SHADI RAHIMI
The speech by Cindy Sheehan, the mother of an American soldier killed in Iraq, was cut short after the organizer of the event was arrested.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/20/nyregion/20sheehan.html?ex=1127880000&en=3fb3dc9bc655b801&ei=5070&emc=eta1



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From jameshburns at webtv.net  Tue Sep 20 10:29:00 2005
From: jameshburns at webtv.net (Jim Burns)
Date: Tue Sep 20 10:34:35 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] A Question...
In-Reply-To: mb-hair-request@islandlists.com's message of Mon, 12 Sep 2005
	18:24:07 -0700
Message-ID: <22257-433046DC-7431@storefull-3277.bay.webtv.net>


This came up, last night, amongst a few friends, and we really didn't
have the answer!

Are there any books, or novels, that you would recommend, for giving a
good history, and/or feel, for the Greenwich Village of the mid/late
'60s?

(Bob Dylan's recent memoir has an interesting look at the time a bit
before then....)

Also, has there ever been a decent take on the hippie scene of the
mid/late '60s, on the East Coast?

(There's a couple of good books on the "Summer of Love" in 1967, but
they center on San Francisco...)

And, just an interesting note I'm reminded of, with my mentioning
Dylan...  A tourist I reently ran into wanted to check out the Cafe Wha,
at Minetta Lane, one of the birthplaces of the folk movement, in
America. I had to advise her...  As many of you probably know, what's
called the Cafe Wha, now, isn't. Wha not? The original Cafe Wha is
actually the restaurant next door, with a comedy club, in the basement!
(I'm blanking on the name, but it's the neat place that has the chalk
boards on the table, that you can draw on--and good burgers!)  (And, for
whatever strange reasons this all happened, what's calling itself Cafe
Wha, is also a comedy club!)

Best, Jim

From michael at michaelbutler.com  Tue Sep 20 10:35:42 2005
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Tue Sep 20 10:41:19 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] A Question...
In-Reply-To: <22257-433046DC-7431@storefull-3277.bay.webtv.net>
Message-ID: <BF55967E.23AAD%michael@michaelbutler.com>

Not to my knowledge.
You might Google
The best book of the period that I know of is "1968" by Charles Kaiser.
It is of the national scene not just about the Village.
Michael

> 
> This came up, last night, amongst a few friends, and we really didn't
> have the answer!
> 
> Are there any books, or novels, that you would recommend, for giving a
> good history, and/or feel, for the Greenwich Village of the mid/late
> '60s?
> 
> (Bob Dylan's recent memoir has an interesting look at the time a bit
> before then....)
> 
> Also, has there ever been a decent take on the hippie scene of the
> mid/late '60s, on the East Coast?
> 
> (There's a couple of good books on the "Summer of Love" in 1967, but
> they center on San Francisco...)
> 
> And, just an interesting note I'm reminded of, with my mentioning
> Dylan...  A tourist I reently ran into wanted to check out the Cafe Wha,
> at Minetta Lane, one of the birthplaces of the folk movement, in
> America. I had to advise her...  As many of you probably know, what's
> called the Cafe Wha, now, isn't. Wha not? The original Cafe Wha is
> actually the restaurant next door, with a comedy club, in the basement!
> (I'm blanking on the name, but it's the neat place that has the chalk
> boards on the table, that you can draw on--and good burgers!)  (And, for
> whatever strange reasons this all happened, what's calling itself Cafe
> Wha, is also a comedy club!)
> 
> Best, Jim
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Mb-hair mailing list
> Mb-hair@islandlists.com
> http://www.islandlists.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mb-hair

From lbirdie at hotmail.com  Tue Sep 20 11:04:39 2005
From: lbirdie at hotmail.com (Little Birdie)
Date: Tue Sep 20 11:12:20 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] A Question...
In-Reply-To: <22257-433046DC-7431@storefull-3277.bay.webtv.net>
Message-ID: <BAY104-F263F001D5D0F336412C970B2950@phx.gbl>

There was a discussion a few years back on the list about this, which 
resulted in a list up at the archives web site:

http://www.michaelbutler.com/hair/holding/links/60sbooks.html

While most of the books about this era do focus on the weat coast hippie 
scene, not all do.

Also a page of links about those times at:

http://www.michaelbutler.com/hair/holding/links/60sbooks.html

This links list is way overdue for a clean up, so if some links are not 
currently working forgive me! Perhaps this is the impetus I need to make 
this a priority .
XO,
Nina

The Hair Archives
http://www.michaelbutler.com/hair/holding/Hair.html




>From: jameshburns@webtv.net (Jim Burns)
>Reply-To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
>To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
>Subject: [Mb-hair] A Question...
>Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 13:29:00 -0400
>
>
>This came up, last night, amongst a few friends, and we really didn't
>have the answer!
>
>Are there any books, or novels, that you would recommend, for giving a
>good history, and/or feel, for the Greenwich Village of the mid/late
>'60s?
>
>(Bob Dylan's recent memoir has an interesting look at the time a bit
>before then....)
>
>Also, has there ever been a decent take on the hippie scene of the
>mid/late '60s, on the East Coast?
>
>(There's a couple of good books on the "Summer of Love" in 1967, but
>they center on San Francisco...)
>
>And, just an interesting note I'm reminded of, with my mentioning
>Dylan...  A tourist I reently ran into wanted to check out the Cafe Wha,
>at Minetta Lane, one of the birthplaces of the folk movement, in
>America. I had to advise her...  As many of you probably know, what's
>called the Cafe Wha, now, isn't. Wha not? The original Cafe Wha is
>actually the restaurant next door, with a comedy club, in the basement!
>(I'm blanking on the name, but it's the neat place that has the chalk
>boards on the table, that you can draw on--and good burgers!)  (And, for
>whatever strange reasons this all happened, what's calling itself Cafe
>Wha, is also a comedy club!)
>
>Best, Jim
>
>_______________________________________________
>Mb-hair mailing list
>Mb-hair@islandlists.com
>http://www.islandlists.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mb-hair


From michael at intrafi.com  Tue Sep 20 12:07:20 2005
From: michael at intrafi.com (michael@intrafi.com)
Date: Tue Sep 20 12:13:00 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Alternet: Bush's Raw Deal
Message-ID: <20050920190720.67D99B8091@alternet.org>


This story has been forwarded to you from
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Bush's Raw Deal
http://www.alternet.org/story/25689

The president's response to the hurricane has been to pony up billions for political cronies while neglecting the real needs of Americans.
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From michael at intrafi.com  Tue Sep 20 12:08:25 2005
From: michael at intrafi.com (michael@intrafi.com)
Date: Tue Sep 20 12:14:11 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Alternet: Conservation or Drilling in Katrina's Wake?
Message-ID: <20050920190825.F33B9B8091@alternet.org>


This story has been forwarded to you from
http://www.alternet.org by michael@intrafi.com



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Conservation or Drilling in Katrina's Wake?
http://www.alternet.org/story/25685

The tragedy has triggered a whirlwind of new energy proposals in Congress -- some gratifying to environmental activists, but most only attempts to squeeze more profits for energy companies.
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From tiogajoe at juno.com  Tue Sep 20 12:37:55 2005
From: tiogajoe at juno.com (tiogajoe@juno.com)
Date: Tue Sep 20 12:45:41 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] A Question...
Message-ID: <20050920.123855.24994.509084@webmail33.lax.untd.com>

Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 13:29:00 -0400
From: jameshburns@webtv.net (Jim Burns)

[ ... ]

Are there any books, or novels, that you would recommend, for giving a
good history, and/or feel, for the Greenwich Village of the mid/late
'60s?

[ ... ]

Also, has there ever been a decent take on the hippie scene of the
mid/late '60s, on the East Coast?

===========================

Try this:

"New York in the Sixties," photographs by Klaus Lehnartz, text by Alan R. Talbot (1978).

And peruse these bibliographies I compiled for the research library at the Vietnam Era Educational Center:

"The Sixties" http://www.njvvmf.org/osb/showitem.cfm?Category=115

"Vietnam War Protest and Resistance" http://www.njvvmf.org/osb/showitem.cfm?Category=116

Links to other topical bibliographies are posted on this page (FYI):  http://www.njvvmf.org/osb/showitem.cfm?Category=103

And, as long as I'm FYI-ing stuff from our website, here's the Staff page with my photo:  http://www.njvvmf.org/osb/showitem.cfm?Category=72

Anyway, Jim, I hope the other stuff above helps.

Sib Smith
--
Sibley J. Smith, Jr.
Director of Education
Vietnam Era Educational Center at the 
New Jersey Vietnam Veterans' Memorial
1 Memorial Lane, P.O. Box 648
Holmdel (Monmouth County), NJ 07733
1-800-648-VETS www.njvvmf.org





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From tiogajoe at juno.com  Tue Sep 20 12:51:50 2005
From: tiogajoe at juno.com (tiogajoe@juno.com)
Date: Tue Sep 20 12:59:52 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Tioga's Take on the 2005 NYC HAIR Reunion
Message-ID: <20050920.125221.24994.509324@webmail33.lax.untd.com>

Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 20:44:10 +0000
From: "Little Birdie" <lbirdie@hotmail.com>

Thank you so much dear Sib. These more detailed reports are wonderful. They 
bring back the evening so clearly. I was so busy running around that night 
that my experience of it all was slightly blurred, as if seen from a moving 
car window (except the singing which was the one time I stopped and just 
enjoyed), so I am very much enjoying hearing other peoples experiences of 
the night.

Love,
Nina

============

You're certainly welcome, dear Nina.  I felt remiss not having yet (until then) thrown my two-cents-worth about the Reunion into the pool.  And you made it so easy for one to enjoy himself at our Be-In.

And thanks, Barbara, for the tip of the hat you gave me!

And now, for the record, I did think of a few folks I left out of my earlier report.  I also had the pleasure to meet Jim P.(that look-a like-a Jim Morrison), Richard H. (that look-a like-a bespectacled Bill Shakespeare), and Papi (that look-a like-a Pancho Villa)!

Peace,

Tioga Jioga 



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From katiekasben at hotmail.com  Tue Sep 20 13:26:18 2005
From: katiekasben at hotmail.com (Katie Kasben)
Date: Tue Sep 20 13:32:20 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] A Question...
In-Reply-To: <BF55967E.23AAD%michael@michaelbutler.com>
Message-ID: <BAY104-F55F4B622F66C32E4BB359AD950@phx.gbl>

There is a book called "The Portable Sixties Reader" ~ edited by Ann 
Chartres (sp?)

and a coffe-table book called "Hippie"~ by Barry Miles

Both are pretty comprehensive, but "Hippie" goes year by year and covers 
East, West, and England

But yeah, google or Amazon are probably your best bet...OR find that awesome 
little used book store (you know the one that every town has~ with the surly 
attendants and the cat...they might have something)
:)

Peace,
Katie



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From rrreuteb at aol.com  Tue Sep 20 11:50:59 2005
From: rrreuteb at aol.com (Reute Butler)
Date: Tue Sep 20 16:27:13 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Fwd: Official Announcement
References: <217.98d5844.306183af@aol.com>
Message-ID: <E1EHrQU-00018j-Mk@smtpauth06.mail.atl.earthlink.net>

Pretty good.


?
>
>
>
>              Official Announcement
>
> The government today announced that it is changing its emblem from  
> an Eagle to a CONDOM because it more accurately reflects the  
> government's political stance. A condom allows for inflation, halts  
> production, destroys the next generation, protects a bunch of  
> pricks, and gives you a sense of security while you're actually  
> being screwed.
>
> Damn, it just doesn't get more accurate than that!
>
> ------ End of Forwarded Message
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From michael at michaelbutler.com  Tue Sep 20 18:31:23 2005
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Tue Sep 20 18:37:12 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] THIS IS A WILD STORY
Message-ID: <BF5605FB.23B22%michael@michaelbutler.com>

    Go to Original

    FEMA Chief Brown Paid Millions in False Claims to Help Bush Win Florida
Votes
    By Jason Leopold
    The Free Press

    Monday 19 September 2005

    Michael Brown, the embattled head of the Federal Emergency Management
Agency, approved payments in excess of $31 million in taxpayer money to
thousands of Florida residents who were unaffected by Hurricane Frances and
three other hurricanes last year in an effort to help President Bush win a
majority of votes in that state during his reelection campaign, according to
published reports.

    "Some Homeland Security sources said FEMA's efforts to distribute funds
quickly after Frances and three other hurricanes that hit the key political
battleground state of Florida in a six-week period last fall were undertaken
with a keen awareness of the looming presidential elections,? according to a
May 19 Washington Post story.

    Homeland Security sources told the Post that after the hurricanes that
Brown "and his allies [recommended] him to succeed Tom Ridge as Homeland
Security secretary because of their claim that he helped deliver Florida to
President Bush by efficiently responding to the Florida hurricanes.?

    The South Florida Sun-Sentinel uncovered emails from Florida Gov. Jeb
Bush that confirmed those allegations and directly implicated Brown as
playing politics at the expense of hurricane victims.

    "As the second hurricane in less than a month bore down on Florida last
fall, a federal [FEMA] consultant predicted a "huge mess" that could reflect
poorly on President Bush and suggested that his re-election staff be brought
in to minimize any political liability, records show,? the Sentinel reported
in a March 23 story.

    "Two weeks later, a Florida official summarizing the hurricane response
wrote that the Federal Emergency Management Agency was handing out housing
assistance "to everyone who needs it without asking for much information of
any kind."

    The records the Sentinel obtained were contained in hundreds of pages of
Gov. Jeb Bush's storm-related e-mails the paper received from the governor's
office under the threat of a lawsuit.

    The explosive charges of mismanagement of disaster relief funds made
against Brown and FEMA were confirmed earlier this year following a
four-month investigation by Richard Skinner, the Department of Homeland
Security's inspector general. Skinner looked into media reports alleging
that residents of Miami-Dade were receiving windfall payments from FEMA to
cover losses from Hurricane Frances they never incurred.

    Hurricane Frances hit Hutchinson Island, FL, about 100 miles north of
Dade County, on Sept. 5. Miami-Dade officials described damage there from
heavy rain and winds of up to 45 mph as "minimal," according to the Post.

    Indeed. A May 14 story in the Sun-Sentinel said: "Miami-Dade County
residents collected Hurricane Frances aid for belongings they didn't own,
temporary housing they never requested and cars worth far less than the
government paid, according to a federal audit that questions millions in
storm payouts.

    Responding to those allegations, Brown held a news conference Jan. 11
blaming the overpayments on a "computer glitch? and said the disbursements
were far less than the $31 million that was cited in news reports and
involved 3,500 people. Moreover, to silence his critics who said that
Hurricane Frances barely touched down in Miami-Dade, Brown cited a report by
the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to prove that there
were legitimate hurricane conditions there and as a result that a bulk of
the payments was legitimate.

    But according to the Sun-Sentinel, NOAA had refuted the weather maps
Brown claimed to have obtained from them. That report prompted Congressman
Robert Wexler to send off a scathing letter to President Bush calling for
Brown's resignation.

    Bush rebuffed Wexler. However, the DHS' inspector general launched a
probe to determine how widespread the problems were involving overpayments
to Miami-Dade residents. In May, the inspector general released his report.
What he found was damning.

    "The review found waste and poor controls in every level of the Federal
Emergency Management Agency's assistance program and challenges the
designation of Miami-Dade as a disaster area when the county "did not incur
any hurricane force winds, tornados or other adverse weather conditions that
would cause widespread damage."

    In identifying one of the overpayments, the inspector general's report
said FEMA paid $10 million to replace hundreds of household items even
though only a bed was reported to be damaged, the inspector general's report
said.

    "Millions of individuals and households became eligible to apply for
[money], straining FEMA's limited inspection resources to verify damages and
making the program more susceptible to potential fraud, waste and abuse,"
the report states.

    Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, chairwoman of the Homeland Security and
Governmental Affairs committee, said during a committee hearing in May that
Brown "approved massive payouts to replace thousands of televisions, air
conditioners, beds and other furniture, as well as a number of cars, without
receipts, or proof of ownership or damage, and based solely on verbal
statements by the residents, sometimes made in fleeting encounters at
fast-food restaurants.?

    "It was a pay first, ask questions later approach," Collins said. "The
inspector general's report identifies a number of significant control
weaknesses that create a potential for widespread fraud, erroneous payments
and wasteful practices."

    But the most interesting charge against Brown is that he helped speed up
payments in Florida and purposely bypassed FEMA's lengthy reviews process
for distributing funds in order to help Bush secure votes in the state
during last year's presidential election.

    Bob Hunter, director of insurance for the Consumer Federation of
America, who was a top federal flood insurance official in the 1970s and
1980s and a Texas insurance commissioner in the 1990s, told the Post "that
in the vast majority of hurricanes, other than those in Florida in 2004,
complaints are rife that FEMA has vastly underpaid hurricane victims. The
Frances overpayments are questionable given the timing of the election and
Florida's importance as a battleground state.?

    FEMA consultant Glenn Garcelon actions certainly lends credibility to
questions raised by Hunter.

    On Sept. 2, 2004, Garcelon, wrote a three-page memo titled "Hurricane
Frances - Thoughts and Suggestions."

    "The Republican National Convention was winding down, and President Bush
had only a slight lead in the polls against Democrat John Kerry,? the
Sentinel reported in its March 23 story. "Winning Florida was key to the
president's re-election. FEMA should pay careful attention to how it is
portrayed by the public, Garcelon wrote in the memo, conveying "the team
effort theme at every opportunity" alongside state and local officials, the
insurance and construction industries, and relief agencies such as the Red
Cross.?

    Gov. Bush received the memo Sept. 30, 2004 shortly before a swell of
payments made its way to residents in Miami-Dade who did not sustain damage
as a result of Hurricane Frances.

    A couple of weeks before Gov. Bush received the memo from Garcelon,
Orlando J. Cabrera, executive director of the Florida Housing Finance Corp.
and a member of the governor's Hurricane Housing Work Group, said in a
different memo to Gov. Bush that FEMA was allocating short-term rental
assistance to "everyone who needs it, without asking for much information of
any kind," the Sentinel reported.

    In addition, "standard housing assistance," of up to $25,600, Cabrera
wrote, is "liberally provided without significant scrutiny of the request
made during the initial months; scrutiny increases remarkably and the
package is far more stringent after an unspecified time."

    The DHS audit report found that, under Brown, FEMA erroneously
distributed to Miami-Dade residents:

    * $8.2 million in rental assistance to 4,308 applicants in the county
who "did not indicate a need for shelter" when they registered for help. In
60 cases reviewed by auditors, inspectors deemed homes unsafe without
explanation, and applicants never moved out.

    * $720,403 to 228 people for belongings based on their word alone.

    * $192,592 for generators, air purifiers, wet/dry vacuum cleaners,
chainsaws and other items without proof that they were needed to deal with
the hurricane. Three applicants got generators for their homes, plus rental
assistance from FEMA to live somewhere else.

    * $15,743 for three funerals without sufficient documentation that the
deaths were due to the hurricane.

    * $46,464 to 64 residents for temporary housing even though they had
homeowners insurance. FEMA funds cannot be used when costs are covered by
insurance.

    * $17,424 in rental assistance to 24 people who reported that their
homes were not damaged.

    * $97,500 for 15 automobiles with a "blue book" value of $56,140. In
general, the report states that FEMA approved claims for damaged vehicles
without properly verifying that the losses were caused by the storm.

    Jason Leopold is the author of the explosive memoir, News Junkie, to be
released in the spring of 2006 by Process/Feral House Books. Visit Leopold's
website at www.jasonleopold.com for updates.

 


From cabal at maine.rr.com  Tue Sep 20 20:55:06 2005
From: cabal at maine.rr.com (James Pappaconstantine)
Date: Tue Sep 20 21:01:11 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Hairy folks in NYC
Message-ID: <20050921035507.3EDF824AEFD@lax-gw02.mroute.net>

Hairy folks in NYC
OK.. here is an invitation to veiw my photo album.. I took a ton of photos and got them back today, unfortunatly (for veiwing)I shot slide film.. But I was able to scan them.. kinda.. they scanned abt darker than they look in person,, and I was able to enlarge them to 200% which still isn't great.. BUt check them out if you wish.. disregaurd the other stuff in the folder.. or check it out.. no biggie.  JIM
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/georgeberger69/album?.dir=/a8fa&.src=ph&.tok=phZC4pDBhlYqjlGe
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From: georgeberger69 at yahoo.com (James Pappaconstantine)
Date: Tue Sep 20 21:21:05 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Hairy folks in NYC
In-Reply-To: <20050921035507.3EDF824AEFD@lax-gw02.mroute.net>
Message-ID: <20050921041512.16702.qmail@web54214.mail.yahoo.com>

OK.. So I thought I had this all figured out.. but when I went to see the slides attached to this email.. they don't open very big at all.. On my computor they open to maybe a 2x3 but veiwing it through this email they are tiny.. 
 
I will try to figure something else out... maybe I will have a few printed.. 
 
By the way.. This just occured to me earlier as I was veiwing the slides for the first time..
 
So We (Leo, Judy and I) arrived at the Hair be-in somewhat close to starting time..  I was equipt with my camara, 5 rolls of film and a book to have people sign... (my idea was to have something simular to the huge Hair poster that was there. .. Something that everyone would sign and I could look back and see all who were there.. Anyhow.. So I get there and I start having people sign it.. Many of you signed it for me.. but after maybe a half hour.. I saw someone with a camara and I thought... what am I doing I should be capturing these moments.. So I abandoned getting signatures and started shooting the happenings. This is both good and bad.. The bad is that there were many people I did not get a chance to meet, Many I didn't talk to long enough, and though.. don't get me wrong, I had a blast.. but I started treating it like work.. (I shoot and review music for a local music rag here in Maine.) It's hard too totally enjoy an evening when you are veiwing it through the veiwfin
 der of
 your camara.. But the end result is always nice.. because while memories fade.. photos typically stay around a bit longer and help to jog memories back. Another cool thing for all of you.. (that is if I can get these photos large enough for you to actually see.) Is that because I really didn't know many of the guests personally.. Most of my shots are of the party.. crowd shots.. people hanging out having a good time.. many from the catwalk so It's kinda a birdseye veiw.. I think a friend of mine has a better slide scanner, I will see what he can do for me..  Again sorry for the small tease..  JIMMY P.

James Pappaconstantine <cabal@maine.rr.com> wrote:
Hairy folks in NYC
OK.. here is an invitation to veiw my photo album.. I took a ton of photos and got them back today, unfortunatly (for veiwing)I shot slide film.. But I was able to scan them.. kinda.. they scanned abt darker than they look in person,, and I was able to enlarge them to 200% which still isn't great.. BUt check them out if you wish.. disregaurd the other stuff in the folder.. or check it out.. no biggie. JIM
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/georgeberger69/album?.dir=/a8fa&.src=ph&.tok=phZC4pDBhlYqjlGe
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From: fotoblue at flash.net (fotoblue@flash.net)
Date: Tue Sep 20 21:29:59 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] ROTHLMAO?
Message-ID: <380-2200593214249145@M2W083.mail2web.com>

ROTHLMAO???????????

what's this? translation please

Original Message:
-----------------
From: Sherwin Ross sherwin@aceross.com
Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 16:23:39 -0700
To: rrreuteb@aol.com, mb-hair@islandlists.com
Subject: RE: [Mb-hair] Fwd: Official Announcement


ROTHLMAO

 

  _____  

From: mb-hair-bounces@islandlists.com
[mailto:mb-hair-bounces@islandlists.com] On Behalf Of Reute Butler
Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2005 11:51 AM
To: Butlers@pimout4-ext.prodigy.net
Subject: [Mb-hair] Fwd: Official Announcement

 

Pretty good


Official Announcement

The government today announced that it is changing its emblem from an Eagle
to a CONDOM because it more accurately reflects the government's political
stance. A condom allows for inflation, halts production, destroys the next
generation, protects a bunch of pricks, and gives you a sense of security
while you're actually being screwed.

Damn, it just doesn't get more accurate than that! 

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From jameshburns at webtv.net  Tue Sep 20 22:35:35 2005
From: jameshburns at webtv.net (Jim Burns)
Date: Tue Sep 20 22:41:17 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: A Question...
In-Reply-To: mb-hair-request@islandlists.com's message of Tue, 20 Sep 2005
	12:00:10 -0700
Message-ID: <12520-4330F127-3614@storefull-3273.bay.webtv.net>


Thanks for all the responses, both on the list, and privately!

It's interesting that there seems to be a West Coast bias in many of
these accountings...

(The only book that I could come up with, the other night, that covered
those years, in New York, was a history I had read years ago, of THE
VILLAGE VOICE...)

There's probably also some nice material on the East Village scene, and
West 4th's/Bleecker's environs, in some of the rock star, and artist
bios, from the era, out there...

Thanks again!

Best, Jim Burns

From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Wed Sep 21 03:21:16 2005
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Wed Sep 21 03:27:10 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] ROTHLMAO?
References: <380-2200593214249145@M2W083.mail2web.com>
Message-ID: <007001c5be96$3404d170$6e436c42@hotprojects>

`roll on the floor and laugh my ass off
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <fotoblue@flash.net>
To: <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2005 12:24 AM
Subject: [Mb-hair] ROTHLMAO?


> ROTHLMAO???????????
>
> what's this? translation please
>
> Original Message:
> -----------------
> From: Sherwin Ross sherwin@aceross.com
> Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 16:23:39 -0700
> To: rrreuteb@aol.com, mb-hair@islandlists.com
> Subject: RE: [Mb-hair] Fwd: Official Announcement
>
>
> ROTHLMAO
>
>
>
>   _____
>
> From: mb-hair-bounces@islandlists.com
> [mailto:mb-hair-bounces@islandlists.com] On Behalf Of Reute Butler
> Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2005 11:51 AM
> To: Butlers@pimout4-ext.prodigy.net
> Subject: [Mb-hair] Fwd: Official Announcement
>
>
>
> Pretty good
>
>
> Official Announcement
>
> The government today announced that it is changing its emblem from an
Eagle
> to a CONDOM because it more accurately reflects the government's political
> stance. A condom allows for inflation, halts production, destroys the next
> generation, protects a bunch of pricks, and gives you a sense of security
> while you're actually being screwed.
>
> Damn, it just doesn't get more accurate than that!
>
> ------ End of Forwarded Message
>
>
>
> Love and Light
>
>
>
>
>
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From fotoblue at flash.net  Tue Sep 20 20:48:41 2005
From: fotoblue at flash.net (fotoblue@flash.net)
Date: Wed Sep 21 04:38:47 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Post-Reunion update and AZ critter report
Message-ID: <380-22005932134841732@M2W031.mail2web.com>

Hi Birdie! hello Tribe!

 Cant' wait to get my Reunion program!!
It must have been SO moving. I wrote Ace that I probably would have cried
seeing everybody.

Did WMH actually say something about my blow ups??
I tried to download a photo that has the authors on the roof on it, 
with two people whom I don't recognize, standing next to it -  but it
didn't work.
 I have saved all the photo links and will be going through them slowly.

Yesterday I had lunch (well, with 299 other people)  with His Holiness the
Dalai Lama -
 a benefit luncheon organized by the Friends of Tibet. 
(He's been in Tucson giving  a series of lectures)
 Security was the highest, so my plan to get  my copy of his book "The
Universe in a single Atom" 
signed by HH for Anton who couldn't attend, because he is in Austria,
didn't work out.--
But it was interesting to be in his presence.

In the evening I went to a special advance screening of NO DIRECTION HOME,
Martin Scorcese's Bob Dylan epic. 
almost 4 hours! with a break after 2. (Since the lunch was on the light
side, 
I was starving by then. Chocolate with cashew nuts to the rescue!!)
 But it was worth it. Great footage and stills I had not seen before.

Dalai and Dylan in ONE DAY!!!
 amazing, isn't it?

On the smaller critter front: 
Today I rescued a tiny cangaroo rat that I saw clinging to the poolsweep
hose. 
and earlier, a horned lizard came by. When Rudi showed up,  I signalled 
DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT, as he eyed him.

He got the message, he went around us.  Telepathy does work. If you let
it...

The lizard's helmet may have been an added detraction!  Can you see those
spikes?!
And that he's just a bit big to be gobbled up by a roadrunner...
because, come to think of it, Rudi didn't listen when I yelled at him last
week
NOT to eat the dragonflies that were dancing around my pool...

 To complete today's set of interspecies communication pictures: 
an absolutely beautiful young stag came visiting! 

When you get  bored with my pics, let me know. 
I love to share them with you all, but don't want to become a nuisance.
;-)

Hugs to all
 L&P
 Dagmar

Original Message:
-----------------
From: Nina Dayton dayton3@rcn.com
Date: Mon, 05 Sep 2005 22:20:18 -0400
To: akstudio@flash.net, fotoblue@flash.net
Subject: Re: Permission


Dear Dagmar,

Thanks so much! We could use 300dpi of Tom & Julie, and authors on the 
rooftop.<snip>

If I can't have you with us at least I'll have your beautiful photographs!
<snip>

I wish I could have told about the photos you earlier too - this only 
came up the other day. We were first only putting photos in the program, 
but suddenly someone else donated a couple of big blown up photos, but 
there wasn't one of Tom, etc. etc. and since we are trying to honor 
everyone equally things got complicated - Dagmar to the rescue!! I put 
your name first in the list of photographers in the program, and have 
asked WMH to thank you from the stage for the blow up ones.

 I'll talk to you soon,
Love and hugs,
Nina



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From nycrjmac at yahoo.com  Wed Sep 21 06:06:24 2005
From: nycrjmac at yahoo.com (RJ Mac)
Date: Wed Sep 21 06:12:06 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: A Question...
In-Reply-To: <12520-4330F127-3614@storefull-3273.bay.webtv.net>
Message-ID: <20050921130624.51458.qmail@web31601.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

A couple more suggestions:

Book:  Greenwich Village by Robert Heide & John Gilman
Both are alums of Caffe Cino, La Mama, etc.  OFfers a
present-day "tour" of sites with past histories.

Play:  "Kennedy's Children" by Robert Patrick
A portrait of 60s New Yorkers, through the
recollections of a Viet Nam vet, a downtow (off-off
Broadway) Actor, a School teacher, and an Uptown
actress-- Shirley Knight won a Tony for that role.

rj

--- Jim Burns <jameshburns@webtv.net> wrote:

> 
> Thanks for all the responses, both on the list, and
> privately!
> 
> It's interesting that there seems to be a West Coast
> bias in many of
> these accountings...
> 
> (The only book that I could come up with, the other
> night, that covered
> those years, in New York, was a history I had read
> years ago, of THE
> VILLAGE VOICE...)
> 
> There's probably also some nice material on the East
> Village scene, and
> West 4th's/Bleecker's environs, in some of the rock
> star, and artist
> bios, from the era, out there...
> 
> Thanks again!
> 
> Best, Jim Burns
> 
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> Mb-hair@islandlists.com
>
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From jameshburns at webtv.net  Wed Sep 21 07:11:17 2005
From: jameshburns at webtv.net (Jim Burns)
Date: Wed Sep 21 07:17:13 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: Post-Reunion update and AZ critter report
In-Reply-To: mb-hair-request@islandlists.com's message of Tue, 20 Sep 2005
	12:00:10 -0700
Message-ID: <21956-43316A05-164@storefull-3272.bay.webtv.net>


Dagmar--

I've always wondered:

When attending an event like this--

Does the gathered assemblage--

Before it commences--

Sing--

(Ahem)


"Hello, Dalai"?

From lbirdie at hotmail.com  Wed Sep 21 07:15:17 2005
From: lbirdie at hotmail.com (Little Birdie)
Date: Wed Sep 21 07:21:03 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Hairy folks in NYC
In-Reply-To: <20050921041512.16702.qmail@web54214.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <BAY104-F255C1B6B820BC03145D46FB2940@phx.gbl>

Hey Jim,

If you send them to me I can scan them for you with my slide scanner. All of 
the photos of the Mercury Tour onstage that are up on the web site were 
scanned from slides.

XO,
Nina

The Hair Archives
http://www.michaelbutler.com/hair/holding/Hair.html


From michael at michaelbutler.com  Wed Sep 21 08:29:42 2005
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Wed Sep 21 08:35:22 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Post-Reunion update and AZ critter report
In-Reply-To: <380-22005932134841732@M2W031.mail2web.com>
Message-ID: <BF56CA76.23B61%michael@michaelbutler.com>

Thanks for the update with your eclectic schedule.
The pic of cutie is so appropriate.
P&L Michael

> Hi Birdie! hello Tribe!
> 
> Cant' wait to get my Reunion program!!
> It must have been SO moving. I wrote Ace that I probably would have cried
> seeing everybody.
> 
> Did WMH actually say something about my blow ups??
> I tried to download a photo that has the authors on the roof on it,
> with two people whom I don't recognize, standing next to it -  but it
> didn't work.
> I have saved all the photo links and will be going through them slowly.
> 
> Yesterday I had lunch (well, with 299 other people)  with His Holiness the
> Dalai Lama -
> a benefit luncheon organized by the Friends of Tibet.
> (He's been in Tucson giving  a series of lectures)
> Security was the highest, so my plan to get  my copy of his book "The
> Universe in a single Atom"
> signed by HH for Anton who couldn't attend, because he is in Austria,
> didn't work out.--
> But it was interesting to be in his presence.
> 
> In the evening I went to a special advance screening of NO DIRECTION HOME,
> Martin Scorcese's Bob Dylan epic.
> almost 4 hours! with a break after 2. (Since the lunch was on the light
> side, 
> I was starving by then. Chocolate with cashew nuts to the rescue!!)
> But it was worth it. Great footage and stills I had not seen before.
> 
> Dalai and Dylan in ONE DAY!!!
> amazing, isn't it?
> 
> On the smaller critter front:
> Today I rescued a tiny cangaroo rat that I saw clinging to the poolsweep
> hose. 
> and earlier, a horned lizard came by. When Rudi showed up,  I signalled
> DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT, as he eyed him.
> 
> He got the message, he went around us.  Telepathy does work. If you let
> it...
> 
> The lizard's helmet may have been an added detraction!  Can you see those
> spikes?!
> And that he's just a bit big to be gobbled up by a roadrunner...
> because, come to think of it, Rudi didn't listen when I yelled at him last
> week
> NOT to eat the dragonflies that were dancing around my pool...
> 
> To complete today's set of interspecies communication pictures:
> an absolutely beautiful young stag came visiting!
> 
> When you get  bored with my pics, let me know.
> I love to share them with you all, but don't want to become a nuisance.
> ;-)
> 
> Hugs to all
> L&P
> Dagmar
> 
> Original Message:
> -----------------
> From: Nina Dayton dayton3@rcn.com
> Date: Mon, 05 Sep 2005 22:20:18 -0400
> To: akstudio@flash.net, fotoblue@flash.net
> Subject: Re: Permission
> 
> 
> Dear Dagmar,
> 
> Thanks so much! We could use 300dpi of Tom & Julie, and authors on the
> rooftop.<snip>
> 
> If I can't have you with us at least I'll have your beautiful photographs!
> <snip>
> 
> I wish I could have told about the photos you earlier too - this only
> came up the other day. We were first only putting photos in the program,
> but suddenly someone else donated a couple of big blown up photos, but
> there wasn't one of Tom, etc. etc. and since we are trying to honor
> everyone equally things got complicated - Dagmar to the rescue!! I put
> your name first in the list of photographers in the program, and have
> asked WMH to thank you from the stage for the blow up ones.
> 
> I'll talk to you soon,
> Love and hugs,
> Nina
> 
> 
> 
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> http://mail2web.com/ .
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From IHHS at aol.com  Tue Sep 20 21:15:33 2005
From: IHHS at aol.com (IHHS@aol.com)
Date: Wed Sep 21 08:40:39 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] new year new vaccine
Message-ID: <E1EI6cT-0005k1-E9@smtpauth01.mail.atl.earthlink.net>

 Dr. Mercols'a article     
New Flu Vaccine is Loaded With Mercury
GlaxoSmithKline's new flu vaccine Fluarix  was approved Wednesday for sale in 
the  USA this  fall under an accelerated FDA approval process. Another flu 
vaccine  manufacturer, Chiron, moved closer to getting their license back; it 
was  suspended when their flu vaccine was found to be contaminated with  
bacteria. 
Chiron's license was suspended by British regulators in October, and  the FDA 
barred  U.S.  distribution of the vaccine, cutting the nation's expected 
supply of flu  vaccine in half.  
GlaxoSmithKline expects to distribute 8 million doses of Fluarix and  will 
begin shipping immediately. Chiron, if its vaccine is re-approved,  could supply 
18 million to 26 million doses of Fluvirin. 

_USA Today_ 
(http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/health/drugs/2005-08-31-glaxo-flu-vaccine_x.htm)  August 31, 2005 
 
____________________________________
Dr. Mercola's Comment: 
It has been six years since the  American  Academy  of Pediatrics and the 
U.S. Public Health Service joined forces in  requesting the removal of all 
mercury-containing preservative thimerosal  from vaccines.  
A quick surf on the net easily reveals that _this new vaccine indeed contains 
 mercury_ (http://www.ias.org.nz/thimerosal_and_formaldehyde.htm) . 
How is it possible that they can approve vaccines  that have a preservative 
that has been outlawed for six  years? Last year I ran _an  article that 
documented that flu vaccines still contain mercury_ 
(http://www.mercola.com/2004/may/22/flu_vaccines.htm) .  How can  the US federal  government justify this 
morally reprehensible behavior and expose  your children and you to this well 
documented neurotoxic  poison? 
The "Mad Hatter" from  Alice  in Wonderland wasn't just an idle fancy. In 
fact, hatters in  England  went insane with astonishing frequency a couple of 
hundred years ago,  until "mad hatter" became a clich?. Why? Mercury salts were 
used to make  felt for fancy hats. 
Mercury exposure can cause a _devastating array of problems_ 
(http://www.mercola.com/article/mercury/no_mercury.htm) ,  including: 
    *   Multiple Sclerosis  
    *   Central Nervous System Disorders  
    *   Autism  
    *   Alzheimer's Disease
Is this really something you want injected into yourself,  and your children? 
Avoid mercury poisoning; don't eat fish,  unless you are absolutely certain 
that it has been tested in a laboratory  and shown not to contain detectable 
levels of mercury and other toxins. To  get your vital omega-3 fatty acids, _eat 
high  quality fish oil_ (http://www.mercola.com/forms/faq/carlsons.htm)  
instead. This will also, incidentally, help keep you  from getting the flu. 
Other ways to avoid getting the flu without taking  dangerous shots include: 
    *   _Eating a healthy diet by eliminating sugar_ 
(http://www.mercola.com/forms/total_health_book.htm)   
    *   _Exercising_ (http://www.mercola.com/2004/oct/30/flu_vaccine.htm)   
    *   _Getting enough rest_ 
(http://www.mercola.com/2004/feb/7/insomnia_health.htm)   
    *   _Eating garlic regularly_ 
(http://www.mercola.com/2004/feb/28/garlic_health.htm)   
    *   _Not letting stress become overwhelming_ 
(http://www.mercola.com/2004/jul/24/stress_immune_system.htm)   
    *   _Washing your hands_ 
(http://www.mercola.com/2004/sep/25/flu_hygiene.htm) 
To learn more about the dangers of flu vaccines, you  might want to consider 
calling into our _telephone clinic on the subject_ 
(http://www.mercola.com/forms/seminars/teleclinic/flu/index.htm) , where you will hear a  live discussion 
I will conduct with my top vaccine advisor, Dr. Sherri  Tenpenny, who is 
widely regarded as one of the most  knowledgeable and outspoken physicians 
regarding the impact that vaccines  can have on  health.
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From: ace at aceross.com (Sherwin)
Date: Wed Sep 21 09:40:22 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Finally the picture that explains the 4 day delay :Re
	Katrina
Message-ID: <20050921163431.F1559237397@lax-gw01.mroute.net>

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From akstudio at flash.net  Wed Sep 21 09:33:49 2005
From: akstudio at flash.net (DAGMAR & ANTON)
Date: Wed Sep 21 12:34:41 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: Ordering Pizza in 2010
In-Reply-To: <1d9.453c5682.3061e24e@aol.com>
Message-ID: <20050921163349.21345.qmail@web81302.mail.yahoo.com>

EEEEK, nightmare!

good thing: we have our own pizza oven!!!
 watched over by Rosevita the Pizza Dragon, 
sometimes joined by Raffaello, the newest roadrunner
offspring.

There are some food alternatives, of course, see image
no 2...

but the oven, a sculpture project, hand built from
scratch by Anton - I helped! -  bakes terriffic BREAD
too!


;-)

Love
 
 Dagmar

--- Skyelav@aol.com wrote:

> We are well on our way to this I'm afraid.  
> 
> AdCritic Interactive
> 
> http://www.adcritic.com/interactive/view.php?id=5927

The "ELVIS! by Dagmar" Book (and a sampling of R'n'R photos) can be seen here: 
http://www.dagmarfoto.com

Come visit Atelier Anton Krajnc in Cyberspace: 
http://www.AntonKrajnc.com
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From cararobindesign at hotmail.com  Wed Sep 21 15:38:17 2005
From: cararobindesign at hotmail.com (Cara Robin)
Date: Wed Sep 21 15:43:54 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] ROTHLMAO?
In-Reply-To: <007001c5be96$3404d170$6e436c42@hotprojects>
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From: Rrreuteb at aol.com (Rrreuteb@aol.com)
Date: Wed Sep 21 16:58:11 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Fwd: I found this interesting
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From Rrreuteb at aol.com  Wed Sep 21 14:12:53 2005
From: Rrreuteb at aol.com (Rrreuteb@aol.com)
Date: Wed Sep 21 16:58:19 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] FOC website
Message-ID: <E1EICkm-0000Q5-TM@smtpauth01.mail.atl.earthlink.net>

Dear MA:
Will you send this site to your list? Then they will know what type of group 
is honoring they august self. xox

http://www.friendsofconservation.org/

Love and Light, Reute
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From skonig at cox.net  Wed Sep 21 15:14:25 2005
From: skonig at cox.net (skonig@cox.net)
Date: Wed Sep 21 16:58:28 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: Ordering Pizza in 2010
Message-ID: <20050921221425.GKWC21449.fed1rmmtao06.cox.net@smtp.west.cox.net>

Oh, a bobcat..........you are so lucky...I love those things..is that one named?
> 
> From: DAGMAR & ANTON <akstudio@flash.net>
> Date: 2005/09/21 Wed PM 12:33:49 EDT
> To: Skyelav@aol.com
> CC: slidertrex@aol.com,  mb-hair@islandlists.com,  3mmbusa@highstream.net, 
>         klide@vet.upenn.edu,  ernst@wurmbrand.at
> Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: Ordering Pizza in 2010
> 
> EEEEK, nightmare!
> 
> good thing: we have our own pizza oven!!!
>  watched over by Rosevita the Pizza Dragon, 
> sometimes joined by Raffaello, the newest roadrunner
> offspring.
> 
> There are some food alternatives, of course, see image
> no 2...
> 
> but the oven, a sculpture project, hand built from
> scratch by Anton - I helped! -  bakes terriffic BREAD
> too!
> 
> 
> ;-)
> 
> Love
>  
>  Dagmar
> 
> --- Skyelav@aol.com wrote:
> 
> > We are well on our way to this I'm afraid.  
> > 
> > AdCritic Interactive
> > 
> > http://www.adcritic.com/interactive/view.php?id=5927
> 
> The "ELVIS! by Dagmar" Book (and a sampling of R'n'R photos) can be seen here: 
> http://www.dagmarfoto.com
> 
> Come visit Atelier Anton Krajnc in Cyberspace: 
> http://www.AntonKrajnc.com
> 
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From georgeberger69 at yahoo.com  Wed Sep 21 17:07:55 2005
From: georgeberger69 at yahoo.com (James Pappaconstantine)
Date: Wed Sep 21 17:13:36 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Hairy folks in NYC
In-Reply-To: <BAY104-F255C1B6B820BC03145D46FB2940@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <20050922000755.63205.qmail@web54215.mail.yahoo.com>

Nina... I think Leo and I are trying to plan a road trip in Oct.. SO if I don't get them scanned by then I will bring them along.. Also.. I found two recordings of Leo's first 1997 producion on Hair.. I will dub them off onto a VHS and bring them as well.. JIM

Little Birdie <lbirdie@hotmail.com> wrote:Hey Jim,

If you send them to me I can scan them for you with my slide scanner. All of 
the photos of the Mercury Tour onstage that are up on the web site were 
scanned from slides.

XO,
Nina

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From rgrady at rcn.com  Wed Sep 21 20:58:57 2005
From: rgrady at rcn.com (Ross Tatum)
Date: Wed Sep 21 21:05:57 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] LaGuardia Tribe supports Cindy Sheehan tour
Message-ID: <000201c5bf29$f7106ba0$2002a8c0@Grady>

On Monday night the 19th the LaGuardia tribe was blessed to have
participated in Cindy Sheehan's Bring Them Home Now Tour.
Our Claude, Speare Hodges, sang "Where Do I go?" with the tribe. Galt
accompanied them on piano along with his son on percussion. There were
more than a thousand people there. To see our kids, our hope, get up and
sing with such passion and conviction after only four hours of rehearsal
was a testimony to the power of Hair. Natalie Mosco, Debbie Andrews and
Jim Rado were also in attendance. It was an extraordinary night. The
kids heard testimonies from vets of both the Iraq and Vietnam wars. As
well as family members who had lost loved ones. The next day they gave
there own testimonies about what they experienced that night and each
one of them were deeply touched by what they heard. All of them said
that, had they not heard stories about loved ones killed in an unjust
war, soldiers returning from Iraq only to take their own lives, and one
soldier who read his own suicide note, had they not heard these
testimonies, they would not have sang the song with such conviction.
They said hearing about the war on TV and reading about it in the papers
was nothing compared to being in the same room with the people who have
first-hand experience with the grief, anger and betrayal that comes with
being a part of an unjust war. The vets drew clear parallels to the
Vietnam and Iraq wars and the kids were well aware of how it will make
their performances more immediate, more genuine in our upcoming
production. What a joy to see them commit to the issues of Hair so
quickly and sincerely. Nearly a third of them are going to the march in
Washington on Saturday. The march will be led by Cindy Sheehan. Hair has
already changed our lives and its only the first week of rehearsal!
Peace and Love,
Ross
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From barbarasiomos38 at msn.com  Wed Sep 21 21:40:26 2005
From: barbarasiomos38 at msn.com (Barbara Siomos)
Date: Wed Sep 21 21:46:14 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] The official Letters ROTFLMAO
Message-ID: <BAY5-DAV4F5B6BC76BEED66EE324BAB970@phx.gbl>

IS > Rolling On The Floor Laughing My Ass Off 

:-)

From lbirdie at hotmail.com  Thu Sep 22 05:14:06 2005
From: lbirdie at hotmail.com (Little Birdie)
Date: Thu Sep 22 05:19:46 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Reunion programs
Message-ID: <BAY104-F30DD20EA04A9FD75A1B3C4B2970@phx.gbl>

Hi all -

Does anyone here have any extra copies of the program from the reunion? 
There are people who did not get a copy who would dearly love to have one. 
If you took multiples and can spare one please email me at dayton3@rcn.com, 
and we'll see if we can redistribute the wealth!

Thanks,
Nina

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From venuetheatre at juno.com  Thu Sep 22 07:40:00 2005
From: venuetheatre at juno.com (venuetheatre@juno.com)
Date: Thu Sep 22 07:51:32 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: Mb-hair Digest, Vol 15, Issue 40
Message-ID: <20050922.104258.2500.9.venuetheatre@juno.com>

RE:  FOC

This is a wonderful group, thanks for sending on the Web Site.  I have
been a member for years, and this is your Daughter, right Michael?
We would all do well to support this effort.

I also adopted a Giraffe!  Cool.
Corinne


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ALL MAIL TO THE OFFICE:  5124 Ninth Avenue N, St Petersburg, FL 33710.
THE STUDIO is in MAINLANDS PLAZA, 9125 US 19 N, Pinellas Park (at
Mainlands Blvd.) 1 mi N of Gandy/Park Blvd.  727-822-6194  cell 
727-656-8525
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From fotoblue at flash.net  Thu Sep 22 08:30:45 2005
From: fotoblue at flash.net (fotoblue@flash.net)
Date: Thu Sep 22 08:43:58 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] EQUINOX
Message-ID: <380-220059422153045437@M2W118.mail2web.com>

No name,  but I love them too, just missed one this morning. 
By the time I grabbed the camera he had moved on...
very gracefully and nonchalantly...

ANYBODY CELEBRATING EQUINOX TODAY?

;-)
Dagmar

Original Message:
-----------------
From:  skonig@cox.net
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 18:14:25 -0400
To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Re: Ordering Pizza in 2010


Oh, a bobcat..........you are so lucky...I love those things..is that one
named?
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From michael at michaelbutler.com  Thu Sep 22 08:53:39 2005
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Thu Sep 22 08:59:21 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] LaGuardia Tribe supports Cindy Sheehan tour
In-Reply-To: <000201c5bf29$f7106ba0$2002a8c0@Grady>
Message-ID: <BF582193.23C0C%michael@michaelbutler.com>

Ross,
Thanks, do keep us up to date.
Peace and Love
Michael

> On Monday night the 19th the LaGuardia tribe was blessed to have
> participated in Cindy Sheehan's Bring Them Home Now Tour.
> Our Claude, Speare Hodges, sang "Where Do I go?" with the tribe. Galt
> accompanied them on piano along with his son on percussion. There were
> more than a thousand people there. To see our kids, our hope, get up and
> sing with such passion and conviction after only four hours of rehearsal
> was a testimony to the power of Hair. Natalie Mosco, Debbie Andrews and
> Jim Rado were also in attendance. It was an extraordinary night. The
> kids heard testimonies from vets of both the Iraq and Vietnam wars. As
> well as family members who had lost loved ones. The next day they gave
> there own testimonies about what they experienced that night and each
> one of them were deeply touched by what they heard. All of them said
> that, had they not heard stories about loved ones killed in an unjust
> war, soldiers returning from Iraq only to take their own lives, and one
> soldier who read his own suicide note, had they not heard these
> testimonies, they would not have sang the song with such conviction.
> They said hearing about the war on TV and reading about it in the papers
> was nothing compared to being in the same room with the people who have
> first-hand experience with the grief, anger and betrayal that comes with
> being a part of an unjust war. The vets drew clear parallels to the
> Vietnam and Iraq wars and the kids were well aware of how it will make
> their performances more immediate, more genuine in our upcoming
> production. What a joy to see them commit to the issues of Hair so
> quickly and sincerely. Nearly a third of them are going to the march in
> Washington on Saturday. The march will be led by Cindy Sheehan. Hair has
> already changed our lives and its only the first week of rehearsal!
> Peace and Love,
> Ross
> 
> _______________________________________________
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From tiogajoe at juno.com  Thu Sep 22 09:03:04 2005
From: tiogajoe at juno.com (tiogajoe@juno.com)
Date: Thu Sep 22 09:10:18 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Hairy folks in NYC
Message-ID: <20050922.090355.23373.485480@webmail32.lax.untd.com>

Thanks for posting your pics, Jim.  It was a pleasure meeting you at the HAIR Reunion.

--Tioga Joe

============

--Original Message--
Date: 20 Sep 2005 20:55:06 -0700
From: James Pappaconstantine <cabal@maine.rr.com>

Hairy folks in NYC
OK.. here is an invitation to veiw my photo album.. I took a ton of photos and 
got them back today, unfortunatly (for veiwing)I shot slide film.. But I was 
able to scan them.. kinda.. they scanned abt darker than they look in person,, 
and I was able to enlarge them to 200% which still isn't great.. BUt check them 
out if you wish.. disregaurd the other stuff in the folder.. or check it out.. 
no biggie.  JIM
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/georgeberger69/album?.dir=/a8fa&.src=ph&.tok=phZC4pDBhlYqjlGe



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From barbarasiomos38 at msn.com  Thu Sep 22 09:11:59 2005
From: barbarasiomos38 at msn.com (Barbara Siomos)
Date: Thu Sep 22 09:17:39 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] LaGuardia Tribe supports Cindy Sheehan tour
Message-ID: <BAY5-DAV134564608DF276310ED8A2AB970@phx.gbl>

Ross...

Sounds like you had a special HAiR night. :-)

peace,
barbara

-----Original Message-----
From: Ross Tatum
Sent: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 20:58:57 -0700
To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
Subject: [Mb-hair] LaGuardia Tribe supports Cindy Sheehan tour

On Monday night the 19th the LaGuardia tribe was blessed to have
participated in Cindy Sheehan's Bring Them Home Now Tour.
Our Claude, Speare Hodges, sang "Where Do I go?" with the tribe. Galt
accompanied them on piano along with his son on percussion. There were
more than a thousand people there. To see our kids, our hope, get up and
sing with such passion and conviction after only four hours of rehearsal
was a testimony to the power of Hair. Natalie Mosco, Debbie Andrews and
Jim Rado were also in attendance. It was an extraordinary night. The
kids heard testimonies from vets of both the Iraq and Vietnam wars. As
well as family members who had lost loved ones. The next day they gave
there own testimonies about what they experienced that night and each
one of them were deeply touched by what they heard. All of them said
that, had they not heard stories about loved ones killed in an unjust
war, soldiers returning from Iraq only to take their own lives, and one
soldier who read his own suicide note, had they not heard these
testimonies, they would not have sang the song with such conviction.
They said hearing about the war on TV and reading about it in the papers
was nothing compared to being in the same room with the people who have
first-hand experience with the grief, anger and betrayal that comes with
being a part of an unjust war. The vets drew clear parallels to the
Vietnam and Iraq wars and the kids were well aware of how it will make
their performances more immediate, more genuine in our upcoming
production. What a joy to see them commit to the issues of Hair so
quickly and sincerely. Nearly a third of them are going to the march in
Washington on Saturday. The march will be led by Cindy Sheehan. Hair has
already changed our lives and its only the first week of rehearsal!
Peace and Love,
Ross


From tiogajoe at juno.com  Thu Sep 22 09:17:21 2005
From: tiogajoe at juno.com (tiogajoe@juno.com)
Date: Thu Sep 22 09:25:39 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Hairy folks in NYC
Message-ID: <20050922.091819.23373.485735@webmail32.lax.untd.com>

Hey Jim,

For the very reasons you mentioned, I refrained from bringing a camera to shoot pictures or a book for folks to sign.  I wanted to simply enjoy the moment as much as possible.  You know, Be Here Now, and all that jazz.  After all, it WAS a Be-In!

But that's why all the more I appreciate the efforts of all (like you) who DID take the extra effort to take photographs and then to post them on the MB-HAIR List.  

Thanks for capturing the moment(s).

--Tioga

============

--[Excerpt from] Original Message--
Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 21:15:12 -0700 (PDT)
From: James Pappaconstantine <georgeberger69@yahoo.com>

OK.. So I thought I had this all figured out [ ... ]

So I abandoned getting signatures and started shooting the happenings. This is 
both good and bad.. The bad is that there were many people I did not get a 
chance to meet, [ ... ] but I started treating it like work [ ... ] It's hard too totally enjoy an 
evening when you are veiwing it through the veiwfinder of
your camara.. But the end result is always nice.. because while memories fade.. 
photos typically stay around a bit longer and help to jog memories back. [ ... ]
..  JIMMY P.



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From michael at michaelbutler.com  Thu Sep 22 09:23:32 2005
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Thu Sep 22 09:29:14 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: Mb-hair Digest, Vol 15, Issue 40
In-Reply-To: <20050922.104258.2500.9.venuetheatre@juno.com>
Message-ID: <BF582894.23C1F%michael@michaelbutler.com>

Corinne,
Thanks for your support.
Reute is my niece (Jorie's daughter)
Great for you with a Giraffe.
I am really stocked with this honor.
Peace and Love,
Michael

> RE:  FOC
> 
> This is a wonderful group, thanks for sending on the Web Site.  I have
> been a member for years, and this is your Daughter, right Michael?
> We would all do well to support this effort.
> 
> I also adopted a Giraffe!  Cool.
> Corinne
> 
> 
> ** Venue Theatre Collective and  Actors Studio  is a not for profit
> 501(c)(3) Corporation, founded in 1992.
> ALL MAIL TO THE OFFICE:  5124 Ninth Avenue N, St Petersburg, FL 33710.
> THE STUDIO is in MAINLANDS PLAZA, 9125 US 19 N, Pinellas Park (at
> Mainlands Blvd.) 1 mi N of Gandy/Park Blvd.  727-822-6194  cell
> 727-656-8525
> Visit our web site at www.VenueActorStudio.org
> _______________________________________________
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> Mb-hair@islandlists.com
> http://www.islandlists.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mb-hair

From fotoblue at flash.net  Thu Sep 22 10:11:47 2005
From: fotoblue at flash.net (fotoblue@flash.net)
Date: Thu Sep 22 10:17:37 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Finally the picture that explains the 4 day delay
	:ReKatrina
Message-ID: <380-22005942217114763@M2W048.mail2web.com>

Hilarious!

Original Message:
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From: Sherwin ace@aceross.com
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 09:34:25 -0700
To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
Subject: [Mb-hair] Finally the picture that explains the 4 day delay
:ReKatrina


  <http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v202/bearmystic/BUSH.jpg> 

 

 



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From fotoblue at flash.net  Thu Sep 22 11:03:08 2005
From: fotoblue at flash.net (fotoblue@flash.net)
Date: Thu Sep 22 11:08:59 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] The official Letters ROTFLMAO
Message-ID: <380-2200594221838493@M2W066.mail2web.com>

Thanks! I would have never guessed that right!
;-)
Dagmar

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From: Barbara Siomos barbarasiomos38@msn.com
Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 04:40:26 GMT
To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
Subject: [Mb-hair] The official Letters ROTFLMAO


IS > Rolling On The Floor Laughing My Ass Off 

:-)

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From dayton3 at rcn.com  Thu Sep 22 11:15:52 2005
From: dayton3 at rcn.com (Nina Dayton)
Date: Thu Sep 22 11:26:50 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] [Fwd: Important Information]
Message-ID: <4332F4D8.8080302@rcn.com>



-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 	Important Information
Date: 	Thu, 22 Sep 2005 10:07:23 -0700
From: 	Mary Davis

	
To: 	dayton3@rcn.com



Nina,
    I think this information is worth getting to those on your "Hair" 
 list. Thank's, Mary Lorrie Davis
                                                                        
 
Received this and am forwarding important info:
 
Hello.
I am sending this out to all in my e-mail contact list. I have lost many 
eddresses that were in my work-related eddress book. So you all - 
complete with dated and otherwise incorrect eddresses - are the only 
contacts I really have and it is consequently up to you to get the word 
out on what I believe is one of the most eggregious missteps to date post-K.
The President has suspended the Davis-Bacon Act for the affected region. 
For my non-political friends and relatives, this is the long-in-place 
provision that requires government contracts to pay the prevailing wage. 
There is $60-some billion dollars down here already and counting. The 
President has suspended the law that would have paid construction 
workers $11 an hour. People want to go back and are willing to work in 
toxic conditions to rebuild and they will not be paid enough to pay 
inflated rent and bury their dead. Right now, even while Rita is 
threatening the weakened levee system (I have been in New Orleans three 
different days), outsiders from Texas and Florida are sweeping streets 
and pulling out toxic debris from offices, hospitals, hotels, etc. 
Military have tetanus, Hep A, Hep B, and diptheria shots. All else have 
tetanus (myself included). In the meantime people are sitting in 
shelters who could be in New Orleans in the place of people being bused 
in from poi! nts beyond the immediate surroundings.
Please contact your Congresspeople. Both Senators and at least one 
Congressperson from your state. Please tell their staff both at home and 
in D.C. that Davis-Bacon must IMMEDIATELY be restored.
Social experimentation is happening in this region at an unprecedented 
level. School vouchers, wholesale lay-offs of public school teachers, 
environmental waivers, bid-letting without any sunshine, relaxation of 
prudent business regulations, suspension of anti-trust regulations, 
organized (so-called Christian) religion-based initiatives, 
privatization of many services are ALL happening and will continue. But 
this is one that decent folk can win.. Please work hard and long and 
loudly to stop the suspension of Davis-Bacon.
Each of you have holiday card lists, rolodexes, and telephone and 
address books. Some of you have contacts or chutzpah. For the love of 
God, please use all these tools and reach out to fellow humans and 
demand the re-institution of Davis-Bacon so loudly, so strongly, so 
insistently and unrelentedly that those who allowed this to happen rue 
the day they ever heard of Davis-Bacon.
Please - before a dime to the Red Cross or directly to those you may 
know in the affected region ... before an hour spent at an evacuation 
center or staffing volunteer phones ... before giving blood or lighting 
a candle .. and before another week goes by - PLEASE help us fight this 
battle.
Please forward this to your e-lists. Please contact your congressional 
delegation. Write your local newspapers. Contact Central Committees. If 
you would send copies of letters or e-mails or word about phone or other 
efforts, it would be appreciated.
I can receive mail at the following:
Linda Santi
c/o Law Office of Jim Boren
830 Main Street
Baton Rouge, LA 70802
Thank you,
Linda Santi
 
 

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From reuteb at austin.rr.com  Thu Sep 22 10:27:42 2005
From: reuteb at austin.rr.com (reute)
Date: Thu Sep 22 11:41:06 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Fwd: Celtic astrology
References: <8a9336a1aaba128562c7ea6594bf2f7f@earthlink.net>
Message-ID: <E1EIVuL-00086b-Ti@smtpauth03.mail.atl.earthlink.net>


> Subject: Celtic astrology
>
>> Interesting ...
>
>> Celtic astrology
>>
>>
>>
>> Find your birthday and then find your tree. This is really cool  
>> and somewhat accurate, also in line with Celtic astrology.
>> Then send it to all your friends, so  they can find out what tree  
>> they fell from.
>>
>>
>>
>> Dec 23 to Jan 01 - Apple Tree
>> Jan 01 to Jan 11 - Fir Tree
>> Jan 12 to Jan 24 - Elm Tree
>> Jan 25 to Feb 03 - Cypress Tree
>> Feb 04 to Feb 08 - Poplar Tree
>> Feb 09 to Feb 18 - Cedar Tree
>> Feb 19 to Feb 28 Pine Tree
>> Mar 01 to Mar 10 - Weeping Willow Tree
>> Mar 11 to Mar 20 - Lime Tree
>> Mar 21 (only) -Oak Tree
>> Mar 22 to Mar 31 - Hazelnut Tree
>> Apr 01 to Apr 10 - Rowan Tree
>> Apr 11 to Apr 20 - Maple Tree
>> Apr 21 to Apr 30 - Walnut Tree
>> May 01 to May 14 - Poplar Tree
>> May 15 to May 24 - Chestnut Tree
>> May 25 to Jun 03 - Ash Tree
>> Jun 04 to Jun 13 - Hornbeam Tree
>> Jun 14 to Jun 23 - Fig Tree
>>
>> Jun 25 to Jul 04 - Apple Tree
>> Jul 05 to Jul 14 - Fir Tree
>> Jul 15 to Jul 25 -Elm Tree
>> Jul 26 to Aug 04 - Cypress Tree
>> Aug 05 to Aug 13 - Poplar Tree
>> Aug 14 to Aug 23 - Cedar Tree
>> Aug 24 to Sep 02 - Pine Tree
>> Sep 03 to Sep 12 - Weeping Willow Tree
>> Sep 13 to Sep 22 - Lime Tree
>> Sep 23 (only) - Olive Tree
>> Sep 24 to Oct 03 - Hazelnut Tree
>> Oct 04 to Oct 13 - Rowan Tree
>> Oct 14 to Oct 23 - Maple Tree
>> Oct 24 to Nov 11 - Walnut Tree
>> Nov 12 to Nov 21 - Chestnut Tree
>> Nov 22 to Dec 01 - Ash Tree
>> Dec 02 to Dec 11 - Hornbeam Tree
>> Dec 12 to Dec 21 - Fig Tree
>> Dec 22 (only) - Beech Tree
>>
>> YOUR TREE  (in alphabetical order)
>>
>> Apple Tree (Love) -- quiet and shy at times, lots of charm,  
>> appeal, and attraction, pleasant attitude, flirtatious smile,  
>> adventurous, sensitive,  loyal in love, wants to love and be  
>> loved, faithful and tender partner, very  generous, many talents,  
>> loves children, needs affectionate partner.
>>
>> Ash Tree (Ambition) -- extremely attractive, vivacious, impulsive,  
>> demanding, does not care for criticism, ambitious, intelligent,  
>> talented, likes to play with fate, can be very egotistic,  
>> reliable, restless lover, sometimes money rules over the heart,  
>> demands attention, needs love and much emotional support.
>>
>> Beech Tree (Creative) -- has good taste, concerned about its  
>> looks,  materialistic, good organization of life and career,  
>> economical, good leader, takes no unnecessary risks, reasonable,  
>> splendid lifetime companion, keen on keeping fit (diets, sports,  
>> etc.).
>>
>> Birch Tree (Inspiration) -- vivacious, attractive, elegant,  
>> friendly, unpretentious, modest, does not like anything in excess,  
>> abhors the vulgar, loves life in nature and in calm, not very  
>> passionate, full of imagination,  little ambition, creates a calm  
>> and content atmosphere.
>>
>> Cedar Tree (Confidence) -- of rare strength, knows how to adapt,  
>> likes unexpected presents, of good health, not in the least shy,  
>> tends to look  down on others, self-confident, a great speaker,  
>> determined, often  impatient, likes to impress others, has many  
>> talents, industrious, healthy optimism, waits for the one true  
>> love, able to make quick decisions.
>>
>> Chestnut Tree (Honesty) -- of unusual stature, impressive, well- 
>> developed  sense of justice, fun to be around, a planner, born  
>> diplomat, can be  irritated easily, sensitive of others feelings,  
>> hard worker, sometimes acts  superior, feels not understood at  
>> times, fiercely family oriented, very  loyal in love, physically fit.
>>
>> Cypress Tree (Faithfulness) -- strong, muscular, adaptable, takes  
>> what life  has to give but doesn't necessarily like it, strives to  
>> be content,  optimistic, wants to be financially independent,  
>> wants love and affection, hates loneliness, passionate lover which  
>> cannot be satisfied, faithful, quick-tempered at times, can be  
>> unruly and careless, loves to gain knowledge, needs to be needed.
>>
>> Elm Tree (Noble-mindedness)  -- pleasant shape, tasteful clothes,  
>> modest  demands, tends not to forgive mistakes, cheerful, likes to  
>> lead but not to  ! obey, honest and faithful partner, likes making  
>> decisions for others,  noble-minded, generous, good sense of  
>> humor, practical.
>>
>> Fig Tree (Sensibility) -- very strong minded, a bit self-willed,  
>> honest, loyal, independent, hates contradiction or arguments, hard  
>> worker when wants to be, loves life and friends, enjoys children  
>> and animals, few sexual relationships, great sense of humor, has  
>> artistic talent and great  intelligence.
>>
>> Fir tree (Mysterious) -- extraordinary taste, handles stress well,  
>> loves  anything beautiful, stubborn, tends to care for those close  
>> to them, hard to  trust others, yet a social butterfly, likes  
>> idleness and laziness after long demanding hours at work, rather  
>> modest, talented, unselfish, many friends,  very reliable.
>>
>> Hazelnut Tree (Extraordinary) -- charming, sense of humor, very  
>> demanding  but can also be very understanding, knows how to make a  
>> lasting impression, active fighter for social causes and politi!  
>> cs, popular, quite moody, sexually oriented, honest, a  
>> perfectionist, has a precise sense of judgment  and expects  
>> complete fairness.
>>
>> Hornbeam Tree (Good Taste) -- of cool beauty, cares for its looks  
>> and condition, good taste, is not egoistic, makes life as  
>> comfortable as possible, leads a reasonable and disciplined life,  
>> looks for kindness and acknowledgment in an emotional partner,  
>> dreams of unusual lovers, is seldom happy with its feelings,  
>> mistrusts most people, is never sure of its  decisions, very  
>> conscientious.
>>
>> Lime Tree (Doubt) - intelligent, hard working, accepts what life  
>> dishes out, but not before trying to change bad circumstances into  
>> good ones, hates fighting and stress, enjoys getaway vacations,  
>> may appear tough, but is actually soft and relenting, always  
>> willing to sacrifices for family  and friends, has many talents  
>> but not always enough time to use them, can become a complainer,  
>> great leadership qualities, is jealous at times but  extremely loyal.
>>
>> Maple Tree (Independence of Mind) -- no ordinary person, full of  
>> imagination  and originality, shy and reserved, ambitious, proud,  
>> self-confident, hungers  for new experiences, sometimes nervous,  
>> has many complexities, good memory,  learns easily, complicated  
>> love life, wants to impress.
>>
>> Oak Tree (Brave) -- robust nature, courageous, strong,  
>> unrelenting, independent, sensible, does not like change, keeps  
>> its feet on the ground, person of action.
>>
>> Olive Tree (Wisdom) -- loves sun, warmth and kind feelings,  
>> reasonable, balanced, avoids aggression and violence, tolerant,  
>> cheerful, calm,  well-developed sense of justice, sensitive,  
>> empathetic, free of jealousy,  loves to read and the company of  
>> sophisticated people.
>>
>> Pine Tree (Peacemaker) -- loves agreeable company, craves peace  
>> and harmony, loves to help others, active imagination, likes to  
>> write poetry, not fashion  conscious, great compassion, frie! ndly  
>> to all, falls strongly in love but will leave if betrayed or lied  
>> to, emotionally soft, low self esteem, needs affection and  
>> reassurance.
>>
>> Poplar Tree (Uncertainty)  -- looks very decorative, talented, not  
>> very  self-confident, extremely courageous if necessary, needs  
>> goodwill and pleasant surroundings, very choosy, often lonely,  
>> great animosity, great artistic nature, good organizer, tends to  
>> lean toward philosophy, reliable in any situation, takes  
>> partnership seriously.
>>
>>  Rowan Tree (Sensitivity) -- full of charm, cheerful, gifted  
>> without egoism,  likes to draw attention, loves life, motion,  
>> unrest, and even complications, is both dependent and independent,  
>> good taste, artistic, passionate, emotional, good company, does  
>> not forgive.
>>
>>  Walnut Tree (Passion) -- unrelenting, strange and full of  
>> contrasts, often  egotistic, aggressive, noble, broad horizon,  
>> unexpected reactions, spontaneous, unlimited ambition, no  
>> flexibility, difficult and uncommon partner, not always liked but  
>> often admired, ingenious strategist, very jealous and passionate,  
>> no compromise.
>>
>>  Weeping  Willow ( Melancholy)   - likes to be stress free, loves  
>> family life,  full of hopes and dreams, attractive, very  
>> empathetic, loves anything beautiful, musically inclined loves to  
>> travel to exotic places, restless, capricious, honest, can be  
>> influenced but is not easy to live with when  pressured, sometimes  
>> demanding, good intuition, suffers in love until they  find that  
>> one loyal, steadfast partner; loves to make others laugh
>>
>> Author Unknown but Appreciated
>>
>>                  ?,.???`?.???  Practice a Random Act of Kindness    
>> ???.???`?.,?
>>
>>
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From bev at beverlybremers.com  Thu Sep 22 13:26:38 2005
From: bev at beverlybremers.com (Beverly Bremers)
Date: Thu Sep 22 13:33:33 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Idris
Message-ID: <20050922202638.EF9AEEE244@ws6-1.us4.outblaze.com>

Unfortunately, I missed that one. Maybe it'll be rerun. I have fond
memories of Idris and his talented wife, Sakinah, one of the original
Crystals. What a voice! (They were previously Leo and Dolores Morris).
Idris is a big jazz artist now. Wouldn't it be cool to get the original
Hair band together? What's Charlie Brown doing these days?

Beverly



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  From: "Doris J. Brook"
  To: "mb-hair"
  Subject: [Mb-hair] Hair & New Orleans
  Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 12:52:04 -0400

Did anyone catch the benefit for the many impacted New Orleans musicians
from Live at Lincoln Center on Saturday night that was carried on PBS
stations?  In addition to the movie stars, they had some awesome
musicians, including, for many of the numbers on drums, Idris Muhammad,
who played in the original Broadway production (as well as on the OBC
album) for years.  (Remember sitting in the band's "bus," Nina?) -Doris_______________________________________________
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From bev at beverlybremers.com  Thu Sep 22 13:31:42 2005
From: bev at beverlybremers.com (Beverly Bremers)
Date: Thu Sep 22 13:39:23 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] HAIR Reunion Tales and Pics
Message-ID: <20050922203142.BB440EE233@ws6-1.us4.outblaze.com>

Thanks to all the reunion attendees who have supplied us on the list with
vivid re-countings and pictures! On the pictures, please identify as many
of the folks as you can for those of us who don't know all the faces.
Damn I wish I could've been there! Can we do another one soon?

Oh - Nina, please add me to the list of people who would like a program.
Thanks.

Beverly

----- Original Message -----
From: "tiogajoe@juno.com"
To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
Subject: [Mb-hair] Tioga's Take on the 2005 NYC HAIR Reunion
Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 19:49:19 GMT

  Journal 2005-09-10

  Tioga's Take on the 2005 HAIR NYC Reunion

  "The Adventures of Tioga Joe"

  HAIR Date 2005.09.10 (Sat.) CE

  E.T.A. New York-Penn Station 5:00 P.M. E.D.T.
  Wended my way on foot
  West to Broadway,
  Routing me right on down
  "To 4th Street U.S.A."
  And home to LaMaMa
  e.t.c.

  Halfway there,
  At Union Square,
  I had a HAIR
  Moment.

  'Neath the bronze statue of
  Mahatma Gandhi
  Saffron-ed Krishnites
  Served meals, played instruments
  And sang,

  "Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna
  "Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare
  "Hare Rama, Hare Rama
  "Rama Rama, Hare Hare"

  'Natch, I sang along, yet
  Conscious my obesity
  Showed surely
  I was no fellow
  Vegetarian.

  But 'twas sign enough
  Tonight's HAIR Happening
  Would only be good.

  Prosing right along, I found 74-A, 4th Street, U.S.A., home to LaMaMa
  e.t.c. (experimental theatre club).  I knew I was nearing my
  destination, when spiriting from it came this Arlo-Guthrie-ish white
  maned and bearded (and clad) wizard, whom I later met and learned was
  HAIR's own Red Shepard, the (formerly) red-maned, motor-biking Berger
  (L.A. '68) in that wonderful photo recently posted to the MB-HAIR
  List.

  Passing the wizard, I enter to the box office window, where I'm met
  by the comparably hobbit-like HAIR's Michael David Arien (Revival
  '74), whom I recognized from the Bridgeport, Connecticut, HAIR
  attendees photos.  I'd missed meeting him then, but now had the
  pleasure, and it indeed was a pleasure--the perfect host to meet and
  greet the in-coming HAIR Reunionarians.

  And HAIR's Corrine Broskette arrived on my coat tails.  She, too,
  would make me feel so at home and so welcome at this wonderful Be-In.

  (Oh, Man, I know if I start this naming-everybody thing, I'm going to
  miss somebody, so, I beg your pardon in advance.  Chalk it up to
  A.D.D., P.T.S.D., and maybe even T.H.C.)

  Ah, the Hostess with the Most-est was our Little Birdie, Nina Machlin
  Dayton, and what a Master of Ceremonies was our "What a Piece of Work
  Is Man" (O.B.C.) Walter Michael Harris!

  And there was Natalie Mosco (O.B.C.), Trevor Dayton, Debbie Andrews,
  Ross MacLean, Robin McNamara (Broadway '71/Divine HAIR, Mass in F),
  Leo Lunser, Lisa and Sean (Dauber) Courtney, Bill Swiggard, Robert
  Camuto, Sally Shafer and her handsome beau from Florida, Jeff Lunger,
  Sherwin Ross, Cara Robin, and others I had the pleasure of mingling
  with.

  Was honored with a hug from Michael Butler and a brief chat with Jim
  Rado, both of whom I'd met at previous HAIR-ish engagements. 
  Although I sat near Tom O'Horgan and caught a glimpse there of Galt
  MacDermont, I refrained from imposing myself on them, since they
  wouldn't know me from Adam, and there were so many present who had
  worked directly with them in the past, who better warranted claiming
  their time and attention.

  Also was honored to have join me at my table Heather MacRae (L.A.
  '68).  I'd reminded her that in the late '80s, we were briefly
  upstairs/downstairs neighbors in a two-family house in Ossining, New
  York.  HAIR had never surfaced in conversations back then, so there
  was understandably a bit of wonderment about my presence at the HAIR
  Reunion (and, oh, man, you should have seen/heard her belt it out
  singing "Flesh Failures" on the archives video playing in the lobby
  that night -- made it all the more sweet to hear her lead it onstage
  during the night's sing-along: "We starve, look at one another short
  of breath, ...."

  Have we mentioned enough what a wonderful host was Walter Michael on
  stage that evening?

  And how sweet to hear, live, Shelly Plimpton (O.B.C.) serenading Tom
  O'Horgan with her trademark rendition of "Frank Mills."

  And it turns out the pixie next to me, singing every word to every
  HAIR song sung that night, was Shelly's daughter, actress Martha
  Plimpton, who gave me the sweetest giggle when I flashed her (hiding
  under my lapel) my circa-1979 photo of me sporting Z Z Top-length
  long hair and beard.

  Martha's pop, actor Keith Carradine, added to the Sunshine shining on
  the party.

  And then SNL comedian Fred Armisen joined Martha, and what a warm,
  kind gentleman he seemed to be, as he shook my hand and acknowledged
  my greeting to him.

  I also, perhaps too boldly, shook Ben Vereen's hand (L.A. '68) as he
  arrived.  Later, Corrine kindly introduced him to me, and I said,
  "Yeah, I kinda grabbed your hand and shook it earlier," and he kinda
  chuckled and said, "Yeah, you did!"

  Although I did indeed notice the yellow sport-coated handsome gent
  with the Rod Stewart hair and his Cher-ishly lovely wife Helene
  (Morrison) Masiko (Touring Co.), I'm afraid I didn't meet them.  I
  hope I'll have another opportunity to in the not too distant future.

  And so many more there that I didn't get to meet/pay my respects to,
  but to whom I hope my respect vibes got through.

  Oh, and what a spread!  Sushi out the wazoo (num num), and plenty of
  other tasty treats.

  And the HAIR logo/poster cake!  Can you beat that?

  Then, to wrap it up, I had the pleasure of training back to the
  Jersey Shore in the company of Sean and Lisa from (our mutually
  current home town) Ocean Grove, where Walter Michael visited that
  very morning!

  Man, what an evening!  What a Trip! 

  Thanks to all who made the Happening possible, and thanks to all who
  made, and continue to make HAIR possible.

  And thanks to all who've posted online photos from the event!

  (How'd I do with my report?)

  Peace,

  Lee Joseph de Tioga Livingstone Smith

  Dr. Sibley

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From georgeberger69 at yahoo.com  Thu Sep 22 17:47:54 2005
From: georgeberger69 at yahoo.com (James Pappaconstantine)
Date: Thu Sep 22 17:53:38 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Hairy folks in NYC
In-Reply-To: <20050922.091819.23373.485735@webmail32.lax.untd.com>
Message-ID: <20050923004754.38084.qmail@web54212.mail.yahoo.com>

Hey Tioga.. Thanks and yeah It was cool meeting you as well.. But again.. It was like, Hey this is so and so and than a short chat and then onward to others, or to take pictures... I do the same thing when I go to concerts..A band I like will come to town and instead of getting a ticket, and watching the entire show.. I get a photo pass and shoot the show.. atleast the first three songs, and then is the whole hub bub of getting my camara to my car and then back in to the venue and find my seat.. and by then the show is half over.. But.. I do have the memories on my wall and in my photo books.. But sometimes I do wonder what I am missing.. like I will be shooting a guitar player, (looking through my veiwfinder, lining him up, trying to get the weight in the right places, waiting for the good lighting...and I wonder as I wait.. Should I be shooting the singer right now? Is he in good light or about to do some David Lee Roth mid air split from the drum riser? ) It's almost like 
 a case
 of tunnel vision... BUt.. I do it cause I love it.. and one day I will be an old man in a nursing home somewhere with my shoebox of memories.. (wow.. after I wrote that last line.. I sat here and reflected a little.. It's pretty sad that in our last years.. that is about what our lives come down to.. atleast to the world that is running around us.. How many brilliant minds and hearts are in our nursing homes today, just rotting away? Seeing a visiter every other week or so.. Doctors and Nurses treating you like a number.. and when you are gone and the relitives come in and take that rocking chair and the hand knitted afagan away.. an old shoe box of photographs.. that meant so much to you, are sifted through, the bulk of which are tossed into a dumpster.... Sorry.. My mind is working overtime.. HA ha ... Anyway... JIM

"tiogajoe@juno.com" <tiogajoe@juno.com> wrote:Hey Jim,

For the very reasons you mentioned, I refrained from bringing a camera to shoot pictures or a book for folks to sign. I wanted to simply enjoy the moment as much as possible. You know, Be Here Now, and all that jazz. After all, it WAS a Be-In!

But that's why all the more I appreciate the efforts of all (like you) who DID take the extra effort to take photographs and then to post them on the MB-HAIR List. 

Thanks for capturing the moment(s).

--Tioga

============

--[Excerpt from] Original Message--
Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 21:15:12 -0700 (PDT)
From: James Pappaconstantine 

OK.. So I thought I had this all figured out [ ... ]

So I abandoned getting signatures and started shooting the happenings. This is 
both good and bad.. The bad is that there were many people I did not get a 
chance to meet, [ ... ] but I started treating it like work [ ... ] It's hard too totally enjoy an 
evening when you are veiwing it through the veiwfinder of
your camara.. But the end result is always nice.. because while memories fade.. 
photos typically stay around a bit longer and help to jog memories back. [ ... ]
.. JIMMY P.



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From goodhairdays at yahoo.com  Thu Sep 22 17:53:09 2005
From: goodhairdays at yahoo.com (Jonathon Johnson)
Date: Thu Sep 22 17:58:53 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Fwd: Celtic astrology
In-Reply-To: <E1EIVuL-00086b-Ti@smtpauth03.mail.atl.earthlink.net>
Message-ID: <20050923005310.20301.qmail@web53408.mail.yahoo.com>

Thanks for sharing .... very cool.
 
Peace and Blessings ~ Jonathon

reute <reuteb@austin.rr.com> wrote:

Subject: Celtic astrology

Interesting ...



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From michael at michaelbutler.com  Fri Sep 23 10:07:08 2005
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Fri Sep 23 10:12:54 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] HAIR-London TIMES review
Message-ID: <BF59844C.23CCE%michael@michaelbutler.com>


September 23, 2005

Times2

Hair
Benedict Nightingale at Gate Theatre, W11

THIS show ? meaning the original Hair, not last night?s ineptly updated
version ? was a big deal when it hit London 35 years ago.

That was partly because its portrait of stoned hippies brandishing their
unshorn locks at American society had made it a cult in New York, but mainly
because we had just dispatched the censor to the knacker?s and were at long
last free to see its famous nude scene.

Here, let me inject a personal memory. Halfway through Galt Macdermot?s
?tribal musical? I whispered to a colleague, ?When is the nude scene
coming??, and he replied, ?It?s just happened?. So for me Hair will for ever
mark the time when I realised I needed specs.

At the tiny Gate there?s no danger of missing what is, in 2005, a pretty
standard display of bobbing genitalia. Indeed, one would only have to reach
out a hand in anger to end several men?s hopes of fatherhood. What?s odd,
though, is that the second such display is meant to evoke the human pyramids
at Abu Ghraib. A musical that was once a protest against Vietnam has moved
to the Iraq era, complete with a poorly caricatured Bush and a spoof
sergeant who tells the anti-hero to ?get your ass out there and fight those
sand-niggers?.

It doesn?t work, least of all in the handling of that anti-hero, Charles
Aitken?s spindly Claude. This time he isn?t the hapless victim of a policy
that was forcing young men into the killing fields. Rather, he volunteers
for the army, one moment sneering over his PlayStation at parents who want
him to get a job, the next bewildering his fellow dropouts by telling them
that he?s about to defend democracy.

I was bewildered too, despite a new ending and a dream sequence in which
Claude twigs what he?s doing. The hippies in general have become more
aggressive and confident, which is fine when energetic dancing or singing is
needed, but stops us seeing them as the baffled, vulnerable youngsters they
were meant to be. A musical about a lost generation has become one about
brash layabouts exercising their inalienable right to smoke dope, sing songs
about love and refuse to grow up.

Starting with that hummable ode to Aquarius, some of those songs still have
zing. But evoking a zombie Establishment by dressing actors in judicial
robes, plus plastic headdresses that can?t decide if they?re hair-curlers or
coal buckets, is just one of several errors. Moreover, the hippies? flowing
locks, like their clothes, have succumbed to spare modernity. This is a Hair
without hair, which is no Hair at all.

Box-office: 020-7229 0706

    


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From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Fri Sep 23 10:15:23 2005
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Fri Sep 23 10:21:15 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] HAIR-London TIMES review
References: <BF59844C.23CCE%michael@michaelbutler.com>
Message-ID: <000d01c5c062$6280e6b0$6e436c42@hotprojects>

i just think theyre bastards
i think despite the fact the people love the show in billions
that there is an element of the establishment element of the critics
not the real cogniscenti or artists or actual producers etc
but a conservative element in the press
and in the establishment in general that was gunning for this show from day
one company one
and still is
i heard this kid did some great stuff
thats the word i been hearing

i think this conservative element is still scared shitless of hair and is
still afronted at the bringing of hard core rock and roll in the realm of
the " proper " theater

thats what i think

richard haase in nyc

( i thought the london production was going to go like a house on fire )
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Butler" <michael@michaelbutler.com>
To: "HAIR List" <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 1:07 PM
Subject: [Mb-hair] HAIR-London TIMES review


>
> September 23, 2005
>
> Times2
>
> Hair
> Benedict Nightingale at Gate Theatre, W11
>
> THIS show < meaning the original Hair, not last night?s ineptly updated
> version < was a big deal when it hit London 35 years ago.
>
> That was partly because its portrait of stoned hippies brandishing their
> unshorn locks at American society had made it a cult in New York, but
mainly
> because we had just dispatched the censor to the knacker?s and were at
long
> last free to see its famous nude scene.
>
> Here, let me inject a personal memory. Halfway through Galt Macdermot?s
> ?tribal musical? I whispered to a colleague, ?When is the nude scene
> coming??, and he replied, ?It?s just happened?. So for me Hair will for
ever
> mark the time when I realised I needed specs.
>
> At the tiny Gate there?s no danger of missing what is, in 2005, a pretty
> standard display of bobbing genitalia. Indeed, one would only have to
reach
> out a hand in anger to end several men?s hopes of fatherhood. What?s odd,
> though, is that the second such display is meant to evoke the human
pyramids
> at Abu Ghraib. A musical that was once a protest against Vietnam has moved
> to the Iraq era, complete with a poorly caricatured Bush and a spoof
> sergeant who tells the anti-hero to ?get your ass out there and fight
those
> sand-niggers?.
>
> It doesn?t work, least of all in the handling of that anti-hero, Charles
> Aitken?s spindly Claude. This time he isn?t the hapless victim of a policy
> that was forcing young men into the killing fields. Rather, he volunteers
> for the army, one moment sneering over his PlayStation at parents who want
> him to get a job, the next bewildering his fellow dropouts by telling them
> that he?s about to defend democracy.
>
> I was bewildered too, despite a new ending and a dream sequence in which
> Claude twigs what he?s doing. The hippies in general have become more
> aggressive and confident, which is fine when energetic dancing or singing
is
> needed, but stops us seeing them as the baffled, vulnerable youngsters
they
> were meant to be. A musical about a lost generation has become one about
> brash layabouts exercising their inalienable right to smoke dope, sing
songs
> about love and refuse to grow up.
>
> Starting with that hummable ode to Aquarius, some of those songs still
have
> zing. But evoking a zombie Establishment by dressing actors in judicial
> robes, plus plastic headdresses that can?t decide if they?re hair-curlers
or
> coal buckets, is just one of several errors. Moreover, the hippies?
flowing
> locks, like their clothes, have succumbed to spare modernity. This is a
Hair
> without hair, which is no Hair at all.
>
> Box-office: 020-7229 0706
>
>
>
>
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> This service is provided on Times Newspapers' standard Terms and
Conditions
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From georgeberger69 at yahoo.com  Fri Sep 23 10:17:49 2005
From: georgeberger69 at yahoo.com (James Pappaconstantine)
Date: Fri Sep 23 10:23:35 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] HAIR-London TIMES review
In-Reply-To: <BF59844C.23CCE%michael@michaelbutler.com>
Message-ID: <20050923171749.85146.qmail@web54202.mail.yahoo.com>

Wow... So I guess the reviewer won't go a second time huh? The way he describes it I am not sure I'd want to go either but... It's only his opinion.. It be cool to hear from the other side of the fence.. JIM

Michael Butler <michael@michaelbutler.com> wrote:
September 23, 2005

Times2

Hair
Benedict Nightingale at Gate Theatre, W11

THIS show ? meaning the original Hair, not last night?s ineptly updated
version ? was a big deal when it hit London 35 years ago.

That was partly because its portrait of stoned hippies brandishing their
unshorn locks at American society had made it a cult in New York, but mainly
because we had just dispatched the censor to the knacker?s and were at long
last free to see its famous nude scene.

Here, let me inject a personal memory. Halfway through Galt Macdermot?s
?tribal musical? I whispered to a colleague, ?When is the nude scene
coming??, and he replied, ?It?s just happened?. So for me Hair will for ever
mark the time when I realised I needed specs.

At the tiny Gate there?s no danger of missing what is, in 2005, a pretty
standard display of bobbing genitalia. Indeed, one would only have to reach
out a hand in anger to end several men?s hopes of fatherhood. What?s odd,
though, is that the second such display is meant to evoke the human pyramids
at Abu Ghraib. A musical that was once a protest against Vietnam has moved
to the Iraq era, complete with a poorly caricatured Bush and a spoof
sergeant who tells the anti-hero to ?get your ass out there and fight those
sand-niggers?.

It doesn?t work, least of all in the handling of that anti-hero, Charles
Aitken?s spindly Claude. This time he isn?t the hapless victim of a policy
that was forcing young men into the killing fields. Rather, he volunteers
for the army, one moment sneering over his PlayStation at parents who want
him to get a job, the next bewildering his fellow dropouts by telling them
that he?s about to defend democracy.

I was bewildered too, despite a new ending and a dream sequence in which
Claude twigs what he?s doing. The hippies in general have become more
aggressive and confident, which is fine when energetic dancing or singing is
needed, but stops us seeing them as the baffled, vulnerable youngsters they
were meant to be. A musical about a lost generation has become one about
brash layabouts exercising their inalienable right to smoke dope, sing songs
about love and refuse to grow up.

Starting with that hummable ode to Aquarius, some of those songs still have
zing. But evoking a zombie Establishment by dressing actors in judicial
robes, plus plastic headdresses that can?t decide if they?re hair-curlers or
coal buckets, is just one of several errors. Moreover, the hippies? flowing
locks, like their clothes, have succumbed to spare modernity. This is a Hair
without hair, which is no Hair at all.

Box-office: 020-7229 0706




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From michael at michaelbutler.com  Fri Sep 23 10:24:15 2005
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Fri Sep 23 10:30:01 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] HAIR-London TIMES review
In-Reply-To: <000d01c5c062$6280e6b0$6e436c42@hotprojects>
Message-ID: <BF59884F.23CD9%michael@michaelbutler.com>

Where did you hear this was a great show? Please send us information.

> i just think theyre bastards
> i think despite the fact the people love the show in billions
> that there is an element of the establishment element of the critics
> not the real cogniscenti or artists or actual producers etc
> but a conservative element in the press
> and in the establishment in general that was gunning for this show from day
> one company one
> and still is
> i heard this kid did some great stuff
> thats the word i been hearing
> 
> i think this conservative element is still scared shitless of hair and is
> still afronted at the bringing of hard core rock and roll in the realm of
> the " proper " theater
> 
> thats what i think
> 
> richard haase in nyc
> 
> ( i thought the london production was going to go like a house on fire )
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Butler" <michael@michaelbutler.com>
> To: "HAIR List" <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
> Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 1:07 PM
> Subject: [Mb-hair] HAIR-London TIMES review
> 
> 
>> 
>> September 23, 2005
>> 
>> Times2
>> 
>> Hair
>> Benedict Nightingale at Gate Theatre, W11
>> 
>> THIS show < meaning the original Hair, not last night?s ineptly updated
>> version < was a big deal when it hit London 35 years ago.
>> 
>> That was partly because its portrait of stoned hippies brandishing their
>> unshorn locks at American society had made it a cult in New York, but
> mainly
>> because we had just dispatched the censor to the knacker?s and were at
> long
>> last free to see its famous nude scene.
>> 
>> Here, let me inject a personal memory. Halfway through Galt Macdermot?s
>> ?tribal musical? I whispered to a colleague, ?When is the nude scene
>> coming??, and he replied, ?It?s just happened?. So for me Hair will for
> ever
>> mark the time when I realised I needed specs.
>> 
>> At the tiny Gate there?s no danger of missing what is, in 2005, a pretty
>> standard display of bobbing genitalia. Indeed, one would only have to
> reach
>> out a hand in anger to end several men?s hopes of fatherhood. What?s odd,
>> though, is that the second such display is meant to evoke the human
> pyramids
>> at Abu Ghraib. A musical that was once a protest against Vietnam has moved
>> to the Iraq era, complete with a poorly caricatured Bush and a spoof
>> sergeant who tells the anti-hero to ?get your ass out there and fight
> those
>> sand-niggers?.
>> 
>> It doesn?t work, least of all in the handling of that anti-hero, Charles
>> Aitken?s spindly Claude. This time he isn?t the hapless victim of a policy
>> that was forcing young men into the killing fields. Rather, he volunteers
>> for the army, one moment sneering over his PlayStation at parents who want
>> him to get a job, the next bewildering his fellow dropouts by telling them
>> that he?s about to defend democracy.
>> 
>> I was bewildered too, despite a new ending and a dream sequence in which
>> Claude twigs what he?s doing. The hippies in general have become more
>> aggressive and confident, which is fine when energetic dancing or singing
> is
>> needed, but stops us seeing them as the baffled, vulnerable youngsters
> they
>> were meant to be. A musical about a lost generation has become one about
>> brash layabouts exercising their inalienable right to smoke dope, sing
> songs
>> about love and refuse to grow up.
>> 
>> Starting with that hummable ode to Aquarius, some of those songs still
> have
>> zing. But evoking a zombie Establishment by dressing actors in judicial
>> robes, plus plastic headdresses that can?t decide if they?re hair-curlers
> or
>> coal buckets, is just one of several errors. Moreover, the hippies?
> flowing
>> locks, like their clothes, have succumbed to spare modernity. This is a
> Hair
>> without hair, which is no Hair at all.
>> 
>> Box-office: 020-7229 0706
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>     Copyright 2005 Times Newspapers Ltd.
>> This service is provided on Times Newspapers' standard Terms and
> Conditions
>> . Please read our Privacy Policy . To inquire about a licence to reproduce
>> material from The Times, visit the Syndication website .
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From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Fri Sep 23 10:29:36 2005
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Fri Sep 23 10:35:24 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] HAIR-London TIMES review
References: <BF59884F.23CD9%michael@michaelbutler.com>
Message-ID: <003001c5c064$5e74c260$6e436c42@hotprojects>

i dont remember who in specific
but people i spoke to at the playbill office
people talking about it at the reunion
kibbitzing in general
the buzz was very positive
it sold out immediately
and there is talk of it being extended
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Butler" <michael@michaelbutler.com>
To: "HAIR List" <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 1:24 PM
Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] HAIR-London TIMES review


> Where did you hear this was a great show? Please send us information.
>
> > i just think theyre bastards
> > i think despite the fact the people love the show in billions
> > that there is an element of the establishment element of the critics
> > not the real cogniscenti or artists or actual producers etc
> > but a conservative element in the press
> > and in the establishment in general that was gunning for this show from
day
> > one company one
> > and still is
> > i heard this kid did some great stuff
> > thats the word i been hearing
> >
> > i think this conservative element is still scared shitless of hair and
is
> > still afronted at the bringing of hard core rock and roll in the realm
of
> > the " proper " theater
> >
> > thats what i think
> >
> > richard haase in nyc
> >
> > ( i thought the london production was going to go like a house on fire )
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Michael Butler" <michael@michaelbutler.com>
> > To: "HAIR List" <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
> > Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 1:07 PM
> > Subject: [Mb-hair] HAIR-London TIMES review
> >
> >
> >>
> >> September 23, 2005
> >>
> >> Times2
> >>
> >> Hair
> >> Benedict Nightingale at Gate Theatre, W11
> >>
> >> THIS show < meaning the original Hair, not last night?s ineptly updated
> >> version < was a big deal when it hit London 35 years ago.
> >>
> >> That was partly because its portrait of stoned hippies brandishing
their
> >> unshorn locks at American society had made it a cult in New York, but
> > mainly
> >> because we had just dispatched the censor to the knacker?s and were at
> > long
> >> last free to see its famous nude scene.
> >>
> >> Here, let me inject a personal memory. Halfway through Galt Macdermot?s
> >> ?tribal musical? I whispered to a colleague, ?When is the nude scene
> >> coming??, and he replied, ?It?s just happened?. So for me Hair will for
> > ever
> >> mark the time when I realised I needed specs.
> >>
> >> At the tiny Gate there?s no danger of missing what is, in 2005, a
pretty
> >> standard display of bobbing genitalia. Indeed, one would only have to
> > reach
> >> out a hand in anger to end several men?s hopes of fatherhood. What?s
odd,
> >> though, is that the second such display is meant to evoke the human
> > pyramids
> >> at Abu Ghraib. A musical that was once a protest against Vietnam has
moved
> >> to the Iraq era, complete with a poorly caricatured Bush and a spoof
> >> sergeant who tells the anti-hero to ?get your ass out there and fight
> > those
> >> sand-niggers?.
> >>
> >> It doesn?t work, least of all in the handling of that anti-hero,
Charles
> >> Aitken?s spindly Claude. This time he isn?t the hapless victim of a
policy
> >> that was forcing young men into the killing fields. Rather, he
volunteers
> >> for the army, one moment sneering over his PlayStation at parents who
want
> >> him to get a job, the next bewildering his fellow dropouts by telling
them
> >> that he?s about to defend democracy.
> >>
> >> I was bewildered too, despite a new ending and a dream sequence in
which
> >> Claude twigs what he?s doing. The hippies in general have become more
> >> aggressive and confident, which is fine when energetic dancing or
singing
> > is
> >> needed, but stops us seeing them as the baffled, vulnerable youngsters
> > they
> >> were meant to be. A musical about a lost generation has become one
about
> >> brash layabouts exercising their inalienable right to smoke dope, sing
> > songs
> >> about love and refuse to grow up.
> >>
> >> Starting with that hummable ode to Aquarius, some of those songs still
> > have
> >> zing. But evoking a zombie Establishment by dressing actors in judicial
> >> robes, plus plastic headdresses that can?t decide if they?re
hair-curlers
> > or
> >> coal buckets, is just one of several errors. Moreover, the hippies?
> > flowing
> >> locks, like their clothes, have succumbed to spare modernity. This is a
> > Hair
> >> without hair, which is no Hair at all.
> >>
> >> Box-office: 020-7229 0706
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>     Copyright 2005 Times Newspapers Ltd.
> >> This service is provided on Times Newspapers' standard Terms and
> > Conditions
> >> . Please read our Privacy Policy . To inquire about a licence to
reproduce
> >> material from The Times, visit the Syndication website .
> >>
> >>
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From elizabethesquibel at hotmail.com  Fri Sep 23 10:52:27 2005
From: elizabethesquibel at hotmail.com (Elizabeth Esquibel)
Date: Fri Sep 23 10:58:10 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Hair reunion Tales and Pics
Message-ID: <BAY107-F90375E8B6F3823F2BFC02BF960@phx.gbl>

Hey Bev, I already got a program for you and Jonathon. You'll recieve it 
soon.  My thoughts were with you and Jonathon, and all the other Hairy 
people that couldn't make it. Talk to you and Jonathon soon!!!

Nina, the video I shot at the reunion came out dark, but the sing-along-part 
is absolutely incredible.  I will still send you a copy anyway. E-mail me 
and let me know where to send it OK?  It was so wonderful to finally meet 
you and so many others I was looking forward to meeting!!  Hi Pappy!:-)  
Can't wait to do that again guys!!!!!!!!!

Love~Elizabeth

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From nycrjmac at yahoo.com  Fri Sep 23 11:24:07 2005
From: nycrjmac at yahoo.com (RJ Mac)
Date: Fri Sep 23 11:29:52 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] HAIR-London TIMES review
In-Reply-To: <BF59844C.23CCE%michael@michaelbutler.com>
Message-ID: <20050923182407.3611.qmail@web31614.mail.mud.yahoo.com>


Yikes, sounds awful.  Claude-with-Playstation.  Hmmm.
and Berger with what, an Ipod...?
Maybe Sheila, instead of leading the protest march,
sits down and cc's e-mail petitions across the globe
in a single stroke.  

I'm curious: Was these changes due to a re-write by
the author(s) or a directorial enhanceement?

rj
--- Michael Butler <michael@michaelbutler.com> wrote:

> 
> September 23, 2005
> 
> Times2
> 
> Hair
> Benedict Nightingale at Gate Theatre, W11
> 
> THIS show ? meaning the original Hair, not last
> night?s ineptly updated
> version ? was a big deal when it hit London 35 years
> ago.
> 
> That was partly because its portrait of stoned
> hippies brandishing their
> unshorn locks at American society had made it a cult
> in New York, but mainly
> because we had just dispatched the censor to the
> knacker?s and were at long
> last free to see its famous nude scene.
> 
> Here, let me inject a personal memory. Halfway
> through Galt Macdermot?s
> ?tribal musical? I whispered to a colleague, ?When
> is the nude scene
> coming??, and he replied, ?It?s just happened?. So
> for me Hair will for ever
> mark the time when I realised I needed specs.
> 
> At the tiny Gate there?s no danger of missing what
> is, in 2005, a pretty
> standard display of bobbing genitalia. Indeed, one
> would only have to reach
> out a hand in anger to end several men?s hopes of
> fatherhood. What?s odd,
> though, is that the second such display is meant to
> evoke the human pyramids
> at Abu Ghraib. A musical that was once a protest
> against Vietnam has moved
> to the Iraq era, complete with a poorly caricatured
> Bush and a spoof
> sergeant who tells the anti-hero to ?get your ass
> out there and fight those
> sand-niggers?.
> 
> It doesn?t work, least of all in the handling of
> that anti-hero, Charles
> Aitken?s spindly Claude. This time he isn?t the
> hapless victim of a policy
> that was forcing young men into the killing fields.
> Rather, he volunteers
> for the army, one moment sneering over his
> PlayStation at parents who want
> him to get a job, the next bewildering his fellow
> dropouts by telling them
> that he?s about to defend democracy.
> 
> I was bewildered too, despite a new ending and a
> dream sequence in which
> Claude twigs what he?s doing. The hippies in general
> have become more
> aggressive and confident, which is fine when
> energetic dancing or singing is
> needed, but stops us seeing them as the baffled,
> vulnerable youngsters they
> were meant to be. A musical about a lost generation
> has become one about
> brash layabouts exercising their inalienable right
> to smoke dope, sing songs
> about love and refuse to grow up.
> 
> Starting with that hummable ode to Aquarius, some of
> those songs still have
> zing. But evoking a zombie Establishment by dressing
> actors in judicial
> robes, plus plastic headdresses that can?t decide if
> they?re hair-curlers or
> coal buckets, is just one of several errors.
> Moreover, the hippies? flowing
> locks, like their clothes, have succumbed to spare
> modernity. This is a Hair
> without hair, which is no Hair at all.
> 
> Box-office: 020-7229 0706
> 
>     
> 
> 
>     Copyright 2005 Times Newspapers Ltd.
> This service is provided on Times Newspapers'
> standard Terms and Conditions
> . Please read our Privacy Policy . To inquire about
> a licence to reproduce
> material from The Times, visit the Syndication
> website .     
> 
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From michael at michaelbutler.com  Fri Sep 23 12:07:26 2005
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Fri Sep 23 12:13:12 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] HAIR-London TIMES review
In-Reply-To: <20050923182407.3611.qmail@web31614.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <BF59A07E.23CF8%michael@michaelbutler.com>

You will recall that I was attacked by Rado due to my Blog 'Answers to
Simon' where he took umbrage to my putting down the rumored changes in the
Gate production. 
I had never heard of them and was critical of this director or any director
for deviating from the Tams approved version.
How was I to know that he and Galt had approved these changes. In fact it
turns that Rado had supposedly made many of them.
So I responded putting the record straight.
Never a reply nor acknowledgment from them.
PS: Rado also was critical of my handling the Broadway production of HAIR
and the Russian production. I did respond with my last Blog 'Questions about
HAIR'.

> 
> Yikes, sounds awful.  Claude-with-Playstation.  Hmmm.
> and Berger with what, an Ipod...?
> Maybe Sheila, instead of leading the protest march,
> sits down and cc's e-mail petitions across the globe
> in a single stroke.
> 
> I'm curious: Was these changes due to a re-write by
> the author(s) or a directorial enhanceement?
> 
> rj
> --- Michael Butler <michael@michaelbutler.com> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> September 23, 2005
>> 
>> Times2
>> 
>> Hair
>> Benedict Nightingale at Gate Theatre, W11
>> 
>> THIS show ? meaning the original Hair, not last
>> night?s ineptly updated
>> version ? was a big deal when it hit London 35 years
>> ago.
>> 
>> That was partly because its portrait of stoned
>> hippies brandishing their
>> unshorn locks at American society had made it a cult
>> in New York, but mainly
>> because we had just dispatched the censor to the
>> knacker?s and were at long
>> last free to see its famous nude scene.
>> 
>> Here, let me inject a personal memory. Halfway
>> through Galt Macdermot?s
>> ?tribal musical? I whispered to a colleague, ?When
>> is the nude scene
>> coming??, and he replied, ?It?s just happened?. So
>> for me Hair will for ever
>> mark the time when I realised I needed specs.
>> 
>> At the tiny Gate there?s no danger of missing what
>> is, in 2005, a pretty
>> standard display of bobbing genitalia. Indeed, one
>> would only have to reach
>> out a hand in anger to end several men?s hopes of
>> fatherhood. What?s odd,
>> though, is that the second such display is meant to
>> evoke the human pyramids
>> at Abu Ghraib. A musical that was once a protest
>> against Vietnam has moved
>> to the Iraq era, complete with a poorly caricatured
>> Bush and a spoof
>> sergeant who tells the anti-hero to ?get your ass
>> out there and fight those
>> sand-niggers?.
>> 
>> It doesn?t work, least of all in the handling of
>> that anti-hero, Charles
>> Aitken?s spindly Claude. This time he isn?t the
>> hapless victim of a policy
>> that was forcing young men into the killing fields.
>> Rather, he volunteers
>> for the army, one moment sneering over his
>> PlayStation at parents who want
>> him to get a job, the next bewildering his fellow
>> dropouts by telling them
>> that he?s about to defend democracy.
>> 
>> I was bewildered too, despite a new ending and a
>> dream sequence in which
>> Claude twigs what he?s doing. The hippies in general
>> have become more
>> aggressive and confident, which is fine when
>> energetic dancing or singing is
>> needed, but stops us seeing them as the baffled,
>> vulnerable youngsters they
>> were meant to be. A musical about a lost generation
>> has become one about
>> brash layabouts exercising their inalienable right
>> to smoke dope, sing songs
>> about love and refuse to grow up.
>> 
>> Starting with that hummable ode to Aquarius, some of
>> those songs still have
>> zing. But evoking a zombie Establishment by dressing
>> actors in judicial
>> robes, plus plastic headdresses that can?t decide if
>> they?re hair-curlers or
>> coal buckets, is just one of several errors.
>> Moreover, the hippies? flowing
>> locks, like their clothes, have succumbed to spare
>> modernity. This is a Hair
>> without hair, which is no Hair at all.
>> 
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From katiekasben at hotmail.com  Fri Sep 23 12:24:08 2005
From: katiekasben at hotmail.com (Katie Kasben)
Date: Fri Sep 23 12:29:54 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Good press
In-Reply-To: <BF59A07E.23CF8%michael@michaelbutler.com>
Message-ID: <BAY104-F854BC0B90F7547FE75059AD960@phx.gbl>

Hey Kids,

I wanted to share with you a great letter to the editor of the Raleigh News 
and Observer (our state capitol's paper, and about 4 hours away from here):

*the last two paragraphs are my favourite...

Mark Schultz
Orange County editor
The News & Observer
Chapel Hill News editor
(919) 932-2003

Now is the time to act
Perry Young column for September 05

A few weeks ago, a very nice lady organized a genteel gathering at
the downtown post office in support of Cindy Sheehan’s anti-war
protest outside the President’s vacation ranch in Crawford, Texas.
I hung about the edges, expecting to be bored by the usual liberal
speeches.  But, no, this woman said there would be no speeches, just a
quiet show of support.  And, so, for several long minutes, we just
stood there.

I finally wandered off, frustrated that nobody was saying anything,
nobody was doing anything.  More to the point, why wasn’t I doing
more?

After witnessing the obscenity of the senseless slaughter in Vietnam
as a correspondent, I came back and joined in every major peace march
on Washington.  Then, as now, our President showed a profound
indifference to poor people in this country and the devastation we
were causing half way around the world.  As we sang, “All we are
saying is give peace a chance,” armed troops surrounded the White
House and turned the tear gas on us.

Now it seems one pathetic Gold Star mother has finally aroused our
outrage about the lies that led to the current quagmire in Iraq.  Ms.
Sheehan’s courageous and timely stand was pushed to the back pages by
hurricane Katrina and  the unbelievable pictures of the needless
suffering and dying of people not in Somalia or Iraq, but in our own
backyard.


We looked in the mirror and were appalled by our own self-image.  The
richest country the world has ever known was simply incapable of
taking care of its own people in a time of crisis.  The Bush
administration was suddenly exposed for what it has been all along:
an incompetent bunch of ideologues who are simply not worthy of the
high offices they’ve been pushed into.

It is one thing to giggle and grin about the sport of hardball
politics; it is quite another when these kinds of self-serving
decisions result in the loss of lives and livelihoods of hundreds of
thousands of people.  The President is guilty of criminal neglect on a
scale never before seen in America.  We are left with the indelible
images of the poor people in Louisiana and Mississippi crying out for
help while Condi Rice gads about New York and Bush blithely flies off
to San Diego for another multi- million dollar fund raiser.

It is eerie to watch; as Bush actually seems to look more and more
like Nixon with his weirdly inappropriate facial gestures and that
loony giggle that often follows even the most solemn words written for
him to mispronounce.

But in this moment of our country’s dire need, some rays of hope
shine through.  The glamorous stars of television came alive as never
before and proved themselves worthy of the profession of Edward R.
Murrow.  For once, the administration could not put a happy face on
yet another catastrophe.  This time, their lies could be proven by the
pictures, live and in color from the battlefront.

And in spite of our leaders indifference, the American people have
responded with an outpouring of love and generosity unparalleled in
our history.  People aren’t just giving money, they’re offering up
their times, their homes, their very lives to help.  Maybe we are
finally overcoming the greed and selfishness of the 1980s and 1990s.
As if in answer to my personal yearning for the 1960s, I was recently
invited back to Asheville for a new production of the rock musical,
Hair.

Now, if you think nothing could be more dated than this show which I
first saw as a cabaret skit at Cheetah discotheque in New York in
1967, you are dead wrong.  As I sat listening to the joyful music of
protest to war, to racism, to the destruction of the environment, I
realized that every word was just as relevant today as it was 40 years
ago.  Tears flooded down my face as an Asheville delegation of
Veterans for Peace staged the last scene in this version of Hair,
bringing in the flag-draped casket of the young hippie who got drafted
and killed in Vietnam.  I urged the incredibly talented young
director, Katie Kasben, to take the show on the road.  All America is
ready to renew those anthems of peace and  “let the sunshine in”!

Just as I remembered from the 1967 show, there were  “peace and love”
people outside the theater getting signatures on petitions and signing
people up for the bus ride to the next big peace march on Washingtron.
It’ll be on Saturday, September 24.  I plan to be there; I love the
smell of tear gas in the morning.


From michael at michaelbutler.com  Fri Sep 23 12:41:37 2005
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Fri Sep 23 12:47:21 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Good press
In-Reply-To: <BAY104-F854BC0B90F7547FE75059AD960@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <BF59A881.23CFE%michael@michaelbutler.com>

Great, thanks for sharing
Michael

> Hey Kids,
> 
> I wanted to share with you a great letter to the editor of the Raleigh News
> and Observer (our state capitol's paper, and about 4 hours away from here):
> 
> *the last two paragraphs are my favourite...
> 
> Mark Schultz
> Orange County editor
> The News & Observer
> Chapel Hill News editor
> (919) 932-2003
> 
> Now is the time to act
> Perry Young column for September 05
> 
> A few weeks ago, a very nice lady organized a genteel gathering at
> the downtown post office in support of Cindy Sheehan?s anti-war
> protest outside the President?s vacation ranch in Crawford, Texas.
> I hung about the edges, expecting to be bored by the usual liberal
> speeches.  But, no, this woman said there would be no speeches, just a
> quiet show of support.  And, so, for several long minutes, we just
> stood there.
> 
> I finally wandered off, frustrated that nobody was saying anything,
> nobody was doing anything.  More to the point, why wasn?t I doing
> more?
> 
> After witnessing the obscenity of the senseless slaughter in Vietnam
> as a correspondent, I came back and joined in every major peace march
> on Washington.  Then, as now, our President showed a profound
> indifference to poor people in this country and the devastation we
> were causing half way around the world.  As we sang, ?All we are
> saying is give peace a chance,? armed troops surrounded the White
> House and turned the tear gas on us.
> 
> Now it seems one pathetic Gold Star mother has finally aroused our
> outrage about the lies that led to the current quagmire in Iraq.  Ms.
> Sheehan?s courageous and timely stand was pushed to the back pages by
> hurricane Katrina and  the unbelievable pictures of the needless
> suffering and dying of people not in Somalia or Iraq, but in our own
> backyard.
> 
> 
> We looked in the mirror and were appalled by our own self-image.  The
> richest country the world has ever known was simply incapable of
> taking care of its own people in a time of crisis.  The Bush
> administration was suddenly exposed for what it has been all along:
> an incompetent bunch of ideologues who are simply not worthy of the
> high offices they?ve been pushed into.
> 
> It is one thing to giggle and grin about the sport of hardball
> politics; it is quite another when these kinds of self-serving
> decisions result in the loss of lives and livelihoods of hundreds of
> thousands of people.  The President is guilty of criminal neglect on a
> scale never before seen in America.  We are left with the indelible
> images of the poor people in Louisiana and Mississippi crying out for
> help while Condi Rice gads about New York and Bush blithely flies off
> to San Diego for another multi- million dollar fund raiser.
> 
> It is eerie to watch; as Bush actually seems to look more and more
> like Nixon with his weirdly inappropriate facial gestures and that
> loony giggle that often follows even the most solemn words written for
> him to mispronounce.
> 
> But in this moment of our country?s dire need, some rays of hope
> shine through.  The glamorous stars of television came alive as never
> before and proved themselves worthy of the profession of Edward R.
> Murrow.  For once, the administration could not put a happy face on
> yet another catastrophe.  This time, their lies could be proven by the
> pictures, live and in color from the battlefront.
> 
> And in spite of our leaders indifference, the American people have
> responded with an outpouring of love and generosity unparalleled in
> our history.  People aren?t just giving money, they?re offering up
> their times, their homes, their very lives to help.  Maybe we are
> finally overcoming the greed and selfishness of the 1980s and 1990s.
> As if in answer to my personal yearning for the 1960s, I was recently
> invited back to Asheville for a new production of the rock musical,
> Hair.
> 
> Now, if you think nothing could be more dated than this show which I
> first saw as a cabaret skit at Cheetah discotheque in New York in
> 1967, you are dead wrong.  As I sat listening to the joyful music of
> protest to war, to racism, to the destruction of the environment, I
> realized that every word was just as relevant today as it was 40 years
> ago.  Tears flooded down my face as an Asheville delegation of
> Veterans for Peace staged the last scene in this version of Hair,
> bringing in the flag-draped casket of the young hippie who got drafted
> and killed in Vietnam.  I urged the incredibly talented young
> director, Katie Kasben, to take the show on the road.  All America is
> ready to renew those anthems of peace and  ?let the sunshine in?!
> 
> Just as I remembered from the 1967 show, there were  ?peace and love?
> people outside the theater getting signatures on petitions and signing
> people up for the bus ride to the next big peace march on Washingtron.
> It?ll be on Saturday, September 24.  I plan to be there; I love the
> smell of tear gas in the morning.
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Mb-hair mailing list
> Mb-hair@islandlists.com
> http://www.islandlists.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mb-hair


From lilacamy11 at yahoo.com  Fri Sep 23 12:56:53 2005
From: lilacamy11 at yahoo.com (Amy Kazan)
Date: Fri Sep 23 13:02:38 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: Mb-hair Digest, Vol 15, Issue 43
In-Reply-To: <200509231739.j8NHdohX005953@dune.islandtechnologies.net>
Message-ID: <20050923195653.54219.qmail@web34502.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

>Oh - Nina, please add me to the list of people who
?>would like a 
>program.

I would love a program too, even though I wasn't
there. If you don't have enough to go around, though,
make sure to give it to the people who were there
first!:)

-amy

- Amy

"in time of lilacs who proclaim/ the aim of waking is to dream" - e.e. cummings

"Life is around you and in you . . . Let the sunshine in!" - HAIR (the musical)


		
__________________________________ 
Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 
http://mail.yahoo.com
From olhippie at tampabay.rr.com  Fri Sep 23 13:48:37 2005
From: olhippie at tampabay.rr.com (Robin McNamara)
Date: Fri Sep 23 13:54:20 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Good press
References: <BAY104-F854BC0B90F7547FE75059AD960@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <004001c5c080$2c1b9840$53bc2041@CowBox>

Congratulations Katie, sounds like you did a wonderful job & yes a show 
should go on the road, that way through press & interviews we could 
articulate how relevant Hair is today in contemporary times instead of 
changing it like they did in London. In my opinion Hair is a powerful period 
piece in American Culture & should stay that way.

Love forever
Robin




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Katie Kasben" <katiekasben@hotmail.com>
To: <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 3:24 PM
Subject: [Mb-hair] Good press


> Hey Kids,
>
> I wanted to share with you a great letter to the editor of the Raleigh 
> News and Observer (our state capitol's paper, and about 4 hours away from 
> here):
>
> *the last two paragraphs are my favourite...
>
> Mark Schultz
> Orange County editor
> The News & Observer
> Chapel Hill News editor
> (919) 932-2003
>
> Now is the time to act
> Perry Young column for September 05
>
> A few weeks ago, a very nice lady organized a genteel gathering at
> the downtown post office in support of Cindy Sheehan's anti-war
> protest outside the President's vacation ranch in Crawford, Texas.
> I hung about the edges, expecting to be bored by the usual liberal
> speeches.  But, no, this woman said there would be no speeches, just a
> quiet show of support.  And, so, for several long minutes, we just
> stood there.
>
> I finally wandered off, frustrated that nobody was saying anything,
> nobody was doing anything.  More to the point, why wasn't I doing
> more?
>
> After witnessing the obscenity of the senseless slaughter in Vietnam
> as a correspondent, I came back and joined in every major peace march
> on Washington.  Then, as now, our President showed a profound
> indifference to poor people in this country and the devastation we
> were causing half way around the world.  As we sang, "All we are
> saying is give peace a chance," armed troops surrounded the White
> House and turned the tear gas on us.
>
> Now it seems one pathetic Gold Star mother has finally aroused our
> outrage about the lies that led to the current quagmire in Iraq.  Ms.
> Sheehan's courageous and timely stand was pushed to the back pages by
> hurricane Katrina and  the unbelievable pictures of the needless
> suffering and dying of people not in Somalia or Iraq, but in our own
> backyard.
>
>
> We looked in the mirror and were appalled by our own self-image.  The
> richest country the world has ever known was simply incapable of
> taking care of its own people in a time of crisis.  The Bush
> administration was suddenly exposed for what it has been all along:
> an incompetent bunch of ideologues who are simply not worthy of the
> high offices they've been pushed into.
>
> It is one thing to giggle and grin about the sport of hardball
> politics; it is quite another when these kinds of self-serving
> decisions result in the loss of lives and livelihoods of hundreds of
> thousands of people.  The President is guilty of criminal neglect on a
> scale never before seen in America.  We are left with the indelible
> images of the poor people in Louisiana and Mississippi crying out for
> help while Condi Rice gads about New York and Bush blithely flies off
> to San Diego for another multi- million dollar fund raiser.
>
> It is eerie to watch; as Bush actually seems to look more and more
> like Nixon with his weirdly inappropriate facial gestures and that
> loony giggle that often follows even the most solemn words written for
> him to mispronounce.
>
> But in this moment of our country's dire need, some rays of hope
> shine through.  The glamorous stars of television came alive as never
> before and proved themselves worthy of the profession of Edward R.
> Murrow.  For once, the administration could not put a happy face on
> yet another catastrophe.  This time, their lies could be proven by the
> pictures, live and in color from the battlefront.
>
> And in spite of our leaders indifference, the American people have
> responded with an outpouring of love and generosity unparalleled in
> our history.  People aren't just giving money, they're offering up
> their times, their homes, their very lives to help.  Maybe we are
> finally overcoming the greed and selfishness of the 1980s and 1990s.
> As if in answer to my personal yearning for the 1960s, I was recently
> invited back to Asheville for a new production of the rock musical,
> Hair.
>
> Now, if you think nothing could be more dated than this show which I
> first saw as a cabaret skit at Cheetah discotheque in New York in
> 1967, you are dead wrong.  As I sat listening to the joyful music of
> protest to war, to racism, to the destruction of the environment, I
> realized that every word was just as relevant today as it was 40 years
> ago.  Tears flooded down my face as an Asheville delegation of
> Veterans for Peace staged the last scene in this version of Hair,
> bringing in the flag-draped casket of the young hippie who got drafted
> and killed in Vietnam.  I urged the incredibly talented young
> director, Katie Kasben, to take the show on the road.  All America is
> ready to renew those anthems of peace and  "let the sunshine in"!
>
> Just as I remembered from the 1967 show, there were  "peace and love"
> people outside the theater getting signatures on petitions and signing
> people up for the bus ride to the next big peace march on Washingtron.
> It'll be on Saturday, September 24.  I plan to be there; I love the
> smell of tear gas in the morning.
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Mb-hair mailing list
> Mb-hair@islandlists.com
> http://www.islandlists.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mb-hair 

From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Fri Sep 23 13:52:40 2005
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Fri Sep 23 13:58:29 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Good press
References: <BAY104-F854BC0B90F7547FE75059AD960@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <002501c5c080$bcaf9e60$6e436c42@hotprojects>

hi katie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Katie Kasben" <katiekasben@hotmail.com>
To: <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 3:24 PM
Subject: [Mb-hair] Good press


> Hey Kids,
>
> I wanted to share with you a great letter to the editor of the Raleigh
News
> and Observer (our state capitol's paper, and about 4 hours away from
here):
>
> *the last two paragraphs are my favourite...
>
> Mark Schultz
> Orange County editor
> The News & Observer
> Chapel Hill News editor
> (919) 932-2003
>
> Now is the time to act
> Perry Young column for September 05
>
> A few weeks ago, a very nice lady organized a genteel gathering at
> the downtown post office in support of Cindy Sheehan's anti-war
> protest outside the President's vacation ranch in Crawford, Texas.
> I hung about the edges, expecting to be bored by the usual liberal
> speeches.  But, no, this woman said there would be no speeches, just a
> quiet show of support.  And, so, for several long minutes, we just
> stood there.
>
> I finally wandered off, frustrated that nobody was saying anything,
> nobody was doing anything.  More to the point, why wasn't I doing
> more?
>
> After witnessing the obscenity of the senseless slaughter in Vietnam
> as a correspondent, I came back and joined in every major peace march
> on Washington.  Then, as now, our President showed a profound
> indifference to poor people in this country and the devastation we
> were causing half way around the world.  As we sang, "All we are
> saying is give peace a chance," armed troops surrounded the White
> House and turned the tear gas on us.
>
> Now it seems one pathetic Gold Star mother has finally aroused our
> outrage about the lies that led to the current quagmire in Iraq.  Ms.
> Sheehan's courageous and timely stand was pushed to the back pages by
> hurricane Katrina and  the unbelievable pictures of the needless
> suffering and dying of people not in Somalia or Iraq, but in our own
> backyard.
>
>
> We looked in the mirror and were appalled by our own self-image.  The
> richest country the world has ever known was simply incapable of
> taking care of its own people in a time of crisis.  The Bush
> administration was suddenly exposed for what it has been all along:
> an incompetent bunch of ideologues who are simply not worthy of the
> high offices they've been pushed into.
>
> It is one thing to giggle and grin about the sport of hardball
> politics; it is quite another when these kinds of self-serving
> decisions result in the loss of lives and livelihoods of hundreds of
> thousands of people.  The President is guilty of criminal neglect on a
> scale never before seen in America.  We are left with the indelible
> images of the poor people in Louisiana and Mississippi crying out for
> help while Condi Rice gads about New York and Bush blithely flies off
> to San Diego for another multi- million dollar fund raiser.
>
> It is eerie to watch; as Bush actually seems to look more and more
> like Nixon with his weirdly inappropriate facial gestures and that
> loony giggle that often follows even the most solemn words written for
> him to mispronounce.
>
> But in this moment of our country's dire need, some rays of hope
> shine through.  The glamorous stars of television came alive as never
> before and proved themselves worthy of the profession of Edward R.
> Murrow.  For once, the administration could not put a happy face on
> yet another catastrophe.  This time, their lies could be proven by the
> pictures, live and in color from the battlefront.
>
> And in spite of our leaders indifference, the American people have
> responded with an outpouring of love and generosity unparalleled in
> our history.  People aren't just giving money, they're offering up
> their times, their homes, their very lives to help.  Maybe we are
> finally overcoming the greed and selfishness of the 1980s and 1990s.
> As if in answer to my personal yearning for the 1960s, I was recently
> invited back to Asheville for a new production of the rock musical,
> Hair.
>
> Now, if you think nothing could be more dated than this show which I
> first saw as a cabaret skit at Cheetah discotheque in New York in
> 1967, you are dead wrong.  As I sat listening to the joyful music of
> protest to war, to racism, to the destruction of the environment, I
> realized that every word was just as relevant today as it was 40 years
> ago.  Tears flooded down my face as an Asheville delegation of
> Veterans for Peace staged the last scene in this version of Hair,
> bringing in the flag-draped casket of the young hippie who got drafted
> and killed in Vietnam.  I urged the incredibly talented young
> director, Katie Kasben, to take the show on the road.  All America is
> ready to renew those anthems of peace and  "let the sunshine in"!
>
> Just as I remembered from the 1967 show, there were  "peace and love"
> people outside the theater getting signatures on petitions and signing
> people up for the bus ride to the next big peace march on Washingtron.
> It'll be on Saturday, September 24.  I plan to be there; I love the
> smell of tear gas in the morning.
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Mb-hair mailing list
> Mb-hair@islandlists.com
> http://www.islandlists.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mb-hair

From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Fri Sep 23 14:03:11 2005
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Fri Sep 23 14:09:01 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] HAIR-London TIMES review
References: <BF59A07E.23CF8%michael@michaelbutler.com>
Message-ID: <003001c5c082$3560e070$6e436c42@hotprojects>

michael you obviously have nothing to do with this
i am the one who trumpets the need for updating
but but
dramaturgical pt
i am not saying to change the tams witmark script
but in the places where improvising and topicality are indicated by the
authors
the same way in initials that lbj took the irt
became tricky dick took the irt

one just now fills in the contemporary reference
similarly the long bridge in aint got no etc

for the record corresponding / talking regularly with all the hair
originals; i can state unequivocally as the one who does the arguing on the
pro updating side; all of the original principals michael butler, jimmy
rado, galt macdermot and tom ohorgan have all been absolute classicists
where hair is concerned and all have been steadfast against new changes in
the script

all have been staunch traditionalists
so anyone who says any of them
were behind any such innovation is not telling the truth

i can vouch for that
welcome to show business

and michael your handling of the bdwy production
was sublime obviously
it launched the first one billion dollar world rights package
that is what a producer is supposed to do
achieve fiscal success
there just arent anymore qualifying factors

also you have the unique talent i felt in working with you
that you have great artistic talent as a producer
which is one of your unique qualities as a producer
( eg not all producers do )

as far as i know
jimmy was the one who relented and encouraged the kid at least sporadically
i take some responsibility for that
because i was at the time pouring docket after docket
to rado on a daily basis
in support of drastically updating the mis en scene
if not the script
so obviously my name will be mud
on this one
lol and not lol

i still say im right
in the 1980 production we did update
we did it well
it did work
and even rado went crazy for it
came 10x ( said it was the best production ever ( which it was not ;
obviously the bdwy 68 production was )  ; i have multiple witnesses )

( this refers to the performances in the home space harry streeps 399 seat
the brook on west 18th street off fifth 1980 - 1981 )

not to one terrible performance in the 3000 seat loeb student center

anyway the debate continues
which is good

but the question of the hour is

why is frankel taking so long to make the baby?

????????


R in the project pit

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Butler" <michael@michaelbutler.com>
To: "HAIR List" <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 3:07 PM
Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] HAIR-London TIMES review


> You will recall that I was attacked by Rado due to my Blog 'Answers to
> Simon' where he took umbrage to my putting down the rumored changes in the
> Gate production.
> I had never heard of them and was critical of this director or any
director
> for deviating from the Tams approved version.
> How was I to know that he and Galt had approved these changes. In fact it
> turns that Rado had supposedly made many of them.
> So I responded putting the record straight.
> Never a reply nor acknowledgment from them.
> PS: Rado also was critical of my handling the Broadway production of HAIR
> and the Russian production. I did respond with my last Blog 'Questions
about
> HAIR'.
>
> >
> > Yikes, sounds awful.  Claude-with-Playstation.  Hmmm.
> > and Berger with what, an Ipod...?
> > Maybe Sheila, instead of leading the protest march,
> > sits down and cc's e-mail petitions across the globe
> > in a single stroke.
> >
> > I'm curious: Was these changes due to a re-write by
> > the author(s) or a directorial enhanceement?
> >
> > rj
> > --- Michael Butler <michael@michaelbutler.com> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> September 23, 2005
> >>
> >> Times2
> >>
> >> Hair
> >> Benedict Nightingale at Gate Theatre, W11
> >>
> >> THIS show < meaning the original Hair, not last
> >> night?s ineptly updated
> >> version < was a big deal when it hit London 35 years
> >> ago.
> >>
> >> That was partly because its portrait of stoned
> >> hippies brandishing their
> >> unshorn locks at American society had made it a cult
> >> in New York, but mainly
> >> because we had just dispatched the censor to the
> >> knacker?s and were at long
> >> last free to see its famous nude scene.
> >>
> >> Here, let me inject a personal memory. Halfway
> >> through Galt Macdermot?s
> >> ?tribal musical? I whispered to a colleague, ?When
> >> is the nude scene
> >> coming??, and he replied, ?It?s just happened?. So
> >> for me Hair will for ever
> >> mark the time when I realised I needed specs.
> >>
> >> At the tiny Gate there?s no danger of missing what
> >> is, in 2005, a pretty
> >> standard display of bobbing genitalia. Indeed, one
> >> would only have to reach
> >> out a hand in anger to end several men?s hopes of
> >> fatherhood. What?s odd,
> >> though, is that the second such display is meant to
> >> evoke the human pyramids
> >> at Abu Ghraib. A musical that was once a protest
> >> against Vietnam has moved
> >> to the Iraq era, complete with a poorly caricatured
> >> Bush and a spoof
> >> sergeant who tells the anti-hero to ?get your ass
> >> out there and fight those
> >> sand-niggers?.
> >>
> >> It doesn?t work, least of all in the handling of
> >> that anti-hero, Charles
> >> Aitken?s spindly Claude. This time he isn?t the
> >> hapless victim of a policy
> >> that was forcing young men into the killing fields.
> >> Rather, he volunteers
> >> for the army, one moment sneering over his
> >> PlayStation at parents who want
> >> him to get a job, the next bewildering his fellow
> >> dropouts by telling them
> >> that he?s about to defend democracy.
> >>
> >> I was bewildered too, despite a new ending and a
> >> dream sequence in which
> >> Claude twigs what he?s doing. The hippies in general
> >> have become more
> >> aggressive and confident, which is fine when
> >> energetic dancing or singing is
> >> needed, but stops us seeing them as the baffled,
> >> vulnerable youngsters they
> >> were meant to be. A musical about a lost generation
> >> has become one about
> >> brash layabouts exercising their inalienable right
> >> to smoke dope, sing songs
> >> about love and refuse to grow up.
> >>
> >> Starting with that hummable ode to Aquarius, some of
> >> those songs still have
> >> zing. But evoking a zombie Establishment by dressing
> >> actors in judicial
> >> robes, plus plastic headdresses that can?t decide if
> >> they?re hair-curlers or
> >> coal buckets, is just one of several errors.
> >> Moreover, the hippies? flowing
> >> locks, like their clothes, have succumbed to spare
> >> modernity. This is a Hair
> >> without hair, which is no Hair at all.
> >>
> >> Box-office: 020-7229 0706
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>     Copyright 2005 Times Newspapers Ltd.
> >> This service is provided on Times Newspapers'
> >> standard Terms and Conditions
> >> . Please read our Privacy Policy . To inquire about
> >> a licence to reproduce
> >> material from The Times, visit the Syndication
> >> website .
> >>
> >>
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From cpreston2 at tds.net  Fri Sep 23 14:04:42 2005
From: cpreston2 at tds.net (Charles Preston)
Date: Fri Sep 23 14:10:28 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Good press
References: <BAY104-F854BC0B90F7547FE75059AD960@phx.gbl>
	<004001c5c080$2c1b9840$53bc2041@CowBox>
Message-ID: <009301c5c082$6c5f6600$0400a8c0@CHARLES>

I am right behind both of you.
Way to go Robin and Way to go Katie
HAiR is a piece of American Culture and should stay that way. HAiR really 
tells things like they are so everyone can understand if they will open 
there minds. It is also a lot of  FUN and goodness. You know HAPPY along 
with some sad. There is that Message that gets but across.

Peace, Love, & Blessings
~~Charles ~~
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robin McNamara" <olhippie@tampabay.rr.com>
To: <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 4:48 PM
Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Good press


> Congratulations Katie, sounds like you did a wonderful job & yes a show 
> should go on the road, that way through press & interviews we could 
> articulate how relevant Hair is today in contemporary times instead of 
> changing it like they did in London. In my opinion Hair is a powerful 
> period piece in American Culture & should stay that way.
>
> Love forever
> Robin
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Katie Kasben" <katiekasben@hotmail.com>
> To: <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
> Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 3:24 PM
> Subject: [Mb-hair] Good press
>
>
>> Hey Kids,
>>
>> I wanted to share with you a great letter to the editor of the Raleigh 
>> News and Observer (our state capitol's paper, and about 4 hours away from 
>> here):
>>
>> *the last two paragraphs are my favourite...
>>
>> Mark Schultz
>> Orange County editor
>> The News & Observer
>> Chapel Hill News editor
>> (919) 932-2003
>>
>> Now is the time to act
>> Perry Young column for September 05
>>
>> A few weeks ago, a very nice lady organized a genteel gathering at
>> the downtown post office in support of Cindy Sheehan's anti-war
>> protest outside the President's vacation ranch in Crawford, Texas.
>> I hung about the edges, expecting to be bored by the usual liberal
>> speeches.  But, no, this woman said there would be no speeches, just a
>> quiet show of support.  And, so, for several long minutes, we just
>> stood there.
>>
>> I finally wandered off, frustrated that nobody was saying anything,
>> nobody was doing anything.  More to the point, why wasn't I doing
>> more?
>>
>> After witnessing the obscenity of the senseless slaughter in Vietnam
>> as a correspondent, I came back and joined in every major peace march
>> on Washington.  Then, as now, our President showed a profound
>> indifference to poor people in this country and the devastation we
>> were causing half way around the world.  As we sang, "All we are
>> saying is give peace a chance," armed troops surrounded the White
>> House and turned the tear gas on us.
>>
>> Now it seems one pathetic Gold Star mother has finally aroused our
>> outrage about the lies that led to the current quagmire in Iraq.  Ms.
>> Sheehan's courageous and timely stand was pushed to the back pages by
>> hurricane Katrina and  the unbelievable pictures of the needless
>> suffering and dying of people not in Somalia or Iraq, but in our own
>> backyard.
>>
>>
>> We looked in the mirror and were appalled by our own self-image.  The
>> richest country the world has ever known was simply incapable of
>> taking care of its own people in a time of crisis.  The Bush
>> administration was suddenly exposed for what it has been all along:
>> an incompetent bunch of ideologues who are simply not worthy of the
>> high offices they've been pushed into.
>>
>> It is one thing to giggle and grin about the sport of hardball
>> politics; it is quite another when these kinds of self-serving
>> decisions result in the loss of lives and livelihoods of hundreds of
>> thousands of people.  The President is guilty of criminal neglect on a
>> scale never before seen in America.  We are left with the indelible
>> images of the poor people in Louisiana and Mississippi crying out for
>> help while Condi Rice gads about New York and Bush blithely flies off
>> to San Diego for another multi- million dollar fund raiser.
>>
>> It is eerie to watch; as Bush actually seems to look more and more
>> like Nixon with his weirdly inappropriate facial gestures and that
>> loony giggle that often follows even the most solemn words written for
>> him to mispronounce.
>>
>> But in this moment of our country's dire need, some rays of hope
>> shine through.  The glamorous stars of television came alive as never
>> before and proved themselves worthy of the profession of Edward R.
>> Murrow.  For once, the administration could not put a happy face on
>> yet another catastrophe.  This time, their lies could be proven by the
>> pictures, live and in color from the battlefront.
>>
>> And in spite of our leaders indifference, the American people have
>> responded with an outpouring of love and generosity unparalleled in
>> our history.  People aren't just giving money, they're offering up
>> their times, their homes, their very lives to help.  Maybe we are
>> finally overcoming the greed and selfishness of the 1980s and 1990s.
>> As if in answer to my personal yearning for the 1960s, I was recently
>> invited back to Asheville for a new production of the rock musical,
>> Hair.
>>
>> Now, if you think nothing could be more dated than this show which I
>> first saw as a cabaret skit at Cheetah discotheque in New York in
>> 1967, you are dead wrong.  As I sat listening to the joyful music of
>> protest to war, to racism, to the destruction of the environment, I
>> realized that every word was just as relevant today as it was 40 years
>> ago.  Tears flooded down my face as an Asheville delegation of
>> Veterans for Peace staged the last scene in this version of Hair,
>> bringing in the flag-draped casket of the young hippie who got drafted
>> and killed in Vietnam.  I urged the incredibly talented young
>> director, Katie Kasben, to take the show on the road.  All America is
>> ready to renew those anthems of peace and  "let the sunshine in"!
>>
>> Just as I remembered from the 1967 show, there were  "peace and love"
>> people outside the theater getting signatures on petitions and signing
>> people up for the bus ride to the next big peace march on Washingtron.
>> It'll be on Saturday, September 24.  I plan to be there; I love the
>> smell of tear gas in the morning.
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
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From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Fri Sep 23 14:40:21 2005
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Fri Sep 23 14:46:11 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Good press
References: <BAY104-F854BC0B90F7547FE75059AD960@phx.gbl>
	<004001c5c080$2c1b9840$53bc2041@CowBox>
	<009301c5c082$6c5f6600$0400a8c0@CHARLES>
Message-ID: <011d01c5c087$65f01d00$6e436c42@hotprojects>

I disagree
it is a question of the quality of the choice
if the updating is done sublimely
it will be sublime
if its badly done it will be bad


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Charles Preston" <cpreston2@tds.net>
To: <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 5:04 PM
Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Good press


> I am right behind both of you.
> Way to go Robin and Way to go Katie
> HAiR is a piece of American Culture and should stay that way. HAiR really
> tells things like they are so everyone can understand if they will open
> there minds. It is also a lot of  FUN and goodness. You know HAPPY along
> with some sad. There is that Message that gets but across.
>
> Peace, Love, & Blessings
> ~~Charles ~~
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Robin McNamara" <olhippie@tampabay.rr.com>
> To: <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
> Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 4:48 PM
> Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Good press
>
>
> > Congratulations Katie, sounds like you did a wonderful job & yes a show
> > should go on the road, that way through press & interviews we could
> > articulate how relevant Hair is today in contemporary times instead of
> > changing it like they did in London. In my opinion Hair is a powerful
> > period piece in American Culture & should stay that way.
> >
> > Love forever
> > Robin
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Katie Kasben" <katiekasben@hotmail.com>
> > To: <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
> > Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 3:24 PM
> > Subject: [Mb-hair] Good press
> >
> >
> >> Hey Kids,
> >>
> >> I wanted to share with you a great letter to the editor of the Raleigh
> >> News and Observer (our state capitol's paper, and about 4 hours away
from
> >> here):
> >>
> >> *the last two paragraphs are my favourite...
> >>
> >> Mark Schultz
> >> Orange County editor
> >> The News & Observer
> >> Chapel Hill News editor
> >> (919) 932-2003
> >>
> >> Now is the time to act
> >> Perry Young column for September 05
> >>
> >> A few weeks ago, a very nice lady organized a genteel gathering at
> >> the downtown post office in support of Cindy Sheehan's anti-war
> >> protest outside the President's vacation ranch in Crawford, Texas.
> >> I hung about the edges, expecting to be bored by the usual liberal
> >> speeches.  But, no, this woman said there would be no speeches, just a
> >> quiet show of support.  And, so, for several long minutes, we just
> >> stood there.
> >>
> >> I finally wandered off, frustrated that nobody was saying anything,
> >> nobody was doing anything.  More to the point, why wasn't I doing
> >> more?
> >>
> >> After witnessing the obscenity of the senseless slaughter in Vietnam
> >> as a correspondent, I came back and joined in every major peace march
> >> on Washington.  Then, as now, our President showed a profound
> >> indifference to poor people in this country and the devastation we
> >> were causing half way around the world.  As we sang, "All we are
> >> saying is give peace a chance," armed troops surrounded the White
> >> House and turned the tear gas on us.
> >>
> >> Now it seems one pathetic Gold Star mother has finally aroused our
> >> outrage about the lies that led to the current quagmire in Iraq.  Ms.
> >> Sheehan's courageous and timely stand was pushed to the back pages by
> >> hurricane Katrina and  the unbelievable pictures of the needless
> >> suffering and dying of people not in Somalia or Iraq, but in our own
> >> backyard.
> >>
> >>
> >> We looked in the mirror and were appalled by our own self-image.  The
> >> richest country the world has ever known was simply incapable of
> >> taking care of its own people in a time of crisis.  The Bush
> >> administration was suddenly exposed for what it has been all along:
> >> an incompetent bunch of ideologues who are simply not worthy of the
> >> high offices they've been pushed into.
> >>
> >> It is one thing to giggle and grin about the sport of hardball
> >> politics; it is quite another when these kinds of self-serving
> >> decisions result in the loss of lives and livelihoods of hundreds of
> >> thousands of people.  The President is guilty of criminal neglect on a
> >> scale never before seen in America.  We are left with the indelible
> >> images of the poor people in Louisiana and Mississippi crying out for
> >> help while Condi Rice gads about New York and Bush blithely flies off
> >> to San Diego for another multi- million dollar fund raiser.
> >>
> >> It is eerie to watch; as Bush actually seems to look more and more
> >> like Nixon with his weirdly inappropriate facial gestures and that
> >> loony giggle that often follows even the most solemn words written for
> >> him to mispronounce.
> >>
> >> But in this moment of our country's dire need, some rays of hope
> >> shine through.  The glamorous stars of television came alive as never
> >> before and proved themselves worthy of the profession of Edward R.
> >> Murrow.  For once, the administration could not put a happy face on
> >> yet another catastrophe.  This time, their lies could be proven by the
> >> pictures, live and in color from the battlefront.
> >>
> >> And in spite of our leaders indifference, the American people have
> >> responded with an outpouring of love and generosity unparalleled in
> >> our history.  People aren't just giving money, they're offering up
> >> their times, their homes, their very lives to help.  Maybe we are
> >> finally overcoming the greed and selfishness of the 1980s and 1990s.
> >> As if in answer to my personal yearning for the 1960s, I was recently
> >> invited back to Asheville for a new production of the rock musical,
> >> Hair.
> >>
> >> Now, if you think nothing could be more dated than this show which I
> >> first saw as a cabaret skit at Cheetah discotheque in New York in
> >> 1967, you are dead wrong.  As I sat listening to the joyful music of
> >> protest to war, to racism, to the destruction of the environment, I
> >> realized that every word was just as relevant today as it was 40 years
> >> ago.  Tears flooded down my face as an Asheville delegation of
> >> Veterans for Peace staged the last scene in this version of Hair,
> >> bringing in the flag-draped casket of the young hippie who got drafted
> >> and killed in Vietnam.  I urged the incredibly talented young
> >> director, Katie Kasben, to take the show on the road.  All America is
> >> ready to renew those anthems of peace and  "let the sunshine in"!
> >>
> >> Just as I remembered from the 1967 show, there were  "peace and love"
> >> people outside the theater getting signatures on petitions and signing
> >> people up for the bus ride to the next big peace march on Washingtron.
> >> It'll be on Saturday, September 24.  I plan to be there; I love the
> >> smell of tear gas in the morning.
> >>
> >>
> >> _______________________________________________
> >> Mb-hair mailing list
> >> Mb-hair@islandlists.com
> >> http://www.islandlists.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mb-hair
> >
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From georgeberger69 at yahoo.com  Fri Sep 23 16:35:31 2005
From: georgeberger69 at yahoo.com (James Pappaconstantine)
Date: Fri Sep 23 16:41:18 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Good press
In-Reply-To: <011d01c5c087$65f01d00$6e436c42@hotprojects>
Message-ID: <20050923233531.52489.qmail@web54203.mail.yahoo.com>

Personally... I have to side with the traditionalists.. Which is strange for me, as I am usually standing on the outside looking in. I've only seen Hair done the traditional way but I don't think I would like it reworked..  I do know that I Did Jesus Christ Superstar (Jesus) and we did it traditional way.. It was great and got mass appeal and press, Maybe two years later a larger theatre did it, I went to audition and had doubts when I read that the director was going to change it up.. I auditioned anyway.. and would have been cast as Jesus again, had I agreed to cut my hair.. The directors vision was to have Jesus be basically a skinhead. (I would not cut my freak flag and I didn't get the part.) A friend of mine got the part of Jesus and I went to see it.. I have to say.. I hated it.. Judas died from shooting up Heroin, The gaurds had guns and camoflauge and when Jesus died, nobody cried. I was so glad I didn't get the part. Again.. I have not seen Hair done any other way..
  but
 from that experience with JCS I doubt I would dig it.  My opinion.. JIM

richard haase <hotprojects@nyc.rr.com> wrote:I disagree
it is a question of the quality of the choice
if the updating is done sublimely
it will be sublime
if its badly done it will be bad


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Charles Preston" 
To: 
Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 5:04 PM
Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Good press


> I am right behind both of you.
> Way to go Robin and Way to go Katie
> HAiR is a piece of American Culture and should stay that way. HAiR really
> tells things like they are so everyone can understand if they will open
> there minds. It is also a lot of FUN and goodness. You know HAPPY along
> with some sad. There is that Message that gets but across.
>
> Peace, Love, & Blessings
> ~~Charles ~~
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Robin McNamara" 
> To: 
> Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 4:48 PM
> Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Good press
>
>
> > Congratulations Katie, sounds like you did a wonderful job & yes a show
> > should go on the road, that way through press & interviews we could
> > articulate how relevant Hair is today in contemporary times instead of
> > changing it like they did in London. In my opinion Hair is a powerful
> > period piece in American Culture & should stay that way.
> >
> > Love forever
> > Robin
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Katie Kasben" 
> > To: 
> > Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 3:24 PM
> > Subject: [Mb-hair] Good press
> >
> >
> >> Hey Kids,
> >>
> >> I wanted to share with you a great letter to the editor of the Raleigh
> >> News and Observer (our state capitol's paper, and about 4 hours away
from
> >> here):
> >>
> >> *the last two paragraphs are my favourite...
> >>
> >> Mark Schultz
> >> Orange County editor
> >> The News & Observer
> >> Chapel Hill News editor
> >> (919) 932-2003
> >>
> >> Now is the time to act
> >> Perry Young column for September 05
> >>
> >> A few weeks ago, a very nice lady organized a genteel gathering at
> >> the downtown post office in support of Cindy Sheehan's anti-war
> >> protest outside the President's vacation ranch in Crawford, Texas.
> >> I hung about the edges, expecting to be bored by the usual liberal
> >> speeches. But, no, this woman said there would be no speeches, just a
> >> quiet show of support. And, so, for several long minutes, we just
> >> stood there.
> >>
> >> I finally wandered off, frustrated that nobody was saying anything,
> >> nobody was doing anything. More to the point, why wasn't I doing
> >> more?
> >>
> >> After witnessing the obscenity of the senseless slaughter in Vietnam
> >> as a correspondent, I came back and joined in every major peace march
> >> on Washington. Then, as now, our President showed a profound
> >> indifference to poor people in this country and the devastation we
> >> were causing half way around the world. As we sang, "All we are
> >> saying is give peace a chance," armed troops surrounded the White
> >> House and turned the tear gas on us.
> >>
> >> Now it seems one pathetic Gold Star mother has finally aroused our
> >> outrage about the lies that led to the current quagmire in Iraq. Ms.
> >> Sheehan's courageous and timely stand was pushed to the back pages by
> >> hurricane Katrina and the unbelievable pictures of the needless
> >> suffering and dying of people not in Somalia or Iraq, but in our own
> >> backyard.
> >>
> >>
> >> We looked in the mirror and were appalled by our own self-image. The
> >> richest country the world has ever known was simply incapable of
> >> taking care of its own people in a time of crisis. The Bush
> >> administration was suddenly exposed for what it has been all along:
> >> an incompetent bunch of ideologues who are simply not worthy of the
> >> high offices they've been pushed into.
> >>
> >> It is one thing to giggle and grin about the sport of hardball
> >> politics; it is quite another when these kinds of self-serving
> >> decisions result in the loss of lives and livelihoods of hundreds of
> >> thousands of people. The President is guilty of criminal neglect on a
> >> scale never before seen in America. We are left with the indelible
> >> images of the poor people in Louisiana and Mississippi crying out for
> >> help while Condi Rice gads about New York and Bush blithely flies off
> >> to San Diego for another multi- million dollar fund raiser.
> >>
> >> It is eerie to watch; as Bush actually seems to look more and more
> >> like Nixon with his weirdly inappropriate facial gestures and that
> >> loony giggle that often follows even the most solemn words written for
> >> him to mispronounce.
> >>
> >> But in this moment of our country's dire need, some rays of hope
> >> shine through. The glamorous stars of television came alive as never
> >> before and proved themselves worthy of the profession of Edward R.
> >> Murrow. For once, the administration could not put a happy face on
> >> yet another catastrophe. This time, their lies could be proven by the
> >> pictures, live and in color from the battlefront.
> >>
> >> And in spite of our leaders indifference, the American people have
> >> responded with an outpouring of love and generosity unparalleled in
> >> our history. People aren't just giving money, they're offering up
> >> their times, their homes, their very lives to help. Maybe we are
> >> finally overcoming the greed and selfishness of the 1980s and 1990s.
> >> As if in answer to my personal yearning for the 1960s, I was recently
> >> invited back to Asheville for a new production of the rock musical,
> >> Hair.
> >>
> >> Now, if you think nothing could be more dated than this show which I
> >> first saw as a cabaret skit at Cheetah discotheque in New York in
> >> 1967, you are dead wrong. As I sat listening to the joyful music of
> >> protest to war, to racism, to the destruction of the environment, I
> >> realized that every word was just as relevant today as it was 40 years
> >> ago. Tears flooded down my face as an Asheville delegation of
> >> Veterans for Peace staged the last scene in this version of Hair,
> >> bringing in the flag-draped casket of the young hippie who got drafted
> >> and killed in Vietnam. I urged the incredibly talented young
> >> director, Katie Kasben, to take the show on the road. All America is
> >> ready to renew those anthems of peace and "let the sunshine in"!
> >>
> >> Just as I remembered from the 1967 show, there were "peace and love"
> >> people outside the theater getting signatures on petitions and signing
> >> people up for the bus ride to the next big peace march on Washingtron.
> >> It'll be on Saturday, September 24. I plan to be there; I love the
> >> smell of tear gas in the morning.
> >>
> >>
> >> _______________________________________________
> >> Mb-hair mailing list
> >> Mb-hair@islandlists.com
> >> http://www.islandlists.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mb-hair
> >
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From michael at michaelbutler.com  Fri Sep 23 16:50:56 2005
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Fri Sep 23 16:56:44 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] HAIR-London TIMES review
In-Reply-To: <003001c5c082$3560e070$6e436c42@hotprojects>
Message-ID: <BF59E2F0.23D1B%michael@michaelbutler.com>

I don?t know where you got this information but it is for sure not what has
happened with adhering to the original

> michael you obviously have nothing to do with this
> i am the one who trumpets the need for updating
> but but
> dramaturgical pt
> i am not saying to change the tams witmark script
> but in the places where improvising and topicality are indicated by the
> authors
> the same way in initials that lbj took the irt
> became tricky dick took the irt
> 
> one just now fills in the contemporary reference
> similarly the long bridge in aint got no etc
> 
> for the record corresponding / talking regularly with all the hair
> originals; i can state unequivocally as the one who does the arguing on the
> pro updating side; all of the original principals michael butler, jimmy
> rado, galt macdermot and tom ohorgan have all been absolute classicists
> where hair is concerned and all have been steadfast against new changes in
> the script
> 
> all have been staunch traditionalists
> so anyone who says any of them
> were behind any such innovation is not telling the truth
> 
> i can vouch for that
> welcome to show business
> 
> and michael your handling of the bdwy production
> was sublime obviously
> it launched the first one billion dollar world rights package
> that is what a producer is supposed to do
> achieve fiscal success
> there just arent anymore qualifying factors
> 
> also you have the unique talent i felt in working with you
> that you have great artistic talent as a producer
> which is one of your unique qualities as a producer
> ( eg not all producers do )
> 
> as far as i know
> jimmy was the one who relented and encouraged the kid at least sporadically
> i take some responsibility for that
> because i was at the time pouring docket after docket
> to rado on a daily basis
> in support of drastically updating the mis en scene
> if not the script
> so obviously my name will be mud
> on this one
> lol and not lol
> 
> i still say im right
> in the 1980 production we did update
> we did it well
> it did work
> and even rado went crazy for it
> came 10x ( said it was the best production ever ( which it was not ;
> obviously the bdwy 68 production was )  ; i have multiple witnesses )
> 
> ( this refers to the performances in the home space harry streeps 399 seat
> the brook on west 18th street off fifth 1980 - 1981 )
> 
> not to one terrible performance in the 3000 seat loeb student center
> 
> anyway the debate continues
> which is good
> 
> but the question of the hour is
> 
> why is frankel taking so long to make the baby?
> 
> ????????
> 
> 
> R in the project pit
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Butler" <michael@michaelbutler.com>
> To: "HAIR List" <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
> Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 3:07 PM
> Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] HAIR-London TIMES review
> 
> 
>> You will recall that I was attacked by Rado due to my Blog 'Answers to
>> Simon' where he took umbrage to my putting down the rumored changes in the
>> Gate production.
>> I had never heard of them and was critical of this director or any
> director
>> for deviating from the Tams approved version.
>> How was I to know that he and Galt had approved these changes. In fact it
>> turns that Rado had supposedly made many of them.
>> So I responded putting the record straight.
>> Never a reply nor acknowledgment from them.
>> PS: Rado also was critical of my handling the Broadway production of HAIR
>> and the Russian production. I did respond with my last Blog 'Questions
> about
>> HAIR'.
>> 
>>> 
>>> Yikes, sounds awful.  Claude-with-Playstation.  Hmmm.
>>> and Berger with what, an Ipod...?
>>> Maybe Sheila, instead of leading the protest march,
>>> sits down and cc's e-mail petitions across the globe
>>> in a single stroke.
>>> 
>>> I'm curious: Was these changes due to a re-write by
>>> the author(s) or a directorial enhanceement?
>>> 
>>> rj
>>> --- Michael Butler <michael@michaelbutler.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> September 23, 2005
>>>> 
>>>> Times2
>>>> 
>>>> Hair
>>>> Benedict Nightingale at Gate Theatre, W11
>>>> 
>>>> THIS show < meaning the original Hair, not last
>>>> night?s ineptly updated
>>>> version < was a big deal when it hit London 35 years
>>>> ago.
>>>> 
>>>> That was partly because its portrait of stoned
>>>> hippies brandishing their
>>>> unshorn locks at American society had made it a cult
>>>> in New York, but mainly
>>>> because we had just dispatched the censor to the
>>>> knacker?s and were at long
>>>> last free to see its famous nude scene.
>>>> 
>>>> Here, let me inject a personal memory. Halfway
>>>> through Galt Macdermot?s
>>>> ?tribal musical? I whispered to a colleague, ?When
>>>> is the nude scene
>>>> coming??, and he replied, ?It?s just happened?. So
>>>> for me Hair will for ever
>>>> mark the time when I realised I needed specs.
>>>> 
>>>> At the tiny Gate there?s no danger of missing what
>>>> is, in 2005, a pretty
>>>> standard display of bobbing genitalia. Indeed, one
>>>> would only have to reach
>>>> out a hand in anger to end several men?s hopes of
>>>> fatherhood. What?s odd,
>>>> though, is that the second such display is meant to
>>>> evoke the human pyramids
>>>> at Abu Ghraib. A musical that was once a protest
>>>> against Vietnam has moved
>>>> to the Iraq era, complete with a poorly caricatured
>>>> Bush and a spoof
>>>> sergeant who tells the anti-hero to ?get your ass
>>>> out there and fight those
>>>> sand-niggers?.
>>>> 
>>>> It doesn?t work, least of all in the handling of
>>>> that anti-hero, Charles
>>>> Aitken?s spindly Claude. This time he isn?t the
>>>> hapless victim of a policy
>>>> that was forcing young men into the killing fields.
>>>> Rather, he volunteers
>>>> for the army, one moment sneering over his
>>>> PlayStation at parents who want
>>>> him to get a job, the next bewildering his fellow
>>>> dropouts by telling them
>>>> that he?s about to defend democracy.
>>>> 
>>>> I was bewildered too, despite a new ending and a
>>>> dream sequence in which
>>>> Claude twigs what he?s doing. The hippies in general
>>>> have become more
>>>> aggressive and confident, which is fine when
>>>> energetic dancing or singing is
>>>> needed, but stops us seeing them as the baffled,
>>>> vulnerable youngsters they
>>>> were meant to be. A musical about a lost generation
>>>> has become one about
>>>> brash layabouts exercising their inalienable right
>>>> to smoke dope, sing songs
>>>> about love and refuse to grow up.
>>>> 
>>>> Starting with that hummable ode to Aquarius, some of
>>>> those songs still have
>>>> zing. But evoking a zombie Establishment by dressing
>>>> actors in judicial
>>>> robes, plus plastic headdresses that can?t decide if
>>>> they?re hair-curlers or
>>>> coal buckets, is just one of several errors.
>>>> Moreover, the hippies? flowing
>>>> locks, like their clothes, have succumbed to spare
>>>> modernity. This is a Hair
>>>> without hair, which is no Hair at all.
>>>> 
>>>> Box-office: 020-7229 0706
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
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From michael at michaelbutler.com  Fri Sep 23 16:52:01 2005
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Fri Sep 23 16:57:47 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Good press
In-Reply-To: <011d01c5c087$65f01d00$6e436c42@hotprojects>
Message-ID: <BF59E331.23D1C%michael@michaelbutler.com>

I think Shakespeare would be faulted for trying to change HAIR

> I disagree
> it is a question of the quality of the choice
> if the updating is done sublimely
> it will be sublime
> if its badly done it will be bad
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Charles Preston" <cpreston2@tds.net>
> To: <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
> Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 5:04 PM
> Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Good press
> 
> 
>> I am right behind both of you.
>> Way to go Robin and Way to go Katie
>> HAiR is a piece of American Culture and should stay that way. HAiR really
>> tells things like they are so everyone can understand if they will open
>> there minds. It is also a lot of  FUN and goodness. You know HAPPY along
>> with some sad. There is that Message that gets but across.
>> 
>> Peace, Love, & Blessings
>> ~~Charles ~~
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Robin McNamara" <olhippie@tampabay.rr.com>
>> To: <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
>> Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 4:48 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Good press
>> 
>> 
>>> Congratulations Katie, sounds like you did a wonderful job & yes a show
>>> should go on the road, that way through press & interviews we could
>>> articulate how relevant Hair is today in contemporary times instead of
>>> changing it like they did in London. In my opinion Hair is a powerful
>>> period piece in American Culture & should stay that way.
>>> 
>>> Love forever
>>> Robin
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Katie Kasben" <katiekasben@hotmail.com>
>>> To: <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
>>> Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 3:24 PM
>>> Subject: [Mb-hair] Good press
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> Hey Kids,
>>>> 
>>>> I wanted to share with you a great letter to the editor of the Raleigh
>>>> News and Observer (our state capitol's paper, and about 4 hours away
> from
>>>> here):
>>>> 
>>>> *the last two paragraphs are my favourite...
>>>> 
>>>> Mark Schultz
>>>> Orange County editor
>>>> The News & Observer
>>>> Chapel Hill News editor
>>>> (919) 932-2003
>>>> 
>>>> Now is the time to act
>>>> Perry Young column for September 05
>>>> 
>>>> A few weeks ago, a very nice lady organized a genteel gathering at
>>>> the downtown post office in support of Cindy Sheehan's anti-war
>>>> protest outside the President's vacation ranch in Crawford, Texas.
>>>> I hung about the edges, expecting to be bored by the usual liberal
>>>> speeches.  But, no, this woman said there would be no speeches, just a
>>>> quiet show of support.  And, so, for several long minutes, we just
>>>> stood there.
>>>> 
>>>> I finally wandered off, frustrated that nobody was saying anything,
>>>> nobody was doing anything.  More to the point, why wasn't I doing
>>>> more?
>>>> 
>>>> After witnessing the obscenity of the senseless slaughter in Vietnam
>>>> as a correspondent, I came back and joined in every major peace march
>>>> on Washington.  Then, as now, our President showed a profound
>>>> indifference to poor people in this country and the devastation we
>>>> were causing half way around the world.  As we sang, "All we are
>>>> saying is give peace a chance," armed troops surrounded the White
>>>> House and turned the tear gas on us.
>>>> 
>>>> Now it seems one pathetic Gold Star mother has finally aroused our
>>>> outrage about the lies that led to the current quagmire in Iraq.  Ms.
>>>> Sheehan's courageous and timely stand was pushed to the back pages by
>>>> hurricane Katrina and  the unbelievable pictures of the needless
>>>> suffering and dying of people not in Somalia or Iraq, but in our own
>>>> backyard.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> We looked in the mirror and were appalled by our own self-image.  The
>>>> richest country the world has ever known was simply incapable of
>>>> taking care of its own people in a time of crisis.  The Bush
>>>> administration was suddenly exposed for what it has been all along:
>>>> an incompetent bunch of ideologues who are simply not worthy of the
>>>> high offices they've been pushed into.
>>>> 
>>>> It is one thing to giggle and grin about the sport of hardball
>>>> politics; it is quite another when these kinds of self-serving
>>>> decisions result in the loss of lives and livelihoods of hundreds of
>>>> thousands of people.  The President is guilty of criminal neglect on a
>>>> scale never before seen in America.  We are left with the indelible
>>>> images of the poor people in Louisiana and Mississippi crying out for
>>>> help while Condi Rice gads about New York and Bush blithely flies off
>>>> to San Diego for another multi- million dollar fund raiser.
>>>> 
>>>> It is eerie to watch; as Bush actually seems to look more and more
>>>> like Nixon with his weirdly inappropriate facial gestures and that
>>>> loony giggle that often follows even the most solemn words written for
>>>> him to mispronounce.
>>>> 
>>>> But in this moment of our country's dire need, some rays of hope
>>>> shine through.  The glamorous stars of television came alive as never
>>>> before and proved themselves worthy of the profession of Edward R.
>>>> Murrow.  For once, the administration could not put a happy face on
>>>> yet another catastrophe.  This time, their lies could be proven by the
>>>> pictures, live and in color from the battlefront.
>>>> 
>>>> And in spite of our leaders indifference, the American people have
>>>> responded with an outpouring of love and generosity unparalleled in
>>>> our history.  People aren't just giving money, they're offering up
>>>> their times, their homes, their very lives to help.  Maybe we are
>>>> finally overcoming the greed and selfishness of the 1980s and 1990s.
>>>> As if in answer to my personal yearning for the 1960s, I was recently
>>>> invited back to Asheville for a new production of the rock musical,
>>>> Hair.
>>>> 
>>>> Now, if you think nothing could be more dated than this show which I
>>>> first saw as a cabaret skit at Cheetah discotheque in New York in
>>>> 1967, you are dead wrong.  As I sat listening to the joyful music of
>>>> protest to war, to racism, to the destruction of the environment, I
>>>> realized that every word was just as relevant today as it was 40 years
>>>> ago.  Tears flooded down my face as an Asheville delegation of
>>>> Veterans for Peace staged the last scene in this version of Hair,
>>>> bringing in the flag-draped casket of the young hippie who got drafted
>>>> and killed in Vietnam.  I urged the incredibly talented young
>>>> director, Katie Kasben, to take the show on the road.  All America is
>>>> ready to renew those anthems of peace and  "let the sunshine in"!
>>>> 
>>>> Just as I remembered from the 1967 show, there were  "peace and love"
>>>> people outside the theater getting signatures on petitions and signing
>>>> people up for the bus ride to the next big peace march on Washingtron.
>>>> It'll be on Saturday, September 24.  I plan to be there; I love the
>>>> smell of tear gas in the morning.
>>>> 
>>>> 
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From michael at michaelbutler.com  Fri Sep 23 16:55:18 2005
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Fri Sep 23 17:01:04 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Good press
In-Reply-To: <20050923233531.52489.qmail@web54203.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <BF59E3F6.23D1F%michael@michaelbutler.com>

I sure agree with you.

> Personally... I have to side with the traditionalists.. Which is strange for
> me, as I am usually standing on the outside looking in. I've only seen Hair
> done the traditional way but I don't think I would like it reworked..  I do
> know that I Did Jesus Christ Superstar (Jesus) and we did it traditional way..
> It was great and got mass appeal and press, Maybe two years later a larger
> theatre did it, I went to audition and had doubts when I read that the
> director was going to change it up.. I auditioned anyway.. and would have been
> cast as Jesus again, had I agreed to cut my hair.. The directors vision was to
> have Jesus be basically a skinhead. (I would not cut my freak flag and I
> didn't get the part.) A friend of mine got the part of Jesus and I went to see
> it.. I have to say.. I hated it.. Judas died from shooting up Heroin, The
> gaurds had guns and camoflauge and when Jesus died, nobody cried. I was so
> glad I didn't get the part. Again.. I have not seen Hair done any other way..
> but
> from that experience with JCS I doubt I would dig it.  My opinion.. JIM
> 
> richard haase <hotprojects@nyc.rr.com> wrote:I disagree
> it is a question of the quality of the choice
> if the updating is done sublimely
> it will be sublime
> if its badly done it will be bad
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Charles Preston"
> To: 
> Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 5:04 PM
> Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Good press
> 
> 
>> I am right behind both of you.
>> Way to go Robin and Way to go Katie
>> HAiR is a piece of American Culture and should stay that way. HAiR really
>> tells things like they are so everyone can understand if they will open
>> there minds. It is also a lot of FUN and goodness. You know HAPPY along
>> with some sad. There is that Message that gets but across.
>> 
>> Peace, Love, & Blessings
>> ~~Charles ~~
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Robin McNamara"
>> To: 
>> Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 4:48 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Good press
>> 
>> 
>>> Congratulations Katie, sounds like you did a wonderful job & yes a show
>>> should go on the road, that way through press & interviews we could
>>> articulate how relevant Hair is today in contemporary times instead of
>>> changing it like they did in London. In my opinion Hair is a powerful
>>> period piece in American Culture & should stay that way.
>>> 
>>> Love forever
>>> Robin
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Katie Kasben"
>>> To: 
>>> Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 3:24 PM
>>> Subject: [Mb-hair] Good press
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> Hey Kids,
>>>> 
>>>> I wanted to share with you a great letter to the editor of the Raleigh
>>>> News and Observer (our state capitol's paper, and about 4 hours away
> from
>>>> here):
>>>> 
>>>> *the last two paragraphs are my favourite...
>>>> 
>>>> Mark Schultz
>>>> Orange County editor
>>>> The News & Observer
>>>> Chapel Hill News editor
>>>> (919) 932-2003
>>>> 
>>>> Now is the time to act
>>>> Perry Young column for September 05
>>>> 
>>>> A few weeks ago, a very nice lady organized a genteel gathering at
>>>> the downtown post office in support of Cindy Sheehan's anti-war
>>>> protest outside the President's vacation ranch in Crawford, Texas.
>>>> I hung about the edges, expecting to be bored by the usual liberal
>>>> speeches. But, no, this woman said there would be no speeches, just a
>>>> quiet show of support. And, so, for several long minutes, we just
>>>> stood there.
>>>> 
>>>> I finally wandered off, frustrated that nobody was saying anything,
>>>> nobody was doing anything. More to the point, why wasn't I doing
>>>> more?
>>>> 
>>>> After witnessing the obscenity of the senseless slaughter in Vietnam
>>>> as a correspondent, I came back and joined in every major peace march
>>>> on Washington. Then, as now, our President showed a profound
>>>> indifference to poor people in this country and the devastation we
>>>> were causing half way around the world. As we sang, "All we are
>>>> saying is give peace a chance," armed troops surrounded the White
>>>> House and turned the tear gas on us.
>>>> 
>>>> Now it seems one pathetic Gold Star mother has finally aroused our
>>>> outrage about the lies that led to the current quagmire in Iraq. Ms.
>>>> Sheehan's courageous and timely stand was pushed to the back pages by
>>>> hurricane Katrina and the unbelievable pictures of the needless
>>>> suffering and dying of people not in Somalia or Iraq, but in our own
>>>> backyard.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> We looked in the mirror and were appalled by our own self-image. The
>>>> richest country the world has ever known was simply incapable of
>>>> taking care of its own people in a time of crisis. The Bush
>>>> administration was suddenly exposed for what it has been all along:
>>>> an incompetent bunch of ideologues who are simply not worthy of the
>>>> high offices they've been pushed into.
>>>> 
>>>> It is one thing to giggle and grin about the sport of hardball
>>>> politics; it is quite another when these kinds of self-serving
>>>> decisions result in the loss of lives and livelihoods of hundreds of
>>>> thousands of people. The President is guilty of criminal neglect on a
>>>> scale never before seen in America. We are left with the indelible
>>>> images of the poor people in Louisiana and Mississippi crying out for
>>>> help while Condi Rice gads about New York and Bush blithely flies off
>>>> to San Diego for another multi- million dollar fund raiser.
>>>> 
>>>> It is eerie to watch; as Bush actually seems to look more and more
>>>> like Nixon with his weirdly inappropriate facial gestures and that
>>>> loony giggle that often follows even the most solemn words written for
>>>> him to mispronounce.
>>>> 
>>>> But in this moment of our country's dire need, some rays of hope
>>>> shine through. The glamorous stars of television came alive as never
>>>> before and proved themselves worthy of the profession of Edward R.
>>>> Murrow. For once, the administration could not put a happy face on
>>>> yet another catastrophe. This time, their lies could be proven by the
>>>> pictures, live and in color from the battlefront.
>>>> 
>>>> And in spite of our leaders indifference, the American people have
>>>> responded with an outpouring of love and generosity unparalleled in
>>>> our history. People aren't just giving money, they're offering up
>>>> their times, their homes, their very lives to help. Maybe we are
>>>> finally overcoming the greed and selfishness of the 1980s and 1990s.
>>>> As if in answer to my personal yearning for the 1960s, I was recently
>>>> invited back to Asheville for a new production of the rock musical,
>>>> Hair.
>>>> 
>>>> Now, if you think nothing could be more dated than this show which I
>>>> first saw as a cabaret skit at Cheetah discotheque in New York in
>>>> 1967, you are dead wrong. As I sat listening to the joyful music of
>>>> protest to war, to racism, to the destruction of the environment, I
>>>> realized that every word was just as relevant today as it was 40 years
>>>> ago. Tears flooded down my face as an Asheville delegation of
>>>> Veterans for Peace staged the last scene in this version of Hair,
>>>> bringing in the flag-draped casket of the young hippie who got drafted
>>>> and killed in Vietnam. I urged the incredibly talented young
>>>> director, Katie Kasben, to take the show on the road. All America is
>>>> ready to renew those anthems of peace and "let the sunshine in"!
>>>> 
>>>> Just as I remembered from the 1967 show, there were "peace and love"
>>>> people outside the theater getting signatures on petitions and signing
>>>> people up for the bus ride to the next big peace march on Washingtron.
>>>> It'll be on Saturday, September 24. I plan to be there; I love the
>>>> smell of tear gas in the morning.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> _______________________________________________
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From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Fri Sep 23 17:01:08 2005
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Fri Sep 23 17:07:00 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Good press
References: <20050923233531.52489.qmail@web54203.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <003101c5c09b$10f73ef0$6e436c42@hotprojects>

what do you mean michael?
i just have a different opinion\
its all right
debate is healthy
you traditionalists are entitled to your opinion
im entitled to mine


and again im making a quantitative operational discernment\
not a qualitative one
debate gentlemen is healthy
and no one loves the original production more than me
greatest in the theater i ever spent ever

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: James Pappaconstantine 
  To: mb-hair@islandlists.com 
  Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 7:35 PM
  Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Good press


  Personally... I have to side with the traditionalists.. Which is strange for me, as I am usually standing on the outside looking in. I've only seen Hair done the traditional way but I don't think I would like it reworked..  I do know that I Did Jesus Christ Superstar (Jesus) and we did it traditional way.. It was great and got mass appeal and press, Maybe two years later a larger theatre did it, I went to audition and had doubts when I read that the director was going to change it up.. I auditioned anyway.. and would have been cast as Jesus again, had I agreed to cut my hair.. The directors vision was to have Jesus be basically a skinhead. (I would not cut my freak flag and I didn't get the part.) A friend of mine got the part of Jesus and I went to see it.. I have to say.. I hated it.. Judas died from shooting up Heroin, The gaurds had guns and camoflauge and when Jesus died, nobody cried. I was so glad I didn't get the part. Again.. I have not seen Hair done any o ther way.. but from that experience with JCS I doubt I would dig it.  My opinion.. JIM

  richard haase <hotprojects@nyc.rr.com> wrote: 
    I disagree
    it is a question of the quality of the choice
    if the updating is done sublimely
    it will be sublime
    if its badly done it will be bad


    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: "Charles Preston" 
    To: 
    Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 5:04 PM
    Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Good press


    > I am right behind both of you.
    > Way to go Robin and Way to go Katie
    > HAiR is a piece of American Culture and should stay that way. HAiR really
    > tells things like they are so everyone can understand if they will open
    > there minds. It is also a lot of FUN and goodness. You know HAPPY along
    > with some sad. There is that Message that gets but across.
    >
    > Peace, Love, & Blessings
    > ~~Charles ~~
    > ----- Original Message ----- 
    > From: "Robin McNamar a" 
    > To: 
    > Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 4:48 PM
    > Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Good press
    >
    >
    > > Congratulations Katie, sounds like you did a wonderful job & yes a show
    > > should go on the road, that way through press & interviews we could
    > > articulate how relevant Hair is today in contemporary times instead of
    > > changing it like they did in London. In my opinion Hair is a powerful
    > > period piece in American Culture & should stay that way.
    > >
    > > Love forever
    > > Robin
    > >
    > >
    > >
    > >
    > > ----- Original Message ----- 
    > > From: "Katie Kasben" 
    > > To: 
    > > Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 3:24 PM
    > > Subject: [Mb-hair] Good press
    > >
    > >
    > >> Hey Kids,
    > >>
    > >> I wanted to share with you a great letter to the editor of the Raleigh
    > >> News and Observer (our state capitol's paper, and about 4 hours away
    from
    > >> here):
    > >>
    > >> *the last two paragraphs are my favourite...
    > >>
    > >> Mark Schultz
    > >> Orange County editor
    > >> The News & Observer
    > >> Chapel Hill News editor
    > >> (919) 932-2003
    > >>
    > >> Now is the time to act
    > >> Perry Young column for September 05
    > >>
    > >> A few weeks ago, a very nice lady organized a genteel gathering at
    > >> the downtown post office in support of Cindy Sheehan's anti-war
    > >> protest outside the President's vacation ranch in Crawford, Texas.
    > >> I hung about the edges, expecting to be bored by the usual liberal
    > >> speec hes. But, no, this woman said there would be no speeches, just a
    > >> quiet show of support. And, so, for several long minutes, we just
    > >> stood there.
    > >>
    > >> I finally wandered off, frustrated that nobody was saying anything,
    > >> nobody was doing anything. More to the point, why wasn't I doing
    > >> more?
    > >>
    > >> After witnessing the obscenity of the senseless slaughter in Vietnam
    > >> as a correspondent, I came back and joined in every major peace march
    > >> on Washington. Then, as now, our President showed a profound
    > >> indifference to poor people in this country and the devastation we
    > >> were causing half way around the world. As we sang, "All we are
    > >> saying is give peace a chance," armed troops surrounded the White
    > >> House and turned the tear gas on us.
    > >>
    > >> Now i t seems one pathetic Gold Star mother has finally aroused our
    > >> outrage about the lies that led to the current quagmire in Iraq. Ms.
    > >> Sheehan's courageous and timely stand was pushed to the back pages by
    > >> hurricane Katrina and the unbelievable pictures of the needless
    > >> suffering and dying of people not in Somalia or Iraq, but in our own
    > >> backyard.
    > >>
    > >>
    > >> We looked in the mirror and were appalled by our own self-image. The
    > >> richest country the world has ever known was simply incapable of
    > >> taking care of its own people in a time of crisis. The Bush
    > >> administration was suddenly exposed for what it has been all along:
    > >> an incompetent bunch of ideologues who are simply not worthy of the
    > >> high offices they've been pushed into.
    > >>
    > >> It is one thing to giggle and grin about the sport of hardball
    > >> politics; it is quite another when these kinds of self-serving
    > >> decisions result in the loss of lives and livelihoods of hundreds of
    > >> thousands of people. The President is guilty of criminal neglect on a
    > >> scale never before seen in America. We are left with the indelible
    > >> images of the poor people in Louisiana and Mississippi crying out for
    > >> help while Condi Rice gads about New York and Bush blithely flies off
    > >> to San Diego for another multi- million dollar fund raiser.
    > >>
    > >> It is eerie to watch; as Bush actually seems to look more and more
    > >> like Nixon with his weirdly inappropriate facial gestures and that
    > >> loony giggle that often follows even the most solemn words written for
    > >> him to mispronounce.
    > >>
    > >> But in this moment of our co untry's dire need, some rays of hope
    > >> shine through. The glamorous stars of television came alive as never
    > >> before and proved themselves worthy of the profession of Edward R.
    > >> Murrow. For once, the administration could not put a happy face on
    > >> yet another catastrophe. This time, their lies could be proven by the
    > >> pictures, live and in color from the battlefront.
    > >>
    > >> And in spite of our leaders indifference, the American people have
    > >> responded with an outpouring of love and generosity unparalleled in
    > >> our history. People aren't just giving money, they're offering up
    > >> their times, their homes, their very lives to help. Maybe we are
    > >> finally overcoming the greed and selfishness of the 1980s and 1990s.
    > >> As if in answer to my personal yearning for the 1960s, I was recently
    > >> invited bac k to Asheville for a new production of the rock musical,
    > >> Hair.
    > >>
    > >> Now, if you think nothing could be more dated than this show which I
    > >> first saw as a cabaret skit at Cheetah discotheque in New York in
    > >> 1967, you are dead wrong. As I sat listening to the joyful music of
    > >> protest to war, to racism, to the destruction of the environment, I
    > >> realized that every word was just as relevant today as it was 40 years
    > >> ago. Tears flooded down my face as an Asheville delegation of
    > >> Veterans for Peace staged the last scene in this version of Hair,
    > >> bringing in the flag-draped casket of the young hippie who got drafted
    > >> and killed in Vietnam. I urged the incredibly talented young
    > >> director, Katie Kasben, to take the show on the road. All America is
    > >> ready to renew those anthems of peace a nd "let the sunshine in"!
    > >>
    > >> Just as I remembered from the 1967 show, there were "peace and love"
    > >> people outside the theater getting signatures on petitions and signing
    > >> people up for the bus ride to the next big peace march on Washingtron.
    > >> It'll be on Saturday, September 24. I plan to be there; I love the
    > >> smell of tear gas in the morning.
    > >>
    > >>
    > >> _______________________________________________
    > >> Mb-hair mailing list
    > >> Mb-hair@islandlists.com
    > >> http://www.islandlists.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mb-hair
    > >
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From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Fri Sep 23 17:08:06 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Good press
References: <20050923233531.52489.qmail@web54203.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <004e01c5c09b$3772a010$6e436c42@hotprojects>

also to throw more fat on the fire
jesus couldnt be a skin head
berger could
beger should have a mohawk in the next production
a huge mohawk eqivalent to jerrys red mane
and
donna should be speeded up
and made into a slam dance

?????/
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: James Pappaconstantine 
  To: mb-hair@islandlists.com 
  Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 7:35 PM
  Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Good press


  Personally... I have to side with the traditionalists.. Which is strange for me, as I am usually standing on the outside looking in. I've only seen Hair done the traditional way but I don't think I would like it reworked..  I do know that I Did Jesus Christ Superstar (Jesus) and we did it traditional way.. It was great and got mass appeal and press, Maybe two years later a larger theatre did it, I went to audition and had doubts when I read that the director was going to change it up.. I auditioned anyway.. and would have been cast as Jesus again, had I agreed to cut my hair.. The directors vision was to have Jesus be basically a skinhead. (I would not cut my freak flag and I didn't get the part.) A friend of mine got the part of Jesus and I went to see it.. I have to say.. I hated it.. Judas died from shooting up Heroin, The gaurds had guns and camoflauge and when Jesus died, nobody cried. I was so glad I didn't get the part. Again.. I have not seen Hair done any o ther way.. but from that experience with JCS I doubt I would dig it.  My opinion.. JIM

  richard haase <hotprojects@nyc.rr.com> wrote: 
    I disagree
    it is a question of the quality of the choice
    if the updating is done sublimely
    it will be sublime
    if its badly done it will be bad


    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: "Charles Preston" 
    To: 
    Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 5:04 PM
    Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Good press


    > I am right behind both of you.
    > Way to go Robin and Way to go Katie
    > HAiR is a piece of American Culture and should stay that way. HAiR really
    > tells things like they are so everyone can understand if they will open
    > there minds. It is also a lot of FUN and goodness. You know HAPPY along
    > with some sad. There is that Message that gets but across.
    >
    > Peace, Love, & Blessings
    > ~~Charles ~~
    > ----- Original Message ----- 
    > From: "Robin McNamar a" 
    > To: 
    > Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 4:48 PM
    > Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Good press
    >
    >
    > > Congratulations Katie, sounds like you did a wonderful job & yes a show
    > > should go on the road, that way through press & interviews we could
    > > articulate how relevant Hair is today in contemporary times instead of
    > > changing it like they did in London. In my opinion Hair is a powerful
    > > period piece in American Culture & should stay that way.
    > >
    > > Love forever
    > > Robin
    > >
    > >
    > >
    > >
    > > ----- Original Message ----- 
    > > From: "Katie Kasben" 
    > > To: 
    > > Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 3:24 PM
    > > Subject: [Mb-hair] Good press
    > >
    > >
    > >> Hey Kids,
    > >>
    > >> I wanted to share with you a great letter to the editor of the Raleigh
    > >> News and Observer (our state capitol's paper, and about 4 hours away
    from
    > >> here):
    > >>
    > >> *the last two paragraphs are my favourite...
    > >>
    > >> Mark Schultz
    > >> Orange County editor
    > >> The News & Observer
    > >> Chapel Hill News editor
    > >> (919) 932-2003
    > >>
    > >> Now is the time to act
    > >> Perry Young column for September 05
    > >>
    > >> A few weeks ago, a very nice lady organized a genteel gathering at
    > >> the downtown post office in support of Cindy Sheehan's anti-war
    > >> protest outside the President's vacation ranch in Crawford, Texas.
    > >> I hung about the edges, expecting to be bored by the usual liberal
    > >> speec hes. But, no, this woman said there would be no speeches, just a
    > >> quiet show of support. And, so, for several long minutes, we just
    > >> stood there.
    > >>
    > >> I finally wandered off, frustrated that nobody was saying anything,
    > >> nobody was doing anything. More to the point, why wasn't I doing
    > >> more?
    > >>
    > >> After witnessing the obscenity of the senseless slaughter in Vietnam
    > >> as a correspondent, I came back and joined in every major peace march
    > >> on Washington. Then, as now, our President showed a profound
    > >> indifference to poor people in this country and the devastation we
    > >> were causing half way around the world. As we sang, "All we are
    > >> saying is give peace a chance," armed troops surrounded the White
    > >> House and turned the tear gas on us.
    > >>
    > >> Now i t seems one pathetic Gold Star mother has finally aroused our
    > >> outrage about the lies that led to the current quagmire in Iraq. Ms.
    > >> Sheehan's courageous and timely stand was pushed to the back pages by
    > >> hurricane Katrina and the unbelievable pictures of the needless
    > >> suffering and dying of people not in Somalia or Iraq, but in our own
    > >> backyard.
    > >>
    > >>
    > >> We looked in the mirror and were appalled by our own self-image. The
    > >> richest country the world has ever known was simply incapable of
    > >> taking care of its own people in a time of crisis. The Bush
    > >> administration was suddenly exposed for what it has been all along:
    > >> an incompetent bunch of ideologues who are simply not worthy of the
    > >> high offices they've been pushed into.
    > >>
    > >> It is one thing to giggle and grin about the sport of hardball
    > >> politics; it is quite another when these kinds of self-serving
    > >> decisions result in the loss of lives and livelihoods of hundreds of
    > >> thousands of people. The President is guilty of criminal neglect on a
    > >> scale never before seen in America. We are left with the indelible
    > >> images of the poor people in Louisiana and Mississippi crying out for
    > >> help while Condi Rice gads about New York and Bush blithely flies off
    > >> to San Diego for another multi- million dollar fund raiser.
    > >>
    > >> It is eerie to watch; as Bush actually seems to look more and more
    > >> like Nixon with his weirdly inappropriate facial gestures and that
    > >> loony giggle that often follows even the most solemn words written for
    > >> him to mispronounce.
    > >>
    > >> But in this moment of our co untry's dire need, some rays of hope
    > >> shine through. The glamorous stars of television came alive as never
    > >> before and proved themselves worthy of the profession of Edward R.
    > >> Murrow. For once, the administration could not put a happy face on
    > >> yet another catastrophe. This time, their lies could be proven by the
    > >> pictures, live and in color from the battlefront.
    > >>
    > >> And in spite of our leaders indifference, the American people have
    > >> responded with an outpouring of love and generosity unparalleled in
    > >> our history. People aren't just giving money, they're offering up
    > >> their times, their homes, their very lives to help. Maybe we are
    > >> finally overcoming the greed and selfishness of the 1980s and 1990s.
    > >> As if in answer to my personal yearning for the 1960s, I was recently
    > >> invited bac k to Asheville for a new production of the rock musical,
    > >> Hair.
    > >>
    > >> Now, if you think nothing could be more dated than this show which I
    > >> first saw as a cabaret skit at Cheetah discotheque in New York in
    > >> 1967, you are dead wrong. As I sat listening to the joyful music of
    > >> protest to war, to racism, to the destruction of the environment, I
    > >> realized that every word was just as relevant today as it was 40 years
    > >> ago. Tears flooded down my face as an Asheville delegation of
    > >> Veterans for Peace staged the last scene in this version of Hair,
    > >> bringing in the flag-draped casket of the young hippie who got drafted
    > >> and killed in Vietnam. I urged the incredibly talented young
    > >> director, Katie Kasben, to take the show on the road. All America is
    > >> ready to renew those anthems of peace a nd "let the sunshine in"!
    > >>
    > >> Just as I remembered from the 1967 show, there were "peace and love"
    > >> people outside the theater getting signatures on petitions and signing
    > >> people up for the bus ride to the next big peace march on Washingtron.
    > >> It'll be on Saturday, September 24. I plan to be there; I love the
    > >> smell of tear gas in the morning.
    > >>
    > >>
    > >> _______________________________________________
    > >> Mb-hair mailing list
    > >> Mb-hair@islandlists.com
    > >> http://www.islandlists.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mb-hair
    > >
    > > _______________________________________________
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    > > Mb-hair@islandlists.com
    > > http://www.islandlists.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mb-hair
    > >
    >
    >
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From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Fri Sep 23 17:11:49 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] you better be careful
Message-ID: <007b01c5c09b$bf5d6500$6e436c42@hotprojects>

youre sounding like " the establishment "
lol
come on laugh
lol

i love you guys

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Date: Fri Sep 23 17:45:25 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] FW: HAIR closes this weekend - critic quotes
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From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Fri Sep 23 17:46:34 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Good press
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You are entitled to your opinion.
Where did you get your list pf traditionalists?
That is not an opinion. it is a statement

> what do you mean michael?
> i just have a different opinion\
> its all right
> debate is healthy
> you traditionalists are entitled to your opinion
> im entitled to mine
> 
> 
> and again im making a quantitative operational discernment\
> not a qualitative one
> debate gentlemen is healthy
> and no one loves the original production more than me
> greatest in the theater i ever spent ever
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: James Pappaconstantine
> To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
> Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 7:35 PM
> Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Good press
> 
> 
> Personally... I have to side with the traditionalists.. Which is strange for
> me, as I am usually standing on the outside looking in. I've only seen Hair
> done the traditional way but I don't think I would like it reworked..  I do
> know that I Did Jesus Christ Superstar (Jesus) and we did it traditional way..
> It was great and got mass appeal and press, Maybe two years later a larger
> theatre did it, I went to audition and had doubts when I read that the
> director was going to change it up.. I auditioned anyway.. and would have been
> cast as Jesus again, had I agreed to cut my hair.. The directors vision was to
> have Jesus be basically a skinhead. (I would not cut my freak flag and I
> didn't get the part.) A friend of mine got the part of Jesus and I went to see
> it.. I have to say.. I hated it.. Judas died from shooting up Heroin, The
> gaurds had guns and camoflauge and when Jesus died, nobody cried. I was so
> glad I didn't get the part. Again.. I have not seen Hair done any o ther way..
> but from that experience with JCS I doubt I would dig it.  My opinion.. JIM
> 
> richard haase <hotprojects@nyc.rr.com> wrote:
>   I disagree
>   it is a question of the quality of the choice
>   if the updating is done sublimely
>   it will be sublime
>   if its badly done it will be bad
> 
> 
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: "Charles Preston"
>   To: 
>   Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 5:04 PM
>   Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Good press
> 
> 
>> I am right behind both of you.
>> Way to go Robin and Way to go Katie
>> HAiR is a piece of American Culture and should stay that way. HAiR really
>> tells things like they are so everyone can understand if they will open
>> there minds. It is also a lot of FUN and goodness. You know HAPPY along
>> with some sad. There is that Message that gets but across.
>> 
>> Peace, Love, & Blessings
>> ~~Charles ~~
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Robin McNamar a"
>> To: 
>> Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 4:48 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Good press
>> 
>> 
>>> Congratulations Katie, sounds like you did a wonderful job & yes a show
>>> should go on the road, that way through press & interviews we could
>>> articulate how relevant Hair is today in contemporary times instead of
>>> changing it like they did in London. In my opinion Hair is a powerful
>>> period piece in American Culture & should stay that way.
>>> 
>>> Love forever
>>> Robin
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Katie Kasben"
>>> To: 
>>> Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 3:24 PM
>>> Subject: [Mb-hair] Good press
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> Hey Kids,
>>>> 
>>>> I wanted to share with you a great letter to the editor of the Raleigh
>>>> News and Observer (our state capitol's paper, and about 4 hours away
>   from
>>>> here):
>>>> 
>>>> *the last two paragraphs are my favourite...
>>>> 
>>>> Mark Schultz
>>>> Orange County editor
>>>> The News & Observer
>>>> Chapel Hill News editor
>>>> (919) 932-2003
>>>> 
>>>> Now is the time to act
>>>> Perry Young column for September 05
>>>> 
>>>> A few weeks ago, a very nice lady organized a genteel gathering at
>>>> the downtown post office in support of Cindy Sheehan's anti-war
>>>> protest outside the President's vacation ranch in Crawford, Texas.
>>>> I hung about the edges, expecting to be bored by the usual liberal
>>>> speec hes. But, no, this woman said there would be no speeches, just a
>>>> quiet show of support. And, so, for several long minutes, we just
>>>> stood there.
>>>> 
>>>> I finally wandered off, frustrated that nobody was saying anything,
>>>> nobody was doing anything. More to the point, why wasn't I doing
>>>> more?
>>>> 
>>>> After witnessing the obscenity of the senseless slaughter in Vietnam
>>>> as a correspondent, I came back and joined in every major peace march
>>>> on Washington. Then, as now, our President showed a profound
>>>> indifference to poor people in this country and the devastation we
>>>> were causing half way around the world. As we sang, "All we are
>>>> saying is give peace a chance," armed troops surrounded the White
>>>> House and turned the tear gas on us.
>>>> 
>>>> Now i t seems one pathetic Gold Star mother has finally aroused our
>>>> outrage about the lies that led to the current quagmire in Iraq. Ms.
>>>> Sheehan's courageous and timely stand was pushed to the back pages by
>>>> hurricane Katrina and the unbelievable pictures of the needless
>>>> suffering and dying of people not in Somalia or Iraq, but in our own
>>>> backyard.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> We looked in the mirror and were appalled by our own self-image. The
>>>> richest country the world has ever known was simply incapable of
>>>> taking care of its own people in a time of crisis. The Bush
>>>> administration was suddenly exposed for what it has been all along:
>>>> an incompetent bunch of ideologues who are simply not worthy of the
>>>> high offices they've been pushed into.
>>>> 
>>>> It is one thing to giggle and grin about the sport of hardball
>>>> politics; it is quite another when these kinds of self-serving
>>>> decisions result in the loss of lives and livelihoods of hundreds of
>>>> thousands of people. The President is guilty of criminal neglect on a
>>>> scale never before seen in America. We are left with the indelible
>>>> images of the poor people in Louisiana and Mississippi crying out for
>>>> help while Condi Rice gads about New York and Bush blithely flies off
>>>> to San Diego for another multi- million dollar fund raiser.
>>>> 
>>>> It is eerie to watch; as Bush actually seems to look more and more
>>>> like Nixon with his weirdly inappropriate facial gestures and that
>>>> loony giggle that often follows even the most solemn words written for
>>>> him to mispronounce.
>>>> 
>>>> But in this moment of our co untry's dire need, some rays of hope
>>>> shine through. The glamorous stars of television came alive as never
>>>> before and proved themselves worthy of the profession of Edward R.
>>>> Murrow. For once, the administration could not put a happy face on
>>>> yet another catastrophe. This time, their lies could be proven by the
>>>> pictures, live and in color from the battlefront.
>>>> 
>>>> And in spite of our leaders indifference, the American people have
>>>> responded with an outpouring of love and generosity unparalleled in
>>>> our history. People aren't just giving money, they're offering up
>>>> their times, their homes, their very lives to help. Maybe we are
>>>> finally overcoming the greed and selfishness of the 1980s and 1990s.
>>>> As if in answer to my personal yearning for the 1960s, I was recently
>>>> invited bac k to Asheville for a new production of the rock musical,
>>>> Hair.
>>>> 
>>>> Now, if you think nothing could be more dated than this show which I
>>>> first saw as a cabaret skit at Cheetah discotheque in New York in
>>>> 1967, you are dead wrong. As I sat listening to the joyful music of
>>>> protest to war, to racism, to the destruction of the environment, I
>>>> realized that every word was just as relevant today as it was 40 years
>>>> ago. Tears flooded down my face as an Asheville delegation of
>>>> Veterans for Peace staged the last scene in this version of Hair,
>>>> bringing in the flag-draped casket of the young hippie who got drafted
>>>> and killed in Vietnam. I urged the incredibly talented young
>>>> director, Katie Kasben, to take the show on the road. All America is
>>>> ready to renew those anthems of peace a nd "let the sunshine in"!
>>>> 
>>>> Just as I remembered from the 1967 show, there were "peace and love"
>>>> people outside the theater getting signatures on petitions and signing
>>>> people up for the bus ride to the next big peace march on Washingtron.
>>>> It'll be on Saturday, September 24. I plan to be there; I love the
>>>> smell of tear gas in the morning.
>>>> 
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From peacefreak at metrocast.net  Fri Sep 23 19:22:44 2005
From: peacefreak at metrocast.net (Leo)
Date: Fri Sep 23 19:28:26 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: Good press
References: <200509240008.j8O087Sw006817@dune.islandtechnologies.net>
Message-ID: <000601c5c0ae$d8eb9f10$6401a8c0@Leo>

This is outasite Katie!! Big time congrats to you and your Tribe. HAIR has 
worked it's wonderful magic once again.

PEACE,
Leo
----- Original Message ----- >
 From: "Katie Kasben" <katiekasben@hotmail.com>
 Subject: [Mb-hair] Good press

 Hey Kids,
 I wanted to share with you a great letter to the editor of the Raleigh News 
and Observer (our state capitol's paper, and about 4 hours away from here):
 *the last two paragraphs are my favourite...

 Mark Schultz
Orange County editor
The News & Observer
Chapel Hill News editor

..................... As if in answer to my personal yearning for the 1960s, 
I was recently invited back to Asheville for a new production of the rock 
musical, Hair.
 Now, if you think nothing could be more dated than this show which I first 
saw as a cabaret skit at Cheetah discotheque in New York in 1967, you are 
dead wrong.  As I sat listening to the joyful music of protest to war, to 
racism, to the destruction of the environment, I realized that every word 
was just as relevant today as it was 40 years ago.  Tears flooded down my 
face as an Asheville delegation of Veterans for Peace staged the last scene 
in this version of Hair, bringing in the flag-draped casket of the young 
hippie who got drafted and killed in Vietnam.  I urged the incredibly 
talented young director, Katie Kasben, to take the show on the road.  All 
America is ready to renew those anthems of peace and  "let the sunshine in"!
 Just as I remembered from the 1967 show, there were  "peace and love" 
people outside the theater getting signatures on petitions and signing 
people up for the bus ride to the next big peace march on Washingtron. It'll 
be on Saturday, September 24.  I plan to be there; I love the smell of tear 
gas in the morning.


From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Fri Sep 23 19:57:15 2005
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Fri Sep 23 20:03:27 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Good press
References: <BF59EE9E.23D2D%michael@michaelbutler.com>
Message-ID: <005701c5c0b3$ab7b4a30$6e436c42@hotprojects>

i was making a very simple statement
i just said
that all of the original participants as far as i know
have for the very most part
always advocated against a serious updating to the present etc
preferring to set the piece in 68 - 69 as it originally was
thats all i was saying
i dont think thats inaccurate

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Butler" <michael@michaelbutler.com>
To: "HAIR List" <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 8:40 PM
Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Good press


> You are entitled to your opinion.
> Where did you get your list pf traditionalists?
> That is not an opinion. it is a statement
>
> > what do you mean michael?
> > i just have a different opinion\
> > its all right
> > debate is healthy
> > you traditionalists are entitled to your opinion
> > im entitled to mine
> >
> >
> > and again im making a quantitative operational discernment\
> > not a qualitative one
> > debate gentlemen is healthy
> > and no one loves the original production more than me
> > greatest in the theater i ever spent ever
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: James Pappaconstantine
> > To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
> > Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 7:35 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Good press
> >
> >
> > Personally... I have to side with the traditionalists.. Which is strange
for
> > me, as I am usually standing on the outside looking in. I've only seen
Hair
> > done the traditional way but I don't think I would like it reworked..  I
do
> > know that I Did Jesus Christ Superstar (Jesus) and we did it traditional
way..
> > It was great and got mass appeal and press, Maybe two years later a
larger
> > theatre did it, I went to audition and had doubts when I read that the
> > director was going to change it up.. I auditioned anyway.. and would
have been
> > cast as Jesus again, had I agreed to cut my hair.. The directors vision
was to
> > have Jesus be basically a skinhead. (I would not cut my freak flag and I
> > didn't get the part.) A friend of mine got the part of Jesus and I went
to see
> > it.. I have to say.. I hated it.. Judas died from shooting up Heroin,
The
> > gaurds had guns and camoflauge and when Jesus died, nobody cried. I was
so
> > glad I didn't get the part. Again.. I have not seen Hair done any o ther
way..
> > but from that experience with JCS I doubt I would dig it.  My opinion..
JIM
> >
> > richard haase <hotprojects@nyc.rr.com> wrote:
> >   I disagree
> >   it is a question of the quality of the choice
> >   if the updating is done sublimely
> >   it will be sublime
> >   if its badly done it will be bad
> >
> >
> >   ----- Original Message -----
> >   From: "Charles Preston"
> >   To:
> >   Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 5:04 PM
> >   Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Good press
> >
> >
> >> I am right behind both of you.
> >> Way to go Robin and Way to go Katie
> >> HAiR is a piece of American Culture and should stay that way. HAiR
really
> >> tells things like they are so everyone can understand if they will open
> >> there minds. It is also a lot of FUN and goodness. You know HAPPY along
> >> with some sad. There is that Message that gets but across.
> >>
> >> Peace, Love, & Blessings
> >> ~~Charles ~~
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Robin McNamar a"
> >> To:
> >> Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 4:48 PM
> >> Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Good press
> >>
> >>
> >>> Congratulations Katie, sounds like you did a wonderful job & yes a
show
> >>> should go on the road, that way through press & interviews we could
> >>> articulate how relevant Hair is today in contemporary times instead of
> >>> changing it like they did in London. In my opinion Hair is a powerful
> >>> period piece in American Culture & should stay that way.
> >>>
> >>> Love forever
> >>> Robin
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>> From: "Katie Kasben"
> >>> To:
> >>> Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 3:24 PM
> >>> Subject: [Mb-hair] Good press
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> Hey Kids,
> >>>>
> >>>> I wanted to share with you a great letter to the editor of the
Raleigh
> >>>> News and Observer (our state capitol's paper, and about 4 hours away
> >   from
> >>>> here):
> >>>>
> >>>> *the last two paragraphs are my favourite...
> >>>>
> >>>> Mark Schultz
> >>>> Orange County editor
> >>>> The News & Observer
> >>>> Chapel Hill News editor
> >>>> (919) 932-2003
> >>>>
> >>>> Now is the time to act
> >>>> Perry Young column for September 05
> >>>>
> >>>> A few weeks ago, a very nice lady organized a genteel gathering at
> >>>> the downtown post office in support of Cindy Sheehan's anti-war
> >>>> protest outside the President's vacation ranch in Crawford, Texas.
> >>>> I hung about the edges, expecting to be bored by the usual liberal
> >>>> speec hes. But, no, this woman said there would be no speeches, just
a
> >>>> quiet show of support. And, so, for several long minutes, we just
> >>>> stood there.
> >>>>
> >>>> I finally wandered off, frustrated that nobody was saying anything,
> >>>> nobody was doing anything. More to the point, why wasn't I doing
> >>>> more?
> >>>>
> >>>> After witnessing the obscenity of the senseless slaughter in Vietnam
> >>>> as a correspondent, I came back and joined in every major peace march
> >>>> on Washington. Then, as now, our President showed a profound
> >>>> indifference to poor people in this country and the devastation we
> >>>> were causing half way around the world. As we sang, "All we are
> >>>> saying is give peace a chance," armed troops surrounded the White
> >>>> House and turned the tear gas on us.
> >>>>
> >>>> Now i t seems one pathetic Gold Star mother has finally aroused our
> >>>> outrage about the lies that led to the current quagmire in Iraq. Ms.
> >>>> Sheehan's courageous and timely stand was pushed to the back pages by
> >>>> hurricane Katrina and the unbelievable pictures of the needless
> >>>> suffering and dying of people not in Somalia or Iraq, but in our own
> >>>> backyard.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> We looked in the mirror and were appalled by our own self-image. The
> >>>> richest country the world has ever known was simply incapable of
> >>>> taking care of its own people in a time of crisis. The Bush
> >>>> administration was suddenly exposed for what it has been all along:
> >>>> an incompetent bunch of ideologues who are simply not worthy of the
> >>>> high offices they've been pushed into.
> >>>>
> >>>> It is one thing to giggle and grin about the sport of hardball
> >>>> politics; it is quite another when these kinds of self-serving
> >>>> decisions result in the loss of lives and livelihoods of hundreds of
> >>>> thousands of people. The President is guilty of criminal neglect on a
> >>>> scale never before seen in America. We are left with the indelible
> >>>> images of the poor people in Louisiana and Mississippi crying out for
> >>>> help while Condi Rice gads about New York and Bush blithely flies off
> >>>> to San Diego for another multi- million dollar fund raiser.
> >>>>
> >>>> It is eerie to watch; as Bush actually seems to look more and more
> >>>> like Nixon with his weirdly inappropriate facial gestures and that
> >>>> loony giggle that often follows even the most solemn words written
for
> >>>> him to mispronounce.
> >>>>
> >>>> But in this moment of our co untry's dire need, some rays of hope
> >>>> shine through. The glamorous stars of television came alive as never
> >>>> before and proved themselves worthy of the profession of Edward R.
> >>>> Murrow. For once, the administration could not put a happy face on
> >>>> yet another catastrophe. This time, their lies could be proven by the
> >>>> pictures, live and in color from the battlefront.
> >>>>
> >>>> And in spite of our leaders indifference, the American people have
> >>>> responded with an outpouring of love and generosity unparalleled in
> >>>> our history. People aren't just giving money, they're offering up
> >>>> their times, their homes, their very lives to help. Maybe we are
> >>>> finally overcoming the greed and selfishness of the 1980s and 1990s.
> >>>> As if in answer to my personal yearning for the 1960s, I was recently
> >>>> invited bac k to Asheville for a new production of the rock musical,
> >>>> Hair.
> >>>>
> >>>> Now, if you think nothing could be more dated than this show which I
> >>>> first saw as a cabaret skit at Cheetah discotheque in New York in
> >>>> 1967, you are dead wrong. As I sat listening to the joyful music of
> >>>> protest to war, to racism, to the destruction of the environment, I
> >>>> realized that every word was just as relevant today as it was 40
years
> >>>> ago. Tears flooded down my face as an Asheville delegation of
> >>>> Veterans for Peace staged the last scene in this version of Hair,
> >>>> bringing in the flag-draped casket of the young hippie who got
drafted
> >>>> and killed in Vietnam. I urged the incredibly talented young
> >>>> director, Katie Kasben, to take the show on the road. All America is
> >>>> ready to renew those anthems of peace a nd "let the sunshine in"!
> >>>>
> >>>> Just as I remembered from the 1967 show, there were "peace and love"
> >>>> people outside the theater getting signatures on petitions and
signing
> >>>> people up for the bus ride to the next big peace march on
Washingtron.
> >>>> It'll be on Saturday, September 24. I plan to be there; I love the
> >>>> smell of tear gas in the morning.
> >>>>
> >>>>
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From bgonzal at rci.rutgers.edu  Fri Sep 23 22:09:25 2005
From: bgonzal at rci.rutgers.edu (Wm-A Gonzalez)
Date: Fri Sep 23 22:13:25 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Good press
References: <20050923233531.52489.qmail@web54203.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <003d01c5c0c6$2242ade0$8501a8c0@BBP>

And yet, I may be alone on this, but I enjoyed the updated version of Superstar, that is now available on DVD.  To be honest, it was the first time I fully understood the point of view of both Judas and Jesus and was torn between them.  It is also the first time I cried during Superstar, which like HAiR, I've known almost all my life.  I understood the fear and fanaticism.  It was the first time Superstar touched me in that way.

I'm not sure I would endorse a full update of HAiR (such as the current production in London), but I think that something needs to be done to link it to our current climate.  Many young people do not understand the parallel.  I was trying to put a production together back in 2001, before 911.  My concept was to show news footage during the end of Flesh Failures, showing all of the atrocities still taking place in the world, and that the need to "let the sunshine in", and the need for the message of HAiR, still exists today.  HAiR is not a period piece.  It's message is alive and very much vital. 

-Bil Gonzalez


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: James Pappaconstantine 
  To: mb-hair@islandlists.com 
  Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 7:35 PM
  Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Good press


  Personally... I have to side with the traditionalists.. Which is strange for me, as I am usually standing on the outside looking in. I've only seen Hair done the traditional way but I don't think I would like it reworked..  I do know that I Did Jesus Christ Superstar (Jesus) and we did it traditional way.. It was great and got mass appeal and press, Maybe two years later a larger theatre did it, I went to audition and had doubts when I read that the director was going to change it up.. I auditioned anyway.. and would have been cast as Jesus again, had I agreed to cut my hair.. The directors vision was to have Jesus be basically a skinhead. (I would not cut my freak flag and I didn't get the part.) A friend of mine got the part of Jesus and I went to see it.. I have to say.. I hated it.. Judas died from shooting up Heroin, The gaurds had guns and camoflauge and when Jesus died, nobody cried. I was so glad I didn't get the part. Again.. I have not seen Hair done any o ther way.. but from that experience with JCS I doubt I would dig it.  My opinion.. JIM

  richard haase <hotprojects@nyc.rr.com> wrote: 
    I disagree
    it is a question of the quality of the choice
    if the updating is done sublimely
    it will be sublime
    if its badly done it will be bad


    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: "Charles Preston" 
    To: 
    Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 5:04 PM
    Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Good press


    > I am right behind both of you.
    > Way to go Robin and Way to go Katie
    > HAiR is a piece of American Culture and should stay that way. HAiR really
    > tells things like they are so everyone can understand if they will open
    > there minds. It is also a lot of FUN and goodness. You know HAPPY along
    > with some sad. There is that Message that gets but across.
    >
    > Peace, Love, & Blessings
    > ~~Charles ~~
    > ----- Original Message ----- 
    > From: "Robin McNamar a" 
    > To: 
    > Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 4:48 PM
    > Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Good press
    >
    >
    > > Congratulations Katie, sounds like you did a wonderful job & yes a show
    > > should go on the road, that way through press & interviews we could
    > > articulate how relevant Hair is today in contemporary times instead of
    > > changing it like they did in London. In my opinion Hair is a powerful
    > > period piece in American Culture & should stay that way.
    > >
    > > Love forever
    > > Robin
    > >
    > >
    > >
    > >
    > > ----- Original Message ----- 
    > > From: "Katie Kasben" 
    > > To: 
    > > Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 3:24 PM
    > > Subject: [Mb-hair] Good press
    > >
    > >
    > >> Hey Kids,
    > >>
    > >> I wanted to share with you a great letter to the editor of the Raleigh
    > >> News and Observer (our state capitol's paper, and about 4 hours away
    from
    > >> here):
    > >>
    > >> *the last two paragraphs are my favourite...
    > >>
    > >> Mark Schultz
    > >> Orange County editor
    > >> The News & Observer
    > >> Chapel Hill News editor
    > >> (919) 932-2003
    > >>
    > >> Now is the time to act
    > >> Perry Young column for September 05
    > >>
    > >> A few weeks ago, a very nice lady organized a genteel gathering at
    > >> the downtown post office in support of Cindy Sheehan's anti-war
    > >> protest outside the President's vacation ranch in Crawford, Texas.
    > >> I hung about the edges, expecting to be bored by the usual liberal
    > >> speec hes. But, no, this woman said there would be no speeches, just a
    > >> quiet show of support. And, so, for several long minutes, we just
    > >> stood there.
    > >>
    > >> I finally wandered off, frustrated that nobody was saying anything,
    > >> nobody was doing anything. More to the point, why wasn't I doing
    > >> more?
    > >>
    > >> After witnessing the obscenity of the senseless slaughter in Vietnam
    > >> as a correspondent, I came back and joined in every major peace march
    > >> on Washington. Then, as now, our President showed a profound
    > >> indifference to poor people in this country and the devastation we
    > >> were causing half way around the world. As we sang, "All we are
    > >> saying is give peace a chance," armed troops surrounded the White
    > >> House and turned the tear gas on us.
    > >>
    > >> Now i t seems one pathetic Gold Star mother has finally aroused our
    > >> outrage about the lies that led to the current quagmire in Iraq. Ms.
    > >> Sheehan's courageous and timely stand was pushed to the back pages by
    > >> hurricane Katrina and the unbelievable pictures of the needless
    > >> suffering and dying of people not in Somalia or Iraq, but in our own
    > >> backyard.
    > >>
    > >>
    > >> We looked in the mirror and were appalled by our own self-image. The
    > >> richest country the world has ever known was simply incapable of
    > >> taking care of its own people in a time of crisis. The Bush
    > >> administration was suddenly exposed for what it has been all along:
    > >> an incompetent bunch of ideologues who are simply not worthy of the
    > >> high offices they've been pushed into.
    > >>
    > >> It is one thing to giggle and grin about the sport of hardball
    > >> politics; it is quite another when these kinds of self-serving
    > >> decisions result in the loss of lives and livelihoods of hundreds of
    > >> thousands of people. The President is guilty of criminal neglect on a
    > >> scale never before seen in America. We are left with the indelible
    > >> images of the poor people in Louisiana and Mississippi crying out for
    > >> help while Condi Rice gads about New York and Bush blithely flies off
    > >> to San Diego for another multi- million dollar fund raiser.
    > >>
    > >> It is eerie to watch; as Bush actually seems to look more and more
    > >> like Nixon with his weirdly inappropriate facial gestures and that
    > >> loony giggle that often follows even the most solemn words written for
    > >> him to mispronounce.
    > >>
    > >> But in this moment of our co untry's dire need, some rays of hope
    > >> shine through. The glamorous stars of television came alive as never
    > >> before and proved themselves worthy of the profession of Edward R.
    > >> Murrow. For once, the administration could not put a happy face on
    > >> yet another catastrophe. This time, their lies could be proven by the
    > >> pictures, live and in color from the battlefront.
    > >>
    > >> And in spite of our leaders indifference, the American people have
    > >> responded with an outpouring of love and generosity unparalleled in
    > >> our history. People aren't just giving money, they're offering up
    > >> their times, their homes, their very lives to help. Maybe we are
    > >> finally overcoming the greed and selfishness of the 1980s and 1990s.
    > >> As if in answer to my personal yearning for the 1960s, I was recently
    > >> invited bac k to Asheville for a new production of the rock musical,
    > >> Hair.
    > >>
    > >> Now, if you think nothing could be more dated than this show which I
    > >> first saw as a cabaret skit at Cheetah discotheque in New York in
    > >> 1967, you are dead wrong. As I sat listening to the joyful music of
    > >> protest to war, to racism, to the destruction of the environment, I
    > >> realized that every word was just as relevant today as it was 40 years
    > >> ago. Tears flooded down my face as an Asheville delegation of
    > >> Veterans for Peace staged the last scene in this version of Hair,
    > >> bringing in the flag-draped casket of the young hippie who got drafted
    > >> and killed in Vietnam. I urged the incredibly talented young
    > >> director, Katie Kasben, to take the show on the road. All America is
    > >> ready to renew those anthems of peace a nd "let the sunshine in"!
    > >>
    > >> Just as I remembered from the 1967 show, there were "peace and love"
    > >> people outside the theater getting signatures on petitions and signing
    > >> people up for the bus ride to the next big peace march on Washingtron.
    > >> It'll be on Saturday, September 24. I plan to be there; I love the
    > >> smell of tear gas in the morning.
    > >>
    > >>
    > >> _______________________________________________
    > >> Mb-hair mailing list
    > >> Mb-hair@islandlists.com
    > >> http://www.islandlists.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mb-hair
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From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Fri Sep 23 22:25:04 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Good press
In-Reply-To: <003d01c5c0c6$2242ade0$8501a8c0@BBP>
Message-ID: <BF5A2F8E.23D4F%michael@michaelbutler.com>

SoCal Fullerton produced HAIR. I took it to Chicago for the 1998 Demo
Convention. They had a video preamble of all major events starting with
JFK's assassination. It set everyone up to where we were. I think that did
it without ending the show with video in place of 'Let The Sunshine'.
Remember the Public HAIR had no hope at the end. Showing what is happening
today abolishes hope.

> And yet, I may be alone on this, but I enjoyed the updated version of
> Superstar, that is now available on DVD.  To be honest, it was the first time
> I fully understood the point of view of both Judas and Jesus and was torn
> between them.  It is also the first time I cried during Superstar, which like
> HAiR, I've known almost all my life.  I understood the fear and fanaticism.
> It was the first time Superstar touched me in that way.
> 
> I'm not sure I would endorse a full update of HAiR (such as the current
> production in London), but I think that something needs to be done to link it
> to our current climate.  Many young people do not understand the parallel.  I
> was trying to put a production together back in 2001, before 911.  My concept
> was to show news footage during the end of Flesh Failures, showing all of the
> atrocities still taking place in the world, and that the need to "let the
> sunshine in", and the need for the message of HAiR, still exists today.  HAiR
> is not a period piece.  It's message is alive and very much vital.
> 
> -Bil Gonzalez
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: James Pappaconstantine
> To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
> Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 7:35 PM
> Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Good press
> 
> 
> Personally... I have to side with the traditionalists.. Which is strange for
> me, as I am usually standing on the outside looking in. I've only seen Hair
> done the traditional way but I don't think I would like it reworked..  I do
> know that I Did Jesus Christ Superstar (Jesus) and we did it traditional way..
> It was great and got mass appeal and press, Maybe two years later a larger
> theatre did it, I went to audition and had doubts when I read that the
> director was going to change it up.. I auditioned anyway.. and would have been
> cast as Jesus again, had I agreed to cut my hair.. The directors vision was to
> have Jesus be basically a skinhead. (I would not cut my freak flag and I
> didn't get the part.) A friend of mine got the part of Jesus and I went to see
> it.. I have to say.. I hated it.. Judas died from shooting up Heroin, The
> gaurds had guns and camoflauge and when Jesus died, nobody cried. I was so
> glad I didn't get the part. Again.. I have not seen Hair done any o ther way..
> but from that experience with JCS I doubt I would dig it.  My opinion.. JIM
> 
> richard haase <hotprojects@nyc.rr.com> wrote:
>   I disagree
>   it is a question of the quality of the choice
>   if the updating is done sublimely
>   it will be sublime
>   if its badly done it will be bad
> 
> 
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: "Charles Preston"
>   To: 
>   Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 5:04 PM
>   Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Good press
> 
> 
>> I am right behind both of you.
>> Way to go Robin and Way to go Katie
>> HAiR is a piece of American Culture and should stay that way. HAiR really
>> tells things like they are so everyone can understand if they will open
>> there minds. It is also a lot of FUN and goodness. You know HAPPY along
>> with some sad. There is that Message that gets but across.
>> 
>> Peace, Love, & Blessings
>> ~~Charles ~~
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Robin McNamar a"
>> To: 
>> Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 4:48 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Good press
>> 
>> 
>>> Congratulations Katie, sounds like you did a wonderful job & yes a show
>>> should go on the road, that way through press & interviews we could
>>> articulate how relevant Hair is today in contemporary times instead of
>>> changing it like they did in London. In my opinion Hair is a powerful
>>> period piece in American Culture & should stay that way.
>>> 
>>> Love forever
>>> Robin
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Katie Kasben"
>>> To: 
>>> Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 3:24 PM
>>> Subject: [Mb-hair] Good press
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> Hey Kids,
>>>> 
>>>> I wanted to share with you a great letter to the editor of the Raleigh
>>>> News and Observer (our state capitol's paper, and about 4 hours away
>   from
>>>> here):
>>>> 
>>>> *the last two paragraphs are my favourite...
>>>> 
>>>> Mark Schultz
>>>> Orange County editor
>>>> The News & Observer
>>>> Chapel Hill News editor
>>>> (919) 932-2003
>>>> 
>>>> Now is the time to act
>>>> Perry Young column for September 05
>>>> 
>>>> A few weeks ago, a very nice lady organized a genteel gathering at
>>>> the downtown post office in support of Cindy Sheehan's anti-war
>>>> protest outside the President's vacation ranch in Crawford, Texas.
>>>> I hung about the edges, expecting to be bored by the usual liberal
>>>> speec hes. But, no, this woman said there would be no speeches, just a
>>>> quiet show of support. And, so, for several long minutes, we just
>>>> stood there.
>>>> 
>>>> I finally wandered off, frustrated that nobody was saying anything,
>>>> nobody was doing anything. More to the point, why wasn't I doing
>>>> more?
>>>> 
>>>> After witnessing the obscenity of the senseless slaughter in Vietnam
>>>> as a correspondent, I came back and joined in every major peace march
>>>> on Washington. Then, as now, our President showed a profound
>>>> indifference to poor people in this country and the devastation we
>>>> were causing half way around the world. As we sang, "All we are
>>>> saying is give peace a chance," armed troops surrounded the White
>>>> House and turned the tear gas on us.
>>>> 
>>>> Now i t seems one pathetic Gold Star mother has finally aroused our
>>>> outrage about the lies that led to the current quagmire in Iraq. Ms.
>>>> Sheehan's courageous and timely stand was pushed to the back pages by
>>>> hurricane Katrina and the unbelievable pictures of the needless
>>>> suffering and dying of people not in Somalia or Iraq, but in our own
>>>> backyard.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> We looked in the mirror and were appalled by our own self-image. The
>>>> richest country the world has ever known was simply incapable of
>>>> taking care of its own people in a time of crisis. The Bush
>>>> administration was suddenly exposed for what it has been all along:
>>>> an incompetent bunch of ideologues who are simply not worthy of the
>>>> high offices they've been pushed into.
>>>> 
>>>> It is one thing to giggle and grin about the sport of hardball
>>>> politics; it is quite another when these kinds of self-serving
>>>> decisions result in the loss of lives and livelihoods of hundreds of
>>>> thousands of people. The President is guilty of criminal neglect on a
>>>> scale never before seen in America. We are left with the indelible
>>>> images of the poor people in Louisiana and Mississippi crying out for
>>>> help while Condi Rice gads about New York and Bush blithely flies off
>>>> to San Diego for another multi- million dollar fund raiser.
>>>> 
>>>> It is eerie to watch; as Bush actually seems to look more and more
>>>> like Nixon with his weirdly inappropriate facial gestures and that
>>>> loony giggle that often follows even the most solemn words written for
>>>> him to mispronounce.
>>>> 
>>>> But in this moment of our co untry's dire need, some rays of hope
>>>> shine through. The glamorous stars of television came alive as never
>>>> before and proved themselves worthy of the profession of Edward R.
>>>> Murrow. For once, the administration could not put a happy face on
>>>> yet another catastrophe. This time, their lies could be proven by the
>>>> pictures, live and in color from the battlefront.
>>>> 
>>>> And in spite of our leaders indifference, the American people have
>>>> responded with an outpouring of love and generosity unparalleled in
>>>> our history. People aren't just giving money, they're offering up
>>>> their times, their homes, their very lives to help. Maybe we are
>>>> finally overcoming the greed and selfishness of the 1980s and 1990s.
>>>> As if in answer to my personal yearning for the 1960s, I was recently
>>>> invited bac k to Asheville for a new production of the rock musical,
>>>> Hair.
>>>> 
>>>> Now, if you think nothing could be more dated than this show which I
>>>> first saw as a cabaret skit at Cheetah discotheque in New York in
>>>> 1967, you are dead wrong. As I sat listening to the joyful music of
>>>> protest to war, to racism, to the destruction of the environment, I
>>>> realized that every word was just as relevant today as it was 40 years
>>>> ago. Tears flooded down my face as an Asheville delegation of
>>>> Veterans for Peace staged the last scene in this version of Hair,
>>>> bringing in the flag-draped casket of the young hippie who got drafted
>>>> and killed in Vietnam. I urged the incredibly talented young
>>>> director, Katie Kasben, to take the show on the road. All America is
>>>> ready to renew those anthems of peace a nd "let the sunshine in"!
>>>> 
>>>> Just as I remembered from the 1967 show, there were "peace and love"
>>>> people outside the theater getting signatures on petitions and signing
>>>> people up for the bus ride to the next big peace march on Washingtron.
>>>> It'll be on Saturday, September 24. I plan to be there; I love the
>>>> smell of tear gas in the morning.
>>>> 
>>>> 
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From michael at michaelbutler.com  Fri Sep 23 22:20:31 2005
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Fri Sep 23 22:27:03 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] With your Permission
Message-ID: <BF5A302F.23D50%michael@michaelbutler.com>

Please take the time to read this speech by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. I know I
have sent it before. This might be a man to watch. Michael


Published on Friday, September 16, 2005 by CommonDreams.org
Those of Us Who Know That America?s Worth Fighting for Have to Take It Back
Now from Those Who Don?t
by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
Speech delivered at the Sierra Summit 2005
San Francisco, California
September 10, 2005
 

I want to tell you how proud I am to accept the William O. Douglas Award.

Two of my most poignant memories as a child involved Justice Douglas. One of
them was when I was 11 years old I did a 20 mile hike with my little brother
David and with Justice Douglas and my father, which was a bird watching hike
on the C & O Canal which he played a critical role in protecting. We started
at four o?clock in the morning and walked all day. Then I did a 10 day pack
trip with him. He took my whole family up to Olympic Range and the San Juan
Peninsula and went camping for almost two weeks when I was eight years old.

Justice Douglas had a very strong relationship with my family. My
grandfather brought Justice Douglas into public life and gave him his first
job at the SEC as his deputy and then got Franklin Roosevelt to appoint him
to run the SEC and played a critical role in getting him appointed as a
justice of the Supreme Court. He said that his relationship to my
grandfather was a father son relationship. When my father was 18 years old
Justice Douglas took him for a walking tour of Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan,
all the Asian Soviet Republics. They were the first Westerners to enter
Soviet Asia after the 1917 revolution and they had an extraordinary trip and
Justice Douglas wrote a book about it.

He had a very, very close relationship with my family and as an attorney the
case that was the most important case, he was our greatest environmental
jurist and the most important case was Sierra Club vs. Morton where he
actually said that he believed the trees should have standing to sue
[applause]. And there is nobody in American history that I more admire than
him. What he understood - which is what I think more and more people are
understanding - is that protecting the environment is not about protecting
the fishes and the birds for their own sake but it?s about recognizing that
nature is the infrastructure of our communities and that if we want to meet
our obligation as a generation, as a civilization, as a nation which is to
create communities for our children that provide them with the same
opportunities for dignity and enrichment and good health.

As the communities that our parents gave us, we?ve got to start by
protecting our environmental infrastructure, the air we breathe, the water
we drink, the public lands, the fisheries, the wildlife, the public areas
that connect us to our past, that connect us to our history, that provide
context to our communities that are the source ultimately of our values and
virtues and character as a people. Over the past 22 years as an
environmental advocate, I?ve been disciplined about being non-partisan and
bipartisan in my approach to these issues. I don?t think there is any such
thing as Republican children or Democratic children.

I think the worst thing that could happen to the environment is it becomes
the province of a single political party. It was mentioned that I have a
book out there that is very critical of this president and that?s true but
it?s not a partisan book. I didn?t write that book because I?m a Democrat
and he?s a Republican. If he were a Democrat, I would have written the same
book. I?m not objecting to him because of his political party and I?ve
worked for Republicans if they?re good on the environment and Democrats on
the same level but you can?t talk honestly about the environment in any
context today without speaking critically of this president. This is the
worst - - [applause].

This is the worst environmental president we?ve had in American history.

If you look at NRDC?s website you?ll see over 400 major environmental roll
backs that are listed there that have been implemented or proposed by this
administration over the past four years as part of a deliberate concerted
effort to eviscerate 30 years of environmental law.

It?s a stealth attack.

The White House has used all kinds of ingenious machinations to try to
conceal its radical agenda from the American people including Orwellian
rhetoric. When they want to destroy the forests, they call it the Healthy
Forest Act. When they wanted to destroy the air, they called it the Clear
Skies Bill.

But most insidiously, they have put polluters in charge of virtually all the
agencies that are supposed to protect Americans from pollution.

President Bush appointed as head of the Forest Service a timber industry
lobbyist, Mark Rey, probably the most rapacious in history. He put in charge
of public lands a mining industry lobbyist, Steven Griles, who believes that
public lands are unconstitutional. He put in charge of the air division of
the EPA, Jeffrey Holmstead, a utility lobbyist who has represented nothing
but the worst air polluters in America. As head of Superfund, a woman whose
last job was teaching corporate polluters how to evade Superfund. The second
in command of EPA is a Monsanto lobbyist.

The New York Times reported a couple of weeks ago we all read that as second
in command of CEQ which is in the White House directly advising the
president of environmental policy, he put a lobbyist of the American
Petroleum Institute whose only job was to read all of the science from all
the different federal agencies to make sure they didn?t say anything
critical, to excise any critical statements about the oil industry.

He was there to lie to the American public, to protect one of the big
corporate contributors to this White House. This is true throughout all of
the agencies that are supposed to protect Americans from pollution, the
Department of Energy, the Department of Agriculture, the Department of
Commerce which regulates fisheries, the Department of the Interior, EPA of
course, and the relevant divisions of the Justice Department. The same
thing, all these agencies and sub secretariats, it is the polluters who are
now running these agencies.

There is nothing wrong with having business people in government. It?s a
good thing if you?re objective is to recruit competence and expertise but in
all of these cases these individuals as I show in my book, have entered
government service not to benefit the public interest but rather to subvert
the very laws they?re now charged with enforcing in order to enrich the
president?s corporate pay masters.

They have imposed enormous diminution in quality of life in this country.

The problem is most Americans don?t know about it, they don?t see the
connection and the reason for that is because we have a negligent and
indolent media and press in this country which has absolutely let down
American democracy [applause]. All this right wing propaganda which is
planned and organized and has dominated this country, the political debate
for so many years talking about a liberal media. Well, you know and I know
there is no such thing as a liberal media in the United States of America.

There is a right wing media and if you look where most Americans are now
getting their news, that?s where they?re getting it. According to Pew 30
percent of Americans now say that their primary news source is talk radio
which is 90 percent dominated by the right.

22 percent say their primary news source is Fox News, MSNBC or CNBC, all
dominated by the right and another 10 percent, Sinclair Network which is the
most right wing of all. That?s the largest television network in our
country. It?s run by a former pornographer who requires all 75 of his
affiliate television stations -- and this is where Mid-Westerners get their
news, red state people get their news -- all of them have to take a pledge
to not report critically about this president or about the war in Iraq.

Then the rest of us are -- the majority of Americans are still getting their
news from electronic media and it?s the corporate owned media and they have
no ideology except for filling their pocket books and many of them are run
by big polluters. All of them are run by giant corporations that have all
kinds of deals with the government and are not going to offend public
officials.

This all started in 1988 when Ronald Reagan abolished the Fairness Doctrine.
The Fairness Doctrine said that the airwaves belong to the public. They were
public trust assets just like our air and water and that the broadcasters
could be licensed to use them but only with the proviso that they use them
to promote the public interest and to advance American democracy. They had
to inform the public of issues of public import. They had to have the news
hours. None of those networks wanted to show the news because it?s
expensive, they lose money on it. They had to avoid corporate consolidation.
They had to have local control and diversity of control. That was the
requirement of the law since 1928.

Today as a result of the abolishment of that doctrine, six giant
multi-national corporations now control all 14,000 radio stations in our
country, almost all 6,000 TV stations and 80 percent of our newspapers, all
of our billboards and now most of the Internet information services, so you
have six guys who are dictating what Americans have as information and what
we see as news.

The news departments have become corporate profit centers, they no longer
have any obligation to benefit the public interests, their only obligation
is to their shareholders and they fulfill that obligation by increasing
viewer ship. How do you do that? Not by reporting the news that we need to
hear in to make rational decisions in our democracy but rather by
entertaining us, by appealing to the prurient interests that all of us have
in the reptilian core of our brain for sex and celebrity gossip --
[applause]. So they give us Laci Peterson and Michael Jackson and Kobe
Bryant and we?re today the best entertained and the least informed people on
the face of the earth and this is a real threat to American democracy.

If you look at the PIPA Report and I?ve known this for many, many years
because I do 40 speeches a year in red states Republican audiences and there
is no difference. When people hear this message and what this White House is
doing and the Gingrich Congress, there is no difference between the way
Republicans react and the Democrats react except the Republicans come up
afterwards and say, ?Why haven?t we ever heard of this before? I say to
them, ?It?s because you?re watching Fox News and listening to Rush.?

And 80 percent of Republicans are just Democrats who don?t know what?s going
on [applause].

I don?t know if any of you saw the PIPA Report which came out after the last
election but it confirmed everything and this is kind of a digression but
this whole talk has turned into a digression. The PIPA Report was done by
the University of Maryland and it showed that there is no?you know all these
Saturday morning gas bags, the political pundits you see on TV talking about
the moral difference and the ideological difference between red states and
blue states.

There is no difference.

The only difference is there is a huge informational deficit in the red
states and I?ve known this for a long time reaction I get people and the
PIPA Report confirmed that by going and asking people who voted for Bush and
who voted for Kerry about their knowledge of current events. What they found
that of the people that voted for Bush had the same ideology, the same basic
values, they were just misinformed. 70 percent said that they believed that
Saddam Hussein bombed the World Trade Center, 70 percent believed that
weapons of mass destruction had been found in Iraq, 64 percent believed that
President Bush strongly supported the Kyoto Protocol and strong labor and
environmental standards in our foreign treaties and on and on.

When PIPA went back and asked them what they believed, there was almost no
difference between what the Republicans and Democrats believed where America
should be headed. The problem was a huge information deficit because the
news media in this country is letting down American democracy and democracy
cannot survive long without a vigorous news media.

I?ll give you an example. As I said a gigantic diminution in quality of life
that has taken place in this country as a direct result of this President?s
environmental policy that Americans mainly don?t know about. I?m just going
to focus on one industry which is coal burning power plants.

I have three sons who have asthma. One out of every four black children in
America?s cities now has asthma. We know that asthma attacks are triggered
primary by bad air, by ozone and particulates and we know that the principle
source of those materials in our atmosphere are 1,100 coal burning power
plants that are burning coal illegally. It?s been illegal for 17 years.
President Clinton?s administration was prosecuting the worst 75 of those
plants but that?s an industry that donated $48 million to this president
during the 2000 cycle and have given $58 million since.

One of the first things that Bush did when he came into office was to order
the Justice Department and EPA to drop all those lawsuits. The top three
enforcers at EPA, Sylvia Lowrance, Bruce Buckheit, Eric Schaeffer, all
resigned their jobs in protest. These weren?t Democrats, these were people
who had served through the Reagan and Bush administrations, the earlier Bush
administration.

A top Justice Department official said that this had never happened in
American history before where a presidential candidate accepts money,
contributions from criminals under indictment or targeted for indictment and
then orders those indictments and investigations dropped when he achieves
office.

Immediately after dropping those lawsuits, the White House went and
abolished the New Source Rule which was the heart and soul, the central
provision of the Clean Air Act. That rule is the rule that required those
plants to clean up 17 years ago and it?s the fundamental compromise that
allowed the passage of the Clean Air Act.

If you go to EPA?s website today, you will see that that decision alone,
that single decision, this is EPA?s website, kills 18,000 Americans every
single year. Six times the number of people that were killed by the World
Trade Center attack. This should be on the front page of every newspaper in
this country every single day and yet you?re not reading about it in the
American press.

A couple of months ago EPA announced that in 19 states it is now unsafe to
eat any freshwater fish in the state for mercury contamination. We know
where the mercury is coming from, those same coal burning power plants. In
48 states at least some of the fish are unsafe to eat. In fact, the only two
states where all of the fish are still safe to eat are Alaska and Wyoming
where Republican controlled legislatures have refused to appropriate the
money to test the fish. In all of the other states at least some, most or
all of the fish are unsafe to eat.

We know a lot about mercury we didn?t know a few years ago. We know for
example, that one out of every six, now one out of every three American
women have so much mercury in her womb that her children are at risk for a
grim inventory of diseases, autism, blindness, mental retardation, heart,
liver, kidney disease.

I have so much mercury in my body, I had my levels tested recently and
Waterkeeper will test your levels, you can send them a hair sample. Mine are
about double what the EPA considers safe. I was told by Dr. David Carpenter
who is the national authority on mercury contamination that a woman with my
levels of mercury in her blood would have children with impairment. I said
to him, ?You mean she might have? and he said, ?No, the science is very
certain today. Her children would have some kind of permanent brain damage.?
He estimated an IQ loss in those kids of about five to seven points.

Well, we have 630,000 children who are born in America every year who have
been exposed to dangerous levels of mercury in their mother?s wombs.
President Clinton recognizing the gravity of this national health epidemic
reclassified mercury as a hazardous pollutant under the Clean Air Act. That
triggered the requirement that all of those companies remove 90 percent of
the mercury within three and a half years. It would have cost less than one
percent of plant revenue, a great deal for the American people. We have the
technology, it exists, we already require it in states like Massachusetts.

But it still meant billions of dollars for that industry and that?s the
industry that gave $100 million to this president and about 12 weeks ago the
White House announced that it was abolishing the Clinton era rules and
substituting instead rules that were written by utility industry lobbyists
that will allow those companies to never have to clean up the mercury. The
rules say in their face that they have to clean up 70 percent within 15
years which by itself is outrageous but in fact, the utility lawyers who
wrote those rules wrote so many loopholes into them that the utilities will
be able to challenge them probably successfully and certainly forever and
they will never have to clean up any additional mercury.

We?re living in a science fiction nightmare today in the United States of
America where my children and the children of millions of Americans who have
asthmatic kids are bringing children into a world where the air is too
poisonous for them to breathe. Where my children and the children of most
Americans can now no longer safely engage in the seminal primal activity of
American youth which is to go fishing with their father and mother and to
come home and eat the fish because somebody gave money to a politician.

I live three hours south of the Adirondack Mountains, the oldest protected
wilderness on the face of the earth. It?s been protected since 1888. We had
a right, the American people, to believe that we would be able to enjoy
those pristine landscapes, the forests, the beautiful lakes for generations
unspoiled.

But today, one fifth of the lakes in the Adirondacks are now sterilized from
acid rain which has also destroyed the forest cover on the high peaks of the
Appalachian from Georgia all the way up into Northern Quebec and this
president has put the brakes on the statutory requirements that those
companies, those coal burning power plants clean up the acid rain. As a
direct result of that decision, this year for the first time since the
passage of the Clean Air Act sulfur dioxide levels went up in our country an
astronomical four percent in a single year.

The person who gave me this t-shirt talked about mountain top mining a few
minutes ago. A year ago in May, I flew over the coal fields of Kentucky and
West Virginia and I saw where the coal is coming from. If the American
people could see what I saw, there would be a revolution in this country
because we are cutting down the Appalachian Mountains. These historic
landscapes where Daniel Boone and Davy Crockett roamed are the source of our
values and our culture and we?re cutting them down with these giant machines
called drag lines. They?re 22 stories high, they cost half a billion dollars
and they practically dispense with the need for human labor and that of
course, is the point.

I remember when my father was fighting strip mining back in the ?60?s, a
conversation I had with him at the dinner table where he said they are not
only destroying the environment but they are permanently impoverishing these
communities because there is no way that you can generate an economy from
the moonscapes that they leave behind and they?re doing it so that they can
break the unions and he was right. In 1968 when he told me that there were
114,000 unionized mine workers taking mines out of tunnels in West Virginia.

Today there are only 11,000 miners left in the state and almost none of them
are unionized because the strip industry isn?t. Using these giant machines
and 25 tons of dynamite that they explode in West Virginia every day, a
Hiroshima bomb every week. They are blowing the tops off the mountains and
then they take these giant machines and they scrape the rubble and debris
into the adjacent river valley.

Well, it?s all illegal.

You cannot dump rock and debris and rubble into a waterway in the United
States of America without a Clean Water Act permit. So Joe Lovitz sued them
and he won in front of a great crusty old West Virginia judge, Judge Charles
Hayden who recently died. Charles Hayden said the same thing I said, he
said, ?It?s all illegal, all of it? and he enjoined all mountain top mining.

Two days from when we got that decision, Peabody Coal and Massey Coal who
had given millions of dollars to this White House met in the White House and
the White House rewrote one word of the Clean Water Act. The definition of
the word fill that changed 30 years of statutory interpretation to make it
legal today as it is in every state in the United States to dump rock,
debris, rubble, construction debris, garbage, any kind of solid waste into
any water way in this country without a Clean Water Act permit. All you need
is a rubber stamp permit from the Corps of Engineers that in many cases you
can get through the mail. It has none of the safeguards that the Clean Water
Act provides.

And this is what we?re fighting today, this is not just a battle to save the
environment. This is the subversion of our democracy.

The industry and the great big polluters and their indentured servants and
our political process have done a great job and their PR firms and their
faulty [biastitutes] and all these think tanks on Capitol Hill, have done a
great job over the past couple of decades of marginalizing the environmental
movement, of marginalizing us as radicals, as tree huggers, as I heard the
other day, pagans who worship trees and sacrifice people.

But there is nothing radical about the idea of clean air and clean water for
our children. As I said before, we?re not protecting the environment for the
sake of the fishes and the birds and the trees. We?re protecting it for our
own sake because it?s the infrastructure of our communities and because it
enriches us.

If you talk to these people on Capitol Hill who are promoting these kind of
changes and ask them, ?Why are you doing this?? What they invariably say is,
?Well, the time has come in our nation?s history where we have to choose now
between economic prosperity on the one hand and environmental protection on
the other.?

And that is a false choice. In 100 percent of the situations, good
environmental policy is identical to good economic policy -- [applause]. If
we want to measure our economy and this is how we ought to be measuring it,
based upon it loses jobs and the dignity of jobs over the generations, over
the long term and how it preserves the value of the assets of our
communities.

If on the other hand, we want to do what they?ve been urging us to do on
Capitol Hill which is to treat the planet as if were a business in
liquidation, convert our natural resource to cash as quickly as possible,
have a few years of pollution based prosperity, we can generate an
instantaneous cash flow and the illusion of a prosperous economy but our
children are going to pay for our joy ride.

They?re going to pay for it with the muted landscapes, poor health, huge
clean up costs that are going to amplify over time and that they will never,
ever be able to pay.

Environmental injury is deficit spending. It?s a way of loading the cost of
our generation?s prosperity on to the backs of our children -- [applause].

One of the things I?ve done over the past seven, eight years, since 1994,
since this whole movement, the anti-environmental movement got a foothold, a
beach head in Congress, is to constantly go around and confront this
argument that an investment in our environment is a diminishment of our
nation?s wealth. It doesn?t diminish our wealth, it?s an investment in
infrastructure, the same as investing in telecommunications and road
construction. It?s an investment we have to make if we?re going to insure
the economic vitality of our generation and the next generation. I want to
say this, there is no stronger advocate for free market capitalism than
myself.

I believe that the free market is the most efficient and democratic way to
distribute the goods of the land and that the best thing that could happen
to the environment is if we had true free market capitalism in this country
because the free market promotes efficiency and efficiency means the
elimination of waste and pollution of course is waste. The free market also
would encourage us to properly value our natural resources and it?s the
under valuation of those resources that causes us to use them wastefully.
But in a true free market economy you can?t make yourself rich without
making your neighbors rich and without enriching your community.

But what polluters do is they make themselves rich by making everybody else
poor. They raise standards of living for themselves by lowering quality of
life for everybody else and they do that by evading the discipline of the
free market.

You show me a polluter; I?ll show you a subsidiary. I?ll show you a fat cat
using political clout to escape the discipline of the free market. And force
the public to pay his production costs. That?s what all pollution is, it?s
always a subsidy, it?s always a guy trying to cheat the free market.

Corporations are externalizing machines. They?re constantly figuring out
ways to get somebody else to pay their costs of production, that?s their
nature. One of the best ways to do that and the most common way for a
polluter is through pollution. When those coal burning power plants put
mercury into the atmosphere that comes down from the Ohio Valley and it
comes down on my state New York, I buy a fishing license for $30 every year
but I can?t go fishing and eat the fish anymore because they stole the fish
from me.

They liquidated a pubic asset, my asset. The rule is the commons are owned
by all of us. They?re not owned by the governor or the legislator or the
coal companies and the utility. Everybody has a right to use them.

Nobody has a right to use them. Nobody has a right to use them in a way that
will diminish or injure their use and enjoyment by others. But they?ve
stolen that entire resource from the people of New York State.

When they put the acid rain in the air, it destroys our forest and it
destroys the lakes that we use for recreation or outfitting or tourism or
wealth generation. When they put the mercy?the mercury poisons our
children?s brains and that imposes a clause on us. The ozone in particular
has caused a million asthma attacks a year, kills 18,000 people, hundreds of
thousands lost work day.

All of those impacts, impose costs on the rest of us. That should in a true
free market economy be reflected in the price of that company?s product when
it makes it to the market place.

What those companies and all polluters do is they use political clout to
escape the discipline in the free market and force the public to pay their
costs. All of the federal environmental laws, everyone of the 28 major
environmental laws, all of them were designed to restore free market
capitalism in America by forcing actors in the market place to play the true
cost of bringing their product to market. What we do with the
Riverkeepers?we have 147 licensed Riverkeepers now and each one has a patrol
boat, each one is a full time paid river keeper and each one agrees to sue
polluters.

What we do and we don?t even consider ourselves environmentalists any more.
We?re free marketers.

We go out into the market place, we catch the cheaters, the polluters, and
we say to them, ?We?re going to force you to internalize your costs the same
way that you internalize your profits because as long as somebody is
cheating the free market, none of us get the advantages of the efficiency
and the democracy and the prosperity that the free market otherwise promises
our country.

What we have to understand as a nation is that there is a huge difference
between free market capitalism which democratizes a country, which makes us
more prosperous and efficient and the kind of corporate cloning capitalism
which has been embraced by this White House which is as antithetical to
democracy, to prosperity and efficiency in America as it is in Nigeria --
[applause].

There is nothing wrong with corporations. Corporations are a good thing.
They encourage us to take risks, they maximize wealth, they create jobs. I
own a corporation.

They?re a great thing but they should not be running our government.

The reason for that is they don?t have the same aspirations for America that
you and I do.

A corporation does not want democracy. It does not want free markets, it
wants profits and the best way for them to get profits is to use our
campaign finance system which is just a system of legalized bribery to get
their stakes, their hooks into a public official and then use that public
official to dismantle the market place to give them a competitive advantage
and then to privatize the common, to steal the commonwealth, to liquidate
public assets for cash, to plunder, to steal from the rest of us.

And that doesn?t mean corporations are a bad thing. It just means they?re
amoral and we have to recognize that and not let them into the political
process.

Let them do their thing but they should not be participating in our
political process because a corporation cannot do something genuinely
philanthropic.

Its against the law in this country because their shareholders can sue them
for wasting corporate resources. They cannot legally do anything that will
not increase their profit margins and that?s the way the law works and we
have to recognize that and understand that they are toxic for the political
process and they have to be fenced off and kept out of the political
process.

This is why throughout our history our most visionary political leaders
Republican and Democrat have been warning the American public against the
domination by corporate power.

Teddy Roosevelt and again, this White House has done a great job of
persuading a gullible press and the American public that the big threat to
American democracy is big government. Well, yeah, big government is a threat
ultimately but it is dwarfed by the threat of excessive corporate power and
the corrosive impact that has on our democracy. And you know, as I said, you
look at all the great political leaders in this country and the central
theme is that we have to be cautious about, we have to avoid the domination
of our government by corporate power.

Teddy Roosevelt, a Republican, said that America would never be destroyed by
a foreign power but he warned that our political institutions, our
democratic institutions would be subverted by malefactors of great wealth
who would erode them from within. Dwight Eisenhower, another republican in
his most famous speech ever warned America against the domination by the
military industrial complex.

Abraham Lincoln, the greatest Republican in our history, said during the
height of the Civil War ?I have the South in front of me and I have the
bankers behind me. And for my country I fear the bankers more.?

Franklin Roosevelt said during World War II that the domination of
government by corporate power is ?the essence of Fascism? and Benito
Mussolini who had an insider?s view of that process said the same thing.
Essentially he said that ? he complained that Fascism should not be called
Fascism. It should be called corporatism because it was the merger of state
of corporate power.

And we what we have to understand as Americans is that the domination of
business by government is called Communism.

The domination of government by business is called Fascism.

And what our job is is to walk that narrow trail in between which is free
market capitalism and democracy. And keep big government at bay with our
right hand and corporate power at bay with our left.

In order to do that we need an informed public and an activist public.

And we need a vigorous and an independent press that is willing to speak
truth to power. And we no longer have that in the United States of America.
And that?s something that we all, puts us all, all the values we care about
in jeopardy because you cannot have a clean environment if you do not have a
functioning democracy. They are intertwined, they go together.

There is a direct correlation around the planet between the level of tyranny
and the level of environmental destruction. I could talk about that all day
but you cannot?the only way you can protect the environment is through a
true, locally based democracy.

You can protect it for a short term under a tyranny where there is some kind
of beneficent dictator but over the long term the only way we can protect
the environment is by ensuring our democracy. That has got to be the number
one issue for all of us; to try to restore American democracy because
without that we lose all of the other things that we value.

I?ll say one last thing which is the issue I started off with which is that
we?re not protecting the environment. What Justice Douglas understood.

We?re not protecting the environment for the sake of the fishes and the
birds.

We?re protecting it for our own sake because we recognize that nature
enriches us. It enriches us economically, yes, the base of our economy. And
we ignore that at our peril.

The economy is a wholly owned subsidiary of the environment but it also
enriches us esthetically and recreationally and culturally and historically
and spiritually. Human beings have other appetites besides money and if we
don?t feed them we?re not going to grow up. We?re not going to become the
kind of beings our creator intended us to become.

When we destroy nature we diminish ourselves. We impoverish our children.

We?re not protecting those ancient forests in the Pacific Northwest as Rush
Limbaugh loves to say, for the sake of a spotted owl. We?re preserving those
forests because we believe that the trees have more value to humanity
standing then they would have if we cut them down. I?m not fighting for the
Hudson River for the sake of the shad or the sturgeon or the striped bass,
but because I believe my life will be richer and my children and my
community will be richer if we live in a world where there are shad and
sturgeon and striped bass in the Hudson.

And where my children can see the traditional gear, commercial fishermen on
the Hudson that I have spent 22 years fighting for their livelihoods, their
rights, their culture, and their values. I want my kids to be able to see
them out in their tiny boats using the same fishing methods that they
learned, their great grandparents learned from the Algonquin Indians who
taught them to the original settlers of New Amsterdam. I want them to be
able to see them with their ash poles and gill nets and be able to touch
them when they come to shore to wait out the tides, to repair their nets.
And in doing that connect themselves to 350 years of the New York State
history.

And understand that they?re part of something larger than themselves;
they?re part of a continuum. They?re part of a community.

I don?t want my children to grow up in a world where there are no commercial
fishermen on the Hudson, where it?s all Gordon Seafood and Unilever and 400
ton factory trawlers 100 miles offshore strip mining the ocean with no
interface with humanity.

And where there are no family farmers left in America. Where it?s all
Smithfield and Cargill and Premium Standard farms raising animals in
factories and treating their stock and their neighbors and their workers
with unspeakable cruelty.

And where we?ve lost touch with the seasons and the tides and the things
that connect us to the 10,000 generations of human beings that were here
before there were laptops.

And that connect us ultimately to God.

I don?t believe that nature is God or that we ought to be worshiping it as
God, but I do believe that it?s the way that God communicates to us more
forcefully.

God talks to human beings through many vectors. Through each other, through
organized religions, through wise people and through the great books of
those religions; through art and literature and music and poetry.

But nowhere with such force and clarity and detail and texture and grace and
joy as through creation. We don?t know Michelangelo by reading his
biography; we know him by looking at the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.

And we know our creator best by immersing ourselves in creation. And
particularly wilderness which is the undiluted work of the creator.

And you know -- [applause] -- if you look at every one of the great
religious traditions throughout the history of mankind the central epiphany
always occurs in the wilderness. Buddha had to go to the wilderness to
experience self realization and nirvana. Mohammed had to go to the
wilderness in Mt. Harrod 629, climb to the summit, rest one angel in the
middle of the night to have the Koran squeeze from his body.

Moses had to go to the wilderness of Mt. Sinai for 40 days alone to get the
Commandments. The Jews had to spend 40 years wandering the wilderness to
purge themselves of 400 years of slavery in Egypt.

Christ had to go into the wilderness for 40 days to discover his divinity
for the first time. His mentor was John the Baptist, a man who lived in the
Jordan valley dressed in the skins of wild beasts and ate locust and the
honey of wild bees and all of Christ?s parables are taken from nature. I am
the vine; you are the branches. The mustard seed, the little swallows, the
scattering of seeds on the [Fellowgram], the lilies of the field. He called
himself a fisherman, a farmer, a vineyard keeper, a shepherd.

The reason he did that was that?s how he stayed in touch with the people.
It?s the same reason all the Talmudic prophets, the Koranic prophets, the
Old Testament prophets, the New Testament prophets. Even the pagan prophets
like Aesop they did the same thing; they used parables and allegories and
fables drawn from nature to teach us the wisdom of God.

And all of the Old Testament prophets, all the Talmudic prophets, all the
New Testament prophets came out of the wilderness. Every one of them and
they were all shepherds. That daily connection to nature gave them a special
access to the wisdom of the all mighty. They used these parables and the
reason Christ did that was that?s how he stayed in touch with the people. He
was saying things that were revolutionary like all the prophets.

He was contradicting everything that the common people had heard from the
literal sophisticated people of their day and they would have dismissed him
as a quack but they were able to confirm the wisdom of his parables through
their own observations of the fishes and the birds.

And they were able to say, he?s not telling us something new; he?s simply
illuminating something very, very old. Messages that were written into
creation at the beginning of time by the creator. We haven?t been able to
discern or decipher them into the prophets came along and immersed
themselves in wilderness and learned its language and then come back into
the cities to tell us about the wisdom of God.

You know, all of our values in this country are the same thing. This is
where our values come from, from wilderness and from nature and from the
beginning of our national history. People from Sierra Club have to
understand this and articulate it.

Our greatest spiritual leaders, moral leaders and philosophers were telling
the American people ?You don?t have to be ashamed because you don?t have the
1,500 years of culture that they have in Europe because you have this
relationship with the land and particularly the wilderness. That?s going to
be the source of your values and virtues and character.

If you look at every valid piece of classic American literature the central
unifying theme is that nature is the critical defining element of American
culture, whether it?s Emerson, Thoreau, Melville and Hawthorne, Mark Twain,
Jack London, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Hemingway. All of them.

Let me just finish this thought. The first great writer we produced in this
country, an international best seller, was [James Fenimore Cooper]. He wrote
the The Leather Stocking Tales, The Last of the Mohicans, The Pathfinder,
The Deerslayer, about this character Natie Bumpo who was a creature of the
American wilderness. He had all the virtues that the European romantics
associated with the American woodland; he was a crack shot, he was self
reliant, he had fortitude and integrity and he was a gentleman and honest.

The reason they made him a bestseller in Europe was not because it was great
writing; it wasn?t. It was atrocious, but because they believed that there
really was a new being being created out of the American forest. We made him
a best seller in our country because we believe that about ourselves. A
generation after that you had Emerson and Thoreau come along who have kicked
off the traces of the European heritage and they embrace nature as a
spiritual parable of all Americans.

They say if you?re an American and you want to hear the voice of God you
have to go into the forest and listen to the songs of the birds and the
rustle of the leaves and if you want to see the American soul you have to
look at the mirror of Walden Pond. Our poets Whitman, Frost, Emily
Dickinson, Robert Service.

Our artists, we have two schools, defining schools of art in this country:
the western school ? Remington and Russell ? and the Hudson River School ?
Bierstadt, Thomas Cole, Frederic Church, Samuel F. B. Morris, etc. And all
of them painted these stark, indomitable portraits. Storm King Mountain, El
Capitan, the Sierra Nevada, Yosemite, the Grand Canyon. Any evidence of
humanity is in ruins.

And there are other national schools of art that painted nature. The British
have their still lives and the French and Italians and their garden scenes,
etc. But that?s nature tamed.

The American artist chose to paint nature in its wildest state because they
saw that as the way to capture the American soul.

As I said this is where our values come from.

These people on Capitol Hill they look out at our green landscapes and they
see nothing but cash for their corporate contributors, quick cash. I saw a
couple of days ago Donald Rumsfeld on TV and I saw him and I saw how
articulate and eloquent he was. I know Donald Rumsfeld, he lives next to my
house in Washington.

When I got out of prison in Puerto Rico a couple of years ago he actually
was very kind to me. I met him at lunch and dinner a couple of times at my
mom?s house. He?s a very charming guy, an affable. If you?re not in Abu
Ghraib? but I saw him on TV in his suit and he looked so good and he?s so
eloquent and charming and stuff and I say, here?s a man who?s had the best
of our country. He?s gone to our churches, had the best schools, the
education, the contacts, the money everything. And then I see these letters
that he wrote back and forth with Alberto Gonzales, he?s e-mailed debating
how much it was permissible for Americans to torture people. And I say to
myself how did these people miss the whole point of America? How do they not
know that torture is not an American family value?

And I say that this is an administration that represents itself as the White
House of values but every value that they claim to represent is just a
hollow fa?ade, that marks the one value that they really consider worth
fighting for which is corporate profit taking.

They say that they like free markets but they despise free market
capitalism. What they like if you look at their feet rather than their
clever, clever mouths what they really like is corporate welfare and
capitalism for the poor but socialism for the rich.

They say that they like private property but they don?t like private
property except when it?s the right of a polluter to use his private
property to destroy his neighbors property and to destroy the public
property.

And they say that they like law and order but they are the first ones to let
the corporate law breakers off the hook. And they say that they like local
control and states rights but they only like those things when it means
sweeping away the barriers to corporate profit taking at the local level.
And you and the Sierra Club know and I can give you hundreds of examples.
They?re suing my cousin Arnold Schwarzenegger. Detroit is suing him for
this?I know that?s not going to get a lot for applause in this room.

But you know what do you sign into law? The best automobile emissions bill
that was passed by the Democratic legislature and now Detroit is saying
they?re going to sue them just because they recognize that the emissions
here were not protecting the health of the people of their state. So they
want ones that will. Now Detroit is saying it?s going to sue them and the
Federal government is now making noises that it?s going to come into that
suit on the side of Detroit. That?s not local control.

We know and when I?m fighting these hog farms down in North Carolina and the
first people they hear from when these local counties try to pass the zoning
ordinance to zone out the big hog shows. The first person they heard from is
Ted Olson up in the federal government saying that?s an interference with
federal commerce and we?re going to come down on you like a hammer.

The same thing in West Virginia, when the localities try to zone out Massey
Coal and Peabody from cutting down their mountain the federal government
comes down and crushes them. So they don?t like local control.

And you know all of these things they claim to love.

They claim to love Christianity but they have violated every one of the
manifold mandates of the Christian faith --[applause] -- that we care for
the environment.

We treat the earth respectfully and we treat our future generations with
respect and all of these things, the values go along with the land we all
know that.

I?ll close with a proverb from the Lakota people that all of you have heard,
that?s been expropriated by the environmental movement to a large extent
where they said we didn?t inherit this planet from our ancestors; we
borrowed it from our children.

I would add to that if we don?t return to our children something that is
roughly the equivalent of what they receive, not just in the quality of the
environment but in the integrity of the values that have been handed down
through generations of Americans.

You know, visionary Republican and Democratic leadership only to hit these
destructive people who are now running our country. The worst administration
that we?ve had in American history and the greatest threat now to our
country and our democracy. And all the values that cherish about America.
And you know the way we?re viewed and the rest of the world we need to
return those things.

I look at this White House and I ask myself?and this may be unfair?but I ask
myself a lot of times, how did they get so many draft dodgers in one place?
You know, the president, Dick Cheney five deferments; John Ashcroft, six
deferments. Paul Wolfowitz, Richard Perle, Tom DeLay, all of their buddies.
Dennis Hastert, Rush Limbaugh, well, you know, there are a lot of people who
dodged the draft during the Vietnam War and I know a lot of them.

Most of them did it because they had moral qualms about that war.

But not these people.

These people love the war; they just wanted somebody else to fight it. And
it occurs to me that the reason for that is that these are people who don?t
understand the values that makes America worth fighting for. But America is
worth fighting for and it?s worth dying for.

Those of us who know that it?s worth fighting for have to take it back now
from those who don?t.

Thank you very much.

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From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Sat Sep 24 04:29:52 2005
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Sat Sep 24 04:35:54 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: Good press
References: <200509240008.j8O087Sw006817@dune.islandtechnologies.net>
	<000601c5c0ae$d8eb9f10$6401a8c0@Leo>
Message-ID: <015f01c5c0fb$480b6dc0$6e436c42@hotprojects>

also understand i dont find it dated
im a hair freak
but the critics and the general populace?
i wonder if psychologically
anything set then set in a historical period
to the average american
conjures up taking a history lesson
?
and americans dont like to go to school

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Leo" <peacefreak@metrocast.net>
To: <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 10:22 PM
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: Good press


> This is outasite Katie!! Big time congrats to you and your Tribe. HAIR has
> worked it's wonderful magic once again.
>
> PEACE,
> Leo
> ----- Original Message ----- >
>  From: "Katie Kasben" <katiekasben@hotmail.com>
>  Subject: [Mb-hair] Good press
>
>  Hey Kids,
>  I wanted to share with you a great letter to the editor of the Raleigh
News
> and Observer (our state capitol's paper, and about 4 hours away from
here):
>  *the last two paragraphs are my favourite...
>
>  Mark Schultz
> Orange County editor
> The News & Observer
> Chapel Hill News editor
>
> ..................... As if in answer to my personal yearning for the
1960s,
> I was recently invited back to Asheville for a new production of the rock
> musical, Hair.
>  Now, if you think nothing could be more dated than this show which I
first
> saw as a cabaret skit at Cheetah discotheque in New York in 1967, you are
> dead wrong.  As I sat listening to the joyful music of protest to war, to
> racism, to the destruction of the environment, I realized that every word
> was just as relevant today as it was 40 years ago.  Tears flooded down my
> face as an Asheville delegation of Veterans for Peace staged the last
scene
> in this version of Hair, bringing in the flag-draped casket of the young
> hippie who got drafted and killed in Vietnam.  I urged the incredibly
> talented young director, Katie Kasben, to take the show on the road.  All
> America is ready to renew those anthems of peace and  "let the sunshine
in"!
>  Just as I remembered from the 1967 show, there were  "peace and love"
> people outside the theater getting signatures on petitions and signing
> people up for the bus ride to the next big peace march on Washingtron.
It'll
> be on Saturday, September 24.  I plan to be there; I love the smell of
tear
> gas in the morning.
>
>
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From lilacamy11 at yahoo.com  Sat Sep 24 11:56:06 2005
From: lilacamy11 at yahoo.com (Amy Kazan)
Date: Sat Sep 24 12:02:04 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: Mb-hair Digest, Vol 15, Issue 45
In-Reply-To: <200509240008.j8O087Sx006817@dune.islandtechnologies.net>
Message-ID: <20050924185606.89785.qmail@web34510.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

>In my opinion Hair is a powerful 
> period piece in American Culture & should stay that
>way.

I agree with this as well. HAIR is about the 60s; the
setting is what makes Hair Hair and it's a key
componant in the show. It gives a historical view into
what life was like, however, the themes are relevant
to people living in any time period.

On that note, it would be great to see a show with the
spirit of HAIR that would be a period piece for today.



- Amy

"in time of lilacs who proclaim/ the aim of waking is to dream" - e.e. cummings

"Life is around you and in you . . . Let the sunshine in!" - HAIR (the musical)


		
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From lilacamy11 at yahoo.com  Sat Sep 24 12:01:19 2005
From: lilacamy11 at yahoo.com (Amy Kazan)
Date: Sat Sep 24 12:13:50 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: Mb-hair Digest, Vol 15, Issue 46
In-Reply-To: <200509241900.j8OJ0C5G008920@dune.islandtechnologies.net>
Message-ID: <20050924190119.7115.qmail@web34507.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

>SoCal Fullerton produced HAIR. I took it to Chicago
>for the 1998 Demo Convention. They had a video
>preamble of all major events starting with
>JFK's assassination.

That was awesome Michael... however, the video, if you
remember went backwards... at the very beginning
people came out dressed in "90s" clothes and they had
a video starting with current events and going
backwards to the 60s. It totally did the job of
brining the audience from the current time into the
time of the play. Oh and as the video went backwards,
the characters took off the "90s" clothing to reveal
60s clothing underneath. 

(actually, I saw this production in 1996 so maybe it
was different in 1998). 

And also on another note, I also really liked the most
recent production of JCS (the one that's modern and on
DVD now). I actually saw it in NYC in 2000 and it was
really great. 

- Amy

"in time of lilacs who proclaim/ the aim of waking is to dream" - e.e. cummings

"Life is around you and in you . . . Let the sunshine in!" - HAIR (the musical)


		
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From jameshburns at webtv.net  Sat Sep 24 12:20:24 2005
From: jameshburns at webtv.net (Jim Burns)
Date: Sat Sep 24 12:26:26 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] "Active Denial System"
In-Reply-To: mb-civic-request@islandlists.com's message of Sat, 24 Sep 2005
	12:00:15 -0700
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This is....  Interesting....
______

www.Technovelgy.com


"Active Denial System Has Researchers Worried"

The 'Sheriff' Active Denial System (ADS), due to be implemented in Iraq
by 2006, has some scientists and researchers expressing concerns. ADS is
a non-lethal, counter-personnel directed energy weapon; it projects a
focused beam of millimeter-sized waves to induce an intolerable heating
sensation on the skin of adversaries. 
 
"What happens if someone in a crowd is unable for whatever reason to
move away from the beam?" asked Neil Davison, coordinator of the
nonlethal weapons research project at Britain's Bradford University. 

"How do you ensure that the dose doesn't cross the threshold for
permanent damage? Does the weapon cut out to prevent overexposure?"


According to a paper provided by the government, great care has been
taken to make sure that Active Denial Technology system does not harm
human beings: 

A large portion of the investment, about $9 million, has been devoted to
characterizing the effects of this technology on the human body. This is
to ensure the effects of millimeter waves are well understood, and that
a wide safety margin exists between levels that provide operationally
useful effects and those that may cause injury. Animals and humans have
been used in the extensive test program, which has been conducted in
strict compliance with the procedures, laws and regulations governing
animal and human research. The tests have been reviewed and approved by
a formal Institutional Review Board with oversight from the Air Force
Surgeon General's Office. An independent panel of nongovernmental
medical experts also periodically reviewed and advised on the planning
aspects and results of the research and test activities.

In tests carried out on Wednesday at Kirtland Air Force Base in New
Mexico, participants were asked to remove their glasses and contact
lenses to protect their eyes. In other tests, participants were asked to
remove metal objects like coins from their clothing. 

Science fiction fans have been concerned about energy weapons since H.G.
Wells originated the idea of a heat ray in War of the Worlds. 

The Active Denial System has been in development for almost fifteen
years; early development was done by the Air Force Research Laboratory
and the DoD Joint Non-Lethal Weapons Directorate. 


www.Technovelgy.com - where science meets fiction?

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From michael at michaelbutler.com  Sat Sep 24 12:38:01 2005
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Sat Sep 24 12:43:52 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: Mb-hair Digest, Vol 15, Issue 46
In-Reply-To: <20050924190119.7115.qmail@web34507.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <BF5AF929.23D99%michael@michaelbutler.com>

Thanks for your comments, Amy.
Michael

>> SoCal Fullerton produced HAIR. I took it to Chicago
>> for the 1998 Demo Convention. They had a video
>> preamble of all major events starting with
>> JFK's assassination.
> 
> That was awesome Michael... however, the video, if you
> remember went backwards... at the very beginning
> people came out dressed in "90s" clothes and they had
> a video starting with current events and going
> backwards to the 60s. It totally did the job of
> brining the audience from the current time into the
> time of the play. Oh and as the video went backwards,
> the characters took off the "90s" clothing to reveal
> 60s clothing underneath.
> 
> (actually, I saw this production in 1996 so maybe it
> was different in 1998).
> 
> And also on another note, I also really liked the most
> recent production of JCS (the one that's modern and on
> DVD now). I actually saw it in NYC in 2000 and it was
> really great. 
> 
> - Amy
> 
> "in time of lilacs who proclaim/ the aim of waking is to dream" - e.e.
> cummings
> 
> "Life is around you and in you . . . Let the sunshine in!" - HAIR (the
> musical)
> 
> 
> 
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From michael at michaelbutler.com  Sat Sep 24 13:00:46 2005
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Sat Sep 24 13:07:22 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] "Active Denial System"
In-Reply-To: <10337-4335A6F8-6000@storefull-3278.bay.webtv.net>
Message-ID: <BF5AFE7E.23D9F%michael@michaelbutler.com>

Interesting? Frightening! What horrors next?
Michael

> 
> This is....  Interesting....
> ______
> 
> www.Technovelgy.com
> 
> 
> "Active Denial System Has Researchers Worried"
> 
> The 'Sheriff' Active Denial System (ADS), due to be implemented in Iraq
> by 2006, has some scientists and researchers expressing concerns. ADS is
> a non-lethal, counter-personnel directed energy weapon; it projects a
> focused beam of millimeter-sized waves to induce an intolerable heating
> sensation on the skin of adversaries.
> 
> "What happens if someone in a crowd is unable for whatever reason to
> move away from the beam?" asked Neil Davison, coordinator of the
> nonlethal weapons research project at Britain's Bradford University.
> 
> "How do you ensure that the dose doesn't cross the threshold for
> permanent damage? Does the weapon cut out to prevent overexposure?"
> 
> 
> According to a paper provided by the government, great care has been
> taken to make sure that Active Denial Technology system does not harm
> human beings: 
> 
> A large portion of the investment, about $9 million, has been devoted to
> characterizing the effects of this technology on the human body. This is
> to ensure the effects of millimeter waves are well understood, and that
> a wide safety margin exists between levels that provide operationally
> useful effects and those that may cause injury. Animals and humans have
> been used in the extensive test program, which has been conducted in
> strict compliance with the procedures, laws and regulations governing
> animal and human research. The tests have been reviewed and approved by
> a formal Institutional Review Board with oversight from the Air Force
> Surgeon General's Office. An independent panel of nongovernmental
> medical experts also periodically reviewed and advised on the planning
> aspects and results of the research and test activities.
> 
> In tests carried out on Wednesday at Kirtland Air Force Base in New
> Mexico, participants were asked to remove their glasses and contact
> lenses to protect their eyes. In other tests, participants were asked to
> remove metal objects like coins from their clothing.
> 
> Science fiction fans have been concerned about energy weapons since H.G.
> Wells originated the idea of a heat ray in War of the Worlds.
> 
> The Active Denial System has been in development for almost fifteen
> years; early development was done by the Air Force Research Laboratory
> and the DoD Joint Non-Lethal Weapons Directorate.
> 
> 
> www.Technovelgy.com - where science meets fiction?
> 
> Copyright ? 2005 Technovelgy LLC
> 
> 
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From jameshburns at webtv.net  Sat Sep 24 13:52:18 2005
From: jameshburns at webtv.net (Jim Burns)
Date: Sat Sep 24 13:58:14 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: "Active Denial System"
Message-ID: <24532-4335BC82-2825@storefull-3277.bay.webtv.net>


I was using the ironic, foreboding, definition of "interesting!"

From olhippie at tampabay.rr.com  Sat Sep 24 14:09:33 2005
From: olhippie at tampabay.rr.com (Robin McNamara)
Date: Sat Sep 24 14:15:18 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: "Active Denial System"
References: <24532-4335BC82-2825@storefull-3277.bay.webtv.net>
Message-ID: <001f01c5c14c$43633ea0$53bc2041@CowBox>

What a thing to say, it is a period piece that "pertains" to today, staging 
dialogue etc. is what's impotant , you can "re-write" 'the story' to sort of 
make it contemportary but  but you cannot change Gerry & the original shit . 
:) I tend to believe that you folks understand whast I am talking about.Hey 
Jim as we progress in our "age" it all gets more 'interesting'

Love forever
Robin






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From: "Jim Burns" <jameshburns@webtv.net>
To: <mb-civic@islandlists.com>
Cc: <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2005 4:52 PM
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: "Active Denial System"


>
> I was using the ironic, foreboding, definition of "interesting!"
>
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From cpreston2 at tds.net  Sat Sep 24 14:14:35 2005
From: cpreston2 at tds.net (Charles Preston)
Date: Sat Sep 24 14:20:22 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] "Active Denial System"
Message-ID: <004d01c5c14c$f8344ea0$0400a8c0@CHARLES>

You know it is really interesting and for the life of me I have not and can 
not understand why man (human beings) would rather disrupt, maim, destroy 
and kill than to have peace, care, & love for one another. When the world 
can have peace, care, and love for each other it would be able to move ahead 
so much faster and understanding would be so much better. Why waist time on 
trying to figure out how to destroy the planet and the human race.

I would lay odds that as big as this universe is that the life that exists 
on other worlds don't have this kind of problem as we do here
~~Charles~~
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From olhippie at tampabay.rr.com  Sat Sep 24 14:23:56 2005
From: olhippie at tampabay.rr.com (Robin McNamara)
Date: Sat Sep 24 14:29:40 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] "Active Denial System"
References: <004d01c5c14c$f8344ea0$0400a8c0@CHARLES>
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Right on Charles, I still think it is an early evening.:)

Love forever
Robin
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Charles Preston 
  To: mb-hair@islandlists.com 
  Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2005 5:14 PM
  Subject: [Mb-hair] "Active Denial System"


  You know it is really interesting and for the life of me I have not and can 
  not understand why man (human beings) would rather disrupt, maim, destroy 
  and kill than to have peace, care, & love for one another. When the world 
  can have peace, care, and love for each other it would be able to move ahead 
  so much faster and understanding would be so much better. Why waist time on 
  trying to figure out how to destroy the planet and the human race.

  I would lay odds that as big as this universe is that the life that exists 
  on other worlds don't have this kind of problem as we do here
  ~~Charles~~



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From peacefreak at metrocast.net  Sat Sep 24 14:41:02 2005
From: peacefreak at metrocast.net (Leo)
Date: Sat Sep 24 14:46:50 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: With your Permission
References: <200509241900.j8OJ0C5F008920@dune.islandtechnologies.net>
Message-ID: <000a01c5c150$a90ca5d0$6401a8c0@Leo>

Wow Michael, this speech is outasite; thank you! I had never read it before. 
Man he hits the nail on the head and most particularly with the mass 
media/mainstream media issue.

PEACE,
Leo

----- Original Message ----- 
 From: Michael Butler <michael@michaelbutler.com>
 Subject: [Mb-hair] With your Permission


 Please take the time to read this speech by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. I know I 
have sent it before. This might be a man to watch. Michael
 Published on Friday, September 16, 2005 by CommonDreams.org
 Those of Us Who Know That America?s Worth Fighting for Have to Take It Back
 Now from Those Who Don?t
 by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
 Speech delivered at the Sierra Summit 2005
 San Francisco, California


From bev at beverlybremers.com  Sat Sep 24 14:45:32 2005
From: bev at beverlybremers.com (Beverly Bremers)
Date: Sat Sep 24 14:51:22 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Good press
Message-ID: <20050924214532.554A92FB41@ws6-3.us4.outblaze.com>

Katie - Ditto that! Congrats on a job well done!

Beverly

----- Original Message -----
From: "Robin McNamara" <olhippie@tampabay.rr.com>
To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Good press
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 16:48:37 -0400

> 
> Congratulations Katie, sounds like you did a wonderful job & yes a show should 
> go on the road, that way through press & interviews we could articulate how 
> relevant Hair is today in contemporary times instead of changing it like they 
> did in London. In my opinion Hair is a powerful period piece in American 
> Culture & should stay that way.
> 
> Love forever
> Robin
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Katie Kasben" <katiekasben@hotmail.com>
> To: <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
> Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 3:24 PM
> Subject: [Mb-hair] Good press
> 
> 
> > Hey Kids,
> >
> > I wanted to share with you a great letter to the editor of the Raleigh News 
> > and Observer (our state capitol's paper, and about 4 hours away from here):
> >
> > *the last two paragraphs are my favourite...
> >
> > Mark Schultz
> > Orange County editor
> > The News & Observer
> > Chapel Hill News editor
> > (919) 932-2003
> >
> > Now is the time to act
> > Perry Young column for September 05
> >
> > A few weeks ago, a very nice lady organized a genteel gathering at
> > the downtown post office in support of Cindy Sheehan's anti-war
> > protest outside the President's vacation ranch in Crawford, Texas.
> > I hung about the edges, expecting to be bored by the usual liberal
> > speeches.  But, no, this woman said there would be no speeches, just a
> > quiet show of support.  And, so, for several long minutes, we just
> > stood there.
> >
> > I finally wandered off, frustrated that nobody was saying anything,
> > nobody was doing anything.  More to the point, why wasn't I doing
> > more?
> >
> > After witnessing the obscenity of the senseless slaughter in Vietnam
> > as a correspondent, I came back and joined in every major peace march
> > on Washington.  Then, as now, our President showed a profound
> > indifference to poor people in this country and the devastation we
> > were causing half way around the world.  As we sang, "All we are
> > saying is give peace a chance," armed troops surrounded the White
> > House and turned the tear gas on us.
> >
> > Now it seems one pathetic Gold Star mother has finally aroused our
> > outrage about the lies that led to the current quagmire in Iraq.  Ms.
> > Sheehan's courageous and timely stand was pushed to the back pages by
> > hurricane Katrina and  the unbelievable pictures of the needless
> > suffering and dying of people not in Somalia or Iraq, but in our own
> > backyard.
> >
> >
> > We looked in the mirror and were appalled by our own self-image.  The
> > richest country the world has ever known was simply incapable of
> > taking care of its own people in a time of crisis.  The Bush
> > administration was suddenly exposed for what it has been all along:
> > an incompetent bunch of ideologues who are simply not worthy of the
> > high offices they've been pushed into.
> >
> > It is one thing to giggle and grin about the sport of hardball
> > politics; it is quite another when these kinds of self-serving
> > decisions result in the loss of lives and livelihoods of hundreds of
> > thousands of people.  The President is guilty of criminal neglect on a
> > scale never before seen in America.  We are left with the indelible
> > images of the poor people in Louisiana and Mississippi crying out for
> > help while Condi Rice gads about New York and Bush blithely flies off
> > to San Diego for another multi- million dollar fund raiser.
> >
> > It is eerie to watch; as Bush actually seems to look more and more
> > like Nixon with his weirdly inappropriate facial gestures and that
> > loony giggle that often follows even the most solemn words written for
> > him to mispronounce.
> >
> > But in this moment of our country's dire need, some rays of hope
> > shine through.  The glamorous stars of television came alive as never
> > before and proved themselves worthy of the profession of Edward R.
> > Murrow.  For once, the administration could not put a happy face on
> > yet another catastrophe.  This time, their lies could be proven by the
> > pictures, live and in color from the battlefront.
> >
> > And in spite of our leaders indifference, the American people have
> > responded with an outpouring of love and generosity unparalleled in
> > our history.  People aren't just giving money, they're offering up
> > their times, their homes, their very lives to help.  Maybe we are
> > finally overcoming the greed and selfishness of the 1980s and 1990s.
> > As if in answer to my personal yearning for the 1960s, I was recently
> > invited back to Asheville for a new production of the rock musical,
> > Hair.
> >
> > Now, if you think nothing could be more dated than this show which I
> > first saw as a cabaret skit at Cheetah discotheque in New York in
> > 1967, you are dead wrong.  As I sat listening to the joyful music of
> > protest to war, to racism, to the destruction of the environment, I
> > realized that every word was just as relevant today as it was 40 years
> > ago.  Tears flooded down my face as an Asheville delegation of
> > Veterans for Peace staged the last scene in this version of Hair,
> > bringing in the flag-draped casket of the young hippie who got drafted
> > and killed in Vietnam.  I urged the incredibly talented young
> > director, Katie Kasben, to take the show on the road.  All America is
> > ready to renew those anthems of peace and  "let the sunshine in"!
> >
> > Just as I remembered from the 1967 show, there were  "peace and love"
> > people outside the theater getting signatures on petitions and signing
> > people up for the bus ride to the next big peace march on Washingtron.
> > It'll be on Saturday, September 24.  I plan to be there; I love the
> > smell of tear gas in the morning.
> >
> >
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From fotoblue at flash.net  Sat Sep 24 14:06:25 2005
From: fotoblue at flash.net (fotoblue@flash.net)
Date: Sat Sep 24 15:02:24 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Wisdom of the Green Dog
Message-ID: <380-22005962421625627@M2W048.mail2web.com>

smart wooffie! 
;-)
THANKS, Judy

I'm sending selected thoughts on, to play with over
the weekend...

xxooxx
Dagmar

--- Skyelav@aol.com wrote:

 
> 1. I love you not because of who you are, but
> because of who I am when I  am with you..
> 
> 
> 2. No man or woman is worth your tears, and the one
> who is, won't make you cry.
> 
> 3. Just because someone doesn't love you the way you
> want them to,
> doesn't mean they don't love you with  all they
have.
> 
> 4. A true friend is someone who reaches for your
> hand and touches your heart.
> 
> 5. The worst way to miss someone is to be sitting
> right beside them  knowing you can't have them.
> 
> 6. To the world you may be one person, but to one
> person you may be the  world.
> 
> 7. Don't waste your time on a man/woman, who isn't
> willing to waste his or her  time on you.
> 
> 8. Maybe we are supposed to meet a few wrong people
> before meeting the  right one, so that when we
finally 
> meet that person,  we will know how to be grateful.
> 
> 10. Don't cry because it is over, smile because it
> happened.
> 
> 11. There will always be people that hurt you,
> so what you  have to do is keep on trusting and just

> be more careful about whom you trust next time
around.
> 
> 12. Make yourself a better person and know who you
> are before you try and know someone else.
> 
> 13. But don't try too hard, the best things come
when you
> least expect them to.
> 

 ad 4) True Friends: How many people actually have 8
true
 friends? Hardly anyone I know ! But some of us are
lucky to have all right friends and good  friends!!!

> You have been Tagged by the Green Dog!
> ,-._,-.
> \/)"(\/
> (_o_)

> ruff!!!!!!
> 
 PS from Dagmar: 

give some acquaintances a chance and they will
surprise you by becoming good friends! 

and a little afterthought that has been very helpful
over the years:
WHATEVER HAPPENS, HAPPENS FOR A REASON.
  I do believe this!

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From fotoblue at flash.net  Sat Sep 24 14:56:57 2005
From: fotoblue at flash.net (fotoblue@flash.net)
Date: Sat Sep 24 15:02:47 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] the London version of HAIR
Message-ID: <380-220059624215657649@M2W061.mail2web.com>

Hello tribe, hi Nina,
 please delete my message about the negative press in London.
 it was sent from my other email address, akstudio@flash.net, and is
"awaiting moderator approval".
 I am obviously WAY behind you all,  which I now realize, getting to my
messags in this mailbox.

have not read them all yet!

more later

 Dagmar


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From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Sat Sep 24 14:36:57 2005
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Sat Sep 24 15:18:59 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: "Active Denial System"
References: <24532-4335BC82-2825@storefull-3277.bay.webtv.net>
	<001f01c5c14c$43633ea0$53bc2041@CowBox>
Message-ID: <003301c5c150$171c6b10$6e436c42@hotprojects>

but thats all im talking about robin
is updating it in the very places that they allowed for it
eg the topical references in initials and the long bridge in aint got no
were different in 1968 and 1973
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robin McNamara" <olhippie@tampabay.rr.com>
To: <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2005 5:09 PM
Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Re: "Active Denial System"


> What a thing to say, it is a period piece that "pertains" to today,
staging
> dialogue etc. is what's impotant , you can "re-write" 'the story' to sort
of
> make it contemportary but  but you cannot change Gerry & the original shit
.
> :) I tend to believe that you folks understand whast I am talking
about.Hey
> Jim as we progress in our "age" it all gets more 'interesting'
>
> Love forever
> Robin
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jim Burns" <jameshburns@webtv.net>
> To: <mb-civic@islandlists.com>
> Cc: <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
> Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2005 4:52 PM
> Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: "Active Denial System"
>
>
> >
> > I was using the ironic, foreboding, definition of "interesting!"
> >
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From olhippie at tampabay.rr.com  Sat Sep 24 15:25:39 2005
From: olhippie at tampabay.rr.com (Robin McNamara)
Date: Sat Sep 24 15:31:23 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: "Active Denial System"
References: <24532-4335BC82-2825@storefull-3277.bay.webtv.net>
	<001f01c5c14c$43633ea0$53bc2041@CowBox>
	<003301c5c150$171c6b10$6e436c42@hotprojects>
Message-ID: <001d01c5c156$e4b8c630$53bc2041@CowBox>

Ya know Richard I tend to agree with you "Initials" & other suff are what we 
are on a contemporary level, but their is a whole lot more that that going 
on.

Love forever
Robin
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "richard haase" <hotprojects@nyc.rr.com>
To: <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2005 5:36 PM
Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Re: "Active Denial System"


> but thats all im talking about robin
> is updating it in the very places that they allowed for it
> eg the topical references in initials and the long bridge in aint got no
> were different in 1968 and 1973
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Robin McNamara" <olhippie@tampabay.rr.com>
> To: <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
> Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2005 5:09 PM
> Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Re: "Active Denial System"
>
>
>> What a thing to say, it is a period piece that "pertains" to today,
> staging
>> dialogue etc. is what's impotant , you can "re-write" 'the story' to sort
> of
>> make it contemportary but  but you cannot change Gerry & the original 
>> shit
> .
>> :) I tend to believe that you folks understand whast I am talking
> about.Hey
>> Jim as we progress in our "age" it all gets more 'interesting'
>>
>> Love forever
>> Robin
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Jim Burns" <jameshburns@webtv.net>
>> To: <mb-civic@islandlists.com>
>> Cc: <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
>> Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2005 4:52 PM
>> Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: "Active Denial System"
>>
>>
>> >
>> > I was using the ironic, foreboding, definition of "interesting!"
>> >
>> > _______________________________________________
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>> > Mb-hair@islandlists.com
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>>
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From michael at michaelbutler.com  Sat Sep 24 15:12:55 2005
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Sat Sep 24 15:35:13 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Wisdom of the Green Dog
In-Reply-To: <380-22005962421625627@M2W048.mail2web.com>
Message-ID: <BF5B1D77.23DB7%michael@michaelbutler.com>

Thanks,
Dagmar

> smart wooffie! 
> ;-)
> THANKS, Judy
> 
> I'm sending selected thoughts on, to play with over
> the weekend...
> 
> xxooxx
> Dagmar
> 
> --- Skyelav@aol.com wrote:
> 
> 
>> 1. I love you not because of who you are, but
>> because of who I am when I  am with you..
>> 
>> 
>> 2. No man or woman is worth your tears, and the one
>> who is, won't make you cry.
>> 
>> 3. Just because someone doesn't love you the way you
>> want them to,
>> doesn't mean they don't love you with  all they
> have.
>> 
>> 4. A true friend is someone who reaches for your
>> hand and touches your heart.
>> 
>> 5. The worst way to miss someone is to be sitting
>> right beside them  knowing you can't have them.
>> 
>> 6. To the world you may be one person, but to one
>> person you may be the  world.
>> 
>> 7. Don't waste your time on a man/woman, who isn't
>> willing to waste his or her  time on you.
>> 
>> 8. Maybe we are supposed to meet a few wrong people
>> before meeting the  right one, so that when we
> finally 
>> meet that person,  we will know how to be grateful.
>> 
>> 10. Don't cry because it is over, smile because it
>> happened.
>> 
>> 11. There will always be people that hurt you,
>> so what you  have to do is keep on trusting and just
> 
>> be more careful about whom you trust next time
> around.
>> 
>> 12. Make yourself a better person and know who you
>> are before you try and know someone else.
>> 
>> 13. But don't try too hard, the best things come
> when you
>> least expect them to.
>> 
> 
> ad 4) True Friends: How many people actually have 8
> true
> friends? Hardly anyone I know ! But some of us are
> lucky to have all right friends and good  friends!!!
> 
>> You have been Tagged by the Green Dog!
>> ,-._,-.
>> \/)"(\/
>> (_o_)
> 
>> ruff!!!!!!
>> 
> PS from Dagmar: 
> 
> give some acquaintances a chance and they will
> surprise you by becoming good friends!
> 
> and a little afterthought that has been very helpful
> over the years:
> WHATEVER HAPPENS, HAPPENS FOR A REASON.
> I do believe this!
> 
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
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> http://mail2web.com/ .
> 
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From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Sat Sep 24 14:41:21 2005
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Sat Sep 24 15:55:51 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: Mb-hair Digest, Vol 15, Issue 45
References: <20050924185606.89785.qmail@web34510.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <009e01c5c150$b49dc4b0$6e436c42@hotprojects>

and i disagree vehemently
the zeigeist of hair was that it was cutting edge
it was never meant to be a museum piece
obviously the inclusion of ipods is cheap and meaningless etc

and the fact is with the commercial reality of recoupment\
even a modest size first class company of hair costs approx 4 million and
up; and americans unfortunately do not want a history; lesson; regretably

this is not my opinion
but what i have observed in professional media currently
eg the production of two gentlemen of verona
just done in the park in nyc
another wonderful wonderful show
was just massacred by the critics
i think rather arbitrarily forces in american culture
decided first that the 70s, then the 60s were declasse
and again these are quantiative statements
not qualitative ones
and not representative of my personal opinion
eg i loved loved loved the original production
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Amy Kazan" <lilacamy11@yahoo.com>
To: <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2005 2:56 PM
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: Mb-hair Digest, Vol 15, Issue 45


> >In my opinion Hair is a powerful
> > period piece in American Culture & should stay that
> >way.
>
> I agree with this as well. HAIR is about the 60s; the
> setting is what makes Hair Hair and it's a key
> componant in the show. It gives a historical view into
> what life was like, however, the themes are relevant
> to people living in any time period.
>
> On that note, it would be great to see a show with the
> spirit of HAIR that would be a period piece for today.
>
>
>
> - Amy
>
> "in time of lilacs who proclaim/ the aim of waking is to dream" - e.e.
cummings
>
> "Life is around you and in you . . . Let the sunshine in!" - HAIR (the
musical)
>
>
>
> __________________________________
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> http://mail.yahoo.com
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From olhippie at tampabay.rr.com  Sat Sep 24 16:05:19 2005
From: olhippie at tampabay.rr.com (Robin McNamara)
Date: Sat Sep 24 16:11:03 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: Mb-hair Digest, Vol 15, Issue 45
References: <20050924185606.89785.qmail@web34510.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
	<009e01c5c150$b49dc4b0$6e436c42@hotprojects>
Message-ID: <000401c5c15c$6f275d90$53bc2041@CowBox>

Richard

I don't think it was supposed to be a" museum piece," that is to'easy.'

Love forever
Robin






----- Original Message ----- 
From: "richard haase" <hotprojects@nyc.rr.com>
To: <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2005 5:41 PM
Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Re: Mb-hair Digest, Vol 15, Issue 45


> and i disagree vehemently
> the zeigeist of hair was that it was cutting edge
> it was never meant to be a museum piece
> obviously the inclusion of ipods is cheap and meaningless etc
> 
> and the fact is with the commercial reality of recoupment\
> even a modest size first class company of hair costs approx 4 million and
> up; and americans unfortunately do not want a history; lesson; regretably
> 
> this is not my opinion
> but what i have observed in professional media currently
> eg the production of two gentlemen of verona
> just done in the park in nyc
> another wonderful wonderful show
> was just massacred by the critics
> i think rather arbitrarily forces in american culture
> decided first that the 70s, then the 60s were declasse
> and again these are quantiative statements
> not qualitative ones
> and not representative of my personal opinion
> eg i loved loved loved the original production
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Amy Kazan" <lilacamy11@yahoo.com>
> To: <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
> Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2005 2:56 PM
> Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: Mb-hair Digest, Vol 15, Issue 45
> 
> 
>> >In my opinion Hair is a powerful
>> > period piece in American Culture & should stay that
>> >way.
>>
>> I agree with this as well. HAIR is about the 60s; the
>> setting is what makes Hair Hair and it's a key
>> componant in the show. It gives a historical view into
>> what life was like, however, the themes are relevant
>> to people living in any time period.
>>
>> On that note, it would be great to see a show with the
>> spirit of HAIR that would be a period piece for today.
>>
>>
>>
>> - Amy
>>
>> "in time of lilacs who proclaim/ the aim of waking is to dream" - e.e.
> cummings
>>
>> "Life is around you and in you . . . Let the sunshine in!" - HAIR (the
> musical)
>>
>>
>>
>> __________________________________
>> Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005
>> http://mail.yahoo.com
>> _______________________________________________
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>> Mb-hair@islandlists.com
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> 
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From akstudio at flash.net  Sat Sep 24 13:01:37 2005
From: akstudio at flash.net (DAGMAR & ANTON)
Date: Sat Sep 24 17:01:04 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: HAIR in London
In-Reply-To: <4334e54f.238.56a.9597@btconnect.com>
Message-ID: <20050924200137.82912.qmail@web81310.mail.yahoo.com>

This just in from my friend Richard in London:

> 
> Last night on a tv Arts programme I saw a review of 
Hair.
> The first time I have seen mention of it since your 
mail!!-

(I HAD ASKED HIM TO WATCH FOR IT)

> Apparently it has been updated to include the Iraq
> war, the  London bombings and Abu Ghraib - 
> and I hate to tell you that  the verdict was
extremely negative.
*****************

Has anybody heard or read anything about it?

Dagmar

The "ELVIS! by Dagmar" Book (and a sampling of R'n'R photos) can be seen here: 
http://www.dagmarfoto.com

Come visit Atelier Anton Krajnc in Cyberspace: 
http://www.AntonKrajnc.com
From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Fri Sep 23 10:30:31 2005
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Sat Sep 24 17:01:16 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Emailing: 95262
Message-ID: <000501c5c064$7fdf4b50$6e436c42@hotprojects>

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From harrypotterboy12345 at hotmail.com  Sat Sep 24 14:22:33 2005
From: harrypotterboy12345 at hotmail.com (G Vendo)
Date: Sat Sep 24 17:01:21 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Fw: SERIOUS QUESTION FOR MR. RADO
Message-ID: <BAY103-DAV10659FBC9550AC6B704804F2890@phx.gbl>

Just in case you weren't sure of his opinion of the London version...

Gibson
>From his other e-mail address

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Rado" <jimrado@yahoo.com>
To: "Gibson Vendettuoli" <harrypotterboy12345@hotmail.com>
Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2005 3:31 PM
Subject: Re: SERIOUS QUESTION FOR MR. RADO


> Dear Gibson - Although I knew of this "experiment" to
> update HAIR, I was waiting as anxiously as anyone for
> its unveiling in London at the Gate Theatre.  No, No,
> No, this has nothing to do with my revision of the
> piece which will be used in a Toronto production
> coming up in 2007, a production which I am both
> excited about and on which I will be working.  So glad
> you got to see the show in London and reported back to
> me on it.  I had grave doubts about its viability. 
> Thanks for giving me your bird's eye view.  Very
> valuable.  Thankx.  jR
> 
> --- Gibson Vendettuoli
> <harrypotterboy12345@hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Dear Mr. Poulin,
>> 
>> Speaking as a HAIR fan, who is not exactly a purist
>> since he's only 15 right 
>> now, I want to know if Mr. Rado had anything to do
>> with the shoddy 
>> production of HAIR I saw at the Gate in London. I
>> understand he has been 
>> revising the show and as of 2003 had a finished
>> version, but if this is it, 
>> I'm afraid to say I don't like it.
>> 
>> The changes made (hopefully only for this
>> production) were uncalled for. It 
>> added a stupid Bush caricature, a second nude scene
>> that reminded me of an 
>> Abu Ghraib scene, a line mentioning "sand-niggers,"
>> and Claude playing 
>> PlayStation (:sarcasm: wow, that's really on the top
>> of a hippie list of 
>> toys in 1968! :end sarcasm:), and I'm not even going
>> to mention the new 
>> ending more than this one time. The acting was okay,
>> but the singing was 
>> little better and the production values (especially
>> in terms of updating) 
>> were zilch.
>> 
>> If it was the decision of the directors, then I'm
>> fine with that; it's just 
>> one production. But if this is what Mr. Rado put in
>> his revised script of 
>> HAIR, I must say I'm sticking to the script used in
>> the first-run 
>> productions (and whatever Tams may still be
>> licensing, including the 1995 
>> script), if only because HAIR is a period piece, the
>> great American period 
>> piece, and attempting to bring it up to date does
>> not a good revision make, 
>> and I believe that the 1977 Broadway revival proved
>> that all too well.
>> 
>> I just want a clear answer as to who made these
>> changes. If it was the 
>> directors, I'm fine with that because I'm then
>> secure in the knowledge that 
>> it's probably not going into the next productions.
>> 
>> Thank you in advance,
>> G. Vendettuoli
>> 
>> A copy has been CC'ed to Mr. Rado so he can answer
>> directly if he so wishes.
>> 
>> 
>> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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>
From olhippie at tampabay.rr.com  Sat Sep 24 15:47:29 2005
From: olhippie at tampabay.rr.com (Robin McNamara)
Date: Sat Sep 24 17:01:57 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: "Active Denial System"
References: <24532-4335BC82-2825@storefull-3277.bay.webtv.net>
	<001f01c5c14c$43633ea0$53bc2041@CowBox>
	<003301c5c150$171c6b10$6e436c42@hotprojects>
Message-ID: <001401c5c159$f19dfc00$53bc2041@CowBox>

You know Richard in the overall scheme of things is sometimes hard to figure 
out  what is" right."

Love forever
Robin





----- Original Message ----- 
From: "richard haase" <hotprojects@nyc.rr.com>
To: <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2005 5:36 PM
Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Re: "Active Denial System"


> but thats all im talking about robin
> is updating it in the very places that they allowed for it
> eg the topical references in initials and the long bridge in aint got no
> were different in 1968 and 1973
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Robin McNamara" <olhippie@tampabay.rr.com>
> To: <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
> Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2005 5:09 PM
> Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Re: "Active Denial System"
>
>
>> What a thing to say, it is a period piece that "pertains" to today,
> staging
>> dialogue etc. is what's impotant , you can "re-write" 'the story' to sort
> of
>> make it contemportary but  but you cannot change Gerry & the original 
>> shit
> .
>> :) I tend to believe that you folks understand whast I am talking
> about.Hey
>> Jim as we progress in our "age" it all gets more 'interesting'
>>
>> Love forever
>> Robin
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Jim Burns" <jameshburns@webtv.net>
>> To: <mb-civic@islandlists.com>
>> Cc: <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
>> Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2005 4:52 PM
>> Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: "Active Denial System"
>>
>>
>> >
>> > I was using the ironic, foreboding, definition of "interesting!"
>> >
>> > _______________________________________________
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From georgeberger69 at yahoo.com  Sat Sep 24 17:06:37 2005
From: georgeberger69 at yahoo.com (James Pappaconstantine)
Date: Sat Sep 24 17:12:26 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: Mb-hair Digest, Vol 15, Issue 45
In-Reply-To: <009e01c5c150$b49dc4b0$6e436c42@hotprojects>
Message-ID: <20050925000637.90181.qmail@web54209.mail.yahoo.com>

Richard Haase writes..."and americans unfortunately do not want a history; lesson; 
regretably"
 
Richard I think that may hold true to some.. but Hair typically sells out it's run, does it not? I'm just asking as I beleive our runs did and I seem to remember going to a few others whcih also did. I guess my question is.. Why? Why change it if it sells really well as it is? It's kinda like, if it aint broke, don't fix it. I beleive that Hair speaks volumes about the state of the world today and I beleive that anyone going to see a production of it can see that on their own without spoonfeeding them new politics.. It's the same ole story same song and dance.. I think there are still people in America (and elsewhere) who come to see hair for the nudity, others for the music, some for the period.. But I would be willing that all.."get it." History lesson? Or ripped from todays headlines?... 
 
On a personal note...I'm behind most of you guys, born 1962, but I am old enough now where my band, I write and play the songs that make me happy.. I don't write for the radio or for the popular scene..  Id like to think of Hair as that.. It does it's own thing.. and if people like it cool.. if they don't.. oh well.. Obviously unlike me.. A Director's goal is to have a hit so that everyone makes their bread.. But Hair does fine... I think I remember Nina sending that list of all the Hair shows up in the US, (or a partial list) It was great.. 
 
I would rather see Eric Clapton sing Layla in it's original form rather than see him change it up to sound like Greenday, just because it was more with the times..
 
Again.. These are just my opinions.. No one get angry with me... JIM



richard haase <hotprojects@nyc.rr.com> wrote:
and i disagree vehemently
the zeigeist of hair was that it was cutting edge
it was never meant to be a museum piece
obviously the inclusion of ipods is cheap and meaningless etc

and the fact is with the commercial reality of recoupment\
even a modest size first class company of hair costs approx 4 million and
up; and americans unfortunately do not want a history; lesson; regretably

this is not my opinion
but what i have observed in professional media currently
eg the production of two gentlemen of verona
just done in the park in nyc
another wonderful wonderful show
was just massacred by the critics
i think rather arbitrarily forces in american culture
decided first that the 70s, then the 60s were declasse
and again these are quantiative statements
not qualitative ones
and not representative of my personal opinion
eg i loved loved loved the original production
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Amy Kazan" 

To: 
Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2005 2:56 PM
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: Mb-hair Digest, Vol 15, Issue 45


> >In my opinion Hair is a powerful
> > period piece in American Culture & should stay that
> >way.
>
> I agree with this as well. HAIR is about the 60s; the
> setting is what makes Hair Hair and it's a key
> componant in the show. It gives a historical view into
> what life was like, however, the themes are relevant
> to people living in any time period.
>
> On that note, it would be great to see a show with the
> spirit of HAIR that would be a period piece for today.
>
>
>
> - Amy
>
> "in time of lilacs who proclaim/ the aim of waking is to dream" - e.e.
cummings
>
> "Life is around you and in you . . . Let the sunshine in!" - HAIR (the
musical)
>
>
>
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From cpreston2 at tds.net  Sat Sep 24 13:31:23 2005
From: cpreston2 at tds.net (Charles Preston)
Date: Sat Sep 24 17:20:28 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] "Active Denial System"
References: <BF5AFE7E.23D9F%michael@michaelbutler.com>
Message-ID: <003101c5c146$efae0d80$0400a8c0@CHARLES>

You know it is really interesting and for the life of me I have not and can 
not understand why man (human beings) would rather disrupt, maim, destroy 
and kill than to have peace, care, & love for one another. When the world 
can have peace, care, and love for each other it would be able to move ahead 
so much faster and understanding would be so much better. Why waist time on 
trying to figure out how to destroy the planet and the human race.

I would lay odds that as big as this universe is that the life that exists 
on other worlds don't have this kind of problem as we do here
~~Charles~~
.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Butler" <michael@michaelbutler.com>
To: "HAIR List" <mb-hair@islandlists.com>; "Civic" 
<mb-civic@islandlists.com>
Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2005 4:00 PM
Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] "Active Denial System"


> Interesting? Frightening! What horrors next?
> Michael
>
>>
>> This is....  Interesting....
>> ______
>>
>> www.Technovelgy.com
>>
>>
>> "Active Denial System Has Researchers Worried"
>>
>> The 'Sheriff' Active Denial System (ADS), due to be implemented in Iraq
>> by 2006, has some scientists and researchers expressing concerns. ADS is
>> a non-lethal, counter-personnel directed energy weapon; it projects a
>> focused beam of millimeter-sized waves to induce an intolerable heating
>> sensation on the skin of adversaries.
>>
>> "What happens if someone in a crowd is unable for whatever reason to
>> move away from the beam?" asked Neil Davison, coordinator of the
>> nonlethal weapons research project at Britain's Bradford University.
>>
>> "How do you ensure that the dose doesn't cross the threshold for
>> permanent damage? Does the weapon cut out to prevent overexposure?"
>>
>>
>> According to a paper provided by the government, great care has been
>> taken to make sure that Active Denial Technology system does not harm
>> human beings:
>>
>> A large portion of the investment, about $9 million, has been devoted to
>> characterizing the effects of this technology on the human body. This is
>> to ensure the effects of millimeter waves are well understood, and that
>> a wide safety margin exists between levels that provide operationally
>> useful effects and those that may cause injury. Animals and humans have
>> been used in the extensive test program, which has been conducted in
>> strict compliance with the procedures, laws and regulations governing
>> animal and human research. The tests have been reviewed and approved by
>> a formal Institutional Review Board with oversight from the Air Force
>> Surgeon General's Office. An independent panel of nongovernmental
>> medical experts also periodically reviewed and advised on the planning
>> aspects and results of the research and test activities.
>>
>> In tests carried out on Wednesday at Kirtland Air Force Base in New
>> Mexico, participants were asked to remove their glasses and contact
>> lenses to protect their eyes. In other tests, participants were asked to
>> remove metal objects like coins from their clothing.
>>
>> Science fiction fans have been concerned about energy weapons since H.G.
>> Wells originated the idea of a heat ray in War of the Worlds.
>>
>> The Active Denial System has been in development for almost fifteen
>> years; early development was done by the Air Force Research Laboratory
>> and the DoD Joint Non-Lethal Weapons Directorate.
>>
>>
>> www.Technovelgy.com - where science meets fictionT
>>
>> Copyright ? 2005 Technovelgy LLC
>>
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From lbirdie at hotmail.com  Sat Sep 24 17:42:50 2005
From: lbirdie at hotmail.com (Little Birdie)
Date: Sat Sep 24 17:49:40 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: Mb-hair Digest, Vol 15, Issue 45
In-Reply-To: <20050925000637.90181.qmail@web54209.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <BAY104-F295F953676197617D30CB3B2880@phx.gbl>

Very nicely said, Jim. IMHO, we underestimate the intellegence of the 
audience when we feel we have ti underline the points of Hair, by updating 
them. The paralleles between then and now are so obvious that I feel that 
when a production is well done, with a director and cast that truly become a 
tribe, and "get it" that the audience can't help but be moved.

And yes, you are correct - It is very rare that Hair doesn't sell out it's 
entire run.

Nina

The Hair Archives
http://www.michaelbutler.com/hair/holding/Hair.html


From cpreston2 at tds.net  Sat Sep 24 17:48:53 2005
From: cpreston2 at tds.net (Charles Preston)
Date: Sat Sep 24 17:54:41 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] I did not send it again
Message-ID: <00bb01c5c16a$e879fcd0$0400a8c0@CHARLES>

I did not send it again,  I only sent it once, it just came through
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From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Sat Sep 24 18:00:08 2005
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Sat Sep 24 18:06:01 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: Mb-hair Digest, Vol 15, Issue 45
References: <20050924185606.89785.qmail@web34510.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
	<009e01c5c150$b49dc4b0$6e436c42@hotprojects>
	<000401c5c15c$6f275d90$53bc2041@CowBox>
Message-ID: <006f01c5c16c$79ae6c30$6e436c42@hotprojects>

quite right robin
it wasnt supposed to be a museum piece
my point exactly
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robin McNamara" <olhippie@tampabay.rr.com>
To: <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2005 7:05 PM
Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Re: Mb-hair Digest, Vol 15, Issue 45


> Richard
>
> I don't think it was supposed to be a" museum piece," that is to'easy.'
>
> Love forever
> Robin
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "richard haase" <hotprojects@nyc.rr.com>
> To: <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
> Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2005 5:41 PM
> Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Re: Mb-hair Digest, Vol 15, Issue 45
>
>
> > and i disagree vehemently
> > the zeigeist of hair was that it was cutting edge
> > it was never meant to be a museum piece
> > obviously the inclusion of ipods is cheap and meaningless etc
> >
> > and the fact is with the commercial reality of recoupment\
> > even a modest size first class company of hair costs approx 4 million
and
> > up; and americans unfortunately do not want a history; lesson;
regretably
> >
> > this is not my opinion
> > but what i have observed in professional media currently
> > eg the production of two gentlemen of verona
> > just done in the park in nyc
> > another wonderful wonderful show
> > was just massacred by the critics
> > i think rather arbitrarily forces in american culture
> > decided first that the 70s, then the 60s were declasse
> > and again these are quantiative statements
> > not qualitative ones
> > and not representative of my personal opinion
> > eg i loved loved loved the original production
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Amy Kazan" <lilacamy11@yahoo.com>
> > To: <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
> > Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2005 2:56 PM
> > Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: Mb-hair Digest, Vol 15, Issue 45
> >
> >
> >> >In my opinion Hair is a powerful
> >> > period piece in American Culture & should stay that
> >> >way.
> >>
> >> I agree with this as well. HAIR is about the 60s; the
> >> setting is what makes Hair Hair and it's a key
> >> componant in the show. It gives a historical view into
> >> what life was like, however, the themes are relevant
> >> to people living in any time period.
> >>
> >> On that note, it would be great to see a show with the
> >> spirit of HAIR that would be a period piece for today.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> - Amy
> >>
> >> "in time of lilacs who proclaim/ the aim of waking is to dream" - e.e.
> > cummings
> >>
> >> "Life is around you and in you . . . Let the sunshine in!" - HAIR (the
> > musical)
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> __________________________________
> >> Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005
> >> http://mail.yahoo.com
> >> _______________________________________________
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> >> Mb-hair@islandlists.com
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> >
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From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Sat Sep 24 18:01:49 2005
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Sat Sep 24 18:07:43 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: "Active Denial System"
References: <24532-4335BC82-2825@storefull-3277.bay.webtv.net>
	<001f01c5c14c$43633ea0$53bc2041@CowBox>
	<003301c5c150$171c6b10$6e436c42@hotprojects>
	<001d01c5c156$e4b8c630$53bc2041@CowBox>
Message-ID: <008801c5c16c$b5ad4f30$6e436c42@hotprojects>

i dont agree
robin
at all
which is cool
unless the hair establisment is becoming something
faschistic?
i am an extremely serious artist
my points are considered over decades
and although you dont have to agree
i have my right to my opinion
you know?
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robin McNamara" <olhippie@tampabay.rr.com>
To: <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2005 6:25 PM
Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Re: "Active Denial System"


> Ya know Richard I tend to agree with you "Initials" & other suff are what
we
> are on a contemporary level, but their is a whole lot more that that going
> on.
>
> Love forever
> Robin
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "richard haase" <hotprojects@nyc.rr.com>
> To: <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
> Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2005 5:36 PM
> Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Re: "Active Denial System"
>
>
> > but thats all im talking about robin
> > is updating it in the very places that they allowed for it
> > eg the topical references in initials and the long bridge in aint got no
> > were different in 1968 and 1973
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Robin McNamara" <olhippie@tampabay.rr.com>
> > To: <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
> > Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2005 5:09 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Re: "Active Denial System"
> >
> >
> >> What a thing to say, it is a period piece that "pertains" to today,
> > staging
> >> dialogue etc. is what's impotant , you can "re-write" 'the story' to
sort
> > of
> >> make it contemportary but  but you cannot change Gerry & the original
> >> shit
> > .
> >> :) I tend to believe that you folks understand whast I am talking
> > about.Hey
> >> Jim as we progress in our "age" it all gets more 'interesting'
> >>
> >> Love forever
> >> Robin
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message ----- 
> >> From: "Jim Burns" <jameshburns@webtv.net>
> >> To: <mb-civic@islandlists.com>
> >> Cc: <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
> >> Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2005 4:52 PM
> >> Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: "Active Denial System"
> >>
> >>
> >> >
> >> > I was using the ironic, foreboding, definition of "interesting!"
> >> >
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From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Sat Sep 24 18:05:03 2005
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Sat Sep 24 18:10:55 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] also it would be nice if people commenting on the 60s
	actually remembered it
Message-ID: <001201c5c16d$29626f00$6e436c42@hotprojects>

eg at least i was 11 on jan 1 1970
i remember the 60s vividly
i remember in 1968 when the world chagned

tell me james do you remember the 60s
eg you were 7 on jan 1 1970
just curious
?
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From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Sat Sep 24 18:07:31 2005
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Sat Sep 24 18:13:22 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] also all you people disagreeing with me
Message-ID: <000d01c5c16d$81676480$6e436c42@hotprojects>

did any of you see the original production?
i did three times including in 1968 and 1969 and 1972


anyone see the first ny broadway revival in 1977?
just curious?


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From venuetheatre at juno.com  Sat Sep 24 18:07:37 2005
From: venuetheatre at juno.com (venuetheatre@juno.com)
Date: Sat Sep 24 18:14:17 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: Mb-hair Digest, Vol 15, Issue 47
Message-ID: <20050924.210738.1948.9.venuetheatre@juno.com>

RE:  New HAiR??  Robin - Amy take note  Charles I love you

Hi Robin, Amy

Why re-write HAiR?  The show stands on it's own.  When we updated it in
the 70's, it started to get too sloppy.  LET IT BE what it was when Gerry
and Jim first wrote it.  No, it was not meant to be a museum piece
Richard, but let's face it, it is perfect as it is.  It still should be
performed, and done a LOT in it's original version.  It is the most
moving piece to date, (but I need to mention "Johnny Got His Gun" and
"Whose Life is it Anyway."

We need a whole new show around what is happening now.  If WE can't write
one, someone else will and probably will fuck it up.  We have the
passion.  Let's go for it.  

Sorry guys, but we were at the forefront then and we MUST be at the
forefront now.

Who wants to collaberate?   I am willing to offer my studio to work. 
Plus winter is coming and Florida is nice from October on.

Charles - there are always going to be people full of hate, we cannot
change them.  We can only change ourselves.
We must make a new show.
 
We can include the Sheehan stuff, and the MButler stuff and the
references to Vietnam.  But this was does not have the anti-movement that
we had.  Can we instill this in the youth of today?  I think so.
We can at least try.  I believe we MUST try.

Corinne

PS  Why is there so much junk on this string?  Please try to contiain
your putting everyone elses comments along with yours!  This really
sucks.



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From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Sat Sep 24 17:58:28 2005
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Sat Sep 24 18:39:28 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: Mb-hair Digest, Vol 15, Issue 45
References: <20050925000637.90181.qmail@web54209.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <004301c5c16c$3e28fef0$6e436c42@hotprojects>

i am born 1958
we are contemporaries
and yes and no james
on a world scale yes hair is still profitable
in terms of first class companies
no they havent worked commercially for the most part for years
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: James Pappaconstantine 
  To: mb-hair@islandlists.com 
  Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2005 8:06 PM
  Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Re: Mb-hair Digest, Vol 15, Issue 45


  Richard Haase writes..."and americans unfortunately do not want a history; lesson; 
  regretably"

  Richard I think that may hold true to some.. but Hair typically sells out it's run, does it not? I'm just asking as I beleive our runs did and I seem to remember going to a few others whcih also did. I guess my question is.. Why? Why change it if it sells really well as it is? It's kinda like, if it aint broke, don't fix it. I beleive that Hair speaks volumes about the state of the world today and I beleive that anyone going to see a production of it can see that on their own without spoonfeeding them new politics.. It's the same ole story same song and dance.. I think there are still people in America (and elsewhere) who come to see hair for the nudity, others for the music, some for the period.. But I would be willing that all.."get it." History lesson? Or ripped from todays headlines?... 

  On a personal note...I'm behind most of you guys, born 1962, but I am old enough now where my band, I write and play the songs that make me happy.. I don't write for the radio or for the popular scene..  Id like to think of Hair as that.. It does it's own thing.. and if people like it cool.. if they don't.. oh well.. Obviously unlike me.. A Director's goal is to have a hit so that everyone makes their bread.. But Hair does fine... I think I remember Nina sending that list of all the Hair shows up in the US, (or a partial list) It was great.. 

  I would rather see Eric Clapton sing Layla in it's original form rather than see him change it up to sound like Greenday, just because it was more with the times..

  Again.. These are just my opinions.. No one get angry with me... JIM



  richard haase <hotprojects@nyc.rr.com> wrote:
    and i disagree vehemently
    the zeigeist of hair was that it was cutting edge
    it was never meant to be a museum piece
    obviously the inclusion of ipods is cheap and meaningless etc

    and the fact is with the commercial reality of recoupment\
    even a modest size first class company of hair costs approx 4 million and
    up; and americans unfortunately do not want a history; lesson; regretably

    this is not my opinion
    but what i have observed in professional media currently
    eg the production of two gentlemen of verona
    just done in the park in nyc
    another wonderful wonderful show
    was just massacred by the critics
    i think rather arbitrarily forces in american culture
    decided first that the 70s, then the 60s were declasse
    and again these are quantiative statements
    not qualitative ones
    and not representative of my personal opinion
    eg i loved loved loved the original production
    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: "Amy Kazan" 
    To: 
    Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2005 2:56 PM
    Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: Mb-hair Digest, Vol 15, Issue 45


    > >In my opinion Hair is a powerful
    > > period piece in American Culture & should stay that
    > >way.
    >
    > I agree with this as well. HAIR is about the 60s; the
    > setting is what makes Hair Hair and it's a key
    > componant in the show. It gives a historical view into
    > what life was like, however, the themes are relevant
    > to people living in any time period.
    >
    > On that note, it would be great to see a show with the
    > spirit of HAIR that would be a period piece for today.
    >
    >
    >
    > - Amy
    >
    > "in time of lilacs who proclaim/ the aim of waking is to dream" - e.e.
    cummings
    >
    > "Life is around yo u and in you . . . Let the sunshine in!" - HAIR (the
    musical)
    >
    >
    >
    > __________________________________
    > Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005
    > http://mail.yahoo.com
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From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Sat Sep 24 19:30:04 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: "Active Denial System"
References: <24532-4335BC82-2825@storefull-3277.bay.webtv.net>
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robin just my opinion
not absolute
im not god
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robin McNamara" <olhippie@tampabay.rr.com>
To: <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2005 6:47 PM
Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Re: "Active Denial System"


> You know Richard in the overall scheme of things is sometimes hard to
figure
> out  what is" right."
>
> Love forever
> Robin
>
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "richard haase" <hotprojects@nyc.rr.com>
> To: <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
> Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2005 5:36 PM
> Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Re: "Active Denial System"
>
>
> > but thats all im talking about robin
> > is updating it in the very places that they allowed for it
> > eg the topical references in initials and the long bridge in aint got no
> > were different in 1968 and 1973
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Robin McNamara" <olhippie@tampabay.rr.com>
> > To: <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
> > Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2005 5:09 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Re: "Active Denial System"
> >
> >
> >> What a thing to say, it is a period piece that "pertains" to today,
> > staging
> >> dialogue etc. is what's impotant , you can "re-write" 'the story' to
sort
> > of
> >> make it contemportary but  but you cannot change Gerry & the original
> >> shit
> > .
> >> :) I tend to believe that you folks understand whast I am talking
> > about.Hey
> >> Jim as we progress in our "age" it all gets more 'interesting'
> >>
> >> Love forever
> >> Robin
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message ----- 
> >> From: "Jim Burns" <jameshburns@webtv.net>
> >> To: <mb-civic@islandlists.com>
> >> Cc: <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
> >> Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2005 4:52 PM
> >> Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: "Active Denial System"
> >>
> >>
> >> >
> >> > I was using the ironic, foreboding, definition of "interesting!"
> >> >
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From georgeberger69 at yahoo.com  Sat Sep 24 19:24:35 2005
From: georgeberger69 at yahoo.com (James Pappaconstantine)
Date: Sat Sep 24 19:30:25 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] also it would be nice if people commenting on the 60s
	actually remembered it
In-Reply-To: <001201c5c16d$29626f00$6e436c42@hotprojects>
Message-ID: <20050925022435.62805.qmail@web54214.mail.yahoo.com>

Actually I do remember the 60's.. I am sure not as vividly as you or others born earlier than I but the cool thing is.. I only remember the good stuff from the sixtys..I remember the hair, the colors, the clothing, the peace signs.. the free love.. the burning of the bras.. and the black panthers.. in 68 I was only 6 but I rember all of those things and more.. The thing I didn't remember or should I say was kept away from.. was the war. I learned about that in school and years later on television. I can remember going to kindergarden and we all had to stand up and say what we were going to be when we grew up.. most kids wanted to be fireman and policeman.. when it came my turn.. I stood up and said.. I want to be a hippy! I think the teacher was shocked.. but my hair kept growing. I can remember my grandfather taking me to get a haircut and I would scream.. A sign hung on the wall of the barber of a guy with an afro and the words.. Get a haircut buddy! I used to be called a g
 irl...
 but it was all good to me.. I liked my hair long. I am the oldest of four but I  had older cousins and through them I learned and saw many things that I can remember vividly..  January 1970 I was a little over 7. But I can remember soo much from those days.. Ask me about last year, last month.. last week.. and I couldn't remember as much. So to answer your question.. Yes I do remember the 60s.
 
richard haase <hotprojects@nyc.rr.com> wrote:
eg at least i was 11 on jan 1 1970
i remember the 60s vividly
i remember in 1968 when the world chagned
 
tell me james do you remember the 60s
eg you were 7 on jan 1 1970
just curious
?
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From georgeberger69 at yahoo.com  Sat Sep 24 19:33:01 2005
From: georgeberger69 at yahoo.com (James Pappaconstantine)
Date: Sat Sep 24 19:38:49 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] also all you people disagreeing with me
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Richard... why so hostile man? You said it yourself... You have your right to your opinion.. and so do others on this list.. No.. I did not see the original production.. wish I had the chance or could have.. but that doesn't make your opinion any more important than mine or anyone else on this list.. We all love Hair and we all (atleast I feel) try to live our lives with the least amount of hatred, stress and predjudice we can.) I guess what I am saying is I am sorry if you took my email as an attack on you.. It was not at all.. it was my feelings... you put it out there.. others were adding their 2 cents... that's all it was.. my 2 cents. Lighten up dude.. it's all subject to opinions... Peace. JIM

richard haase <hotprojects@nyc.rr.com> wrote:did any of you see the original production?
i did three times including in 1968 and 1969 and 1972
 
 
anyone see the first ny broadway revival in 1977?
just curious?
 
 
 
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From georgeberger69 at yahoo.com  Sat Sep 24 19:36:58 2005
From: georgeberger69 at yahoo.com (James Pappaconstantine)
Date: Sat Sep 24 19:42:53 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: Mb-hair Digest, Vol 15, Issue 47
In-Reply-To: <20050924.210738.1948.9.venuetheatre@juno.com>
Message-ID: <20050925023659.85220.qmail@web54211.mail.yahoo.com>

Corrine.. what a cool idea.. 
 
JIM

venuetheatre@juno.com wrote:
RE: New HAiR?? Robin - Amy take note Charles I love you

Hi Robin, Amy

Why re-write HAiR? The show stands on it's own. When we updated it in
the 70's, it started to get too sloppy. LET IT BE what it was when Gerry
and Jim first wrote it. No, it was not meant to be a museum piece
Richard, but let's face it, it is perfect as it is. It still should be
performed, and done a LOT in it's original version. It is the most
moving piece to date, (but I need to mention "Johnny Got His Gun" and
"Whose Life is it Anyway."

We need a whole new show around what is happening now. If WE can't write
one, someone else will and probably will fuck it up. We have the
passion. Let's go for it. 

Sorry guys, but we were at the forefront then and we MUST be at the
forefront now.

Who wants to collaberate? I am willing to offer my studio to work. 
Plus winter is coming and Florida is nice from October on.

Charles - there are always going to be people full of hate, we cannot
change them. We can only change ourselves.
We must make a new show.

We can include the Sheehan stuff, and the MButler stuff and the
references to Vietnam. But this was does not have the anti-movement that
we had. Can we instill this in the youth of today? I think so.
We can at least try. I believe we MUST try.

Corinne

PS Why is there so much junk on this string? Please try to contiain
your putting everyone elses comments along with yours! This really
sucks.



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From cararobindesign at hotmail.com  Sun Sep 25 01:39:53 2005
From: cararobindesign at hotmail.com (Cara Robin)
Date: Sun Sep 25 01:46:05 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: Mb-hair Digest, Vol 15, Issue 47
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From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Sun Sep 25 02:40:11 2005
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Sun Sep 25 02:46:10 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] also it would be nice if people commenting on the
	60sactually remembered it
References: <20050925022435.62805.qmail@web54214.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <006101c5c1b5$200d96d0$6e436c42@hotprojects>

but i remeber the war and everything being 11
and that was a very integral part of the whole thing
and i also decided after having seen the original production
as a boy
that i wanted to be in theater and to be a hippie

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: James Pappaconstantine 
  To: mb-hair@islandlists.com 
  Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2005 10:24 PM
  Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] also it would be nice if people commenting on the 60sactually remembered it


  Actually I do remember the 60's.. I am sure not as vividly as you or others born earlier than I but the cool thing is.. I only remember the good stuff from the sixtys..I remember the hair, the colors, the clothing, the peace signs.. the free love.. the burning of the bras.. and the black panthers.. in 68 I was only 6 but I rember all of those things and more.. The thing I didn't remember or should I say was kept away from.. was the war. I learned about that in school and years later on television. I can remember going to kindergarden and we all had to stand up and say what we were going to be when we grew up.. most kids wanted to be fireman and policeman.. when it came my turn.. I stood up and said.. I want to be a hippy! I think the teacher was shocked.. but my hair kept growing. I can remember my grandfather taking me to get a haircut and I would scream.. A sign hung on the wall of the barber of a guy with an afro and the words.. Get a haircut buddy! I used to be calle d a girl... but it was all good to me.. I liked my hair long. I am the oldest of four but I  had older cousins and through them I learned and saw many things that I can remember vividly..  January 1970 I was a little over 7. But I can remember soo much from those days.. Ask me about last year, last month.. last week.. and I couldn't remember as much. So to answer your question.. Yes I do remember the 60s.

  richard haase <hotprojects@nyc.rr.com> wrote:
    eg at least i was 11 on jan 1 1970
    i remember the 60s vividly
    i remember in 1968 when the world chagned

    tell me james do you remember the 60s
    eg you were 7 on jan 1 1970
    just curious
    ?
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From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Sun Sep 25 02:44:41 2005
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Sun Sep 25 02:50:36 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] also all you people disagreeing with me
References: <20050925023301.44690.qmail@web54208.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <008201c5c1b5$c095c7d0$6e436c42@hotprojects>

i am not being hostile
and i dont care for how whenever someone dissents
it is interpreted as hostility
i am extremely concerned about HAIR
and want to see it work
and as a working producer i see problems on the horizon

eg i do not believe it is negative thinking
to see watch out for that pothole
when you see a pothole
the only place im coming from
is that i want the show to work
and i see how it can
and its not based on idle speculation
( not saying anyone elses theory is )
but an off bdwy production that ran for a year in nyc
in a 400 seater
i tried the hypothesis and at least in that instance it worked

please understand
when two gents just went up
another wonderful show
the critics in ny savaged it for being dated\
and i dont know how much of that was merited
or that they went in set against it
there are cultural currents of the times
and i dont see that ignoring them is going to make them go away
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: James Pappaconstantine 
  To: mb-hair@islandlists.com 
  Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2005 10:33 PM
  Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] also all you people disagreeing with me


  Richard... why so hostile man? You said it yourself... You have your right to your opinion.. and so do others on this list.. No.. I did not see the original production.. wish I had the chance or could have.. but that doesn't make your opinion any more important than mine or anyone else on this list.. We all love Hair and we all (atleast I feel) try to live our lives with the least amount of hatred, stress and predjudice we can.) I guess what I am saying is I am sorry if you took my email as an attack on you.. It was not at all.. it was my feelings... you put it out there.. others were adding their 2 cents... that's all it was.. my 2 cents. Lighten up dude.. it's all subject to opinions... Peace. JIM

  richard haase <hotprojects@nyc.rr.com> wrote: 
    did any of you see the original production?
    i did three times including in 1968 and 1969 and 1972


    anyone see the first ny broadway revival in 1977?
    just curious?



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From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Sun Sep 25 03:48:38 2005
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Sun Sep 25 03:54:38 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] ps corrine
Message-ID: <000e01c5c1be$afec4090$6e436c42@hotprojects>

I am involved in the creation of important new musicals and dramatic work; but this is another question;
a revival property
and hair being in my judgement 
the greatest musical ever
is a property that interests me greatly

quite seperate idea from writing new shows
which i am avidly engaged in at the most serious level
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From wmichaelharris at earthlink.net  Sun Sep 25 08:50:09 2005
From: wmichaelharris at earthlink.net (Michael Harris)
Date: Sun Sep 25 08:56:00 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Liberty / My Conviction
Message-ID: <2624578.1127663409692.JavaMail.root@elwamui-mouette.atl.sa.earthlink.net>

Dear Tribes,

The comments of the columnist that reviewed Katie Kasben's HAIR made me realize that The Liberty Tour has somehow got under way spontaneously, starting in Asheville and ricocheting to Cindy Sheehan's caravan and rocking the halls of La MaMa and La Guardia. 

It is my conviction that Tribe members old and young should rededicate their energies to a New Left that will oppose war and racism, find new energy sources, work for economic and social justice, save the environment, promote equality and all the rest. If we extend the good will and high energy of the Asheville HAIR and our Reunion-BeIn and apply them with a sense of mission, the spirit of HAIR will rule. If we do it with a song in our hearts, the patience of Super Nanny, the playfulness of Gerry Ragni, the lyricism of Jim and Galt, the wild imagination of Tom O, the grace of Julie A - and the courage, conviction and commitment of Michael Butler - truth and love will win.

All policics is local.  If the Tribes (that's us) will begin to broaden our focus beyond HAIR (the show) and support local efforts that extend the values of HAIR (the movement), we can have an impact.  Our Reunion reminded me that it's easy to tune out, forget the troubles of the world, retreat to the illusory safety of home, family and television - rather than get out on the streets and in our "leaders" faces.

Congratulations, Katie - go get 'em Ross!

Love and peace to you all.

XO

WMH
From olhippie at tampabay.rr.com  Sun Sep 25 09:42:23 2005
From: olhippie at tampabay.rr.com (Robin McNamara)
Date: Sun Sep 25 09:48:09 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Liberty / My Conviction
References: <2624578.1127663409692.JavaMail.root@elwamui-mouette.atl.sa.earthlink.net>
Message-ID: <001201c5c1f0$1ac447b0$53bc2041@CowBox>

Right on Walter Micheal it is time to focus on the new revolution.

Love forever
Robin




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Harris" <wmichaelharris@earthlink.net>
To: <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2005 11:50 AM
Subject: [Mb-hair] Liberty / My Conviction


> Dear Tribes,
>
> The comments of the columnist that reviewed Katie Kasben's HAIR made me 
> realize that The Liberty Tour has somehow got under way spontaneously, 
> starting in Asheville and ricocheting to Cindy Sheehan's caravan and 
> rocking the halls of La MaMa and La Guardia.
>
> It is my conviction that Tribe members old and young should rededicate 
> their energies to a New Left that will oppose war and racism, find new 
> energy sources, work for economic and social justice, save the 
> environment, promote equality and all the rest. If we extend the good will 
> and high energy of the Asheville HAIR and our Reunion-BeIn and apply them 
> with a sense of mission, the spirit of HAIR will rule. If we do it with a 
> song in our hearts, the patience of Super Nanny, the playfulness of Gerry 
> Ragni, the lyricism of Jim and Galt, the wild imagination of Tom O, the 
> grace of Julie A - and the courage, conviction and commitment of Michael 
> Butler - truth and love will win.
>
> All policics is local.  If the Tribes (that's us) will begin to broaden 
> our focus beyond HAIR (the show) and support local efforts that extend the 
> values of HAIR (the movement), we can have an impact.  Our Reunion 
> reminded me that it's easy to tune out, forget the troubles of the world, 
> retreat to the illusory safety of home, family and television - rather 
> than get out on the streets and in our "leaders" faces.
>
> Congratulations, Katie - go get 'em Ross!
>
> Love and peace to you all.
>
> XO
>
> WMH
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From michael at michaelbutler.com  Sun Sep 25 11:30:15 2005
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Sun Sep 25 11:36:12 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Gate HAIR report
In-Reply-To: <8C78F71CE65D1E4-BE8-27B2@FWM-D42.sysops.aol.com>
Message-ID: <BF5C3AC7.23E00%michael@michaelbutler.com>


------ Forwarded Message
From: ocsomtan@aol.com
Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2005 18:52:42 -0400
To: michael@michaelbutler.com
Subject: Re: Hair #2

 
 M:
 
No, that's the thing -- sometimes it was so different, it made me laugh --
there was real originality there, but it wasn't HAIR.  It was the piece
formerly-known as-HAIR-aspiring-to-be-RENT -- But did you know "Oprah" is
the Tourist Lady?  That "Hair" is sung to her cameras? -- That there is no
nude scene is Act 1 (but rather a nice rip off of RENT's candlelight vigil
in it's place?); however, there IS a nude scene after Woof's "Mickie Jag"
speech?  [Incidentally, why does this generation have such lumpy bodies?
And why do they insist upon taking it off when there's nothing -- or rather
, too  much -- to see?]  Oh, and Woof has a tattoo H.I.V.I.P across chest!
 
"My Conviction" has been cut; "Dead End" has been cut.  "Sheila" is Asian
and wonderful.  "Jeanie" has been rewritten so no one (except me, when I
played her in Paris wearing flippers), could get a laugh!  -- She can really
sing, and she only miscarried twice!  "Hud" is a woman, and she should have
kept her clothes on!
 
There is no war sequence.  "What A Piece of Work" is a duet for "Berger" and
"Claude" who seem to be at each other's throats for most of the piece, so
it's weird.  Oh, they also get to banter "To be or not to be" back and
forth.  I laughed when "Berger" went into "nymph"...but, it's a very "in"
joke -- "Ham" tells "Ophelia", "nymph in thy orisons be all thy sins
remembered."  -- I guess the BRits are more likely to get it -- but I was
the only one laughing.
 
I'll have to talk to you about this -- the rewrites are one thing, and the
directing another.  The cast is more-than-willing -- but why?
 
"White Boys" was sung by "Hud" about "Berger" and two others in bondage.
 
We shoudl speak about this -- it has been more than an eye openeer -- and
yes -- I got a program for Miss Nina's archives.
 
(oi!)
 
Nat


From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Sun Sep 25 12:11:31 2005
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Sun Sep 25 12:17:28 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Liberty / My Conviction
References: <2624578.1127663409692.JavaMail.root@elwamui-mouette.atl.sa.earthlink.net>
Message-ID: <014401c5c204$f05b9a40$6e436c42@hotprojects>

michael we are we do
the problem is the majority of the country has swung
conservative
we have to get people who are not liberals
to be more liberal
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Harris" <wmichaelharris@earthlink.net>
To: <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2005 11:50 AM
Subject: [Mb-hair] Liberty / My Conviction


> Dear Tribes,
>
> The comments of the columnist that reviewed Katie Kasben's HAIR made me
realize that The Liberty Tour has somehow got under way spontaneously,
starting in Asheville and ricocheting to Cindy Sheehan's caravan and rocking
the halls of La MaMa and La Guardia.
>
> It is my conviction that Tribe members old and young should rededicate
their energies to a New Left that will oppose war and racism, find new
energy sources, work for economic and social justice, save the environment,
promote equality and all the rest. If we extend the good will and high
energy of the Asheville HAIR and our Reunion-BeIn and apply them with a
sense of mission, the spirit of HAIR will rule. If we do it with a song in
our hearts, the patience of Super Nanny, the playfulness of Gerry Ragni, the
lyricism of Jim and Galt, the wild imagination of Tom O, the grace of Julie
A - and the courage, conviction and commitment of Michael Butler - truth and
love will win.
>
> All policics is local.  If the Tribes (that's us) will begin to broaden
our focus beyond HAIR (the show) and support local efforts that extend the
values of HAIR (the movement), we can have an impact.  Our Reunion reminded
me that it's easy to tune out, forget the troubles of the world, retreat to
the illusory safety of home, family and television - rather than get out on
the streets and in our "leaders" faces.
>
> Congratulations, Katie - go get 'em Ross!
>
> Love and peace to you all.
>
> XO
>
> WMH
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From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Sun Sep 25 12:15:20 2005
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Sun Sep 25 12:21:16 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Gate HAIR report
References: <BF5C3AC7.23E00%michael@michaelbutler.com>
Message-ID: <014f01c5c205$7892aa70$6e436c42@hotprojects>

it sounds nasty
but
again i would say its a bad adaptation
not the fault of updating per se in principal

it sounds like the director at 26 had no idea
what hair was or what the 60s were etc

i think first of all for the updating to work it must be minimal
the extraneous insertion of ipods or S and M
or making white boys and black boys homosexual etc

or having the nude scene with mickey mick
etc
it all just sounds really bad

obviously i think aside from a few topical changes
and subtle changes in mis en scene
the script/book is perfectly contemporary as is etc

shame
it sounded like a courageous attempt at the gate
that went terribly wrong
shame
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Butler" <michael@michaelbutler.com>
To: "HAIR List" <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2005 2:30 PM
Subject: [Mb-hair] Gate HAIR report


>
> ------ Forwarded Message
> From: ocsomtan@aol.com
> Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2005 18:52:42 -0400
> To: michael@michaelbutler.com
> Subject: Re: Hair #2
>
>
>  M:
>
> No, that's the thing -- sometimes it was so different, it made me laugh --
> there was real originality there, but it wasn't HAIR.  It was the piece
> formerly-known as-HAIR-aspiring-to-be-RENT -- But did you know "Oprah" is
> the Tourist Lady?  That "Hair" is sung to her cameras? -- That there is no
> nude scene is Act 1 (but rather a nice rip off of RENT's candlelight vigil
> in it's place?); however, there IS a nude scene after Woof's "Mickie Jag"
> speech?  [Incidentally, why does this generation have such lumpy bodies?
> And why do they insist upon taking it off when there's nothing -- or
rather
> , too  much -- to see?]  Oh, and Woof has a tattoo H.I.V.I.P across chest!
>
> "My Conviction" has been cut; "Dead End" has been cut.  "Sheila" is Asian
> and wonderful.  "Jeanie" has been rewritten so no one (except me, when I
> played her in Paris wearing flippers), could get a laugh!  -- She can
really
> sing, and she only miscarried twice!  "Hud" is a woman, and she should
have
> kept her clothes on!
>
> There is no war sequence.  "What A Piece of Work" is a duet for "Berger"
and
> "Claude" who seem to be at each other's throats for most of the piece, so
> it's weird.  Oh, they also get to banter "To be or not to be" back and
> forth.  I laughed when "Berger" went into "nymph"...but, it's a very "in"
> joke -- "Ham" tells "Ophelia", "nymph in thy orisons be all thy sins
> remembered."  -- I guess the BRits are more likely to get it -- but I was
> the only one laughing.
>
> I'll have to talk to you about this -- the rewrites are one thing, and the
> directing another.  The cast is more-than-willing -- but why?
>
> "White Boys" was sung by "Hud" about "Berger" and two others in bondage.
>
> We shoudl speak about this -- it has been more than an eye openeer -- and
> yes -- I got a program for Miss Nina's archives.
>
> (oi!)
>
> Nat
>
>
> _______________________________________________
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From sherwin at aceross.com  Sun Sep 25 12:26:09 2005
From: sherwin at aceross.com (Sherwin Ross)
Date: Sun Sep 25 12:32:13 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Gate HAIR report
In-Reply-To: <014f01c5c205$7892aa70$6e436c42@hotprojects>
Message-ID: <20050925192621.51C479FD16@lax-gw05.mroute.net>

May I ad my two cents worth......

In the past year I have been to two HAiR plays, Bridgeport CT and Santa Anna
University, Both times I cried like a baby....

When I played Berger, staged by Robert Camuto and Sally Eaton, every
performance we did, when I looked into the audience during "Let the Sunshine
In", there was not a dry eye out there.

Why would anyone even consider changing a master piece?
YOU CAN NOT CHANGE HISTORY AND HISTORY IS REPEATING ITSELF. 
People need to see HAiR, without one word from the original Tames Whitmark
Book being changed!

Just my opinion :)



-----Original Message-----
From: mb-hair-bounces@islandlists.com
[mailto:mb-hair-bounces@islandlists.com] On Behalf Of richard haase
Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2005 12:15 PM
To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Gate HAIR report

it sounds nasty
but
again i would say its a bad adaptation
not the fault of updating per se in principal

it sounds like the director at 26 had no idea
what hair was or what the 60s were etc

i think first of all for the updating to work it must be minimal
the extraneous insertion of ipods or S and M
or making white boys and black boys homosexual etc

or having the nude scene with mickey mick
etc
it all just sounds really bad

obviously i think aside from a few topical changes
and subtle changes in mis en scene
the script/book is perfectly contemporary as is etc

shame
it sounded like a courageous attempt at the gate
that went terribly wrong
shame
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Butler" <michael@michaelbutler.com>
To: "HAIR List" <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2005 2:30 PM
Subject: [Mb-hair] Gate HAIR report


>
> ------ Forwarded Message
> From: ocsomtan@aol.com
> Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2005 18:52:42 -0400
> To: michael@michaelbutler.com
> Subject: Re: Hair #2
>
>
>  M:
>
> No, that's the thing -- sometimes it was so different, it made me laugh --
> there was real originality there, but it wasn't HAIR.  It was the piece
> formerly-known as-HAIR-aspiring-to-be-RENT -- But did you know "Oprah" is
> the Tourist Lady?  That "Hair" is sung to her cameras? -- That there is no
> nude scene is Act 1 (but rather a nice rip off of RENT's candlelight vigil
> in it's place?); however, there IS a nude scene after Woof's "Mickie Jag"
> speech?  [Incidentally, why does this generation have such lumpy bodies?
> And why do they insist upon taking it off when there's nothing -- or
rather
> , too  much -- to see?]  Oh, and Woof has a tattoo H.I.V.I.P across chest!
>
> "My Conviction" has been cut; "Dead End" has been cut.  "Sheila" is Asian
> and wonderful.  "Jeanie" has been rewritten so no one (except me, when I
> played her in Paris wearing flippers), could get a laugh!  -- She can
really
> sing, and she only miscarried twice!  "Hud" is a woman, and she should
have
> kept her clothes on!
>
> There is no war sequence.  "What A Piece of Work" is a duet for "Berger"
and
> "Claude" who seem to be at each other's throats for most of the piece, so
> it's weird.  Oh, they also get to banter "To be or not to be" back and
> forth.  I laughed when "Berger" went into "nymph"...but, it's a very "in"
> joke -- "Ham" tells "Ophelia", "nymph in thy orisons be all thy sins
> remembered."  -- I guess the BRits are more likely to get it -- but I was
> the only one laughing.
>
> I'll have to talk to you about this -- the rewrites are one thing, and the
> directing another.  The cast is more-than-willing -- but why?
>
> "White Boys" was sung by "Hud" about "Berger" and two others in bondage.
>
> We shoudl speak about this -- it has been more than an eye openeer -- and
> yes -- I got a program for Miss Nina's archives.
>
> (oi!)
>
> Nat
>
>
> _______________________________________________
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> Mb-hair@islandlists.com
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From olhippie at tampabay.rr.com  Sun Sep 25 12:53:49 2005
From: olhippie at tampabay.rr.com (Robin McNamara)
Date: Sun Sep 25 12:59:37 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Gate HAIR report
References: <20050925192621.51C479FD16@lax-gw05.mroute.net>
Message-ID: <000c01c5c20a$d958e3b0$53bc2041@CowBox>

Sherwin I tend to agree with you brother the message of the ignorance & 
maddness for war is always contemporary until it isn't anymore. There are 
some minute places where youi can take "liberty" i.e. "Initials" just for 
laughs, but  it is a period piece that that should not be tampered with .If 
you think about it, it really doesn't matter war is savage & peace is good , 
'one' of the messages of Hair.

Love forever
Robin




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sherwin Ross" <sherwin@aceross.com>
To: <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2005 3:26 PM
Subject: RE: [Mb-hair] Gate HAIR report


> May I ad my two cents worth......
>
> In the past year I have been to two HAiR plays, Bridgeport CT and Santa 
> Anna
> University, Both times I cried like a baby....
>
> When I played Berger, staged by Robert Camuto and Sally Eaton, every
> performance we did, when I looked into the audience during "Let the 
> Sunshine
> In", there was not a dry eye out there.
>
> Why would anyone even consider changing a master piece?
> YOU CAN NOT CHANGE HISTORY AND HISTORY IS REPEATING ITSELF.
> People need to see HAiR, without one word from the original Tames Whitmark
> Book being changed!
>
> Just my opinion :)
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mb-hair-bounces@islandlists.com
> [mailto:mb-hair-bounces@islandlists.com] On Behalf Of richard haase
> Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2005 12:15 PM
> To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
> Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Gate HAIR report
>
> it sounds nasty
> but
> again i would say its a bad adaptation
> not the fault of updating per se in principal
>
> it sounds like the director at 26 had no idea
> what hair was or what the 60s were etc
>
> i think first of all for the updating to work it must be minimal
> the extraneous insertion of ipods or S and M
> or making white boys and black boys homosexual etc
>
> or having the nude scene with mickey mick
> etc
> it all just sounds really bad
>
> obviously i think aside from a few topical changes
> and subtle changes in mis en scene
> the script/book is perfectly contemporary as is etc
>
> shame
> it sounded like a courageous attempt at the gate
> that went terribly wrong
> shame
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Michael Butler" <michael@michaelbutler.com>
> To: "HAIR List" <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
> Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2005 2:30 PM
> Subject: [Mb-hair] Gate HAIR report
>
>
>>
>> ------ Forwarded Message
>> From: ocsomtan@aol.com
>> Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2005 18:52:42 -0400
>> To: michael@michaelbutler.com
>> Subject: Re: Hair #2
>>
>>
>>  M:
>>
>> No, that's the thing -- sometimes it was so different, it made me 
>> laugh --
>> there was real originality there, but it wasn't HAIR.  It was the piece
>> formerly-known as-HAIR-aspiring-to-be-RENT -- But did you know "Oprah" is
>> the Tourist Lady?  That "Hair" is sung to her cameras? -- That there is 
>> no
>> nude scene is Act 1 (but rather a nice rip off of RENT's candlelight 
>> vigil
>> in it's place?); however, there IS a nude scene after Woof's "Mickie Jag"
>> speech?  [Incidentally, why does this generation have such lumpy bodies?
>> And why do they insist upon taking it off when there's nothing -- or
> rather
>> , too  much -- to see?]  Oh, and Woof has a tattoo H.I.V.I.P across 
>> chest!
>>
>> "My Conviction" has been cut; "Dead End" has been cut.  "Sheila" is Asian
>> and wonderful.  "Jeanie" has been rewritten so no one (except me, when I
>> played her in Paris wearing flippers), could get a laugh!  -- She can
> really
>> sing, and she only miscarried twice!  "Hud" is a woman, and she should
> have
>> kept her clothes on!
>>
>> There is no war sequence.  "What A Piece of Work" is a duet for "Berger"
> and
>> "Claude" who seem to be at each other's throats for most of the piece, so
>> it's weird.  Oh, they also get to banter "To be or not to be" back and
>> forth.  I laughed when "Berger" went into "nymph"...but, it's a very "in"
>> joke -- "Ham" tells "Ophelia", "nymph in thy orisons be all thy sins
>> remembered."  -- I guess the BRits are more likely to get it -- but I was
>> the only one laughing.
>>
>> I'll have to talk to you about this -- the rewrites are one thing, and 
>> the
>> directing another.  The cast is more-than-willing -- but why?
>>
>> "White Boys" was sung by "Hud" about "Berger" and two others in bondage.
>>
>> We shoudl speak about this -- it has been more than an eye openeer -- and
>> yes -- I got a program for Miss Nina's archives.
>>
>> (oi!)
>>
>> Nat
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Mb-hair mailing list
>> Mb-hair@islandlists.com
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>
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From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Sun Sep 25 12:56:02 2005
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Sun Sep 25 13:01:58 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Gate HAIR report
References: <20050925192621.51C479FD16@lax-gw05.mroute.net>
Message-ID: <000701c5c20b$2890bc50$6e436c42@hotprojects>

but again that is not the problem
nor have i suggested changing the hair script
and what you did factually is a national company
with different contingencies
what im saying is absolutely valid
and i wonder how the frankel company is going to succeed
and please understand for me
hair is perfect the way it is
but what youre missing is in the tams witmark book
are places where improvisation etc are indicated
i am simply talking about making more contemporary references in the places
indicated by the authors
i love the 60s
it is the formation of my conscious
60s/hair is why i have long hair
but to the average american particularly 30 - 35 and under
vietnam is as distant as ancient egypt
and unfortunately most americans have a distaste for history etc
if you look at what just happend in nyc
with two gentlemen of verona
they tore into it for being of its time period
and they attributed a lot of negative things to the time period
unjustly
again im talking about a producing problem; not an artistic one per se
and the factors that constitute the problem
have nothing to do with my personal opinion or tastes
i we are not indicative of the majority of americans
we are free thinkers artists etc

pull up the times review
see what they did to two gents
another magnificent show
im just trying to help sherwin
as someone who loves the show
who saw and remembers the original production vividly
my intentions are coming from the best place

and i dont debate the response you saw got etc
but there are second class ( not a statement relating to quality but to the
structure of the rights ) national companies
second class local companies
the dynamics of a first class company are different
and as someone who loves the show
i want to see the next first class company succeed
thats all
( again remember they slaughtered the 77 broadway revival and it was a
wonderful wonderful company )
( they did so most undeservedly i thought )


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sherwin Ross" <sherwin@aceross.com>
To: <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2005 3:26 PM
Subject: RE: [Mb-hair] Gate HAIR report


> May I ad my two cents worth......
>
> In the past year I have been to two HAiR plays, Bridgeport CT and Santa
Anna
> University, Both times I cried like a baby....
>
> When I played Berger, staged by Robert Camuto and Sally Eaton, every
> performance we did, when I looked into the audience during "Let the
Sunshine
> In", there was not a dry eye out there.
>
> Why would anyone even consider changing a master piece?
> YOU CAN NOT CHANGE HISTORY AND HISTORY IS REPEATING ITSELF.
> People need to see HAiR, without one word from the original Tames Whitmark
> Book being changed!
>
> Just my opinion :)
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mb-hair-bounces@islandlists.com
> [mailto:mb-hair-bounces@islandlists.com] On Behalf Of richard haase
> Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2005 12:15 PM
> To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
> Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Gate HAIR report
>
> it sounds nasty
> but
> again i would say its a bad adaptation
> not the fault of updating per se in principal
>
> it sounds like the director at 26 had no idea
> what hair was or what the 60s were etc
>
> i think first of all for the updating to work it must be minimal
> the extraneous insertion of ipods or S and M
> or making white boys and black boys homosexual etc
>
> or having the nude scene with mickey mick
> etc
> it all just sounds really bad
>
> obviously i think aside from a few topical changes
> and subtle changes in mis en scene
> the script/book is perfectly contemporary as is etc
>
> shame
> it sounded like a courageous attempt at the gate
> that went terribly wrong
> shame
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Michael Butler" <michael@michaelbutler.com>
> To: "HAIR List" <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
> Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2005 2:30 PM
> Subject: [Mb-hair] Gate HAIR report
>
>
> >
> > ------ Forwarded Message
> > From: ocsomtan@aol.com
> > Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2005 18:52:42 -0400
> > To: michael@michaelbutler.com
> > Subject: Re: Hair #2
> >
> >
> >  M:
> >
> > No, that's the thing -- sometimes it was so different, it made me
laugh --
> > there was real originality there, but it wasn't HAIR.  It was the piece
> > formerly-known as-HAIR-aspiring-to-be-RENT -- But did you know "Oprah"
is
> > the Tourist Lady?  That "Hair" is sung to her cameras? -- That there is
no
> > nude scene is Act 1 (but rather a nice rip off of RENT's candlelight
vigil
> > in it's place?); however, there IS a nude scene after Woof's "Mickie
Jag"
> > speech?  [Incidentally, why does this generation have such lumpy bodies?
> > And why do they insist upon taking it off when there's nothing -- or
> rather
> > , too  much -- to see?]  Oh, and Woof has a tattoo H.I.V.I.P across
chest!
> >
> > "My Conviction" has been cut; "Dead End" has been cut.  "Sheila" is
Asian
> > and wonderful.  "Jeanie" has been rewritten so no one (except me, when I
> > played her in Paris wearing flippers), could get a laugh!  -- She can
> really
> > sing, and she only miscarried twice!  "Hud" is a woman, and she should
> have
> > kept her clothes on!
> >
> > There is no war sequence.  "What A Piece of Work" is a duet for "Berger"
> and
> > "Claude" who seem to be at each other's throats for most of the piece,
so
> > it's weird.  Oh, they also get to banter "To be or not to be" back and
> > forth.  I laughed when "Berger" went into "nymph"...but, it's a very
"in"
> > joke -- "Ham" tells "Ophelia", "nymph in thy orisons be all thy sins
> > remembered."  -- I guess the BRits are more likely to get it -- but I
was
> > the only one laughing.
> >
> > I'll have to talk to you about this -- the rewrites are one thing, and
the
> > directing another.  The cast is more-than-willing -- but why?
> >
> > "White Boys" was sung by "Hud" about "Berger" and two others in bondage.
> >
> > We shoudl speak about this -- it has been more than an eye openeer -- 
and
> > yes -- I got a program for Miss Nina's archives.
> >
> > (oi!)
> >
> > Nat
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Mb-hair mailing list
> > Mb-hair@islandlists.com
> > http://www.islandlists.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mb-hair
>
> _______________________________________________
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From lbirdie at hotmail.com  Sun Sep 25 13:45:29 2005
From: lbirdie at hotmail.com (Little Birdie)
Date: Sun Sep 25 13:51:22 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] also it would be nice if people commenting on
	the60sactually remem
Message-ID: <BAY104-F212AA147CFD1138D54F7A4B2880@phx.gbl>

Richard,

I am afraid I must disagree strongly with your assertion that those who 
remember the sixties, or have seen the original production are more 
qualified to speak on these issues. By that logic I, being older than you 
and having seen the original production many more times than you, and having 
even been in it way back when, would be more qualified than you to have an 
opinion here. Obviously I do not have more of a right to my opinion than you 
do - we all are qualified to speak to what makes Hair work for us. That 
someone doesn't remember the sixties, or only remembers it slightly, does 
not make their opinion any more or less valid than those who were there 
then. I saw the original production hundreds of times  - eight times a week 
when I worked as the concession girl. Does that make my opinion more 
important? Does my having been in the show in 1973 make it even more so? In 
my humble opinion it does not.

There is another point you make (in a different email, but I speak to it 
here to conserve bandwidth) that I feel I must comment on. You say:

>i am not being hostile and i dont care for how whenever someone dissents it 
>is interpreted as hostility

I truly do not agree with you that people here respond to any disagreement 
by interpreting it as hostility. While I completely understand that you do 
not feel that your way of dialoging is hostile, I know that this problem 
comes up with such regularity that I hope you can come to accept that people 
here do interpret your style of disagreement as hostile. I accept that you 
do not feel that you were being hostile, but if you are going to be a member 
of a group you have to find a way to respect the general values of that 
group, whether you agree with them or not. So while I accept that you do not 
feel that the way your disagree with people is hostile I would encourage you 
to accept that in the general value system of this group your style of 
writing feels hostile to many of us. There is no judgment inherent in this - 
we are not wrong for feeling this, and you are not wrong for feeling you are 
not hostile. But if you want to be a member of this group you will need to 
communicate your thoughts in a way that isn't interpreted as argumentative 
by the group. In certain cultures things that we wouldn't think twice about 
doing are considered very rude. If you were traveling in a different culture 
I would hope that you would make an effort to adapt your behavior to the 
societal rules of that culture. Think of this as a situation like that. Even 
if you feel that we are completely wrong to interpret you as hostile I 
encourage you to write in a style that opens discussion instead of causing 
argument.

I have made every effort to write about these things in a way that stresses 
that this is only my opinion. Please note that I understand that you feel 
you do nothing wrong in these situations. Please show me (and others) the 
respect that I have tried to show you in this post. For instance: By all 
means tell Jim why you feel it is better to update certain portions of Hair, 
and allow him to tell you why he disagrees. But when you turn it into a 
discussion of why your opinion is more valid than his that tends to be 
interpreted as hostile, and I ask as the moderator here that you don't post 
things like that.

Nina

The Hair Archives
http://www.michaelbutler.com/hair


From olhippie at tampabay.rr.com  Sun Sep 25 13:52:30 2005
From: olhippie at tampabay.rr.com (Robin McNamara)
Date: Sun Sep 25 13:58:18 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] also it would be nice if people commenting
	onthe60sactually remem
References: <BAY104-F212AA147CFD1138D54F7A4B2880@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <000401c5c213$0bf63860$53bc2041@CowBox>

Right on sweetheart :)

Love forever
Robin





----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Little Birdie" <lbirdie@hotmail.com>
To: <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2005 4:45 PM
Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] also it would be nice if people commenting 
onthe60sactually remem


> Richard,
>
> I am afraid I must disagree strongly with your assertion that those who 
> remember the sixties, or have seen the original production are more 
> qualified to speak on these issues. By that logic I, being older than you 
> and having seen the original production many more times than you, and 
> having even been in it way back when, would be more qualified than you to 
> have an opinion here. Obviously I do not have more of a right to my 
> opinion than you do - we all are qualified to speak to what makes Hair 
> work for us. That someone doesn't remember the sixties, or only remembers 
> it slightly, does not make their opinion any more or less valid than those 
> who were there then. I saw the original production hundreds of times  - 
> eight times a week when I worked as the concession girl. Does that make my 
> opinion more important? Does my having been in the show in 1973 make it 
> even more so? In my humble opinion it does not.
>
> There is another point you make (in a different email, but I speak to it 
> here to conserve bandwidth) that I feel I must comment on. You say:
>
>>i am not being hostile and i dont care for how whenever someone dissents 
>>it is interpreted as hostility
>
> I truly do not agree with you that people here respond to any disagreement 
> by interpreting it as hostility. While I completely understand that you do 
> not feel that your way of dialoging is hostile, I know that this problem 
> comes up with such regularity that I hope you can come to accept that 
> people here do interpret your style of disagreement as hostile. I accept 
> that you do not feel that you were being hostile, but if you are going to 
> be a member of a group you have to find a way to respect the general 
> values of that group, whether you agree with them or not. So while I 
> accept that you do not feel that the way your disagree with people is 
> hostile I would encourage you to accept that in the general value system 
> of this group your style of writing feels hostile to many of us. There is 
> no judgment inherent in this - we are not wrong for feeling this, and you 
> are not wrong for feeling you are not hostile. But if you want to be a 
> member of this group you will need to communicate your thoughts in a way 
> that isn't interpreted as argumentative by the group. In certain cultures 
> things that we wouldn't think twice about doing are considered very rude. 
> If you were traveling in a different culture I would hope that you would 
> make an effort to adapt your behavior to the societal rules of that 
> culture. Think of this as a situation like that. Even if you feel that we 
> are completely wrong to interpret you as hostile I encourage you to write 
> in a style that opens discussion instead of causing argument.
>
> I have made every effort to write about these things in a way that 
> stresses that this is only my opinion. Please note that I understand that 
> you feel you do nothing wrong in these situations. Please show me (and 
> others) the respect that I have tried to show you in this post. For 
> instance: By all means tell Jim why you feel it is better to update 
> certain portions of Hair, and allow him to tell you why he disagrees. But 
> when you turn it into a discussion of why your opinion is more valid than 
> his that tends to be interpreted as hostile, and I ask as the moderator 
> here that you don't post things like that.
>
> Nina
>
> The Hair Archives
> http://www.michaelbutler.com/hair
>
>
> _______________________________________________
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From michael at michaelbutler.com  Sun Sep 25 14:03:58 2005
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Sun Sep 25 14:09:49 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] HAIR at The Lyceum Space Theatre in San Diego.
Message-ID: <BF5C5ECE.23E19%michael@michaelbutler.com>

Great luck, I went down to see it as Geoffrey Going, twice in HAIR, agreed
to go. So I had someone to share the drive.
We arrived late being lost in the maze of the shopping center with the worst
signage ever.
I did not want to be taken to a front row seat (something I really don?t
like anyway) so I wound up sitting on the steps. Great memories of the
Biltmore where that was my favorite spot.
I am sure glad we went. It was a great show! Very true to the book and
music. The staging was very different in many scenes. Duane Daniels, the
Director, had never seen HAIR so he was completely on his own. He came up
with some novel solutions. If I could criticize anything some scenes would
be slightly over produced. Notwithstanding that mention I really enjoyed
them and the audience was wild with appreciation. Voices were very good and
a very attractive tribe.
For sure all involved really had the message of HAIR. It is great to see
these small local productions when they are good. They are such believers
and give us real hope.
This is the second local production (Asheville) I have seen this month and
both were worth effort. Shame they are not going on.
Peace and Love,
Michael



From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Sun Sep 25 14:23:58 2005
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Sun Sep 25 14:29:56 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] also it would be nice if people
	commentingonthe60sactually remem
References: <BAY104-F212AA147CFD1138D54F7A4B2880@phx.gbl>
	<000401c5c213$0bf63860$53bc2041@CowBox>
Message-ID: <001d01c5c217$7168b110$6e436c42@hotprojects>


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robin McNamara" <olhippie@tampabay.rr.com>
To: <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2005 4:52 PM
Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] also it would be nice if people
commentingonthe60sactually remem


> Right on sweetheart :)
>
> Love forever
> Robin
>
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Little Birdie" <lbirdie@hotmail.com>
> To: <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
> Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2005 4:45 PM
> Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] also it would be nice if people commenting
> onthe60sactually remem
>
>
> > Richard,
> >
> > I am afraid I must disagree strongly with your assertion that those who
> > remember the sixties, or have seen the original production are more
> > qualified to speak on these issues. By that logic I, being older than
you
> > and having seen the original production many more times than you, and
> > having even been in it way back when, would be more qualified than you
to
> > have an opinion here. Obviously I do not have more of a right to my
> > opinion than you do - we all are qualified to speak to what makes Hair
> > work for us. That someone doesn't remember the sixties, or only
remembers
> > it slightly, does not make their opinion any more or less valid than
those
> > who were there then. I saw the original production hundreds of times  -
> > eight times a week when I worked as the concession girl. Does that make
my
> > opinion more important? Does my having been in the show in 1973 make it
> > even more so? In my humble opinion it does not.
> >
> > There is another point you make (in a different email, but I speak to it
> > here to conserve bandwidth) that I feel I must comment on. You say:
> >
> >>i am not being hostile and i dont care for how whenever someone dissents
> >>it is interpreted as hostility
> >
> > I truly do not agree with you that people here respond to any
disagreement
> > by interpreting it as hostility. While I completely understand that you
do
> > not feel that your way of dialoging is hostile, I know that this problem
> > comes up with such regularity that I hope you can come to accept that
> > people here do interpret your style of disagreement as hostile. I accept
> > that you do not feel that you were being hostile, but if you are going
to
> > be a member of a group you have to find a way to respect the general
> > values of that group, whether you agree with them or not. So while I
> > accept that you do not feel that the way your disagree with people is
> > hostile I would encourage you to accept that in the general value system
> > of this group your style of writing feels hostile to many of us. There
is
> > no judgment inherent in this - we are not wrong for feeling this, and
you
> > are not wrong for feeling you are not hostile. But if you want to be a
> > member of this group you will need to communicate your thoughts in a way
> > that isn't interpreted as argumentative by the group. In certain
cultures
> > things that we wouldn't think twice about doing are considered very
rude.
> > If you were traveling in a different culture I would hope that you would
> > make an effort to adapt your behavior to the societal rules of that
> > culture. Think of this as a situation like that. Even if you feel that
we
> > are completely wrong to interpret you as hostile I encourage you to
write
> > in a style that opens discussion instead of causing argument.
> >
> > I have made every effort to write about these things in a way that
> > stresses that this is only my opinion. Please note that I understand
that
> > you feel you do nothing wrong in these situations. Please show me (and
> > others) the respect that I have tried to show you in this post. For
> > instance: By all means tell Jim why you feel it is better to update
> > certain portions of Hair, and allow him to tell you why he disagrees.
But
> > when you turn it into a discussion of why your opinion is more valid
than
> > his that tends to be interpreted as hostile, and I ask as the moderator
> > here that you don't post things like that.
> >
> > Nina
> >
> > The Hair Archives
> > http://www.michaelbutler.com/hair
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Mb-hair mailing list
> > Mb-hair@islandlists.com
> > http://www.islandlists.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mb-hair
>
> _______________________________________________
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From olhippie at tampabay.rr.com  Sun Sep 25 14:24:40 2005
From: olhippie at tampabay.rr.com (Robin McNamara)
Date: Sun Sep 25 14:30:31 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] HAIR at The Lyceum Space Theatre in San Diego.
References: <BF5C5ECE.23E19%michael@michaelbutler.com>
Message-ID: <000c01c5c217$89f7c540$53bc2041@CowBox>


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Butler" <michael@michaelbutler.com>
To: "HAIR List" <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
Cc: "Duane Daniels" <fritztheatre@aol.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2005 5:03 PM
Subject: [Mb-hair] HAIR at The Lyceum Space Theatre in San Diego.


> Great memories of the> Biltmore where that was my favorite spot.

Michael my first week of Hair was  "orientation" & I rememeber sitting in 
the spot that you refer to with Gerry everynight for a week giving me 
smiles, notes & encouragement to. We even took a break one night& left the 
theater  after intemission & went to one of his "doctor's appointments", wow 
can you imagine :)
>
 Peace and Love,
> Michael
>
>
>
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From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Sun Sep 25 14:25:54 2005
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Sun Sep 25 14:31:51 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] also it would be nice if people commenting
	onthe60sactually remem
References: <BAY104-F212AA147CFD1138D54F7A4B2880@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <002401c5c217$b60e8b50$6e436c42@hotprojects>

but yes nina in a way
youre being older and having experienced more of the 60s
etc
or in those in the original company who were adults
yes i believe you do have an appreciation i dont

and im just dramaturgical issues
it is not blasphemy to argue for the updating of hair

but in any event i am not trying to offend anyone
just trying to help

in the future i shall keep more of my opinions to myself
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Little Birdie" <lbirdie@hotmail.com>
To: <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2005 4:45 PM
Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] also it would be nice if people commenting
onthe60sactually remem


> Richard,
>
> I am afraid I must disagree strongly with your assertion that those who
> remember the sixties, or have seen the original production are more
> qualified to speak on these issues. By that logic I, being older than you
> and having seen the original production many more times than you, and
having
> even been in it way back when, would be more qualified than you to have an
> opinion here. Obviously I do not have more of a right to my opinion than
you
> do - we all are qualified to speak to what makes Hair work for us. That
> someone doesn't remember the sixties, or only remembers it slightly, does
> not make their opinion any more or less valid than those who were there
> then. I saw the original production hundreds of times  - eight times a
week
> when I worked as the concession girl. Does that make my opinion more
> important? Does my having been in the show in 1973 make it even more so?
In
> my humble opinion it does not.
>
> There is another point you make (in a different email, but I speak to it
> here to conserve bandwidth) that I feel I must comment on. You say:
>
> >i am not being hostile and i dont care for how whenever someone dissents
it
> >is interpreted as hostility
>
> I truly do not agree with you that people here respond to any disagreement
> by interpreting it as hostility. While I completely understand that you do
> not feel that your way of dialoging is hostile, I know that this problem
> comes up with such regularity that I hope you can come to accept that
people
> here do interpret your style of disagreement as hostile. I accept that you
> do not feel that you were being hostile, but if you are going to be a
member
> of a group you have to find a way to respect the general values of that
> group, whether you agree with them or not. So while I accept that you do
not
> feel that the way your disagree with people is hostile I would encourage
you
> to accept that in the general value system of this group your style of
> writing feels hostile to many of us. There is no judgment inherent in
this -
> we are not wrong for feeling this, and you are not wrong for feeling you
are
> not hostile. But if you want to be a member of this group you will need to
> communicate your thoughts in a way that isn't interpreted as argumentative
> by the group. In certain cultures things that we wouldn't think twice
about
> doing are considered very rude. If you were traveling in a different
culture
> I would hope that you would make an effort to adapt your behavior to the
> societal rules of that culture. Think of this as a situation like that.
Even
> if you feel that we are completely wrong to interpret you as hostile I
> encourage you to write in a style that opens discussion instead of causing
> argument.
>
> I have made every effort to write about these things in a way that
stresses
> that this is only my opinion. Please note that I understand that you feel
> you do nothing wrong in these situations. Please show me (and others) the
> respect that I have tried to show you in this post. For instance: By all
> means tell Jim why you feel it is better to update certain portions of
Hair,
> and allow him to tell you why he disagrees. But when you turn it into a
> discussion of why your opinion is more valid than his that tends to be
> interpreted as hostile, and I ask as the moderator here that you don't
post
> things like that.
>
> Nina
>
> The Hair Archives
> http://www.michaelbutler.com/hair
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Mb-hair mailing list
> Mb-hair@islandlists.com
> http://www.islandlists.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mb-hair

From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Sun Sep 25 14:31:52 2005
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Sun Sep 25 14:37:49 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Gate HAIR report
References: <20050925192621.51C479FD16@lax-gw05.mroute.net>
	<000c01c5c20a$d958e3b0$53bc2041@CowBox>
Message-ID: <003f01c5c218$8bd06060$6e436c42@hotprojects>

i think robin that given the orientation of the average american i think
vietnam is unfortunately becoming as distant to the average 25 - 30 year old
as ancient egypt

i want the piece to survive vigorously
i am coming from a really good place

there are also forces having nothing to do with any
qualitative merits
that seem to be bent on burrying anything to do with the 60s or counter
culture etc
( i think probably these were factions who were out to get the show from the
beginning etc )
but given the rise of the far right
i think the slandering of the 60s cause and the counter culture subtly
undermines the potential receptivity of the public etc

am very concerned as someone who loves HAIR very deeply
that if the next major production is a fiasco
it will hurt the shows place so to speak
and i personally believe it is the greatest musical ever written
certainly what convinced me to be in the theater
what dictated my directing style in part etc

so i am deeply concerned
and my concerns are not without merit

but personally
i hope you are all right
i love hair
and would love to the 60s come back
and i love it as it is
but also i would out again
we updated it carefully and with great artistic prowess
in my production
and it worked
and was very true to the original
but was contemporary
that is my experience

anyway i wish everyone the best
and hair the best

richard haase in the project pit
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robin McNamara" <olhippie@tampabay.rr.com>
To: <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2005 3:53 PM
Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Gate HAIR report


> Sherwin I tend to agree with you brother the message of the ignorance &
> maddness for war is always contemporary until it isn't anymore. There are
> some minute places where youi can take "liberty" i.e. "Initials" just for
> laughs, but  it is a period piece that that should not be tampered with
.If
> you think about it, it really doesn't matter war is savage & peace is good
,
> 'one' of the messages of Hair.
>
> Love forever
> Robin
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Sherwin Ross" <sherwin@aceross.com>
> To: <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
> Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2005 3:26 PM
> Subject: RE: [Mb-hair] Gate HAIR report
>
>
> > May I ad my two cents worth......
> >
> > In the past year I have been to two HAiR plays, Bridgeport CT and Santa
> > Anna
> > University, Both times I cried like a baby....
> >
> > When I played Berger, staged by Robert Camuto and Sally Eaton, every
> > performance we did, when I looked into the audience during "Let the
> > Sunshine
> > In", there was not a dry eye out there.
> >
> > Why would anyone even consider changing a master piece?
> > YOU CAN NOT CHANGE HISTORY AND HISTORY IS REPEATING ITSELF.
> > People need to see HAiR, without one word from the original Tames
Whitmark
> > Book being changed!
> >
> > Just my opinion :)
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: mb-hair-bounces@islandlists.com
> > [mailto:mb-hair-bounces@islandlists.com] On Behalf Of richard haase
> > Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2005 12:15 PM
> > To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
> > Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Gate HAIR report
> >
> > it sounds nasty
> > but
> > again i would say its a bad adaptation
> > not the fault of updating per se in principal
> >
> > it sounds like the director at 26 had no idea
> > what hair was or what the 60s were etc
> >
> > i think first of all for the updating to work it must be minimal
> > the extraneous insertion of ipods or S and M
> > or making white boys and black boys homosexual etc
> >
> > or having the nude scene with mickey mick
> > etc
> > it all just sounds really bad
> >
> > obviously i think aside from a few topical changes
> > and subtle changes in mis en scene
> > the script/book is perfectly contemporary as is etc
> >
> > shame
> > it sounded like a courageous attempt at the gate
> > that went terribly wrong
> > shame
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Michael Butler" <michael@michaelbutler.com>
> > To: "HAIR List" <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
> > Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2005 2:30 PM
> > Subject: [Mb-hair] Gate HAIR report
> >
> >
> >>
> >> ------ Forwarded Message
> >> From: ocsomtan@aol.com
> >> Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2005 18:52:42 -0400
> >> To: michael@michaelbutler.com
> >> Subject: Re: Hair #2
> >>
> >>
> >>  M:
> >>
> >> No, that's the thing -- sometimes it was so different, it made me
> >> laugh --
> >> there was real originality there, but it wasn't HAIR.  It was the piece
> >> formerly-known as-HAIR-aspiring-to-be-RENT -- But did you know "Oprah"
is
> >> the Tourist Lady?  That "Hair" is sung to her cameras? -- That there is
> >> no
> >> nude scene is Act 1 (but rather a nice rip off of RENT's candlelight
> >> vigil
> >> in it's place?); however, there IS a nude scene after Woof's "Mickie
Jag"
> >> speech?  [Incidentally, why does this generation have such lumpy
bodies?
> >> And why do they insist upon taking it off when there's nothing -- or
> > rather
> >> , too  much -- to see?]  Oh, and Woof has a tattoo H.I.V.I.P across
> >> chest!
> >>
> >> "My Conviction" has been cut; "Dead End" has been cut.  "Sheila" is
Asian
> >> and wonderful.  "Jeanie" has been rewritten so no one (except me, when
I
> >> played her in Paris wearing flippers), could get a laugh!  -- She can
> > really
> >> sing, and she only miscarried twice!  "Hud" is a woman, and she should
> > have
> >> kept her clothes on!
> >>
> >> There is no war sequence.  "What A Piece of Work" is a duet for
"Berger"
> > and
> >> "Claude" who seem to be at each other's throats for most of the piece,
so
> >> it's weird.  Oh, they also get to banter "To be or not to be" back and
> >> forth.  I laughed when "Berger" went into "nymph"...but, it's a very
"in"
> >> joke -- "Ham" tells "Ophelia", "nymph in thy orisons be all thy sins
> >> remembered."  -- I guess the BRits are more likely to get it -- but I
was
> >> the only one laughing.
> >>
> >> I'll have to talk to you about this -- the rewrites are one thing, and
> >> the
> >> directing another.  The cast is more-than-willing -- but why?
> >>
> >> "White Boys" was sung by "Hud" about "Berger" and two others in
bondage.
> >>
> >> We shoudl speak about this -- it has been more than an eye openeer -- 
and
> >> yes -- I got a program for Miss Nina's archives.
> >>
> >> (oi!)
> >>
> >> Nat
> >>
> >>
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From michael at michaelbutler.com  Sun Sep 25 14:36:24 2005
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Sun Sep 25 14:42:21 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] also it would be nice if people commenting
	onthe60sactually received
In-Reply-To: <002401c5c217$b60e8b50$6e436c42@hotprojects>
Message-ID: <BF5C6668.23E28%michael@michaelbutler.com>

The problem in not so much what one opines on the List as it is the
offensive way some remarks, frequently in fact, are received by the others.
Michael

> but yes nina in a way
> youre being older and having experienced more of the 60s
> etc
> or in those in the original company who were adults
> yes i believe you do have an appreciation i dont
> 
> and im just dramaturgical issues
> it is not blasphemy to argue for the updating of hair
> 
> but in any event i am not trying to offend anyone
> just trying to help
> 
> in the future i shall keep more of my opinions to myself
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Little Birdie" <lbirdie@hotmail.com>
> To: <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
> Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2005 4:45 PM
> Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] also it would be nice if people commenting
> onthe60sactually remem
> 
> 
>> Richard,
>> 
>> I am afraid I must disagree strongly with your assertion that those who
>> remember the sixties, or have seen the original production are more
>> qualified to speak on these issues. By that logic I, being older than you
>> and having seen the original production many more times than you, and
> having
>> even been in it way back when, would be more qualified than you to have an
>> opinion here. Obviously I do not have more of a right to my opinion than
> you
>> do - we all are qualified to speak to what makes Hair work for us. That
>> someone doesn't remember the sixties, or only remembers it slightly, does
>> not make their opinion any more or less valid than those who were there
>> then. I saw the original production hundreds of times  - eight times a
> week
>> when I worked as the concession girl. Does that make my opinion more
>> important? Does my having been in the show in 1973 make it even more so?
> In
>> my humble opinion it does not.
>> 
>> There is another point you make (in a different email, but I speak to it
>> here to conserve bandwidth) that I feel I must comment on. You say:
>> 
>>> i am not being hostile and i dont care for how whenever someone dissents
> it
>>> is interpreted as hostility
>> 
>> I truly do not agree with you that people here respond to any disagreement
>> by interpreting it as hostility. While I completely understand that you do
>> not feel that your way of dialoging is hostile, I know that this problem
>> comes up with such regularity that I hope you can come to accept that
> people
>> here do interpret your style of disagreement as hostile. I accept that you
>> do not feel that you were being hostile, but if you are going to be a
> member
>> of a group you have to find a way to respect the general values of that
>> group, whether you agree with them or not. So while I accept that you do
> not
>> feel that the way your disagree with people is hostile I would encourage
> you
>> to accept that in the general value system of this group your style of
>> writing feels hostile to many of us. There is no judgment inherent in
> this -
>> we are not wrong for feeling this, and you are not wrong for feeling you
> are
>> not hostile. But if you want to be a member of this group you will need to
>> communicate your thoughts in a way that isn't interpreted as argumentative
>> by the group. In certain cultures things that we wouldn't think twice
> about
>> doing are considered very rude. If you were traveling in a different
> culture
>> I would hope that you would make an effort to adapt your behavior to the
>> societal rules of that culture. Think of this as a situation like that.
> Even
>> if you feel that we are completely wrong to interpret you as hostile I
>> encourage you to write in a style that opens discussion instead of causing
>> argument.
>> 
>> I have made every effort to write about these things in a way that
> stresses
>> that this is only my opinion. Please note that I understand that you feel
>> you do nothing wrong in these situations. Please show me (and others) the
>> respect that I have tried to show you in this post. For instance: By all
>> means tell Jim why you feel it is better to update certain portions of
> Hair,
>> and allow him to tell you why he disagrees. But when you turn it into a
>> discussion of why your opinion is more valid than his that tends to be
>> interpreted as hostile, and I ask as the moderator here that you don't
> post
>> things like that.
>> 
>> Nina
>> 
>> The Hair Archives
>> http://www.michaelbutler.com/hair
>> 
>> 
>> _______________________________________________
>> Mb-hair mailing list
>> Mb-hair@islandlists.com
>> http://www.islandlists.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mb-hair
> 
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From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Sun Sep 25 14:40:46 2005
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Sun Sep 25 14:46:42 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] HAIR at The Lyceum Space Theatre in San Diego.
References: <BF5C5ECE.23E19%michael@michaelbutler.com>
Message-ID: <002301c5c219$cab074e0$6e436c42@hotprojects>

as i said to rado
i personally have never seen a bad production of HAIR
the only production i would classify as bad
in my subjective opinion
was the film
which i really felt was horribly off the mark
( my subjective opinion )
but ive never seen a bad production onstage
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Butler" <michael@michaelbutler.com>
To: "HAIR List" <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
Cc: "Duane Daniels" <fritztheatre@aol.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2005 5:03 PM
Subject: [Mb-hair] HAIR at The Lyceum Space Theatre in San Diego.


> Great luck, I went down to see it as Geoffrey Going, twice in HAIR, agreed
> to go. So I had someone to share the drive.
> We arrived late being lost in the maze of the shopping center with the
worst
> signage ever.
> I did not want to be taken to a front row seat (something I really don?t
> like anyway) so I wound up sitting on the steps. Great memories of the
> Biltmore where that was my favorite spot.
> I am sure glad we went. It was a great show! Very true to the book and
> music. The staging was very different in many scenes. Duane Daniels, the
> Director, had never seen HAIR so he was completely on his own. He came up
> with some novel solutions. If I could criticize anything some scenes would
> be slightly over produced. Notwithstanding that mention I really enjoyed
> them and the audience was wild with appreciation. Voices were very good
and
> a very attractive tribe.
> For sure all involved really had the message of HAIR. It is great to see
> these small local productions when they are good. They are such believers
> and give us real hope.
> This is the second local production (Asheville) I have seen this month and
> both were worth effort. Shame they are not going on.
> Peace and Love,
> Michael
>
>
>
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From michael at michaelbutler.com  Sun Sep 25 14:45:01 2005
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Sun Sep 25 14:50:56 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] HAIR at The Lyceum Space Theatre in San Diego.
In-Reply-To: <002301c5c219$cab074e0$6e436c42@hotprojects>
Message-ID: <BF5C686D.23E2F%michael@michaelbutler.com>

I have seen some poor productions of HAIR

> as i said to rado
> i personally have never seen a bad production of HAIR
> the only production i would classify as bad
> in my subjective opinion
> was the film
> which i really felt was horribly off the mark
> ( my subjective opinion )
> but ive never seen a bad production onstage
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Butler" <michael@michaelbutler.com>
> To: "HAIR List" <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
> Cc: "Duane Daniels" <fritztheatre@aol.com>
> Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2005 5:03 PM
> Subject: [Mb-hair] HAIR at The Lyceum Space Theatre in San Diego.
> 
> 
>> Great luck, I went down to see it as Geoffrey Going, twice in HAIR, agreed
>> to go. So I had someone to share the drive.
>> We arrived late being lost in the maze of the shopping center with the
> worst
>> signage ever.
>> I did not want to be taken to a front row seat (something I really don?t
>> like anyway) so I wound up sitting on the steps. Great memories of the
>> Biltmore where that was my favorite spot.
>> I am sure glad we went. It was a great show! Very true to the book and
>> music. The staging was very different in many scenes. Duane Daniels, the
>> Director, had never seen HAIR so he was completely on his own. He came up
>> with some novel solutions. If I could criticize anything some scenes would
>> be slightly over produced. Notwithstanding that mention I really enjoyed
>> them and the audience was wild with appreciation. Voices were very good
> and
>> a very attractive tribe.
>> For sure all involved really had the message of HAIR. It is great to see
>> these small local productions when they are good. They are such believers
>> and give us real hope.
>> This is the second local production (Asheville) I have seen this month and
>> both were worth effort. Shame they are not going on.
>> Peace and Love,
>> Michael
>> 
>> 
>> 
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From lbirdie at hotmail.com  Sun Sep 25 14:47:27 2005
From: lbirdie at hotmail.com (Little Birdie)
Date: Sun Sep 25 14:53:20 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] HAIR at The Lyceum Space Theatre in San Diego.
In-Reply-To: <000c01c5c217$89f7c540$53bc2041@CowBox>
Message-ID: <BAY104-F14C52E2E8C6F14B43ACA08B2880@phx.gbl>

MB and Robin wrote about sitting on the steps at the Biltmore:

>>Great memories of the> Biltmore where that was my favorite spot.

>Michael my first week of Hair was  "orientation" & I rememeber sitting in 
>the spot that you refer to with Gerry everynight for a week giving me 
>smiles, notes & encouragement to.

Me too. After the show started and the candy, orange drinks and programs 
were put away we would often sit on the steps and watch, until it was time 
to set up for intermission...

Wonderful memories...
Love,
Nina

The Hair Archives
http://www.michaelbutler.com/hair/holding/Hair.html


From lbirdie at hotmail.com  Sun Sep 25 14:56:15 2005
From: lbirdie at hotmail.com (Little Birdie)
Date: Sun Sep 25 15:02:08 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] also it would be nice if people
	commentingonthe60sactually remem
In-Reply-To: <002401c5c217$b60e8b50$6e436c42@hotprojects>
Message-ID: <BAY104-F41D8100C0E2C9E151CEED9B2880@phx.gbl>

Richard wrote:

>in the future i shall keep more of my opinions to myself

That is not what I asked for, Richard. I ask that you change the tone with 
which you write about those opinions here to one where people feel less 
attacked by you, and more open to discussion with you.

Nina

The Hair Archives
http://www.michaelbutler.com/hair/holding/Hair.html


From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Sun Sep 25 14:58:56 2005
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Sun Sep 25 15:04:51 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] also it would be nice if
	peoplecommentingonthe60sactually remem
References: <BAY104-F41D8100C0E2C9E151CEED9B2880@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <00a801c5c21c$538ab800$6e436c42@hotprojects>

thank you nina thats kind
ill tone it down

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Little Birdie" <lbirdie@hotmail.com>
To: <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2005 5:56 PM
Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] also it would be nice if
peoplecommentingonthe60sactually remem


> Richard wrote:
>
> >in the future i shall keep more of my opinions to myself
>
> That is not what I asked for, Richard. I ask that you change the tone with
> which you write about those opinions here to one where people feel less
> attacked by you, and more open to discussion with you.
>
> Nina
>
> The Hair Archives
> http://www.michaelbutler.com/hair/holding/Hair.html
>
>
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From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Sun Sep 25 14:59:30 2005
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Sun Sep 25 15:05:34 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] we need a chat room for the groups
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From peacefreak at metrocast.net  Sun Sep 25 15:26:17 2005
From: peacefreak at metrocast.net (Leo)
Date: Sun Sep 25 15:32:15 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Updating HAIR
References: <200509251900.j8PJ0Dph012100@dune.islandtechnologies.net>
Message-ID: <000a01c5c220$258fa4c0$6401a8c0@Leo>

I've read all the posts regarding the updating of HAIR and specifically 
those updates associated with the London production and so I figured I'd 
toss in my headset.
Mind you, I was gonna resist the temptation to join in this topic as it's 
obviously a hot button but, as several of you have pointed out, it's only my 
opinion but my opinion is as valid  and real to me as yours is to you. End 
of prologue!
Let's see, I was born in 1949 so I was at a ripe age to experience the 60s. 
Funny thing is I remember doing all these things during that time but 
whenever I try to put them in chronological order it doesn't add up!! Musta 
been the drugs but man I believe the adage, "If you remember the 60s, you 
weren't there." Also, I never had the bread to see the original production 
of HAIR or any of the first run productions. I owned the OBC (when my mom, 
God rest her, heard Sodomy the lp got disposed of! And of course I remember 
the hubbub surrounding HAIR and in particular the mention of full frontal 
nudity for the first time on Broadway. I didn't have the bread cuz I was too 
busy panhandling and selling blood & plasma and weed just to have enough 
money to party on and to share the rent with 13 other freaks. I had no spare 
bucks!
I am another one of those HAIR purists. Oh sure, I can see minor changes or 
decisions such as, "Do I use the movie scene or not?", does Hud really have 
to be male, will I use Hippie Life, etc. But any major changes rip the heart 
and soul out of HAIR for me. A Playstation!! HIVIP tatooed on Woof's chest?! 
And I really didn't like a recent production when they started with Sheila 
in 2005 reading a scrapbook. I understand the concept but I didn't like it. 
No, no, no.
The issues of HAIR are what gives it it's driving force. Peace, love, 
freedom, understanding, sexuality and anti war sentiment are all concepts 
which any generation should and could relate to. And although HAIR is very 
time specific, it still works. No one ever messed with Bye Bye Birdie or 
Grease - 2 other shows which are time specific. Like HAIR, they stand up 
well in the period in which they were written.
Is it a history lesson? I know I certainly educated the Tribe on the 
backdrop of the 60s so they could get the vibe of it.I showed them vintage 
footage of riots, concerts, Viet Nam, and of course a huge dose of music. 
But, in as much as HAIR is a "part" of history, it is the message which is 
timeless. I had a reviewer write a critique of one of our productions and it 
started, "HAIR is a museum piece and belongs in the archives." Right away I 
knew where this cat was coming from. And he went on to say that he didn't 
like the piece when it initially came out. Surprise! Is Shakespeare a museum 
piece?
One final thought, and this is specific to the London production, can you 
imagine being a youngster sitting in the audience watching that production? 
Or a first timer sitting in the audience? What if those people didn't like 
the show at all and believed that THAT was what HAIR was all about! We have 
lost them as HAIR fans. What a travesty that would be. The important thing 
is to keep pumping out productions of HAIR that are thoughful and honest in 
their approach. We must keep that spirit alive and continue to spread the 
groovy revolution among the ages.

PEACE,
Leo 


From peacefreak at metrocast.net  Sun Sep 25 16:04:07 2005
From: peacefreak at metrocast.net (Leo)
Date: Sun Sep 25 16:10:06 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: HAIR at The Lyceum Space Theatre in San Diego. 
References: <200509161900.j8GJ083a018126@dune.islandtechnologies.net>
Message-ID: <000801c5c225$6ecf6030$6401a8c0@Leo>

Thanks for this report Michael and I agree with you 100%, it is outasite to 
see small, local production companies produce quality productions of HAIR. 
And it is great to see original, novel approaches with the material as is. 
Congats to the Lyceum Tribe.

PEACE,
Leo
----------------------Original Message----------------------------
Great luck, I went down to see it as Geoffrey Going, twice in HAIR, agreed
to go. So I had someone to share the drive.
We arrived late being lost in the maze of the shopping center with the worst
signage ever.
I did not want to be taken to a front row seat (something I really don?t
like anyway) so I wound up sitting on the steps. Great memories of the
Biltmore where that was my favorite spot.
I am sure glad we went. It was a great show! Very true to the book and
music. The staging was very different in many scenes. Duane Daniels, the
Director, had never seen HAIR so he was completely on his own. He came up
with some novel solutions. If I could criticize anything some scenes would
be slightly over produced. Notwithstanding that mention I really enjoyed
them and the audience was wild with appreciation. Voices were very good and
a very attractive tribe.
For sure all involved really had the message of HAIR. It is great to see
these small local productions when they are good. They are such believers
and give us real hope.
This is the second local production (Asheville) I have seen this month and
both were worth effort. Shame they are not going on.
Peace and Love,
Michael 


From nycrjmac at yahoo.com  Sun Sep 25 16:54:07 2005
From: nycrjmac at yahoo.com (RJ Mac)
Date: Sun Sep 25 17:00:03 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Updating HAIR
In-Reply-To: <000a01c5c220$258fa4c0$6401a8c0@Leo>
Message-ID: <20050925235407.3987.qmail@web31613.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

I was getting more and more curious about this alleged
train-wreck so I checked the web and found the
following article from the London Guardian.  (link and
article copy follows after my op-ed commentary)

I'm now a bit more sympathetic with the director,
despite that his concept apparrently did not succeed. 
It's absolutely wild and unorthodox. So was (is) the
show Hair.  ESTABLISHED works can handle attempted
innovations.  Any live performance, any time, has to
have its own life.  The text is the roadmap, the
formula to resurrect the event. Sometimes the ideas
work, sometimes no.

I've seen plenty of directorially improved
re-conceptions of established works.  (Did anyone see
the recent Broadway "Streetcar Named Desire"?  Oy.)   
So it goes up, it goes down, the loss is the
producer's, and the show continues unscathed.  Truly
powerful works manage to get their message over
however re-dressed or distorted.  

As well, opinions and reactions vary wildly.  For
example, a production of a different particular
musical, whose directorial re-imagining was highly
complimented by someone on this list, had me in fits
of exasperation.  Eh.  The show opened and closed, the
property goes on unscathed.

(Caveat: this opinion applies to Established works
only.)



http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/features/story/0,11710,1562210,00.html#article_continue

HAIR RESTORER
Simon Garfield
Sunday September 4, 2005
The Observer

When Daniel Kramer contacted the original writers
about a new version of the Sixties musical Hair, they
were doubtful. Then they heard his ideas for making
this classic contemporary

Hair is famous for many things and the most famous of
all is that charming young people take their clothes
off in it. Thirty-eight years after it was first
performed, a new and dramatically updated version is
about to open at the Gate Theatre in London's Notting
Hill, and just about the only thing to have survived
from the original is the prospect of still being able
to ogle smooth flesh in the name of freedom and art.
The good news is that the Gate is a very small
theatre.

Article continues
A few weeks ago, I received an email from the Gate's
artistic director, Thea Sharrock, and it contained
crushing news. I was to be allowed into rehearsals for
45 minutes one afternoon at 2.30, but 'around 3.15
they will be working on a nudity scene, so obviously
you will then be politely asked to leave'. I attended,
despite this setback, and was greeted with a scene
that anyone in their right mind would pay quite a lot
not to see - a large group of people singing 'Hare
Krishna, Hare Rama'. Fortunately, this spiritual be-in
was interrupted by a drug-addled love-in, before a
conga line took over the stage, and then the
curly-headed hero, Claude, entered and sang: 'Where do
I go, where do I go?'

Then Claude went around what was supposed to be Times
Square, and the cast put out the candles that they had
only just lit a minute before. Then it was the
interval. The cast asked questions about exactly where
they should be when a particular thing happened. They
were answered by Daniel Kramer, the director, whose
bright idea to bring Hair back to the stage this was.

Kramer, a 26-year-old American with a directing style
both camp and muscular, employed witty advice to help
his actors understand what he wanted. 'If you're
standing with your back to the audience, please make
it an interesting shape,' he said. 'Unless you're
Charlie Chaplin, the human back is really boring to
look at.' He knew the musical from every angle, even
though some lines had only been revised the night
before.

Part of his challenge was making the play work in such
a small space; including the band, there will be 20
people on stage, and only 65 in the audience. Another
problem was making sense of a show that contained
songs indelibly linked with the late Sixties -
'Aquarius', 'Good Morning Starshine', 'Let the
Sunshine in' - and a show that is best remembered for
glorious political naivety and the excessive use of
the loon pant. Kramer had slightly less of a dilemma
finding modern parallels for an unpopular war,
potential environmental disaster and young people
trying to find themselves in a troubled world.

These days, it all seems a little quaint. 'The
American tribal love-rock musical' rebelled against
everything that was bad in the West: the war in
Vietnam, the generational divide, organised religion,
the treatment of native Americans, racism, pollution.
It proposed an alternative society based, as far as
anyone could tell, on fellatio, sodomy, cunnilingus,
masturbation and LSD. In London, Paris and Chicago,
people were taking to the streets to protest, but in
Manhattan a group of hairies was asking theatregoers
to pay to hear them sing about how their leaders were
taking them to hell.

The songs were the plot and the script seemed like an
afterthought: young man in a big city feels alienated
in changing society, is torn this way and that by
conservative parents and beautiful but way-out new
friends, has girlfriend problems and is drafted for
Vietnam. Some of the script was great. Abraham Lincoln
was the 'emanci-muthafuckin-pator of the slaves'. The
draft was 'white people sending black people to fight
yellow people to protect the country they stole from
red people'. But some of the script was not great:
'Oh,' says Claude to his parents early on, 'I've got
to get me out of this flat and start Liverpoolin' it
up with me mates... out on to the Technicolor streets
with me daffodils. Me pretty little daffodils.'

But the big thing about Hair was that no one had
really seen a bunch of hippie types organise
themselves so well before. This was because the cast -
or tribe as they liked to call themselves - weren't
actually all dropouts from some odoriferous stone age
but a group of highly talented, energetic people right
there punctually in the name of entertainment.

Despite this, it still wasn't like My Fair Lady. When
Hair opened in London, those audience members who had
barely been able to prevent themselves from dancing in
the aisles during the show got up at the end to dance
on stage with the tribe. Princess Anne did it. 'The
18-year-old princess broke into a hip-swinging
routine, flinging her arms in abandon,' the New York
Times reported. She was wearing a navy-blue
trousersuit and white blouse, which remained tucked in
despite her abandon.

Seeing Hair was like seeing an early punk rock band:
if it hit you, it hit you and, to a certain extent, it
would define you; the next morning the world looked a
little different. Ruby Wax recently told Saga magazine
that she 'slept with everybody' in the cast: 'Well
actually, I got the gay guys and ended up with the
lead guitarist. I couldn't sing, so it was the only
way I could get in it.'

Hair was born four times in the late Sixties. It began
a short run as the first play at Joseph Papp's
Anspacher Public Theatre in October 1967 and soon
transferred to the Cheetah discotheque on Broadway.
Here it was not a hit, the audiences couldn't yet see
the point of dancing after a play and there were
conflicts between the writers, the producer, the cast
and the director about what they were supposed to be
doing. As the producer later explained: 'The director
wasn't a hippie; he was a beatnik.'

The creative team persevered. James Rado and Gerome
Ragni (book and lyrics) and Galt MacDermot (music)
wrote additional songs, and a new director, Tom
O'Horgan, introduced 'sensitivity exercises' to unite
his cast. Hair got a slot at the Biltmore on Broadway
in April 1968 when another show dropped out and, for a
while, it became a sensation, not least when people
complained about the swearing or nudity, or when an
astronaut walked out during the interval because he
felt insulted by what the tribe was doing to an
American flag.

It opened at the Shaftesbury Theatre in London six
months later, a day after the Lord Chamberlain's
powers to censor stage productions were abolished. The
show provided breaks for Paul Nicholas, Elaine Paige,
Marsha Hunt, Oliver Tobias and Sonja Kristina, and
they received a generally warm, if slightly perplexed,
critical welcome. The Financial Times described a
'vocal few in the gallery' who objected to the
nipples, and its drama critic looked in vain for a
traditional plot, but he did admire the exuberance and
'three smashing girls' in the cast.

The real hipsters and the underground press were less
keen, just as the original punks didn't like it when
ripped T-shirts appeared in Top Shop. As each month of
the four-year run passed, the freshness slowly gave
way to parody. Towards the end, coach parties would
arrive, and Hair became as much of an institution as
the institutions it was knocking.

Inevitably, Hair grew. It has been performed in
Sweden, Mexico, Turkey, Venezuela and Japan, and the
soundtrack is available in many languages. In 1979, it
was made into an ill-judged film by Milos Forman,
something Time Out reasoned was 'a smug, banal
fairytale with a message' that was neither old enough
to have acquired the dignity of a period piece, nor
young enough to have the slightest relevance.

In 1993, Hair was revived at the Old Vic, the last
time it was seen in London. This was not a radically
updated version and it bombed. Free love then meant
mostly one thing: Aids. One of the production staff
has said that the reason it flopped was that the cast
was made up of 'Thatcher's children who didn't really
get it'.

The producer of Hair on Broadway, and subsequently 30
other productions, was Michael Butler, who has been
utterly transformed by the experience 'from a
military-industrial hawk to mind-altered dove'. Butler
was running for the US Senate when he saw the first
production and taking it to a wider audience seemed to
him the most daring political statement he could make.

'Hair is about freedom, peace and love,' he tells me.
'Its lessons are permanent and universal.' I asked him
for his thoughts on the Old Vic show, but he hadn't
seen it. 'I was told by original tribe members that it
was terrible. Hair should not be done by strictly
commercial producers, nor dominated by number
crunchers. It is a work of affection and needs to be
produced with TLC.'

He says that of all his productions of Hair, the two
that were dominated by commercial considerations
didn't work. I also ask him about nudity. 'Nudity is
an important element in Hair. I refer to "the
Emperor's [New] Clothes". Certainly, in this era of
American imperial hubris, that tale bears
consideration. Frankly, the nudity at the end of Act 1
is what has brought a lot of people in to see Hair.
Then we have them for the messages in the second act
which mean so much.'

I ask whether he will be coming over for the new show,
but he says that unfortunately this Saturday he is due
to take part in a 'major Hair tribal reunion' and he
would be 'dealing with the aftermath'. Perhaps there
is another reason; he said that he didn't think a
radical update would work. 'Even small tinkering is in
error.'

Meanwhile, over at the home of big tinkering, the
nudity rehearsals are over. I meet Daniel Kramer at a
pub near his flat in Camden. He drinks neat whisky and
says he is nervous about interviews. He also says:
'I'm 26 and at 26 I can't afford to fail', which is
perhaps not something a tribe member would have said
in 1967.

Kramer is rightly regarded as a hotshot. He became
associate director at the Gate after his successful
production there of Woyzeck and his direction of Simon
Callow in Through the Leaves at the Southwark
Playhouse transferred to the West End. On Hair, he is
joined by lots of other hotshots, most in their
mid-twenties. There is ambitious producer Tali Pelman,
an Israeli who grew up in South Africa and New York
before being advised by actor Brian Cox to try her
hand at the Gate; there is artistic director Thea
Sharrock, she of the upsetting email, who will soon
direct Richard Griffiths, John Hurt and Ken Stott in
Tom Stoppard's translation of Gerald Sibleyras's
Heroes in the West End; there is the musical director
Stephen Brooker, who did the same job for The Woman in
White, My Fair Lady and South Pacific; there is sound
designer Mick Potter, who this year won an Olivier for
The Woman In White; there is hair by Vidal Sassoon;
and then there is the bright-voiced cast, some fresh
out of drama school, others from Miss Saigon and Les
Mis, all of them committed to succeeding where others
have failed.

Kramer has lived in England for five years. When he
was a young boy in America, he used to listen to the
songs of Hair a lot and for years he has nurtured
hopes of directing his interpretation. He was
convinced that most of the songs still held up, but
his attempt to convince others that he could be make
them resonate was a struggle.

'I'd taken it to a few producers who shall remain
nameless,' he says. The Iraq war strengthened his
resolve. 'I felt like it was my duty to do it; it was
my chance for me to speak up about America and the
war. It's more appropriate for an American to do that
than a Brit.' When another play that Kramer hoped to
direct at the Gate disappointed during workshops, Hair
took its place. Or, rather, the battle to obtain
permission to produce a new version of Hair took its
place.

'It was a little war in itself,' Kramer says of the
months that it took to convince the surviving original
writers - lyricist James Rado and composer Galt
MacDermot - that it wasn't going to be like some of
the other projects they had been involved with. 'There
was the Danish production in the late Nineties
directed by a protege of Ingmar Bergman,' James Rado
explains. 'I was impressed by the credit and the guy.
Worked with him and, with hopeful generosity, gave him
creative leeway. I was mightily shocked when I saw the
show in Copenhagen and to my chagrin found the
director had used the story of the Hair movie [which
is not one of my favourite things in life].'

More recently, there was the Viennese production.
'Instead of Claude being a hippie who has a lock of
his hair cut in the opening scene,' Rado remembers,
'he was now a guy who sat in a barber-like chair and
had a tattoo burned into his skin. The whole thing was
elaborately conceived and recorded, but to me was a
fiasco. I vowed: never again.'

Kramer sent him a draft of his updates, which included
references to 11 September, the war in Iraq and the
Kyoto Protocol, and bit-parts for Bush and Blair. The
writer liked enough of it to keep talking to him, and
Rado soon provided new suggestions. 'Jim said that he
really didn't want me to hold back on it,' Kramer
says. 'He thought that if we were going to do this at
all, we may as well be as radical as we could possibly
be.' Rehearsals began four days after the London
bombings, which were immediately incorporated into the
script.

Kramer is understandably reluctant to reveal too much
detail about the transformation. The text updates I
have seen are quite modest - the Hare Krishna be-in is
now specifically a vigil for peace in the Middle East,
while Claude's attack on his parents' interest in
collecting S&H Green Stamps and King Korn coupons has
been changed to Doritos stamps. But it is clear that
the whole mood of the musical has shifted and
darkened. The action takes place in today's New York,
although Kramer talks about creating a heightened
reality and a scene transformation that may remind the
audience of watching MTV (and perhaps also the
adverts, where 'Aquarius' now promotes the Ford Focus
Zetec).

At the Gate, 'Aquarius' leads to the tribe's hangout,
'a funky little loft space with some cool graffiti on
the wall, and this is where they come after classes at
NYU to hang out and smoke a joint and talk about
politics and relationships. Then we get to meet the
gay man, who, in 1968, was bisexual, but in 2005 is
full-on gay.

Then we meet the white boy who is lost and on Prozac,
searching for something that means something to him in
the world. Then it's his medication time and he takes
his Prozac and we go inside his mind. There's this
whole movement in which Bush and Rumsfeld and
Condoleezza Rice appear, and there's racism,
homophobia, protesting, fighting, crime, the
environment ...

Kramer says that the auditions took the form of a
lengthy political discussion. 'Most people did not
know what the Kyoto Protocol was. It's not a judgment,
but I tended to go with the people who did.' He also
discussed nudity. 'I said to everyone, "It's Hair,
it's famous for its nudity, it doesn't affect casting,
but tell me what your comfort level is." One person
said they might have a problem. So some of them are
taking it off and some of them aren't, but I said from
the start that I'm not letting nudity get in the way
of me not casting a brilliant performer.

'At the time I was casting, I had cut the nudity scene
out, because that's not what it's about for me. But
then I began to get interested in why nudity is still
taboo, especially in America. Britney Spears can
appear on Nickelodeon and grind in front of 10,000
children, but I'd rather have Garden of Eden nudity
than have a child watch her fuck a microphone.' Kramer
says there is also a second nude scene, 'which I won't
speak about, but if it doesn't make a point I will
give up and go back to America'.

There is no doubting the great risks Kramer and his
team are taking to get their message through. Not
since the days when Stephen Daldry was in charge has
the Gate laid such a huge, hopeful spread before an
audience, and with such a deep ambition, too. The
expression 'in your face' can seldom have suited a
production so well.

In one sense, they already have a hit on their hands.
The run is returns-only at the box office and an
extension is being planned; after that, the transfer
to a larger space seems probable. But in another
sense, it's all to play for. The fact that Hair has
never been successfully updated before suggests that
it is rather easier to claim relevance than conjure
it.

Some things don't change even in four decades. Each
night, a group of young people must walk on to a stage
to address one of the oldest and most complex
questions of all: can they make a difference?


	
		
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From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Sun Sep 25 16:55:01 2005
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Sun Sep 25 17:00:58 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] sorry sorry to have offended everyone
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From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Sun Sep 25 17:02:21 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Updating HAIR
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god bless rj mac
IT WAS WILD AND UNORTHODOX
SO WAS THE SHOW HAIR
THATS IT IN A NUTSHELL
AND AGAIN IT MAY HAVE BEEN HIS PARTICULAR ADAPTATION THAT DIDNT WORK
NOT THE NOTION OF AN UPDATED ADAPTATION IN GENERAL
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "RJ Mac" <nycrjmac@yahoo.com>
To: <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2005 7:54 PM
Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Updating HAIR


> I was getting more and more curious about this alleged
> train-wreck so I checked the web and found the
> following article from the London Guardian.  (link and
> article copy follows after my op-ed commentary)
>
> I'm now a bit more sympathetic with the director,
> despite that his concept apparrently did not succeed.
> It's absolutely wild and unorthodox. So was (is) the
> show Hair.  ESTABLISHED works can handle attempted
> innovations.  Any live performance, any time, has to
> have its own life.  The text is the roadmap, the
> formula to resurrect the event. Sometimes the ideas
> work, sometimes no.
>
> I've seen plenty of directorially improved
> re-conceptions of established works.  (Did anyone see
> the recent Broadway "Streetcar Named Desire"?  Oy.)
> So it goes up, it goes down, the loss is the
> producer's, and the show continues unscathed.  Truly
> powerful works manage to get their message over
> however re-dressed or distorted.
>
> As well, opinions and reactions vary wildly.  For
> example, a production of a different particular
> musical, whose directorial re-imagining was highly
> complimented by someone on this list, had me in fits
> of exasperation.  Eh.  The show opened and closed, the
> property goes on unscathed.
>
> (Caveat: this opinion applies to Established works
> only.)
>
>
>
>
http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/features/story/0,11710,1562210,00.html#article_continue
>
> HAIR RESTORER
> Simon Garfield
> Sunday September 4, 2005
> The Observer
>
> When Daniel Kramer contacted the original writers
> about a new version of the Sixties musical Hair, they
> were doubtful. Then they heard his ideas for making
> this classic contemporary
>
> Hair is famous for many things and the most famous of
> all is that charming young people take their clothes
> off in it. Thirty-eight years after it was first
> performed, a new and dramatically updated version is
> about to open at the Gate Theatre in London's Notting
> Hill, and just about the only thing to have survived
> from the original is the prospect of still being able
> to ogle smooth flesh in the name of freedom and art.
> The good news is that the Gate is a very small
> theatre.
>
> Article continues
> A few weeks ago, I received an email from the Gate's
> artistic director, Thea Sharrock, and it contained
> crushing news. I was to be allowed into rehearsals for
> 45 minutes one afternoon at 2.30, but 'around 3.15
> they will be working on a nudity scene, so obviously
> you will then be politely asked to leave'. I attended,
> despite this setback, and was greeted with a scene
> that anyone in their right mind would pay quite a lot
> not to see - a large group of people singing 'Hare
> Krishna, Hare Rama'. Fortunately, this spiritual be-in
> was interrupted by a drug-addled love-in, before a
> conga line took over the stage, and then the
> curly-headed hero, Claude, entered and sang: 'Where do
> I go, where do I go?'
>
> Then Claude went around what was supposed to be Times
> Square, and the cast put out the candles that they had
> only just lit a minute before. Then it was the
> interval. The cast asked questions about exactly where
> they should be when a particular thing happened. They
> were answered by Daniel Kramer, the director, whose
> bright idea to bring Hair back to the stage this was.
>
> Kramer, a 26-year-old American with a directing style
> both camp and muscular, employed witty advice to help
> his actors understand what he wanted. 'If you're
> standing with your back to the audience, please make
> it an interesting shape,' he said. 'Unless you're
> Charlie Chaplin, the human back is really boring to
> look at.' He knew the musical from every angle, even
> though some lines had only been revised the night
> before.
>
> Part of his challenge was making the play work in such
> a small space; including the band, there will be 20
> people on stage, and only 65 in the audience. Another
> problem was making sense of a show that contained
> songs indelibly linked with the late Sixties -
> 'Aquarius', 'Good Morning Starshine', 'Let the
> Sunshine in' - and a show that is best remembered for
> glorious political naivety and the excessive use of
> the loon pant. Kramer had slightly less of a dilemma
> finding modern parallels for an unpopular war,
> potential environmental disaster and young people
> trying to find themselves in a troubled world.
>
> These days, it all seems a little quaint. 'The
> American tribal love-rock musical' rebelled against
> everything that was bad in the West: the war in
> Vietnam, the generational divide, organised religion,
> the treatment of native Americans, racism, pollution.
> It proposed an alternative society based, as far as
> anyone could tell, on fellatio, sodomy, cunnilingus,
> masturbation and LSD. In London, Paris and Chicago,
> people were taking to the streets to protest, but in
> Manhattan a group of hairies was asking theatregoers
> to pay to hear them sing about how their leaders were
> taking them to hell.
>
> The songs were the plot and the script seemed like an
> afterthought: young man in a big city feels alienated
> in changing society, is torn this way and that by
> conservative parents and beautiful but way-out new
> friends, has girlfriend problems and is drafted for
> Vietnam. Some of the script was great. Abraham Lincoln
> was the 'emanci-muthafuckin-pator of the slaves'. The
> draft was 'white people sending black people to fight
> yellow people to protect the country they stole from
> red people'. But some of the script was not great:
> 'Oh,' says Claude to his parents early on, 'I've got
> to get me out of this flat and start Liverpoolin' it
> up with me mates... out on to the Technicolor streets
> with me daffodils. Me pretty little daffodils.'
>
> But the big thing about Hair was that no one had
> really seen a bunch of hippie types organise
> themselves so well before. This was because the cast -
> or tribe as they liked to call themselves - weren't
> actually all dropouts from some odoriferous stone age
> but a group of highly talented, energetic people right
> there punctually in the name of entertainment.
>
> Despite this, it still wasn't like My Fair Lady. When
> Hair opened in London, those audience members who had
> barely been able to prevent themselves from dancing in
> the aisles during the show got up at the end to dance
> on stage with the tribe. Princess Anne did it. 'The
> 18-year-old princess broke into a hip-swinging
> routine, flinging her arms in abandon,' the New York
> Times reported. She was wearing a navy-blue
> trousersuit and white blouse, which remained tucked in
> despite her abandon.
>
> Seeing Hair was like seeing an early punk rock band:
> if it hit you, it hit you and, to a certain extent, it
> would define you; the next morning the world looked a
> little different. Ruby Wax recently told Saga magazine
> that she 'slept with everybody' in the cast: 'Well
> actually, I got the gay guys and ended up with the
> lead guitarist. I couldn't sing, so it was the only
> way I could get in it.'
>
> Hair was born four times in the late Sixties. It began
> a short run as the first play at Joseph Papp's
> Anspacher Public Theatre in October 1967 and soon
> transferred to the Cheetah discotheque on Broadway.
> Here it was not a hit, the audiences couldn't yet see
> the point of dancing after a play and there were
> conflicts between the writers, the producer, the cast
> and the director about what they were supposed to be
> doing. As the producer later explained: 'The director
> wasn't a hippie; he was a beatnik.'
>
> The creative team persevered. James Rado and Gerome
> Ragni (book and lyrics) and Galt MacDermot (music)
> wrote additional songs, and a new director, Tom
> O'Horgan, introduced 'sensitivity exercises' to unite
> his cast. Hair got a slot at the Biltmore on Broadway
> in April 1968 when another show dropped out and, for a
> while, it became a sensation, not least when people
> complained about the swearing or nudity, or when an
> astronaut walked out during the interval because he
> felt insulted by what the tribe was doing to an
> American flag.
>
> It opened at the Shaftesbury Theatre in London six
> months later, a day after the Lord Chamberlain's
> powers to censor stage productions were abolished. The
> show provided breaks for Paul Nicholas, Elaine Paige,
> Marsha Hunt, Oliver Tobias and Sonja Kristina, and
> they received a generally warm, if slightly perplexed,
> critical welcome. The Financial Times described a
> 'vocal few in the gallery' who objected to the
> nipples, and its drama critic looked in vain for a
> traditional plot, but he did admire the exuberance and
> 'three smashing girls' in the cast.
>
> The real hipsters and the underground press were less
> keen, just as the original punks didn't like it when
> ripped T-shirts appeared in Top Shop. As each month of
> the four-year run passed, the freshness slowly gave
> way to parody. Towards the end, coach parties would
> arrive, and Hair became as much of an institution as
> the institutions it was knocking.
>
> Inevitably, Hair grew. It has been performed in
> Sweden, Mexico, Turkey, Venezuela and Japan, and the
> soundtrack is available in many languages. In 1979, it
> was made into an ill-judged film by Milos Forman,
> something Time Out reasoned was 'a smug, banal
> fairytale with a message' that was neither old enough
> to have acquired the dignity of a period piece, nor
> young enough to have the slightest relevance.
>
> In 1993, Hair was revived at the Old Vic, the last
> time it was seen in London. This was not a radically
> updated version and it bombed. Free love then meant
> mostly one thing: Aids. One of the production staff
> has said that the reason it flopped was that the cast
> was made up of 'Thatcher's children who didn't really
> get it'.
>
> The producer of Hair on Broadway, and subsequently 30
> other productions, was Michael Butler, who has been
> utterly transformed by the experience 'from a
> military-industrial hawk to mind-altered dove'. Butler
> was running for the US Senate when he saw the first
> production and taking it to a wider audience seemed to
> him the most daring political statement he could make.
>
> 'Hair is about freedom, peace and love,' he tells me.
> 'Its lessons are permanent and universal.' I asked him
> for his thoughts on the Old Vic show, but he hadn't
> seen it. 'I was told by original tribe members that it
> was terrible. Hair should not be done by strictly
> commercial producers, nor dominated by number
> crunchers. It is a work of affection and needs to be
> produced with TLC.'
>
> He says that of all his productions of Hair, the two
> that were dominated by commercial considerations
> didn't work. I also ask him about nudity. 'Nudity is
> an important element in Hair. I refer to "the
> Emperor's [New] Clothes". Certainly, in this era of
> American imperial hubris, that tale bears
> consideration. Frankly, the nudity at the end of Act 1
> is what has brought a lot of people in to see Hair.
> Then we have them for the messages in the second act
> which mean so much.'
>
> I ask whether he will be coming over for the new show,
> but he says that unfortunately this Saturday he is due
> to take part in a 'major Hair tribal reunion' and he
> would be 'dealing with the aftermath'. Perhaps there
> is another reason; he said that he didn't think a
> radical update would work. 'Even small tinkering is in
> error.'
>
> Meanwhile, over at the home of big tinkering, the
> nudity rehearsals are over. I meet Daniel Kramer at a
> pub near his flat in Camden. He drinks neat whisky and
> says he is nervous about interviews. He also says:
> 'I'm 26 and at 26 I can't afford to fail', which is
> perhaps not something a tribe member would have said
> in 1967.
>
> Kramer is rightly regarded as a hotshot. He became
> associate director at the Gate after his successful
> production there of Woyzeck and his direction of Simon
> Callow in Through the Leaves at the Southwark
> Playhouse transferred to the West End. On Hair, he is
> joined by lots of other hotshots, most in their
> mid-twenties. There is ambitious producer Tali Pelman,
> an Israeli who grew up in South Africa and New York
> before being advised by actor Brian Cox to try her
> hand at the Gate; there is artistic director Thea
> Sharrock, she of the upsetting email, who will soon
> direct Richard Griffiths, John Hurt and Ken Stott in
> Tom Stoppard's translation of Gerald Sibleyras's
> Heroes in the West End; there is the musical director
> Stephen Brooker, who did the same job for The Woman in
> White, My Fair Lady and South Pacific; there is sound
> designer Mick Potter, who this year won an Olivier for
> The Woman In White; there is hair by Vidal Sassoon;
> and then there is the bright-voiced cast, some fresh
> out of drama school, others from Miss Saigon and Les
> Mis, all of them committed to succeeding where others
> have failed.
>
> Kramer has lived in England for five years. When he
> was a young boy in America, he used to listen to the
> songs of Hair a lot and for years he has nurtured
> hopes of directing his interpretation. He was
> convinced that most of the songs still held up, but
> his attempt to convince others that he could be make
> them resonate was a struggle.
>
> 'I'd taken it to a few producers who shall remain
> nameless,' he says. The Iraq war strengthened his
> resolve. 'I felt like it was my duty to do it; it was
> my chance for me to speak up about America and the
> war. It's more appropriate for an American to do that
> than a Brit.' When another play that Kramer hoped to
> direct at the Gate disappointed during workshops, Hair
> took its place. Or, rather, the battle to obtain
> permission to produce a new version of Hair took its
> place.
>
> 'It was a little war in itself,' Kramer says of the
> months that it took to convince the surviving original
> writers - lyricist James Rado and composer Galt
> MacDermot - that it wasn't going to be like some of
> the other projects they had been involved with. 'There
> was the Danish production in the late Nineties
> directed by a protege of Ingmar Bergman,' James Rado
> explains. 'I was impressed by the credit and the guy.
> Worked with him and, with hopeful generosity, gave him
> creative leeway. I was mightily shocked when I saw the
> show in Copenhagen and to my chagrin found the
> director had used the story of the Hair movie [which
> is not one of my favourite things in life].'
>
> More recently, there was the Viennese production.
> 'Instead of Claude being a hippie who has a lock of
> his hair cut in the opening scene,' Rado remembers,
> 'he was now a guy who sat in a barber-like chair and
> had a tattoo burned into his skin. The whole thing was
> elaborately conceived and recorded, but to me was a
> fiasco. I vowed: never again.'
>
> Kramer sent him a draft of his updates, which included
> references to 11 September, the war in Iraq and the
> Kyoto Protocol, and bit-parts for Bush and Blair. The
> writer liked enough of it to keep talking to him, and
> Rado soon provided new suggestions. 'Jim said that he
> really didn't want me to hold back on it,' Kramer
> says. 'He thought that if we were going to do this at
> all, we may as well be as radical as we could possibly
> be.' Rehearsals began four days after the London
> bombings, which were immediately incorporated into the
> script.
>
> Kramer is understandably reluctant to reveal too much
> detail about the transformation. The text updates I
> have seen are quite modest - the Hare Krishna be-in is
> now specifically a vigil for peace in the Middle East,
> while Claude's attack on his parents' interest in
> collecting S&H Green Stamps and King Korn coupons has
> been changed to Doritos stamps. But it is clear that
> the whole mood of the musical has shifted and
> darkened. The action takes place in today's New York,
> although Kramer talks about creating a heightened
> reality and a scene transformation that may remind the
> audience of watching MTV (and perhaps also the
> adverts, where 'Aquarius' now promotes the Ford Focus
> Zetec).
>
> At the Gate, 'Aquarius' leads to the tribe's hangout,
> 'a funky little loft space with some cool graffiti on
> the wall, and this is where they come after classes at
> NYU to hang out and smoke a joint and talk about
> politics and relationships. Then we get to meet the
> gay man, who, in 1968, was bisexual, but in 2005 is
> full-on gay.
>
> Then we meet the white boy who is lost and on Prozac,
> searching for something that means something to him in
> the world. Then it's his medication time and he takes
> his Prozac and we go inside his mind. There's this
> whole movement in which Bush and Rumsfeld and
> Condoleezza Rice appear, and there's racism,
> homophobia, protesting, fighting, crime, the
> environment ...
>
> Kramer says that the auditions took the form of a
> lengthy political discussion. 'Most people did not
> know what the Kyoto Protocol was. It's not a judgment,
> but I tended to go with the people who did.' He also
> discussed nudity. 'I said to everyone, "It's Hair,
> it's famous for its nudity, it doesn't affect casting,
> but tell me what your comfort level is." One person
> said they might have a problem. So some of them are
> taking it off and some of them aren't, but I said from
> the start that I'm not letting nudity get in the way
> of me not casting a brilliant performer.
>
> 'At the time I was casting, I had cut the nudity scene
> out, because that's not what it's about for me. But
> then I began to get interested in why nudity is still
> taboo, especially in America. Britney Spears can
> appear on Nickelodeon and grind in front of 10,000
> children, but I'd rather have Garden of Eden nudity
> than have a child watch her fuck a microphone.' Kramer
> says there is also a second nude scene, 'which I won't
> speak about, but if it doesn't make a point I will
> give up and go back to America'.
>
> There is no doubting the great risks Kramer and his
> team are taking to get their message through. Not
> since the days when Stephen Daldry was in charge has
> the Gate laid such a huge, hopeful spread before an
> audience, and with such a deep ambition, too. The
> expression 'in your face' can seldom have suited a
> production so well.
>
> In one sense, they already have a hit on their hands.
> The run is returns-only at the box office and an
> extension is being planned; after that, the transfer
> to a larger space seems probable. But in another
> sense, it's all to play for. The fact that Hair has
> never been successfully updated before suggests that
> it is rather easier to claim relevance than conjure
> it.
>
> Some things don't change even in four decades. Each
> night, a group of young people must walk on to a stage
> to address one of the oldest and most complex
> questions of all: can they make a difference?
>
>
>
>
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From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Sun Sep 25 17:33:39 2005
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Sun Sep 25 17:39:34 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] established works can handle innovations
Message-ID: <003301c5c231$f08c4dc0$6e436c42@hotprojects>

god bless you rj mac

mind you tribe
i hope im wrong
i hope that hair works forever in the original form
which i love best better than anyone
unfortunately
i feel you are wrong
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From: goodhairdays at yahoo.com (Jonathon Johnson)
Date: Sun Sep 25 19:03:45 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Bigotry In The Name Of Jesus
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Thought I'd share this article with you. Even though I consider myself to be a follower of Jesus, I'm not often proud to be included with those who profess to be "Christians" these days, and I truly believe Jesus would feel the same. Read on and you'll get my drift. ~ Jonathon

 

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Bob Cesca: Bigotry In The Name Of Jesus H. Christ Bob Cesca 

Sat Sep 24, 9:05 PM ET

 

This week, 14-year-old Shay Clark was expelled from a Christian private school in California because her parents happen to be lesbians. And deservingly so, because we all know how much of a threat lesbian parents are; what with the fully loaded lesbian firearms they pack in their children's lunch boxes and how, by sending their child to a Christian school, they're clearly devil-worshipping heathens -- sub-humans bent on the destruction of all things American and Christian. 

 

But that's not all. In a long overlooked section of the Bible called "Jesus H. Christ's Rad Blog", the Son of Man's online journal which he kept for a short time then abandoned when he lost interest, we find this passage dated March 10, 32 A.D.:

 

"Gays and lesbians shall be pwn3d for the rest of eternity. For they are really goddamn disgusting."

 

I know what you're saying. Jesus didn't invent the word "pwn3d". True that. It's probably an error in the translation. He did, however, invent the phrase "true that". What Mel Gibson didn't tell us is that when Jesus was asked whether he was the King of the Jews, Jesus responded, "True that! Um. I mean, it is you who say that I am."

 

Would it strike you as odd that Jesus never condemned homosexuality? In fact, as my friend John Christian Plummer pointed out this week, he never mentioned a single word about it. Probably because he was too busy saying things like, "Blessed are the peacemakers," and "Blessed are the poor." Here's an actual Jesus quote which is interesting:

 

"Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude and insult you, and denounce your name as evil on account of the Son of Man."

 

Within this sentence, Jesus condemns bigotry and persecution in his name, which today happens to define the policies and actions of the modern right-wing who ironically embrace Christianity -- the teaching of Christ -- as part of their strategy. Throughout his documented life story, Jesus? most incendiary comments and actions were aimed at, 1) Satan, and 2) the men who mixed business and religion. Does that second item sound familiar? Nary a single word which denounced same-sex marriage -- well, except in the Bible used by the right-wing and Christian Fundamentalists known as the "Fake Bible Which We Made Up To Suit Our Bigotry: Large Print Edition".

 

The Bible contains a lot of hogwash which, in a modern context, has little or no validity. The Bible tells us that anyone who comes into contact with a woman who is menstruating must do penance. The Book of Leviticus, the section of the Bible which is the cornerstone of the frightening Christian Reconstructionist movement, condemns homosexuality under pain of death. It also condemns the touching of pig flesh on Sundays... under pain of death. That would certainly make football interesting. Whoever touches the ball dies.

 

One of the most dominant arguments against same-sex marriage has been the dictionary definition of marriage: "The legal union of a man and woman as husband and wife." That's a pretty weak argument, no? The dictionary? At one point in time, a definition taught us that a sperm cell contained a fully formed little man called a "homunculus". Just because George W. Bush cites the dictionary definition of marriage as "between a man and a woman" doesn't make it right and justified. This from the same man who thought "misunderestimated" was a word.

 

The Republican movement against same-sex-marriage is purely a political tactic which feeds off the unjustified fears of easily influenced Americans -- as we witnessed during last year's presidential campaign. Gay marriage does nothing to threaten you or your marriage, but the anti-gay right-wing wants to make you feel that way in order to consolidate their power. The Republicans have told you that there's a Toe Monster under your bed and if you don't vote for them, the Toe Monster will get your toes! Ooga booga! You allow yourself to buy into that? Seriously?

 

Plainly put, I can't figure out how our government, founded on freedom, can continue to make attempts at legislating bigotry. Ironic that the same officials who have sent our soldiers do die for the freedom of the Iraqi people (in-so-far as a theocracy will allow freedom) have also engaged in an effort to forbid the freedoms of an entire group of Americans. Ironic, but not surprising. Our elected officials have been the catalyst behind some of the most horrible events ever recorded, and most of those have been in the name of morality, fear, and ignorance. You know the list. It includes genocide and slavery, to name a couple. So in that respect, this latest effort is no surprise, however difficult it is to grasp.

 

But Christians? I'm ashamed of you. I'm ashamed to have spent the first 18 years of my life in your service. I'm ashamed of the dollars I put in your collection baskets every Sunday. Shay Clark's parents wanted her to be raised amongst your teachings and you've inexplicably found a loophole to exclude her. But maybe, like our president, you're only a Christian as a convenience to somehow justify your hatred and nearsighted worldview. If you actually read that book on which you base your life, you'll find that Shay Clark's lesbian parents should be the absolute very least of your worries. What you'll find in the teachings of Jesus is that, if anyone, you are your own worst enemy. God's speed.

 

 

 

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POSTSCRIPT: Christian Fundamentalists and their ilk should probably rethink the effort to blur the line between Church and State. If history has taught us anything, it's shown that policy is cyclical. If you want your Republican government to legislate your dogma, be aware that when the next regime takes over -- the group which has typically explored tax hikes as a means of reducing the federal deficit -- your tax-exempt status might be in jeopardy. If you want the separation of Church and State to be permanently blurred, prepare to be taxed. In case you didn't notice, our government loves to pursue anyone who might help pay the bills. And without a clear separation, that means you.

 

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From jameshburns at webtv.net  Sun Sep 25 20:12:39 2005
From: jameshburns at webtv.net (Jim Burns)
Date: Sun Sep 25 20:18:49 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] An Untold Tale, of HAIR....
In-Reply-To: mb-hair-request@islandlists.com's message of Sun, 25 Sep 2005
	17:02:27 -0700
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Suzyn Waldman has been a bit of a pioneer.

As one of the first woman sportscasters in the country, Waldman was the
"beat" reporter, covering the New York Mets, and later Knicks, for WFAN
radio, the country's first all-sports radio station.

She went to work with the station as a newswoman, when it debuted, in
1987.

(Now, a sad digression, for those of us who grew up with rock and roll
in the greater Tri-State area: WFAN started on 1050 AM, but a year
later, took over the bandwidth, of the old WNBC, at 660....)

(Even those non-sports fans amongst you are familiar with WFAN, as the
home station of IMUS IN THE MORNING, simulcast daily, on MSNBC....)

But before Suzyn became a sports commentaor...

She was an actress.

And while she never played Broadway, she WAS successful, touring for
years, with Richard Kiley, in MAN OF LA MANCHA.

And she had other good roles.

This year, Waldman made history when the New York Yankees made her the
first woman ever to be a member of a baseball team's everyday radio
broadcast team. Waldman supplies the color commentary for the
play-by-play, of John Sterling.

(Way back in 1994, Suzyn became the first woman ever to work a national
TV game, when she teamed with the legendary Bob Murphy, to call a Mets
game, on NBC.)

But Waldman DID have one Broadway gig, previous to her sports
ascendancy.

A couple of years ago, Suzyn and  I were doing a bit on the radio, and
it developed that her first job, just out of college, was working as an
usher at the Biltmore, in the spring of '69....


House left mezzanine.


And she has nothing but good memories, from HAIR.


Jim Burns


From katiekasben at hotmail.com  Sun Sep 25 22:25:09 2005
From: katiekasben at hotmail.com (Katie Kasben)
Date: Sun Sep 25 22:31:14 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: HAIR at The Lyceum Space Theatre in San Diego.
In-Reply-To: <000801c5c225$6ecf6030$6401a8c0@Leo>
Message-ID: <BAY104-F17CCE3D0549679E3C4A89DAD8B0@phx.gbl>

Don't worry Michael~

We'll go on again!!

...the director of the Asheville Ballet told me tonight, "you are young 
enough, and with enough energy not to know that what you want to do is 
impossible!" :)

So, I'll be Don Quixote~ i just need a Sancho, and I'm set.
Peace all.

Love,
Katie



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From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Mon Sep 26 05:36:22 2005
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Mon Sep 26 05:42:21 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] how big is the lyceum in san diego?
Message-ID: <012101c5c296$e6f4e820$6e436c42@hotprojects>

seatwise?
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From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Mon Sep 26 05:40:24 2005
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Mon Sep 26 05:46:24 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] dramaturgical question 384
Message-ID: <012d01c5c297$77228b50$6e436c42@hotprojects>

as michael points out there are many wonderful
companies of HAIR eg the one katie did; the one he talks about in san diego; julies production in bridgeport
and im sure as sherwin they are getting standing ovations etc
interesting question is why are the tams witmark local companies working while there seems to be operational difficulties in currently launching a first class company
?

do the little companies have more heart?
do they emulate the process of the original from the ground up?

i dont have an answer to this one
but its an interesting question
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From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Mon Sep 26 05:44:10 2005
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Mon Sep 26 05:50:08 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] i feel bad for the kid ( kramer ) in london
Message-ID: <016401c5c297$fe286e80$6e436c42@hotprojects>

he must be taking a lot of heat
which is hard to take at 26
my heart goes out to the boy
even though i dont know him
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From bgonzal at rci.rutgers.edu  Mon Sep 26 05:56:35 2005
From: bgonzal at rci.rutgers.edu (Wm-A Gonzalez)
Date: Mon Sep 26 06:02:36 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] i feel bad for the kid ( kramer ) in london
References: <016401c5c297$fe286e80$6e436c42@hotprojects>
Message-ID: <036301c5c299$b9e7acc0$edde0680@Romano>

Well, at least he tried.  Obviously he had the passion to try to bring HAiR's message to a new audience.  Besides, he seems to have had J. Rado's blessing to alter the material.

Updating is tricky.  Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.  In terms of HAiR, I think it usually doesn't.

Is anyone familiar with the version that was staged in Vienna a few years ago (2000?).  All of the song arrangements were vastly updated, and as far as I can tell from photos of the production, the settings and costumes were also.  Was that production at all successful?

-Bil Gonzalez
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: richard haase 
  To: mb-hair@islandlists.com 
  Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 8:44 AM
  Subject: [Mb-hair] i feel bad for the kid ( kramer ) in london


  he must be taking a lot of heat
  which is hard to take at 26
  my heart goes out to the boy
  even though i dont know him


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From akstudio at flash.net  Mon Sep 26 09:17:49 2005
From: akstudio at flash.net (DAGMAR & ANTON)
Date: Mon Sep 26 09:48:10 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] you've been saying...
In-Reply-To: <192.4918f0c1.306971c0@aol.com>
Message-ID: <20050926161749.4513.qmail@web81305.mail.yahoo.com>

Hi Mary, 
this  is interesting in view of what we spoke about
the other day:


> "We need people to remember forever what they saw on
> TV last week. The ugly 
> truth is that skin color, age and economics played a
> role in who survived and 
> who did not. How could we forget that race still
> matters in this country?  
> We haven't swept poverty away. We've just swept it
> under the rug." Howard Dean
> 
in spite of all this: have a good week!
 luv ya

 Dagmar

> "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent
> about things that matter."? 
> Martin Luther King



The "ELVIS! by Dagmar" Book (and a sampling of R'n'R photos) can be seen here: 
http://www.dagmarfoto.com

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http://www.AntonKrajnc.com
From michael at michaelbutler.com  Mon Sep 26 10:46:23 2005
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Mon Sep 26 10:52:51 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: HAIR at The Lyceum Space Theatre in San Diego.
In-Reply-To: <BAY104-F17CCE3D0549679E3C4A89DAD8B0@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <BF5D81FF.23E9E%michael@michaelbutler.com>

GO FOR IT! We will help anyway we can.
XO Michael

> Don't worry Michael~
> 
> We'll go on again!!
> 
> ...the director of the Asheville Ballet told me tonight, "you are young
> enough, and with enough energy not to know that what you want to do is
> impossible!" :)
> 
> So, I'll be Don Quixote~ i just need a Sancho, and I'm set.
> Peace all.
> 
> Love,
> Katie
> 
> 
> 
> <html><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
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> LOA! <IMG height=12 src="http://graphics.hotmail.com/emsmile.gif"
> width=12></EM></FONT></html>
> 
> 
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From michael at michaelbutler.com  Mon Sep 26 10:59:01 2005
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Mon Sep 26 11:05:00 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] i feel bad for the kid ( kramer ) in london
In-Reply-To: <036301c5c299$b9e7acc0$edde0680@Romano>
Message-ID: <BF5D84F6.23EA4%michael@michaelbutler.com>

Galt told me it was terrible
M

> Well, at least he tried.  Obviously he had the passion to try to bring HAiR's
> message to a new audience.  Besides, he seems to have had J. Rado's blessing
> to alter the material.
> 
> Updating is tricky.  Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.  In terms of
> HAiR, I think it usually doesn't.
> 
> Is anyone familiar with the version that was staged in Vienna a few years ago
> (2000?).  All of the song arrangements were vastly updated, and as far as I
> can tell from photos of the production, the settings and costumes were also.
> Was that production at all successful?
> 
> -Bil Gonzalez
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: richard haase
> To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
> Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 8:44 AM
> Subject: [Mb-hair] i feel bad for the kid ( kramer ) in london
> 
> 
> he must be taking a lot of heat
> which is hard to take at 26
> my heart goes out to the boy
> even though i dont know him
> 
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
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From bev at beverlybremers.com  Mon Sep 26 11:11:40 2005
From: bev at beverlybremers.com (Beverly Bremers)
Date: Mon Sep 26 11:17:43 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Liberty / My Conviction
Message-ID: <20050926181140.265474F698@ws6-5.us4.outblaze.com>

AMEN!!


----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Harris" <wmichaelharris@earthlink.net>
To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
Subject: [Mb-hair] Liberty / My Conviction
Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2005 08:50:09 -0700 (GMT-07:00)

> 
> Dear Tribes,
> 
> The comments of the columnist that reviewed Katie Kasben's HAIR made me 
> realize that The Liberty Tour has somehow got under way spontaneously, 
> starting in Asheville and ricocheting to Cindy Sheehan's caravan and rocking 
> the halls of La MaMa and La Guardia.
> 
> It is my conviction that Tribe members old and young should rededicate their 
> energies to a New Left that will oppose war and racism, find new energy 
> sources, work for economic and social justice, save the environment, promote 
> equality and all the rest. If we extend the good will and high energy of the 
> Asheville HAIR and our Reunion-BeIn and apply them with a sense of mission, 
> the spirit of HAIR will rule. If we do it with a song in our hearts, the 
> patience of Super Nanny, the playfulness of Gerry Ragni, the lyricism of Jim 
> and Galt, the wild imagination of Tom O, the grace of Julie A - and the 
> courage, conviction and commitment of Michael Butler - truth and love will win.
> 
> All policics is local.  If the Tribes (that's us) will begin to broaden our 
> focus beyond HAIR (the show) and support local efforts that extend the values 
> of HAIR (the movement), we can have an impact.  Our Reunion reminded me that 
> it's easy to tune out, forget the troubles of the world, retreat to the 
> illusory safety of home, family and television - rather than get out on the 
> streets and in our "leaders" faces.
> 
> Congratulations, Katie - go get 'em Ross!
> 
> Love and peace to you all.
> 
> XO
> 
> WMH
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From michael at michaelbutler.com  Mon Sep 26 11:19:23 2005
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Mon Sep 26 11:25:21 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] An Untold Tale, of HAIR....
In-Reply-To: <11533-43376727-7855@storefull-3276.bay.webtv.net>
Message-ID: <BF5D89BB.23EAB%michael@michaelbutler.com>

Super, thanks for telling us.
Michael

> 
> Suzyn Waldman has been a bit of a pioneer.
> 
> As one of the first woman sportscasters in the country, Waldman was the
> "beat" reporter, covering the New York Mets, and later Knicks, for WFAN
> radio, the country's first all-sports radio station.
> 
> She went to work with the station as a newswoman, when it debuted, in
> 1987.
> 
> (Now, a sad digression, for those of us who grew up with rock and roll
> in the greater Tri-State area: WFAN started on 1050 AM, but a year
> later, took over the bandwidth, of the old WNBC, at 660....)
> 
> (Even those non-sports fans amongst you are familiar with WFAN, as the
> home station of IMUS IN THE MORNING, simulcast daily, on MSNBC....)
> 
> But before Suzyn became a sports commentaor...
> 
> She was an actress.
> 
> And while she never played Broadway, she WAS successful, touring for
> years, with Richard Kiley, in MAN OF LA MANCHA.
> 
> And she had other good roles.
> 
> This year, Waldman made history when the New York Yankees made her the
> first woman ever to be a member of a baseball team's everyday radio
> broadcast team. Waldman supplies the color commentary for the
> play-by-play, of John Sterling.
> 
> (Way back in 1994, Suzyn became the first woman ever to work a national
> TV game, when she teamed with the legendary Bob Murphy, to call a Mets
> game, on NBC.)
> 
> But Waldman DID have one Broadway gig, previous to her sports
> ascendancy.
> 
> A couple of years ago, Suzyn and  I were doing a bit on the radio, and
> it developed that her first job, just out of college, was working as an
> usher at the Biltmore, in the spring of '69....
> 
> 
> House left mezzanine.
> 
> 
> And she has nothing but good memories, from HAIR.
> 
> 
> Jim Burns
> 
> 
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> Mb-hair mailing list
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From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Mon Sep 26 11:25:11 2005
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Mon Sep 26 11:31:09 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] i feel bad for the kid ( kramer ) in london
References: <BF5D84F6.23EA4%michael@michaelbutler.com>
Message-ID: <001c01c5c2c7$a19823b0$6e436c42@hotprojects>

it does sound pretty bad
and comes along at a moment
that tends to deflate my revisionist platform
eg feeling very much like im wearing a campaign
button for the " Bull Moose Party "
lol
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Butler" <michael@michaelbutler.com>
To: "HAIR List" <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 1:59 PM
Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] i feel bad for the kid ( kramer ) in london


> Galt told me it was terrible
> M
>
> > Well, at least he tried.  Obviously he had the passion to try to bring
HAiR's
> > message to a new audience.  Besides, he seems to have had J. Rado's
blessing
> > to alter the material.
> >
> > Updating is tricky.  Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.  In terms
of
> > HAiR, I think it usually doesn't.
> >
> > Is anyone familiar with the version that was staged in Vienna a few
years ago
> > (2000?).  All of the song arrangements were vastly updated, and as far
as I
> > can tell from photos of the production, the settings and costumes were
also.
> > Was that production at all successful?
> >
> > -Bil Gonzalez
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: richard haase
> > To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
> > Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 8:44 AM
> > Subject: [Mb-hair] i feel bad for the kid ( kramer ) in london
> >
> >
> > he must be taking a lot of heat
> > which is hard to take at 26
> > my heart goes out to the boy
> > even though i dont know him
> >
> >
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
----
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Mb-hair mailing list
> > Mb-hair@islandlists.com
> > http://www.islandlists.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mb-hair
> >
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From akstudio at flash.net  Mon Sep 26 10:55:39 2005
From: akstudio at flash.net (DAGMAR & ANTON)
Date: Mon Sep 26 11:47:11 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: Interesting tidbits 
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a small collection...

Dagmar


> ???In 1997, Thomas Frist, Bill Frist's father, was
> investigated for insider 
> trading in the same company, and while he was
> cleared of charges, the incident 
> makes it harder to believe that mere coincidence is
> involved in the present 
> case. The LA Times, perhaps the nation's leading
> liberal paper, had already hit 
> First for looking like a "bungler" whose only goal
> was self-advancement, a 
> clear reference to his Presidential ambitions. 
>     
> Here at home, even loyal Republicans are beginning
> to bail out on Mr. Bush's 
> fiendish willingness to shove the monumental costs
> of the federal government's 
> operations - including his war, his tax cuts and his
> promised reconstruction 
> of the Gulf Coast - onto the unsuspecting backs of
> generations still to come. 
> There is a general sense now that things are falling
> apart. The economy was 
> already faltering before Katrina hit. Gasoline
> prices are starting to undermine 
> the standard of living of some Americans, and a
> full-blown home-heating-oil 
> crisis could erupt this winter. The administration's
> awful response to the agony 
> of the Gulf Coast has left most Americans believing
> that we are not prepared 
> to cope with a large terrorist attack. And Osama bin
> Laden is still at large.  
> 
> 
> Either President Bush just doesn't get it, or he
> just doesn't care, or he 
> thinks the people he serves are all gullible morons.
> He's appointed his own 
> Homeland Security Advisor, Ms. Frances Townsend, to
> lead the White House 
> investigation into how the government screwed up
> with Hurricane Katrina - and what to do 
> about it.Does the president really believe the
> American people will find such 
> an investigation credible?...
> 
> > San Diego - A branch of the U.S. Navy secretly
> contracted a 33-plane fleet 
> > that included two Gulfstream jets reportedly used
> to fly terror suspects to 
> > countries known to practice torture, according to
> documents obtained by The 
> > Associated Press.????At least 10 U.S. aviation
> companies were issued classified 
> > contracts in 2001 and 2002 by the obscure Navy
> Engineering Logistics Office 
> > for the "occasional airlift of USN (Navy) cargo
> worldwide," according to 
> > Defense Department documents the AP obtained
> through a Freedom of Information Act 
> > request.????Two of the companies - Richmor
> Aviation Inc. and Premier 
> > Executive Transport Services Inc. - chartered
> luxury Gulfstreams that flew terror 
> > suspects captured in Europe to Egypt, according to
> U.S. and European media 
> > reports. Once there, the men told family members,
> they were tortured. Authorities 
> > in Italy and Sweden have expressed outrage over
> flights they say were 
> > illegal and orchestrated by the U.S. government.
> > 
> > 
> > ?A Louisiana state senator has praised a Canadian
> search and rescue team. 
> > Senator Walter Boasso said a Vancouver-based team
> reached St. Bernard parish 
> > five days before the U.S. army got there.
> > 
> > "Fabulous, fabulous guys," Boasso said. "They
> started rolling with us and 
> > got in boats to save people ... We've got Canadian
> flags flying everywhere."
> > 
> > 
> I know everyone has heard about people firing on
> helicopters. I'm certainly 
> not saying it is right, but after being there, I
> understand. For five days, 
> helicopters are flying overhead, but none of them
> are dropping water or food down 
> for anyone. They fly by using load speakers saying
> that anyone found looting 
> or stealing will be arrested, and those are the
> helicopters that are followed 
> by gunshots, from what I see.  
Nick Glassman is a senior manager of 
> programming for MediaFLO at Qualcomm, Inc.
>  AlterNet: Swimming to New Orleans 
> 
> 
> 
> September 9, 2005 -- Dallas meeting plans
> reconstruction of New Orleans 
> without poor African Americans. According to
> well-informed New Orleans 
> sources, New Orleans' wealthiest families, including
> those who are 
> direct descendants of the French who settled New
> Orleans (not the 
> Acadians [Cajuns] who were poor refugees from
> British tyranny in Nova 
> Scotia) are meeting in Dallas today with Bush
> administration officials, 
> New Orleans city officials, wealthy Texas oilmen,
> and bankers to plan 
> for the reconstruction of New Orleans. These wealthy
> New Orleans 
> residents live in the gated community of Audobon
> Place, a section of 
> the city near the Garden District replete with
> personal helipads that 
> still has running water and sewage and was only
> slightly affected by 
> hurricane Katrina. It is now reportedly being
> patrolled by private 
> Israeli security forces. Yesterday's Wall Street
> Journal ran a piece 
> with more details on this story.  Rep. Richard Baker
> (R-LA): "We finally 
> cleaned up public housing in New  Orleans. We
> couldn't do it, but God did."
> These New Orleans residents have been scattered
> across the United 
> States and are now under the control of FEMA. There
> is an understanding 
> by the wealthy New Orleans elite that the poor will
> never be able to  return.
> 

> "We need people to remember forever what they saw on
> TV last week. The ugly 
> truth is that skin color, age and economics played a
> role in who survived and 
> who did not. How could we forget that race still
> matters in this country? We 
> haven't swept poverty away. We've just swept it
> under the rug." Howard Dean
> 
> 
> "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent
> about things that matter."? 
> Martin Luther King
> 



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From michael at michaelbutler.com  Mon Sep 26 11:51:31 2005
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Mon Sep 26 11:57:29 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Gate HAIR-London Evening Standard
Message-ID: <BF5D9143.23EBC%michael@michaelbutler.com>

Click here to print

This is
LONDON
26/09/05 - Theatre & comedy section

Thin, even with highlights
By Nicholas de Jongh, Evening Standard

I have nothing against orgies. In youth I even happily took part in the odd
one. So during this famous 1960s love-rock, peacenik musical, seated so
close to naked actors I could have stuck out a tongue or helpful hand to
participate in an orgy scene, I hopefully expected performances of fresh,
full-on conviction.

Some hope! Daniel Kramer's coarse-grained revival of Hair misses the
opportunity for intimate focus in a minute auditorium. It is projected as if
for a West End stage and audience, thanks to a vigorous, four-strong band
and frantic choreography.

The production's style, broad, loud and unsubtle, at odds with the
beautiful, soft-rock melancholia of much of Galt MacDermot's music, ensures
the orgiastic love-in looks grossly simulated. The scene proves typical.

Now history is written off as dead and youth only remembers last year's
mobile, Kramer has tried to doll-up Hair with a modish snazzy perm and new
highlights. Yet for those who remember the longtressed, rebellious original
musical, with book and lyrics by Gerome Ragni and James Rado, Kramer's
touched-up version will seem a case of alopecia, all new-wave opportunities
lost, too much predictable, old-fashioned dandruff visible.

Rado/Ragni mounted a fierce critique of America's Vietnam war, through the
prism of 1960s flower-power kids and hippy peaceniks.Those gorgeous songs
captured that exhilirating Sixties atmosphere of cultural and political
rebellion.

No wonder Britain's theatre censors, in their last gasp of power in 1968,
banned Hair, condemning it for wielding the cultural terrorist weapon of
antipatriotism with "dirty language, free-love, homosexuality, drug-taking
and anti-Establishment views" in full flow. Mr Blair would have sympathised.

Kramer's tame updating lacks subversive political vigour. The Vietnam war
becomes Bush's Iraq disaster. The President and Condoleeza Rice, not to
mention Oprah Winfrey, are sent up as silly caricatures in stylised
hair-pieces.

References to Prozac and a character tastessly tatooed with the initials H
IV VIP contribute to the non-specific mood. The flower-power is all faded.
Gayness, of which there was just a discreet dash in the original, is given
its head in mechanical fashion.

Charles Aitken's ash-blonde Claude, who soldiers in Iraq and ends up in a
coffin, wears a look and a voice of dopey bemusement. He commutes between
heterosexuality and gay propositions in the shape of Kevin Wathen's
swaggering, well-sung Berger.

The cast, as if over-powered on speed, willy dance and sing around a stage
decorated by a meaningless curtain. Yet the overwhelming pathos and appeal
of those songs, right down to the ironically hopeful Let the Sunshine in,
left me emotional and moist-eyed once again. How even this thin Hair gets to
me!

? Until 8 October. Information: 020 7229 0706.


Find this story at 
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/articles/20461503?version=1
?2005 Associated New Media

Click here ! 


From Ocsomtan at aol.com  Mon Sep 26 14:20:31 2005
From: Ocsomtan at aol.com (Ocsomtan@aol.com)
Date: Mon Sep 26 14:51:58 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] For The Lists
Message-ID: <E1EK0nB-0006G4-Vj@smtpauth05.mail.atl.earthlink.net>

HAIR - the ANTI-AMERICAN GANG-BANG HATE ROCK MUSICAL

The liturgical basis of Western drama is well-documented.  The Miracle and 
Mystery plays sought to explain the Christian legend to an illiterate flock.  At 
worst, the Church's goal was feudal servitude and subjugation; at best, 
ephiphanous rectitude.

As theatre evolved, so did the motus operandi of its practitioners: there 
were the self-aggrandizers and the light-givers.

Our HAIR, at its inception, and through most of its incarnations, was in the 
latter camp.  Springing from the 'Sixties, a period of possibilities and hope, 
it spoke about and for a generation, disenchanted with the powers-that-be and 
intent upon changing what the world was for what it could become.  I don't 
have to tell any of you about HAIR: we were all there.

Numerous attempts have been made to make age- and time-specifics works more 
current and/or accessible to modern audiences.

The British theatre and opera director, Jonathan Miller, coined the term 
"renovatio" to represent a search to find a current theatre vocabulary and point 
of view to parallel the one shared by those who first created and experienced a 
piece.

Certainly, any efforts to find a "renovatio" for HAIR would face great 
challenges.  Moreover, our world already provides striking parallels in the Viet 
Nam/Iraq and Nixon/Bush deja-vu dance.  With such self-evident resonances, is an 
update really required?

Nonetheless, there are those who, understimating the human mind's capacity to 
make meaningful leaps, might feel an updating of HAIR to be a necessity.

On to the modernization of HAIR at The Gate Theatre, London.

Firstly, let me say that if updates are to be undertaken, this script, 
reconceived and re-constructed, for this production, could not be better in keeping 
with the spirit, intent and essence of the original production in the 
following way:  The inclusion of current events, pop culture, modern political and 
social issues, have been ingeniously handled by the writer.

If a non-singing "Oprah" replaces our beloved "Tourist Lady", well, why not? 
-- we live in a tell-all culture which is more likely to "spill its guts" on 
camera than to a best friend.  Indeed, if "Hair" is sung to "Oprah's" camera 
crew rather than we, the audience, that too, bespeaks of our society.  And, yes, 
we all loathe Dubya and Condie enough to tolerate their prominence as the 
evil genies in this new/old musical.

But, here's the problem: to quote Joni Mitchell's "Both Sides Now", "there's 
something lost, but something's gained...", and I'm not sure that it's a fair 
exchange.

Putting aside the re-inveented script, ("Claude", on Prozac, singing a terse 
lamenting ballad, "Manchester, England, England", his parents, encouraging him 
to enlist to help pay for his university fees), there are directorial choices 
which scream "self aggrandizer" rather than "light giver."

The Space:  you arrive in a room about the size of my entire apartment (brave 
and impressive -- I'd be hard-pressed to do GODSPELL let alone HAIR in my 
home!); there are 2 giant painted curtains emblazoned with the words "Coca" and 
"Cola".  "Uh-oh," you think.  "We're going to be confronted with American 
cultural imperialism and rampant consumerism" -- OK, not a very original thesis but 
not something with which anyone would argue.  A blonde lad enters in 
abbreviated white jockey shorts and pushes aside the curtains, and proceeds to dress 
in his jeans, jacket, backpack, walkman.  A radio-style voice over tells us 
it's New York, another working day, etc.  During this, creatures in black robes 
enter (Supreme Court bigots? distorted university graduates?) with 
black-and-white rubber rolled wigs (pipelines? rollers? pasta?  I give up!).  They also 
sport masks with roses in place of their eyes (rose-colored glasses? American 
Beauties?).  Their mouths are unique - from each hang emblems reflective of 
American consumer society (a cellphone, a banner from the NY TIMES, a Dorito 
package, a Starbuck's cup).  As the radio din reaches a cacaphony, "Claude" enters 
the Times Square area and a voice advises the "1,2,3, 9, A, C, E, 7, R, N and 
Shuttle" can be reached at this junction.  "Claude" and the robed 
personalities cram into a central space for a sardine-inspired, bouncing train ride which 
becomes a din until a lone voice ("Sheila"?) shrieks, "When the moon...peace 
will guide the planets and love will steer the stars...."  Clearly, its ironic.

Throughout the rest of the number (which is aggressive and harsh), "Claude" 
tries to dodge the robed creatures who weave erratic patterns and impede his 
way.  Eventually, the voices crescendo off stage.  There is no union, no tribe, 
no love, no hope, and no people.

So far, OK, "not so good", but "original" and "tolerable".  So, "where's the 
beef?", as they say.

Before I go there, let me give credit where credit is due: a brave producer 
and theatre, heretofore content with mounting mostly new translations of 
overlooked European treasures has had the courage to take on a 20th-Century 
theatrical icon.  There's a talented and more-than-willing cast of 16 -- note, the 
original company had 21 -- giving their all.  (In fact, I could have wished they 
had given a wee bit less: regarding nudity on stage as opposed to sex in the 
home, less is definitely more!)  Especially noteworthy are "Sheila", "Jeanie", 
a female "Hud", "Berger" (for cudliness rather than power), "Claude", (for a 
fine voice, and being "game'"- having graduated RADA just last year, I expect 
this production was the farthest thing from his mind a year ago!).  Then 
there's the band of lithe, acrobatic singer-dancers who did nude cartwheels within 
six inches of my face -- something I never expected to encounter without 
someone buying someone dinner first!  And, as I've said before, I laud the attempts 
to modernize what could be seen as a period piece.

On to the "beef", or rather the "Berger":


"Berger" is discovered alone -- he rips off his trousers, introduces himself 
and launches into "Donna".  No "transcendental meditation on the Ocean of 
Reality".  No "love".

This production, as conceived by its director, eschews transcendence and love 
in favor of (for all its fornication) impotence and rage.

Every number becomes an attack on the material vocally, an assault on the 
audience emotionally, and an attack of the USA morally -- not its government, not 
its policies -- we, the people.  (Actually, it makes for a very monotonous 
evening as there is no arc, no journey, no discovery -- just a lot of shouting 
at top decible.)  The thesis is the people are the policies; the policies are 
the people.  We're all sheep. (At one point the robed/rose people bleet at one 
another, just in case we haven't gotten that point.)  Oh, and Condie Rice, 
Bush and Rumsfeld sing "Crazy for the Red, White and Blue".  Kind of missing out 
on the layer of irony as it had been previously done, and, once again, blaming 
the people for being blind sheep.

Frankly, this tack is too facile, too easy a blame-game.  It screams "Young 
Director (David) with Chip on Shoulder Trying to Attract Attention by Taking 
Shots at America (Goliath)"  Very Australian-style theatre of the 70s, actually.

I can accept that the USA has done a great many bad things, and that it's 
gotten away from we, the people.  But I'm not certain using HAIR to reinforce 
these problems is a helpful thing.

Moreover, what is more of a concern for me is the distortion of the 
principles and spirit of HAIR to serve this director's ends.

"White Boys" is a number extolling the joys of bondage and is sung by the 
female "Hud" and one black girl and man while whipping "Berger" and two other 
white boys, naked except for their leather masks etc. (Actually, this seems quite 
an English "take" on things -- the only thing missing was someone dressed up 
as a maid!).  "Black Boys" is not about "candy": -- it's an explicit 
re-enacted fornication upon inanimate objects like stage poles, microphone stands -- 
(Oh, well, black boys were in short supply in this production.  Perhaps this was 
the solution?)  And there are some obvious gaffs.  For example, here the 
entire tribe is enrolled in NYU, not just "Sheila", a school requiring a minimum 
of $25,000 per year in tuition.  How can students getting a $100,000 education 
honestly moan "Ain't Got No?"

Another instance of strange concepts: "Woof", once upon a time representative 
of the unconditional love of Man's Best Friend, is now the kind of mutt that 
would hump a guest's leg in heat!  This character, in particular, is such a 
distortion of the "Woof" of the Original Company that he deserves a few words: 
He has emerald green buzz cut hair, a naked chest, and a large tattoo 
emblazoned across it: "H.I.V.I.P".  A rather pale (and not-very-excited, I might add) 
naked blonde boy is beneath him.  "Woof" introduces himself as "Neil 'Woof' 
Donovan", goes to hump him, at which point, the boy screams, "Where's your 
condom?"  "Woof" produces a plastic surgical sheet, covers the entire body, and 
proceeds to hump the body encased in plastic while singing "Sodomy".  I might add 
this was about a foot-and-a-half from my feet!  (I wasn't very excited either, 
but I was willing to go along with changes because they were, initially, 
amusing.)

I did cringe at "Jeanie's line going into "Claude's" trip: "Whatever you 
decide to do -- know you were loved."

Eventually, though, a darker agenda became apparent.  Indeed, in "Going 
Down", I recalled our "baby angels".  In this production, the entire cast is 
wearing plastic horns and celebrating the darkening of the light whenever possible.

Whatever happened to the "dawning of the Age of Aquarius" and the light 
givers"?

Of course, that might be this director's point, but I contend that the bigger 
picture is more important than his self-serving visions.

I don't believe that the updated script of HAIR or any previous version of 
HAIR advocated hate, anger, anarchy and destruction.  

Using a piece created to expand brotherhood and peace for such distorted ends 
seems to me to be a betrayal of those who died in Viet Nam, Afghanistan, and 
Iraq.  This production can only foment terrorism, anger, hate, and vengeance, 
and pain.

To me, the definition of "sin" is "intentional wrong action".  These 
characters are more "sinning" than "sinned against".  The implication is "Aren't we 
all?"

Perhaps.  But I didn't care about any of them, and when "Claude's" black 
coffin was hauled onstage enshrouded in those ubiquitous roses, I never shed a 
tear.

Is this a message we wish to endorse, and is this the message of HAIR?

 
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From barbarasiomos38 at msn.com  Mon Sep 26 15:02:08 2005
From: barbarasiomos38 at msn.com (Barbara Siomos)
Date: Mon Sep 26 15:08:05 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Good press
Message-ID: <BAY5-DAV4E66BCDD40EACC746E472AB8B0@phx.gbl>

Katie... Thank you so much for sending this to the list, it did/does my heart some good.  :-)

peace,
barbara

-----Original Message-----
From: Katie Kasben
Sent: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 12:24:08 -0700
To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
Subject: [Mb-hair] Good press

Hey Kids,

I wanted to share with you a great letter to the editor of the Raleigh News 
and Observer (our state capitol's paper, and about 4 hours away from here):

*the last two paragraphs are my favourite...

Mark Schultz
Orange County editor
The News & Observer
Chapel Hill News editor
(919) 932-2003

Now is the time to act
Perry Young column for September 05

A few weeks ago, a very nice lady organized a genteel gathering at
the downtown post office in support of Cindy Sheehans anti-war
protest outside the Presidents vacation ranch in Crawford, Texas.
I hung about the edges, expecting to be bored by the usual liberal
speeches.  But, no, this woman said there would be no speeches, just a
quiet show of support.  And, so, for several long minutes, we just
stood there.

I finally wandered off, frustrated that nobody was saying anything,
nobody was doing anything.  More to the point, why wasnt I doing
more?

After witnessing the obscenity of the senseless slaughter in Vietnam
as a correspondent, I came back and joined in every major peace march
on Washington.  Then, as now, our President showed a profound
indifference to poor people in this country and the devastation we
were causing half way around the world.  As we sang, All we are
saying is give peace a chance, armed troops surrounded the White
House and turned the tear gas on us.

Now it seems one pathetic Gold Star mother has finally aroused our
outrage about the lies that led to the current quagmire in Iraq.  Ms.
Sheehans courageous and timely stand was pushed to the back pages by
hurricane Katrina and  the unbelievable pictures of the needless
suffering and dying of people not in Somalia or Iraq, but in our own
backyard.


We looked in the mirror and were appalled by our own self-image.  The
richest country the world has ever known was simply incapable of
taking care of its own people in a time of crisis.  The Bush
administration was suddenly exposed for what it has been all along:
an incompetent bunch of ideologues who are simply not worthy of the
high offices theyve been pushed into.

It is one thing to giggle and grin about the sport of hardball
politics; it is quite another when these kinds of self-serving
decisions result in the loss of lives and livelihoods of hundreds of
thousands of people.  The President is guilty of criminal neglect on a
scale never before seen in America.  We are left with the indelible
images of the poor people in Louisiana and Mississippi crying out for
help while Condi Rice gads about New York and Bush blithely flies off
to San Diego for another multi- million dollar fund raiser.

It is eerie to watch; as Bush actually seems to look more and more
like Nixon with his weirdly inappropriate facial gestures and that
loony giggle that often follows even the most solemn words written for
him to mispronounce.

But in this moment of our countrys dire need, some rays of hope
shine through.  The glamorous stars of television came alive as never
before and proved themselves worthy of the profession of Edward R.
Murrow.  For once, the administration could not put a happy face on
yet another catastrophe.  This time, their lies could be proven by the
pictures, live and in color from the battlefront.

And in spite of our leaders indifference, the American people have
responded with an outpouring of love and generosity unparalleled in
our history.  People arent just giving money, theyre offering up
their times, their homes, their very lives to help.  Maybe we are
finally overcoming the greed and selfishness of the 1980s and 1990s.
As if in answer to my personal yearning for the 1960s, I was recently
invited back to Asheville for a new production of the rock musical,
Hair.

Now, if you think nothing could be more dated than this show which I
first saw as a cabaret skit at Cheetah discotheque in New York in
1967, you are dead wrong.  As I sat listening to the joyful music of
protest to war, to racism, to the destruction of the environment, I
realized that every word was just as relevant today as it was 40 years
ago.  Tears flooded down my face as an Asheville delegation of
Veterans for Peace staged the last scene in this version of Hair,
bringing in the flag-draped casket of the young hippie who got drafted
and killed in Vietnam.  I urged the incredibly talented young
director, Katie Kasben, to take the show on the road.  All America is
ready to renew those anthems of peace and  let the sunshine in!

Just as I remembered from the 1967 show, there were  peace and love
people outside the theater getting signatures on petitions and signing
people up for the bus ride to the next big peace march on Washingtron.
Itll be on Saturday, September 24.  I plan to be there; I love the
smell of tear gas in the morning.


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From swiggard at comcast.net  Mon Sep 26 17:04:22 2005
From: swiggard at comcast.net (William Swiggard)
Date: Mon Sep 26 17:12:11 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] The Sixties - War & Peace | PBS
Message-ID: <43388C86.7080907@comcast.net>

New PBS series airing this week on the East Coast...a MUST-SEE...

http://www.pbs.org/opb/thesixties/topics/war/index.html
From georgeberger69 at yahoo.com  Mon Sep 26 17:43:10 2005
From: georgeberger69 at yahoo.com (James Pappaconstantine)
Date: Mon Sep 26 17:49:08 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Updating HAIR
In-Reply-To: <000a01c5c220$258fa4c0$6401a8c0@Leo>
Message-ID: <20050927004311.82130.qmail@web54211.mail.yahoo.com>

Spreading the groovy revolution.. spread.. spread.. SPREAD!!!  HA ha Leo, I forgot about that reveiwer.. I remember getting all excited when the reviews came in and I remember that one was one of my favorotes because obviously the guy did not, "get it." And I remember when handing out the pills and the names from the tams book ended and I still had more pills to hand out I gave one in his name each night following.. Tom something wasn't it? God I miss Hair just thinking about it.. Anyway,, Well stated... JIM

Leo <peacefreak@metrocast.net> wrote:I've read all the posts regarding the updating of HAIR and specifically 
those updates associated with the London production and so I figured I'd 
toss in my headset.
Mind you, I was gonna resist the temptation to join in this topic as it's 
obviously a hot button but, as several of you have pointed out, it's only my 
opinion but my opinion is as valid and real to me as yours is to you. End 
of prologue!
Let's see, I was born in 1949 so I was at a ripe age to experience the 60s. 
Funny thing is I remember doing all these things during that time but 
whenever I try to put them in chronological order it doesn't add up!! Musta 
been the drugs but man I believe the adage, "If you remember the 60s, you 
weren't there." Also, I never had the bread to see the original production 
of HAIR or any of the first run productions. I owned the OBC (when my mom, 
God rest her, heard Sodomy the lp got disposed of! And of course I remember 
the hubbub surrounding HAIR and in particular the mention of full frontal 
nudity for the first time on Broadway. I didn't have the bread cuz I was too 
busy panhandling and selling blood & plasma and weed just to have enough 
money to party on and to share the rent with 13 other freaks. I had no spare 
bucks!
I am another one of those HAIR purists. Oh sure, I can see minor changes or 
decisions such as, "Do I use the movie scene or not?", does Hud really have 
to be male, will I use Hippie Life, etc. But any major changes rip the heart 
and soul out of HAIR for me. A Playstation!! HIVIP tatooed on Woof's chest?! 
And I really didn't like a recent production when they started with Sheila 
in 2005 reading a scrapbook. I understand the concept but I didn't like it. 
No, no, no.
The issues of HAIR are what gives it it's driving force. Peace, love, 
freedom, understanding, sexuality and anti war sentiment are all concepts 
which any generation should and could relate to. And although HAIR is very 
time specific, it still works. No one ever messed with Bye Bye Birdie or 
Grease - 2 other shows which are time specific. Like HAIR, they stand up 
well in the period in which they were written.
Is it a history lesson? I know I certainly educated the Tribe on the 
backdrop of the 60s so they could get the vibe of it.I showed them vintage 
footage of riots, concerts, Viet Nam, and of course a huge dose of music. 
But, in as much as HAIR is a "part" of history, it is the message which is 
timeless. I had a reviewer write a critique of one of our productions and it 
started, "HAIR is a museum piece and belongs in the archives." Right away I 
knew where this cat was coming from. And he went on to say that he didn't 
like the piece when it initially came out. Surprise! Is Shakespeare a museum 
piece?
One final thought, and this is specific to the London production, can you 
imagine being a youngster sitting in the audience watching that production? 
Or a first timer sitting in the audience? What if those people didn't like 
the show at all and believed that THAT was what HAIR was all about! We have 
lost them as HAIR fans. What a travesty that would be. The important thing 
is to keep pumping out productions of HAIR that are thoughful and honest in 
their approach. We must keep that spirit alive and continue to spread the 
groovy revolution among the ages.

PEACE,
Leo 


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From georgeberger69 at yahoo.com  Mon Sep 26 18:12:04 2005
From: georgeberger69 at yahoo.com (James Pappaconstantine)
Date: Mon Sep 26 18:18:07 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Updating HAIR
In-Reply-To: <20050925235407.3987.qmail@web31613.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <20050927011205.28150.qmail@web54207.mail.yahoo.com>

Wow!! Thanks for that.. Long as it was it was really interesting... JIM

RJ Mac <nycrjmac@yahoo.com> wrote:I was getting more and more curious about this alleged
train-wreck so I checked the web and found the
following article from the London Guardian. (link and
article copy follows after my op-ed commentary)

I'm now a bit more sympathetic with the director,
despite that his concept apparrently did not succeed. 
It's absolutely wild and unorthodox. So was (is) the
show Hair. ESTABLISHED works can handle attempted
innovations. Any live performance, any time, has to
have its own life. The text is the roadmap, the
formula to resurrect the event. Sometimes the ideas
work, sometimes no.

I've seen plenty of directorially improved
re-conceptions of established works. (Did anyone see
the recent Broadway "Streetcar Named Desire"? Oy.) 
So it goes up, it goes down, the loss is the
producer's, and the show continues unscathed. Truly
powerful works manage to get their message over
however re-dressed or distorted. 

As well, opinions and reactions vary wildly. For
example, a production of a different particular
musical, whose directorial re-imagining was highly
complimented by someone on this list, had me in fits
of exasperation. Eh. The show opened and closed, the
property goes on unscathed.

(Caveat: this opinion applies to Established works
only.)



http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/features/story/0,11710,1562210,00.html#article_continue

HAIR RESTORER
Simon Garfield
Sunday September 4, 2005
The Observer

When Daniel Kramer contacted the original writers
about a new version of the Sixties musical Hair, they
were doubtful. Then they heard his ideas for making
this classic contemporary

Hair is famous for many things and the most famous of
all is that charming young people take their clothes
off in it. Thirty-eight years after it was first
performed, a new and dramatically updated version is
about to open at the Gate Theatre in London's Notting
Hill, and just about the only thing to have survived
from the original is the prospect of still being able
to ogle smooth flesh in the name of freedom and art.
The good news is that the Gate is a very small
theatre.

Article continues
A few weeks ago, I received an email from the Gate's
artistic director, Thea Sharrock, and it contained
crushing news. I was to be allowed into rehearsals for
45 minutes one afternoon at 2.30, but 'around 3.15
they will be working on a nudity scene, so obviously
you will then be politely asked to leave'. I attended,
despite this setback, and was greeted with a scene
that anyone in their right mind would pay quite a lot
not to see - a large group of people singing 'Hare
Krishna, Hare Rama'. Fortunately, this spiritual be-in
was interrupted by a drug-addled love-in, before a
conga line took over the stage, and then the
curly-headed hero, Claude, entered and sang: 'Where do
I go, where do I go?'

Then Claude went around what was supposed to be Times
Square, and the cast put out the candles that they had
only just lit a minute before. Then it was the
interval. The cast asked questions about exactly where
they should be when a particular thing happened. They
were answered by Daniel Kramer, the director, whose
bright idea to bring Hair back to the stage this was.

Kramer, a 26-year-old American with a directing style
both camp and muscular, employed witty advice to help
his actors understand what he wanted. 'If you're
standing with your back to the audience, please make
it an interesting shape,' he said. 'Unless you're
Charlie Chaplin, the human back is really boring to
look at.' He knew the musical from every angle, even
though some lines had only been revised the night
before.

Part of his challenge was making the play work in such
a small space; including the band, there will be 20
people on stage, and only 65 in the audience. Another
problem was making sense of a show that contained
songs indelibly linked with the late Sixties -
'Aquarius', 'Good Morning Starshine', 'Let the
Sunshine in' - and a show that is best remembered for
glorious political naivety and the excessive use of
the loon pant. Kramer had slightly less of a dilemma
finding modern parallels for an unpopular war,
potential environmental disaster and young people
trying to find themselves in a troubled world.

These days, it all seems a little quaint. 'The
American tribal love-rock musical' rebelled against
everything that was bad in the West: the war in
Vietnam, the generational divide, organised religion,
the treatment of native Americans, racism, pollution.
It proposed an alternative society based, as far as
anyone could tell, on fellatio, sodomy, cunnilingus,
masturbation and LSD. In London, Paris and Chicago,
people were taking to the streets to protest, but in
Manhattan a group of hairies was asking theatregoers
to pay to hear them sing about how their leaders were
taking them to hell.

The songs were the plot and the script seemed like an
afterthought: young man in a big city feels alienated
in changing society, is torn this way and that by
conservative parents and beautiful but way-out new
friends, has girlfriend problems and is drafted for
Vietnam. Some of the script was great. Abraham Lincoln
was the 'emanci-muthafuckin-pator of the slaves'. The
draft was 'white people sending black people to fight
yellow people to protect the country they stole from
red people'. But some of the script was not great:
'Oh,' says Claude to his parents early on, 'I've got
to get me out of this flat and start Liverpoolin' it
up with me mates... out on to the Technicolor streets
with me daffodils. Me pretty little daffodils.'

But the big thing about Hair was that no one had
really seen a bunch of hippie types organise
themselves so well before. This was because the cast -
or tribe as they liked to call themselves - weren't
actually all dropouts from some odoriferous stone age
but a group of highly talented, energetic people right
there punctually in the name of entertainment.

Despite this, it still wasn't like My Fair Lady. When
Hair opened in London, those audience members who had
barely been able to prevent themselves from dancing in
the aisles during the show got up at the end to dance
on stage with the tribe. Princess Anne did it. 'The
18-year-old princess broke into a hip-swinging
routine, flinging her arms in abandon,' the New York
Times reported. She was wearing a navy-blue
trousersuit and white blouse, which remained tucked in
despite her abandon.

Seeing Hair was like seeing an early punk rock band:
if it hit you, it hit you and, to a certain extent, it
would define you; the next morning the world looked a
little different. Ruby Wax recently told Saga magazine
that she 'slept with everybody' in the cast: 'Well
actually, I got the gay guys and ended up with the
lead guitarist. I couldn't sing, so it was the only
way I could get in it.'

Hair was born four times in the late Sixties. It began
a short run as the first play at Joseph Papp's
Anspacher Public Theatre in October 1967 and soon
transferred to the Cheetah discotheque on Broadway.
Here it was not a hit, the audiences couldn't yet see
the point of dancing after a play and there were
conflicts between the writers, the producer, the cast
and the director about what they were supposed to be
doing. As the producer later explained: 'The director
wasn't a hippie; he was a beatnik.'

The creative team persevered. James Rado and Gerome
Ragni (book and lyrics) and Galt MacDermot (music)
wrote additional songs, and a new director, Tom
O'Horgan, introduced 'sensitivity exercises' to unite
his cast. Hair got a slot at the Biltmore on Broadway
in April 1968 when another show dropped out and, for a
while, it became a sensation, not least when people
complained about the swearing or nudity, or when an
astronaut walked out during the interval because he
felt insulted by what the tribe was doing to an
American flag.

It opened at the Shaftesbury Theatre in London six
months later, a day after the Lord Chamberlain's
powers to censor stage productions were abolished. The
show provided breaks for Paul Nicholas, Elaine Paige,
Marsha Hunt, Oliver Tobias and Sonja Kristina, and
they received a generally warm, if slightly perplexed,
critical welcome. The Financial Times described a
'vocal few in the gallery' who objected to the
nipples, and its drama critic looked in vain for a
traditional plot, but he did admire the exuberance and
'three smashing girls' in the cast.

The real hipsters and the underground press were less
keen, just as the original punks didn't like it when
ripped T-shirts appeared in Top Shop. As each month of
the four-year run passed, the freshness slowly gave
way to parody. Towards the end, coach parties would
arrive, and Hair became as much of an institution as
the institutions it was knocking.

Inevitably, Hair grew. It has been performed in
Sweden, Mexico, Turkey, Venezuela and Japan, and the
soundtrack is available in many languages. In 1979, it
was made into an ill-judged film by Milos Forman,
something Time Out reasoned was 'a smug, banal
fairytale with a message' that was neither old enough
to have acquired the dignity of a period piece, nor
young enough to have the slightest relevance.

In 1993, Hair was revived at the Old Vic, the last
time it was seen in London. This was not a radically
updated version and it bombed. Free love then meant
mostly one thing: Aids. One of the production staff
has said that the reason it flopped was that the cast
was made up of 'Thatcher's children who didn't really
get it'.

The producer of Hair on Broadway, and subsequently 30
other productions, was Michael Butler, who has been
utterly transformed by the experience 'from a
military-industrial hawk to mind-altered dove'. Butler
was running for the US Senate when he saw the first
production and taking it to a wider audience seemed to
him the most daring political statement he could make.

'Hair is about freedom, peace and love,' he tells me.
'Its lessons are permanent and universal.' I asked him
for his thoughts on the Old Vic show, but he hadn't
seen it. 'I was told by original tribe members that it
was terrible. Hair should not be done by strictly
commercial producers, nor dominated by number
crunchers. It is a work of affection and needs to be
produced with TLC.'

He says that of all his productions of Hair, the two
that were dominated by commercial considerations
didn't work. I also ask him about nudity. 'Nudity is
an important element in Hair. I refer to "the
Emperor's [New] Clothes". Certainly, in this era of
American imperial hubris, that tale bears
consideration. Frankly, the nudity at the end of Act 1
is what has brought a lot of people in to see Hair.
Then we have them for the messages in the second act
which mean so much.'

I ask whether he will be coming over for the new show,
but he says that unfortunately this Saturday he is due
to take part in a 'major Hair tribal reunion' and he
would be 'dealing with the aftermath'. Perhaps there
is another reason; he said that he didn't think a
radical update would work. 'Even small tinkering is in
error.'

Meanwhile, over at the home of big tinkering, the
nudity rehearsals are over. I meet Daniel Kramer at a
pub near his flat in Camden. He drinks neat whisky and
says he is nervous about interviews. He also says:
'I'm 26 and at 26 I can't afford to fail', which is
perhaps not something a tribe member would have said
in 1967.

Kramer is rightly regarded as a hotshot. He became
associate director at the Gate after his successful
production there of Woyzeck and his direction of Simon
Callow in Through the Leaves at the Southwark
Playhouse transferred to the West End. On Hair, he is
joined by lots of other hotshots, most in their
mid-twenties. There is ambitious producer Tali Pelman,
an Israeli who grew up in South Africa and New York
before being advised by actor Brian Cox to try her
hand at the Gate; there is artistic director Thea
Sharrock, she of the upsetting email, who will soon
direct Richard Griffiths, John Hurt and Ken Stott in
Tom Stoppard's translation of Gerald Sibleyras's
Heroes in the West End; there is the musical director
Stephen Brooker, who did the same job for The Woman in
White, My Fair Lady and South Pacific; there is sound
designer Mick Potter, who this year won an Olivier for
The Woman In White; there is hair by Vidal Sassoon;
and then there is the bright-voiced cast, some fresh
out of drama school, others from Miss Saigon and Les
Mis, all of them committed to succeeding where others
have failed.

Kramer has lived in England for five years. When he
was a young boy in America, he used to listen to the
songs of Hair a lot and for years he has nurtured
hopes of directing his interpretation. He was
convinced that most of the songs still held up, but
his attempt to convince others that he could be make
them resonate was a struggle.

'I'd taken it to a few producers who shall remain
nameless,' he says. The Iraq war strengthened his
resolve. 'I felt like it was my duty to do it; it was
my chance for me to speak up about America and the
war. It's more appropriate for an American to do that
than a Brit.' When another play that Kramer hoped to
direct at the Gate disappointed during workshops, Hair
took its place. Or, rather, the battle to obtain
permission to produce a new version of Hair took its
place.

'It was a little war in itself,' Kramer says of the
months that it took to convince the surviving original
writers - lyricist James Rado and composer Galt
MacDermot - that it wasn't going to be like some of
the other projects they had been involved with. 'There
was the Danish production in the late Nineties
directed by a protege of Ingmar Bergman,' James Rado
explains. 'I was impressed by the credit and the guy.
Worked with him and, with hopeful generosity, gave him
creative leeway. I was mightily shocked when I saw the
show in Copenhagen and to my chagrin found the
director had used the story of the Hair movie [which
is not one of my favourite things in life].'

More recently, there was the Viennese production.
'Instead of Claude being a hippie who has a lock of
his hair cut in the opening scene,' Rado remembers,
'he was now a guy who sat in a barber-like chair and
had a tattoo burned into his skin. The whole thing was
elaborately conceived and recorded, but to me was a
fiasco. I vowed: never again.'

Kramer sent him a draft of his updates, which included
references to 11 September, the war in Iraq and the
Kyoto Protocol, and bit-parts for Bush and Blair. The
writer liked enough of it to keep talking to him, and
Rado soon provided new suggestions. 'Jim said that he
really didn't want me to hold back on it,' Kramer
says. 'He thought that if we were going to do this at
all, we may as well be as radical as we could possibly
be.' Rehearsals began four days after the London
bombings, which were immediately incorporated into the
script.

Kramer is understandably reluctant to reveal too much
detail about the transformation. The text updates I
have seen are quite modest - the Hare Krishna be-in is
now specifically a vigil for peace in the Middle East,
while Claude's attack on his parents' interest in
collecting S&H Green Stamps and King Korn coupons has
been changed to Doritos stamps. But it is clear that
the whole mood of the musical has shifted and
darkened. The action takes place in today's New York,
although Kramer talks about creating a heightened
reality and a scene transformation that may remind the
audience of watching MTV (and perhaps also the
adverts, where 'Aquarius' now promotes the Ford Focus
Zetec).

At the Gate, 'Aquarius' leads to the tribe's hangout,
'a funky little loft space with some cool graffiti on
the wall, and this is where they come after classes at
NYU to hang out and smoke a joint and talk about
politics and relationships. Then we get to meet the
gay man, who, in 1968, was bisexual, but in 2005 is
full-on gay.

Then we meet the white boy who is lost and on Prozac,
searching for something that means something to him in
the world. Then it's his medication time and he takes
his Prozac and we go inside his mind. There's this
whole movement in which Bush and Rumsfeld and
Condoleezza Rice appear, and there's racism,
homophobia, protesting, fighting, crime, the
environment ...

Kramer says that the auditions took the form of a
lengthy political discussion. 'Most people did not
know what the Kyoto Protocol was. It's not a judgment,
but I tended to go with the people who did.' He also
discussed nudity. 'I said to everyone, "It's Hair,
it's famous for its nudity, it doesn't affect casting,
but tell me what your comfort level is." One person
said they might have a problem. So some of them are
taking it off and some of them aren't, but I said from
the start that I'm not letting nudity get in the way
of me not casting a brilliant performer.

'At the time I was casting, I had cut the nudity scene
out, because that's not what it's about for me. But
then I began to get interested in why nudity is still
taboo, especially in America. Britney Spears can
appear on Nickelodeon and grind in front of 10,000
children, but I'd rather have Garden of Eden nudity
than have a child watch her fuck a microphone.' Kramer
says there is also a second nude scene, 'which I won't
speak about, but if it doesn't make a point I will
give up and go back to America'.

There is no doubting the great risks Kramer and his
team are taking to get their message through. Not
since the days when Stephen Daldry was in charge has
the Gate laid such a huge, hopeful spread before an
audience, and with such a deep ambition, too. The
expression 'in your face' can seldom have suited a
production so well.

In one sense, they already have a hit on their hands.
The run is returns-only at the box office and an
extension is being planned; after that, the transfer
to a larger space seems probable. But in another
sense, it's all to play for. The fact that Hair has
never been successfully updated before suggests that
it is rather easier to claim relevance than conjure
it.

Some things don't change even in four decades. Each
night, a group of young people must walk on to a stage
to address one of the oldest and most complex
questions of all: can they make a difference?




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From: goodhairdays at yahoo.com (Jonathon Johnson)
Date: Mon Sep 26 18:20:17 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] For The Lists
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My Opinion: 
 
You have to be very careful when trying to "update" Hair. It is after all, a masterpiece play. 30,000 plus ticket buyers and counting are the proof. A review like the one below is also proof. 
 
I ask this basic question to all who feel the need to change Hair. Why fix something that is not broken?
 
You must assume that the audience is intelligent enough to figure out or know that the show
is about the 60's. You also have to trust that they are smart enough to put together the political
analogies to the times we are in. 
 
Hair in its original form will work and be moving until world peace becomes a reality, and war
becomes obsolete. 
 
That is my opinion.
 
Peace, Love and Blessings ~ Jonathon
 

Ocsomtan@aol.com wrote:
HAIR - the ANTI-AMERICAN GANG-BANG HATE ROCK MUSICAL

The liturgical basis of Western drama is well-documented.  The Miracle and Mystery plays sought to explain the Christian legend to an illiterate flock.  At worst, the Church's goal was feudal servitude and subjugation; at best, ephiphanous rectitude.

As theatre evolved, so did the motus operandi of its practitioners: there were the self-aggrandizers and the light-givers.

Our HAIR, at its inception, and through most of its incarnations, was in the latter camp.  Springing from the 'Sixties, a period of possibilities and hope, it spoke about and for a generation, disenchanted with the powers-that-be and intent upon changing what the world was for what it could become.  I don't have to tell any of you about HAIR: we were all there.

Numerous attempts have been made to make age- and time-specifics works more current and/or accessible to modern audiences.

The British theatre and opera director, Jonathan Miller, coined the term "renovatio" to represent a search to find a current theatre vocabulary and point of view to parallel the one shared by those who first created and experienced a piece.

Certainly, any efforts to find a "renovatio" for HAIR would face great challenges.  Moreover, our world already provides striking parallels in the Viet Nam/Iraq and Nixon/Bush deja-vu dance.  With such self-evident resonances, is an update really required?

Nonetheless, there are those who, understimating the human mind's capacity to make meaningful leaps, might feel an updating of HAIR to be a necessity.

On to the modernization of HAIR at The Gate Theatre, London.

Firstly, let me say that if updates are to be undertaken, this script, reconceived and re-constructed, for this production, could not be better in keeping with the spirit, intent and essence of the original production in the following way:  The inclusion of current events, pop culture, modern political and social issues, have been ingeniously handled by the writer.

If a non-singing "Oprah" replaces our beloved "Tourist Lady", well, why not? -- we live in a tell-all culture which is more likely to "spill its guts" on camera than to a best friend.  Indeed, if "Hair" is sung to "Oprah's" camera crew rather than we, the audience, that too, bespeaks of our society.  And, yes, we all loathe Dubya and Condie enough to tolerate their prominence as the evil genies in this new/old musical.

But, here's the problem: to quote Joni Mitchell's "Both Sides Now", "there's something lost, but something's gained...", and I'm not sure that it's a fair exchange.

Putting aside the re-inveented script, ("Claude", on Prozac, singing a terse lamenting ballad, "Manchester, England, England", his parents, encouraging him to enlist to help pay for his university fees), there are directorial choices which scream "self aggrandizer" rather than "light giver."

The Space:  you arrive in a room about the size of my entire apartment (brave and impressive -- I'd be hard-pressed to do GODSPELL let alone HAIR in my home!); there are 2 giant painted curtains emblazoned with the words "Coca" and "Cola".  "Uh-oh," you think.  "We're going to be confronted with American cultural imperialism and rampant consumerism" -- OK, not a very original thesis but not something with which anyone would argue.  A blonde lad enters in abbreviated white jockey shorts and pushes aside the curtains, and proceeds to dress in his jeans, jacket, backpack, walkman.  A radio-style voice over tells us it's New York, another working day, etc.  During this, creatures in black robes enter (Supreme Court bigots? distorted university graduates?) with black-and-white rubber rolled wigs (pipelines? rollers? pasta?  I give up!).  They also sport masks with roses in place of their eyes (rose-colored glasses? American Beauties?).  Their mouths are unique - from each hang emb
 lems
 reflective of American consumer society (a cellphone, a banner from the NY TIMES, a Dorito package, a Starbuck's cup).  As the radio din reaches a cacaphony, "Claude" enters the Times Square area and a voice advises the "1,2,3, 9, A, C, E, 7, R, N and Shuttle" can be reached at this junction.  "Claude" and the robed personalities cram into a central space for a sardine-inspired, bouncing train ride which becomes a din until a lone voice ("Sheila"?) shrieks, "When the moon...peace will guide the planets and love will steer the stars...."  Clearly, its ironic.

Throughout the rest of the number (which is aggressive and harsh), "Claude" tries to dodge the robed creatures who weave erratic patterns and impede his way.  Eventually, the voices crescendo off stage.  There is no union, no tribe, no love, no hope, and no people.

So far, OK, "not so good", but "original" and "tolerable".  So, "where's the beef?", as they say.

Before I go there, let me give credit where credit is due: a brave producer and theatre, heretofore content with mounting mostly new translations of overlooked European treasures has had the courage to take on a 20th-Century theatrical icon.  There's a talented and more-than-willing cast of 16 -- note, the original company had 21 -- giving their all.  (In fact, I could have wished they had given a wee bit less: regarding nudity on stage as opposed to sex in the home, less is definitely more!)  Especially noteworthy are "Sheila", "Jeanie", a female "Hud", "Berger" (for cudliness rather than power), "Claude", (for a fine voice, and being "game'"- having graduated RADA just last year, I expect this production was the farthest thing from his mind a year ago!).  Then there's the band of lithe, acrobatic singer-dancers who did nude cartwheels within six inches of my face -- something I never expected to encounter without someone buying someone dinner first!  And, as I've said befor
 e, I
 laud the attempts to modernize what could be seen as a period piece.

On to the "beef", or rather the "Berger":


"Berger" is discovered alone -- he rips off his trousers, introduces himself and launches into "Donna".  No "transcendental meditation on the Ocean of Reality".  No "love".

This production, as conceived by its director, eschews transcendence and love in favor of (for all its fornication) impotence and rage.

Every number becomes an attack on the material vocally, an assault on the audience emotionally, and an attack of the USA morally -- not its government, not its policies -- we, the people.  (Actually, it makes for a very monotonous evening as there is no arc, no journey, no discovery -- just a lot of shouting at top decible.)  The thesis is the people are the policies; the policies are the people.  We're all sheep. (At one point the robed/rose people bleet at one another, just in case we haven't gotten that point.)  Oh, and Condie Rice, Bush and Rumsfeld sing "Crazy for the Red, White and Blue".  Kind of missing out on the layer of irony as it had been previously done, and, once again, blaming the people for being blind sheep.

Frankly, this tack is too facile, too easy a blame-game.  It screams "Young Director (David) with Chip on Shoulder Trying to Attract Attention by Taking Shots at America (Goliath)"  Very Australian-style theatre of the 70s, actually.

I can accept that the USA has done a great many bad things, and that it's gotten away from we, the people.  But I'm not certain using HAIR to reinforce these problems is a helpful thing.

Moreover, what is more of a concern for me is the distortion of the principles and spirit of HAIR to serve this director's ends.

"White Boys" is a number extolling the joys of bondage and is sung by the female "Hud" and one black girl and man while whipping "Berger" and two other white boys, naked except for their leather masks etc. (Actually, this seems quite an English "take" on things -- the only thing missing was someone dressed up as a maid!).  "Black Boys" is not about "candy": -- it's an explicit re-enacted fornication upon inanimate objects like stage poles, microphone stands -- (Oh, well, black boys were in short supply in this production.  Perhaps this was the solution?)  And there are some obvious gaffs.  For example, here the entire tribe is enrolled in NYU, not just "Sheila", a school requiring a minimum of $25,000 per year in tuition.  How can students getting a $100,000 education honestly moan "Ain't Got No?"

Another instance of strange concepts: "Woof", once upon a time representative of the unconditional love of Man's Best Friend, is now the kind of mutt that would hump a guest's leg in heat!  This character, in particular, is such a distortion of the "Woof" of the Original Company that he deserves a few words: He has emerald green buzz cut hair, a naked chest, and a large tattoo emblazoned across it: "H.I.V.I.P".  A rather pale (and not-very-excited, I might add) naked blonde boy is beneath him.  "Woof" introduces himself as "Neil 'Woof' Donovan", goes to hump him, at which point, the boy screams, "Where's your condom?"  "Woof" produces a plastic surgical sheet, covers the entire body, and proceeds to hump the body encased in plastic while singing "Sodomy".  I might add this was about a foot-and-a-half from my feet!  (I wasn't very excited either, but I was willing to go along with changes because they were, initially, amusing.)

I did cringe at "Jeanie's line going into "Claude's" trip: "Whatever you decide to do -- know you were loved."

Eventually, though, a darker agenda became apparent.  Indeed, in "Going Down", I recalled our "baby angels".  In this production, the entire cast is wearing plastic horns and celebrating the darkening of the light whenever possible.

Whatever happened to the "dawning of the Age of Aquarius" and the light givers"?

Of course, that might be this director's point, but I contend that the bigger picture is more important than his self-serving visions.

I don't believe that the updated script of HAIR or any previous version of HAIR advocated hate, anger, anarchy and destruction.  

Using a piece created to expand brotherhood and peace for such distorted ends seems to me to be a betrayal of those who died in Viet Nam, Afghanistan, and Iraq.  This production can only foment terrorism, anger, hate, and vengeance, and pain.

To me, the definition of "sin" is "intentional wrong action".  These characters are more "sinning" than "sinned against".  The implication is "Aren't we all?"

Perhaps.  But I didn't care about any of them, and when "Claude's" black coffin was hauled onstage enshrouded in those ubiquitous roses, I never shed a tear.

Is this a message we wish to endorse, and is this the message of HAIR?

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From: cpreston2 at tds.net (Charles Preston)
Date: Mon Sep 26 18:28:04 2005
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Well said Jonathon!!!

Peace and Love and Blessings to all our Tribe.
~~Charles~~
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  My Opinion: 

  You have to be very careful when trying to "update" Hair. It is after all, a masterpiece play. 30,000 plus ticket buyers and counting are the proof. A review like the one below is also proof. 

  I ask this basic question to all who feel the need to change Hair. Why fix something that is not broken?

  You must assume that the audience is intelligent enough to figure out or know that the show
  is about the 60's. You also have to trust that they are smart enough to put together the political
  analogies to the times we are in. 

  Hair in its original form will work and be moving until world peace becomes a reality, and war
  becomes obsolete. 

  That is my opinion.

  Peace, Love and Blessings ~ Jonathon


  Ocsomtan@aol.com wrote:
    HAIR - the ANTI-AMERICAN GANG-BANG HATE ROCK MUSICAL

    The liturgical basis of Western drama is well-documented.  The Miracle and Mystery plays sought to explain the Christian legend to an illiterate flock.  At worst, the Church's goal was feudal servitude and subjugation; at best, ephiphanous rectitude.

    As theatre evolved, so did the motus operandi of its practitioners: there were the self-aggrandizers and the light-givers.

    Our HAIR, at its inception, and through most of its incarnations, was in the latter camp.  Springing from the 'Sixties, a period of possibilities and hope, it spoke about and for a generation, disenchanted with the powers-that-be and intent upon changing what the world was for what it could become.  I don't have to tell any of you about HAIR: we were all there.

    Numerous attempts have been made to make age- and time-specifics works more current and/or accessible to modern audiences.

    The British theatre and opera director, Jonathan Miller, coined the term "renovatio" to represent a search to find a current theatre vocabulary and point of view to parallel the one shared by those who first created and experienced a piece.

    Certainly, any efforts to find a "renovatio" for HAIR would face great challenges.  Moreover, our world already provides striking parallels in the Viet Nam/Iraq and Nixon/Bush deja-vu dance.  With such self-evident resonances, is an update really required?

    Nonetheless, there are those who, understimating the human mind's capacity to make meaningful leaps, might feel an updating of HAIR to be a necessity.

    On to the modernization of HAIR at The Gate Theatre, London.

    Firstly, let me say that if updates are to be undertaken, this script, reconcei ved and re-constructed, for this production, could not be better in keeping with the spirit, intent and essence of the original production in the following way:  The inclusion of current events, pop culture, modern political and social issues, have been ingeniously handled by the writer.

    If a non-singing "Oprah" replaces our beloved "Tourist Lady", well, why not? -- we live in a tell-all culture which is more likely to "spill its guts" on camera than to a best friend.  Indeed, if "Hair" is sung to "Oprah's" camera crew rather than we, the audience, that too, bespeaks of our society.  And, yes, we all loathe Dubya and Condie enough to tolerate their prominence as the evil genies in this new/old musical.

    But, here's the problem: to quote Joni Mitchell's "Both Sides Now", "there's something lost, but something's gained...", and I'm not sure that it's a fair exchange.

    Putting aside the re-inveented script, ("Claude", on Prozac, singing a terse lamenti ng ballad, "Manchester, England, England", his parents, encouraging him to enlist to help pay for his university fees), there are directorial choices which scream "self aggrandizer" rather than "light giver."

    The Space:  you arrive in a room about the size of my entire apartment (brave and impressive -- I'd be hard-pressed to do GODSPELL let alone HAIR in my home!); there are 2 giant painted curtains emblazoned with the words "Coca" and "Cola".  "Uh-oh," you think.  "We're going to be confronted with American cultural imperialism and rampant consumerism" -- OK, not a very original thesis but not something with which anyone would argue.  A blonde lad enters in abbreviated white jockey shorts and pushes aside the curtains, and proceeds to dress in his jeans, jacket, backpack, walkman.  A radio-style voice over tells us it's New York, another working day, etc.  During this, creatures in black robes enter (Supreme Court bigots? distorted univers ity graduates?) with black-and-white rubber rolled wigs (pipelines? rollers? pasta?  I give up!).  They also sport masks with roses in place of their eyes (rose-colored glasses? American Beauties?).  Their mouths are unique - from each hang emblems reflective of American consumer society (a cellphone, a banner from the NY TIMES, a Dorito package, a Starbuck's cup).  As the radio din reaches a cacaphony, "Claude" enters the Times Square area and a voice advises the "1,2,3, 9, A, C, E, 7, R, N and Shuttle" can be reached at this junction.  "Claude" and the robed personalities cram into a central space for a sardine-inspired, bouncing train ride which becomes a din until a lone voice ("Sheila"?) shrieks, "When the moon...peace will guide the planets and love will steer the stars...."  Clearly, its ironic.

    Throughout the rest of the number (which is aggressive and harsh), "Claude" tries to dodge the robed creatures who weave erratic patterns and impede his way.  Eventually, the voices crescendo off stage.  There is no union, no tribe, no love, no hope, and no people.

    So far, OK, "not so good", but "original" and "tolerable".  So, "where's the beef?", as they say.

    Before I go there, let me give credit where credit is due: a brave producer and theatre, heretofore content with mounting mostly new translations of overlooked European treasures has had the courage to take on a 20th-Century theatrical icon.  There's a talented and more-than-willing cast of 16 -- note, the original company had 21 -- giving their all.  (In fact, I could have wished they had given a wee bit less: regarding nudity on stage as opposed to sex in the home, less is definitely more!)  Especially noteworthy are "Sheila", "Jeanie", a female "Hud", "Berger" (for cudliness rather than power), "Claude", (for a fine voice, and being "game'"- having graduated RADA just last year, I expect this production was the farthe st thing from his mind a year ago!).  Then there's the band of lithe, acrobatic singer-dancers who did nude cartwheels within six inches of my face -- something I never expected to encounter without someone buying someone dinner first!  And, as I've said before, I laud the attempts to modernize what could be seen as a period piece.

    On to the "beef", or rather the "Berger":


    "Berger" is discovered alone -- he rips off his trousers, introduces himself and launches into "Donna".  No "transcendental meditation on the Ocean of Reality".  No "love".

    This production, as conceived by its director, eschews transcendence and love in favor of (for all its fornication) impotence and rage.

    Every number becomes an attack on the material vocally, an assault on the audience emotionally, and an attack of the USA morally -- not its government, not its policies -- we, the people.  (Actually, it makes for a very monotonous evening as there is no ar c, no journey, no discovery -- just a lot of shouting at top decible.)  The thesis is the people are the policies; the policies are the people.  We're all sheep. (At one point the robed/rose people bleet at one another, just in case we haven't gotten that point.)  Oh, and Condie Rice, Bush and Rumsfeld sing "Crazy for the Red, White and Blue".  Kind of missing out on the layer of irony as it had been previously done, and, once again, blaming the people for being blind sheep.

    Frankly, this tack is too facile, too easy a blame-game.  It screams "Young Director (David) with Chip on Shoulder Trying to Attract Attention by Taking Shots at America (Goliath)"  Very Australian-style theatre of the 70s, actually.

    I can accept that the USA has done a great many bad things, and that it's gotten away from we, the people.  But I'm not certain using HAIR to reinforce these problems is a helpful thing.

    Moreover, what is more of a concern fo r me is the distortion of the principles and spirit of HAIR to serve this director's ends.

    "White Boys" is a number extolling the joys of bondage and is sung by the female "Hud" and one black girl and man while whipping "Berger" and two other white boys, naked except for their leather masks etc. (Actually, this seems quite an English "take" on things -- the only thing missing was someone dressed up as a maid!).  "Black Boys" is not about "candy": -- it's an explicit re-enacted fornication upon inanimate objects like stage poles, microphone stands -- (Oh, well, black boys were in short supply in this production.  Perhaps this was the solution?)  And there are some obvious gaffs.  For example, here the entire tribe is enrolled in NYU, not just "Sheila", a school requiring a minimum of $25,000 per year in tuition.  How can students getting a $100,000 education honestly moan "Ain't Got No?"

    Another instance of strange concepts: "Woof", once upon a time representative of the unconditional love of Man's Best Friend, is now the kind of mutt that would hump a guest's leg in heat!  This character, in particular, is such a distortion of the "Woof" of the Original Company that he deserves a few words: He has emerald green buzz cut hair, a naked chest, and a large tattoo emblazoned across it: "H.I.V.I.P".  A rather pale (and not-very-excited, I might add) naked blonde boy is beneath him.  "Woof" introduces himself as "Neil 'Woof' Donovan", goes to hump him, at which point, the boy screams, "Where's your condom?"  "Woof" produces a plastic surgical sheet, covers the entire body, and proceeds to hump the body encased in plastic while singing "Sodomy".  I might add this was about a foot-and-a-half from my feet!  (I wasn't very excited either, but I was willing to go along with changes because they were, initially, amusing.)

    I did cringe at "Jeanie's line going into "Claude's" trip: "Whatever you d ecide to do -- know you were loved."

    Eventually, though, a darker agenda became apparent.  Indeed, in "Going Down", I recalled our "baby angels".  In this production, the entire cast is wearing plastic horns and celebrating the darkening of the light whenever possible.

    Whatever happened to the "dawning of the Age of Aquarius" and the light givers"?

    Of course, that might be this director's point, but I contend that the bigger picture is more important than his self-serving visions.

    I don't believe that the updated script of HAIR or any previous version of HAIR advocated hate, anger, anarchy and destruction.  

    Using a piece created to expand brotherhood and peace for such distorted ends seems to me to be a betrayal of those who died in Viet Nam, Afghanistan, and Iraq.  This production can only foment terrorism, anger, hate, and vengeance, and pain.

    To me, the definition of "sin" is "intentional wrong action".  These cha racters are more "sinning" than "sinned against".  The implication is "Aren't we all?"

    Perhaps.  But I didn't care about any of them, and when "Claude's" black coffin was hauled onstage enshrouded in those ubiquitous roses, I never shed a tear.

    Is this a message we wish to endorse, and is this the message of HAIR?

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From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Mon Sep 26 19:03:59 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] For The Lists
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i agree with the opening of this and that very thoughtful letter written by oscomatan 
you have to be very careful
you must seek to be brilliant
and you must ammend as ltitle as possible
( ochums razor )
and i believe only where indicated by the authors
and only in terms of mis en scene
but aside from topical references
the play is perfect and works as it is

you dont have to add extraneous things

eg the white girls doing black boys today
can be done with the same dramatic action
just subtly in the direction; the beats of attitude
moment to moment; finite small reactions may be different
but the zeigeist of the moment is the same
the dramatic action is the same
and you are going for the same moment
as opposed to making claude gay
or sticking in oprah winfrey
or other such nonsense

but yes i would make that war not now
but
id set it 5 years in the future
theyre now drafting everyone etc
and it works
and its alive and its fresh
and you dont have to change her
you have to create your direction to suit the time
as did tom quintessentially

we are such metahairologists all of us
talking metahair

r in the project pit


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Charles Preston 
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  Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 9:21 PM
  Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] For The Lists


  Well said Jonathon!!!

  Peace and Love and Blessings to all our Tribe.
  ~~Charles~~
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    From: Jonathon Johnson 
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    Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 9:14 PM
    Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] For The Lists


    My Opinion: 

    You have to be very careful when trying to "update" Hair. It is after all, a masterpiece play. 30,000 plus ticket buyers and counting are the proof. A review like the one below is also proof. 

    I ask this basic question to all who feel the need to change Hair. Why fix something that is not broken?

    You must assume that the audience is intelligent enough to figure out or know that the show
    is about the 60's. You also have to trust that they are smart enough to put together the political
    analogies to the times we are in. 

    Hair in its original form will work and be moving until world peace becomes a reality, and war
    becomes obsolete. 

    That is my opinion.

    Peace, Love and Blessings ~ Jonathon


    Ocsomtan@aol.com wrote:
      HAIR - the ANTI-AMERICAN GANG-BANG HATE ROCK MUSICAL

      The liturgical basis of Western drama is well-documented.  The Miracle and Mystery plays sought to explain the Christian legend to an illiterate flock.  At worst, the Church's goal was feudal servitude and subjugation; at best, ephiphanous rectitude.

      As theatre evolved, so did the motus operandi of its practitioners: there were the self-aggrandizers and the light-givers.

      Our HAIR, at its inception, and through most of its incarnations, was in the latter camp.  Springing from the 'Sixties, a period of possibilities and hope, it spoke about and for a generation, disenchanted with the powers-that-be and intent upon changing what the world was for what it could become.  I don't have to tell any of you about HAIR: we were all there.

      Numerous attempts have been made to make age- and time-specifics works more current and/or accessible to modern audiences.

      The British theatre and opera director, Jonathan Miller, coined the term "renovatio" to represent a search to find a current theatre vocabulary and point of view to parallel the one shared by those who first created and experienced a piece.

      Certainly, any efforts to find a "renovatio" for HAIR would face great challenges.  Moreover, our world already provides striking parallels in the Viet Nam/Iraq and Nixon/Bush deja-vu dance.  With such self-evident resonances, is an update really required?

      Nonetheless, there are those who, understimating the human mind's capacity to make meaningful leaps, might feel an updating of HAIR to be a necessity.

      On to the modernization of HAIR at The Gate Theatre, London.

      Firstly, let me say that if updates are to be undertaken, this script, reconcei ved and re-constructed, for this production, could not be better in keeping with the spirit, intent and essence of the original production in the following way:  The inclusion of current events, pop culture, modern political and social issues, have been ingeniously handled by the writer.

      If a non-singing "Oprah" replaces our beloved "Tourist Lady", well, why not? -- we live in a tell-all culture which is more likely to "spill its guts" on camera than to a best friend.  Indeed, if "Hair" is sung to "Oprah's" camera crew rather than we, the audience, that too, bespeaks of our society.  And, yes, we all loathe Dubya and Condie enough to tolerate their prominence as the evil genies in this new/old musical.

      But, here's the problem: to quote Joni Mitchell's "Both Sides Now", "there's something lost, but something's gained...", and I'm not sure that it's a fair exchange.

      Putting aside the re-inveented script, ("Claude", on Prozac, singing a terse lamenti ng ballad, "Manchester, England, England", his parents, encouraging him to enlist to help pay for his university fees), there are directorial choices which scream "self aggrandizer" rather than "light giver."

      The Space:  you arrive in a room about the size of my entire apartment (brave and impressive -- I'd be hard-pressed to do GODSPELL let alone HAIR in my home!); there are 2 giant painted curtains emblazoned with the words "Coca" and "Cola".  "Uh-oh," you think.  "We're going to be confronted with American cultural imperialism and rampant consumerism" -- OK, not a very original thesis but not something with which anyone would argue.  A blonde lad enters in abbreviated white jockey shorts and pushes aside the curtains, and proceeds to dress in his jeans, jacket, backpack, walkman.  A radio-style voice over tells us it's New York, another working day, etc.  During this, creatures in black robes enter (Supreme Court bigots? distorted univers ity graduates?) with black-and-white rubber rolled wigs (pipelines? rollers? pasta?  I give up!).  They also sport masks with roses in place of their eyes (rose-colored glasses? American Beauties?).  Their mouths are unique - from each hang emblems reflective of American consumer society (a cellphone, a banner from the NY TIMES, a Dorito package, a Starbuck's cup).  As the radio din reaches a cacaphony, "Claude" enters the Times Square area and a voice advises the "1,2,3, 9, A, C, E, 7, R, N and Shuttle" can be reached at this junction.  "Claude" and the robed personalities cram into a central space for a sardine-inspired, bouncing train ride which becomes a din until a lone voice ("Sheila"?) shrieks, "When the moon...peace will guide the planets and love will steer the stars...."  Clearly, its ironic.

      Throughout the rest of the number (which is aggressive and harsh), "Claude" tries to dodge the robed creatures who weave erratic patterns and impede his way.  Eventually, the voices crescendo off stage.  There is no union, no tribe, no love, no hope, and no people.

      So far, OK, "not so good", but "original" and "tolerable".  So, "where's the beef?", as they say.

      Before I go there, let me give credit where credit is due: a brave producer and theatre, heretofore content with mounting mostly new translations of overlooked European treasures has had the courage to take on a 20th-Century theatrical icon.  There's a talented and more-than-willing cast of 16 -- note, the original company had 21 -- giving their all.  (In fact, I could have wished they had given a wee bit less: regarding nudity on stage as opposed to sex in the home, less is definitely more!)  Especially noteworthy are "Sheila", "Jeanie", a female "Hud", "Berger" (for cudliness rather than power), "Claude", (for a fine voice, and being "game'"- having graduated RADA just last year, I expect this production was the farthe st thing from his mind a year ago!).  Then there's the band of lithe, acrobatic singer-dancers who did nude cartwheels within six inches of my face -- something I never expected to encounter without someone buying someone dinner first!  And, as I've said before, I laud the attempts to modernize what could be seen as a period piece.

      On to the "beef", or rather the "Berger":


      "Berger" is discovered alone -- he rips off his trousers, introduces himself and launches into "Donna".  No "transcendental meditation on the Ocean of Reality".  No "love".

      This production, as conceived by its director, eschews transcendence and love in favor of (for all its fornication) impotence and rage.

      Every number becomes an attack on the material vocally, an assault on the audience emotionally, and an attack of the USA morally -- not its government, not its policies -- we, the people.  (Actually, it makes for a very monotonous evening as there is no ar c, no journey, no discovery -- just a lot of shouting at top decible.)  The thesis is the people are the policies; the policies are the people.  We're all sheep. (At one point the robed/rose people bleet at one another, just in case we haven't gotten that point.)  Oh, and Condie Rice, Bush and Rumsfeld sing "Crazy for the Red, White and Blue".  Kind of missing out on the layer of irony as it had been previously done, and, once again, blaming the people for being blind sheep.

      Frankly, this tack is too facile, too easy a blame-game.  It screams "Young Director (David) with Chip on Shoulder Trying to Attract Attention by Taking Shots at America (Goliath)"  Very Australian-style theatre of the 70s, actually.

      I can accept that the USA has done a great many bad things, and that it's gotten away from we, the people.  But I'm not certain using HAIR to reinforce these problems is a helpful thing.

      Moreover, what is more of a concern fo r me is the distortion of the principles and spirit of HAIR to serve this director's ends.

      "White Boys" is a number extolling the joys of bondage and is sung by the female "Hud" and one black girl and man while whipping "Berger" and two other white boys, naked except for their leather masks etc. (Actually, this seems quite an English "take" on things -- the only thing missing was someone dressed up as a maid!).  "Black Boys" is not about "candy": -- it's an explicit re-enacted fornication upon inanimate objects like stage poles, microphone stands -- (Oh, well, black boys were in short supply in this production.  Perhaps this was the solution?)  And there are some obvious gaffs.  For example, here the entire tribe is enrolled in NYU, not just "Sheila", a school requiring a minimum of $25,000 per year in tuition.  How can students getting a $100,000 education honestly moan "Ain't Got No?"

      Another instance of strange concepts: "Woof", once upon a time representative of the unconditional love of Man's Best Friend, is now the kind of mutt that would hump a guest's leg in heat!  This character, in particular, is such a distortion of the "Woof" of the Original Company that he deserves a few words: He has emerald green buzz cut hair, a naked chest, and a large tattoo emblazoned across it: "H.I.V.I.P".  A rather pale (and not-very-excited, I might add) naked blonde boy is beneath him.  "Woof" introduces himself as "Neil 'Woof' Donovan", goes to hump him, at which point, the boy screams, "Where's your condom?"  "Woof" produces a plastic surgical sheet, covers the entire body, and proceeds to hump the body encased in plastic while singing "Sodomy".  I might add this was about a foot-and-a-half from my feet!  (I wasn't very excited either, but I was willing to go along with changes because they were, initially, amusing.)

      I did cringe at "Jeanie's line going into "Claude's" trip: "Whatever you d ecide to do -- know you were loved."

      Eventually, though, a darker agenda became apparent.  Indeed, in "Going Down", I recalled our "baby angels".  In this production, the entire cast is wearing plastic horns and celebrating the darkening of the light whenever possible.

      Whatever happened to the "dawning of the Age of Aquarius" and the light givers"?

      Of course, that might be this director's point, but I contend that the bigger picture is more important than his self-serving visions.

      I don't believe that the updated script of HAIR or any previous version of HAIR advocated hate, anger, anarchy and destruction.  

      Using a piece created to expand brotherhood and peace for such distorted ends seems to me to be a betrayal of those who died in Viet Nam, Afghanistan, and Iraq.  This production can only foment terrorism, anger, hate, and vengeance, and pain.

      To me, the definition of "sin" is "intentional wrong action".  These cha racters are more "sinning" than "sinned against".  The implication is "Aren't we all?"

      Perhaps.  But I didn't care about any of them, and when "Claude's" black coffin was hauled onstage enshrouded in those ubiquitous roses, I never shed a tear.

      Is this a message we wish to endorse, and is this the message of HAIR?

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From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Mon Sep 26 19:04:34 2005
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me too papa
i miss it too

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  From: James Pappaconstantine 
  To: mb-hair@islandlists.com 
  Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 8:43 PM
  Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Updating HAIR


  Spreading the groovy revolution.. spread.. spread.. SPREAD!!!  HA ha Leo, I forgot about that reveiwer.. I remember getting all excited when the reviews came in and I remember that one was one of my favorotes because obviously the guy did not, "get it." And I remember when handing out the pills and the names from the tams book ended and I still had more pills to hand out I gave one in his name each night following.. Tom something wasn't it? God I miss Hair just thinking about it.. Anyway,, Well stated... JIM

  Leo <peacefreak@metrocast.net> wrote: 
    I've read all the posts regarding the updating of HAIR and specifically 
    those updates associated with the London production and so I figured I'd 
    toss in my headset.
    Mind you, I was gonna resist the temptation to join in this topic as it's 
    obviously a hot button but, as several of you have pointed out, it's only my 
    opinion but my opinion is as valid and real to me as yours is to you. End 
    of prologue!
    Let's see, I was born in 1949 so I was at a ripe age to experience the 60s. 
    Funny thing is I remember doing all these things during that time but 
    whenever I try to put them in chronological order it doesn't add up!! Musta 
    been the drugs but man I believe the adage, "If you remember the 60s, you 
    weren't there." Also, I never had the bread to see the original production 
    of HAIR or any of the first run productions. I owned the OBC (when my mom, 
    God rest her, heard Sodomy the lp got disposed of! And of course I remember 
    the hubbub surrounding HAIR and in particular the mention of full frontal 
    nudity for the first time on Broadway. I didn't have the bread cuz I was too 
    busy panhandling and selling blood & plasma and weed just to have enough 
    money to party on and to share the rent with 13 other freaks. I had no spare 
    bucks!
    I am another one of those HAIR purists. Oh sure, I can see minor changes or 
    decisions such as, "Do I use the movie scene or not?", does Hud really have 
    to be male, will I use Hippie Life, etc. But any major changes rip the heart 
    and soul out of HAIR for me. A Playstation!! HIVIP tatooed on Woof's chest?! 
    And I really didn't like a recent production when they started with Sheila 
    in 2005 reading a scrapbook. I understand the concept but I didn't like it. 
    No, no, no.
    The issues of HAIR are what gives it it's driving force. Peace, love, 
    free dom, understanding, sexuality and anti war sentiment are all concepts 
    which any generation should and could relate to. And although HAIR is very 
    time specific, it still works. No one ever messed with Bye Bye Birdie or 
    Grease - 2 other shows which are time specific. Like HAIR, they stand up 
    well in the period in which they were written.
    Is it a history lesson? I know I certainly educated the Tribe on the 
    backdrop of the 60s so they could get the vibe of it.I showed them vintage 
    footage of riots, concerts, Viet Nam, and of course a huge dose of music. 
    But, in as much as HAIR is a "part" of history, it is the message which is 
    timeless. I had a reviewer write a critique of one of our productions and it 
    started, "HAIR is a museum piece and belongs in the archives." Right away I 
    knew where this cat was coming from. And he went on to say that he didn't 
    like the piece when it initially came out. Surprise! Is Shakespeare a museum 
    piece?One final thought, and this is specific to the London production, can you 
    imagine being a youngster sitting in the audience watching that production? 
    Or a first timer sitting in the audience? What if those people didn't like 
    the show at all and believed that THAT was what HAIR was all about! We have 
    lost them as HAIR fans. What a travesty that would be. The important thing 
    is to keep pumping out productions of HAIR that are thoughful and honest in 
    their approach. We must keep that spirit alive and continue to spread the 
    groovy revolution among the ages.

    PEACE,
    Leo 


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From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Mon Sep 26 19:08:44 2005
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Mon Sep 26 19:14:54 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] For The Lists
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you basically do do it in its original form
but beat for beat you find the appropriate equivalent
which in most cases is the same

btu sadly in our illiterate but chutzpah blessed america
where people dont read
vietnam is as distant for this generation as world war one
understand it is viscerally unbelievable to me too
it is never the less true
hair is all about being ground breaking
and that is where i feel that those who talk absolutely
against updating are 100% wrong
i think it is fine to say update with the most extreme care
that 98 to 99 out of 100 attempts will not work
but to say its impossible
that for me feels like death
read the record jacket
hair is about being fresh and groundbreaking
and the good thing 99% still is
the script/score is perfect etc
but when you make hair a museum piece
and the fact is the hip hop generation is into their own thing
you go against the underlying zeitgeist of the piece
which is that hair is in part a jauggernaut
its lightning
its not 1776 or south pacific
the idea of hair as a period piece to me makes me cry
like im at its tomb
thats my perception
i believe with hair as with all great works
innovation is always possible
and again im talking mis en scene
directing, dramaturgy
not a rewrite
hair does not have to be rewritten
but a first class production may have to be rethought
carefully brilliantly
dramaturgically/mis en scene
speaking
that is what i think

and of course there will be situations venues for which a classic production is whats called for
please i am not saying never do it the original way

also if you do the update right, the feeling should be extremely much like the original

i can only tell you in 1980 we achieved
it was very very very true to the original 
but it did take place in 1980
and at the time rado went nuts for it
and i got witnesses

michael unfortunately i believe saw the horrible performance of it in a 2000 seater which we did as a one nighter etc
as a fundraiser
we were totally disoriented
but the year long run at the brook
got standing ovations every performance
as of course have many magnificent companies of  HAIR

I got a bag of originals im working on
and these are very hot very fine very developed shows

but ive always got a taste to get me a company of HAIR

you guys know how i feel right?

peace love
R


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  My Opinion: 

  You have to be very careful when trying to "update" Hair. It is after all, a masterpiece play. 30,000 plus ticket buyers and counting are the proof. A review like the one below is also proof. 

  I ask this basic question to all who feel the need to change Hair. Why fix something that is not broken?

  You must assume that the audience is intelligent enough to figure out or know that the show
  is about the 60's. You also have to trust that they are smart enough to put together the political
  analogies to the times we are in. 

  Hair in its original form will work and be moving until world peace becomes a reality, and war
  becomes obsolete. 

  That is my opinion.

  Peace, Love and Blessings ~ Jonathon


  Ocsomtan@aol.com wrote:
    HAIR - the ANTI-AMERICAN GANG-BANG HATE ROCK MUSICAL

    The liturgical basis of Western drama is well-documented.  The Miracle and Mystery plays sought to explain the Christian legend to an illiterate flock.  At worst, the Church's goal was feudal servitude and subjugation; at best, ephiphanous rectitude.

    As theatre evolved, so did the motus operandi of its practitioners: there were the self-aggrandizers and the light-givers.

    Our HAIR, at its inception, and through most of its incarnations, was in the latter camp.  Springing from the 'Sixties, a period of possibilities and hope, it spoke about and for a generation, disenchanted with the powers-that-be and intent upon changing what the world was for what it could become.  I don't have to tell any of you about HAIR: we were all there.

    Numerous attempts have been made to make age- and time-specifics works more current and/or accessible to modern audiences.

    The British theatre and opera director, Jonathan Miller, coined the term "renovatio" to represent a search to find a current theatre vocabulary and point of view to parallel the one shared by those who first created and experienced a piece.

    Certainly, any efforts to find a "renovatio" for HAIR would face great challenges.  Moreover, our world already provides striking parallels in the Viet Nam/Iraq and Nixon/Bush deja-vu dance.  With such self-evident resonances, is an update really required?

    Nonetheless, there are those who, understimating the human mind's capacity to make meaningful leaps, might feel an updating of HAIR to be a necessity.

    On to the modernization of HAIR at The Gate Theatre, London.

    Firstly, let me say that if updates are to be undertaken, this script, reconcei ved and re-constructed, for this production, could not be better in keeping with the spirit, intent and essence of the original production in the following way:  The inclusion of current events, pop culture, modern political and social issues, have been ingeniously handled by the writer.

    If a non-singing "Oprah" replaces our beloved "Tourist Lady", well, why not? -- we live in a tell-all culture which is more likely to "spill its guts" on camera than to a best friend.  Indeed, if "Hair" is sung to "Oprah's" camera crew rather than we, the audience, that too, bespeaks of our society.  And, yes, we all loathe Dubya and Condie enough to tolerate their prominence as the evil genies in this new/old musical.

    But, here's the problem: to quote Joni Mitchell's "Both Sides Now", "there's something lost, but something's gained...", and I'm not sure that it's a fair exchange.

    Putting aside the re-inveented script, ("Claude", on Prozac, singing a terse lamenti ng ballad, "Manchester, England, England", his parents, encouraging him to enlist to help pay for his university fees), there are directorial choices which scream "self aggrandizer" rather than "light giver."

    The Space:  you arrive in a room about the size of my entire apartment (brave and impressive -- I'd be hard-pressed to do GODSPELL let alone HAIR in my home!); there are 2 giant painted curtains emblazoned with the words "Coca" and "Cola".  "Uh-oh," you think.  "We're going to be confronted with American cultural imperialism and rampant consumerism" -- OK, not a very original thesis but not something with which anyone would argue.  A blonde lad enters in abbreviated white jockey shorts and pushes aside the curtains, and proceeds to dress in his jeans, jacket, backpack, walkman.  A radio-style voice over tells us it's New York, another working day, etc.  During this, creatures in black robes enter (Supreme Court bigots? distorted univers ity graduates?) with black-and-white rubber rolled wigs (pipelines? rollers? pasta?  I give up!).  They also sport masks with roses in place of their eyes (rose-colored glasses? American Beauties?).  Their mouths are unique - from each hang emblems reflective of American consumer society (a cellphone, a banner from the NY TIMES, a Dorito package, a Starbuck's cup).  As the radio din reaches a cacaphony, "Claude" enters the Times Square area and a voice advises the "1,2,3, 9, A, C, E, 7, R, N and Shuttle" can be reached at this junction.  "Claude" and the robed personalities cram into a central space for a sardine-inspired, bouncing train ride which becomes a din until a lone voice ("Sheila"?) shrieks, "When the moon...peace will guide the planets and love will steer the stars...."  Clearly, its ironic.

    Throughout the rest of the number (which is aggressive and harsh), "Claude" tries to dodge the robed creatures who weave erratic patterns and impede his way.  Eventually, the voices crescendo off stage.  There is no union, no tribe, no love, no hope, and no people.

    So far, OK, "not so good", but "original" and "tolerable".  So, "where's the beef?", as they say.

    Before I go there, let me give credit where credit is due: a brave producer and theatre, heretofore content with mounting mostly new translations of overlooked European treasures has had the courage to take on a 20th-Century theatrical icon.  There's a talented and more-than-willing cast of 16 -- note, the original company had 21 -- giving their all.  (In fact, I could have wished they had given a wee bit less: regarding nudity on stage as opposed to sex in the home, less is definitely more!)  Especially noteworthy are "Sheila", "Jeanie", a female "Hud", "Berger" (for cudliness rather than power), "Claude", (for a fine voice, and being "game'"- having graduated RADA just last year, I expect this production was the farthe st thing from his mind a year ago!).  Then there's the band of lithe, acrobatic singer-dancers who did nude cartwheels within six inches of my face -- something I never expected to encounter without someone buying someone dinner first!  And, as I've said before, I laud the attempts to modernize what could be seen as a period piece.

    On to the "beef", or rather the "Berger":


    "Berger" is discovered alone -- he rips off his trousers, introduces himself and launches into "Donna".  No "transcendental meditation on the Ocean of Reality".  No "love".

    This production, as conceived by its director, eschews transcendence and love in favor of (for all its fornication) impotence and rage.

    Every number becomes an attack on the material vocally, an assault on the audience emotionally, and an attack of the USA morally -- not its government, not its policies -- we, the people.  (Actually, it makes for a very monotonous evening as there is no ar c, no journey, no discovery -- just a lot of shouting at top decible.)  The thesis is the people are the policies; the policies are the people.  We're all sheep. (At one point the robed/rose people bleet at one another, just in case we haven't gotten that point.)  Oh, and Condie Rice, Bush and Rumsfeld sing "Crazy for the Red, White and Blue".  Kind of missing out on the layer of irony as it had been previously done, and, once again, blaming the people for being blind sheep.

    Frankly, this tack is too facile, too easy a blame-game.  It screams "Young Director (David) with Chip on Shoulder Trying to Attract Attention by Taking Shots at America (Goliath)"  Very Australian-style theatre of the 70s, actually.

    I can accept that the USA has done a great many bad things, and that it's gotten away from we, the people.  But I'm not certain using HAIR to reinforce these problems is a helpful thing.

    Moreover, what is more of a concern fo r me is the distortion of the principles and spirit of HAIR to serve this director's ends.

    "White Boys" is a number extolling the joys of bondage and is sung by the female "Hud" and one black girl and man while whipping "Berger" and two other white boys, naked except for their leather masks etc. (Actually, this seems quite an English "take" on things -- the only thing missing was someone dressed up as a maid!).  "Black Boys" is not about "candy": -- it's an explicit re-enacted fornication upon inanimate objects like stage poles, microphone stands -- (Oh, well, black boys were in short supply in this production.  Perhaps this was the solution?)  And there are some obvious gaffs.  For example, here the entire tribe is enrolled in NYU, not just "Sheila", a school requiring a minimum of $25,000 per year in tuition.  How can students getting a $100,000 education honestly moan "Ain't Got No?"

    Another instance of strange concepts: "Woof", once upon a time representative of the unconditional love of Man's Best Friend, is now the kind of mutt that would hump a guest's leg in heat!  This character, in particular, is such a distortion of the "Woof" of the Original Company that he deserves a few words: He has emerald green buzz cut hair, a naked chest, and a large tattoo emblazoned across it: "H.I.V.I.P".  A rather pale (and not-very-excited, I might add) naked blonde boy is beneath him.  "Woof" introduces himself as "Neil 'Woof' Donovan", goes to hump him, at which point, the boy screams, "Where's your condom?"  "Woof" produces a plastic surgical sheet, covers the entire body, and proceeds to hump the body encased in plastic while singing "Sodomy".  I might add this was about a foot-and-a-half from my feet!  (I wasn't very excited either, but I was willing to go along with changes because they were, initially, amusing.)

    I did cringe at "Jeanie's line going into "Claude's" trip: "Whatever you d ecide to do -- know you were loved."

    Eventually, though, a darker agenda became apparent.  Indeed, in "Going Down", I recalled our "baby angels".  In this production, the entire cast is wearing plastic horns and celebrating the darkening of the light whenever possible.

    Whatever happened to the "dawning of the Age of Aquarius" and the light givers"?

    Of course, that might be this director's point, but I contend that the bigger picture is more important than his self-serving visions.

    I don't believe that the updated script of HAIR or any previous version of HAIR advocated hate, anger, anarchy and destruction.  

    Using a piece created to expand brotherhood and peace for such distorted ends seems to me to be a betrayal of those who died in Viet Nam, Afghanistan, and Iraq.  This production can only foment terrorism, anger, hate, and vengeance, and pain.

    To me, the definition of "sin" is "intentional wrong action".  These cha racters are more "sinning" than "sinned against".  The implication is "Aren't we all?"

    Perhaps.  But I didn't care about any of them, and when "Claude's" black coffin was hauled onstage enshrouded in those ubiquitous roses, I never shed a tear.

    Is this a message we wish to endorse, and is this the message of HAIR?

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From goodhairdays at yahoo.com  Mon Sep 26 19:15:18 2005
From: goodhairdays at yahoo.com (Jonathon Johnson)
Date: Mon Sep 26 19:21:17 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] For The Lists
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Ooops...I missed a few zero's....It's 30 million plus ticket buyers and counting ;).
 
Love ~ Jonathon

Jonathon Johnson <goodhairdays@yahoo.com> wrote:
My Opinion: 
 
You have to be very careful when trying to "update" Hair. It is after all, a masterpiece play. 30,000 plus ticket buyers and counting are the proof. A review like the one below is also proof. 
 
I ask this basic question to all who feel the need to change Hair. Why fix something that is not broken?
 
You must assume that the audience is intelligent enough to figure out or know that the show
is about the 60's. You also have to trust that they are smart enough to put together the political
analogies to the times we are in. 
 
Hair in its original form will work and be moving until world peace becomes a reality, and war
becomes obsolete. 
 
That is my opinion.
 
Peace, Love and Blessings ~ Jonathon
 

Ocsomtan@aol.com wrote:
HAIR - the ANTI-AMERICAN GANG-BANG HATE ROCK MUSICAL

The liturgical basis of Western drama is well-documented.  The Miracle and Mystery plays sought to explain the Christian legend to an illiterate flock.  At worst, the Church's goal was feudal servitude and subjugation; at best, ephiphanous rectitude.

As theatre evolved, so did the motus operandi of its practitioners: there were the self-aggrandizers and the light-givers.

Our HAIR, at its inception, and through most of its incarnations, was in the latter camp.  Springing from the 'Sixties, a period of possibilities and hope, it spoke about and for a generation, disenchanted with the powers-that-be and intent upon changing what the world was for what it could become.  I don't have to tell any of you about HAIR: we were all there.

Numerous attempts have been made to make age- and time-specifics works more current and/or accessible to modern audiences.

The British theatre and opera director, Jonathan Miller, coined the term "renovatio" to represent a search to find a current theatre vocabulary and point of view to parallel the one shared by those who first created and experienced a piece.

Certainly, any efforts to find a "renovatio" for HAIR would face great challenges.  Moreover, our world already provides striking parallels in the Viet Nam/Iraq and Nixon/Bush deja-vu dance.  With such self-evident resonances, is an update really required?

Nonetheless, there are those who, understimating the human mind's capacity to make meaningful leaps, might feel an updating of HAIR to be a necessity.

On to the modernization of HAIR at The Gate Theatre, London.

Firstly, let me say that if updates are to be undertaken, this script, reconcei ved and re-constructed, for this production, could not be better in keeping with the spirit, intent and essence of the original production in the following way:  The inclusion of current events, pop culture, modern political and social issues, have been ingeniously handled by the writer.

If a non-singing "Oprah" replaces our beloved "Tourist Lady", well, why not? -- we live in a tell-all culture which is more likely to "spill its guts" on camera than to a best friend.  Indeed, if "Hair" is sung to "Oprah's" camera crew rather than we, the audience, that too, bespeaks of our society.  And, yes, we all loathe Dubya and Condie enough to tolerate their prominence as the evil genies in this new/old musical.

But, here's the problem: to quote Joni Mitchell's "Both Sides Now", "there's something lost, but something's gained...", and I'm not sure that it's a fair exchange.

Putting aside the re-inveented script, ("Claude", on Prozac, singing a terse lamenti ng ballad, "Manchester, England, England", his parents, encouraging him to enlist to help pay for his university fees), there are directorial choices which scream "self aggrandizer" rather than "light giver."

The Space:  you arrive in a room about the size of my entire apartment (brave and impressive -- I'd be hard-pressed to do GODSPELL let alone HAIR in my home!); there are 2 giant painted curtains emblazoned with the words "Coca" and "Cola".  "Uh-oh," you think.  "We're going to be confronted with American cultural imperialism and rampant consumerism" -- OK, not a very original thesis but not something with which anyone would argue.  A blonde lad enters in abbreviated white jockey shorts and pushes aside the curtains, and proceeds to dress in his jeans, jacket, backpack, walkman.  A radio-style voice over tells us it's New York, another working day, etc.  During this, creatures in black robes enter (Supreme Court bigots? distorted univers ity graduates?) with black-and-white rubber rolled wigs (pipelines? rollers? pasta?  I give up!).  They also sport masks with roses in place of their eyes (rose-colored glasses? American Beauties?).  Their mouths are unique - from each hang em
 blems
 reflective of American consumer society (a cellphone, a banner from the NY TIMES, a Dorito package, a Starbuck's cup).  As the radio din reaches a cacaphony, "Claude" enters the Times Square area and a voice advises the "1,2,3, 9, A, C, E, 7, R, N and Shuttle" can be reached at this junction.  "Claude" and the robed personalities cram into a central space for a sardine-inspired, bouncing train ride which becomes a din until a lone voice ("Sheila"?) shrieks, "When the moon...peace will guide the planets and love will steer the stars...."  Clearly, its ironic.

Throughout the rest of the number (which is aggressive and harsh), "Claude" tries to dodge the robed creatures who weave erratic patterns and impede his way.  Eventually, the voices crescendo off stage.  There is no union, no tribe, no love, no hope, and no people.

So far, OK, "not so good", but "original" and "tolerable".  So, "where's the beef?", as they say.

Before I go there, let me give credit where credit is due: a brave producer and theatre, heretofore content with mounting mostly new translations of overlooked European treasures has had the courage to take on a 20th-Century theatrical icon.  There's a talented and more-than-willing cast of 16 -- note, the original company had 21 -- giving their all.  (In fact, I could have wished they had given a wee bit less: regarding nudity on stage as opposed to sex in the home, less is definitely more!)  Especially noteworthy are "Sheila", "Jeanie", a female "Hud", "Berger" (for cudliness rather than power), "Claude", (for a fine voice, and being "game'"- having graduated RADA just last year, I expect this production was the farthe st thing from his mind a year ago!).  Then there's the band of lithe, acrobatic singer-dancers who did nude cartwheels within six inches of my face -- something I never expected to encounter without someone buying someone dinner first!  And, as I've said befo
 re, I
 laud the attempts to modernize what could be seen as a period piece.

On to the "beef", or rather the "Berger":


"Berger" is discovered alone -- he rips off his trousers, introduces himself and launches into "Donna".  No "transcendental meditation on the Ocean of Reality".  No "love".

This production, as conceived by its director, eschews transcendence and love in favor of (for all its fornication) impotence and rage.

Every number becomes an attack on the material vocally, an assault on the audience emotionally, and an attack of the USA morally -- not its government, not its policies -- we, the people.  (Actually, it makes for a very monotonous evening as there is no ar c, no journey, no discovery -- just a lot of shouting at top decible.)  The thesis is the people are the policies; the policies are the people.  We're all sheep. (At one point the robed/rose people bleet at one another, just in case we haven't gotten that point.)  Oh, and Condie Rice, Bush and Rumsfeld sing "Crazy for the Red, White and Blue".  Kind of missing out on the layer of irony as it had been previously done, and, once again, blaming the people for being blind sheep.

Frankly, this tack is too facile, too easy a blame-game.  It screams "Young Director (David) with Chip on Shoulder Trying to Attract Attention by Taking Shots at America (Goliath)"  Very Australian-style theatre of the 70s, actually.

I can accept that the USA has done a great many bad things, and that it's gotten away from we, the people.  But I'm not certain using HAIR to reinforce these problems is a helpful thing.

Moreover, what is more of a concern fo r me is the distortion of the principles and spirit of HAIR to serve this director's ends.

"White Boys" is a number extolling the joys of bondage and is sung by the female "Hud" and one black girl and man while whipping "Berger" and two other white boys, naked except for their leather masks etc. (Actually, this seems quite an English "take" on things -- the only thing missing was someone dressed up as a maid!).  "Black Boys" is not about "candy": -- it's an explicit re-enacted fornication upon inanimate objects like stage poles, microphone stands -- (Oh, well, black boys were in short supply in this production.  Perhaps this was the solution?)  And there are some obvious gaffs.  For example, here the entire tribe is enrolled in NYU, not just "Sheila", a school requiring a minimum of $25,000 per year in tuition.  How can students getting a $100,000 education honestly moan "Ain't Got No?"

Another instance of strange concepts: "Woof", once upon a time representative of the unconditional love of Man's Best Friend, is now the kind of mutt that would hump a guest's leg in heat!  This character, in particular, is such a distortion of the "Woof" of the Original Company that he deserves a few words: He has emerald green buzz cut hair, a naked chest, and a large tattoo emblazoned across it: "H.I.V.I.P".  A rather pale (and not-very-excited, I might add) naked blonde boy is beneath him.  "Woof" introduces himself as "Neil 'Woof' Donovan", goes to hump him, at which point, the boy screams, "Where's your condom?"  "Woof" produces a plastic surgical sheet, covers the entire body, and proceeds to hump the body encased in plastic while singing "Sodomy".  I might add this was about a foot-and-a-half from my feet!  (I wasn't very excited either, but I was willing to go along with changes because they were, initially, amusing.)

I did cringe at "Jeanie's line going into "Claude's" trip: "Whatever you d ecide to do -- know you were loved."

Eventually, though, a darker agenda became apparent.  Indeed, in "Going Down", I recalled our "baby angels".  In this production, the entire cast is wearing plastic horns and celebrating the darkening of the light whenever possible.

Whatever happened to the "dawning of the Age of Aquarius" and the light givers"?

Of course, that might be this director's point, but I contend that the bigger picture is more important than his self-serving visions.

I don't believe that the updated script of HAIR or any previous version of HAIR advocated hate, anger, anarchy and destruction.  

Using a piece created to expand brotherhood and peace for such distorted ends seems to me to be a betrayal of those who died in Viet Nam, Afghanistan, and Iraq.  This production can only foment terrorism, anger, hate, and vengeance, and pain.

To me, the definition of "sin" is "intentional wrong action".  These cha racters are more "sinning" than "sinned against".  The implication is "Aren't we all?"

Perhaps.  But I didn't care about any of them, and when "Claude's" black coffin was hauled onstage enshrouded in those ubiquitous roses, I never shed a tear.

Is this a message we wish to endorse, and is this the message of HAIR?

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From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Mon Sep 26 19:22:30 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] advanced hairology
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For Example; here is somethign you have to rework
in my subjective opinion to make it work today

okay you got walking in space
it has to be basically as it was
but it has to make sense viscerally for todays audience
remember the average is under 45

here are your problems
given the number should still be about drugs etc
( i think the idea of the nude scene there works but
i wouldnt want to lose the finale at the end of act one nude scene so i wouldnt opt for that )

but here are your problems;

you have to explain all this drama about smoking a joint

now maybe in the future things have gotten real conservative
?
are they doing hard drugs?
thats dangerous 
grass is still considered cool
but although there is an explosion in hard drug use
the romance of it is gone
people doing hard drugs are not seen as cool etc
may turn off a lot of your audience
if you have them basing etc

so what do you do about that?
because you have to have the tension
of the moment
doors locked etc
but obviously today no one is locking doors to smoke a joint
and we dont want our heros shooting up or doing crack or whatever
although i understand there are hard drug illusions in the score etc

so what do you do?
to keep the tension in the moment>?
and not make it laughable to todays audience
eg you want the same effect exactly the original scene
had
but how do you do that in a way that is viscerally resonant to todays audience in the same way that walking in space was viscerally resonant in the 60s, 70s and even very early 80s

stuff like that i feel must be attended to

i dont have an answer for that one yet
its a mental problem i play with
i know i would work it out in rehearsal
but i dont have an answer to that one

stuff like that

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From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Mon Sep 26 19:23:30 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] ALSO GUYS WE NEED A CHAT ROOM
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COULD YOU IMAGINE ALL OF US LIVE IN A ROOM IN REAL TIME?

IT WOULD BE OUTRAGEOUS
AND ITS VERY EASY TO SET UP
IM JUST A COMPUTER TROGLYDYTE SO I DONT KNOW
BUT ITS REAL COMPUTERS 201 ETC

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From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Mon Sep 26 19:28:36 2005
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LET ME QUANTIFY IT FOR YOU DIFFERENTLY

HAIR IS THE FIRST SHOW TO GO ONE BILLION DOLLARS IN GATE LIVE WORLDWIDE

I KNOW IT HAD HIT THAT MARK BY THE LATE 70S
( eg when i was working with arthur cantor who monitered such things etc and taught me as a young man how to do the same )

HAIR is huge

but

getting a first class ( and again that is a technical term not
a qualitative judgement ) company off the ground commercially in nyc in particular subsequent to the original productions and roughly contemporaneous original world and major national city productions, has been problematic.

And its a fascinating producing problem.

I mean one would love another company that could have the same kind of impact commercially as the original nyc production; something really worth having; i drool like the vampire lestat just thinking about; yummy yummy yummy
artistically i dont think one could ever touch the original production; but one could do an outstanding production
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  Ooops...I missed a few zero's....It's 30 million plus ticket buyers and counting ;).

  Love ~ Jonathon

  Jonathon Johnson <goodhairdays@yahoo.com> wrote:
    My Opinion: 

    You have to be very careful when trying to "update" Hair. It is after all, a masterpiece play. 30,000 plus ticket buyers and counting are the proof. A review like the one below is also proof. 

    I ask this basic question to all who feel the need to change Hair. Why fix something that is not broken?

    You must assume that the audience is intelligent enough to figure out or know that the show
    is about the 60's. You also have to trust that they are smart enough to put together the political
    analogies to the times we are in. 

    Hair in its original form will work and be moving until world peace becomes a reality, and war
    becomes obsolete. 

    That is my opinion.

    Peace, Love and Blessings ~ Jonathon


    Ocsomtan@aol.com wrote:
      HAIR - the ANTI-AMERICAN GANG-BANG HATE ROCK MUSICAL

      The liturgical basis of Western drama is well-documented.  The Miracle and Mystery plays sought to explain the Christian legend to an illiterate flock.  At worst, the Church's goal was feudal servitude and subjugation; at best, ephiphanous rectitude.

      As theatre evolved, so did the motus operandi of its practitioners: there were the self-aggrandizers and the light-givers.

      Our HAIR, at its inception, and through most of its incarnations, was in the latter camp.  Springing from the 'Sixties, a period of possibilities and hope, it spoke about and for a generation, disenchanted with the powers-that-be and intent upon changing what the world was for what it could become.  I don't have to tell any of you about HAIR: we were all there.

      Numerous attempts have been made to make age- and time-specifics works more current and/or accessible to modern audiences.

      The British theatre and opera director, Jonathan Miller, coined the term "renovatio" to represent a search to find a current theatre vocabulary and point of view to parallel the one shared by those who first created and experienced a piece.

      Certainly, any efforts to find a "renovatio" for HAIR would face great challenges.  Moreover, our world already provides striking parallels in the Viet Nam/Iraq and Nixon/Bush deja-vu dance.  With such self-evident resonances, is an update really required?

      Nonetheless, there are those who, understimating the human mind's capacity to make meaningful leaps, might feel an updating of HAIR to be a necessity.

      On to the modernization of HAIR at The Gate Theatre, London.

      Firstly, let me say that if updates are to be undertaken, this script, reconcei ved and re-constructed, for this production, could not be better in keeping with the spirit, intent and essence of the original production in the following way:  The inclusion of current events, pop culture, modern political and social issues, have been ingeniously handled by the writer.

      If a non-singing "Oprah" replaces our beloved "Tourist Lady", well, why not? -- we live in a tell-all culture which is more likely to "spill its guts" on camera than to a best friend.  Indeed, if "Hair" is sung to "Oprah's" camera crew rather than we, the audience, that too, bespeaks of our society.  And, yes, we all loathe Dubya and Condie enough to tolerate their prominence as the evil genies in this new/old musical.

      But, here's the problem: to quote Joni Mitchell's "Both Sides Now", "there's something lost, but something's gained...", and I'm not sure that it's a fair exchange.

      Putting aside the re-inveented script, ("Claude", on Prozac, singing a terse lamenti ng ballad, "Manchester, England, England", his parents, encouraging him to enlist to help pay for his university fees), there are directorial choices which scream "self aggrandizer" rather than "light giver."

      The Space:  you arrive in a room about the size of my entire apartment (brave and impressive -- I'd be hard-pressed to do GODSPELL let alone HAIR in my home!); there are 2 giant painted curtains emblazoned with the words "Coca" and "Cola".  "Uh-oh," you think.  "We're going to be confronted with American cultural imperialism and rampant consumerism" -- OK, not a very original thesis but not something with which anyone would argue.  A blonde lad enters in abbreviated white jockey shorts and pushes aside the curtains, and proceeds to dress in his jeans, jacket, backpack, walkman.  A radio-style voice over tells us it's New York, another working day, etc.  During this, creatures in black robes enter (Supreme Court bigots? distorted univers ity graduates?) with black-and-white rubber rolled wigs (pipelines? rollers? pasta?  I give up!).  They also sport masks with roses in place of their eyes (rose-colored glasses? American Beauties?).  Their mouths are unique - from each hang emblems reflective of American consumer society (a cellphone, a banner from the NY TIMES, a Dorito package, a Starbuck's cup).  As the radio din reaches a cacaphony, "Claude" enters the Times Square area and a voice advises the "1,2,3, 9, A, C, E, 7, R, N and Shuttle" can be reached at this junction.  "Claude" and the robed personalities cram into a central space for a sardine-inspired, bouncing train ride which becomes a din until a lone voice ("Sheila"?) shrieks, "When the moon...peace will guide the planets and love will steer the stars...."  Clearly, its ironic.

      Throughout the rest of the number (which is aggressive and harsh), "Claude" tries to dodge the robed creatures who weave erratic patterns and impede his way.  Eventually, the voices crescendo off stage.  There is no union, no tribe, no love, no hope, and no people.

      So far, OK, "not so good", but "original" and "tolerable".  So, "where's the beef?", as they say.

      Before I go there, let me give credit where credit is due: a brave producer and theatre, heretofore content with mounting mostly new translations of overlooked European treasures has had the courage to take on a 20th-Century theatrical icon.  There's a talented and more-than-willing cast of 16 -- note, the original company had 21 -- giving their all.  (In fact, I could have wished they had given a wee bit less: regarding nudity on stage as opposed to sex in the home, less is definitely more!)  Especially noteworthy are "Sheila", "Jeanie", a female "Hud", "Berger" (for cudliness rather than power), "Claude", (for a fine voice, and being "game'"- having graduated RADA just last year, I expect this production was the farthe st thing from his mind a year ago!).  Then there's the band of lithe, acrobatic singer-dancers who did nude cartwheels within six inches of my face -- something I never expected to encounter without someone buying someone dinner first!  And, as I've said before, I laud the attempts to modernize what could be seen as a period piece.

      On to the "beef", or rather the "Berger":


      "Berger" is discovered alone -- he rips off his trousers, introduces himself and launches into "Donna".  No "transcendental meditation on the Ocean of Reality".  No "love".

      This production, as conceived by its director, eschews transcendence and love in favor of (for all its fornication) impotence and rage.

      Every number becomes an attack on the material vocally, an assault on the audience emotionally, and an attack of the USA morally -- not its government, not its policies -- we, the people.  (Actually, it makes for a very monotonous evening as there is no ar c, no journey, no discovery -- just a lot of shouting at top decible.)  The thesis is the people are the policies; the policies are the people.  We're all sheep. (At one point the robed/rose people bleet at one another, just in case we haven't gotten that point.)  Oh, and Condie Rice, Bush and Rumsfeld sing "Crazy for the Red, White and Blue".  Kind of missing out on the layer of irony as it had been previously done, and, once again, blaming the people for being blind sheep.

      Frankly, this tack is too facile, too easy a blame-game.  It screams "Young Director (David) with Chip on Shoulder Trying to Attract Attention by Taking Shots at America (Goliath)"  Very Australian-style theatre of the 70s, actually.

      I can accept that the USA has done a great many bad things, and that it's gotten away from we, the people.  But I'm not certain using HAIR to reinforce these problems is a helpful thing.

      Moreover, what is more of a conc ern fo r me is the distortion of the principles and spirit of HAIR to serve this director's ends.

      "White Boys" is a number extolling the joys of bondage and is sung by the female "Hud" and one black girl and man while whipping "Berger" and two other white boys, naked except for their leather masks etc. (Actually, this seems quite an English "take" on things -- the only thing missing was someone dressed up as a maid!).  "Black Boys" is not about "candy": -- it's an explicit re-enacted fornication upon inanimate objects like stage poles, microphone stands -- (Oh, well, black boys were in short supply in this production.  Perhaps this was the solution?)  And there are some obvious gaffs.  For example, here the entire tribe is enrolled in NYU, not just "Sheila", a school requiring a minimum of $25,000 per year in tuition.  How can students getting a $100,000 education honestly moan "Ain't Got No?"

      Another instance of strange concepts: "Woof", once u pon a time representative of the unconditional love of Man's Best Friend, is now the kind of mutt that would hump a guest's leg in heat!  This character, in particular, is such a distortion of the "Woof" of the Original Company that he deserves a few words: He has emerald green buzz cut hair, a naked chest, and a large tattoo emblazoned across it: "H.I.V.I.P".  A rather pale (and not-very-excited, I might add) naked blonde boy is beneath him.  "Woof" introduces himself as "Neil 'Woof' Donovan", goes to hump him, at which point, the boy screams, "Where's your condom?"  "Woof" produces a plastic surgical sheet, covers the entire body, and proceeds to hump the body encased in plastic while singing "Sodomy".  I might add this was about a foot-and-a-half from my feet!  (I wasn't very excited either, but I was willing to go along with changes because they were, initially, amusing.)

      I did cringe at "Jeanie's line going into "Claude's" trip: "Whatever you d ecide to do -- know you were loved."

      Eventually, though, a darker agenda became apparent.  Indeed, in "Going Down", I recalled our "baby angels".  In this production, the entire cast is wearing plastic horns and celebrating the darkening of the light whenever possible.

      Whatever happened to the "dawning of the Age of Aquarius" and the light givers"?

      Of course, that might be this director's point, but I contend that the bigger picture is more important than his self-serving visions.

      I don't believe that the updated script of HAIR or any previous version of HAIR advocated hate, anger, anarchy and destruction.  

      Using a piece created to expand brotherhood and peace for such distorted ends seems to me to be a betrayal of those who died in Viet Nam, Afghanistan, and Iraq.  This production can only foment terrorism, anger, hate, and vengeance, and pain.

      To me, the definition of "sin" is "intentional wrong action".  These cha racters are more "sinning" than "sinned against".  The implication is "Aren't we all?"

      Perhaps.  But I didn't care about any of them, and when "Claude's" black coffin was hauled onstage enshrouded in those ubiquitous roses, I never shed a tear.

      Is this a message we wish to endorse, and is this the message of HAIR?

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From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Mon Sep 26 19:34:26 2005
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mind you 
i thought qualitatively the 77 revival although quite up to the original 
was an outstanding superlative production
people were screaming in the aisles
ten minutes into it
i was there
it was incredible
it closed

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: richard haase 
  To: mb-hair@islandlists.com 
  Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 10:22 PM
  Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] For The Lists


  LET ME QUANTIFY IT FOR YOU DIFFERENTLY

  HAIR IS THE FIRST SHOW TO GO ONE BILLION DOLLARS IN GATE LIVE WORLDWIDE

  I KNOW IT HAD HIT THAT MARK BY THE LATE 70S
  ( eg when i was working with arthur cantor who monitered such things etc and taught me as a young man how to do the same )

  HAIR is huge

  but

  getting a first class ( and again that is a technical term not
  a qualitative judgement ) company off the ground commercially in nyc in particular subsequent to the original productions and roughly contemporaneous original world and major national city productions, has been problematic.

  And its a fascinating producing problem.

  I mean one would love another company that could have the same kind of impact commercially as the original nyc production; something really worth having; i drool like the vampire lestat just thinking about; yummy yummy yummy
  artistically i dont think one could ever touch the original production; but one could do an outstanding production
    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Jonathon Johnson 
    To: mb-hair@islandlists.com 
    Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 10:15 PM
    Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] For The Lists


    Ooops...I missed a few zero's....It's 30 million plus ticket buyers and counting ;).

    Love ~ Jonathon

    Jonathon Johnson <goodhairdays@yahoo.com> wrote:
      My Opinion: 

      You have to be very careful when trying to "update" Hair. It is after all, a masterpiece play. 30,000 plus ticket buyers and counting are the proof. A review like the one below is also proof. 

      I ask this basic question to all who feel the need to change Hair. Why fix something that is not broken?

      You must assume that the audience is intelligent enough to figure out or know that the show
      is about the 60's. You also have to trust that they are smart enough to put together the political
      analogies to the times we are in. 

      Hair in its original form will work and be moving until world peace becomes a reality, and war
      becomes obsolete. 

      That is my opinion.

      Peace, Love and Blessings ~ Jonathon


      Ocsomtan@aol.com wrote:
        HAIR - the ANTI-AMERICAN GANG-BANG HATE ROCK MUSICAL

        The liturgical basis of Western drama is well-documented.  The Miracle and Mystery plays sought to explain the Christian legend to an illiterate flock.  At worst, the Church's goal was feudal servitude and subjugation; at best, ephiphanous rectitude.

        As theatre evolved, so did the motus operandi of its practitioners: there were the self-aggrandizers and the light-givers.

        Our HAIR, at its inception, and through most of its incarnations, was in the latter camp.  Springing from the 'Sixties, a period of possibilities and hope, it spoke about and for a generation, disenchanted with the powers-that-be and intent upon changing what the world was for what it could become.  I don't have to tell any of you about HAIR: we were all there.

        Numerous attempts have been made to make age- and time-specifics works more current and/or accessible to modern audiences.

        The British theatre and opera director, Jonathan Miller, coined the term "renovatio" to represent a search to find a current theatre vocabulary and point of view to parallel the one shared by those who first created and experienced a piece.

        Certainly, any efforts to find a "renovatio" for HAIR would face great challenges.  Moreover, our world already provides striking parallels in the Viet Nam/Iraq and Nixon/Bush deja-vu dance.  With such self-evident resonances, is an update really required?

        Nonetheless, there are those who, understimating the human mind's capacity to make meaningful leaps, might feel an updating of HAIR to be a necessity.

        On to the modernization of HAIR at The Gate Theatre, London.

        Firstly, let me say that if updates are to be undertaken, this script, reconcei ved and re-constructed, for this production, could not be better in keeping with the spirit, intent and essence of the original production in the following way:  The inclusion of current events, pop culture, modern political and social issues, have been ingeniously handled by the writer.

        If a non-singing "Oprah" replaces our beloved "Tourist Lady", well, why not? -- we live in a tell-all culture which is more likely to "spill its guts" on camera than to a best friend.  Indeed, if "Hair" is sung to "Oprah's" camera crew rather than we, the audience, that too, bespeaks of our society.  And, yes, we all loathe Dubya and Condie enough to tolerate their prominence as the evil genies in this new/old musical.

        But, here's the problem: to quote Joni Mitchell's "Both Sides Now", "there's something lost, but something's gained...", and I'm not sure that it's a fair exchange.

        Putting aside the re-inveented script, ("Claude", on Prozac, singing a terse lamenti ng ballad, "Manchester, England, England", his parents, encouraging him to enlist to help pay for his university fees), there are directorial choices which scream "self aggrandizer" rather than "light giver."

        The Space:  you arrive in a room about the size of my entire apartment (brave and impressive -- I'd be hard-pressed to do GODSPELL let alone HAIR in my home!); there are 2 giant painted curtains emblazoned with the words "Coca" and "Cola".  "Uh-oh," you think.  "We're going to be confronted with American cultural imperialism and rampant consumerism" -- OK, not a very original thesis but not something with which anyone would argue.  A blonde lad enters in abbreviated white jockey shorts and pushes aside the curtains, and proceeds to dress in his jeans, jacket, backpack, walkman.  A radio-style voice over tells us it's New York, another working day, etc.  During this, creatures in black robes enter (Supreme Court bigots? distorted univers ity graduates?) with black-and-white rubber rolled wigs (pipelines? rollers? pasta?  I give up!).  They also sport masks with roses in place of their eyes (rose-colored glasses? American Beauties?).  Their mouths are unique - from each hang emblems reflective of American consumer society (a cellphone, a banner from the NY TIMES, a Dorito package, a Starbuck's cup).  As the radio din reaches a cacaphony, "Claude" enters the Times Square area and a voice advises the "1,2,3, 9, A, C, E, 7, R, N and Shuttle" can be reached at this junction.  "Claude" and the robed personalities cram into a central space for a sardine-inspired, bouncing train ride which becomes a din until a lone voice ("Sheila"?) shrieks, "When the moon...peace will guide the planets and love will steer the stars...."  Clearly, its ironic.

        Throughout the rest of the number (which is aggressive and harsh), "Claude" tries to dodge the robed creatures who weave erratic patterns and impede his way.  Eventually, the voices crescendo off stage.  There is no union, no tribe, no love, no hope, and no people.

        So far, OK, "not so good", but "original" and "tolerable".  So, "where's the beef?", as they say.

        Before I go there, let me give credit where credit is due: a brave producer and theatre, heretofore content with mounting mostly new translations of overlooked European treasures has had the courage to take on a 20th-Century theatrical icon.  There's a talented and more-than-willing cast of 16 -- note, the original company had 21 -- giving their all.  (In fact, I could have wished they had given a wee bit less: regarding nudity on stage as opposed to sex in the home, less is definitely more!)  Especially noteworthy are "Sheila", "Jeanie", a female "Hud", "Berger" (for cudliness rather than power), "Claude", (for a fine voice, and being "game'"- having graduated RADA just last year, I expect this production was the farthe st thing from his mind a year ago!).  Then there's the band of lithe, acrobatic singer-dancers who did nude cartwheels within six inches of my face -- something I never expected to encounter without someone buying someone dinner first!  And, as I've said before, I laud the attempts to modernize what could be seen as a period piece.

        On to the "beef", or rather the "Berger":


        "Berger" is discovered alone -- he rips off his trousers, introduces himself and launches into "Donna".  No "transcendental meditation on the Ocean of Reality".  No "love".

        This production, as conceived by its director, eschews transcendence and love in favor of (for all its fornication) impotence and rage.

        Every number becomes an attack on the material vocally, an assault on the audience emotionally, and an attack of the USA morally -- not its government, not its policies -- we, the people.  (Actually, it makes for a very monotonous evening as there is no ar c, no journey, no discovery -- just a lot of shouting at top decible.)  The thesis is the people are the policies; the policies are the people.  We're all sheep. (At one point the robed/rose people bleet at one another, just in case we haven't gotten that point.)  Oh, and Condie Rice, Bush and Rumsfeld sing "Crazy for the Red, White and Blue".  Kind of missing out on the layer of irony as it had been previously done, and, once again, blaming the people for being blind sheep.

        Frankly, this tack is too facile, too easy a blame-game.  It screams "Young Director (David) with Chip on Shoulder Trying to Attract Attention by Taking Shots at America (Goliath)"  Very Australian-style theatre of the 70s, actually.

        I can accept that the USA has done a great many bad things, and that it's gotten away from we, the people.  But I'm not certain using HAIR to reinforce these problems is a helpful thing.

        Moreover, what is more of a conc ern fo r me is the distortion of the principles and spirit of HAIR to serve this director's ends.

        "White Boys" is a number extolling the joys of bondage and is sung by the female "Hud" and one black girl and man while whipping "Berger" and two other white boys, naked except for their leather masks etc. (Actually, this seems quite an English "take" on things -- the only thing missing was someone dressed up as a maid!).  "Black Boys" is not about "candy": -- it's an explicit re-enacted fornication upon inanimate objects like stage poles, microphone stands -- (Oh, well, black boys were in short supply in this production.  Perhaps this was the solution?)  And there are some obvious gaffs.  For example, here the entire tribe is enrolled in NYU, not just "Sheila", a school requiring a minimum of $25,000 per year in tuition.  How can students getting a $100,000 education honestly moan "Ain't Got No?"

        Another instance of strange concepts: "Woof", once u pon a time representative of the unconditional love of Man's Best Friend, is now the kind of mutt that would hump a guest's leg in heat!  This character, in particular, is such a distortion of the "Woof" of the Original Company that he deserves a few words: He has emerald green buzz cut hair, a naked chest, and a large tattoo emblazoned across it: "H.I.V.I.P".  A rather pale (and not-very-excited, I might add) naked blonde boy is beneath him.  "Woof" introduces himself as "Neil 'Woof' Donovan", goes to hump him, at which point, the boy screams, "Where's your condom?"  "Woof" produces a plastic surgical sheet, covers the entire body, and proceeds to hump the body encased in plastic while singing "Sodomy".  I might add this was about a foot-and-a-half from my feet!  (I wasn't very excited either, but I was willing to go along with changes because they were, initially, amusing.)

        I did cringe at "Jeanie's line going into "Claude's" trip: "Whatever you d ecide to do -- know you were loved."

        Eventually, though, a darker agenda became apparent.  Indeed, in "Going Down", I recalled our "baby angels".  In this production, the entire cast is wearing plastic horns and celebrating the darkening of the light whenever possible.

        Whatever happened to the "dawning of the Age of Aquarius" and the light givers"?

        Of course, that might be this director's point, but I contend that the bigger picture is more important than his self-serving visions.

        I don't believe that the updated script of HAIR or any previous version of HAIR advocated hate, anger, anarchy and destruction.  

        Using a piece created to expand brotherhood and peace for such distorted ends seems to me to be a betrayal of those who died in Viet Nam, Afghanistan, and Iraq.  This production can only foment terrorism, anger, hate, and vengeance, and pain.

        To me, the definition of "sin" is "intentional wrong action".  These cha racters are more "sinning" than "sinned against".  The implication is "Aren't we all?"

        Perhaps.  But I didn't care about any of them, and when "Claude's" black coffin was hauled onstage enshrouded in those ubiquitous roses, I never shed a tear.

        Is this a message we wish to endorse, and is this the message of HAIR?

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From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Mon Sep 26 19:39:37 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] i agree with papa
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the thought of doing another really hot company of HAIR
makes me salivate in my soul

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From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Mon Sep 26 19:42:57 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Fw: jimmy so in the hypothetical senior company
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AND COULD YOU PICTURE RED SHEPARD OR SHERWIN OR PAPA SINGING IT

NOW THAT WOULD BE WORTH THE PRICE OF ADMISSION
I THINK SENIOR THING
AND USING ALL OF YOU GUYS ETC
IS THE WAY TO GO
THE SOUND ON THAT FLOOR AT THE REUNION
was like the album squared
it was magnificent
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From: richard haase 
To: Jim Rado 
Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 10:35 PM
Subject: jimmy so in the hypothetical senior company


is it

ONCE UPON A LOOKING FOR DONNA TIME
THERE WAS A 60 YEAR OLD VIRGIN????

some day they will come up with a cure for these thoughts that rule me

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From peacefreak at metrocast.net  Mon Sep 26 19:44:05 2005
From: peacefreak at metrocast.net (Leo)
Date: Mon Sep 26 19:50:08 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: The Sixties - War & Peace | PBS
References: <200509270204.j8R242EB016144@dune.islandtechnologies.net>
Message-ID: <001301c5c30d$53c04d70$6401a8c0@Leo>

Bill, thanks for this!! I have it locked and loaded in my brain cells 
(what's left of them) so I can remember to watch it this Thursday at 9pm 
(here in Maine). Mucho thanks!

PEACE,
Leo

From: William Swiggard <swiggard@comcast.net>
Subject: [Mb-hair] The Sixties - War & Peace | PBS

 New PBS series airing this week on the East Coast...a MUST-SEE...

 http://www.pbs.org/opb/thesixties/topics/war/index.html



From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Mon Sep 26 19:46:21 2005
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Mon Sep 26 19:52:21 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] also thats how a classic production of hair could work
	commercially first class
Message-ID: <000e01c5c30d$a4ac65c0$6e436c42@hotprojects>

do it with the seniors
and it would be so unusual and endearing
i dont think the critics/ vultures would snipe at it

and no one does claude like jim
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From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Mon Sep 26 19:57:42 2005
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Mon Sep 26 20:04:03 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] and in a senior production you recapture the shock value
	of the nude scene
Message-ID: <001801c5c30f$3ab62af0$6e436c42@hotprojects>

it would have the same punch all over again
everybody would be talking about it

( thats an example of that perfect adapation im always talking about; it is the origjnal but its not but it is )
( a little spin on the ball )
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From sherwin at aceross.com  Mon Sep 26 20:08:01 2005
From: sherwin at aceross.com (Sherwin Ross)
Date: Mon Sep 26 20:14:27 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Fw: jimmy so in the hypothetical senior company
In-Reply-To: <003e01c5c30c$54cf9000$6e436c42@hotprojects>
Message-ID: <20050927030811.5A0EB9FCEC@lax-gw05.mroute.net>

Cherie, I think the chemistry with me and James would be marvelous~!
oouuhhhh

 

  _____  

From: mb-hair-bounces@islandlists.com
[mailto:mb-hair-bounces@islandlists.com] On Behalf Of richard haase
Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 7:37 PM
To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
Subject: [Mb-hair] Fw: jimmy so in the hypothetical senior company

 

AND COULD YOU PICTURE RED SHEPARD OR SHERWIN OR PAPA SINGING IT

 

NOW THAT WOULD BE WORTH THE PRICE OF ADMISSION

I THINK SENIOR THING

AND USING ALL OF YOU GUYS ETC

IS THE WAY TO GO

THE SOUND ON THAT FLOOR AT THE REUNION

was like the album squared

it was magnificent

----- Original Message ----- 

From: richard <mailto:hotprojects@nyc.rr.com>  haase 

To: Jim Rado <mailto:jimrado@yahoo.com>  

Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 10:35 PM

Subject: jimmy so in the hypothetical senior company

 

is it

 

ONCE UPON A LOOKING FOR DONNA TIME

THERE WAS A 60 YEAR OLD VIRGIN????

 

some day they will come up with a cure for these thoughts that rule me

 

 

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From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Mon Sep 26 20:10:09 2005
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Mon Sep 26 20:16:18 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] and thats how you get your original production and its
	commercial
Message-ID: <001501c5c310$f80d2030$6e436c42@hotprojects>

and in this case you want exactly the original production
but done by the seniors
as i just suggested to rado
the only thing you do
is he writes one additional 30 sec thing at the beginning
theyre at a reunion theyre getting high
its really good weed
bang
theyre back there again
flashback
classic hair just as it was
just as you all requested it
and youre in it
and it works
and the critics will love its adorable
i believe i could raise 500k on that in a heartbeat
certainly between all of us we could raise 500k - 1 million 
and you do it at a nightclub venue like the cheetah
through ny la etc
plenty of 300 - 500 seat rooms
that are dieing
gorgeous rooms in beautiful locations
and with a bar
and people could drink and party
sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet guys
and thats the solution
and you reconstruct the original production

and from there it becomes the predominant company of hair
and rules
a la glen close in sunset blvd

and the critics wont bomb 
because it will be adorable
and it will sound like hair like the album


thats an interesting question
could the blocking etc for that original production be reconstructed?
anthropologically
?????
is there a directors/stage managers book with blocking????????????

theres an interesting little day dream guys\
this is doable
?

and you rent the rights second class tams witmark
and we dont send anyone who anyone would know
you know whos perfect?
our new best girl
little katie
or someone like that
?

this is doable gentleman

if the daydream intrigues you

and thats how you get the original production
and its new
and its commercial

and everyone will be talkign
about the nude scnee
just like in 1968
and it will make sense in terms of the larger dramatic action
that it is now vietnam in such a production and not the middle east etc

and it would be wonderful wonderful wonderful

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From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Mon Sep 26 20:13:46 2005
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Mon Sep 26 20:19:59 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Fw: jimmy so in the hypothetical senior company
References: <20050927030811.5A0EB9FCEC@lax-gw05.mroute.net>
Message-ID: <001c01c5c311$7a9ac1b0$6e436c42@hotprojects>

it would be marvelous
and you can have the original original play
the more original the better
and in fact because the original production
was the best production
you want to lay your hands on toms blocking book
and reconstruct it like jurassic park
?
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Sherwin Ross 
  To: mb-hair@islandlists.com 
  Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 11:08 PM
  Subject: RE: [Mb-hair] Fw: jimmy so in the hypothetical senior company


  Cherie, I think the chemistry with me and James would be marvelous~!  oouuhhhh

   


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  From: mb-hair-bounces@islandlists.com [mailto:mb-hair-bounces@islandlists.com] On Behalf Of richard haase
  Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 7:37 PM
  To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
  Subject: [Mb-hair] Fw: jimmy so in the hypothetical senior company

   

  AND COULD YOU PICTURE RED SHEPARD OR SHERWIN OR PAPA SINGING IT

   

  NOW THAT WOULD BE WORTH THE PRICE OF ADMISSION

  I THINK SENIOR THING

  AND USING ALL OF YOU GUYS ETC

  IS THE WAY TO GO

  THE SOUND ON THAT FLOOR AT THE REUNION

  was like the album squared

  it was magnificent

  ----- Original Message ----- 

  From: richard haase 

  To: Jim Rado 

  Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 10:35 PM

  Subject: jimmy so in the hypothetical senior company

   

  is it

   

  ONCE UPON A LOOKING FOR DONNA TIME

  THERE WAS A 60 YEAR OLD VIRGIN????

   

  some day they will come up with a cure for these thoughts that rule me

   

   



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From michael at michaelbutler.com  Mon Sep 26 20:16:29 2005
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Mon Sep 26 20:22:43 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Bigotry In The Name Of Jesus
In-Reply-To: <20050926015751.43351.qmail@web53409.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <BF5E079D.23F30%michael@michaelbutler.com>

Thanks. I have sent it on to Civic.
P&L M

> 
> Thought I'd share this article with you. Even though I consider myself to be a
> follower of Jesus, I'm not often proud to be included with those who profess
> to be "Christians" these days, and I truly believe Jesus would feel the same.
> Read on and you'll get my drift. ~ Jonathon
> 
> 
> 
> ----------------------------
> 
> Bob Cesca: Bigotry In The Name Of Jesus H. Christ Bob Cesca
> 
> Sat Sep 24, 9:05 PM ET
> 
> 
> 
> This week, 14-year-old Shay Clark was expelled from a Christian private school
> in California because her parents happen to be lesbians. And deservingly so,
> because we all know how much of a threat lesbian parents are; what with the
> fully loaded lesbian firearms they pack in their children's lunch boxes and
> how, by sending their child to a Christian school, they're clearly
> devil-worshipping heathens -- sub-humans bent on the destruction of all things
> American and Christian.
> 
> 
> 
> But that's not all. In a long overlooked section of the Bible called "Jesus H.
> Christ's Rad Blog", the Son of Man's online journal which he kept for a short
> time then abandoned when he lost interest, we find this passage dated March
> 10, 32 A.D.:
> 
> 
> 
> "Gays and lesbians shall be pwn3d for the rest of eternity. For they are
> really goddamn disgusting."
> 
> 
> 
> I know what you're saying. Jesus didn't invent the word "pwn3d". True that.
> It's probably an error in the translation. He did, however, invent the phrase
> "true that". What Mel Gibson didn't tell us is that when Jesus was asked
> whether he was the King of the Jews, Jesus responded, "True that! Um. I mean,
> it is you who say that I am."
> 
> 
> 
> Would it strike you as odd that Jesus never condemned homosexuality? In fact,
> as my friend John Christian Plummer pointed out this week, he never mentioned
> a single word about it. Probably because he was too busy saying things like,
> "Blessed are the peacemakers," and "Blessed are the poor." Here's an actual
> Jesus quote which is interesting:
> 
> 
> 
> "Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude and insult you,
> and denounce your name as evil on account of the Son of Man."
> 
> 
> 
> Within this sentence, Jesus condemns bigotry and persecution in his name,
> which today happens to define the policies and actions of the modern
> right-wing who ironically embrace Christianity -- the teaching of Christ -- as
> part of their strategy. Throughout his documented life story, Jesus? most
> incendiary comments and actions were aimed at, 1) Satan, and 2) the men who
> mixed business and religion. Does that second item sound familiar? Nary a
> single word which denounced same-sex marriage -- well, except in the Bible
> used by the right-wing and Christian Fundamentalists known as the "Fake Bible
> Which We Made Up To Suit Our Bigotry: Large Print Edition".
> 
> 
> 
> The Bible contains a lot of hogwash which, in a modern context, has little or
> no validity. The Bible tells us that anyone who comes into contact with a
> woman who is menstruating must do penance. The Book of Leviticus, the section
> of the Bible which is the cornerstone of the frightening Christian
> Reconstructionist movement, condemns homosexuality under pain of death. It
> also condemns the touching of pig flesh on Sundays... under pain of death.
> That would certainly make football interesting. Whoever touches the ball dies.
> 
> 
> 
> One of the most dominant arguments against same-sex marriage has been the
> dictionary definition of marriage: "The legal union of a man and woman as
> husband and wife." That's a pretty weak argument, no? The dictionary? At one
> point in time, a definition taught us that a sperm cell contained a fully
> formed little man called a "homunculus". Just because George W. Bush cites the
> dictionary definition of marriage as "between a man and a woman" doesn't make
> it right and justified. This from the same man who thought "misunderestimated"
> was a word.
> 
> 
> 
> The Republican movement against same-sex-marriage is purely a political tactic
> which feeds off the unjustified fears of easily influenced Americans -- as we
> witnessed during last year's presidential campaign. Gay marriage does nothing
> to threaten you or your marriage, but the anti-gay right-wing wants to make
> you feel that way in order to consolidate their power. The Republicans have
> told you that there's a Toe Monster under your bed and if you don't vote for
> them, the Toe Monster will get your toes! Ooga booga! You allow yourself to
> buy into that? Seriously?
> 
> 
> 
> Plainly put, I can't figure out how our government, founded on freedom, can
> continue to make attempts at legislating bigotry. Ironic that the same
> officials who have sent our soldiers do die for the freedom of the Iraqi
> people (in-so-far as a theocracy will allow freedom) have also engaged in an
> effort to forbid the freedoms of an entire group of Americans. Ironic, but not
> surprising. Our elected officials have been the catalyst behind some of the
> most horrible events ever recorded, and most of those have been in the name of
> morality, fear, and ignorance. You know the list. It includes genocide and
> slavery, to name a couple. So in that respect, this latest effort is no
> surprise, however difficult it is to grasp.
> 
> 
> 
> But Christians? I'm ashamed of you. I'm ashamed to have spent the first 18
> years of my life in your service. I'm ashamed of the dollars I put in your
> collection baskets every Sunday. Shay Clark's parents wanted her to be raised
> amongst your teachings and you've inexplicably found a loophole to exclude
> her. But maybe, like our president, you're only a Christian as a convenience
> to somehow justify your hatred and nearsighted worldview. If you actually read
> that book on which you base your life, you'll find that Shay Clark's lesbian
> parents should be the absolute very least of your worries. What you'll find in
> the teachings of Jesus is that, if anyone, you are your own worst enemy. God's
> speed.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> --
> 
> POSTSCRIPT: Christian Fundamentalists and their ilk should probably rethink
> the effort to blur the line between Church and State. If history has taught us
> anything, it's shown that policy is cyclical. If you want your Republican
> government to legislate your dogma, be aware that when the next regime takes
> over -- the group which has typically explored tax hikes as a means of
> reducing the federal deficit -- your tax-exempt status might be in jeopardy.
> If you want the separation of Church and State to be permanently blurred,
> prepare to be taxed. In case you didn't notice, our government loves to pursue
> anyone who might help pay the bills. And without a clear separation, that
> means you.
> 
> 
> 
> http://news.yahoo.com/s/huffpost/20050925/cm_huffpost/007818;_ylt=AurWbT58rwHn
> 4utmg2D_rAas0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3ODdxdHBhBHNlYwM5NjQ-
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Good HAIR Days: A Personal Journey with the American Tribal Love-Rock Musical
> HAIR, by Jonathon Johnson. For more information on the book and how to order
> it, visit www.goodhairdays.net.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Mon Sep 26 20:25:08 2005
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Mon Sep 26 20:31:30 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] and economically
Message-ID: <004a01c5c313$0f970e80$6e436c42@hotprojects>

the club venue probably costs you nothing
they get the drinks and the food
and you get the tickets
they make more on the food and the drink
than you do on the tickets

thats standard
if you get f______
so you pay 10k a week
and 99% of the time you pay nothing
a similar sized space goes for 35 - 50k
in a traditional theater

and they can drink
and if they smoke a little
you couldnt get a ticket to that


and the older ticket buying public
will come to see their generation in HAIR

and the critics wont pan it

and thats how everybody gets what they want

its classic classic and its innovative innovative
hits all the notes for everyone

??????

There is a reason you dont throw me out
lol
not trying to push my luck
love you guys

i think i solved it

?
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From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Mon Sep 26 20:26:18 2005
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Mon Sep 26 20:32:23 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] like the cheetah but 300 - 500 seats
Message-ID: <005901c5c313$39bb7a70$6e436c42@hotprojects>

there are at least 20 - 30 of them in nyc alone


and everyone will be talking about the nude scene
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From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Mon Sep 26 20:27:56 2005
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Mon Sep 26 20:34:00 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] and i dont have to write or direct for once
Message-ID: <007201c5c313$741204a0$6e436c42@hotprojects>

oi what a mitzvah
i could just be one of the producers
and qvell

oi.....

( trying to figure hair equivalent of fiddler )
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From michael at michaelbutler.com  Mon Sep 26 20:57:46 2005
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Mon Sep 26 21:04:05 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] The Sixties - War & Peace | PBS
In-Reply-To: <43388C86.7080907@comcast.net>
Message-ID: <BF5E114A.23F42%michael@michaelbutler.com>

Thanks
Michael

> New PBS series airing this week on the East Coast...a MUST-SEE...
> 
> http://www.pbs.org/opb/thesixties/topics/war/index.html
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From katiekasben at hotmail.com  Mon Sep 26 21:18:44 2005
From: katiekasben at hotmail.com (Katie Kasben)
Date: Mon Sep 26 21:24:58 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] and thats how you get your original production and
	itscommercial
In-Reply-To: <001501c5c310$f80d2030$6e436c42@hotprojects>
Message-ID: <BAY104-F3329261C9A022C0D9B9624AD8A0@phx.gbl>

Great Idea Richard~

I'll go for you...and then once you get the 500K, then you guys can finance 
my educational Freedom tour of the South~ and then we can afford to have 
Veggie Diesel buses!
:)

:) Peace and love,
Katie



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From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Mon Sep 26 21:39:57 2005
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Mon Sep 26 21:46:07 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] and thats how you get your original production
	anditscommercial
References: <BAY104-F3329261C9A022C0D9B9624AD8A0@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <002001c5c31d$834c49d0$6e436c42@hotprojects>

worth a shot aye katie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Katie Kasben" <katiekasben@hotmail.com>
To: <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 12:18 AM
Subject: RE: [Mb-hair] and thats how you get your original production
anditscommercial


> Great Idea Richard~
>
> I'll go for you...and then once you get the 500K, then you guys can
finance
> my educational Freedom tour of the South~ and then we can afford to have
> Veggie Diesel buses!
> :)
>
> :) Peace and love,
> Katie
>
>
>
> <html><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
> <DIV></DIV><FONT face="Garamond, Times, Serif" color=#cc00ff><EM>ALOHA NUI
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From jameshburns at webtv.net  Tue Sep 27 04:54:45 2005
From: jameshburns at webtv.net (Jim Burns)
Date: Tue Sep 27 05:00:44 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Bingo
In-Reply-To: mb-hair-request@islandlists.com's message of Thu, 22 Sep 2005
	12:00:11 -0700
Message-ID: <21956-43393305-4521@storefull-3272.bay.webtv.net>


Hey, I just read that your old pal, Heather MacRea, will be doing a new
Off-Broadway play, BINGO, beginning next month.

Previews begin October 21, with the opening night on November 7, over at
St. Luke's Theatre, just down the block from Joe Allen's, on 46th, off
of 8th....

From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Tue Sep 27 05:53:06 2005
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Tue Sep 27 05:59:10 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Bingo
References: <21956-43393305-4521@storefull-3272.bay.webtv.net>
Message-ID: <002201c5c362$68251840$6e436c42@hotprojects>

let us all wish heather the best
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Burns" <jameshburns@webtv.net>
To: <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 7:54 AM
Subject: [Mb-hair] Bingo


> 
> Hey, I just read that your old pal, Heather MacRea, will be doing a new
> Off-Broadway play, BINGO, beginning next month.
> 
> Previews begin October 21, with the opening night on November 7, over at
> St. Luke's Theatre, just down the block from Joe Allen's, on 46th, off
> of 8th....
> 
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From jameshburns at webtv.net  Tue Sep 27 08:26:26 2005
From: jameshburns at webtv.net (Jim Burns)
Date: Tue Sep 27 08:32:32 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Lives, A Cur
In-Reply-To: mb-hair-request@islandlists.com's message of Thu, 22 Sep 2005
	12:00:11 -0700
Message-ID: <11537-433964A2-1944@storefull-3276.bay.webtv.net>


But the quesion is, am I pronouncng that, "Livs a cur," or "Lives
occur...."

:-)

Forgive me for doubeposting this, from the Civics list, but I know that
many here, are, as am I, animal lovers. This is actually an interesting
followup, to the  news from last year, that there are one or a few
places, now culturing the DNA from your favorite cat, so that, at some
time in the future, you can have his, or her, genetic double...

I ran into this, over the weekend, when catching up on the summer's
science reading...

Jim Burns
___

      
 
First Cloned Dog Raises Issues of Science, Ethics and Policy

By Robert Roy Britt
www.LiveScience.com


The first successful cloning of a dog, announced today, raises ethical
issues and interesting questions about the crossroads of science and
policy.

The breakthrough may lead to new research in canine stem cells that
could ultimately prolong dogs' lives.

Yet given that President Bush is trying to block human stem cell
research, the success raises the possibility that dogs will live longer
while their owners die of diseases that stem cell research aims to cure,
said the Executive Director of the Genetics Policy Institute, Bernard
Siegel, who was not involved in the research. 

"We could have this incredible and strange paradox where our pets might
benefit from this research but human beings could not," Siegel told
LiveScience in a telephone interview.

The cloning effort was led by Woo Suk Hwang of Seoul National University
in South Korea and is reported in the Aug. 4 issue of the journal
Nature. Hwang gained notoriety last year when he announced he had
derived stem cells from a cloned human embryo.

The dog is called Snuppy, a name that draws from the university's
initials. It's now 13 weeks old. 

Snuppy was carried by a yellow Labrador surrogate mother and delivered
by caesarian section. He joins a brotherhood of cloned animals that
includes mice, cows, goats, pigs, rabbits and a mule, all of which owe
their existence to the first Xeroxed animal, Dolly, the sheep. 

Last year, the first cloned-to-order cat  in the United States was sold
in December. Your best friend, however, is not likely to be cloned
anytime soon. 

"This is not for cloning your pets," Siegel said. 
"This is an important piece of animal research." Siegel added just as
stem cell research, the heart of the cloning effort, can be used to
explore human disease, so can it be applied to veterinarian medicine. 

Embryonic stem cells are unique cells that create all the cells of a
living thing, from nerves to bone and muscle. Stem cell researchers hope
to gain control over what the cells become, in attempts to cure from
intractable diseases like diabetes and Parkinson's.

While the White House would prevent new lines of stem cells being used
for research, scientists around the world are aggressively pursuing the
work. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, who had sided with Bush on the
issue, last week jumped ship and backed House-passed legislation to
expand federal financing for human embryonic stem cell research.

What will people think? 

Canines are difficult to clone because their eggs are released from the
ovary earlier than in other mammals. The work is "much more of a
challenge," said Randall Prather, a professor of reproductive
biotechnology at the University of Missouri-Columbia. Prather, who did
not participate in the effort, said the eggs could not be matured in the
lab as with other cloned animals, and so had to be removed at exactly
the right stage of maturity. 

The scientists removed eggs, then took out the genetic material and
replaced it with a cell nucleus taken from the skin on an Afghan hound's
ear. 

It took 123 tries to create two puppies. The other one died of pneumonia
in 22 days.
Siegel is curious to see how the public will react.

"It's one thing to clone livestock and lab mice, but when you clone a
dog it's going to resonate," he said. "Dogs are man's best friend and
have a special place in most cultures."

Laurie Zoloth, a professor of medical humanities, bioethics and religion
at Northwestern University, said some people will be against the cloning
of dogs because they are against any form of animal research. But, she
said in an email interview, animal experimentation has lead to many real
cures that save human lives.

Zoloth and others see canine cloning as assisting the effort to
understand human stem cells. 

"This sort of work is a necessary first step to creating human stem cell
lines and using them," she said. 

Asked if dog duplication and other cloning advances might eventually
lead people to be less averse to the idea of human cloning, Zoloth said
no. "It is hard to imagine a way to set up the first safe, ethical
experiment [on humans], she said. "The rates of risk to the mother, and
to the baby would be unacceptable."

August 3. 2005

? 2005 Imaginova Corp.


From skonig at cox.net  Tue Sep 27 10:22:21 2005
From: skonig at cox.net (skonig@cox.net)
Date: Tue Sep 27 10:28:26 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] advanced hairology
Message-ID: <20050927172218.QPXY29216.fed1rmmtao02.cox.net@smtp.west.cox.net>

You don't need to rework anything...the wheel has been invented and works perfectly well, thank you.

Beach Blanket Babylon in SF changed their show to fit the times...it worked for them...but not for HAIR.  It is a period piece that stands the test of time.

Would you want to repaint a Picasso?
> 
> From: "richard haase" <hotprojects@nyc.rr.com>
> Date: 2005/09/26 Mon PM 10:16:29 EDT
> To: <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
> Subject: [Mb-hair] advanced hairology
> 
> For Example; here is somethign you have to rework
> in my subjective opinion to make it work today
> 
> okay you got walking in space
> it has to be basically as it was
> but it has to make sense viscerally for todays audience
> remember the average is under 45
> 
> here are your problems
> given the number should still be about drugs etc
> ( i think the idea of the nude scene there works but
> i wouldnt want to lose the finale at the end of act one nude scene so i wouldnt opt for that )
> 
> but here are your problems;
> 
> you have to explain all this drama about smoking a joint
> 
> now maybe in the future things have gotten real conservative
> ?
> are they doing hard drugs?
> thats dangerous 
> grass is still considered cool
> but although there is an explosion in hard drug use
> the romance of it is gone
> people doing hard drugs are not seen as cool etc
> may turn off a lot of your audience
> if you have them basing etc
> 
> so what do you do about that?
> because you have to have the tension
> of the moment
> doors locked etc
> but obviously today no one is locking doors to smoke a joint
> and we dont want our heros shooting up or doing crack or whatever
> although i understand there are hard drug illusions in the score etc
> 
> so what do you do?
> to keep the tension in the moment>?
> and not make it laughable to todays audience
> eg you want the same effect exactly the original scene
> had
> but how do you do that in a way that is viscerally resonant to todays audience in the same way that walking in space was viscerally resonant in the 60s, 70s and even very early 80s
> 
> stuff like that i feel must be attended to
> 
> i dont have an answer for that one yet
> its a mental problem i play with
> i know i would work it out in rehearsal
> but i dont have an answer to that one
> 
> stuff like that
> 
> r in the project pit
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From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Tue Sep 27 10:31:24 2005
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Tue Sep 27 10:37:30 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] advanced hairology
References: <20050927172218.QPXY29216.fed1rmmtao02.cox.net@smtp.west.cox.net>
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because in my opinion
a particular attribute in the zeitgeist of HAIR
is that it be fresh and cutting edge

also you have an added societal problem
of the far right actively trying to discret the 60s
have been making the 60s declasse to the now
conservative pleurality of the american public

its a complicated matter

richard in the project pit

also why would you want to repaint a picasso?
( which im not suggesting )
the same reason leonard bernstein felt compelled to adapt west side story
from shakespeare or candide from voltaire
thats why
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Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 1:22 PM
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> You don't need to rework anything...the wheel has been invented and works
perfectly well, thank you.
>
> Beach Blanket Babylon in SF changed their show to fit the times...it
worked for them...but not for HAIR.  It is a period piece that stands the
test of time.
>
> Would you want to repaint a Picasso?
> >
> > From: "richard haase" <hotprojects@nyc.rr.com>
> > Date: 2005/09/26 Mon PM 10:16:29 EDT
> > To: <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
> > Subject: [Mb-hair] advanced hairology
> >
> > For Example; here is somethign you have to rework
> > in my subjective opinion to make it work today
> >
> > okay you got walking in space
> > it has to be basically as it was
> > but it has to make sense viscerally for todays audience
> > remember the average is under 45
> >
> > here are your problems
> > given the number should still be about drugs etc
> > ( i think the idea of the nude scene there works but
> > i wouldnt want to lose the finale at the end of act one nude scene so i
wouldnt opt for that )
> >
> > but here are your problems;
> >
> > you have to explain all this drama about smoking a joint
> >
> > now maybe in the future things have gotten real conservative
> > ?
> > are they doing hard drugs?
> > thats dangerous
> > grass is still considered cool
> > but although there is an explosion in hard drug use
> > the romance of it is gone
> > people doing hard drugs are not seen as cool etc
> > may turn off a lot of your audience
> > if you have them basing etc
> >
> > so what do you do about that?
> > because you have to have the tension
> > of the moment
> > doors locked etc
> > but obviously today no one is locking doors to smoke a joint
> > and we dont want our heros shooting up or doing crack or whatever
> > although i understand there are hard drug illusions in the score etc
> >
> > so what do you do?
> > to keep the tension in the moment>?
> > and not make it laughable to todays audience
> > eg you want the same effect exactly the original scene
> > had
> > but how do you do that in a way that is viscerally resonant to todays
audience in the same way that walking in space was viscerally resonant in
the 60s, 70s and even very early 80s
> >
> > stuff like that i feel must be attended to
> >
> > i dont have an answer for that one yet
> > its a mental problem i play with
> > i know i would work it out in rehearsal
> > but i dont have an answer to that one
> >
> > stuff like that
> >
> > r in the project pit
> >
>


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From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Tue Sep 27 10:39:16 2005
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Tue Sep 27 10:45:20 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] but mr konig
Message-ID: <002101c5c38a$6253f620$6e436c42@hotprojects>

chacun a son gout

i think the world is big enough for the both of us

peace

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From barbarasiomos38 at msn.com  Tue Sep 27 12:17:50 2005
From: barbarasiomos38 at msn.com (Barbara Siomos)
Date: Tue Sep 27 12:23:59 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] For The Lists
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My Opinion ll  ................ I whole heartedly agree with Jonathon.

peace,
barbara

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My Opinion: 
 
You have to be very careful when trying to "update" Hair. It is after all, a masterpiece play. 30,000 plus ticket buyers and counting are the proof. A review like the one below is also proof. 
 
I ask this basic question to all who feel the need to change Hair. Why fix something that is not broken?
 
You must assume that the audience is intelligent enough to figure out or know that the show
is about the 60's. You also have to trust that they are smart enough to put together the political
analogies to the times we are in. 
 
Hair in its original form will work and be moving until world peace becomes a reality, and war
becomes obsolete. 
 
That is my opinion.
 
Peace, Love and Blessings ~ Jonathon
 

Ocsomtan@aol.com wrote:
HAIR - the ANTI-AMERICAN GANG-BANG HATE ROCK MUSICAL

The liturgical basis of Western drama is well-documented.  The Miracle and Mystery plays sought to explain the Christian legend to an illiterate flock.  At worst, the Church's goal was feudal servitude and subjugation; at best, ephiphanous rectitude.

As theatre evolved, so did the motus operandi of its practitioners: there were the self-aggrandizers and the light-givers.

Our HAIR, at its inception, and through most of its incarnations, was in the latter camp.  Springing from the 'Sixties, a period of possibilities and hope, it spoke about and for a generation, disenchanted with the powers-that-be and intent upon changing what the world was for what it could become.  I don't have to tell any of you about HAIR: we were all there.

Numerous attempts have been made to make age- and time-specifics works more current and/or accessible to modern audiences.

The British theatre and opera director, Jonathan Miller, coined the term "renovatio" to represent a search to find a current theatre vocabulary and point of view to parallel the one shared by those who first created and experienced a piece.

Certainly, any efforts to find a "renovatio" for HAIR would face great challenges.  Moreover, our world already provides striking parallels in the Viet Nam/Iraq and Nixon/Bush deja-vu dance.  With such self-evident resonances, is an update really required?

Nonetheless, there are those who, understimating the human mind's capacity to make meaningful leaps, might feel an updating of HAIR to be a necessity.

On to the modernization of HAIR at The Gate Theatre, London.

Firstly, let me say that if updates are to be undertaken, this script, reconceived and re-constructed, for this production, could not be better in keeping with the spirit, intent and essence of the original production in the following way:  The inclusion of current events, pop culture, modern political and social issues, have been ingeniously handled by the writer.

If a non-singing "Oprah" replaces our beloved "Tourist Lady", well, why not? -- we live in a tell-all culture which is more likely to "spill its guts" on camera than to a best friend.  Indeed, if "Hair" is sung to "Oprah's" camera crew rather than we, the audience, that too, bespeaks of our society.  And, yes, we all loathe Dubya and Condie enough to tolerate their prominence as the evil genies in this new/old musical.

But, here's the problem: to quote Joni Mitchell's "Both Sides Now", "there's something lost, but something's gained...", and I'm not sure that it's a fair exchange.

Putting aside the re-inveented script, ("Claude", on Prozac, singing a terse lamenting ballad, "Manchester, England, England", his parents, encouraging him to enlist to help pay for his university fees), there are directorial choices which scream "self aggrandizer" rather than "light giver."

The Space:  you arrive in a room about the size of my entire apartment (brave and impressive -- I'd be hard-pressed to do GODSPELL let alone HAIR in my home!); there are 2 giant painted curtains emblazoned with the words "Coca" and "Cola".  "Uh-oh," you think.  "We're going to be confronted with American cultural imperialism and rampant consumerism" -- OK, not a very original thesis but not something with which anyone would argue.  A blonde lad enters in abbreviated white jockey shorts and pushes aside the curtains, and proceeds to dress in his jeans, jacket, backpack, walkman.  A radio-style voice over tells us it's New York, another working day, etc.  During this, creatures in black robes enter (Supreme Court bigots? distorted university graduates?) with black-and-white rubber rolled wigs (pipelines? rollers? pasta?  I give up!).  They also sport masks with roses in place of their eyes (rose-colored glasses? American Beauties?).  Their mouths are unique - from each hang emb
 lems
 reflective of American consumer society (a cellphone, a banner from the NY TIMES, a Dorito package, a Starbuck's cup).  As the radio din reaches a cacaphony, "Claude" enters the Times Square area and a voice advises the "1,2,3, 9, A, C, E, 7, R, N and Shuttle" can be reached at this junction.  "Claude" and the robed personalities cram into a central space for a sardine-inspired, bouncing train ride which becomes a din until a lone voice ("Sheila"?) shrieks, "When the moon...peace will guide the planets and love will steer the stars...."  Clearly, its ironic.

Throughout the rest of the number (which is aggressive and harsh), "Claude" tries to dodge the robed creatures who weave erratic patterns and impede his way.  Eventually, the voices crescendo off stage.  There is no union, no tribe, no love, no hope, and no people.

So far, OK, "not so good", but "original" and "tolerable".  So, "where's the beef?", as they say.

Before I go there, let me give credit where credit is due: a brave producer and theatre, heretofore content with mounting mostly new translations of overlooked European treasures has had the courage to take on a 20th-Century theatrical icon.  There's a talented and more-than-willing cast of 16 -- note, the original company had 21 -- giving their all.  (In fact, I could have wished they had given a wee bit less: regarding nudity on stage as opposed to sex in the home, less is definitely more!)  Especially noteworthy are "Sheila", "Jeanie", a female "Hud", "Berger" (for cudliness rather than power), "Claude", (for a fine voice, and being "game'"- having graduated RADA just last year, I expect this production was the farthest thing from his mind a year ago!).  Then there's the band of lithe, acrobatic singer-dancers who did nude cartwheels within six inches of my face -- something I never expected to encounter without someone buying someone dinner first!  And, as I've said befor
 e, I
 laud the attempts to modernize what could be seen as a period piece.

On to the "beef", or rather the "Berger":


"Berger" is discovered alone -- he rips off his trousers, introduces himself and launches into "Donna".  No "transcendental meditation on the Ocean of Reality".  No "love".

This production, as conceived by its director, eschews transcendence and love in favor of (for all its fornication) impotence and rage.

Every number becomes an attack on the material vocally, an assault on the audience emotionally, and an attack of the USA morally -- not its government, not its policies -- we, the people.  (Actually, it makes for a very monotonous evening as there is no arc, no journey, no discovery -- just a lot of shouting at top decible.)  The thesis is the people are the policies; the policies are the people.  We're all sheep. (At one point the robed/rose people bleet at one another, just in case we haven't gotten that point.)  Oh, and Condie Rice, Bush and Rumsfeld sing "Crazy for the Red, White and Blue".  Kind of missing out on the layer of irony as it had been previously done, and, once again, blaming the people for being blind sheep.

Frankly, this tack is too facile, too easy a blame-game.  It screams "Young Director (David) with Chip on Shoulder Trying to Attract Attention by Taking Shots at America (Goliath)"  Very Australian-style theatre of the 70s, actually.

I can accept that the USA has done a great many bad things, and that it's gotten away from we, the people.  But I'm not certain using HAIR to reinforce these problems is a helpful thing.

Moreover, what is more of a concern for me is the distortion of the principles and spirit of HAIR to serve this director's ends.

"White Boys" is a number extolling the joys of bondage and is sung by the female "Hud" and one black girl and man while whipping "Berger" and two other white boys, naked except for their leather masks etc. (Actually, this seems quite an English "take" on things -- the only thing missing was someone dressed up as a maid!).  "Black Boys" is not about "candy": -- it's an explicit re-enacted fornication upon inanimate objects like stage poles, microphone stands -- (Oh, well, black boys were in short supply in this production.  Perhaps this was the solution?)  And there are some obvious gaffs.  For example, here the entire tribe is enrolled in NYU, not just "Sheila", a school requiring a minimum of $25,000 per year in tuition  How can students getting a $100,000 education honestly moan "Ain't Got No?"

Another instance of strange concepts: "Woof", once upon a time representative of the unconditional love of Man's Best Friend, is now the kind of mutt that would hump a guest's leg in heat!  This character, in particular, is such a distortion of the "Woof" of the Original Company that he deserves a few words: He has emerald green buzz cut hair, a naked chest, and a large tattoo emblazoned across it: "H.I.V.I.P".  A rather pale (and not-very-excited, I might add) naked blonde boy is beneath him.  "Woof" introduces himself as "Neil 'Woof' Donovan", goes to hump him, at which point, the boy screams, "Where's your condom?"  "Woof" produces a plastic surgical sheet, covers the entire body, and proceeds to hump the body encased in plastic while singing "Sodomy".  I might add this was about a foot-and-a-half from my feet!  (I wasn't very excited either, but I was willing to go along with changes because they were, initially, amusing.)

I did cringe at "Jeanie's line going into "Claude's" trip: "Whatever you decide to do -- know you were loved."

Eventually, though, a darker agenda became apparent.  Indeed, in "Going Down", I recalled our "baby angels".  In this production, the entire cast is wearing plastic horns and celebrating the darkening of the light whenever possible.

Whatever happened to the "dawning of the Age of Aquarius" and the light givers"?

Of course, that might be this director's point, but I contend that the bigger picture is more important than his self-serving visions.

I don't believe that the updated script of HAIR or any previous version of HAIR advocated hate, anger, anarchy and destruction.  

Using a piece created to expand brotherhood and peace for such distorted ends seems to me to be a betrayal of those who died in Viet Nam, Afghanistan, and Iraq.  This production can only foment terrorism, anger, hate, and vengeance, and pain.

To me, the definition of "sin" is "intentional wrong action".  These characters are more "sinning" than "sinned against".  The implication is "Aren't we all?"

Perhaps.  But I didn't care about any of them, and when "Claude's" black coffin was hauled onstage enshrouded in those ubiquitous roses, I never shed a tear.

Is this a message we wish to endorse, and is this the message of HAIR?

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From: nycrjmac at yahoo.com (RJ Mac)
Date: Tue Sep 27 12:42:03 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] advanced hairology
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"> but here are your problems;
> 
> you have to explain all this drama about smoking a
joint
> "


Oh that's a fun one.  Finding and buying marijuana was
very scarey, and smoking it was quite a ritual,
usually a circle of friends and all would pass a
single joint around, sharing the experience.  Very
spiritual, in a way.  And burning incense during and
after, to supposedly cover up the smell.

Plus the comic rigamarole: I know I wasn't the only
person who taped aluminum foil over the windows so the
police would not be able to see that we were inside
smoking dope.  Hiding the stash taped to the lid of
the toilet tank.

It was all so exciting and underground.  But I think
any cop could have driven down any street, walked into
any house with aluminum foil on the windows and gone
straight to the toilet tank. 

Some of the details of the show may not resonate the
same with contemporary values, but the overall impact
always comes out full and strong. 

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From lilacamy11 at yahoo.com  Tue Sep 27 13:08:39 2005
From: lilacamy11 at yahoo.com (Amy Kazan)
Date: Tue Sep 27 13:14:41 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: Mb-hair Digest, Vol 15, Issue 53
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>but obviously today no one is locking doors to smoke
>a joint

They're not? 

And regarding updating Romeo & Juliet to West Side
Story, etc. --- great ideas... but those were whole
new shows. West Side Story wasn't called Romeo &
Juliet. I think anyone here would love to see a new
play with the spirit of HAIR and modern issues... but
a play about finding peace and love and protesting war
in 2005 isn't HAIR. That's a totally different play,
just as Romeo & Juliet and West Side Story are totally
different plays.  

-Amy

- Amy

"in time of lilacs who proclaim/ the aim of waking is to dream" - e.e. cummings

"Life is around you and in you . . . Let the sunshine in!" - HAIR (the musical)

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From ialterman at nyc.rr.com  Tue Sep 27 16:15:32 2005
From: ialterman at nyc.rr.com (Ian)
Date: Tue Sep 27 16:55:45 2005
Subject: [Mb-civic] [Mb-hair] Bigotry In The Name Of Jesus
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Jesus didn't say anything about rape either.  Does that mean that it's okay?

But seriously...

Simply because Jesus didn't address a specific issue does not mean that one can infer that He had no opinion about it.  And although Jesus may not have been "doctrinaire," not only was the OT His "playboook," but he stated that He did "not come to abolish the law, but to fulfill the law."

The critical element that most people do not "get" with regard to "what would Jesus do" is the fact that Jesus neither condemned nor condoned: i.e., His lack of condemnation does not infer an "approval" of a particular lifestyle choice.

Once again, we can use the analogy in the story of the adulteress: keep in mind that adultery and homosexuality were approximately equivalent "sins"; they were both punishable by stoning.

Jesus tells her accusers "He who is without sin, let him cast the first stone."  He is teaching people not to condemn.  So far, so good.  However, immediately after this, He tells the woman, "Go, and sin no more."

Clearly, Jesus was telling her that He did not condone her lifestyle choice.  So what happens if we replace the adulteress with a homosexual?  Jesus response would have been the same: teach the accusers not to condemn - but let the sinner know that this does not mean that He approves or condones their lifestyle choice.

There is a phrase used by believers vis-a-vis the science-vs-God debate: absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.  With regard to "what would Jesus do," we can modify that phrase: "absence of condemnation does not equal approval or condoning."

Peace.


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  Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2005 9:57 PM
  Subject: [Mb-civic] [Mb-hair] Bigotry In The Name Of Jesus


  Thought I'd share this article with you. Even though I consider myself to be a follower of Jesus, I'm not often proud to be included with those who profess to be "Christians" these days, and I truly believe Jesus would feel the same. Read on and you'll get my drift. ~ Jonathon



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  Bob Cesca: Bigotry In The Name Of Jesus H. Christ Bob Cesca 

  Sat Sep 24, 9:05 PM ET

   

  This week, 14-year-old Shay Clark was expelled from a Christian private school in California because her parents happen to be lesbians. And deservingly so, because we all know how much of a threat lesbian parents are; what with the fully loaded lesbian firearms they pack in their children's lunch boxes and how, by sending their child to a Christian school, they're clearly devil-worshipping heathens -- sub-humans bent on the destruction of all things American and Christian. 

   

  But that's not all. In a long overlooked section of the Bible called "Jesus H. Christ's Rad Blog", the Son of Man's online journal which he kept for a short time then abandoned when he lost interest, we find this passage dated March 10, 32 A.D.:

   

  "Gays and lesbians shall be pwn3d for the rest of eternity. For they are really goddamn disgusting."

   

  I know what you're saying. Jesus didn't invent the word "pwn3d". True that. It's probably an error in the translation. He did, however, invent the phrase "true that". What Mel Gibson didn't tell us is that when Jesus was asked whether he was the King of the Jews, Jesus responded, "True that! Um. I mean, it is you who say that I am."

   

  Would it strike you as odd that Jesus never condemned homosexuality? In fact, as my friend John Christian Plummer pointed out this week, he never mentioned a single word about it. Probably because he was too busy saying things like, "Blessed are the peacemakers," and "Blessed are the poor." Here's an actual Jesus quote which is interesting:

   

  "Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude and insult you, and denounce your name as evil on account of the Son of Man."

   

  Within this sentence, Jesus condemns bigotry and persecution in his name, which today happens to define the policies and actions of the modern right-wing who ironically embrace Christianity -- the teaching of Christ -- as part of their strategy. Throughout his documented life story, Jesus' most incendiary comments and actions were aimed at, 1) Satan, and 2) the men who mixed business and religion. Does that second item sound familiar? Nary a single word which denounced same-sex marriage -- well, except in the Bible used by the right-wing and Christian Fundamentalists known as the "Fake Bible Which We Made Up To Suit Our Bigotry: Large Print Edition".

   

  The Bible contains a lot of hogwash which, in a modern context, has little or no validity. The Bible tells us that anyone who comes into contact with a woman who is menstruating must do penance. The Book of Leviticus, the section of the Bible which is the cornerstone of the frightening Christian Reconstructionist movement, condemns homosexuality under pain of death. It also condemns the touching of pig flesh on Sundays... under pain of death. That would certainly make football interesting. Whoever touches the ball dies.

   

  One of the most dominant arguments against same-sex marriage has been the dictionary definition of marriage: "The legal union of a man and woman as husband and wife." That's a pretty weak argument, no? The dictionary? At one point in time, a definition taught us that a sperm cell contained a fully formed little man called a "homunculus". Just because George W. Bush cites the dictionary definition of marriage as "between a man and a woman" doesn't make it right and justified. This from the same man who thought "misunderestimated" was a word.

   

  The Republican movement against same-sex-marriage is purely a political tactic which feeds off the unjustified fears of easily influenced Americans -- as we witnessed during last year's presidential campaign. Gay marriage does nothing to threaten you or your marriage, but the anti-gay right-wing wants to make you feel that way in order to consolidate their power. The Republicans have told you that there's a Toe Monster under your bed and if you don't vote for them, the Toe Monster will get your toes! Ooga booga! You allow yourself to buy into that? Seriously?

   

  Plainly put, I can't figure out how our government, founded on freedom, can continue to make attempts at legislating bigotry. Ironic that the same officials who have sent our soldiers do die for the freedom of the Iraqi people (in-so-far as a theocracy will allow freedom) have also engaged in an effort to forbid the freedoms of an entire group of Americans. Ironic, but not surprising. Our elected officials have been the catalyst behind some of the most horrible events ever recorded, and most of those have been in the name of morality, fear, and ignorance. You know the list. It includes genocide and slavery, to name a couple. So in that respect, this latest effort is no surprise, however difficult it is to grasp.

   

  But Christians? I'm ashamed of you. I'm ashamed to have spent the first 18 years of my life in your service. I'm ashamed of the dollars I put in your collection baskets every Sunday. Shay Clark's parents wanted her to be raised amongst your teachings and you've inexplicably found a loophole to exclude her. But maybe, like our president, you're only a Christian as a convenience to somehow justify your hatred and nearsighted worldview. If you actually read that book on which you base your life, you'll find that Shay Clark's lesbian parents should be the absolute very least of your worries. What you'll find in the teachings of Jesus is that, if anyone, you are your own worst enemy. God's speed.

   

   

   

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  POSTSCRIPT: Christian Fundamentalists and their ilk should probably rethink the effort to blur the line between Church and State. If history has taught us anything, it's shown that policy is cyclical. If you want your Republican government to legislate your dogma, be aware that when the next regime takes over -- the group which has typically explored tax hikes as a means of reducing the federal deficit -- your tax-exempt status might be in jeopardy. If you want the separation of Church and State to be permanently blurred, prepare to be taxed. In case you didn't notice, our government loves to pursue anyone who might help pay the bills. And without a clear separation, that means you.



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From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Tue Sep 27 17:29:27 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: Mb-hair Digest, Vol 15, Issue 53
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i dont agree
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From: "Amy Kazan" <lilacamy11@yahoo.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 4:08 PM
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: Mb-hair Digest, Vol 15, Issue 53


> >but obviously today no one is locking doors to smoke
> >a joint
>
> They're not?
>
> And regarding updating Romeo & Juliet to West Side
> Story, etc. --- great ideas... but those were whole
> new shows. West Side Story wasn't called Romeo &
> Juliet. I think anyone here would love to see a new
> play with the spirit of HAIR and modern issues... but
> a play about finding peace and love and protesting war
> in 2005 isn't HAIR. That's a totally different play,
> just as Romeo & Juliet and West Side Story are totally
> different plays.
>
> -Amy
>
> - Amy
>
> "in time of lilacs who proclaim/ the aim of waking is to dream" - e.e.
cummings
>
> "Life is around you and in you . . . Let the sunshine in!" - HAIR (the
musical)
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From lbirdie at hotmail.com  Tue Sep 27 17:33:59 2005
From: lbirdie at hotmail.com (Little Birdie)
Date: Tue Sep 27 17:39:58 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: Mb-hair Digest, Vol 15, Issue 53
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Amy wrote:
>And regarding updating Romeo & Juliet to West Side
>Story, etc. --- great ideas... but those were whole
>new shows. West Side Story wasn't called Romeo &
>Juliet. I think anyone here would love to see a new
>play with the spirit of HAIR and modern issues... but
>a play about finding peace and love and protesting war
>in 2005 isn't HAIR. That's a totally different play,
>just as Romeo & Juliet and West Side Story are totally
>different plays.

Very well said, Amy I agree completely.
Nina

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>From: Amy Kazan <lilacamy11@yahoo.com>
>Reply-To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
>To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
>Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: Mb-hair Digest, Vol 15, Issue 53
>Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2005 13:08:39 -0700 (PDT)
>
> >but obviously today no one is locking doors to smoke
> >a joint
>
>They're not?
>

>
>-Amy
>
>- Amy
>
>"in time of lilacs who proclaim/ the aim of waking is to dream" - e.e. 
>cummings
>
>"Life is around you and in you . . . Let the sunshine in!" - HAIR (the 
>musical)
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From info at amerifilmcasting.com  Tue Sep 27 20:22:52 2005
From: info at amerifilmcasting.com (info@amerifilmcasting.com)
Date: Tue Sep 27 20:29:06 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Mario Savio
Message-ID: <200509280322.j8S3MqAX022594@web168.megawebservers.com>




Did anyone watch the Scorsese Bob Dylan documentary?  Amazing footage - I had
never known about the free speech activist Mario Savio...did anyone ever know
him or see him speak?  He was brilliant.  I just googled him to learn more.

Meredith
From jameshburns at webtv.net  Wed Sep 28 00:39:12 2005
From: jameshburns at webtv.net (Jim Burns)
Date: Wed Sep 28 00:45:39 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] "Looking For Comedy In the Muslim World"
Message-ID: <11387-433A48A0-12@storefull-3278.bay.webtv.net>

   
Censorship, comes in all forms....
Jim Burns
_____


The Los Angeles Times,THE BIG PICTURE

Something's wrong when a studio balks at a comedy this inspired.
?
By Patrick Goldstein, Times Staff Writer
September 27, 2005

In the days after the calamitous 9/11 terrorist attacks in 2001, there
was a brief flurry of soul-searching in Hollywood, focusing in part on
how much of a role our movies played in stirring Muslim rage against
America. As innumerable cultural historians have discovered, many devout
Muslims are horrified by the sexual innuendo and crass materialism in
Hollywood films and music videos, not to mention Vanity Fair, whose
salacious cover spread this month of Paris Hilton pretty much says it
all when it comes to celebrating even the tawdriest members of our
celebrity culture.

Judging from the films in the multiplexes this summer, the
soul-searching in show business lasted about as long as Britney Spears'
first marriage. According to a recent survey by the Pew Research Center,
an overwhelming majority of respondents in Middle Eastern countries were
opposed to the spread of American ideas and customs. I seriously doubt
that sitting through a double-bill of "The Dukes of Hazzard" and "Deuce
Bigalow: European Gigolo" will improve the polling numbers.
 
But the real problem with Hollywood isn't simply its glorification of
sex, money and lame old TV shows. It's that our Ivy League-educated
studio elite often don't know the difference between crass and class.
How's this for an example: Sony Pictures, the studio that made "European
Gigolo," has refused to release "Looking for Comedy in the Muslim
World," an inspired new film by Albert Brooks about a comedian ?
Brooks, playing himself ? who is recruited by the U.S. government to
go to India and Pakistan to find out what makes Muslims laugh.

The movie makes fun of comedians' neurotic neediness and State
Department ineffectuality, but seems to steer clear of anything that
would insult Muslims. Still, in a June 30 letter to Brooks, Sony
chairman Michael Lynton said that he wouldn't release the film unless
Brooks changed the title. Lynton wrote: "I do believe that recent
incidents have dramatically changed the landscape that we live in and
that this, among other things, warrants changing the title of the film."
Sony insiders say Lynton was alarmed by the violent reaction in the
Muslim world to Newsweek's May 9 story, since retracted, about a Koran
being flushed down the toilet by interrogators at the U.S. military
prison at Guantanamo Bay.

Brooks' movie, financed by producer Steve Bing, has now found a new home
at Warner Independent Pictures, which plans to release it early next
year. Warner Indy chief Mark Gill says he had no problems with the
title. "How often do you get a laugh simply from the title of a movie?"
Gill told me. "We saw the movie, and it was clear that Albert makes fun
of himself and America, not anybody else."

Lynton won't discuss the issue publicly, but perhaps he is worried that
merely having "Muslim" in a film title could cause the kind of outrage
that led to the murder of Dutch filmmaker Theo Van Gogh, whose film,
"Submission," showed naked women with verses of the Koran projected on
their bodies. 
I'd be worried if I'd made "Submission" too. But Brooks' film is a
comedy, not a political screed, closer in spirit to Randy Newman than
Salman Rushdie. I only wish I could get Lynton to explain why Sony was
squeamish about Brooks' film and not "European Gigolo," which makes fun
of a female Chernobyl victim who has a penis instead of a nose.

Brooks, in his first interview about the film, confirmed that Lynton
expressed concern about Muslim outrage over the alleged Koran incident.
"When we spoke, he told me, 'The Newsweek thing has changed the world.'
And I said, 'Wasn't it 9/11 that changed the world?' But Michael said he
just didn't want to take a chance."

Best known for such films as "Real Life" and "Lost in America," Brooks
says he was inspired to make "Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World" in
the wake of 9/11. "For so long afterward, whenever I heard anyone talk
about Muslims, it was in association with terrorism," he explained after
screening the film for me at his Bel-Air office. "But I thought, what
could I do in a teeny way ? and believe me, it's a teeny way ? to
defuse this? There had to be some way to separate the 1.5 billion people
who don't want to kill us from the 100,000 or so who do. I thought if I
could get five Muslims and six Hindus and maybe 3 Jews to laugh for 90
minutes, then I've accomplished something."

In the film, Brooks is recruited for his mission by a government
official, played by former Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson, also portraying
himself. The comic heads for India, where he has a variety of
misadventures, including a disastrous stand-up comedy concert and a
botched meeting with Al Jazeera, which Brooks assumes is interested in
his search for comedy when, in fact, the network wants to audition him
for a sitcom. "At your age," says the Al Jazeera executive, as coolly
pragmatic as any Hollywood agent, "you should think about television."

As with most Brooks films, the movie, which was filmed in India late
last year, makes fun of showbiz self-absorption. But it also toys with
other cultural stereotypes, from young Pakistani terrorists who turn out
to be comedy connoisseurs to Brooks' hapless State Department minders,
who are so disorganized that they can't even rent a decent office in New
Delhi.

For Brooks, the film's title was an essential ingredient. "Even if you
didn't see the movie, you'd see two words you'd never seen put together
before ? comedy and Muslim. Comedy is friendly ? it's the least
offensive word in our language."

After the Newsweek/Koran incident, Lynton told Bing he wanted a title
change. "I was so upset I was throwing up at 3 a.m.," Brooks recalls.
"It felt wrong ? it defeated the whole idea of why I went to India in
the first place." Bing took the film to Warner, where he'd put up half
the money for "The Polar Express" and has a long-standing relationship
with studio chief Alan Horn. After Horn watched Brooks' film and gave
his blessing, Warner Independent picked it up.

So why is one studio willing to embrace the film while another studio
runs and hides? In fairness to Sony, it has every right to reject any
movie it wants. Lynton may have his own personal reasons for being
gun-shy. Disney refused to let Miramax release "Fahrenheit 9/11" last
year, largely because Michael Eisner didn't want to deal with the
potential political fallout from its attack on the Bush administration.
None of the major Hollywood studios would release Mel Gibson's "Passion
of the Christ" either, fearing a barrage of criticism.

The truth is that we live in an era when the political agendas of most
media conglomerates are shaped by their core businesses, which often
have little to do with Hollywood. Rupert Murdoch famously refused to
publish a book critical of the Chinese government at a time when he
needed Chinese access for his satellite TV network. In the 1990s, Time
Warner mortally wounded its music division by selling off Interscope
Records and getting out of the rap business, largely because it feared
that gangsta-rap controversies would harm its relations with Congress,
whose largesse it needed for its more lucrative cable TV business.

When we spoke, Brooks eyed a Sony Trinitron TV set in the corner of his
office. "Sony makes televisions ? and everything comes after that," he
says. "Time Warner is an entertainment company. They don't make TVs. My
impression was that if I got in the way of Sony selling one more TV set
somewhere, I was out of there."
Brooks, like me, is alarmed that Sony and other studios seem so
unconcerned about the dumb, sexist image of America their comedies
project to the the world. "We export films that are full of sleazy
[penis] jokes and toilet humor ? that's why we've earned the
affectionate nickname of the Great Satan," he says. "What's seemingly
benign, by our standards, is doing more damage to us around the world
than anything I could ever do." Soon Brooks is on a comic roll,
wondering "if we actually find advanced life on another planet whether
they'll be as obsessed with their own genitals as we are."

Comedy is not just a laughing matter. For years, great American artists,
from Mark Twain to Richard Pryor to Jon Stewart, have used humor to
expose our foibles and help us grapple with our differences. Even today,
the popular Egyptian comic actor, Adel Imam, is starring in "The Embassy
Is in the Building," a movie that uses comedy to pursue a serious
premise ? that making peace with Israel is a viable political option.
The movie is a hit in Egypt. And the fact that a comedian can raise an
issue that's too hot for Egypt's political leadership to touch shows
just how much influence laughter can wield. It lets us see the world ?
and our fears ? in a fresh light.

Brooks' movie may not have the box-office potential of an Adam Sandler
comedy, but at least it has something to say about our world, which is
why Sony's refusal to release it is so dispiriting. If Sony is this
timid about a well-intentioned comedy, imagine how timid it will be when
something really volatile comes along. 

? Copyright 2005 The Los Angeles Times


From michael at michaelbutler.com  Tue Sep 27 18:20:30 2005
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Wed Sep 28 04:19:01 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] We All Have The Same Problems
Message-ID: <BF5F3DEE.23FC3%michael@michaelbutler.com>


Michael Butler's Blog

http://www.michaelbutler.com/mbblog.html


From Ocsomtan at aol.com  Wed Sep 28 05:44:11 2005
From: Ocsomtan at aol.com (Ocsomtan@aol.com)
Date: Wed Sep 28 05:50:24 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] We All Have The Same Problems
Message-ID: <13e.1c9ede92.306bea1b@aol.com>

Dear M:

Thanks for sending me the link.  I have managed to get onto the lists, read 
some fascinating stuff, and re-register.  Hopefully, this time it'll work.  
Don't see my essay there yet, but I expect it'll get on eventually.

How are you?

XX,
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From paul at paulkorda.com  Wed Sep 28 09:06:27 2005
From: paul at paulkorda.com (Paul Korda)
Date: Wed Sep 28 09:11:06 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] RE:Hair review Guardian Unlimited
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A friend sent me this review which you may or may not have seen:

Hair
3 stars Gate Theatre
Michael Billington
Friday September 23 2005
The Guardian


Hair was the incarnation of the 60s "American Tribal Love Rock Musical"
that joyously celebrated a way of life and that in 1968 famously became
the first show to benefit from the demise of theatrical censorship. But,
delightful though it is to see it revived, I'm not sure it gains from
Daniel Kramer's determined attempt to update it.

The book and lyrics by Gerome Ragni and James Rado are still there: it
remains the tenuous story of Claude, a New York tribal leader, separated
from his gang when he goes off to a foreign war. And the Galt MacDermot
tunes remain as fresh as ever. Merely to hear once again Aquarius, Good
Morning Starshine, Manchester England and all the rest is to be
transported back to a time of hippie optimism when the Sunday joint was
to be smoked rather than eaten.

But, in Kramer's version, the action all takes place today. Instead of
being drafted to Vietnam, Claude now goes to Iraq. Bush, Rummy and
Condie became the symbols of American patriotism. When the tribe wants
to protest about militarism it holds a candlelit vigil for peace in the
Middle East.

The problem with this is twofold. Claude's heroes remain Timothy Leary
and film directors such as Fellini and Antonioni which sounds
anachronistic in a modern context. More seriously, the show is a
celebration of a collective ethic: a belief that the group is stronger
than the individual. It reeks of the 60s rather than now when the
culture induces a hermetic individualism.

Hair is as much a period-piece as No No Nanette and should be presented
as such: as an evocation of a moment when sexual liberation was new, and
a young generation was rejecting inherited values. But Kramer's
production and Ann Yee's choreography have bags of oomph and fill the
Gate stage to overflowing.

The actors are also good. Charles Aitken plays Claude like a stoned
angel. Kevin Wathen lends his chum, Berger, a feverish promiscuity.
Nancy Wei-George sings one of the best and most touching songs, Frank
Mills, with heart-rending simplicity. I had a good time; and anyone who
has never encountered Hairbefore will succumb even more readily to its
charms. But I couldn't help thinking back to seeing Hair in LA in 1969
when Ragni and Rado were themselves in the cast. It seemed then the
perfect expression of the genius loci and of the mood of young America
at that moment. I wouldn't deny that protest in the face of the Iraq war
is still alive. But Hair belongs in its moment and, for all Kramer's
skill, I wish he'd preserved its period flavour.

&#183; Until October 8. Box Office: 020 7229 0706

Copyright Guardian Newspapers Limited



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From tali at gatetheatre.co.uk  Wed Sep 28 04:36:10 2005
From: tali at gatetheatre.co.uk (Tali)
Date: Wed Sep 28 09:52:18 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] HAIR reviews
Message-ID: <E1EKf4P-0000Dw-H6@smtpauth09.mail.atl.earthlink.net>

Dear Michael

Yes, quite a commotion! But all in good spirit, I think! Check out our
response in today's Guardian:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/features/story/0,11710,1579677,00.html

Other reviews: 
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/09/27/opinion/lon28.php

http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/theatre/reviews/article315206.ece

http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/reviews/story/0,11712,1576832,00.html

http://www.whatsonstage.com/dl/page.php?page=greenroom&story=E8821127461
578&PHPSESSID=61bdb925f250d1d8e43130ea4dcb8efc

http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,14936-1794177,00.html

Not available online is the rave from Charlie Spencer in the Telegraph
(which came out Friday 23 Sep - will be online soon) and Jane Edwardes
in Time Out (Great review, Critic's choice, came out today). 

T xx

Tali Pelman
Producer
 
The Gate Theatre
11 Pembridge Road
London W11 3HQ
020 7229 5387
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From michael at michaelbutler.com  Wed Sep 28 10:12:59 2005
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Wed Sep 28 10:19:04 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] "Looking For Comedy In the Muslim World"
In-Reply-To: <11387-433A48A0-12@storefull-3278.bay.webtv.net>
Message-ID: <BF601D2B.24045%michael@michaelbutler.com>

Jim,
Great article
Thanks Michael

>  
> Censorship, comes in all forms....
> Jim Burns
> _____
> 
> 
> The Los Angeles Times,THE BIG PICTURE
> 
> Something's wrong when a studio balks at a comedy this inspired.
> ?
> By Patrick Goldstein, Times Staff Writer
> September 27, 2005
> 
> In the days after the calamitous 9/11 terrorist attacks in 2001, there
> was a brief flurry of soul-searching in Hollywood, focusing in part on
> how much of a role our movies played in stirring Muslim rage against
> America. As innumerable cultural historians have discovered, many devout
> Muslims are horrified by the sexual innuendo and crass materialism in
> Hollywood films and music videos, not to mention Vanity Fair, whose
> salacious cover spread this month of Paris Hilton pretty much says it
> all when it comes to celebrating even the tawdriest members of our
> celebrity culture.
> 
> Judging from the films in the multiplexes this summer, the
> soul-searching in show business lasted about as long as Britney Spears'
> first marriage. According to a recent survey by the Pew Research Center,
> an overwhelming majority of respondents in Middle Eastern countries were
> opposed to the spread of American ideas and customs. I seriously doubt
> that sitting through a double-bill of "The Dukes of Hazzard" and "Deuce
> Bigalow: European Gigolo" will improve the polling numbers.
> 
> But the real problem with Hollywood isn't simply its glorification of
> sex, money and lame old TV shows. It's that our Ivy League-educated
> studio elite often don't know the difference between crass and class.
> How's this for an example: Sony Pictures, the studio that made "European
> Gigolo," has refused to release "Looking for Comedy in the Muslim
> World," an inspired new film by Albert Brooks about a comedian ?
> Brooks, playing himself ? who is recruited by the U.S. government to
> go to India and Pakistan to find out what makes Muslims laugh.
> 
> The movie makes fun of comedians' neurotic neediness and State
> Department ineffectuality, but seems to steer clear of anything that
> would insult Muslims. Still, in a June 30 letter to Brooks, Sony
> chairman Michael Lynton said that he wouldn't release the film unless
> Brooks changed the title. Lynton wrote: "I do believe that recent
> incidents have dramatically changed the landscape that we live in and
> that this, among other things, warrants changing the title of the film."
> Sony insiders say Lynton was alarmed by the violent reaction in the
> Muslim world to Newsweek's May 9 story, since retracted, about a Koran
> being flushed down the toilet by interrogators at the U.S. military
> prison at Guantanamo Bay.
> 
> Brooks' movie, financed by producer Steve Bing, has now found a new home
> at Warner Independent Pictures, which plans to release it early next
> year. Warner Indy chief Mark Gill says he had no problems with the
> title. "How often do you get a laugh simply from the title of a movie?"
> Gill told me. "We saw the movie, and it was clear that Albert makes fun
> of himself and America, not anybody else."
> 
> Lynton won't discuss the issue publicly, but perhaps he is worried that
> merely having "Muslim" in a film title could cause the kind of outrage
> that led to the murder of Dutch filmmaker Theo Van Gogh, whose film,
> "Submission," showed naked women with verses of the Koran projected on
> their bodies. 
> I'd be worried if I'd made "Submission" too. But Brooks' film is a
> comedy, not a political screed, closer in spirit to Randy Newman than
> Salman Rushdie. I only wish I could get Lynton to explain why Sony was
> squeamish about Brooks' film and not "European Gigolo," which makes fun
> of a female Chernobyl victim who has a penis instead of a nose.
> 
> Brooks, in his first interview about the film, confirmed that Lynton
> expressed concern about Muslim outrage over the alleged Koran incident.
> "When we spoke, he told me, 'The Newsweek thing has changed the world.'
> And I said, 'Wasn't it 9/11 that changed the world?' But Michael said he
> just didn't want to take a chance."
> 
> Best known for such films as "Real Life" and "Lost in America," Brooks
> says he was inspired to make "Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World" in
> the wake of 9/11. "For so long afterward, whenever I heard anyone talk
> about Muslims, it was in association with terrorism," he explained after
> screening the film for me at his Bel-Air office. "But I thought, what
> could I do in a teeny way ? and believe me, it's a teeny way ? to
> defuse this? There had to be some way to separate the 1.5 billion people
> who don't want to kill us from the 100,000 or so who do. I thought if I
> could get five Muslims and six Hindus and maybe 3 Jews to laugh for 90
> minutes, then I've accomplished something."
> 
> In the film, Brooks is recruited for his mission by a government
> official, played by former Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson, also portraying
> himself. The comic heads for India, where he has a variety of
> misadventures, including a disastrous stand-up comedy concert and a
> botched meeting with Al Jazeera, which Brooks assumes is interested in
> his search for comedy when, in fact, the network wants to audition him
> for a sitcom. "At your age," says the Al Jazeera executive, as coolly
> pragmatic as any Hollywood agent, "you should think about television."
> 
> As with most Brooks films, the movie, which was filmed in India late
> last year, makes fun of showbiz self-absorption. But it also toys with
> other cultural stereotypes, from young Pakistani terrorists who turn out
> to be comedy connoisseurs to Brooks' hapless State Department minders,
> who are so disorganized that they can't even rent a decent office in New
> Delhi.
> 
> For Brooks, the film's title was an essential ingredient. "Even if you
> didn't see the movie, you'd see two words you'd never seen put together
> before ? comedy and Muslim. Comedy is friendly ? it's the least
> offensive word in our language."
> 
> After the Newsweek/Koran incident, Lynton told Bing he wanted a title
> change. "I was so upset I was throwing up at 3 a.m.," Brooks recalls.
> "It felt wrong ? it defeated the whole idea of why I went to India in
> the first place." Bing took the film to Warner, where he'd put up half
> the money for "The Polar Express" and has a long-standing relationship
> with studio chief Alan Horn. After Horn watched Brooks' film and gave
> his blessing, Warner Independent picked it up.
> 
> So why is one studio willing to embrace the film while another studio
> runs and hides? In fairness to Sony, it has every right to reject any
> movie it wants. Lynton may have his own personal reasons for being
> gun-shy. Disney refused to let Miramax release "Fahrenheit 9/11" last
> year, largely because Michael Eisner didn't want to deal with the
> potential political fallout from its attack on the Bush administration.
> None of the major Hollywood studios would release Mel Gibson's "Passion
> of the Christ" either, fearing a barrage of criticism.
> 
> The truth is that we live in an era when the political agendas of most
> media conglomerates are shaped by their core businesses, which often
> have little to do with Hollywood. Rupert Murdoch famously refused to
> publish a book critical of the Chinese government at a time when he
> needed Chinese access for his satellite TV network. In the 1990s, Time
> Warner mortally wounded its music division by selling off Interscope
> Records and getting out of the rap business, largely because it feared
> that gangsta-rap controversies would harm its relations with Congress,
> whose largesse it needed for its more lucrative cable TV business.
> 
> When we spoke, Brooks eyed a Sony Trinitron TV set in the corner of his
> office. "Sony makes televisions ? and everything comes after that," he
> says. "Time Warner is an entertainment company. They don't make TVs. My
> impression was that if I got in the way of Sony selling one more TV set
> somewhere, I was out of there."
> Brooks, like me, is alarmed that Sony and other studios seem so
> unconcerned about the dumb, sexist image of America their comedies
> project to the the world. "We export films that are full of sleazy
> [penis] jokes and toilet humor ? that's why we've earned the
> affectionate nickname of the Great Satan," he says. "What's seemingly
> benign, by our standards, is doing more damage to us around the world
> than anything I could ever do." Soon Brooks is on a comic roll,
> wondering "if we actually find advanced life on another planet whether
> they'll be as obsessed with their own genitals as we are."
> 
> Comedy is not just a laughing matter. For years, great American artists,
> from Mark Twain to Richard Pryor to Jon Stewart, have used humor to
> expose our foibles and help us grapple with our differences. Even today,
> the popular Egyptian comic actor, Adel Imam, is starring in "The Embassy
> Is in the Building," a movie that uses comedy to pursue a serious
> premise ? that making peace with Israel is a viable political option.
> The movie is a hit in Egypt. And the fact that a comedian can raise an
> issue that's too hot for Egypt's political leadership to touch shows
> just how much influence laughter can wield. It lets us see the world ?
> and our fears ? in a fresh light.
> 
> Brooks' movie may not have the box-office potential of an Adam Sandler
> comedy, but at least it has something to say about our world, which is
> why Sony's refusal to release it is so dispiriting. If Sony is this
> timid about a well-intentioned comedy, imagine how timid it will be when
> something really volatile comes along.
> 
> ? Copyright 2005 The Los Angeles Times
> 
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From paidbcs at aabol.com  Tue Sep 27 23:35:23 2005
From: paidbcs at aabol.com (brigit)
Date: Wed Sep 28 13:08:52 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Fw: Chinese Ice Festival
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From dekuyper at sbcglobal.net  Wed Sep 28 13:08:09 2005
From: dekuyper at sbcglobal.net (Gerald Gerald)
Date: Wed Sep 28 15:28:27 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] New Orleans - closer to the truth
Message-ID: <E1EKkJU-0005jN-F1@smtpauth09.mail.atl.earthlink.net>

The following is extremely informative for decision
making.  It is also attached for other
reading/printing options.

Unfeasibility of Rebuilding New Orleans

By Paul Noel and Mary -Sue Haliburton

From:
http://pesn.com/2005/09/23/9600175_Rebuild_Energy_Systems_Not_NewOrleans

[ Friends - this is one of the most informative
articles I've read recently; it goes into so much
detail that I feel like I've really learned a lot.
Much of it is on a subject that I've been hearing
about for quite a while, but this one article seems to
cover the whole "waterfront" better than other things
I've read. READ ABOUT THE FAST SINKING OF PARTS OF
LOUISIANA, TEXAS AND ALABAMA -- as has happened to
other areas of our country. ALAN ]
 ----------------------

  Sun, 25 Sep 2005 

* * * * * * *

Unfeasibility of Rebuilding New Orleans The river is
moving away from the city. The city is sinking because
of its weight, because no upbuilding by new muck for
many decades, because of being cut off from the fresh
water, because it is sliding off a cliff (the
Continental Shelf), and because the Oil and Gas
Industry is extracting oil out from under it. It is a
city that for all intents and purposes is now Sea
domain. Spend the money on developing alternative
energy solutions instead. 

 Pure Energy Systems News - 

 The President of the United States of America has
announced in a theatrically heroic manner that New
Orleans will be rebuilt. At first blush, what he has
proposed seems like a nice idea. 

 That is the best that can be said of it. 

 A wise evaluation of the facts tells us that the
horrendously expensive project he has proposed is a
fool's errand. The city is doomed. There is absolutely
no hope for it in the long term. Emotionally pleasing
as it may be, rebuilding New Orleans prophesies an
even worse disaster than what we have just seen.
Hurricanes are only a small part of the threats
destroying the city.

Historical Compromise Location 

 To understand the City of New Orleans one must first
understand the massive Mississippi River delta. New
Orleans was built at the site of the old "French
Quarter" on the high ground adjacent to the
Mississippi river. This location was picked because
the Mississippi River didn't have a mouth into the
ocean. The river simply went into the "Black Swamp"
and disappeared. This was where ships headed down
river had to stop and unload their goods to be
transshipped across Lake Pontchartrain to the sea.
This was done by unloading the goods at the docks and
then hauling them to the lake where shallow draft
boats would take the goods to the seagoing ships.

Mississippi River delta. Source: ibiblio 

 By using some ingenious methods, Henry Shreve --
after whom Shreveport, La., is named -- forced the
river to dig its own channel out to the sea where it
now goes. This allowed the ocean-going boats access to
the enormous Mississippi river. This, together with
the work of the US Army Corps of Engineers, produced
what is functionally the largest ocean port on earth.
The Mississippi River is ocean draft in the channel
half way to Memphis Tennessee even at the lowest water
times. In normal water times, it is ocean draft depth
all the way to Memphis. No other nation on earth can
boast such a treasure. The value of this port is
fantastic on a world scale.

Mississippi River: A Rebellious Monster 

 Few people understand just how big the Mississippi
River Delta is. The delta begins at Cairo, Illinois.
It in times past has seen the big river move east and
west across the delta from what is now the Pearl River
in Mississippi to the Sabine River on the Border of
Texas. This river never sits still. It is a powerful
monster that at best can be somewhat handled. Managing
it is the largest existing construction project on the
planet. 

 There was a fatal problem known from the days of
Henry Shreve. The Atchafalaya River has a steep
gradient leading into the sea. In the old times, this
was a small leakage stream off of the looping Red
River. With the work of Henry Shreve and the US Army
Corps of Engineers, the Red River was opened for
navigation to the Mississippi and inadvertently this
opened the Atchafalaya to draw water off from the
Mississippi River, and to begin cutting a larger and
wider channel for itself. Certain to steal the whole
Mississippi River in time, this process is well under
way now.

Source: Mississippi/Atchafalaya Project at Penn State
University 

 During a powerful flood in the late 1950s, the
Mississippi River forced its way into the Atchafalaya
River and the main channel began to go far to the west
of New Orleans. With this flood the City of New
Orleans and the ports there were threatened with being
cut off from the river. The US Army Corps of Engineers
was tasked with attempting to keep the Mississippi
River controlled and in its old channel. The "Old
River Control Structur" (ORCS) was completed in 1963
to keep 70% of the river in the old channel.

How a Port Becomes a Backwater 

 This set of dams worked for a while. In 1973 the
river threw another enormous flood and undermined a
large section of the ORCS. Since that time the river
has progressively become more and more uncontrolled as
the ORCS is further and further undermined. The status
at this time is that another event on the river will
probably cause a large part of the ORCS to disappear
without a trace and the Mississippi River will finish
moving west to Morgan City. This is probably going to
happen within the next 20 years or so. It is probably
unwise to even consider trying to stop this event
which natural forces are working to bring about. 

 The Mississippi River is moving westward. The City of
New Orleans will be cut off from fresh water, and be
attached to a silted-in port of no value, attached to
water that doesn't go anywhere. This is a certainty.
The only issue with this event is when. The event is
going to happen shortly. If the events occur as a
result of a flood rather than by deliberately managed
processes, the USA may find that its precious
Mississippi River port area is worthless. Even before
Hurricane Katrina, the city was living on borrowed
time. Its dance with the Mississippi River is soon to
end. 

 The swamp in which New Orleans sits can only be
supported by a continual influx of fresh water from
the Mississippi River. The US Army Corps of Engineers
damaged this process severely with canals and channels
as well as by putting up dikes. The city is sinking
for lack of this water. Mud deposited by floods would
have rebuilt the naturally sinking land. This became
painfully apparent when the city dikes broke. 

 In fact, as reliably reported in the Hunstville Times
on Sunday September 11, 2005, breakage of the levees
occurred two days before the arrival of Katrina. (Ref.
) It may have been due to seismic activity, the
rhythmic pounding of resonant waves whipped up by
hurricanes which precede landfall by up to two days.
These resonant waves reached a solid point and cracked
it. It was the new segments, made of concrete
reinforced with steel, which failed. 

 Thus it could have been human error that flooded New
Orleans. In assuming that rigidity means strength in
every circumstance, did engineers fail to recognize
that the whole region is more like jello than strong
rock and soil? If so, the planners didn??Tt grasp that
the barrier would have to flex along with the soft
muck beneath it. Any reinforcing would have to be
flexible as well, such as a fibrous or woven-link
Kevlar, or some such material. In such a location,
rigid reinforcing would inevitably result in breakage,


 Whatever the reason for the failure, the dikes broke
more than 18 hours before the storm came ashore. The
US Army Corps of Engineers and the New Orleans and
Lousiana Authorities all knew there was already
serious flooding one day before the storm. The whole
issue was that the bureaucrats argued over who was in
charge and nobody did anything. Officials passed the
buck back and forth until the Big Excuse arrived, both
completing the flooding and distracting everyone from
the issue of legal responsibility. If engineering
mistakes were involved, no one in authority would
announce them, as no one in charge would want to be
sued for the astronomical level of financial damages,
not counting loss of life. 

 What had been predicted to be 4 to 6 feet of
floodwater was nearly 20 feet in places. The city is
sinking faster than anyone believed.

Subsidence Speeding Up 

 With its dance with the river over, the city of New
Orleans will begin to sink even faster into the ocean.
This sinking is not only because of the lack of water.
New Orleans is on a cliff over a mile high, part of
the underlying structure of the continental shelf.
Nobody can see the cliff because the ocean covers it
up. New Orleans is a city on the edge of a cliff and
it is oozing off the edge.

Continental Shelf along Louisiana, Mississippi,
Alabama, Florida coast line Source: Ocean Fiber 

 The edge of the cliff may be generally seen on a map
where the river ends. The fall from this point is into
the deep abyss. The taller the city builds the more it
will squish the muck that supports it into the ocean
depths. Its very success dooms New Orleans.

Oil and Gas Industry Literally Undermines America 

 All these factors --the river leaving, the muck
sinking, the US Army Corps of Engineers cutting off
the muck supply -- would be enough to doom the city.
On top of these, a newer and more damaging force has
arrived on the scene that is likely to sink most of
the State of Louisiana. It also promises to sink parts
of Texas, Mississippi, and Alabama too. Given half a
chance it will sink Florida as well. This is the Oil
and Gas industry. 

 Due to successful planning and market control by this
industry, American appetites for Oil and Gas are
enormous. The country needs lots of the stuff, and the
events surrounding Katrina have threatened the supply.
For someone to suggest that this mining be stopped
isn't going to be looked upon lightly. The USA has
been set up to be strangled without its supply of Oil
and Gas. From the Texas "Black Giant" to the Petronius
Oil/Gas field in Alabama's offshore waters, this isn't
just big business. It is colossal business on a scale
that even astounds those who work in the industry. It
is the biggest business on the planet.

Biggest Cost of Oil: Land-Mass Destruction 

 The dirty secret of the Oil and Gas business is that
in order to get it out of the ground, you have to do
things that are messing up the structure of the
planet. When you pump the stuff out, the land
subsides. It goes down not only from the volume of
fuel removed, but also from the volume of all of the
other stuff removed as well. A typical oil or gas well
will extract 100 to 200 times more brine than oil or
gas. This really sinks land. In California at Oak
Hills, this lowered the land over 70 feet. In Alabama
near Tuscaloosa, this has lowered mountains as much as
20 feet in one year of natural gas extraction
operations. (Ref: Alabama Oil and Gas board website
and the University of Alabama papers on Coal Gas
extraction and CO2 sequestration) The deeper the
recovery site, the more certainly these effects are
seen, but over wider areas involving hundreds of
miles. 

 This is causing the earth to slide. The Norphlet
structure which dives below the surface at Tuscaloosa
Alabama and across to about Shreveport, La, and well
into Texas is 50,000 feet down at the lowest end of
Petronius. Petronius, 65 miles south of the opening of
Mobile Bay, is an old river delta that is now sliding
into the ocean because of Oil and Gas Extraction. The
slide is about 1 foot a year and accelerating, taking
the whole region -- an area of about 100,000 square
miles -- into the deep Gulf of Mexico. 

 This slide has caused the failure of one third of all
of the wells drilled in Alabama in 1988 to 1990 early
developments. The industry is very familiar with this
problem although they have not publicized it. There is
considerable directional technology going into
drilling wells now to compensate for this slide. . 

 The Oil and Gas operations which are just getting
going in the area are also pumping down the coastal
areas at about 1 to 2 feet a year. They are sinking --
never to rise again. So New Orleans is both sinking
and sliding -- caused by the Oil and Gas Industry. By
the time this plays out, the New Orleans area will
have sunk some 30 to 60 feet! For a city already
several feet below sea level this is impossible to
sustain. The effect of this sinking has already
resulted in loss of the Chandelier Islands, and about
2000 square miles of coastal marshes and land in the
New Orleans area after Katrina's landfall.

Hurricanes are Seismic Events 

 It is during Hurricanes that this land loss becomes
apparent to the public. Hurricanes settle the land by
seismic effects of their waves together with washing
action. The force of hurricane-driven waves can easily
reach seismic values of a 3.0 on the Richter scale --
repeated every few moments for many hours. This causes
liquefaction, settling, erosion and triggers slides. A
hurricane the size of Katrina is a Geologic event as
much as it is a weather event. 

 At this time the City of New Orleans is effectively a
ringed, sinking island 10 feet or more below sea
level, and something close to 20 miles off shore of
the USA. In about 50 years, it will be nearly 60 miles
off shore and will be at least 40 feet below sea
level. To keep the city the dikes will have to be so
high as to stagger the imagination and our national
budget. 

 To summarize: The river is leaving the city. The city
is sinking because of its weight, because no
upbuilding by new muck for many decades, because of
being cut off from the fresh water, because it is
falling off a cliff (the Continental Shelf), and
because the Oil and Gas Industry is sucking it down
like a kid slurping a root beer float.

Rational Alternative to Insanity of Rebuilding 

 Would any sane person put more money into this
failing operation? It is foolish. This only leaves one
question. Is our President just an ignorant fool, or
is he insane? Either prospect is most unsettling. 

 The logical and much cheaper solution is to use this
Hurricane Katrina disaster as an opportunity. 

Here is what should be done. 

 The Mississippi River should be with all deliberate
speed aimed down the Atchafalaya, and an appropriate
new port built in that river mouth, with other
management issues taken into account. 

 A key challenge will be the seven percent gradient,
which may require construction of locks like those in
the Panama Canal to lift ships to the new level of the
river. Another will be to keep silt buildup out of the
shipping channel and direct it to build up the soil in
areas where it is needed. 

 The City of New Orleans should be abandoned to the
sea that is going to take it anyway. The dikes on the
river and throughout the city should be deliberately
and completely destroyed to allow buildup of whatever
wetlands we can keep for as long as possible. 

 The persons displaced should be assimilated into the
rest of the USA. This should be made as painless as
possible for all concerned. Give the displaced people
vouchers that are payable for building at any location
at least 30 feet above sea level. Let them find their
own locations. This will be far less complex than the
current system of keeping them penned in large
buildings, and much less expensive. 

 This all requires people to see the colossal problems
coming and to confront them head on. For those who
think that the USA has a problem with energy now, they
have no imagination as to what the problem will be
when there are 
 300,000,000 more people in just 35 years. 

The solution cannot be to ignore the natural forces of
the earth. 

 It also cannot be to sink the precious country into
the sea. Continuing to watch the oil industry slurp
down an area of about 40,000 square miles along the
southern coast of the USA is not an option. 

An Emergency Re-Tooling of Our Civilization 

 The Oil and Gas Industry, still necessary, should be
considered a problematic industry. If the true cost of
land subsidence were being factored in to the price of
oil, we would all soon see that it is uneconomic to
continue to deplete this resource at this pace. This,
in addition to the problems from accelerated Global
Warming due to greenhouse gas emissions from the
burning of fossil fuels. Subsidence due to oil and gas
extraction is historically documented and ongoing
damage can be confidently declared to be fact. The
damage these guys are doing is horrid. The price of
oil is much higher than just the pump price. 

 Maybe if we were publicly discussing oil's true cost
-- destruction of cities and whole land areas -- a
rational decision will be possible. We as a whole
society would then see that the only viable choice is
to get out of the Oil Economy with all deliberate
speed. 

 As a corollary to that decision, it then becomes
urgent to discover and build new energy generation
methods and sources, and to press ahead with retooling
our infrastructure at an emergency pace. Many new
principles and technologies have already been
proposed, researched, designed, and in some cases even
patented, but have been held back by lack of funding. 

 Alternatives must be found -- and funded. The money
that this U.S. Administration plans to waste on
"reconstructing" a doomed city should be redirected
promptly into the development of the many technologies
and alternative sources of energy.
 
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From Reeeees at aol.com  Wed Sep 28 13:38:19 2005
From: Reeeees at aol.com (Reeeees@aol.com)
Date: Wed Sep 28 16:07:26 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Q&A on Intelligent Design
Message-ID: <E1EKkvF-0006Bu-JH@smtpauth09.mail.atl.earthlink.net>

A New Christianity for a New  World
Bishop John Shelby Spong on the News and Christian Faith 
 
Marion from Kansas  writes:
 
"In my state the Board of Education threw out  the teaching of evolution a 
few years ago. Upon election of moderate members,  the Board brought it back 
again. Now conservatives are in the majority again and  the whole issue of 
universe origin is being debated again. This time the issue  of "intelligent design" 
is being brought in as needing to be taught. Is this  just another way of 
bringing in conservative belief about instant  creation?"
 
Dear Marion,
 
On one level it really doesn't matter what the  Kansas Board of Education 
thinks, evolution is real and is not subject to  majority vote any more than 
whether epilepsy is caused by demon possession. Yet  it is embarrassing to live in 
a state where public ignorance can force people to  deny reality. It will 
also ill-equip the children of Kansas to live in the  modern world. Already 
American school children are far behind Asians in the  field of science. The 
pursuit of knowledge should never be compromised to  protect religious 
sensitivities. That is where religious tyranny  begins.
 
Intelligent Design is just one more smoke  screen. The task of geologists and 
anthropologists is to study the sources of  the life of this world. They 
should be free to follow wherever their scientific  research carries them. If 
Christianity is threatened by truth, it is already too  late to save it. Imagine 
worshiping a God so weak and incompetent that the  Kansas School Board must 
defend this God from science and new learning. It is  pitiful.
 
The challenge of Darwinian thinking to  traditional Christianity is deep and 
profound. That means that Christianity's  survival depends on its being big 
enough to embrace a post-Darwinian world. If  we cannot then Christianity will s
urely die. I do not believe that is the fate  toward which Christianity is 
headed unless it becomes that petty, small-minded  enterprise that must hide in 
ignorance and fear lest it be  destroyed.
 
I hope you and others will resist these tactics  at the ballot box. If that 
fails then you have to assess whether or not you want  your children to grow up 
in the environment that Kansas is creating. If not, you  might consider 
moving. I for one hope you will stay and fight for ignorance will  not prevail 
forever, even in Kansas.
 
_qna@johnshelbyspong.com_ (mailto:qna@johnshelbyspong.com) 

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From michael at intrafi.com  Wed Sep 28 19:38:29 2005
From: michael at intrafi.com (michael butler)
Date: Wed Sep 28 19:44:44 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Sneak Attack on Organic Standards
Message-ID: <22009104.1127961509378.JavaMail.root@kamikaze.democracyinaction.org>

Hi,
Thought you might find this interesting.

The Organic Consumers Association (OCA) needs your immediate help to stop Congress and the Bush administration from seriously degrading organic standards. After 35 years of hard work, the U.S. organic community has built up a multi-billion dollar alternative to industrial agriculture, based upon strict organic standards and organic community control over modification to these standards.

Now, large corporations such as Kraft & Dean Foods--aided and abetted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), are moving to lower organic standards by allowing a Bush appointee to create a list of synthetic ingredients that would be allowed organic production. Even worse these proposed regulatory changes will reduce future public discussion and input and take away the National Organic Standards Board's (NOSB) traditional lead jurisdiction in setting standards. What this means, in blunt terms. is that USDA bureaucrats and industry lobbyists, not consumers, will now have more control over what can go into organic foods and products.

This week, acting in haste and near-total secrecy, the U.S. Senate will vote on a "rider" to the 2006 Agriculture Appropriations Bill that will reduce control over organic standards from the National Standards Board and put this control in the hands of federal bureaucrats in the USDA (remember the USDA proposal in 1997-98 that said that genetic engineering, toxic sludge, and food irradiation would be OK on organic farms, or USDA suggestions in 2004 that heretofore banned pesticides, hormones, tainted feeds, and animal drugs would be OK?).

For the past week in Washington, OCA has been urging members of the Senate not to reopen and subvert the federal statute that governs U.S. Organic standards (the Organic Food Production Act - OFPA), but rather to let the organic community and the National Organic Standards resolve our differences over issues like synthetics and animal feed internally, and then proceed to a open public comment period. Unfortunately most Senators seem to be listening to industry lobbyists more closely than to us. We need to raise our voices.

In the past, grassroots mobilization and mass pressure by organic consumers have been able to stop the USDA and Congress from degrading organic standards. This time Washington insiders tell us that the "fix is is already in." So we must take decisive action now. We need you to call your U.S. Senators today. We need you to sign the following petition and send it to everyone you know. We also desperately need funds to head off this attack in the weeks and months to come. Thank you for your support. Together we will take back citizen control over organic standards and preserve organic integrity.

Take action here:
http://www.demaction.org/dia/organizations/oca/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=1242
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From Ocsomtan at aol.com  Thu Sep 29 03:19:00 2005
From: Ocsomtan at aol.com (Ocsomtan@aol.com)
Date: Thu Sep 29 03:25:19 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] dramaturgical question 384
Message-ID: <e2.1cde781d.306d1994@aol.com>

Richard,
The Bridgeport production sucked.
N
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From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Thu Sep 29 05:38:26 2005
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Thu Sep 29 05:44:39 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] dramaturgical question 384
References: <e2.1cde781d.306d1994@aol.com>
Message-ID: <013f01c5c4f2$b123a480$6e436c42@hotprojects>

really?
thanks for the info
i thought everyone loved it from what they said
of course ive found time and time again
that you have to see it for yourself
that even the most logical set of suppositions 
can go astray
  ----- Original Message ----- 
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  To: mb-hair@islandlists.com 
  Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2005 6:19 AM
  Subject: [Mb-hair] dramaturgical question 384


  Richard,
  The Bridgeport production sucked.
  N 


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From lbirdie at hotmail.com  Thu Sep 29 07:42:26 2005
From: lbirdie at hotmail.com (Little Birdie)
Date: Thu Sep 29 07:48:40 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] dramaturgical question 384
Message-ID: <BAY104-F13D90D04A3C62A4B082992B28C0@phx.gbl>

I would say that the majority of our group really enjoyed the Bridgeport 
production. It definitely lacked the deep tribal connectedness that makes a 
production stellar, but there were many things, IMHO, to commend it. The 
Tribe was great - great passion and wonderful voices, there were a few 
outstanding performances among the principals, including Hud and the 
original Woof (who had left by the time you saw it Ocsomtan). Other people 
really loved the Jeanie (MB, I know she was a favorite of yours from that 
production), Sheila, and Berger. It was wonderful to see the original 
staging again, I love Julie's choreography and Tom's blocking really brings 
forth the plot in a way that is lacking in many current productions that I 
have seen. I loved seeing some scenes that have been cut since the Broadway 
run, like The Young Recruit, and I loved the set. Truly amazing when one 
considers that the entire show was put together in two weeks of rehearsals. 
While they may have lacked the emotional impact of some stronger 
productions, and there were some character interpretations that I personally 
considered way off the mark (and they cut 4 songs! GRRR!!), the group of us 
that went together initially (MB, Debbie & Mike, Robert, Bill, Charles, 
Trevor, Annie, and myself) all had a very good time, and found it a good 
enough production that we all went back, some of us several times. And for 
my daughter Annie, it was a strong enough production that she finally "got" 
what Hair was about from it, in a way that she hadn't from the many 
productions I had dragged her to previously. This was the first one that she 
repeatedly asked to see again.

It's all a matter of opinion, of course, and this is just mine. You are 
correct, Richard, that one has to see these things for oneself - the 
production that touches one person will leave another cold. Theatre, like 
all art, is such a subjective medium - one of the things that makes it so 
exciting.
Nina

The Hair Archives
http://www.michaelbutler.com/hair/holding/Hair.html


>From: "richard haase" <hotprojects@nyc.rr.com>
>Reply-To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
>To: <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
>Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] dramaturgical question 384
>Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 08:38:26 -0400
>
>really?
>thanks for the info
>i thought everyone loved it from what they said
>of course ive found time and time again
>that you have to see it for yourself
>that even the most logical set of suppositions
>can go astray
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Ocsomtan@aol.com
>   To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
>   Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2005 6:19 AM
>   Subject: [Mb-hair] dramaturgical question 384
>
>
>   Richard,
>   The Bridgeport production sucked.
>   N
>
>
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From tali at gatetheatre.co.uk  Thu Sep 29 04:42:02 2005
From: tali at gatetheatre.co.uk (Tali)
Date: Thu Sep 29 08:12:40 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] HAIR Extended 
Message-ID: <E1EKzzQ-0006oP-CU@smtpauth01.mail.atl.earthlink.net>

EXTENDED FOR 3 WEEKS ONLY UNTIL 29 OCTOBER 2005 BOX OFFICE 0207 229 0706

 

TIME OUT CRITICS' CHOICE

 

"Daniel Kramer has worked wonders. Hair has been triumphantly restored
for the 21st century"

DAILY TELEGRAPH 

 

**** "Hair seems to have found its moment again...a talent-packed
production that proves that this musical has a life beyond the Sixties"

INDEPENDENT

 

"Glorious...This is HAIR for the post-RENT generation" 

INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE

 

"Bags of oomph...fills the Gate stage to overflowing"

 THE GUARDIAN

 

***** "Scandalises and thrills...the Gate has reclaimed [HAIR] from
history and reinvigorated it as a show for today in every way...prozac
for the soul"

WHAT'S ON STAGE

 

"There's scarcely a moment when something explosive isn't happening" 

OBSERVER

 

 

HAIR

BOOKS AND LYRICS BY                                       MUSIC BY 

GEROME RAGNI & JAMES RADO                        GALT MACDERMOT

 

Produced for the Broadway stage by Michael Butler
Originally produced by the New York Shakespeare Festival

cast: charles aitken, gary amers, joanna ampil, stuart armfield, 
miriam elwell-sutton, kate gillespie, robyn isaac, connor mcallister, 
sean parkins,craig perry, lee reynolds, golda rosheuvel, laura selwood, 
graham tudor, kevin wathen, nancy wei george

directed by daniel kramer
choreographed by ann yee
designed by soutra gilmour
costume design by penelope challen
lighting design by charles balfour
musical supervisor stephen brooker
musical director steve hill
sound design by mick potter
make-up by phyllis cohen

hair by vidal sassoon
casting by david grindrod associates

by arrangement with Musicscope and Stage Musicals Limited of New York

 

Gate Theatre 11 pembridge road london w11 3hq 

box office 020 7229 0706 boxoffice@gatetheatre.co.uk  

www.gatetheatre.co.uk <http://www.gatetheatre.co.uk/> 

 

 

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From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Thu Sep 29 08:15:01 2005
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Thu Sep 29 08:21:17 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] HAIR Extended
References: <E1EKzzQ-0006oP-CU@smtpauth01.mail.atl.earthlink.net>
Message-ID: <002501c5c508$8fde7be0$6e436c42@hotprojects>

congrats good for you guys
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Tali 
  To: 'Gate' 
  Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2005 7:42 AM
  Subject: [Mb-hair] HAIR Extended


  EXTENDED FOR 3 WEEKS ONLY UNTIL 29 OCTOBER 2005 BOX OFFICE 0207 229 0706



  TIME OUT CRITICS' CHOICE



  "Daniel Kramer has worked wonders. Hair has been triumphantly restored for the 21st century"

  DAILY TELEGRAPH 



  ???? "Hair seems to have found its moment again...a talent-packed production that proves that this musical has a life beyond the Sixties"

  INDEPENDENT



  "Glorious...This is HAIR for the post-RENT generation" 

  INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE



  "Bags of oomph...fills the Gate stage to overflowing"

   THE GUARDIAN



  ????? "Scandalises and thrills...the Gate has reclaimed [HAIR] from history and reinvigorated it as a show for today in every way...prozac for the soul"

  WHAT'S ON STAGE



  "There's scarcely a moment when something explosive isn't happening" 

  OBSERVER





  HAIR

  BOOKS AND LYRICS BY                                       MUSIC BY 

  GEROME RAGNI & JAMES RADO                        GALT MACDERMOT



  Produced for the Broadway stage by Michael Butler
  Originally produced by the New York Shakespeare Festival

  cast: charles aitken, gary amers, joanna ampil, stuart armfield, 
  miriam elwell-sutton, kate gillespie, robyn isaac, connor mcallister, 
  sean parkins,craig perry, lee reynolds, golda rosheuvel, laura selwood, 
  graham tudor, kevin wathen, nancy wei george

  directed by daniel kramer
  choreographed by ann yee
  designed by soutra gilmour
  costume design by penelope challen
  lighting design by charles balfour
  musical supervisor stephen brooker
  musical director steve hill
  sound design by mick potter
  make-up by phyllis cohen

  hair by vidal sassoon
  casting by david grindrod associates

  by arrangement with Musicscope and Stage Musicals Limited of New York



  Gate Theatre 11 pembridge road london w11 3hq 

  box office 020 7229 0706 boxoffice@gatetheatre.co.uk  

  www.gatetheatre.co.uk







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From michael at michaelbutler.com  Thu Sep 29 08:18:32 2005
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Thu Sep 29 08:24:43 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] dramaturgical question 384
In-Reply-To: <BAY104-F13D90D04A3C62A4B082992B28C0@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <BF6153D8.24103%michael@michaelbutler.com>

I do concur with Nina. The Jeanie was one of the best. Others were great and
the set exceptional. The most amazing thing is what Julie and Wesley were
able to do in 2 weeks. I never would have gone back had I not enjoyed it so
much. 
I think the Tribal element was not what one could wish for due to the
shortness of their being together.
Michael

> I would say that the majority of our group really enjoyed the Bridgeport
> production. It definitely lacked the deep tribal connectedness that makes a
> production stellar, but there were many things, IMHO, to commend it. The
> Tribe was great - great passion and wonderful voices, there were a few
> outstanding performances among the principals, including Hud and the
> original Woof (who had left by the time you saw it Ocsomtan). Other people
> really loved the Jeanie (MB, I know she was a favorite of yours from that
> production), Sheila, and Berger. It was wonderful to see the original
> staging again, I love Julie's choreography and Tom's blocking really brings
> forth the plot in a way that is lacking in many current productions that I
> have seen. I loved seeing some scenes that have been cut since the Broadway
> run, like The Young Recruit, and I loved the set. Truly amazing when one
> considers that the entire show was put together in two weeks of rehearsals.
> While they may have lacked the emotional impact of some stronger
> productions, and there were some character interpretations that I personally
> considered way off the mark (and they cut 4 songs! GRRR!!), the group of us
> that went together initially (MB, Debbie & Mike, Robert, Bill, Charles,
> Trevor, Annie, and myself) all had a very good time, and found it a good
> enough production that we all went back, some of us several times. And for
> my daughter Annie, it was a strong enough production that she finally "got"
> what Hair was about from it, in a way that she hadn't from the many
> productions I had dragged her to previously. This was the first one that she
> repeatedly asked to see again.
> 
> It's all a matter of opinion, of course, and this is just mine. You are
> correct, Richard, that one has to see these things for oneself - the
> production that touches one person will leave another cold. Theatre, like
> all art, is such a subjective medium - one of the things that makes it so
> exciting.
> Nina
> 
> The Hair Archives
> http://www.michaelbutler.com/hair/holding/Hair.html
> 
> 
>> From: "richard haase" <hotprojects@nyc.rr.com>
>> Reply-To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
>> To: <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
>> Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] dramaturgical question 384
>> Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 08:38:26 -0400
>> 
>> really?
>> thanks for the info
>> i thought everyone loved it from what they said
>> of course ive found time and time again
>> that you have to see it for yourself
>> that even the most logical set of suppositions
>> can go astray
>>   ----- Original Message -----
>>   From: Ocsomtan@aol.com
>>   To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
>>   Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2005 6:19 AM
>>   Subject: [Mb-hair] dramaturgical question 384
>> 
>> 
>>   Richard,
>>   The Bridgeport production sucked.
>>   N
>> 
>> 
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From tali at gatetheatre.co.uk  Thu Sep 29 08:34:42 2005
From: tali at gatetheatre.co.uk (Tali)
Date: Thu Sep 29 08:41:08 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] HAIR Extended
In-Reply-To: <002501c5c508$8fde7be0$6e436c42@hotprojects>
Message-ID: <02f701c5c50b$51aef5e0$1200000a@gatetheatre.local>

Many Thanks. Tx

 

Tali Pelman

Producer

 

The Gate Theatre

11 Pembridge Road

London W11 3HQ

020 7229 5387

www.gatetheatre.co.uk

 

-----Original Message-----
From: mb-hair-bounces@islandlists.com
[mailto:mb-hair-bounces@islandlists.com] On Behalf Of richard haase
Sent: 29 September 2005 16:15
To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] HAIR Extended

 

congrats good for you guys

----- Original Message ----- 

From: Tali <mailto:tali@gatetheatre.co.uk>  

To: 'Gate' <mailto:gate@gatetheatre.co.uk>  

Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2005 7:42 AM

Subject: [Mb-hair] HAIR Extended

 

EXTENDED FOR 3 WEEKS ONLY UNTIL 29 OCTOBER 2005 BOX OFFICE 0207 229 0706

 

TIME OUT CRITICS' CHOICE

 

"Daniel Kramer has worked wonders. Hair has been triumphantly restored
for the 21st century"

DAILY TELEGRAPH 

 

**** "Hair seems to have found its moment again...a talent-packed
production that proves that this musical has a life beyond the Sixties"

INDEPENDENT

 

"Glorious...This is HAIR for the post-RENT generation" 

INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE

 

"Bags of oomph...fills the Gate stage to overflowing"

 THE GUARDIAN

 

***** "Scandalises and thrills...the Gate has reclaimed [HAIR] from
history and reinvigorated it as a show for today in every way...prozac
for the soul"

WHAT'S ON STAGE

 

"There's scarcely a moment when something explosive isn't happening" 

OBSERVER

 

 

HAIR

BOOKS AND LYRICS BY                                       MUSIC BY 

GEROME RAGNI & JAMES RADO                        GALT MACDERMOT

 

Produced for the Broadway stage by Michael Butler
Originally produced by the New York Shakespeare Festival

cast: charles aitken, gary amers, joanna ampil, stuart armfield, 
miriam elwell-sutton, kate gillespie, robyn isaac, connor mcallister, 
sean parkins,craig perry, lee reynolds, golda rosheuvel, laura selwood, 
graham tudor, kevin wathen, nancy wei george

directed by daniel kramer
choreographed by ann yee
designed by soutra gilmour
costume design by penelope challen
lighting design by charles balfour
musical supervisor stephen brooker
musical director steve hill
sound design by mick potter
make-up by phyllis cohen

hair by vidal sassoon
casting by david grindrod associates

by arrangement with Musicscope and Stage Musicals Limited of New York

 

Gate Theatre 11 pembridge road london w11 3hq 

box office 020 7229 0706 boxoffice@gatetheatre.co.uk  

www.gatetheatre.co.uk <http://www.gatetheatre.co.uk/> 

 

 


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From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Thu Sep 29 14:44:48 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Gate HAIR by Variety
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From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Thu Sep 29 15:04:47 2005
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Thu Sep 29 15:11:02 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] as you can all see from the variety review of the gate
	production of HAIR
Message-ID: <007d01c5c541$ce71ae70$6e436c42@hotprojects>

which triumps the updating of it
whether or not to update is not an open and shut case
and there is much merit in the case to update

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From michael at intrafi.com  Thu Sep 29 15:55:16 2005
From: michael at intrafi.com (michael@intrafi.com)
Date: Thu Sep 29 16:21:53 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] A Story from Grist Magazine
Message-ID: <200509292255.j8TMtGnw003095@grist2.electricembers.net>


I thought you might be interested in this feature in Grist Magazine:

O Brother, Where Artificial Thou?, by Amanda Griscom Little. Fight over synthetic ingredients splits organics community. 
http://www.grist.org/news/muck/2005/09/29/organics/index.html?source=muck
From arianna at huffingtonpost.com  Thu Sep 29 18:13:26 2005
From: arianna at huffingtonpost.com (Arianna Huffington)
Date: Fri Sep 30 10:01:48 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Shots Across the Brow: Taking on Frist, DeLay, McClellan,
	Kerry, Brownie, and al Qaeda's Pecking Order
Message-ID: <E1ELOAG-0008HR-GG@smtpauth01.mail.atl.earthlink.net>

This has not been a very good week for the GOP -- Frist, DeLay, Brownie's deer-in-the-headlights testimony. Here are my posts on Frist's shady stock sale, DeLay's indictment, John Kerry's clueless comments on Iraq... plus quick hits on Brownie, the Deli Defense, al Qaeda's pecking order, and more. And be sure to check in at huffingtonpost.com for the latest news and opinion.

--

Sen. Frist: Avoiding Conflict for Fun and Profit
Posted September 26, 2005 at 8:35 p.m. EDT

For over a decade Bill Frist has steadfastly rejected all suggestions that his ownership of up to $25 million worth of stock in HCA -- the nation's largest for-profit hospital chain, founded by his father -- created a conflict of interest for a Senator deeply involved in shaping health care policy.

Then, this past June, Frist suddenly changed course and, in what he claims was an effort to avoid any conflict of interest, decided to sell off the stock. Nine days before the share price hit an all time high. And just one month before a company warning of weakening earnings sent the stock price tumbling.

As the Church Lady would say: "How convenient!" 

After all, the Good Doctor has had ample opportunity to examine the conflict question. He insisted owning HCA stock wasn't a conflict back in 1994 when he first ran for the Senate -- and the stock was trading at $27 a share. He was just as adamant in 1999 when the issue was raised during his efforts to block President Clinton's patients' bill of rights -- and the stock was at $24. And again in 2003, when he championed the Medicare prescription drug bill that directly benefited HCA -- and the stock was at $41. And again in 2004, when consumer groups cried foul about his involvement in the debate over malpractice reform (another potential financial boon to HCA) -- and the stock was at $40. 

So, if owning HCA stock wasn't a conflict of interest when it was trading at $24, $27, $40, and $41 a share, why did it suddenly become a problem at $58 a share? Was the Majority Leader's sudden burst of ethical sensitivity due to the latest round of complaints raised by... oh, sorry, there weren't any complaints. Then maybe it was the brewing firestorm over... hmm, there wasn't a firestorm either. 

Or could it, just maybe, I don't know... have been part and parcel of a massive stock sell-off by HCA insiders? Now, I'm not saying that Frist was pulling a Martha Stewart. But, if he wasn't, then he sure is one lucky SOB.

Forget running for president. Frist's next gig should be doling out stock tips on CNBC (although he clearly hasn't always been so blessed when it comes to playing the market).

Which bring us to the other big question facing Frist: why has he spent so much time and energy lying about how blind his not-at-all-blind trust actually is? 

According to Senate rules, Frist is allowed to receive information about the trust, and has the power to order the sale of a stock. Then why has he long been painting such a dramatically different picture? 

"I have absolutely no input," he said of the trust in 2000. "[The trustees] have 100 percent control." An out and out lie -- unless determining when to sell the stock doesn't qualify as "input."

And that's far from the only time Frist has been deceptive about his level of awareness and input regarding his stock holdings.

In January 2003, Frist told a television interviewer, "It should be understood that I put this into a blind trust. So as far as I know, I own no HCA stock." Sounds very reasonable and very convincing. I mean, it's called a "blind trust," right? Only problem is, we now have the documents that show that just two weeks before making that claim, Frist had been informed that more HCA stock had been added to his trust. And eight months earlier he had been advised that the trust had purchased $750,000 to $1.5 million in HCA stock. 

In that same interview, Frist said of the trust, "I have no control. It is illegal right now for me to know what the composition of those trusts are. So I have no idea." But it isn't illegal -- and Frist had a damn good idea about the makeup of the trust, having received nearly two dozen updates from the trustees between 2001 and July 2005.

Even after the story broke last week, Frist's staff steadfastly stuck to playing the clueless card. "Frist had no control over when the stocks were sold," said his spokesperson, Amy Call. Other than knowing the perfect moment to dump it, that is.

Politicians clearly want to have it both ways, and not-really-blind trusts let them do just that -- able to control their assets while giving voters the illusion of absolutely no control. But Frist went that extra mile, repeatedly lying through his teeth not to cover up a crime -- but to make himself look better.

In doing so, he has transformed himself from ready-made 2008 frontrunner into instant political punchline: "Bill Frist has this all upside down," said Rahm Emanuel. "He thought Terri Schiavo could see and his trust was blind."

A Majority Leader who is a proven serial liar -- and probably an insider trader -- is the last thing the GOP needs right now. Frist should remember what happened to Trent Lott (after all, he helped shove him aside) and resign while he can.

<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/arianna-huffington/sen-frist-avoiding-conf_b_7922.html>

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Iraq Burns; Dems Look on the Bright Side
Posted September 27, 2005 at 5:04 p.m. EDT

If you need yet another reminder why the Democrats continue to teeter on the verge of becoming a permanent minority party, I suggest you pick up the Boston Herald and watch CBS News.

At the same time the situation in Iraq continues to deteriorate, with CBS reporting on the "undeclared civil war" raging between Shiites and Sunnis and the Saudi Foreign Minister telling the world that Iraq is "going toward disintegration," there was John Kerry giving a speech arguing that "progress" was being made. As the Boston Herald put it, Senator John Kerry "back-pedalled on blistering criticism of the war."

Unbelievable.

Andrew Gumbel's latest HuffPost turns a flashing red spotlight on why we need to reform our voting systems. But even the most corruption-free voting system in the world isn't going to help Democrats if they keep offering up candidates who make the kind of absurd pronouncements on Iraq Kerry did this week.

It's the clueless candidates, stupid!

This is not about rehashing the '04 debacle. It's about an object lesson in what not to do and say. Whether the Democratic standard is being borne by Kerry or Hillary or Biden or whoever else comes out of the pack, the party needs to stop making the same mistakes over and over again.

The winning strategy for Democrats in '06 and '08 needs to be fueled by a willingness to go after Bush's supposed strengths -- his ability to keep us safe and wage war on the terrorists. And how can you do that if you refuse to speak honestly about what is going on in Iraq -- indeed, if you end up using the White House's own talking points on the war?

The president likes to nutshell his "strategy for success in Iraq" by saying. "As Iraqis stand up, we will stand down." And there was Kerry yesterday at the Park Plaza hotel in Boston: "There is some schedule showing what you (need) to do to get Iraqis standing up and defending themselves which is now suddenly beginning to happen, so there are some signs of progress."

"Suddenly beginning to happen"? "Signs of progress"? Tell that, Senator, to CBS News correspondent Lara Logan, who reports that "there is a secret, ruthless cleansing of the country's towns and cities. Bodies -- blindfolded, bound and executed -- just appear, like the rotting corpses of 36 Sunni men that turned up in a dry riverbed south of Baghdad."

Kerry's comments echoed his infamous Grand Canyon declaration that even if he knew that there were no WMD in Iraq he still would have authorized the use of force in Iraq. This equivocating blast from the past is important because it was no accidental slip but a strategic decision fueled by the Kerry campaign's obsession with not upsetting America's fence-sitting voters.

This timid, step-on-no-toes approach will soon be on display once again in "Inside the Bubble," a new behind-the-scenes cinematic look at the Kerry camp. As reported by Lloyd Grove, the documentary's press release says the film shows a campaign team "that thought they could win by 'not making mistakes,' and keeping their candidate in the public eye without clarifying a position on anything."

Sounds like an absolute must-see for any Democratic kingmakers. If they learn nothing else from sifting through the ashes of '04, it's got to be that their candidates can't try to have it both ways -- paying lip service to opposing Bush's disastrous policy in Iraq while offering no alternative strategy.

Democrats lost in 2004 despite having just about everything that mattered go against Bush: Abu Ghraib, the rising insurgency, the 9/11 Commission finding no link between Saddam and al-Qaeda, the Duelfer no-WMD report, and Osama returning to the scene at the 11th hour looking tanned, rested, and ready to rumble.

And here they are, making the same damn mistakes again. Iraq is going up in flames, 60 percent of the country wants to go in a "significantly different direction than Bush," and John Kerry wants to look on the bright side of the war.

Forgive me while I tear my hair out.

<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/arianna-huffington/iraq-burns-dems-look-on-_b_7974.html>

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Shots Across the Brow: On Integrity, Iraq, and al-Qaeda's Pecking Order
Posted September 28, 2005 at 9:30 p.m. EDT

If This Is Integrity...: Delay, Frist, Abramoff, Safavian... Wasn't this the crowd that was going to "restore honor and integrity" to Washington? If this is what integrity looks like, let's bring back Oval Office blow jobs.

Take the Scotty Quiz!: C-SPAN left me in suspense this morning. There I was, feeding my Scott McClellan addiction by watching the latest White House press briefing. Suddenly, a question piqued my interest: a reporter wanted McClellan to clarify remarks the president had made earlier in the day about "the way we're changing our strategy" in Iraq. But before Scotty could reply, C-SPAN abruptly and without warning cut away from the gaggle and over to Sen. John Warner on the Senate floor waxing lyrical (and vaguely Blue Boy) about John Roberts: "He is a magnificent man."

It was a couple of hours before I could finally track down a transcript of the press briefing -- hours spent speculating on what Scotty's answer might have been. I thought you might enjoy playing along. So, what was Scotty's reply?

A) "The president said what???"
B) "Why would we want to change our strategy, when things are going so well?"
C) "We have a strategy in Iraq?"
D) "Actually, when the president said 'changing our strategy,' he actually meant 'changing our talking points.'"
E) "We're fighting them there so that we don't have to fight them here at home."

(correct answer below)

# 2 at Al Qaeda...with a Bullet!: After reading that U.S. forces had killed Abu Azzam, identified by the LA Times as the "No. 2 Al Qaeda Leader in Iraq," I couldn't help but wonder: Where do they get these rankings? Are they based on raw stats like the Billboard 100 (ie most beheadings or suicide bombers recruited)? Some kind of playoff system? Or is there a ridiculously complicated poll like the BCS? And do they factor in intangibles like the blackness of your heart?

And what about Al Qaeda's #3? Does he automatically move up to #2 now that Azzam is dead, or can someone leapfrog the order of succession? For instance, can #5 suddenly become #2 if he has an IED hot streak?

And will the new #2, whoever he is, be happy for the promotion? Will he get a congratulatory e-mail from Osama bin Laden? A catchy job title like Azzam, who was known as the emir of Baghdad? Will it mean a big end-of-year bonus and a corner office down the hall from Abu al-Zarqawi or a million-dollar bounty on his head? Inquiring minds want to know.

Answer to the Scotty Quiz: E) "We're fighting them there so that we don't have to fight them here at home." I'm not kidding. He really said that -- as well as, "This is a strategy that was developed by our military commanders, because they're the ones who are on the ground, the ones on the ground who are in the best position to understand how to defeat the enemy. And it's a strategy that will succeed." In other words: Meet the new strategy; same as the old strategy.

<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/arianna-huffington/shots-across-the-brow-on_b_8043.html>

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Shots Across the Brow: On DeLay's Deli Defense, Iraq, and Brownie
Posted September 29, 2005 at 4:25 p.m. EDT

The Deli Defense: It was inevitable. As soon as the DeLay indictment was announced, you just knew that shopworn references to a grand jury indicting a certain lunchtime favorite wouldn't be far behind. And, indeed, the ham sandwich analogies were flying last night on the cable shows.

"Everybody says you can indict a ham sandwich with a grand jury," said the man of the hour himself, Tom DeLay, on Hardball. "This is a ham sandwich indictment without the ham." Picking up this latest GOP talking-point twist on the clich? was Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen who told Larry King: "This is a ham sandwich indictment with one correction. There's no ham in the sandwich." Over on Fox, Charles Krauthammer piled on, adding his own 'special sauce' to the mix: "As the lawyers like to say, you can indict a ham sandwich and ... Tom DeLay is going to be a Big Mac for [the prosecutor]."

Putting aside the question of DeLay's similarity to a ham sandwich, and the ease with which a prosecutor could indict either of them, can we all agree that the time has come to retire the metaphor? I mean, there are lots of other perfectly good sandwiches on the menu. Why not "You can indict a hot pastrami sandwich"? Or a roast beef sandwich? Or turkey and swiss? Or tongue? Or any of the salads (tuna, chicken or egg)? Or, for health conscious indictees, avocado and sprouts on pita? Or the new Larry David sandwich?

In any case, the Deli Defense definitely needs some fresh meat.

The Iraq-9/11 Connection Rides Again: Proving that if you wish for something hard enough, sometimes you can make those wishes come true, Gen John Abizaid, testifying at a Congressional hearing on Iraq today, said that Al Qaeda is seeking to acquire and use WMD in the Middle East. "The enemy that brought us 9/11," said Abizaid, "continues to represent one of the greatest dangers to this nation." On one level, you've got to admire the stick-to-itiveness. These guys will connect Iraq to 9/11 if it's the last thing they do. Even if it means making America less safe in the process.

Testifying alongside Abizaid was Gen. George Casey, the commander of coalition forces in Iraq, whose testimony was a case study in what a high-ranking military officer who's had his knuckles rapped by the White House sounds like. Back in July, Casey strayed off the administration's no-timetable-for-withdrawal talking points, and predicted that U.S. forces could start making "fairly substantial reductions" in the spring of '06. But today he was singing a different tune -- one more in harmony with his Commander-in-Chief. "Success in Iraq will require patience and will," he said. "To be sure, the next couple of months are going to be tough." When asked about the shift in his thinking, Casey replied: "I think right now now we're in a period of a little greater uncertainty than when I was asked that question back in July."

Adding to that uncertainty was DoD spokesman Lawrence Di Rita, who said of Gen. Casey, "In July he had one assessment. He has an assessment now that could still result in what he said earlier, it could result in no change, it could result in more." Thanks for the clarification, Larry!

Of course, the president is still gung ho. "We're on the offensive," he said on Wednesday. "We have a plan to win." Or lose. Or maintain the status quo.

Download this!: My favorite line of the week (so far) came from Homeland Security spokesman Russ Knocke, who in explaining why FEMA foul-up Michael Brown was being kept on the taxpayer payroll for a full month after his resignation, said that the agency wanted to get the "proper download of his experience."

That should be the shortest info dump in history. One memo, one line: "Guys, Whatever I did... don't do it!" Shouldn't take a month to knock that puppy out. Not even for Brownie.

<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/arianna-huffington/shots-across-the-brow-on_b_8094.html>

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Russert Watch: To Watch or Not To Watch
Posted September 25, 2005 at 9:30 p.m. EDT

Tim has finally done it -- the King of Conventional Wisdom, the Baron of Borderline-Hysterical Banality came out like a pit bull today and demanded accountability. The only problem is whom he demanded accountability from.

At the risk of giving Tim too much credit, inspiration for today's show must have come from Hamlet (or rather from Tom Stoppard's play) in which the bit players Rosencrantz and Guildenstern end up taking the blame (in the form of execution) for a crime they didn't commit and for the purpose of taking the heat off one of the main players.

Basically it breaks down like this. If you're a local official with very little power or resources, you're on notice: Tim is comin' after you. If you actually do have power, if you are, say, the President, the Vice President, or a columnist with a tremendous amount of influence -- like roundtable participant Tom Friedman, for instance -- i.e., a person who might be sharing a D.C Martini (two parts gin, one part vermouth, four parts received wisdom) with Tim, no need to worry: Tim's got your backside.

Playing the part of Rosencrantz today was the President. Not the President of the United States, of course, but the President of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, Aaron Broussard.

In Tim's interview with Broussard, we saw a classic illustration of the Russert M.O.: the obsessive focus on small, meaningless detail in an effort to distract attention from much larger and actually meaningful points. It's such a Tim staple, I'd be surprised if he hasn't patented it.

You may remember Broussard from his appearance on MTP three weeks ago, in which he emotionally illustrated the disastrous incompetence of the Bush administration's response to Hurricane Katrina with the story of the 92-year-old mother of one of his staffers who died before help arrived.

Russert replayed the clip. And leaving aside the fact that it was clear from Broussard's reaction that he hadn't been told the clip was going to be played, the only point of replaying it was because Russert had found some discrepancies in the timeline of the woman's death. And this was worth a third of Meet the Press? More time than dozens of discrepancies from people at the top with the power to actually make life-and-death decisions?

Act Two featured no less than three columnists from the New York Times. If you've balked at subscribing to Times Select, here was your chance to get a little for free.

In this segment were Maureen Dowd, David Brooks, and Tom Friedman. Friedman is, of course, the foreign affairs columnist for the New York Times. As such, he's in a hugely powerful position to influence foreign policy. Which he did, by giving Bush and Cheney intellectual cover for a disastrous war.

Friedman has had almost as many rationales for the war as the administration, but his distinguishing characteristic is his sunny optimism that things are gonna be just fine over there. Whether this is attributable to what occasional Huffpo blogger David Rees calls Friedman's "Mustache of Understanding" or just simple intellectual confusion, it's hard to say.

In any case, if Tom feared Tim might pull up a few of his past columns about Iraq that have turned out to be embarrassingly wrong, well, Tom needn't have worried. Here are some statements that Russert could have brought up and some questions he could have asked, but didn't:

"This is no time to give up -- this is still winnable." (New York Times, 6/15/05)

How is "no time to give up" different from Bush's "stay the course"?

"One senses, though, that liberals so detest Mr. Bush that they refuse to acknowledge the simple good that has come from ending Saddam's tyranny -- good for Iraqis and good for America, because it will inhibit other terrorist-supporting regimes. Have no doubt about that." (New York Times, 5/4/03)

Do you still "have no doubt" that the war "will inhibit other terrorist-supporting regimes"? Do you really believe Syria and Iran are chastened because they believe Bush has the resources and support to whip up another 150,000 to 300,000 troops, and another $200 billion, and do this all over again?

"It was still the right war and still has a decent chance to produce a decent outcome." (Slate, 1/12/04)

How has the chance for a "decent outcome" weathered the past 20 months?

"The real reason for this war -- which was never stated -- was to burst what I would call the 'terrorism bubble,' which had built up during the 1990s." (Slate, 1/12/04)

Did we burst the "terrorism bubble"?

"Maybe it is too late, but before we give up on Iraq, why not actually try to do it right? Double the American boots on the ground..." (New York Times, 6/15/05)

Do you still think we should "double the American boots on the ground" and send another 140,000 troops to Iraq?

But there were no challenging questions. Just Friedman, again and again, driving the discussion into cul-de-sacs of cute little phrases ("drive-by politics") and cute little theories like this: "Well, I believe 9/11 truly distorted our politics, Tim, and it gave the president and his advisers an opening to take a far hard right agenda, I believe, on taxes and other social issues." 

The opening 9/11 gave the president, above all else -- as Friedman surely knows -- was to invade Iraq. Bush was always going to be Bush on taxes and social issues. Tax cuts for the wealthy didn't require 9/11. Expensive, calamitous wars of choice did.

But because it's now impossible to make a case for the war -- even with the Mustache of Understanding -- Friedman kept pivoting to domestic issues, where he hasn't soiled himself.

Both Tim and Tom want to rewrite history so that everybody was wrong on the war. First, Tim: "George W. Bush said there were [weapons of mass destruction]. Bill and Hillary Clinton said there were. The Russians, French and Germans, who opposed the war, said there were. Hans Blix of the U.N. said there were."

So according to Tim, there was unanimity of opinion on WMD. As if nobody had spoken out with doubts and questions. As if no intelligence was cherry-picked and sexed up. 

But here is Tom topping Tim: "Well, I think there was a huge amount of projection after 9/11. We really wanted to believe, you know, that the president knew what was going on ... [Katrina] has really ripped the curtain away and we see the guy back there behind the curtain like in "The Wizard of Oz," and I think there's a lot of people now stepping back and saying, "Oh, my God. Maybe he doesn't know what's going on."

Maybe? MAYBE? What level of failure would it take for Tom to move from "maybe" to "probably"? Not to mention "certainly"?

And, second, no, Tom, the curtain on the Iraq failure wasn't ripped away by Katrina. The country came to the conclusion that you seem to be fighting off with all your might before Katrina, with 57 percent of respondents to a Gallup Poll saying the war wasn't worth it back in May.

But Friedman was still speaking in the future tense about the possibility of a "fiasco" in Iraq. We're two and a half years into this war. At what point will Friedman jump to the present tense and declare it a "fiasco" now? Enough time has elapsed. Enough data are in. And the American people have started drawing some conclusions, even if Tom Friedman hasn't.

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HAVE A SUPER DAY AND A GREAT YEAR
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>From my old pal, Joyce Harriington:
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Donald Rumsfeld is giving the President his daily briefing. He concludes
by saying: 

"Yesterday, 3 Brazilian soldiers were killed." 

"OH NO!" the President exclaims. "That's terrible!" 

His staff sits in stunned silence--shocked at this uncharacteristic
display of emotion --nervously watching as the President sits slumped in
his chair with his head in his hands. 

Finally, he looks up and asks, "How many is a brazillion?" 

