From Reeeees at aol.com  Wed Mar  1 08:03:34 2006
From: Reeeees at aol.com (Reeeees at aol.com)
Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2006 11:03:34 EST
Subject: [Mb-hair] Cancelled: "My Name Is Rachel Corrie"
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A message crushed again
By Katharine Viner
March 1, 2006  |   Los Angeles Times

THE FLIGHTS for cast and crew had been booked;  the production schedule 
delivered; there were tickets advertised on the  Internet. The Royal Court Theatre 
production of "My Name Is Rachel Corrie," the  play I co-edited with Alan 
Rickman, was transferring later this month to the New  York Theatre Workshop, home 
of the musical "Rent," following two sold-out runs  in London and several 
awards.

We always felt passionately that it was a  piece of work that needed to be 
seen in the United States. Created from the  journals and e-mails of American 
activist Rachel Corrie, telling of her journey  from her adolescence in Olympia, 
Wash., to her death under an Israeli bulldozer  in Gaza at the age of 23, we 
considered it a unique American story that would  have a particular relevance 
for audiences in Rachel's home country. After all,  she had made her journey 
to the Middle East in order "to meet the people who are  on the receiving end 
of our [American] tax dollars," and she was killed by a  U.S.-made bulldozer 
while protesting the demolition of Palestinian  homes.

But last week the New York Theatre Workshop canceled the  production ? or, in 
its words, "postponed it indefinitely." The political  climate, we were told, 
had changed dramatically since the play was booked. As  James Nicola, the 
theater's 's artistic director, said Monday, "Listening in our  communities in 
New York, what we heard was that after Ariel Sharon's illness and  the election 
of Hamas in the recent Palestinian elections, we had a very edgy  situation." 
Three years after being silenced for good, Rachel was to be censored  for 
political reasons.

I'd heard from American friends that life for  dissenters had been getting 
worse ? wiretapping scandals, arrests for wearing  antiwar T-shirts, Muslim 
professors denied visas. But it's hard to tell from  afar how bad things really 
are. Here was personal proof that the political  climate is continuing to shift 
disturbingly, narrowing the scope of free debate  and artistic expression, in 
only a matter of weeks. By its own admission the  theater's management had 
caved in to political pressure. Rickman, who also  directed the show in London, 
called it "censorship born out of fear, and the New  York Theatre Workshop, the 
Royal Court, New York audiences ? all of us are the  losers."

It makes you wonder. Rachel was a young, middle-class,  scrupulously 
fair-minded American woman, writing about ex-boyfriends,  troublesome parents and a 
journey of political and personal discovery that took  her to Gaza. She worked 
with Palestinians and protested alongside them when she  felt their rights were 
denied. But the play is not agitprop; it's a complicated  look at a woman who 
was neither a saint nor a traitor, both serious and funny,  messy and 
talented and human. Or, in her own words, "scattered and deviant and  too loud." If a 
voice like this cannot be heard on a New York stage, what hope  is there for 
anyone else? The non-American, the nonwhite, the oppressed, the  truly other?

Rachel's words from Gaza are a bridge between these two  worlds ? and now 
that bridge is being severed. After the Hamas victory, the need  for 
understanding is surely greater than ever, and I refuse to believe that most  Americans 
want to live in isolation. One night in London, an Israeli couple,  members of 
the right-wing Likud party on holiday in Britain, came up after the  show, 
impressed. "The play wasn't against Israel; it was against violence," they  told 
Cindy Corrie, Rachel's mother.

I was particularly touched by a young  Jewish New Yorker from an Orthodox 
family who said he had been nervous about  coming to see "My Name Is Rachel 
Corrie" because he had been told that both she  and the play were viciously 
anti-Israel. But he had been powerfully moved by  Rachel's words and realized that he 
had, to his alarm, been dangerously  misled.

The director of the New York theater told the New York Times on  Monday that 
it wasn't the people who actually saw the play he was concerned  about.

"I don't think we were worried about the audience," he said. "I  think we 
were more worried that those who had never encountered her writing,  never 
encountered the piece, would be using this as an opportunity to position  their 
arguments."

Since when did theater come to be about those who don't  go to see it? If the 
play itself, as Nicola clearly concedes, is not the  problem, then isn't the 
answer to get people in to watch it, rather than  exercising prior censorship? 
George Clooney's outstanding movie "Good Night, and  Good Luck" recently 
reminded us of the importance of standing up to witch hunts;  one way to carry on 
that tradition would be to insist on hearing Rachel Corrie's  words ? words 
that only two weeks ago were deemed  acceptable.

KATHARINE VINER is the features editor at the Guardian in  London and the 
editor, with Alan Rickman, of "My Name is Rachel Corrie," which  premiered at the 
Royal Court Theatre in April 2005. Because of the cancellation  of the New 
York run, the play is transferring to the Playhouse Theatre in  London's West 
End. 
 
_http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/opinion/la-oe-viner1mar01,1,2229722.
story_ 
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From katiekasben at hotmail.com  Wed Mar  1 14:01:13 2006
From: katiekasben at hotmail.com (Katie Kasben)
Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2006 22:01:13 +0000
Subject: [Mb-hair] Cancelled: "My Name Is Rachel Corrie"
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This piece needs to be in the United States so desperately.

How can I get in touch with Ms. Viner~
I could help produce it in Asheville.

I read a page from her journal, and her last letter home...it broke my heart 
severely.

This show should happen.

*And I love Alan Rickman, because I had a horrible audition for MARTIN 
GUERRE in London, and came out of the theatre dejected...and there he was, 
on the street corner, and gave me the nicest smile.  love that!

HAVE A BEAUTIFUL DAY EVERYONE.
Love and hope,
Katie


ALOHA NUI LOA!



From michaeldavidarian at yahoo.com  Thu Mar  2 12:39:03 2006
From: michaeldavidarian at yahoo.com (Michael Arian)
Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2006 12:39:03 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Mb-hair] Hair Toronto
Message-ID: <20060302203903.85659.qmail@web50313.mail.yahoo.com>

Hey anyone-This is a final alert!If anyone wants to be in Toronto for opening night March
30 let me know ASAP as I have tix on hold and need to tell the there how many I want.They
are 60-70 $ Canadian.XOXOX Michael A

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From ccchaibutler at austin.rr.com  Thu Mar  2 11:52:25 2006
From: ccchaibutler at austin.rr.com (ccchaibutler)
Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2006 13:52:25 -0600
Subject: [Mb-hair] Fwd: AOL belittles Internet advocates
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This is important. Please sign and forward to all.
Love & Light, Reute


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> To: Reute Butler <ccchaibutler at austin.rr.com>
> Subject: AOL belittles Internet advocates
>
>
> Are you active in local community groups that depend on email to  
> communicate?
>
> AOL's email tax threatens the ability of nonprofits, charities,  
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> If you are active in a local civic or community group that depends  
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> work to stop AOL's email tax.
>
> AOL's proposed email tax would give membership groups a horrible  
> choice: pay for every email sent to "guarantee" delivery, or face  
> an increasing number of legitimate emails going undelivered.
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> This week, a diverse coalition was formed to stop AOL's email tax.  
> Our 50-member coalition representing 15 million people was reported  
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> When AOL was confronted with your criticism of its proposed pay-to- 
> send system, AOL spokesman Nicholas Graham told the Associated  
> Press, "There is no substantive news here...some disparate groups  
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> For example, after quoting AOL's attempt to marginalize our broad  
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From fotoblue at flash.net  Thu Mar  2 16:28:08 2006
From: fotoblue at flash.net (fotoblue at flash.net)
Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2006 19:28:08 -0500
Subject: [Mb-hair] photoblue flash is dagmar?
Message-ID: <380-220063530288357@M2W065.mail2web.com>

Hi Richard,
 what's up?
I'm spelling foto the European way, with an F
flash.net is my old provider, which went to prodigy and is now YAHOO...
 what can I do for you??

Dagmar

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From nycrjmac at yahoo.com  Fri Mar  3 18:50:52 2006
From: nycrjmac at yahoo.com (RJ Mac)
Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2006 18:50:52 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Mb-hair] Brilliant Speech by Woman on Arab TV
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Message-ID: <20060304025052.897.qmail@web31606.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

A must.  Turn up your sound. 
 
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From michael at michaelbutler.com  Fri Mar  3 18:56:40 2006
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2006 18:56:40 -0800
Subject: [Mb-hair] Brilliant Speech by Woman on Arab TV
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Thanks. We have it on Civic

> A must.  Turn up your sound.
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From michael at intrafi.com  Fri Mar  3 19:53:25 2006
From: michael at intrafi.com (michael butler)
Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2006 22:53:25 -0500
Subject: [Mb-hair] TruthDig: Gore Vidal on
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Hi,

 I read this on Truthdig and thought you would find it interesting.

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Gore Vidal on "Capote," "Brokeback Mountain" and why "Match Point" is the 
Best Picture of the Year 

In a Truthdig interview, America?s most celebrated man of letters weighs in 
on this year?s Best Picture nominations and recalls his own encounters with 
Truman Capote. (Or, listen to an expanded podcast version.) 

http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20060303_gore_vidal_sex_oscars/

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From michael at intrafi.com  Fri Mar  3 19:59:23 2006
From: michael at intrafi.com (michael butler)
Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2006 22:59:23 -0500
Subject: [Mb-hair] TruthDig: Down to the Wire
Message-ID: <4409109b4efbc@intrafi.com>

Hi,

 I read this on Truthdig and thought you would find it interesting.

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Down to the Wire

OK, the votes are in and now we all, or those of us who care, will have to 
wait till March 5 to find out whether the high water mark of the Year of the 
Queer in Hollywood will have been the nominations sweep by ?Brokeback 
Mountain,? Hoffman, Huffman, etc.  In other words, did the Academy voters 
actually mark their ballots for this year?s apparent favorites?  Will the 
foxy stalwarts of cable talk shows be proved wrong again? 

When the Brokeback wave first broke over the industry the predictable 
consensus of the bloviators was that the ?gay cowboy? film would bomb once 
it ventured outside the coastal enclaves into the heartland, but that it 
would clean up at that March madness of the lavender left known as the 
Oscars.   

http://www.truthdig.com/dig/blogitem/20060227_brokeback_oscars_downtothewir
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From ean at sbcglobal.net  Wed Mar  1 21:39:45 2006
From: ean at sbcglobal.net (ean at sbcglobal.net)
Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2006 21:39:45 -0800
Subject: [Mb-hair] Garrison Keillor: What to Do When the Emperor Has No
	Clothes
Message-ID: <E1FFLPy-0000yv-Ew@smtpauth04.mail.atl.earthlink.net>

Published on Wednesday, March 1, 2006 by the Chicago Tribune
 
by Garrison Keillor
 http://www.commondreams.org/views06/0301-34.htm

These are troubling times for all of us who love this country, as surely 
we all do, even the satirists. You may poke fun at your mother, but if 
she is belittled by others it burns your bacon. A blowhard French 
journalist writes a book about America that is full of arrogant stupidity, 
and you want to let the air out of him and mail him home flat. And then 
you read the paper and realize the country is led by a man who isn't 
paying attention, and you hope that somebody will poke him. Or put a 
sign on his desk that says, "Try much harder."

Do we need to impeach him to bring some focus to this man's life? 
The Feb. 27 issue of The New Yorker carries an article by Jane Mayer 
about a loyal conservative Republican and U.S. Navy lawyer, Albert 
Mora, and his resistance to the torture of prisoners at Guantanamo 
Bay. From within the Pentagon bureaucracy, he did battle against 
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and John Yoo, who then was at 
the Justice Department, and shadowy figures taking orders from Vice 
President Dick "Gunner" Cheney, arguing America had ratified the 
Geneva Convention that forbids cruel, inhumane and degrading 
treatment of prisoners, and so it has the force of law. They seemed to 
be arguing that President Bush has the right to order prisoners to be 
tortured.

One such prisoner, Mohamed al-Qahtani, was held naked in isolation 
under bright lights for months, threatened by dogs, subjected to 
unbearable noise volumes and otherwise abused, so that he begged to 
be allowed to kill himself. When the Senate approved the Torture 
Convention in 1994, it defined torture as an act "specifically intended to 
inflict severe physical or mental pain or suffering."

Is the law a law or is it a piece of toast?

Wiretap surveillance of Americans without a warrant? Great. Go for it. 
How about turning over American ports to a country more closely tied 
to Sept. 11, 2001, than Saddam Hussein was? Fine by me. No 
problem. And what about the war in Iraq? Hey, you're doing a heck of a 
job. No need to tweak a thing. And your blue button-down shirt--it's 
you.

But torture is something else. Most people agree with this, and in a 
democracy that puts the torturers in a delicate position. They must 
make sure to destroy their e-mails and have subordinates who will take 
the fall. Because it is impossible to keep torture secret. It goes against 
the American grain and it eats at the conscience of even the most 
disciplined, and in the end the truth will come out. It is coming out now.

Our adventure in Iraq, at a cost of billions, has brought that country to 
the verge of civil war while earning us more enemies than ever before. 
And tax money earmarked for security is being dumped into pork-
barrel projects anywhere somebody wants their own SWAT team. 
Detonation of a nuclear bomb within our borders--pick any big city--is a 
real possibility, as much so now as five years ago. Meanwhile, many 
Democrats have conceded the very subject of security and positioned 
themselves as Guardians of Our Forests and Benefactors of Waifs 
and Owls, neglecting the most basic job of government, which is to 
defend this country. The peaceful lagoon that is the White House is 
designed for the comfort of a vulnerable man. Perfectly 
understandable, but not what is needed now. The U.S. Constitution 
provides a simple, ultimate way to hold him to account for war crimes 
and the failure to attend to the country's defense. Impeach him and let 
the Senate hear the evidence.

Garrison Keillor is an author and the radio host of "A Prairie Home 
Companion."

? 2006 Chicago Tribune

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From peacefreak at metrocast.net  Sat Mar  4 14:07:01 2006
From: peacefreak at metrocast.net (Leo)
Date: Sat, 4 Mar 2006 17:07:01 -0500
Subject: [Mb-hair] A HAIR sighting
References: <mailman.1.1141502403.27168.mb-hair@islandlists.com>
Message-ID: <000701c63fd7$f6f5cbe0$6401a8c0@Leo>

I was watching WHERE THE TRUTH LIES a coupla nights ago which  stars  Kevin 
Bacon, Alison Lohman, and Colin Firth. Bacon plays "Lanny", half of a 
popular comedy duo of the late 1950s. The story picks up 15 years later and 
in one scene, shot in Lanny's office, there is a poster of HAIR prominently 
displayed. Obviously Lanny was one, hip freak

PEACE,
Leo 



From michael at intrafi.com  Sun Mar  5 19:43:40 2006
From: michael at intrafi.com (michael at intrafi.com)
Date: Sun, 05 Mar 2006 22:43:40 -0500
Subject: [Mb-hair] An article for you from an Economist.com reader.
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- AN ARTICLE FOR YOU, FROM ECONOMIST.COM -

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DENYING THE HOLOCAUST
Feb 23rd 2006  

It is loathsome, but should not be a crime

FABRICATING history is an act of intellectual vandalism that poisons
modern understanding of past misdeeds and heroism alike. But should it
be a crime? In civilised countries, the truth is best policed by
scholars, not criminal prosecutors. Historians who distort, inflate and
invent find their credibility shredded by their peers, not the police.
But David Irving, an author of books about the second world war, is now
starting a three-year prison sentence in Austria (see article[1]) for
remarks he made in 1989 doubting the existence of gas chambers at
Auschwitz. That has won him praise in Iran, where the president,
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, recently described the holocaust as a "myth".

Holocaust denial is ridiculous, but it is too common, and too damaging,
to be a joke. It commonly makes four claims: that the numbers of Jews
killed were wildly inflated; that any persecution was matched or
exceeded by allied war crimes against Germans; that Hitler was ignorant
of, or even opposed to, the killing of Jews; and that accounts of
systematic extermination were invented to benefit Israel. 

Holocaust deniers such as Mr Irving are expert at taking anomalies and
contradictions in the historical record and erecting such pyramids of
loathsome nonsense upon them. From the gaps (all explicable) in the
surviving evidence about Auschwitz-Birkenau they infer that the gas
chambers there were a propaganda invention. And not only that: other
details of the Holocaust are invented too. In fact it didn't really
happen: Hitler liked Jews. Or (as the Palestinian movement Hamas
argues) Jews caused the war. Holocaust denial (or "revisionism" as its
pseudo-scholarly advocates term it) uses quibbles, semantics and phoney
logic to befuddle the gullible about the mass murder of millions of
innocents. 

To the fair-minded, such claims are preposterous. But among the
prejudiced, silly and ignorant they flourish, especially on the
internet. They gain a touch of intellectual legitimacy from a handful
of cranky academics--though of these only Mr Irving has any claim to be
a historian. His early works, particularly on military matters, were
acclaimed. Nobody doubts his knowledge of German archives, or his skill
in deciphering the crabbed handwriting of senior Nazis.

But there are plenty of doubts about his integrity. At a libel action
in London in 2000, in which he had every chance to make his best case,
the judge concluded that he was "anti-Semitic and racist", saying he
had "persistently and deliberately misrepresented and manipulated
historical evidence" and "portrayed Hitler in an unwarrantedly
favourable light."

It is hard to see what the Austrian court's sentence can add to that.
Keeping Mr Irving in jail at most may stop him going to a conference
that Mr Ahmadinejad is convening to "rewrite and revise" the history of
the holocaust. But against that small plus are two big minuses. One is
that the sentence makes Mr Irving look a martyr. The other is that it
makes the West look hypocritical: all too willing to bruise Muslim
feelings, while protecting Jewish ones by law.

Laws against holocaust denial (which 14 countries have) were never a
good idea. The best defence against neo-Nazis is reason and ridicule,
not the criminal law. But at a time when the western world is battling
to defend free speech against religious zealotry, they look
particularly indefensible. It is punishment enough for Mr Irving that
he has lost his professional credibility. He should not lose his
liberty too.

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From lindahassler at sbcglobal.net  Mon Mar  6 10:50:25 2006
From: lindahassler at sbcglobal.net (Linda Hassler)
Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2006 12:50:25 -0600
Subject: [Mb-hair] Taking back our country
Message-ID: <c8abdee9bbbe609d58feeb12d112bb9b@sbcglobal.net>

Here's a primer for strengthening the Democratic platform.

sent by Linda Hassler

The Left Hand of God: Taking Back Our Country from the Religious Right
by Michael Lerner
ISBN:
0060842474 (More details...)
Available at:
Airport, Beaverton, Quimby Warehouse
Upcoming Event
Tuesday, March 7th 2006 07:30 PM

Powell's City of Books on Burnside, Portland, OR
In The Left Hand of God: Taking Back Our Country from the Religious 
Right, a "highly decent and challenging critique" (Kirkus Reviews), 
Rabbi Michael Lerner offers a spiritual manifesto for a new kind of 
social change movement that seeks to reclaim America from the Religious 
Right.

Synopses & Reviews

Publisher Comments:

The unholy alliance of the Political Right and the Religious Right 
threatens to destroy the America we love. It also threatens to generate 
a popular aversion to God and religion by identifying religious values 
with a pro-war, pro-business, pro-rich, anti-science, and 
anti-environmental stance.

  Over the past few decades, the Republicans have achieved political 
dominance by forging a union with the Religious Right. This marriage 
has provided a sanctimonious veneer for policies that have helped the 
rich get richer while ignoring the needs of the middle class and the 
poor, dismantling environmental and civil liberties protections, and 
seeking global domination. The Right champions the materialism and 
ruthless selfishness promoted by unrestrained capitalism and then 
laments the moral crises of family instability and loneliness 
experienced by people who bring these commercial values into their 
homes and personal lives. In response, the Religious Right offers 
insular communities for the faithful and a culture that blames 
liberals, activist judges, homosexuals, independent women, and all 
secular people for the moral and spiritual emptiness so many Americans 
experience.

  Yet, however distorted both the Right's analysis and its solutions to 
America's spiritual crisis may be, it wins allegiance by addressing the 
human hunger for a life with some higher purpose. The Left, by 
contrast, remains largely tone-deaf to the spiritual needs of the 
American people. It is the yearning for meaning in life, not just the 
desire for money or power, that lies at the core of American politics.

  Addressing the central mystery of contemporary politics ? why so many 
Americans vote against their own economic interests ? The Left Hand of 
God provides an invaluable, timely, and blunt critique of the current 
state of faith in government. Lerner challenges the Left to give up its 
deeply held fear of religion and to distinguish between a 
domination-oriented, Right-Hand-of-God tradition and a more 
compassionate and hope-oriented Left-Hand-of-God worldview. Further, 
Lerner describes the ways that Democrats have misunderstood and 
alienated significant parts of their potential constituency. To succeed 
again, Lerner argues, the Democratic Party must rethink its 
relationship to God, champion a progressive spiritual vision, reject 
the old bottom line that promotes the globalization of selfishness, and 
deal head-on with the very real spiritual crisis that many Americans 
experience every day.

  Lerner presents a vision that incorporates and then goes far beyond 
contemporary liberal and progressive politics. He argues for a new 
bottom line in our economy, schools, and government. This is a 
fundamentally fresh approach, one that takes spiritual needs seriously 
in our economic and political lives. Presenting an eight-point 
progressive spiritual covenant with America, Lerner provides a 
blueprint for how the Democratic Party can effectively challenge the 
Right and position itself to win the White House and Congress. By 
appealing to religious, secular, and spiritual but not necessarily 
religious people, The Left Hand of God blazes a trail that could change 
our world and reclaim America from the Religious Right.

About the Author
Rabbi Michael Lerner is an internationally renowned social theorist, 
theologian, psychotherapist, and the editor of Tikkun magazine. He 
earned a Ph.D in philosophy from the University of California, 
Berkeley, and in clinical psychology from the Wright Institute. Lerner 
is rabbi of Beyt Tikkun synagogue, which meets in San Francisco and 
Berkeley.


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Subject: [Mb-hair] NYTimes.com: Too Hot to Handle, Too Hot to Not Handle
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From michael at intrafi.com  Mon Mar  6 13:49:10 2006
From: michael at intrafi.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2006 21:49:10 +0000
Subject: [Mb-hair] BBC E-mail: The film that crashed the Oscars
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Michael Butler saw this story on BBC News Online and thought you
should see it.



** The film that crashed the Oscars **
How this year's best picture Oscar winner Crash pulled off one of the biggest upsets in Academy Awards history.
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From michael at michaelbutler.com  Mon Mar  6 20:29:09 2006
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2006 20:29:09 -0800
Subject: [Mb-hair] WILLIAM SWIGGARD SENT
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Bill sent these today.
They are so interesting I am repeating them.
Michael

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From michael at michaelbutler.com  Mon Mar  6 21:00:29 2006
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2006 21:00:29 -0800
Subject: [Mb-hair] Great Book to Read
Message-ID: <C032536D.29C80%michael@michaelbutler.com>

M.L. Sillman suggested "Tournament Of Shadows" by Meyer and Brysac.
Subtitled, "The Great Game and the Race for Empire in Central Asia"
I can't suggest it more if you really want to understand the background of
our great problems.
It is also a fascinating read. I am sure Oprah would like it.
Michael


From katiekasben at hotmail.com  Tue Mar  7 07:03:06 2006
From: katiekasben at hotmail.com (Katie Kasben)
Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2006 15:03:06 +0000
Subject: [Mb-hair] Great book...and more...
In-Reply-To: <C032536D.29C80%michael@michaelbutler.com>
Message-ID: <BAY109-F2335D9759E830D63EB71C7ADEE0@phx.gbl>

Awesome~ "The Great Game" That's what Rudyard Kipling called it in "Kim".

Just an update from Asheville~
I have sad news, and would love prayers directed to Anthony Brown, our HUD.
He is in prison right now in another part of the state.
My heart breaks for him and I pray he doesn't lose hope.  thank you!



*on a brighter and shinier note (the mother of all juxtapositions):
I'm now performing in a Burlesque troupe!!! :)
www.therebelles.com

I hope everyone has a wonderful, optimistic day.
All my love,
Katie



ALOHA NUI LOA!



From olhippie at tampabay.rr.com  Tue Mar  7 08:39:27 2006
From: olhippie at tampabay.rr.com (Robin McNamara)
Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2006 11:39:27 -0500
Subject: [Mb-hair] Great book...and more...
References: <BAY109-F2335D9759E830D63EB71C7ADEE0@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <001301c64205$b3a6ca80$97bc2041@CowBox>

Het Katie

The "Rebells" looks like such a fun show, which character in the cast are 
you ?

Love forever
Robin




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From: "Katie Kasben" <katiekasben at hotmail.com>
To: <mb-hair at islandlists.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2006 10:03 AM
Subject: [Mb-hair] Great book...and more...


> Awesome~ "The Great Game" That's what Rudyard Kipling called it in "Kim".
>
> Just an update from Asheville~
> I have sad news, and would love prayers directed to Anthony Brown, our 
> HUD.
> He is in prison right now in another part of the state.
> My heart breaks for him and I pray he doesn't lose hope.  thank you!
>
>
>
> *on a brighter and shinier note (the mother of all juxtapositions):
> I'm now performing in a Burlesque troupe!!! :)
> www.therebelles.com
>
> I hope everyone has a wonderful, optimistic day.
> All my love,
> Katie
>
>
>
> ALOHA NUI LOA!
>
>
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From michael at michaelbutler.com  Tue Mar  7 12:26:09 2006
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2006 12:26:09 -0800
Subject: [Mb-hair] Great book...and more...
In-Reply-To: <BAY109-F2335D9759E830D63EB71C7ADEE0@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <C0332C61.29CE1%michael@michaelbutler.com>

A prayer for Anthony.
Break a Leg in the Burlesque.
XO Michael

> Awesome~ "The Great Game" That's what Rudyard Kipling called it in "Kim".
> 
> Just an update from Asheville~
> I have sad news, and would love prayers directed to Anthony Brown, our HUD.
> He is in prison right now in another part of the state.
> My heart breaks for him and I pray he doesn't lose hope.  thank you!
> 
> 
> 
> *on a brighter and shinier note (the mother of all juxtapositions):
> I'm now performing in a Burlesque troupe!!! :)
> www.therebelles.com
> 
> I hope everyone has a wonderful, optimistic day.
> All my love,
> Katie
> 
> 
> 
> ALOHA NUI LOA!
> 
> 
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From barbarasiomos38 at msn.com  Tue Mar  7 23:42:14 2006
From: barbarasiomos38 at msn.com (Barbara Siomos)
Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2006 07:42:14 GMT
Subject: [Mb-hair] Great book...and more...
Message-ID: <BAY114-DAV4515F8B4F24EF395D4228ABEF0@phx.gbl>

You are the B~E~S~T  Katie......

Love and Prayers to Anthony and to you.

peace,
barbara


-----Original Message-----
From: Katie Kasben
Sent: Tue, 7 Mar 2006 07:03:06 -0800
To: mb-hair at islandlists.com
Subject: [Mb-hair] Great book...and more...

Awesome~ "The Great Game" That's what Rudyard Kipling called it in "Kim".

Just an update from Asheville~
I have sad news, and would love prayers directed to Anthony Brown, our HUD.
He is in prison right now in another part of the state.
My heart breaks for him and I pray he doesn't lose hope.  thank you!



*on a brighter and shinier note (the mother of all juxtapositions):
I'm now performing in a Burlesque troupe!!! :)
www.therebelles.com

I hope everyone has a wonderful, optimistic day.
All my love,
Katie



ALOHA NUI LOA!


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From barbarasiomos38 at msn.com  Tue Mar  7 23:47:38 2006
From: barbarasiomos38 at msn.com (Barbara Siomos)
Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2006 07:47:38 GMT
Subject: [Mb-hair] March 10th Rally~Union Square march to United Nations
Message-ID: <BAY114-DAV11BB8D4605B3664894C4F2ABEF0@phx.gbl>

Tibetan National Uprising Day Commemoration in New York City
This Friday, March 10th, 2006

Join hundreds of Tibetans and their supporters will demonstrate in commemoration of the 47th anniversary of the 1959 uprising against the Chinese occupation of Tibet. March 10th, 1959 marked the culmination of the Tibetans opposition to the Chinese invasion and occupation of their country. One week later, the demonstrations in Lhasa, the capital city of Tibet, ended with the Dalai Lama fleeing to India. Chinese forces went on to massacre tens of thousands of unarmed Tibetan men, women and children. To honor the memory of those who were killed in the uprising, as well as the over one million Tibetans who have since died as a direct result of the Chinese occupation, Tibetans and their supporters commemorate March 10 with demonstrations and vigils around the world. 


WHAT: Mass rally and a march from Union Square to United Nations.

WHEN/ WHERE: 10am 12:30pm Union Square (14th Street)
12:30pm 1pm March to the United Nations
1pm 3:30pm United Nations, Dag Hammerskjld Plaza (47th St. & 1st Ave.)




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From michael at michaelbutler.com  Fri Mar 10 10:33:02 2006
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 10:33:02 -0800
Subject: [Mb-hair] The Conservative Epiphany By PAUL KRUGMAN
Message-ID: <C037065E.29EB6%michael@michaelbutler.com>

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By PAUL KRUGMAN

Bruce Bartlett, the author of "Impostor: How George W. Bush Bankrupted
America and Betrayed the Reagan Legacy," is an angry man. At a recent book
forum at the Cato Institute, he declared that the Bush administration is
"unconscionable," "irresponsible," "vindictive" and "inept."

It's no wonder, then, that one commentator wrote of Mr. Bartlett that "if he
were a cartoon character, he would probably look like Donald Duck during one
of his famous tirades, with steam pouring out of his ears."

Oh, wait. That's not what somebody wrote about Mr. Bartlett. It's what Mr.
Bartlett wrote about me in September 2003, when I was saying pretty much
what he's saying now.

Human nature being what it is, I don't expect Mr. Bartlett to acknowledge
his about-face. Nor do I expect any expressions of remorse from Andrew
Sullivan, the conservative Time.com blogger who also spoke at the Cato
forum. Mr. Sullivan used to specialize in denouncing the patriotism and
character of anyone who dared to criticize President Bush, whom he lionized.
Now he himself has become a critic, not just of Mr. Bush's policies, but of
his personal qualities, too.

Never mind; better late than never. We should welcome the recent epiphanies
by conservative commentators who have finally realized that the Bush
administration isn't trustworthy. But we should guard against a conventional
wisdom that seems to be taking hold in some quarters, which says there's
something praiseworthy about having initially been taken in by Mr. Bush's
deceptions, even though the administration's mendacity was obvious from the
beginning.

According to this view, if you're a former Bush supporter who now says, as
Mr. Bartlett did at the Cato event, that "the administration lies about
budget numbers," you're a brave truth-teller. But if you've been saying that
since the early days of the Bush administration, you were unpleasantly
shrill.

Similarly, if you're a former worshipful admirer of George W. Bush who now
says, as Mr. Sullivan did at Cato, that "the people in this administration
have no principles," you're taking a courageous stand. If you said the same
thing back when Mr. Bush had an 80 percent approval rating, you were blinded
by Bush-hatred.

And if you're a former hawk who now concedes that the administration
exaggerated the threat from Iraq, you're to be applauded for your
open-mindedness. But if you warned three years ago that the administration
was hyping the case for war, you were a conspiracy theorist.

The truth is that everything the new wave of Bush critics has to say was
obvious long ago to any commentator who was willing to look at the facts.

Mr. Bartlett's book is mainly a critique of the Bush administration's fiscal
policy. Well, the administration's pattern of fiscal dishonesty and
irresponsibility was clear right from the start to anyone who understands
budget arithmetic. The chicanery that took place during the selling of the
2001 tax cut ? obviously fraudulent budget projections, transparently
deceptive advertising about who would benefit and the use of blatant
accounting gimmicks to conceal the plan's true cost ? was as bad as anything
that followed.

The false selling of the Iraq war was almost as easy to spot. All the
supposed evidence for an Iraqi nuclear program was discredited before the
war ? and it was the threat of nukes, not lesser W.M.D., that stampeded
Congress into authorizing Mr. Bush to go to war. The administration's
nonsensical but insistent rhetorical linkage of Iraq and 9/11 was also a
dead giveaway that we were being railroaded into an unnecessary war.

The point is that pundits who failed to notice the administration's
mendacity a long time ago either weren't doing their homework, or
deliberately turned a blind eye to the evidence.

But as I said, better late than never. Born-again Bush-bashers like Mr.
Bartlett and Mr. Sullivan, however churlish, are intellectually and morally
superior to the Bushist dead-enders who still insist that Saddam was allied
with Al Qaeda, and will soon be claiming that we lost the war in Iraq
because the liberal media stabbed the troops in the back. And reporters
understandably consider it newsworthy that some conservative voices are now
echoing longstanding liberal critiques of the Bush administration.

It's still fair, however, to ask people like Mr. Bartlett the obvious
question: What took you so long?

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From michael at michaelbutler.com  Fri Mar 10 10:36:32 2006
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 10:36:32 -0800
Subject: [Mb-hair] Mr. Nasty,
	Brutish and Short-Tempered By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN
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I have a job for Dick Cheney.

No, no, really. This is not another hunting joke. It's serious: Iraq is
drifting aimlessly, if not toward civil war then toward a violent political
stalemate. If Iraqis can't produce a minimally effective national unity
government now, America can look forward to baby-sitting this violent
stalemate far into the future.

If we want to avoid that, it's time for some dramatic new thinking and
acting. To put it in a nutshell: It is not time for the U.S. to leave Iraq,
but it is time for the U.S. to start threatening to leave Iraq.

When Iraq was just violent, but the political situation seemed to be
stumbling forward, it was possible to believe that a decent outcome could
still be achieved. But when Iraq is increasingly violent, with ethnic and
religious rivals murdering one another and the politicians squabbling
endlessly, there is no reason for optimism. U.S. forces in Iraq can't be
held hostage by the notion that Iraqis may have a civil war if we leave.
They are already having a little civil war, and if they are determined to
have a big civil war, I prefer that they have it without us. But we need to
make one last big push to find an alternative.

The Bush team needs to stop telling itself that the news media are not
reporting the good news in Iraq. That's utter nonsense. And it needs to stop
acting like a spectator as events there unfold, with the secretaries of
state and defense making one-day stopovers and then disappearing. It is time
for this administration to start taking responsibility for the outcome of
this war, and not just dump it all on the military.

There is no military solution. There is only a political solution, and it
will require some big-time diplomacy to pull off.

We need to bring together all the newly elected Iraqi leaders for a national
reconciliation conference ? outside Baghdad. We should lock them in a room
and not let them out until they either produce a national unity government,
so Americans will want to stay in Iraq, or fail to produce that government,
which would signal that it's time to warm up the bus.

Those choices need to be put to the Iraqis in the most frank, tough-minded
way by the most nasty, brutish and short-tempered senior official we've got
? and that is Dick "Darth Vader" Cheney. Mr. Veep, this Bud's for you.

Richard Holbrooke masterfully played this role in bringing an end to the
Bosnian civil war at the Dayton peace conference, and maybe Mr. Cheney could
do the same for Iraq, with the help of our very skilled ambassador in
Baghdad, Zalmay Khalilzad. We need an Iraqi Dayton ? now. And we need a
really bad dude to make it work.

Mr. Cheney could open the meeting with his low growl by telling the Sunnis:
"Look, you guys don't want to compromise, fine. Then we'll just leave you to
the tender mercies of the Shiites, who vastly outnumber you."

To the Shiites: "You want to rule Iraq and control the oil without real
regard to the Sunnis? Well, you're going to rule over nothing but a boiling
pot, unless you compromise."

And to the Kurds he could say: "You've behaved most responsibly. Stick with
it. If Iraq falls apart, we will make sure you're taken care of. We won't
ignore the fact that you've built an impressively decent, democratizing
society in your region."

After getting their attention, Mr. Cheney could start cracking heads on the
key issues:

First, the Shiite alliance has to come up with a new candidate for prime
minister, acceptable to all parties.

Second, the constitution has to be revised so the Sunnis do not feel that
the Kurds and Shiites are breaking off their own chunks of Iraq, along with
their oil resources.

Third, the Sunnis need to produce a credible plan for ending their
insurgency.

Fourth, the parties have to agree on an inner cabinet, with ministers from
each community, which will make all key decisions in coordination with the
new prime minister.

Fifth, this inner cabinet has to draw up a plan for governing Iraq from the
center ? and not from any one faction.

Mr. Cheney could then conclude: "Read my lips ? these are the minimum
requirements for a decent government in Iraq. If Iraqis step up, Americans
will want to stick it out. If Iraqis won't step up, Americans will want to
step out. The American people are ready to midwife your democracy, but not
to baby-sit your civil war."

Mr. Cheney, this is your Kodak moment. Iraqis are notoriously difficult and
fractious. You've got the time and the mean streak to deal with them.
They'll get serious if you're in the room. But just in case, bring along
your shotgun. This is a good job for someone with bad aim.

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From michael at intrafi.com  Sat Mar 11 10:56:13 2006
From: michael at intrafi.com (Michael)
Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2006 18:56:13 +0000
Subject: [Mb-hair] BBC E-mail: US cinema suffers year of slump
Message-ID: <20060311_185613_059320.michael@intrafi.com>

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



** US cinema suffers year of slump **
Final figures reveal that box office takings in the US fell by 6% in 2005 compared with the previous year.
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From dayton3 at rcn.com  Sat Mar 11 11:31:49 2006
From: dayton3 at rcn.com (Nina Dayton)
Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2006 14:31:49 -0500
Subject: [Mb-hair] Discount on Russian Hair in LA
Message-ID: <441325A5.9060005@rcn.com>



Russian Theatre of Music and Drama has had a production of Hair running 
in Moscow since 1999
This production is coming to Los Angeles for one night only,  April 6, 2006
The producers are offering a discount on tickets to Hair alumni & Tribe 
members.
Tickets are $30, but if you can purchase tickets for $20 by calling the 
box office and using the discount with code "Michael Butler"

Information:

Moscow Theatre of Music and Drama
as part of the
Russian Nights Festival in Los Angeles

Silver Screen Theater at the Pacific Design Center
8687 Melrose Avenue
West Hollywood, California 90069-5701

Thursday, April 6, 2006 - 7 PM
Tickets: $30
For ticket information, please call: (323) 874-8216 

Mention Michael Butler and receive a discount ticket price: $20

http://www.russiannightsfest.com


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From michael at michaelbutler.com  Sat Mar 11 12:39:43 2006
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2006 12:39:43 -0800
Subject: [Mb-hair] Who's Afraid of Polygamy? By JOHN TIERNEY
Message-ID: <C038758F.29F5E%michael@michaelbutler.com>

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March 11, 2006
Op-Ed Columnist
Who's Afraid of Polygamy?
By JOHN TIERNEY

If gay marriage becomes legal, its opponents have been warning, the next
step in America's moral deterioration will be legalized polygamy. These
conservatives won't be happy with "Big Love," the HBO series starting
tomorrow night.

This story of a husband with three wives in Utah will not terrify Americans.
Polygamy doesn't come off as a barbaric threat to the country's moral
fabric. It looks more like what it really is: an arrangement that can make
sense for some people in some circumstances, but not one that could ever be
a dangerous trend in America.

After watching the husband on the show struggle to pay for three households
and watching his three wives struggle for his attention, the question that
comes to mind is not how to keep polygamy illegal. The question is why we
bother to ban something that takes so much work these days.

When polygamy was outlawed in the 19th century, the Supreme Court upheld the
ban by citing the "evil consequences" of a practice that "has always been
odious among the northern and western nations of Europe." It dismissed
polygamy as "a feature of the life of Asiatic and of African people," as if
that were reason enough to damn it.

Yet an institution that has been around for so long must have had something
going for it. Humans aren't as inclined to polygamy as some apes are ? we
probably evolved as hunter-gatherers who mostly had one mate at a time ? but
some form of polygamy has existed in the vast majority of cultures.

Some opponents of polygamy call it the exploitation of women by rich men,
and that's true if the wives are coerced into the marriages. But many wives
have willingly chosen it, like the three women on "Big Love," who have
married a successful businessman.

These three wives, who live in adjacent houses, sound much like the women in
polygamous marriages I've talked to in rural Africa. The African wives told
me they had mixed feelings about the arrangement ? and their fellow wives ?
but over all, they figured it was better to share one prosperous husband
than to marry someone else without land, cows or a job.

That's the way social scientists figure it, too. Polygamy isn't the cause of
women's low status in traditional societies, but rather a consequence of
their trying to move up. The biggest losers from polygamy are the poorer men
who end up with no wives. Women benefit because polygamy increases their
number of marriage prospects ? and in traditional societies, marriage is
often the only way for a woman to improve her status.

Even in those societies, polygamy is practiced by just a small minority
because few men have enough resources to entice more than one wife. As a
society modernizes and women become educated, they gain other economic
options and become less and less willing to share a husband. Eventually
polygamy is out of question for practically everyone, men and women. At that
point, the monogamous majority can safely proclaim its moral superiority and
outlaw the practice for everyone else.

Critics say children would be better off growing up in a home with a
full-time father, but a part-time one is better than what's in many homes
today. The father in "Big Love" is more like Ward Cleaver than today's alpha
males who've dumped a series of wives and families.

Polygamy isn't necessarily worse than the current American alternative:
serial monogamy.

Elizabeth Joseph, a lawyer and journalist who was married to a polygamist in
Utah, says her experience handling divorce cases made her appreciate the
stability of her marriage. She also appreciated other perks, like the
round-the-clock day care that enabled her to keep an unpredictable schedule
at work and to relax when she came home.

"If I'm dog-tired and stressed out, I can be alone and guilt-free," she
explained in a speech to the National Organization for Women. "It's a rare
day when all eight of my husband's wives are tired and stressed at the same
time." She told the NOW audience that polygamy "offers an independent women
a real chance to have it all" and represented "the ultimate feminist
lifestyle."

She won't persuade many American women, feminists or otherwise. But if a few
consenting adults like her still want to practice polygamy, there's no
reason to stop them. And if the specter of legalized polygamy is the best
argument against gay marriage, let the wedding bells ring.

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From michael at michaelbutler.com  Sat Mar 11 11:55:28 2006
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2006 11:55:28 -0800
Subject: [Mb-hair] VERY, VERY INTERESTING ABOUT THE SHAH
Message-ID: <C0386B30.29F49%michael@michaelbutler.com>

Reza sent me this. It should be read with great interest. It will give
background on my concern of our abysmal record of another debacle in the
Middle East where I spent so much time.
Michael

 Subject: What Really Happed to the Shah of Iran (MustRead)

 
What Really Happed to the Shah of Iran
By Ernst Schroeder <mailto:eschrod60 at hotmail.com>
http://www.payvand.com/news/06/mar/1090.html
<http://www.payvand.com/news/06/mar/1090.html>  My name is Ernst Schroeder,
and since I have some Iranian friends from school and review your online
magazine occasionally, I thought I'd pass on the following three page quote
from a book I read a few months ago entitled, "A Century Of War :
Anglo-American Oil Politics and the New World Order
<http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/074532309X/netnative> ", which was
written by William Engdahl, a German historianm .  This is a book about how
oil and politics have been intertwined for the past 100 years. I submit the
below passage for direct publishing on your website, as I think the quote
will prove to be significant for anyone of Persian descent.
  

order from amazon 
<http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/074532309X/netnative>  "In November
1978, President Carter named the Bilderberg group's George Ball, another
member of the Trilateral Commission, to head a special White House Iran task
force under the National Security Council's Brzezinski.  Ball recommended
that Washington drop support for the Shah of Iran and support the
fundamentalistic Islamic opposition of Ayatollah Khomeini.  Robert Bowie
from the CIA was one of the lead 'case officers' in the new CIA-led coup
against the man their covert actions had placed into power 25 years earlier.
Their scheme was based on a detailed study of the phenomenon of Islamic
fundamentalism, as presented by British Islamic expert, Dr. Bernard Lewis,
then on assignment at Princeton University in the United States.  Lewis's
scheme, which was unveiled at the May 1979 Bilderberg meeting in Austria,
endorsed the radical Muslim Brotherhood movement behind Khomeini, in order
to promote balkanization of the entire Muslim Near East along tribal and
religious lines.  Lewis argued that the West should encourage autonomous
groups such as the Kurds, Armenians, Lebanese Maronites, Ethiopian Copts,
Azerbaijani Turks, and so forth.  The chaos would spread in what he termed
an 'Arc of Crisis,' which would spill over into Muslim regions of the Soviet
Union.  The coup against the Shah, like that against Mossadegh in 1953, was
run by British and American intelligence, with the bombastic American,
Brzezinski, taking public 'credit' for getting rid of the 'corrupt' Shah,
while the British characteristically remained safely in the background.
During 1978, negotiations were under way between the Shah's government and
British Petroleum for renewal of the 25-year old extraction agreement.  By
October 1978, the talks had collapsed over a British 'offer' which demanded
exclusive rights to Iran's future oil output, while refusing to guarantee
purchase of the oil.  With their dependence on British-controlled export
apparently at an end, Iran appeared on the verge of independence in its oil
sales policy for the first time since 1953, with eager prospective buyers in
Germany, France, Japan and elsewhere.  In its lead editorial that September,
Iran's Kayhan International stated: In retrospect, the 25-year partnership
with the [British Petroleum] consortium and the 50-year relationship with
British Petroleum which preceded it, have not been satisfactory ones for
Iran ? Looking to the future, NIOC [National Iranian Oil Company] should
plan to handle all operations by itself. London was blackmailing and putting
enormous economic pressure on the Shah's regime by refusing to buy Iranian
oil production, taking only 3 million or so barrels daily of an agreed
minimum of 5 million barrels per day.  This imposed dramatic revenue
pressures on Iran, which provided the context in which religious discontent
against the Shah could be fanned by trained agitators deployed by British
and U.S.intelligence.  In addition, strikes among oil workers at this
critical juncture crippled Iranian oil production. As Iran's domestic
economic troubles grew, American 'security' advisers to the Shah's Savak
secret police implemented a policy of ever more brutal repression, in a
manner calculated to maximize popular antipathy to the Shah.  At the same
time, the Carter administration cynically began protesting abuses of 'human
rights' under the Shah. British Petroleum reportedly began to organize
capital flight out of Iran, through its strong influence in Iran's financial
and banking community.  The British Broadcasting Corporation's
Persian-language broadcasts, with dozens of Persian-speaking BBC
'correspondents' sent into even the smallest village, drummed up hysteria
against the Shah.  The BBC gave Ayatollah Khomeini a full propaganda
platform inside Iran during this time.  The British government-owned
broadcasting organization refused to give the Shah's government an equal
chance to reply.  Repeated personal appeals from the Shah to the BBC yielded
no result.  Anglo-American intelligence was committed to toppling the Shah.
The Shah fled in January, and by February 1979, Khomeini had been flown into
Tehran to proclaim the establishment of his repressive theocratic state to
replace the Shah's government.  Reflecting on his downfall months later,
shortly before his death, the Shah noted from exile, I did not know it then
? perhaps I did not want to know ? but it is clear to me now that the
Americans wanted me out.  Clearly this is what the human rights advocates in
the State Department wanted ? What was I to make of the Administration's
sudden decision to call former Under Secretary of State George Ball to the
White House as an adviser on Iran? ? Ball was among those Americans who
wanted to abandon me and ultimately my country.[1] <#_ftn1> [1][1] With the
fall of the Shah and the coming to power of the fanatical Khomeini adherents
in Iran, chaos was unleashed.  By May 1979, the new Khomeini regime had
singled out the country's nuclear power development plans and announced
cancellation of the entire program for French and German nuclear reactor
construction. Iran's oil exports to the world were suddenly cut off, some 3
million barrels per day.  Curiously, Saudi Arabian production in the
critical days of January 1979 was also cut by some 2 million barrels per
day.  To add to the pressures on world oil supply, British Petroleum
declared force majeure and cancelled major contracts for oil supply.  Prices
on the Rotterdam spot market, heavily influenced by BP and Royal Cutch Shell
as the largest oil traders, soared in early 1979 as a result.  The second
oil shock of the 1970s was fully under way. Indications are that the actual
planners of the Iranian Khomeini coup in London and within the senior ranks
of the U.S. liberal establishment decided to keep President Carter largely
ignorant of the policy and its ultimate objectives.  The ensuing energy
crisis in the United States was a major factor in bringing about Carter's
defeat a year later. There was never a real shortage in the world supply of
petroleum.  Existing Saudi and Kuwaiti production capacities could at any
time have met the 5-6 million barrels per day temporary shortfall, as a U.S.
congressional investigation by the General Accounting Office months later
confirmed. Unusually low reserve stocks of oil held by the Seven Sisters oil
multinationals contributed to creating a devastating world oil price shock,
with prices for crude oil soaring from a level of some $14 per barrel in
1978 towards the astronomical heights of $40 per barrel for some grades of
crude on the spot market.  Long gasoline lines across America contributed to
a general sense of panic, and Carter energy secretary and former CIA
director, James R. Schlesinger, did not help calm matters when he told
Congress and the media in February 1979 that the Iranian oil shortfall was
'prospectively more serious' than the 1973 Arab oil embargo.[2] <#_ftn2>
[2][2] The Carter administration's Trilateral Commission foreign policy
further ensured that any European effort from Germany and France to develop
more cooperative trade, economic and diplomatic relations with their Soviet
neighbor, under the umbrella of d?nte and various Soviet-west European
energy agreements, was also thrown into disarray. Carter's security adviser,
Zbigniew Brzezinski, and secretary of state, Cyrus Vance, implemented their
'Arc of Crisis' policy, spreading the instability of the Iranian revolution
throughout the perimeter around the Soviet Union.  Throughout the Islamic
perimeter from Pakistan to Iran,U.S. initiatives created instability or
worse." -- William Engdahl, A Century of War: Anglo-American Oil Politics
and the New World Order, ? 1992, 2004.  Pluto Press Ltd. Pages 171-174.
 

 

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From ean at sbcglobal.net  Sat Mar 11 18:15:36 2006
From: ean at sbcglobal.net (ean at sbcglobal.net)
Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2006 18:15:36 -0800
Subject: [Mb-hair] Enough of the D.C. Dems
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Enough of the D.C. Dems

By Molly Ivins
March 2006 Issue
<http://progressive.org/mag_ivins0306>

Mah fellow progressives, now is the time for all good
men and women to come to the aid of the party. I don't
know about you, but I have had it with the D.C.
Democrats, had it with the DLC Democrats, had it with
every calculating, equivocating, triangulating,
straddling, hair-splitting son of a bitch up there, and
that includes Hillary Rodham Clinton.

I will not be supporting Senator Clinton because: a)
she has no clear stand on the war and b) Terri Schiavo
and flag-burning are not issues where you reach out to
the other side and try to split the difference. You
want to talk about lowering abortion rates through
cooperation on sex education and contraception, fine,
but don't jack with stuff that is pure rightwing
firewater.

I can't see a damn soul in D.C. except Russ Feingold
who is even worth considering for President. The rest
of them seem to me so poisonously in hock to this
system of legalized bribery they can't even see
straight.

Look at their reaction to this Abramoff scandal.
They're talking about 'a lobby reform package.' We
don't need a lobby reform package, you dimwits, we need
full public financing of campaigns, and every single
one of you who spends half your time whoring after
special interest contributions knows it. The Abramoff
scandal is a once in a lifetime gift-a perfect lesson
on what's wrong with the system being laid out for
people to see. Run with it, don't mess around with
little patches, and fix the system.

As usual, the Democrats have forty good issues on their
side and want to run on thirty-nine of them. Here are
three they should stick to:

1) Iraq is making terrorism worse; it's a breeding
ground. We need to extricate ourselves as soon as
possible. We are not helping the Iraqis by staying.

2) Full public financing of campaigns so as to drive
the moneylenders from the halls of Washington.

3) Single-payer health insurance.

Every Democrat I talk to is appalled at the sheer
gutlessness and spinelessness of the Democratic
performance. The party is still cringing at the thought
of being called, ooh-ooh, 'unpatriotic' by a bunch of
rightwingers.

Take 'unpatriotic' and shove it. How dare they do this
to our country? 'Unpatriotic'? These people have ruined
the American military! Not to mention the economy, the
middle class, and our reputation in the world.
Everything they touch turns to dirt, including Medicare
prescription drugs and hurricane relief.

This is not a time for a candidate who will offend no
one; it is time for a candidate who takes clear stands
and kicks ass.

Who are these idiots talking about Warner of Virginia?
Being anodyne is not sufficient qualification for being
President. And if there's nobody in Washington and we
can't find a Democratic governor, let's run Bill
Moyers, or Oprah, or some university president with
ethics and charisma.

What happens now is not up to the has-beens in
Washington who run this party. It is up to us. So let's
get off our butts and start building a progressive
movement that can block the nomination of Hillary
Clinton or any other candidate who supposedly has 'all
the money sewed up.'

I am tired of having the party nomination decided
before the first primary vote is cast, tired of having
the party beholden to the same old Establishment money.

We can raise our own money on the Internet, and we know
it. Howard Dean raised $42 million, largely on the web,
with a late start when he was running for President,
and that ain't chicken feed. If we double it, it gives
us the lock on the nomination. So let's go find a good
candidate early and organize the shit out of our side.

[Molly Ivins writes in this space every month. Her
latest book is 'Who Let the Dogs In?']
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From cararobindesign at hotmail.com  Sat Mar 11 22:44:34 2006
From: cararobindesign at hotmail.com (Cara Robin)
Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2006 22:44:34 -0800
Subject: [Mb-hair] Discount on Russian Hair in LA
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From michael at michaelbutler.com  Sun Mar 12 11:00:16 2006
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2006 11:00:16 -0800
Subject: [Mb-hair] Defenders of the Faith By SLAVOJ ZIZEK
Message-ID: <C039AFC0.29FBE%michael@michaelbutler.com>

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Op-Ed Contributor
Defenders of the Faith
By SLAVOJ ZIZEK

London

FOR centuries, we have been told that without religion we are no more than
egotistic animals fighting for our share, our only morality that of a pack
of wolves; only religion, it is said, can elevate us to a higher spiritual
level. Today, when religion is emerging as the wellspring of murderous
violence around the world, assurances that Christian or Muslim or Hindu
fundamentalists are only abusing and perverting the noble spiritual messages
of their creeds ring increasingly hollow. What about restoring the dignity
of atheism, one of Europe's greatest legacies and perhaps our only chance
for peace?

More than a century ago, in "The Brothers Karamazov" and other works,
Dostoyevsky warned against the dangers of godless moral nihilism, arguing in
essence that if God doesn't exist, then everything is permitted. The French
philosopher Andr? Glucksmann even applied Dostoyevsky's critique of godless
nihilism to 9/11, as the title of his book, "Dostoyevsky in Manhattan,"
suggests.

This argument couldn't have been more wrong: the lesson of today's terrorism
is that if God exists, then everything, including blowing up thousands of
innocent bystanders, is permitted ? at least to those who claim to act
directly on behalf of God, since, clearly, a direct link to God justifies
the violation of any merely human constraints and considerations. In short,
fundamentalists have become no different than the "godless" Stalinist
Communists, to whom everything was permitted since they perceived themselves
as direct instruments of their divinity, the Historical Necessity of
Progress Toward Communism.

During the Seventh Crusade, led by St. Louis, Yves le Breton reported how he
once encountered an old woman who wandered down the street with a dish full
of fire in her right hand and a bowl full of water in her left hand. Asked
why she carried the two bowls, she answered that with the fire she would
burn up Paradise until nothing remained of it, and with the water she would
put out the fires of Hell until nothing remained of them: "Because I want no
one to do good in order to receive the reward of Paradise, or from fear of
Hell; but solely out of love for God." Today, this properly Christian
ethical stance survives mostly in atheism.

Fundamentalists do what they perceive as good deeds in order to fulfill
God's will and to earn salvation; atheists do them simply because it is the
right thing to do. Is this also not our most elementary experience of
morality? When I do a good deed, I do so not with an eye toward gaining
God's favor; I do it because if I did not, I could not look at myself in the
mirror. A moral deed is by definition its own reward. David Hume, a
believer, made this point in a very poignant way, when he wrote that the
only way to show true respect for God is to act morally while ignoring God's
existence.

Two years ago, Europeans were debating whether the preamble of the European
Constitution should mention Christianity as a key component of the European
legacy. As usual, a compromise was worked out, a reference in general terms
to the "religious inheritance" of Europe. But where was modern Europe's most
precious legacy, that of atheism? What makes modern Europe unique is that it
is the first and only civilization in which atheism is a fully legitimate
option, not an obstacle to any public post.

Atheism is a European legacy worth fighting for, not least because it
creates a safe public space for believers. Consider the debate that raged in
Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia, my home country, as the constitutional
controversy simmered: should Muslims (mostly immigrant workers from the old
Yugoslav republics) be allowed to build a mosque? While conservatives
opposed the mosque for cultural, political and even architectural reasons,
the liberal weekly journal Mladina was consistently outspoken in its support
for the mosque, in keeping with its concern for the rights of those from
other former Yugoslav republics.

Not surprisingly, given its liberal attitudes, Mladina was also one of the
few Slovenian publications to reprint the infamous caricatures of Muhammad.
And, conversely, those who displayed the greatest "understanding" for the
violent Muslim protests those cartoons caused were also the ones who
regularly expressed their concern for the fate of Christianity in Europe.

These weird alliances confront Europe's Muslims with a difficult choice: the
only political force that does not reduce them to second-class citizens and
allows them the space to express their religious identity are the "godless"
atheist liberals, while those closest to their religious social practice,
their Christian mirror-image, are their greatest political enemies. The
paradox is that Muslims' only real allies are not those who first published
the caricatures for shock value, but those who, in support of the ideal of
freedom of expression, reprinted them.

While a true atheist has no need to boost his own stance by provoking
believers with blasphemy, he also refuses to reduce the problem of the
Muhammad caricatures to one of respect for other's beliefs. Respect for
other's beliefs as the highest value can mean only one of two things: either
we treat the other in a patronizing way and avoid hurting him in order not
to ruin his illusions, or we adopt the relativist stance of multiple
"regimes of truth," disqualifying as violent imposition any clear insistence
on truth.

What, however, about submitting Islam ? together with all other religions ?
to a respectful, but for that reason no less ruthless, critical analysis?
This, and only this, is the way to show a true respect for Muslims: to treat
them as serious adults responsible for their beliefs.

Slavoj Zizek, the international director of the Birkbeck Institute for the
Humanities, is the author, most recently, of "The Parallax View."

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From michael at michaelbutler.com  Sun Mar 12 11:38:42 2006
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2006 11:38:42 -0800
Subject: [Mb-hair] Hello
Message-ID: <C039B8C2.29FC9%michael@michaelbutler.com>

Jeff,
I am sure Bo and I would like to talk with you about RETURN. He gets back
mid April. Could you join us at the auditions on 17 April?
As for Toronto. I am not going. I don't know how Jim had such an idea. He
has not asked me. I am certain he would not want me. He has turned off a
couple of Hairites from going so that sure doesn't sound good.
I only hope the Toronto show works as I gather it is the precursor to the
tour Jim has worked out with his commercial producers. I hope it doesn't
suffer as did the Platt tour. I have always felt that commercial producers
cannot do a good job with HAIR. They do not understand nor care about the
Tribal aspect of the show.
As you know my initial reasons for producing HAIR were socio/political. I am
still in pain from being stopped by Jim and Galt from producing this tour.
However it is really important that the HAIR message gets out, now more than
ever in these perilous times. So I hope and pray they get it together and I
would help in any way.
Peace and Love,
Michael




From brittannic1916 at hotmail.com  Sun Mar 12 12:06:51 2006
From: brittannic1916 at hotmail.com (Michael Ramirez)
Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2006 14:06:51 -0600
Subject: [Mb-hair] Your Collection of Hair albums
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From dauber at banana-and-louie.org  Sun Mar 12 13:48:28 2006
From: dauber at banana-and-louie.org (Sean Courtney)
Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2006 16:48:28 -0500
Subject: [Mb-hair] Your Collection of Hair albums
In-Reply-To: <BAY103-F26AAF2D038586BB72101FAD2E30@phx.gbl>
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On 03/12/2006, Michael Ramirez wrote:

> What Hair albums do you guys have?

Ahh, finally a topic I can relate to! :)

VINYL:
off-Broadway cast...an original pressing and a reissue...
quadrophonic Broadway cast recording
original London cast, US pressing
Fresh Hair
Divine Hair / Mass In F (my personal favorite), autographed by Robin  :)
Movie soundtrack
Israeli cast
French cast
Japanese cast (those Japanese effing ROCKED too!)
DisinHAIRited (it was still-sealed with the obi when I bought it for fifty
cents a few years ago!)

REEL-TO-REEL:
original London cast, US pressing, autographed by Rado
DisinHAIRited (I don't have a reel-to-reel deck, so a friend transferred it
to me -- either there was something weird going on with his equipment, or
the reel version has extra reverb)

CD:
Movie soundtrack (1999 reissue)
the London most-of-original-cast-plus-some-of-Fresh-Hair CD
London 1993
Original Mexican cast
Original Australian cast
Broadway Musical Company, recorded live in Sweden
2003 Broadway/Off-Broadway reissue [I'd count the 1988 reissue, but it's
really my wife's copy that she bought before we ever met!]

I also have cassette dubs of a few other things, like the Let The Sunshine
In tribute/cast recording combo from 1997 and the original German cast...

Oh...and put this into a playlist in your iPod:
Overture from 2003 Broadway/Off-Broadway CD
Aquarius -- movie version but gong from Broadway Musical Company
Donna/Hashish -- Broadway Musical Company
Manhattan Beggar -- DisinHAIRited
Sodomy -- movie soundtrack
Colored Spade -- Broadway
Manchester -- Fresh Hair
I'm Black/Ain't Got No -- Japanese cast
Dead End -- Japanese cast
Sheila Franklin/Reading The Writing -- DisinHAIRited
I Believe In Love -- Fresh Hair
Ain't Got No reprise -- Broadway
Air -- Broadway Musical Company [I LOVE the reggae treatment!]
I Dig -- DisinHAIRited
Initials -- Broadway
Hello There -- DisinHAIRited
I Got Life -- Broadway
Mister Berger -- DisinHAIRited
Going Down -- DisinHAIRited
Hair -- off-Broadway
My Conviction -- Broadway
I'm Hung -- DisinHAIRited
Easy To Be Hard -- off-Broadway
Frank Mills -- Broadway
Be-In -- Broadway Musical Company [this version interpolates "Don't Put It
Down"]
Where Do I Go? -- Divine Hair
Electric Blues -- from the 2004 concert in NYC
Oh Great God Of Power -- Fresh Hair
Black Boys / White Boys -- Broadway
Walking In Space -- first part from Broadway Musical Company, remainder ("my
body is walking in space" to the end) from movie
Abie Baby -- from the 2003 reissue of the Broadway cast
One Thousand Year-Old Man -- DisinHAIRited
So Sing The Children On The Avenue -- Fresh Hair
Three-Five-Zero-Zero -- Divine Hair
What A Piece Of Work Is Man -- Divine Hair
Mess O' Dirt -- DisinHAIRited
Good Morning Starshine -- movie soundtrack
You Are Standing On My Bed -- Fresh Hair
The Bed -- DisinHAIRited
Exanaplanatooch -- DisinHAIRited
The Climax -- off-Broadway
Washing The World -- DisinHAIRited
The Flesh Failures -- Broadway Musical Company

One thing that's really cool about Hair is that if you sequence all the
songs together -- used and unused -- you can pretty much get the entire
story, who the characters are, what happens to them, what they're thinking,
etc.

--
dauber at banana-and-louie.org
 * ICQ: 28677921 * YIM: dau_ber * AIM: ddaauubbeerr
blog: http://scattered-frog.blogspot.com

From brittannic1916 at hotmail.com  Sun Mar 12 16:17:32 2006
From: brittannic1916 at hotmail.com (Michael Ramirez)
Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2006 18:17:32 -0600
Subject: [Mb-hair] Your Collection of Hair Albums
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From michael at michaelbutler.com  Sun Mar 12 13:16:53 2006
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2006 13:16:53 -0800
Subject: [Mb-hair] MORE ABOUT THE SHAH
Message-ID: <C039CFC7.29FE2%michael@michaelbutler.com>

Robert sent a reply to the book report. I thought I might share my response.
This is such a hot subject.
Michael

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From lookingformydonna1 at rediffmail.com  Sun Mar 12 16:47:29 2006
From: lookingformydonna1 at rediffmail.com (Michael Ramirez)
Date: 13 Mar 2006 00:47:29 -0000
Subject: [Mb-hair] Your Collection of Hair Albums
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BTW, Does anyone know where to get a copy of the London 1993 CD?
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From lilacamy11 at yahoo.com  Sun Mar 12 18:06:09 2006
From: lilacamy11 at yahoo.com (Amy Kazan)
Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2006 18:06:09 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Mb-hair] A Dream
In-Reply-To: <mailman.1.1142193603.17381.mb-hair@islandlists.com>
Message-ID: <20060313020609.8518.qmail@web36610.mail.mud.yahoo.com>


I had a wonderful dream last night that I was
performing HAIR and some of you were in it (even
though I don't know what you all look like I imagined
it:) along with all sorts of my friends. It was so fun
singing and dancing to all the songs with everyone...
I woke up really happy

- 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 dauber at banana-and-louie.org  Sun Mar 12 18:41:17 2006
From: dauber at banana-and-louie.org (Sean Courtney)
Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2006 18:41:17 -0800
Subject: [Mb-hair] Your Collection of Hair Albums
In-Reply-To: <20060313004729.21729.qmail@webmail30.rediffmail.com>
References: <20060313004729.21729.qmail@webmail30.rediffmail.com>
Message-ID: <20060312184117.u1z4ni24dtcs4kk4@208.179.130.20>

Quoting Michael Ramirez <lookingformydonna1 at rediffmail.com>:

> BTW, Does anyone know where to get a copy of the London 1993 CD?

I seem to remember I got mine from www.dresscircle.co.uk -- but I just 
checked and I didn't see it listed. They have several other Hair 
recordings, though.

My recommendation -- go to a Borders or Barnes And Noble, browse 
through a copy of Goldmine or Discoveries and look through the ads. Jot 
down the advertisers' URLs and search their sites; you shouldn't have a 
problem finding the CD used at least from online dealers.

-- 
dauber at banana-and-louie.org
AIM: ddaauubbeerr
blog: http://scattered-frog.blogspot.com


From dauber at banana-and-louie.org  Sun Mar 12 18:46:06 2006
From: dauber at banana-and-louie.org (Sean Courtney)
Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2006 18:46:06 -0800
Subject: [Mb-hair] Your Collection of Hair Albums
In-Reply-To: <20060313004729.21729.qmail@webmail30.rediffmail.com>
References: <20060313004729.21729.qmail@webmail30.rediffmail.com>
Message-ID: <20060312184606.pdhf38jn8j4sc4sw@208.179.130.20>

Quoting Michael Ramirez <lookingformydonna1 at rediffmail.com>:

>  BTW, Does anyone know where to get a copy of the London 1993 CD?

Sorry for the duplicate reply, but...

If you have fifty bucks, you can get it on amazon.com!

In my opinion, though, it ain't worth fifty cents. Way too 
professional, know what I mean?

-- 
dauber at banana-and-louie.org
AIM: ddaauubbeerr
blog: http://scattered-frog.blogspot.com


From barbarasiomos38 at msn.com  Sun Mar 12 19:30:16 2006
From: barbarasiomos38 at msn.com (Barbara Siomos)
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 03:30:16 GMT
Subject: [Mb-hair] A Dream
Message-ID: <BAY114-DAV7A4C3DD7587290C198ADCABE00@phx.gbl>

Amy... What a special dream... :-)

peace,
barbara


-----Original Message-----
From: Amy Kazan
Sent: Sun, 12 Mar 2006 18:06:09 -0800
To: mb-hair at islandlists.com
Subject: [Mb-hair] A Dream


I had a wonderful dream last night that I was
performing HAIR and some of you were in it (even
though I don't know what you all look like I imagined
it:) along with all sorts of my friends. It was so fun
singing and dancing to all the songs with everyone...
I woke up really happy

- 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 lindahassler at sbcglobal.net  Mon Mar 13 11:20:18 2006
From: lindahassler at sbcglobal.net (Linda Hassler)
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 13:20:18 -0600
Subject: [Mb-hair] Excellent: Why Civilizations Decline
Message-ID: <41843c17411a7f3a7a8f19a1ce5c3ff6@sbcglobal.net>

 From Linda Hassler


WHY CIVILIZATIONS DECLINE

By Peter Montague

The year 2005 began with an interesting choice by the editors of the
New York Times -- the first op ed of the year was a long essay by
Jared Diamond called "The ends of the world as we know them."
Diamond won the Pulitzer prize for his non-fiction book, "Guns,
Germs, and Steel" and later in 2005 he published "Collapse; How
Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed."

Diamond's op-ed offers an analysis of why civilizations collapse. It
is an essay obviously intended to make us ask, "Does our civilization
have what it takes to survive?" In the opening paragraph he says, "In
this fresh year, with the United States seemingly at the height of its
power and at the start of a new presidential term, Americans are
increasingly concerned and divided about where we are going. How long
can America remain ascendant? Where will we stand 10 years from now,
or even next year?"

Diamond goes on: "Such questions seem especially appropriate this
year. History warns us that when once-powerful societies collapse,
they tend to do so quickly and unexpectedly. That shouldn't come as
much of a surprise: peak power usually means peak population, peak
needs, and hence peak vulnerability. What can be learned from history
that could help us avoid joining the ranks of those who declined
swiftly?"

Diamond tells the stories of a few past civilizations that collapsed
and rapidly disappeared -- the Maya of the Yucatan Peninsula in
Mexico; the Polynesian societies on Henderson and Pitcairn islands
in the tropical Pacific Ocean; the Anasazi in the American
southwest; the ancient societies of the Fertile Crescent; the
Khmer at Angkor Wat; and the Moche society of Peru, among others.

Diamond then offers a long list of other societies that followed a
different trajectory and survived for very long periods in Japan,
Tonga, Tikopia, the New Guinea Highlands, and Central and
Northwest Europe, among others. So collapse is not inevitable.
Collapse is the result of choices.

Diamond asserts that collapse results from 5 inter-woven factors:

1. The damage that people have inflicted on their environment;

2. Climate change;

3. Enemies;

4. Changes in friendly trading partners;

5. Society's political, economic, and social responses to those
shifts.

After telling the stories of particular societies that collapsed or
prospered, Diamond asks pointedly, "What lessons can we draw from
history?"

Take environmental problems seriously

He answers bluntly: "The most straightforward [lesson from history]:
take environmental problems seriously. They destroyed societies in the
past, and they are even more likely to do so now. If 6,000 Polynesians
with stone tools were able to destroy Mangareva Island, consider
what six billion people with metal tools and bulldozers are doing
today. Moreover, while the Maya collapse affected just a few
neighboring societies in Central America, globalization now means that
any society's problems have the potential to affect anyone else. Just
think how crises in Somalia, Afghanistan and Iraq have shaped
the United States today."

The second reasons for collapse is "failure of group decision-making."

Diamond then offers three kinds of failure of decision-making:

Decision-making failure #1: "One reason involves conflicts of
interest, whereby one group within a society (for instance, the pig
farmers who caused the worst erosion in medieval Greenland and
Iceland) can profit by engaging in practices that damage the rest of
society," Diamond writes.

Examples of this in contemporary society might include

** The petrochemical industry that reaps mountainous profits by
selling products that are heating up the planet, contaminating our
bodies with biologically-active industrial poisons, and leaving tens
of thousands of chemically-contaminated waste sites for taxpayers to
try to deal with.

** Another example might be the tobacco industry that is now hawking
its cancer-causing wares to unsuspecting children world-wide.

This list could be readily extended because the U.S. pays only lip
service to the important principle that "the polluter shall pay."
More often than not, in the U.S. the polluter is subsidized by the
federal government to evade paying.

Decision-making failure #2: "... [T]he pursuit of short-term gains at
the expense of long-term survival, as when fishermen overfish the
stocks on which their livelihoods ultimately depend."

** We might include in this category, unsustainable logging practices;
industrialized agriculture, which depletes topsoil and contaminates
water with fertilizer and pesticides; and waste-treatment plants that
discharge wastes into waters that must then be cleaned for drinking
and other essential purposes.

Decision failure #3: "History also teaches us two deeper lessons about
what separates successful societies from those heading toward
failure."

Deep lesson #1: "A society contains a built-in blueprint for failure
if the elite insulates itself from the consequences of its actions."

** With 10% of the U.S. population owning 71% of all private wealth,
we do not have to look far to see this principle at work in the U.S.

-- The Walmartization of the economy is one example -- getting rid
of good, family-sustaining jobs and substituting low-wage jobs with no
benefits and no job security. This does not hurt the 10%, but
ultimately it weakens the social fabric that sustains the other 90% of
us.

-- The privatization of public services is another example --
depleting the ranks of the civil service that provides continuity and
expertise to government from one administration to the next. The firms
that run the private prisons, the privatized public schools, the
private water-supplies, the private highways, the privatized
environmental services -- those firms can make out like bandits but
the rest of us stand by helplessly as the capacity of our governmental
institutions withers and our common wealth disappears.

-- The refusal to provide pensions for workers would be a third
example -- when a Reagan-appointed judge allows United Airlines to
walk away from its pension obligations, it's good for the company's
bottom line, and other firms quickly follow suit. Renouncing pension
responsibilities is now epidemic. Meanwhile, government -- dominated
as it is by the 10% -- is working mightily to cut back Medicare and
Medicaid. The 10% do not have to ask who will care for them in their
old age, but the other 90% of us do and for many the answer is nothing
but an empty question mark.

Deep lesson #2: "The other deep lesson involves a willingness to re-
examine long-held core values, when conditions change and those values
no longer make sense."

Here, Jared Diamond provides his own examples of the U.S. clinging to
dangerously outmoded ideas:

"In this New Year, we Americans have our own painful reappraisals to
face. Historically, we viewed the United States as a land of unlimited
plenty, and so we practiced unrestrained consumerism, but that's no
longer viable in a world of finite resources. We can't continue to
deplete our own resources as well as those of much of the rest of the
world.

"Historically, oceans protected us from external threats; we stepped
back from our isolationism only temporarily during the crises of two
world wars. Now, technology and global interconnectedness have robbed
us of our protection. In recent years, we have responded to foreign
threats largely by seeking short-term military solutions at the last
minute.

"But how long can we keep this up? Though we are the richest nation on
earth, there's simply no way we can afford (or muster the troops) to
intervene in the dozens of countries where emerging threats lurk --
particularly when each intervention these days can cost more than $100
billion and require more than 100,000 troops. [The Iraq war has cost
the U.S. $244 billion so far, with no end in sight.--PM]

"A genuine reappraisal would require us to recognize that it will be
far less expensive and far more effective to address the underlying
problems of public health, population and environment that ultimately
cause threats to us to emerge in poor countries. In the past, we have
regarded foreign aid as either charity or as buying support; now, it's
an act of self-interest to preserve our own economy and protect
American lives."

To me the most important point in Jared Diamond's essay is this one:

"A society contains a built-in blueprint for failure if the elite
insulates itself from the consequences of its actions." This is surely
the case in the United States today.

The remedy for this problem is more democratic decision-making.
Decisions should be made with real participation by the people who
will be affected. (For information about how this is working now
in some places, see here and here).

If this simple principle were practised to a greater extent that it is
today, most of the problems that threaten our civilization could be
reversed or considerably diminished. On the other hand, if we continue
to allow a tiny elite to manage the economy and run the government for
their own narrow, selfish purposes, the outlook for long-term success
is dim.

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



Jared Diamond is the author of The Third Chimpanzee; The Evolution and
the Future of the Human Animal (N.Y. Harper Perennial, 1992; ISBN
0060183071); Guns, Germs and Steel (N.Y.: W.W. Norton, 1999; ISBN
0393317552); and Collapse; How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
(N.Y. Penguin, 2005; ISBN 0670033375).


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From IHHS at aol.com  Mon Mar 13 06:55:03 2006
From: IHHS at aol.com (IHHS at aol.com)
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 09:55:03 EST
Subject: [Mb-hair] jury duty and identity theft
Message-ID: <E1FIswc-000714-LC@smtpauth04.mail.atl.earthlink.net>

 
snopes verifies this
 
Subject: Fraud involving jury service

Most of us  take those summons for jury duty seriously, but enough people 
skip out on their  civic duty, that a new and ominous kind of scam has surfaced. 
Fall for it and  your identity could be stolen, reports CBS news. 

In this con, someone  calls pretending to be a court official who 
threateningly says a warrant has  been issued for your arrest because you didn't show up 
for jury duty. The caller  claims to be a jury coordinator. 

If you protest that you never received  a summons for jury duty, the scammer! 
asks you for your Social Security number  and date of birth so he or she can 
verify the information and cancel the arrest  warrant. Sometimes they even ask 
for credit card numbers. Give out any of this  information and bingo! Your 
identity just got stolen. 

The scam has been  reported so far in 11 states, including Oklahoma, 
Illinois, and  Colorado. 

This (scam) is particularly insidious because they use  intimidation over the 
phone to try and bully people into giving information by  pretending they're 
with the court system. 

The FBI and the federal court  system have issued nationwide alerts on their 
websites, warning consumers about  the fraud. 

This link takes you to a related notice on the FBI website.  
http://www.fbi.gov/majcases/fraud/fraudschemes.htm
 

From michael at michaelbutler.com  Mon Mar 13 11:44:53 2006
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 11:44:53 -0800
Subject: [Mb-hair] A Dream
In-Reply-To: <20060313020609.8518.qmail@web36610.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <C03B0BB5.2A08F%michael@michaelbutler.com>

Do dream on and include all of us in those dreams.
Peace and Love,
Michael

> 
> I had a wonderful dream last night that I was
> performing HAIR and some of you were in it (even
> though I don't know what you all look like I imagined
> it:) along with all sorts of my friends. It was so fun
> singing and dancing to all the songs with everyone...
> I woke up really happy
> 
> - 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 (Sherwin Ross)
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 11:50:20 -0800
Subject: [Mb-hair] A Dream
In-Reply-To: <C03B0BB5.2A08F%michael@michaelbutler.com>
Message-ID: <20060313195015.982E211FB42@lax-gw07.mroute.net>

Amy,

 

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-----Original Message-----
From: mb-hair-bounces at islandlists.com
[mailto:mb-hair-bounces at islandlists.com] On Behalf Of Michael Butler
Sent: Monday, March 13, 2006 11:45 AM
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Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] A Dream

 

Do dream on and include all of us in those dreams.

Peace and Love,

Michael

 

> 

> I had a wonderful dream last night that I was

> performing HAIR and some of you were in it (even

> though I don't know what you all look like I imagined

> it:) along with all sorts of my friends. It was so fun

> singing and dancing to all the songs with everyone...

> I woke up really happy

> 

> - 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  Mon Mar 13 12:05:53 2006
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 12:05:53 -0800
Subject: [Mb-hair] The Right's Man By PAUL KRUGMAN
Message-ID: <C03B10A1.2A098%michael@michaelbutler.com>

The New York Times
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March 13, 2006
Op-Ed Columnist
The Right's Man
By PAUL KRUGMAN

It's time for some straight talk about John McCain. He isn't a moderate.
He's much less of a maverick than you'd think. And he isn't the straight
talker he claims to be.

Mr. McCain's reputation as a moderate may be based on his former opposition
to the Bush tax cuts. In 2001 he declared, "I cannot in good conscience
support a tax cut in which so many of the benefits go to the most fortunate
among us."

But now ? at a time of huge budget deficits and an expensive war, when the
case against tax cuts for the rich is even stronger ? Mr. McCain is happy to
shower benefits on the most fortunate. He recently voted to extend tax cuts
on dividends and capital gains, an action that will worsen the budget
deficit while mainly benefiting people with very high incomes.

When it comes to foreign policy, Mr. McCain was never moderate. During the
2000 campaign he called for a policy of "rogue state rollback," anticipating
the "Bush doctrine" of pre-emptive war unveiled two years later. Mr. McCain
called for a systematic effort to overthrow nasty regimes even if they posed
no imminent threat to the United States; he singled out Iraq, Libya and
North Korea. Mr. McCain's aggressive views on foreign policy, and his
expressed willingness, almost eagerness, to commit U.S. ground forces
overseas, explain why he, not George W. Bush, was the favored candidate of
neoconservative pundits such as William Kristol of The Weekly Standard.

Would Mr. McCain, like Mr. Bush, have found some pretext for invading Iraq?
We'll never know. But Mr. McCain still thinks the war was a good idea, and
he rejects any attempt to extricate ourselves from the quagmire. "If success
requires an increase in American troop levels in 2006," he wrote last year,
"then we must increase our numbers there." He didn't explain where the
overstretched U.S. military is supposed to find these troops.

When it comes to social issues, Mr. McCain, who once called Pat Robertson
and Jerry Falwell "agents of intolerance," met with Mr. Falwell late last
year. Perhaps as a result, he is now taking positions friendly to the
religious right. Most notably, Mr. McCain's spokesperson says that he would
have signed South Dakota's extremist new anti-abortion law.

The spokesperson went on to say that the senator would have taken "the
appropriate steps under state law" to ensure that cases of rape and incest
were excluded. But that attempt at qualification makes no sense: the South
Dakota law has produced national shockwaves precisely because it prohibits
abortions even for victims of rape or incest.

The bottom line is that Mr. McCain isn't a moderate; he's a man of the hard
right. How far right? A statistical analysis of Mr. McCain's recent voting
record, available at www.voteview.com, ranks him as the Senate's third most
conservative member.

What about Mr. McCain's reputation as a maverick? This comes from the fact
that every now and then he seems to declare his independence from the Bush
administration, as he did in pushing through his anti-torture bill.

But a funny thing happened on the way to Guant?namo. President Bush, when
signing the bill, appended a statement that in effect said that he was free
to disregard the law whenever he chose. Mr. McCain protested, but there are
apparently no hard feelings: at the recent Southern Republican Leadership
Conference he effusively praised Mr. Bush.

And I'm sorry to say that this is typical of Mr. McCain. Every once in a
while he makes headlines by apparently defying Mr. Bush, but he always
returns to the fold, even if the abuses he railed against continue unabated.

So here's what you need to know about John McCain.

He isn't a straight talker. His flip-flopping on tax cuts, his call to send
troops we don't have to Iraq and his endorsement of the South Dakota
anti-abortion legislation even while claiming that he would find a way
around that legislation's central provision show that he's a politician as
slippery and evasive as, well, George W. Bush.

He isn't a moderate. Mr. McCain's policy positions and Senate votes don't
just place him at the right end of America's political spectrum; they place
him in the right wing of the Republican Party.

And he isn't a maverick, at least not when it counts. When the cameras are
rolling, Mr. McCain can sometimes be seen striking a brave pose of
opposition to the White House. But when it matters, when the Bush
administration's ability to do whatever it wants is at stake, Mr. McCain
always toes the party line.

It's worth recalling that during the 2000 election campaign George W. Bush
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From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Mon Mar 13 12:23:11 2006
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 15:23:11 -0500
Subject: [Mb-hair] A Dream
References: <20060313195015.982E211FB42@lax-gw07.mroute.net>
Message-ID: <004d01c646db$f31cf060$f1476c42@hotprojects>

i too dream that dream all the time since i was 9 in 1967
seeing hair in 1968 changed my life forever


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Sherwin Ross 
  To: mb-hair at islandlists.com 
  Sent: Monday, March 13, 2006 2:50 PM
  Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] A Dream


  Amy,

   

  I was in that dream..

  I have dreamed that dream also a thousand times!

   

  Sherwin "Ace" Ross

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  -----Original Message-----
  From: mb-hair-bounces at islandlists.com [mailto:mb-hair-bounces at islandlists.com] On Behalf Of Michael Butler
  Sent: Monday, March 13, 2006 11:45 AM
  To: HAIR List
  Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] A Dream

   

  Do dream on and include all of us in those dreams.

  Peace and Love,

  Michael

   

  > 

  > I had a wonderful dream last night that I was

  > performing HAIR and some of you were in it (even

  > though I don't know what you all look like I imagined

  > it:) along with all sorts of my friends. It was so fun

  > singing and dancing to all the songs with everyone...

  > I woke up really happy

  > 

  > - 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  Mon Mar 13 13:27:05 2006
From: lbirdie at hotmail.com (Little Birdie)
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 21:27:05 +0000
Subject: [Mb-hair] Your Collection of Hair Albums
In-Reply-To: <20060312184606.pdhf38jn8j4sc4sw@208.179.130.20>
Message-ID: <BAY104-F421080C51E02AF3DD9FC8B2E00@phx.gbl>

Hi Michael, and welcome to our midst!

Looks like Dauber has your questions pretty well answered, but in addition 
you can also try Footlight Records in New York - www.footlight.com They're 
also sometimes expensive, but often have some rare items.

Nina

The Hair Archives
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From lbirdie at hotmail.com  Mon Mar 13 13:33:30 2006
From: lbirdie at hotmail.com (Little Birdie)
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 21:33:30 +0000
Subject: [Mb-hair] A Dream
In-Reply-To: <C03B0BB5.2A08F%michael@michaelbutler.com>
Message-ID: <BAY104-F1525D3F3AD7299AF9F6A0CB2E00@phx.gbl>

What a great dream Amy! I hope I was there...
Love,
Nina

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From lookingformydonna1 at rediffmail.com  Mon Mar 13 14:05:08 2006
From: lookingformydonna1 at rediffmail.com (Michael Ramirez)
Date: 13 Mar 2006 22:05:08 -0000
Subject: [Mb-hair] A Dream
Message-ID: <20060313220508.25272.qmail@webmail31.rediffmail.com>

 ?
Cool Dream...Once I had a dream when I was like 9 years old that I was going to see Hair And Dude, and right before I did, I woke up for school :(
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From lookingformydonna1 at rediffmail.com  Mon Mar 13 14:07:07 2006
From: lookingformydonna1 at rediffmail.com (Michael Ramirez)
Date: 13 Mar 2006 22:07:07 -0000
Subject: [Mb-hair] Wanted: Link for Corrine Broskette's Memories on The
	Mexican Productions
Message-ID: <20060313220707.29341.qmail@webmail9.rediffmail.com>

 ?
Does anyone have the link to Corrine Broskette's memories on the Mexican Production? I haven't been able to find it.

-Jazz Bridge-
Mike
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From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Mon Mar 13 14:11:23 2006
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 17:11:23 -0500
Subject: [Mb-hair] A Dream
References: <20060313220508.25272.qmail@webmail31.rediffmail.com>
Message-ID: <001b01c646eb$10c6f110$f1476c42@hotprojects>

i had that dream and went

dude had the best opening number i ever saw
and some really good performances
ralph carter as a child star better than any id ever seen
oddly
and the show was not good

hair was magical perfect etc

two gentlemen of verona was a great show

dude did not work
ymca ( eg sun ) didnt work
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Michael Ramirez 
  To: mb-hair at islandlists.com 
  Sent: Monday, March 13, 2006 5:05 PM
  Subject: [Mb-hair] A Dream


   
  Cool Dream...Once I had a dream when I was like 9 years old that I was going to see Hair And Dude, and right before I did, I woke up for school :( 



   


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From lookingformydonna1 at rediffmail.com  Mon Mar 13 16:51:25 2006
From: lookingformydonna1 at rediffmail.com (Michael Ramirez)
Date: 14 Mar 2006 00:51:25 -0000
Subject: [Mb-hair] Your Collection of Hair Abums
Message-ID: <20060314005125.20714.qmail@webmail6.rediffmail.com>

 ?My uncle, a fellow collector, has a copy of the Hebrew LP and kind of an Israeli Spin Off, "Don't Call Me Black"[!]. Its actually okay, but still odd. He says he wills all his Hair memorabilia to me. He's how I got introduced to Hair, when I was like 8 or 9 years old.
Man I can't wait until the Argentinean Cast CD comes in...  
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From lilacamy11 at yahoo.com  Mon Mar 13 16:55:26 2006
From: lilacamy11 at yahoo.com (Amy Kazan)
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 16:55:26 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Mb-hair] Hair albums
In-Reply-To: <mailman.3.1142280003.20338.mb-hair@islandlists.com>
Message-ID: <20060314005526.30726.qmail@web36601.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

> What Hair albums do you guys have?

Here's mine.... I didn't realize how many I had until
I did this!:)

Original Broadway Cast CD
1993 London Cast CD
recent release "collectors" CDs with OBC and Original
Off- 
        Broadway Cast
1992 Australian Cast CD
Mexican Cast CD
German Cast CD
Hungarian Cast CD
Movie soundtrack CD
OBC vinyl
Original off-broadway vinyl
Original London cast vinyl (I didn't realize I had
this until I 
         looked just now!)
French Hair on casette tape
Japan Hair on casette tape
Amsterdam Cast on casette tape
Fresh Hair on casette
Divine Hair/Mass in F casette
New York Shakespeare Festival Hair casette
DisinHAIRited casette





- 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 barbarasiomos38 at msn.com  Mon Mar 13 18:00:20 2006
From: barbarasiomos38 at msn.com (Barbara Siomos)
Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 02:00:20 GMT
Subject: [Mb-hair] jury duty and identity theft
Message-ID: <BAY114-DAV90940FB42FACF106C59A2ABE10@phx.gbl>

Thank you for this IHHS.

peace,
barbara


-----Original Message-----
From: IHHS at aol.com
Sent: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 06:55:03 -0800
To: IHHS at aol.com
Subject: [Mb-hair] jury duty and identity theft

 
snopes verifies this
 
Subject: Fraud involving jury service

Most of us  take those summons for jury duty seriously, but enough people 
skip out on their  civic duty, that a new and ominous kind of scam has surfaced. 
Fall for it and  your identity could be stolen, reports CBS news. 

In this con, someone  calls pretending to be a court official who 
threateningly says a warrant has  been issued for your arrest because you didn't show up 
for jury duty. The caller  claims to be a jury coordinator. 

If you protest that you never received  a summons for jury duty, the scammer! 
asks you for your Social Security number  and date of birth so he or she can 
verify the information and cancel the arrest  warrant. Sometimes they even ask 
for credit card numbers. Give out any of this  information and bingo! Your 
identity just got stolen. 

The scam has been  reported so far in 11 states, including Oklahoma, 
Illinois, and  Colorado. 

This (scam) is particularly insidious because they use  intimidation over the 
phone to try and bully people into giving information by  pretending they're 
with the court system. 

The FBI and the federal court  system have issued nationwide alerts on their 
websites, warning consumers about  the fraud. 

This link takes you to a related notice on the FBI website.  
http://www.fbi.gov/majcases/fraud/fraudschemes.htm
 

From ace at aceross.com  Mon Mar 13 18:21:07 2006
From: ace at aceross.com (Sherwin)
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 18:21:07 -0800
Subject: [Mb-hair] FW: 03.13.2006 Late Breaking News
Message-ID: <20060314022105.466413AEB21@lax-gw06.mroute.net>

 

 

 

 

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Subject: 03.13.2006 Late Breaking News


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office-holders who voted for the war in Iraq, only to claim later that
they'd been misled by President Bush: "F-- you!" The movie star's argument
-- directed at the likes of presidential wannabes Hillary Clinton, Joe
Biden, John Kerry and John Edwards -- is actually more nuanced than that.
But not by much. "The fear of being criticized can be paralyzing," Clooney
writes today pumping up the volume after banging the drum of Hollywood
liberalism in his Oscar acceptance speech. "Just look at the way so many
Democrats caved in the runup to the war. In 2003, a lot of us were saying,
where is the link between Saddam and Bin Laden? What does Iraq have to do
with 9/11? We knew it was bulls--. "Which is why it drives me crazy to hear
all these Democrats saying, 'We were misled.' It makes me want to shout,
'F-- you, you weren't misled. You were afraid of being called unpatriotic."
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From michael at intrafi.com  Mon Mar 13 19:18:00 2006
From: michael at intrafi.com (michael at intrafi.com)
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 19:18:00 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Mb-hair] Alternet: Bigotry From Cradle to Grave
Message-ID: <20060314031800.79EA7B82DF@alternet.org>


This story has been forwarded to you from
http://www.alternet.org by michael at intrafi.com



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Bigotry From Cradle to Grave
http://www.alternet.org/story/31941

In the world view of the Religious Right, there is no place for gay people and their 'homosexual agenda.'
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From jpzuehlke at prodigy.net  Tue Mar 14 00:39:17 2006
From: jpzuehlke at prodigy.net (John Zuehlke)
Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 00:39:17 -0800
Subject: [Mb-hair] HAiR - Questions regarding  Revised Script
Message-ID: <001201c64742$cd899f80$edcce804@0019448444>


Dear Cybertribe:

I just saw a new production of HAiR in Southern California, and I wonder
whether any tribe member who has done a recent production, or anyone who has
a copy of the latest script revision, could answer some of my questions.
They are:

1) How "old" is the current revision?

2) Does the current script still have the part of Claude's Hallucination
where one group kills another group, and then, in turn, is killed by a third
group, etc., etc.?  If I recall correctly, this sequential action is
repeated three times, each time being performed more rapidly, and that it is
often done under strobe illumination.  In many, but not all, of the HAiR
productions that I have seen, the scene, though quite politically
meaningful, has been rather hard to "read" from the vantage point of the
audience.

In the "complete" production that I just saw, this scene is performed by
having two "Nuns" in chest-baring habits (males, however) run across the
stage followed by a general melee reminiscent of a "mosh pit."

Is this change in the new script or was it made by the director?

3) When I saw Berger deliberately tearing the yellow shirt, stomping on it,
and slapping Sheila's face in the UCLA production a couple of years ago, I
attributed these choices to the director rather than to the script.  Since
the ambiance of his entire production was rather violent and ugly, I felt
justified in this assumption.

Now that I have seen this new production, which also features Berger
deliberately tearing the shirt and slapping Sheila (one of three face slaps
in the production), I am now not so sure that this is a not a part of the
new script.  I still can't believe that James Rado would want the scene
played this way.

Are these face slaps in the new script?

4) About 5 years ago "Act This!" did a production at Los Angeles Valley
College that featured a totally nude woman who "morphed" into a clothed
Claude when he is summoned in the Second Act to the theme/chant of
"Aquarius."   I assumed that she probably was supposed to represent
Aquarius, although she had no identifying props such as a pitcher, etc.  At
that time I also assumed that this staging was the director's idea, as she
had used quite a lot of nudity throughout her production.

The new production, however, does this scene in exactly the same way except
that the nude is a man rather than a woman.

Is this similarity just a coincidence, or does the new script say that the
scene should be staged this way?

Incidentally, this new production provides, IMHO, a classic, textbook
example of how NOT to end Act 1!  Claude sang "Where Do I Go" mostly from
the high center platform at the rear of the stage that supported the band.
He descended to the stage and joined the rest of the tribe to finish the
song.  I am rather unclear about the following action since the house lights
had been brought up slightly and the stage dimmed out, making the action on
stage hard to see.  From here on the action was quite hard to see since,
except for some light spill from the house, the scene seemed to only be
illuminated in by some forward-facing lights, placed behind the tribe at the
rear of the stage, which made them appear as vague silhouettes.  At this
time, I assumed that it was intermission and that the "nude scene" had been
cut.  However, Act 1 had not yet ended.  The tribe members lay down on the
stage, and, as I was told though I could not see this for myself, they
placed small flags on their chests.  A large scrim was brought in to cover
the supine tribe for a few seconds, and then lifted off.  I could only see
the vague outlines of some of the tribe, and that only for about five
seconds, before two panels of mini-PAR lamps, that had been mounted above
the stage on the band platform facing into the audience, were turned on.
These eighteen lamps emitted a blinding glare that completely obliterated
the remainder of the scene.

Finally a "cop" came out, declared that the performance was obscene and that
everyone was subject to arrest.  He made true to his word by selecting an
audience member in the first row, pulling him out of his seat, turning him
around, and bending him forwards back over his seat.  The "cop" then
proceeded to frisk the audience member!

During the intermission, I talked with members of the group I attended with.
They all agreed that the optical "blinders" were very uncomfortable, and
that they, too, had seen little or nothing of the scene.  One man even
complained that the light caused him a painful headache while it was on.
The other prime topic of discussion was whether or not there was any nudity
in the scene.  The group behind us was also overheard to be discussing the
same topic.  Another member of my group said that all he saw of the scene
was a tribe member, of indeterminable sex, running off stage dressed in
underwear.  I DON'T BELIEVE THAT CLAUDE'S SONG WAS EVEN A TOPIC OF
DISCUSSION!

Sorry to rant and rave so much, but I really would like to know if any the
changes that I have discussed are actually parts of the "newly revised"
script.



Blessed be with peace, love, freedom, and happiness!

John



From lbirdie at hotmail.com  Tue Mar 14 08:46:55 2006
From: lbirdie at hotmail.com (Little Birdie)
Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 16:46:55 +0000
Subject: [Mb-hair] Wanted: Link for Corrine Broskette's Memories on
	TheMexican Produc
In-Reply-To: <20060313220707.29341.qmail@webmail9.rediffmail.com>
Message-ID: <BAY104-F558F1372935CE5B9B5511B2E10@phx.gbl>

Michael R. wrote:

>Does anyone have the link to Corrine Broskette's memories on the Mexican 
>Production? I haven't been able to find it.
>

It was on David James' web site, which is no longer online. I have Corinne's 
Mexico memories in the Voices of the Tribe files in the archives, and can 
post them here, if Corinne gives her permission. Corinne?

Nina

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From lbirdie at hotmail.com  Tue Mar 14 11:33:53 2006
From: lbirdie at hotmail.com (Little Birdie)
Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 19:33:53 +0000
Subject: [Mb-hair] HAiR - Questions regarding Revised Script
In-Reply-To: <001201c64742$cd899f80$edcce804@0019448444>
Message-ID: <BAY104-F21F6C85892A9F81EA4DF4AB2E10@phx.gbl>

John wrote:

>1) How "old" is the current revision?

The script currently being sent out by TAMS is copyrighted 1995. Jim Rado 
has done many rewrites since then, and has been saying that TAMS would be 
coming out with a newer version, but so far it has not.

>2) Does the current script still have the part of Claude's Hallucination
>where one group kills another group, and then, in turn, is killed by a 
>third
>group, etc., etc.?


Yes. The entire sequence is done once at normal speed, then , with a strobe 
light flashing, it is done in reverse faster, and again forward at the 
faster speed. When done correctly it is an amazing scene, not hard to read 
at all from the audience vantage point. On Broadway it got applause at every 
performance.

>
>In the "complete" production that I just saw, this scene is performed by
>having two "Nuns" in chest-baring habits (males, however) run across the
>stage followed by a general melee reminiscent of a "mosh pit."

Not the way it's written in the script. Although the nuns, and other 
characters in the scene, were always played by members of both sexes, so you 
did have male nuns.


>Is this change in the new script or was it made by the director?

By the director.

>3) When I saw Berger deliberately tearing the yellow shirt, stomping on it,
>and slapping Sheila's face in the UCLA production a couple of years ago, I
>attributed these choices to the director rather than to the script.

Nope. They are in the script.


>Now that I have seen this new production, which also features Berger
>deliberately tearing the shirt and slapping Sheila (one of three face slaps
>in the production), I am now not so sure that this is a not a part of the
>new script.  I still can't believe that James Rado would want the scene
>played this way.

Even in the 1966/69 script (the Broadway script) there is a face slap in the 
yellow shirt scene (The only one in the script, I believe), but it was done 
slightly humorously (if one can call a slap humorous, which is hard to do). 
It was done with Berger yelling at Sheila, and being visually echoed from 
behind by Claude, Woof, and Hud, so that when Berger slapped Sheila, all the 
others slapped each other, and it was played for a laugh, which it often 
got. The ripping of the shirt and stomping on it was, in Tom O'Horgan's 
Broadway staging, more like someone losing control. Berger is fooling around 
and goes too far.

>Are these face slaps in the new script?

Don't know about the other two you mention, but the yellow shirt scene one 
is. The 1966, 1969, and 1995 scripts all have the following stage directions 
in that scene (and there are very few stage directions in the script) after 
the "You nag, nag nag..." speech of Berger's:

"BERGER slaps SHEILA. BERGER is followed closely across stage by CLAUDE, 
WOOF, and HUD -- all mouthing the same dialogue and slapping motion as 
BERGER"

There is also a stage direction about him stomping on the shirt, and ripping 
it.

Jim's 2001 rewrites (the most recent we have in the archives) has cut the 
slapping stage direction.

>4) About 5 years ago "Act This!" did a production at Los Angeles Valley
>College that featured a totally nude woman who "morphed" into a clothed
>Claude when he is summoned in the Second Act to the theme/chant of
>"Aquarius."

The Broadway production had a "character"  who was painted with dayglow 
paint and carried off stage during the song Oh Great God of Power. Claude 
entered from the back of the house in a gorilla suit (originally on a 
motorcycle!) down the center aisle. I have seen many recent productions that 
cut all of this, but had a nude or semi nude person morph into Claude for 
his enterance. The BRoaddway script (1966/69) reads like this after the 
explosion that ends Electric BLues:

"The Tribe comes from rear of house, singing [Oh Great God of Power]. They 
carry candles, wind chimes, moon oysters, and incense sticks. One MEMBER of 
the TRIBE appears on the stage, is disrobed, bathed, and/or touched and 
fondled, lifted aloft and carried slowly offstage in the ritual"

And before you ask, we have NEVER, dispite much research and even asking 
Jim, found out what moon oysters are! :-)

Claude enterance reads: "CLAUDE comes in from center aisle dressed in a 
gorilla suit. The TRIBE greets him with wild enthusiasm"

The 2001 script starts out similarly, but then reads:

"One MEMBER of the TRIBE appears on the stage, naked, painted in dayglow, as 
the Aquarian water ritual takes place. HE is lifted from the floor and 
carried over to be bound in dark net material"

Interesting that the dayglow paint is not mentioned in the Broadway script, 
although it was used in every performance I ever was at. The 2001 script 
continues:

"The naked Aquarian runs off as the lights bump up to bright. The TRIBE 
greets CLUADE who now stands in the Aquarian's stead, carrying a small 
duffle bag with BRitish flag on it."

The cop ending of ACT I is in the 1966/69, 1995, and 2001 scripts although 
no one frisks anyone.

Hope that helps!
XO,
Nina

The Hair Archives
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From venuetheatre at juno.com  Tue Mar 14 19:09:18 2006
From: venuetheatre at juno.com (venuetheatre at juno.com)
Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 22:09:18 -0500
Subject: [Mb-hair] Mexico Memories Mb-hair Digest, Vol 21, Issue 13
Message-ID: <20060314.220932.3200.25.venuetheatre@juno.com>

Nina

Of course you have my permission.
Ask again if you plan to print them in a book or anything though, I may
want to edit them.
LOL

Love
Corinne



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From lbirdie at hotmail.com  Wed Mar 15 05:41:20 2006
From: lbirdie at hotmail.com (Little Birdie)
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 13:41:20 +0000
Subject: [Mb-hair] Corinne's Mexico Memories
In-Reply-To: <20060314.220932.3200.25.venuetheatre@juno.com>
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Here is the piece Corinne wrote about the Mexico production.
Nina

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


MEXICO HAIR:

This ill fated company was put together through a collaboration between 
Michael Butler, Alfredo Calles, and Bertrand Castelli, in the Fall of 1968. 
It included cast members from Mexico, the U.S., England, and South America.

The US cast members auditioned the day after the Los Angeles opening in 
November of 1968, and were flown two days later to Mexico City, where 
rehearsals were held for the first few weeks. The cast was then moved to 
Acapulco, where an old ?open air? movie theatre had been prepared and 
renovated for the show. Christmas dinner included a stuffed suckling pig 
around a flocked Christmas tree. (This was the writer?s first Christmas away 
from Western New York, and it was quite laughable to her.)

On the way to Acapulco, the cast recorded a full show album which was later 
distributed, but only about 500 copies were printed, so this is a very rare 
3-album set done in ?Spanglish.? (A later printing included photos and 
articles on the deportation printed on the inside sleeves.)

Cast members, both American and Hispanic, were harassed on the beaches, in 
restaurants, and in shops. Several of the band members were accosted on the 
beach and had their heads shaved. (We went out and bought them wigs, they 
were so embarrassed.) We were always careful to keep a low profile, 
especially in Mexico City where we were rehearsing, as several hundred 
students had been wounded and killed in the same area the previous spring 
for protesting the Vietnam war.

The American cast members had applied for working visas, and there was no 
indication that they would not be approved by the time the show opened on 
January 3, 1969. However, upon learning that they had been stalled, the cast 
was told to ?use their own discretion? in performing the nude scene on 
opening night. It was presumed that the show would be shut down, so the cast 
did the nude scene as planned.

The next morning, in the middle of the night, the Theatre was padlocked by 
the Government, all the equipment was seized (which the Mexican Producer 
Calles had put up thousands of $ in escrow to have brought in from the 
States), and the Producer?s Private Club ?Club Tiberios,? was also shut 
down.

Surprised that they had not been detained, the cast partied the next night, 
only to be awakened at about 4:00 AM and taken to ?Immigration,? for 
deportation. They had been arrested. After hours of negotiation, the cast 
signed legal documents saying that they would leave the country within 24 
hours, or be sent to prison. Unfortunately, those documents were dated the 
day before, and they were forced to go into hiding until the Producers could 
manage air transportation for them. Jerry and Jim had come to Acapulco for 
the opening. Luckily, they had hid under the bed in Danny Hurd?s apartment 
(the Musical Director), and were not included in the cast round
up. Jerry was very afraid that they would ?cut his hair,? and the sight of 
him with that mane of hair stuffed under one of Danny?s hat?s can only bring 
a smile to anyone who knew him..... Still, Jerry and Jim went into hiding 
with the rest of the cast. The entire cast took three mini buses to a closed 
resort in the mountains near Mexico City, were we stayed for 3 days. Jerry 
and Jim put us through all kinds of acting exercises, and taught us songs 
that did not make the final cut of the show.

Finally, to a big media fan fare, we left Mexico City on January 10, 1968, 
flying into Los Angeles, and were met with a big party by the Los Angeles 
Cast. It was quite an adventure!



From michael at michaelbutler.com  Wed Mar 15 14:39:55 2006
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 14:39:55 -0800
Subject: [Mb-hair] Censure President Bush
Message-ID: <C03DD7BB.2A1EA%michael@michaelbutler.com>

Hi,

On Monday, Senator Russ Feingold introduced a resolution to censure
President Bush for breaking the law by illegally wiretapping American
citizens. 

When the president misleads the public and the Congress and
willfully and repeatedly breaks the law, there need to be some consequences
--that's how the law works for everybody else.

Censuring the president is a
reasonable first step in condemning the president's actions. Now it's up to
us to show broad public support for Senator Feingold's resolution. Can you
sign this petition asking Congress to join the call for
censure?

http://political.moveon.org/censure/

Thanks!




From lookingformydonna1 at rediffmail.com  Wed Mar 15 20:26:01 2006
From: lookingformydonna1 at rediffmail.com (Michael Ramirez)
Date: 16 Mar 2006 04:26:01 -0000
Subject: [Mb-hair] Photos of Mexican Version
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 ?
Does anyone know where to find photos of the Mexican Version?

-Jazz Bridge-
Mike
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From IHHS at aol.com  Wed Mar 15 14:14:47 2006
From: IHHS at aol.com (IHHS at aol.com)
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 17:14:47 EST
Subject: [Mb-hair] Swami Beyondananda
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Swami Beyondananda's 2006 State of the  Universe
Address

By Swami Beyondananda

For years now, we've  been hearing "shift happens," and
wondering when, where and how. Now finally,  it looks
as if the shift is about to hit the fan. This is good
news for  all those shift fans who've been wondering if
the new age will arrive before  old age does. Of
course, if you're looking for signs in the news,  you
won't find them. At least, not yet. The news might as
well be called  the "olds," because the world still
seems stuck in greedlock, ruled by  fossilized fools
fueled by fossil fuels. But I have been  receiving
encouraging intelligence reports that say indeed,
humans are  becoming more intelligent. Yes, people
everywhere are wising up. And that's  great, because we
could sure use an up-wising!

The evolution has  begun. But before we see changes in
the old needy-greedy, we humans must  change our
consciousness -- and the first step is becoming
conscious of  how unconscious we've been. As the saying
goes, the truth shall upset you  free, and last year
saw lots of disillusionment. But what better to  free
us from the far more dangerous condition of
illusionment? If we want  to stop the abuse of power,
the first step is to disabuse ourselves. So,  here's
some good news: Despite a massive media impropaganda
machine that  feeds the public "babblum" (strained
bullshit made digestible for a simple  child's mind),
more and more Americans are reading between the lyins'
and  peering behind the Irony Curtain.

In 2005, Americans had to face the sad  realization
that the Bush Administration's "pro-life" stance
appears to be  limited to the unborn and the
brain-dead. Despite being panned by  critics
everywhere, the Iraqi Horror Picture Show continued
its run, as  thousands and thousands of born fetuses -
ours and theirs -- lost their right  to life. While we
may or may not have saved face by staying there, we
have  most definitely lost ass. And we've been assured
we'll be stuck in that  morass until -- well, until
there's no more ass to lose. Meanwhile, more and  more
Americans reached another sad conclusion: We're not in
Iraq to keep  the peace, we're there to keep the
pieces.

The signs of up-wising are  everywhere. Even the most
unpleasant stories are beginning to break through  the
soundless barrier and defy the President's "don't ask,
don't tell"  policy: "You promise not to ask us what
we're doing, and we promise not to  tell you." Although
we've been inundated with "fear-gnomes" and  ominously
warned we have to protect ourselves in this
dogma-eat-dogma  world, a majority of Americans are no
longer comfortable with the notion that  the only way
to defeat the "evil-doers" in the world is to out
evil-do  them. Although our President has assured us
that "we don't torture," it is  now common knowledge
that we simply send detainees to countries that  do
torture when we want them to "testify under oaf."

As for those  progressives who've been whining that
the President "never listens" to them,  well it turns
out he's been listening all along. And thanks to  the
so-called Patriot Act (which, I understand, is about
to be renamed the  Eternal Insecurity Act), it looks
like he'll be able to listen in even more  -- all in
the name of making us safe. But now even some
Republicans are  beginning to see that there's a
difference between protection and the  "protection
racket." And with the recent revelations about Tom
DeLay, Jack  Abramoff and other gold collar criminals,
some of the more devout  conservatives have come to
realize that the "family values" they voted for  bear
an uncanny resemblance to Soprano Family values. 

If there was  any warm feeling in 2005, chalk it up to
climate change. Katrina hit, and in  the government's
response we saw a future when at last all Americans
will  be equal -- where everyone regardless of race or
creed will be treated like  Black folks. 

Alarming Policies Have Awakened  Millions!

Fortunately this is the State of the Universe Address,
and  from a universal perspective, things are humming
along quite nicely. It turns  out that the Earth is the
talk of the Universe these days. In fact,  the
odds-makers at the Intergalactic Enquirer say the odds
are actually in  our favor: "We're betting on the human
race to reach critical mass before  they get to
critical massacre." And we could beat the odds, if we
finally  gave up our addiction to getting even and got
odd instead. It stands to  reason. If each of us used
our unique oddness to improve the odds for  everyone,
there would be no need for getting even. 

Yes, the up-wising  has begun, and intergalactic
observers are saying that we have none other  than
George W. Bush to thank. How is that, you may ask?
Well, I am  reminded of a story my guru Harry Cohen
Baba used to tell. A well-known  minister died and
arrived at the Pearly Gates at the same time as  a
cab-driver from New York. The cabbie was ushered in,
but the clergyman  was left waiting outside. After
waiting and waiting and waiting, he finally  called
over the attending angel. "Excuse me, but I'm a
renowned minister.  How come you let that cab-driver
in, and I'm left waiting out  here?"
"Well," the angel said, "when you preached, everyone
slept. But  when he drove, everyone prayed."

For millennia, spiritual teachers have  been calling
on us to go for the highest common denominator, but
we've  always seemed to end up with the lowest common
dominator instead. And now,  George W. Bush has done
what preachers, teachers and other  far-sighted
visionaries have failed to do up until now: His
policies have  been so alarming, that he has awakened a
slumbering body politic that slept  through all
previous alarms. Where others have failed, he has
people all  across the world praying, "God help us!"
And instead of waiting for an  intervention from above
-- after all, we cannot expect to be fed  intervenously
forever -- people are beginning to help themselves,
and even  more importantly, help each other.

Sure, there are still plenty of  Not-Sees out there
who insist on not seeing that we humans are all in  the
same boat. The good news is, more and more Americans
are getting that  sinking feeling that there's only one
Earthship, and ignoring a leak because  it's "on the
other side of the boat," is a mistake of  titanic
proportions.

We Are the Leaders We've Been Waiting  For

America, the world's only super-power, doesn't need a
revolution.  We've already had one, thank you. What is
needed now -- and what has already  begun -- is the
American Evolution where enough of us wake up and see
that  those two political parties have been partying on
our dime, and we the people  haven't been invited. Time
to go beyond choosing the lesser of two weasels.  If we
want to evolve the dream of our Founding Fathers --
instead of  devolve into the nightmare of Big Brother
-- we must become the leaders we've  been waiting for.
I've said it before. The only force more powerful than
a  super-power is a Super-Duper Power -- the power of
the people plus the power  of love. And anyone who
doesn't believe we are a Super-Duper Power, well  they
have been super-duped!

It's true, many people still feel that the  affairs of
the world should be left to the bolder and badder
among us. But  look what that leaves us with: Are you
satisfied choosing between Saddam  Hussein and George
Who's-Not-Sane? Now I know those "God, guns and  guts"
Old Testament Christians might have forgotten, but
Jesus did say  that the meek shall inherit the earth.
In all undue immodesty, maybe it's  time for us meek
folks to boldly step forth and accept our  inheritance.

For just as 2000 years ago Jesus stood up to a class
that  placed the rule of gold above the Golden Rule,
today we face the modern  version of the Pharisees --
the Phallusees, I think they are called.  They
cynically cloak themselves in religious robes, but the
only power  they trust is the power of the stick. Well,
there's another old saying: It  doesn't matter how big
your stick is, if you stick your stick where  it
doesn't belong, you're stuck. 

Another sign of the up-wising and  coming evolution is
that people are growing dissatisfied with  the
positionality of "my side vs. your side," and are
seeing the whole  issue of sides from a new angle: 
Maybe we're all on the same side. For  example, this
argument between creationism and evolution is just
another  way for dueling dualities to steal our energy.
I believe in both. I believe  the Creator created us to
evolve, otherwise Jesus would have said, "Now don't  do
a thing till I return." I have it on good authority
that the Creator is  pulling for us: "Come on, you
children of God. Time to grow up and become  adults of
God instead."

Time to Overgrow the System From the  Grassroots Up

The time for revolution and overthrowing has past.  Now
we need an evolution where we "overgrow" the current
dysfunctional  system from the grassroots up. You are
probably familiar with the story of  the Native
American grandfather who tells his grandson that there
are two  wolves fighting inside all of us: The wolf of
fear and anger, and the wolf of  love and peace.
"Which wolf will win?" asks the young boy.
"Whichever one  we feed," replies the grandfather.

And so when people ask me to predict  what will
happen, I tell them the only thing I can predict with
certainty  is the uncertainty of any prediction. The
future's just too unpredictable  these days. This is a
Universe of infinite possibilities, so it all  depends
on which futures we invest in. 

There is something far more  empowerful than
predictions, and that is Tell-A-Vision. If you're fed
up  with the current programming, my advice is turn off
your TV and tell a vision  instead. That way, we will
have healing and functional visions to step into  --
and that beats what we've been stepping into. So I
will tell my vision  for 2006: This is the year of the
American Evolution, where all those who  prefer the
Golden Rule to the rule of gold get past left and
right, and  come front and center. 

I see Americans of all political stripes, plaids  and
polka dots (not to mention solids), choosing to face
the music and  dance together. Sure, we'll have to
learn some new steps, but it's time for a  new dance -
A-Bun-Dance. That is where we get up off our assets,
move our  buns, and dance together in rhythm and flow.
And what better way to turn the  funk into function,
and leave the junk at the junction? 

I see us in a  new reality show -- Extreme Planetary
Makeover -- where everyone can play and  everyone can
win. Just think. Something more compelling than
reality TV  ... it's called reality!

I know, I know. Only a crazy person would dare  to
propose anything that sane. But maybe it's time to
declare the current  institutionalized insanity
illegally insane, and set about building a sane  asylum
big enough for all six and a half billion of us. As my
guru Harry  Cohen Baba has said, "Life is like a good
deli. Even if something isn't on  the menu, if enough
people order it they have to make it." So what kind  of
new world order are we ordering up? Do we feed the
wolf of fear and buy  into the "it's every man for
himself" story? Or do we nourish the wolf of  love and
evolve into the "we're all in it together" story? 

If we're  going to be a Super-Duper Power, we have to
be super-duper powerful in  activating the power of
love, and cultivating the power of joy. So laugh  more.
Why not? We all know there's something funny going on.
The wall of  lies cannot withstand the vibration of
laughter. All seriousness aside, only  a farce field
that combines truth and laughter can bring down the
Irony  Curtain once and for all.

Release the old story -- been there, done that  -- and
speak the new story into the world. Dare to imagine
what we could  be doing if we weren't spending so much
of our livelihood on weapons of  deadlihood. Think
about it ... think tanks where they think  about
something other than tanks. Young people living for
their country  instead of dying for it. Health and
education fully funded, and the Air Force  having to
run a bake sale so they can buy a new bomber.

Can we change  the course of history? Can we shift our
karma into surpassing gear? I cannot  say for sure, but
if we choose to give up that old Dodge and trade it  in
for an Evolvo, that's a good first step. So ... let
the Evolution  begin. We don't have to wait until the
first Big Shot is fired. If we create  a powerful
enough field, the Big Shots will end up  firing
themselves.

May the FARCE -- as always -- be with  us.
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From jameshburns at webtv.net  Thu Mar 16 01:04:49 2006
From: jameshburns at webtv.net (Jim Burns)
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 04:04:49 -0500
Subject: [Mb-hair] What If They Gave a Nuclear Explosion, and Nobody Came?
In-Reply-To: mb-hair-request@islandlists.com's message of Wed, 15 Mar 2006
	12:00:03 -0800
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Now, here's a thought.

(And remember, I hate that particular kind of paranoid think-speak,
whether it's from the right, or the left, of our political spectrum.

(Really.0

:-)

So, check this off to just, not even thinking out loud, but a random,
really bizarre, sudden notion, I had the other day.

Kind of like one of those absurist pieces of doggerels some of you have
heard me do, on radio (and elsewhere), every once in a long while.

Although, of course, this wouldn't be funny.

But with our strange weather patterns, it occured to me, that what if
everthing's been thrown off--

By some nuclear incident, of the last year.

Theoretically, all the crap that would have been put in the atmosphere,
might have been enough to, months later, change patterns...

And if there had been an atomic conflagration--

Whether a dropped bomb, a meltdown somewhere, or some other accident--

And, if it had happened in a country where such information would be
easy to conceal--

Think China, or elsewhere--

A news blackout, is conceivable.

(With the way things have been going, a blackout on information is
conceivable, for other areas, as well.)


I've been stunned, the last few months, at the number of even bright
people who have beeen happy about the absurdly, pleasant weather, here
in the North East, not realizing that in all likelihood, its cause is
something not entirely pleasant, at all.


The nuclear scenario is unlikely.

But imagine if a part of the planet had been destroyed.

And no one was the wiser.


Maybe we're just doing it, far more slowly.


Jim Burns


From grgolsorkhi at earthlink.net  Tue Mar 14 12:05:06 2006
From: grgolsorkhi at earthlink.net (Golsorkhi)
Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 15:05:06 -0500
Subject: [Mb-hair] FW: Why Carter Sold Out Iran?
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Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 14:04:30 -0500
Subject: Why Carter Sold Out Iran?



> ?
> 
> Carter Sold out Iran 1977-1978
> Chuck Morse
> As if a light were switched off, the Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlevi,
> portrayed for 20 years as a progressive modern ruler by Islamic standards, was
> suddenly, in 1977-1978, turned into this foaming at the mouth monster by the
> international left media. Soon after becoming President in 1977, Jimmy Carter
> launched a deliberate campaign to undermine the Shah. The Soviets and their
> left-wing apparatchiks would coordinate with Carter by smearing the Shah in a
> campaign of lies meant to topple his throne. The result would be the
> establishment of a Marxist/Islamic state in Iran headed by the tyrannical
> Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. The Iranian revolution, besides enthroning one of
> the worlds most oppressive regimes, would greatly contribute to the creation
> of the Marxist/Islamic terror network challenging the free world today.
> 
> ?At the time, a senior Iranian diplomat in Washington observed, President
> Carter betrayed the Shah and helped create the vacuum that will soon be filled
> by Soviet-trained agents and religious fanatics who hate America. Under the
> guise of promoting human rights, Carter made demands on the Shah while
> blackmailing him with the threat that if the demands weren?t fulfilled, vital
> military aid and training would be withheld. This strange policy, carried out
> against a staunch, 20 year Middle East ally, was a repeat of similar policies
> applied in the past by US governments to other allies such as pre Mao China
> and pre Castro Cuba.
> 
> ?Carter started by pressuring the Shah to release political prisoners
> including known terrorists and to put an end to military tribunals. The newly
> released terrorists would be tried under civil jurisdiction with the
> Marxist/Islamists using these trials as a platform for agitation and
> propaganda. This is a standard tactic of the left then and now. The free world
> operates at a distinct disadvantage to Marxist and Islamic nations in this
> regard as in those countries, trials are staged to show the political faith of
> the ruling elite. Fairtrials, an independent judiciary, and a search for
> justice is considered to be a western bourgeois prejudice.
> 
> ?Carter pressured Iran to allow for free assembly which meant that groups
> would be able to meet and agitate for the overthrow of the government. It goes
> without saying that such rights didn?t exist in any Marxist or Islamic nation.
> The planned and predictable result of these policies was an escalation of
> opposition to the Shah, which would be viewed by his enemies as a weakness. A
> well-situated internal apparatus in Iran receiving its marching orders from
> the Kremlin egged on this growing opposition.
> 
> ?By the fall of 1977, university students, working in tandem with a Shiite
> clergy that had long opposed the Shahs modernizing policies, began a well
> coordinated and financed series of street demonstrations supported by a media
> campaign reminiscent of the 1947-1948 campaign against Chinas Chiang Ki Shek
> in favor of the agrarian reformer Mao tse Tung. At this point the Shah was
> unable to check the demonstrators, who were instigating violence as a means of
> inflaming the situation and providing their media stooges with atrocity
> propaganda. Rumors were circulating amongst Iranians that the CIA under the
> orders of President Carter organized these demonstrations.
> 
> ?In November 1977, the Shah and his Empress, Farah Diba, visited the White
> House where they were met with hostility. They were greeted by nearly 4,000
> Marxist-led Iranian students, many wearing masks, waving clubs, and carrying
> banners festooned with the names of Iranian terrorist organizations. The
> rioters were allowed within 100 feet of the White House where they attacked
> other Iranians and Americans gathered to welcome the Shah. Only 15 were
> arrested and quickly released. Inside the White House, Carter pressured the
> Shah to implement even more radical changes. Meanwhile, the Soviets were
> mobilizing a campaign of propaganda, espionage, sabotage, and terror in Iran.
> The Shah was being squeezed on two sides.
> 
> ?In April 1978, Moscow would instigate a bloody coup in Afghanistan and
> install the communist puppet Nur Mohammad Taraki. Taraki would proceed to call
> for a jihad against the Ikhwanu Shayateen which translates into brothers of
> devils, a label applied to opponents of the new red regime in Kabul and to the
> Iranian government. Subversives and Soviet-trained agents swarmed across the
> long Afghanistan/Iran border to infiltrate Shiite mosques and other Iranian
> institutions. By November 1978, there was an estimated 500,000 Soviet backed
> Afghanis in Iran where, among other activities, they set up training camps for
> terrorists.
> 
> ?Khomeini, a 78-year-old Shiite cleric whose brother had been imprisoned as a
> result of activities relating to his Iranian Communist party affiliations, and
> who had spent 15 years in exile in Bath Socialist Iraq, was poised to return.
> In exile, Khomeini spoke of the creation of a revolutionary Islamic republic,
> which would be anti-Western, socialist, and with total power in the hands of
> an ayatollah. In his efforts to violently overthrow the government of Iran,
> Khomeini received the full support of the Soviets.
> 
> ?Nureddin Klanuri, head of the Iranian Communist Tudeh Party, in exile in East
> Berlin, stated, The Tudeh Party approves Ayatollah Khomeinis initiative in
> creating the Islamic Revolutionary Council. The ayatollahs program coincides
> with that of the Tudeh Party.? Khomeinis closest advisor, Sadegh Ghothzadeh,
> was well known as a revolutionary with close links to communist intelligence.
> In January 1998, Pravda, the official Soviet organ, officially endorsed the
> Khomeini revolution.
> 
> ?American leaders were also supporting Khomeini. After the Pravda endorsement,
> Ramsey Clark, who served as Attorney General under President Lyndon B.
> Johnson, held a press conference where he reported on a trip to Iran and a
> Paris visit with Khomeini. He urged the US government to take no action to
> help the Shah so that Iran could determine its own fate. Clark played a behind
> the scenes role influencing members of Congress to not get involved in the
> crisis. Perhaps UN Ambassador Andrew Young best expressed the thinking of the
> left at the time when he stated that, if successful, Khomeini would eventually
> be hailed as a saint.
> 
> ?Khomeini was allowed to seize power in Iran and, as a result, we are now
> reaping the harvest of anti-American fanaticism and extremism. Khomeini
> unleashed the hybrid of Islam and Marxism that has spawned suicide bombers and
> hijackers. PresidentJimmy Carter, and the extremists in his administration are
> to blame and should be held accountable.
> 
> 
> Chuck Morse Is the author of Why I?m a Right-Wing Extremist
> 
> 
> www.chuckmorse.com <http://www.chuckmorse.com/>
> 



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From lbirdie at hotmail.com  Thu Mar 16 06:09:24 2006
From: lbirdie at hotmail.com (Little Birdie)
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 14:09:24 +0000
Subject: [Mb-hair] Photos of Mexican Version
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Mike R wrote:

>Does anyone know where to find photos of the Mexican Version?

I don't think I have ever seen photos of the actual production. In the 
archives we have several news photos, a photo of the theater, a cast group 
shot. and the photos on the gatefold sleeve of the album - mostly reproduced 
news clippings, and one cast photo (solorized, so you can't make out details 
of faces clearly). None of these photos are currently online. Online there 
is a great photo of Michael Butler with Jim, Jerry, and a Tribe member 
captioned "the night of the Mexican deportation" (from Life Magazine), and 
there are several photos of Jose "Yipi" Francisco Tijerina - the Mexican 
Berger, in the photos of the 4th birthday concert in Central Park.

Corinne, do you recall any performance or rehearsal photos being shot?
Nina

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From lookingformydonna1 at rediffmail.com  Thu Mar 16 14:42:53 2006
From: lookingformydonna1 at rediffmail.com (Michael Ramirez)
Date: 16 Mar 2006 22:42:53 -0000
Subject: [Mb-hair] Hair Albums
Message-ID: <20060316224253.13349.qmail@webmail30.rediffmail.com>

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Some people have really impressive collections! Its hard to find albums where I live. The best I found at a thrift shop was DisinHAiRited. 

 <3

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From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Thu Mar 16 14:48:37 2006
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 17:48:37 -0500
Subject: [Mb-hair] Hair Albums
References: <20060316224253.13349.qmail@webmail30.rediffmail.com>
Message-ID: <001a01c6494b$c3b239d0$f1476c42@hotprojects>

i would think amazon has lots of these
however the mexican co was closed down almost immediately so photos albums ( one may not have been made )
i know hair is still banned to the best of my knowledge in mexico
at least that was the case when we proposed doing a company in mexicali at a new theater there
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Michael Ramirez 
  To: mb-hair at islandlists.com 
  Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2006 5:42 PM
  Subject: [Mb-hair] Hair Albums


   
  Some people have really impressive collections! Its hard to find albums where I live. The best I found at a thrift shop was DisinHAiRited. 

  <3

  Mike 



   


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From lookingformydonna1 at rediffmail.com  Thu Mar 16 15:32:12 2006
From: lookingformydonna1 at rediffmail.com (Michael Ramirez)
Date: 16 Mar 2006 23:32:12 -0000
Subject: [Mb-hair] Hair Albums
Message-ID: <20060316233212.11993.qmail@webmail31.rediffmail.com>

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Thats interesting, Richard! I don't doubt that its still banned. It was so hard to find any Hair items when I was in Mexico City visiting my parents.

<3
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From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Thu Mar 16 16:48:03 2006
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 19:48:03 -0500
Subject: [Mb-hair] Hair Albums
References: <20060316233212.11993.qmail@webmail31.rediffmail.com>
Message-ID: <001701c6495c$734a5cf0$f1476c42@hotprojects>

as of 2004 it was still banned\
i asked to do a production at the new opera house or proposed opera house in mexacali
and it is banned
they told me they would take the cast and the company to jail
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Michael Ramirez 
  To: mb-hair at islandlists.com 
  Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2006 6:32 PM
  Subject: [Mb-hair] Hair Albums


   
  Thats interesting, Richard! I don't doubt that its still banned. It was so hard to find any Hair items when I was in Mexico City visiting my parents.

  <3
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From lookingformydonna1 at rediffmail.com  Thu Mar 16 20:19:29 2006
From: lookingformydonna1 at rediffmail.com (Michael Ramirez)
Date: 17 Mar 2006 04:19:29 -0000
Subject: [Mb-hair] Banned
Message-ID: <20060317041929.5437.qmail@webmail8.rediffmail.com>

 ?
How many countries is Hair banned in? I know for quite some time it was banned in New Zealand, and according to Richard Haase, it is banned in Mexico. I know that Rocky Horror was also disliked by the government in Mexico, but I don't think it was ever banned there. 

<3
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From lookingformydonna1 at rediffmail.com  Thu Mar 16 20:24:21 2006
From: lookingformydonna1 at rediffmail.com (Michael Ramirez)
Date: 17 Mar 2006 04:24:21 -0000
Subject: [Mb-hair] Mexico Memories
Message-ID: <20060317042421.2042.qmail@webmail31.rediffmail.com>

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Thanks for the link, Nina! Thats very interesting, I have rarely seen anything written on the Mexican Production.

   <3
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From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Thu Mar 16 21:35:44 2006
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 00:35:44 -0500
Subject: [Mb-hair] Banned
References: <20060317041929.5437.qmail@webmail8.rediffmail.com>
Message-ID: <001801c64984$a47a3160$f1476c42@hotprojects>

NO MIKE hair is banned banned
i dont know finitely if its by law by statute
but i do know that a message(s) were gotten to me
from the mayors office of mexacali and the governors office of the province
that the last company of hair in mexico was shut down closed rapidly
the company members all arrested, although i understand they were summarily released
nothing happened to them; they were detained in the end 24 - 72 hours
?
but also from what i understand what the mexican authorities found intolerable from their emic pt of view
was not the rebellion, the cursing or the sexuality; but mexico is an ultra catholic country
and things like the interplay of the word " virgin " and profanity in " donna "
or the line; is my donna the madonna? as it appears on the bdwy record jacket
and other inferences and statements about religion and the madonna etc
that was why they closed it down
these were aspects that in the US were not seized upon per se
although hair was very contraversial because of the politics irreverence and sexuality
but the problems re the mexican production
had to do with " blasphemy "
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Michael Ramirez 
  To: mb-hair at islandlists.com 
  Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:19 PM
  Subject: [Mb-hair] Banned


   
  How many countries is Hair banned in? I know for quite some time it was banned in New Zealand, and according to Richard Haase, it is banned in Mexico. I know that Rocky Horror was also disliked by the government in Mexico, but I don't think it was ever banned there. 

  <3
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From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Thu Mar 16 21:38:46 2006
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 00:38:46 -0500
Subject: [Mb-hair] also remember mike re mexican hair
Message-ID: <004001c64985$0fc19260$f1476c42@hotprojects>

the other reason there isnt much on it
was it didnt last very long
it may have closed within 1 - 2 nights
maybe it was longer
but one gets the impression that the run was very brief

and up until the 1980s in general even in nyc
they didnt video these things
for whatever stupid reason
they were not preserved
the routine videoing of plays starts in about 1975
when i remember godspell having finally gotten to bdwy
after years of being an off bdwy hit around the world
was being videod in its entirety for an archive 
eg i was going on 17 at the time; was on a date in high school
and i remember that it was " new "
and we were looking at the video cameras
etc
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From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Thu Mar 16 21:41:16 2006
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 00:41:16 -0500
Subject: [Mb-hair] Banned
References: <20060317041929.5437.qmail@webmail8.rediffmail.com>
	<001801c64984$a47a3160$f1476c42@hotprojects>
Message-ID: <001601c64985$6962f9d0$f1476c42@hotprojects>

or woof saying im a catholic who wants to sleep with mick jagger ( another man )
sings: sodomy etc

that must have done it for them in mexico big time
but it was explicitly stated to me
that it was the conflict with and the blasphemy against catholic religious dogma
which was why it was banned
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: richard haase 
  To: Michael Ramirez ; mb-hair at islandlists.com 
  Sent: Friday, March 17, 2006 12:35 AM
  Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Banned


  NO MIKE hair is banned banned
  i dont know finitely if its by law by statute
  but i do know that a message(s) were gotten to me
  from the mayors office of mexacali and the governors office of the province
  that the last company of hair in mexico was shut down closed rapidly
  the company members all arrested, although i understand they were summarily released
  nothing happened to them; they were detained in the end 24 - 72 hours
  ?
  but also from what i understand what the mexican authorities found intolerable from their emic pt of view
  was not the rebellion, the cursing or the sexuality; but mexico is an ultra catholic country
  and things like the interplay of the word " virgin " and profanity in " donna "
  or the line; is my donna the madonna? as it appears on the bdwy record jacket
  and other inferences and statements about religion and the madonna etc
  that was why they closed it down
  these were aspects that in the US were not seized upon per se
  although hair was very contraversial because of the politics irreverence and sexuality
  but the problems re the mexican production
  had to do with " blasphemy "
    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Michael Ramirez 
    To: mb-hair at islandlists.com 
    Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2006 11:19 PM
    Subject: [Mb-hair] Banned



    How many countries is Hair banned in? I know for quite some time it was banned in New Zealand, and according to Richard Haase, it is banned in Mexico. I know that Rocky Horror was also disliked by the government in Mexico, but I don't think it was ever banned there. 

    <3
    Mike 



     


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From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Thu Mar 16 21:51:21 2006
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 00:51:21 -0500
Subject: [Mb-hair] AND IM INVITING YOU AND A DATE PERSONALLY JIM BURNS
Message-ID: <001e01c64986$d1f07580$f1476c42@hotprojects>

I DO WISH IN JESUS NAME YOU WOULD ACCEPT MY APOLOGY FOR THE HORRIBLE FIGHT WE HAD

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From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Thu Mar 16 21:53:24 2006
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 00:53:24 -0500
Subject: [Mb-hair] Fw: major staged reading this april ( second half ) GHOST
Message-ID: <001201c64987$1b182e60$f1476c42@hotprojects>


----- Original Message ----- 
From: richard haase 
To: mb-hair at islandlists.com 
Sent: Friday, March 17, 2006 12:50 AM
Subject: major staged reading this april ( second half ) GHOST


IN NYC ; MY NEW PLAY; " GHOST " based on the masterpiece by Ibsen
now set in 21st century US  5 - 10 years in the future in the world of govt/intelligence operatives
all african american cast

starring 
TONY AWARD WINNER SAVION GLOVER
TONY AWARD NOMINEE ERNESTINE JACKSON
TONY AWARD NOMINEE ANDRE DE SHIELDS

( and its a staged reading so its free ; and you can all come and probably if the theaters large enough bring who you want )
( would love you all to come down )

( ID LET YOU GUYS COME IN FOR NOTHING EVEN IF IT DID COST MONEY IF I WASNT HALF STARVING AT THE TIME )
LOL AND NOT LOL

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From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Thu Mar 16 21:55:32 2006
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 00:55:32 -0500
Subject: [Mb-hair] i wanted to show you guys the rough mock up for the
	poster but it got bounced for being too big
Message-ID: <001a01c64987$67257b00$f1476c42@hotprojects>

 

 

SAVION GLOVER
 

ANDRE DE SHIELDS      ERNESTINE JACKSON

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

GHOST
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A NEW PLAY BY RICHARD HAASE
 

 

BASED ON A PLAY BY HENRIK IBSEN
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From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Thu Mar 16 21:57:44 2006
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 00:57:44 -0500
Subject: [Mb-hair] thats better stupid fool me
Message-ID: <001301c64987$b6cd5380$f1476c42@hotprojects>

 

 

SAVION GLOVER
 

ANDRE DE SHIELDS      ERNESTINE JACKSON

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

GHOST
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A NEW PLAY BY RICHARD HAASE
 

 

BASED ON A PLAY BY HENRIK IBSEN
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From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Thu Mar 16 22:04:22 2006
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 01:04:22 -0500
Subject: [Mb-hair] well you get the idea
Message-ID: <000801c64988$a330c4a0$f1476c42@hotprojects>

so how is everyone tonight?
im wired for sound and hooked up for video
how are you sherwin?
i hope the gentleman who did the wonderful piece about the strippers here in nyc
at theater for the new city is doing well with his piece
and good luck to michael great indian on his upcoming auditions

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From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Thu Mar 16 21:50:15 2006
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 00:50:15 -0500
Subject: [Mb-hair] major staged reading this april ( second half ) GHOST
Message-ID: <001301c64986$aa8695b0$f1476c42@hotprojects>

IN NYC ; MY NEW PLAY; " GHOST " based on the masterpiece by Ibsen
now set in 21st century US  5 - 10 years in the future in the world of govt/intelligence operatives
all african american cast

starring 
TONY AWARD WINNER SAVION GLOVER
TONY AWARD NOMINEE ERNESTINE JACKSON
TONY AWARD NOMINEE ANDRE DE SHIELDS

( and its a staged reading so its free ; and you can all come and probably if the theaters large enough bring who you want )
( would love you all to come down )

( ID LET YOU GUYS COME IN FOR NOTHING EVEN IF IT DID COST MONEY IF I WASNT HALF STARVING AT THE TIME )
LOL AND NOT LOL

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From lookingformydonna1 at rediffmail.com  Fri Mar 17 07:06:39 2006
From: lookingformydonna1 at rediffmail.com (Michael Ramirez)
Date: 17 Mar 2006 15:06:39 -0000
Subject: [Mb-hair] off broadway
Message-ID: <20060317150639.8648.qmail@webmail6.rediffmail.com>

 ?
What song did the off-broadway productions end with? I heard sometimes it ended with Sentimental Ending and sometimes it didn't. What else did it end with if it wasn't Sentimental Ending
?

<3

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From venuetheatre at juno.com  Fri Mar 17 07:25:39 2006
From: venuetheatre at juno.com (venuetheatre at juno.com)
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 10:25:39 -0500
Subject: [Mb-hair] Hair Mexico Photos
Message-ID: <20060317.103311.3944.4.venuetheatre@juno.com>

Hi Nina,

I have a few photos in my album, nothing of the show of course because I
was not able to shoot them.
I have a great photo of  Bertrand Castelli swinging on the Berger rope~! 
LOL
and some photos of us in hiding.  I did have them on the defunct Hair
pages.

I will scan them and send them to you Nina.

Michael might know how to contact Alfredo Calles, I think that he would
have any PR photos.  I am sure they were taken, but that was in 1968!  I
am amazed I can remember anything from back then.

Yippi was credited on the album as Jose Lopes Pintos.
He and Horacio Reni were considered 'the stars.'

It would be great to get all of  Jay Thompson's photos, if he still has
the negatives. (He was the LA Photog.)

Love
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

From lbirdie at hotmail.com  Fri Mar 17 07:42:27 2006
From: lbirdie at hotmail.com (Little Birdie)
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 15:42:27 +0000
Subject: [Mb-hair] Mexico Memories
In-Reply-To: <20060317042421.2042.qmail@webmail31.rediffmail.com>
Message-ID: <BAY104-F12C24DF42D6DF6F572F9DEB2E40@phx.gbl>

Mike wrote:

>Thanks for the link, Nina! Thats very interesting, I have rarely seen 
>anything written on the Mexican Production.

You're very welcome.

There are two brief articles from The New York Times online at the archives 
web site. Here's the link to the Hair Articles Index:

http://www.michaelbutler.com/hair/holding/articles/HairArticles/HairArticlesIndex.html

The 2 articles about the Mexican production are January 6 and 8, 1969 (the 
articles are chronological)
Nina

The Hair Archives
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From venuetheatre at juno.com  Fri Mar 17 08:00:42 2006
From: venuetheatre at juno.com (venuetheatre at juno.com)
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 11:00:42 -0500
Subject: [Mb-hair] MEXICO HAIR FACTS  Mb-hair Digest, Vol 21, Issue 16
Message-ID: <20060317.110112.3944.12.venuetheatre@juno.com>

OK for those of you who are speculating, here is the scoop from one who
was there.
What ever the underlying reason, we were told it was because of the NUDE
SCENE.  
The mexican cast members were allowed to do it, but if the imported cast
did, we were going to be closed.

We were told that we would be closed anyway because they had stopped our
working papers, so we did the scene (during walking in space).  

WE DID ONE PERFORMANCE
The theatre was padlocked in the middle of the night.
We partied at Alfredo's club.  
We were a hit.  Everyone loved us.

We were arrested in the middle of the night or early morning the second
day, we were surprised they had not done it the same day.  I would have
escaped except some dummy told the cops where I was living.  Not everyone
was at the same hacienda, we were spread out over Alcupulco.  Luckily
Gerry and Jim avoided the police by hiding under Danny Hurd's bed.

  We were only held for a few hours, we signed papers agreeing to leave
the country within 24 hours.  Those papers were dated the day before, so
we were already in violation and therefore went into hiding for a week in
the mountains outside Mexico City.   Plus Alfredo and Bertrand throught
they might be able to work it out and get the show back up.  Alfredo went
broke on this.  As a matter of fact, because I had saved all of my pay, I
put $1200 into the kitty to get enough airfaire together for us US actors
to go home.  (no I did not get my investment back).

Alfredo lost his club over all of this.  He was a very nice man.  His
brother Jorge was our attorney.  I stayed in touch with them for years
but have lost track of them.   I believe they were related to Maria
Calles.

So there is the real story, which I believe was mostly covered in my
original narrative which is in Jinathon Johnson's book "Good HAiR Days"

Any other questions I will be happy to answer before speculation gets out
of control.

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
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From venuetheatre at juno.com  Fri Mar 17 08:07:01 2006
From: venuetheatre at juno.com (venuetheatre at juno.com)
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 11:07:01 -0500
Subject: [Mb-hair] YIPPI Mexico Mb-hair Digest, Vol 21, Issue 15
Message-ID: <20060317.110701.3232.0.venuetheatre@juno.com>

Nina

On the Mexico abum, Jose Fancisco Tijerina is listed as a tribe member.

Jose Lopez Pintos was Yippi

Tell me where to find that photo.

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

From dauber at banana-and-louie.org  Fri Mar 17 08:15:35 2006
From: dauber at banana-and-louie.org (Sean Courtney)
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 08:15:35 -0800
Subject: [Mb-hair] off broadway
In-Reply-To: <20060317150639.8648.qmail@webmail6.rediffmail.com>
References: <20060317150639.8648.qmail@webmail6.rediffmail.com>
Message-ID: <20060317081535.mhv6b4w4t5skg0kg@208.179.130.20>

Quoting Michael Ramirez <lookingformydonna1 at rediffmail.com>:

> What song did the off-broadway productions end with? I heard 
> sometimes it ended with Sentimental Ending and sometimes it didn't. 
> What else did it end with if it wasn't Sentimental Ending
> ?

Well...I might not be your best source, as I wasn't even born until 
(almost exactly) seven years after the show opened off-Broadway, 
but...I've never seen any indication that it ended with anything BUT 
"Sentimental Ending." I dunno, did it ever end with "Washing The 
World"???

-- 
dauber at banana-and-louie.org
AIM: ddaauubbeerr
blog: http://scattered-frog.blogspot.com


From michael at intrafi.com  Fri Mar 17 11:12:12 2006
From: michael at intrafi.com (michael at intrafi.com)
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 11:12:12 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Mb-hair] Alternet: Anarchism, Hollywood-Style
Message-ID: <20060317191212.6BD48B8236@alternet.org>


This story has been forwarded to you from
http://www.alternet.org by michael at intrafi.com



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Anarchism, Hollywood-Style
http://www.alternet.org/story/33579

'V for Vendetta' is a pro-revolutionary, action-adventure romp that makes other political films look like 'Little House on the Prairie.'
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From lbirdie at hotmail.com  Fri Mar 17 12:12:22 2006
From: lbirdie at hotmail.com (Little Birdie)
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 20:12:22 +0000
Subject: [Mb-hair] MEXICO HAIR FACTS Mb-hair Digest, Vol 21, Issue 16
In-Reply-To: <20060317.110112.3944.12.venuetheatre@juno.com>
Message-ID: <BAY104-F16CB0AE4534E7EA04D2279B2E40@phx.gbl>

Dear Corinne,

Thank you so much for sharing the facts of that episode with us.

The photos of Yippi that you ask about are at:

http://www.michaelbutler.com/hair/holding/photographs/hair/4thBirthday1.html

There are several pages of photos in this section that he appears on (if 
memory serves!).

The photo of Michael with Jim and Jerry is from an article in Life Magazine 
about Michael, and it is online at the botom of this page:

http://www.michaelbutler.com/hair/holding/prepost/mike/PhotosMB69.html

The rest of the photos that I have (many of them from you, or the album 
jacket) aren't online.

Mike R - Corinne is correct that her story of this is in Jonathon Johnson's 
book Good Hair Days, which is a must read for any Hair fan. A great book 
full of personal stories about Hair. You can get more info about it at:

http://www.goodhairdays.net/

Nina

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



From lbirdie at hotmail.com  Fri Mar 17 12:32:05 2006
From: lbirdie at hotmail.com (Little Birdie)
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 20:32:05 +0000
Subject: [Mb-hair] off broadway
In-Reply-To: <20060317081535.mhv6b4w4t5skg0kg@208.179.130.20>
Message-ID: <BAY104-F2995CCA557AAFF732A85A5B2E40@phx.gbl>

Mike R wrote:

> > What song did the off-broadway productions end with? I heard
> > sometimes it ended with Sentimental Ending and sometimes it didn't.
> > What else did it end with if it wasn't Sentimental Ending
> > ?

The off-Broadway script ends with the stage directions "Possible singing of 
Sentimental Journey or Aquarius"

The last song in the script is The Climax. Aquarius is in the script about 
2/3 of the way through the show, and I have never heard of the show ending 
with it, despite what the script says.

Some of the off-Broadway reviews describe the closing scene of the show, 
with toy tanks moving around the stage after Claude leaves for Vietmnam. 
These reviews can be read at:

http://www.michaelbutler.com/hair/holding/articles/HairArticles/HairArticlesIndex.html

The make really interesting reading. Imagine - a top ticket price of $2.50!


From bev at beverlybremers.com  Fri Mar 17 13:29:19 2006
From: bev at beverlybremers.com (Beverly Bremers)
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 13:29:19 -0800
Subject: [Mb-hair] major staged reading this april ( second half ) GHOST
Message-ID: <20060317212919.E1B29EE3D4@ws6-1.us4.outblaze.com>

Good luck, Richard, with "Ghost"!

Beverly



  ----- Original Message -----
  From: "richard haase"
  To: mb-hair at islandlists.com
  Subject: [Mb-hair] major staged reading this april ( second half )
  GHOST
  Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 00:50:15 -0500

IN NYC ; MY NEW PLAY; " GHOST " based on the masterpiece by Ibsennow set
in 21st century US  5 - 10 years in the future in the world of
govt/intelligence operativesall african american cast starring TONY AWARD
WINNER SAVION GLOVERTONY AWARD NOMINEE ERNESTINE JACKSONTONY AWARD
NOMINEE ANDRE DE SHIELDS ( and its a staged reading so its free ; and you
can all come and probably if the theaters large enough bring who you want
)( would love you all to come down ) ( ID LET YOU GUYS COME IN FOR
NOTHING EVEN IF IT DID COST MONEY IF I WASNT HALF STARVING AT THE TIME )LOL
AND NOT LOL R<< savion glover andre de shields ernestine jackson ghost
poster rough mock up.doc >>

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From VinUschi at t-online.de  Fri Mar 17 07:11:53 2006
From: VinUschi at t-online.de (Vincent Edwards)
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 23:11:53 +0800
Subject: [Mb-hair] hi tribe
Message-ID: <441AD1B8.357571B7@t-online.de>

hi tribe  is anyone out there who can give me a contact number for hair
sister donna summer  bbc newcastle no 1 dj paul wappat wants to do a big
show with her  they love her in newcastle  my home town  love you all
vincent edwards


From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Fri Mar 17 14:56:37 2006
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 17:56:37 -0500
Subject: [Mb-hair] major staged reading this april ( second half ) GHOST
References: <20060317212919.E1B29EE3D4@ws6-1.us4.outblaze.com>
Message-ID: <00b101c64a16$0bff3b50$f1476c42@hotprojects>

thank you
if youre in town
come beverly
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Beverly Bremers 
  To: mb-hair at islandlists.com 
  Sent: Friday, March 17, 2006 4:29 PM
  Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] major staged reading this april ( second half ) GHOST


  Good luck, Richard, with "Ghost"!

  Beverly



   

    ----- Original Message -----
    From: "richard haase" 
    To: mb-hair at islandlists.com
    Subject: [Mb-hair] major staged reading this april ( second half ) GHOST
    Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 00:50:15 -0500


    IN NYC ; MY NEW PLAY; " GHOST " based on the masterpiece by Ibsen
    now set in 21st century US  5 - 10 years in the future in the world of govt/intelligence operatives
    all african american cast

    starring 
    TONY AWARD WINNER SAVION GLOVER
    TONY AWARD NOMINEE ERNESTINE JACKSON
    TONY AWARD NOMINEE ANDRE DE SHIELDS

    ( and its a staged reading so its free ; and you can all come and probably if the theaters large enough bring who you want )
    ( would love you all to come down )

    ( ID LET YOU GUYS COME IN FOR NOTHING EVEN IF IT DID COST MONEY IF I WASNT HALF STARVING AT THE TIME )
    LOL AND NOT LOL

    R
    << savion glover andre de shields ernestine jackson ghost poster rough mock up.doc >>

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From olhippie at tampabay.rr.com  Fri Mar 17 16:19:28 2006
From: olhippie at tampabay.rr.com (Robin McNamara)
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 19:19:28 -0500
Subject: [Mb-hair] hi tribe
References: <441AD1B8.357571B7@t-online.de>
Message-ID: <001f01c64a21$9f026bb0$97bc2041@CowBox>

Vincent 

If I am not mistaken Michael has been talking with her recently.

Love forever
Robin




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Vincent Edwards" <VinUschi at t-online.de>
To: <mb-hair at islandemail.com>
Sent: Friday, March 17, 2006 10:11 AM
Subject: [Mb-hair] hi tribe


> hi tribe  is anyone out there who can give me a contact number for hair
> sister donna summer  bbc newcastle no 1 dj paul wappat wants to do a big
> show with her  they love her in newcastle  my home town  love you all
> vincent edwards
> 
> _______________________________________________
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> Mb-hair at islandlists.com
> http://www.islandlists.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mb-hair

From lookingformydonna1 at rediffmail.com  Sat Mar 18 07:34:20 2006
From: lookingformydonna1 at rediffmail.com (Michael Ramirez)
Date: 18 Mar 2006 15:34:20 -0000
Subject: [Mb-hair] Hair in German, Czech and Spanish
Message-ID: <20060318153420.21785.qmail@webmail50.rediffmail.com>

 ?
Wow! Check out this page!

http://libretto.musicals.ru/letter.php?letter_id=8&language=1

cheers <3
Mike
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From ktex at mindspring.com  Sat Mar 18 07:20:32 2006
From: ktex at mindspring.com (Keith Kennedy)
Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2006 09:20:32 -0600
Subject: [Mb-hair] Smoking, Drinking, Kissing!!...Oh, My God!!
Message-ID: <E1FKg7H-0006nM-US@smtpauth04.mail.atl.earthlink.net>

Mo. Drama Teacher Resigns in Play Flap
March 18, 2006 9:24 AM EST
COLUMBIA, Mo. - A central Missouri high school drama teacher whose spring play was canceled after complaints about tawdry content in one of her previous productions will resign rather than face a possible firing.
"It became too much to not be able to speak my mind or defend my students without fear or retribution," said Fulton High School teacher Wendy DeVore.
DeVore's students were to perform Arthur Miller's "The Crucible," a drama set during the 17th Century Salem witch trials.
But after a handful of Callaway Christian Church members complained about scenes in the fall musical "Grease" that showed teens smoking, drinking and kissing, Superintendent Mark Enderle told DeVore to find a more family-friendly substitute.
DeVore chose Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream," a classic romantic comedy with its own dicey subject matter, including suicide, rape and losing one's virginity.
DeVore, 31, a six-year veteran teacher, said administrators told her that her annual contract might not be renewed.
"Maybe I need to find a school that's a better match," she said.
Both Enderle and the high school principal declined to discuss DeVore's resignation, citing privacy concerns. The resignation must still be approved by the school board.
Publicity over the drama debate, including a front-page story in The New York Times, has cast an unflattering light on Fulton as an intolerant small town, several of DeVore's colleagues said.
"We have become a laughingstock," teacher Paula Fessler told The Fulton Sun.   (duh!)
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From michael at michaelbutler.com  Sat Mar 18 12:04:26 2006
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2006 12:04:26 -0800
Subject: [Mb-hair] THIS SHOULD GIVE YOU SOME LAUGHS
Message-ID: <C041A7CA.2A3E2%michael@michaelbutler.com>

CLEANINGHUNK.COM <http://www.cleaninghunk.com/video.html>  


From michael at michaelbutler.com  Sat Mar 18 13:09:41 2006
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2006 13:09:41 -0800
Subject: [Mb-hair] MEXICO HAIR FACTS Mb-hair Digest, Vol 21, Issue 16
In-Reply-To: <BAY104-F16CB0AE4534E7EA04D2279B2E40@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <C041B715.2A3F0%michael@michaelbutler.com>

Nina and Corinne,
Thanks for all the information about Mexico.
It was not so much the church as it was the government. The president wanted
to do something, "for my friend Nixon". This was a political decision. We
need to remember the University riots and murders in Mexico City, Paris and
1968 in the USA, MLK, RFK and Columbia.
Calles (a lovely man) was a grandson of a president of Mexico. Miquel Aleman
(former president) was my Mexican godfather. I went to him the following
day. He was shocked by the closing.
Merle Oberon Paglia (formerly kept by my uncle-in-law) was the leader of the
local blue stockings.
Notwithstanding I would have closed the show. It was so anti-American we
were shocked. Probably the influence of Bertrand Castelli's wife. HAIR was
never intended to be anti-American. Read the lyrics of the flag song.
The Tribe members were super-a victim of politics.
XO Michael

> Dear Corinne,
> 
> Thank you so much for sharing the facts of that episode with us.
> 
> The photos of Yippi that you ask about are at:
> 
> http://www.michaelbutler.com/hair/holding/photographs/hair/4thBirthday1.html
> 
> There are several pages of photos in this section that he appears on (if
> memory serves!).
> 
> The photo of Michael with Jim and Jerry is from an article in Life Magazine
> about Michael, and it is online at the botom of this page:
> 
> http://www.michaelbutler.com/hair/holding/prepost/mike/PhotosMB69.html
> 
> The rest of the photos that I have (many of them from you, or the album
> jacket) aren't online.
> 
> Mike R - Corinne is correct that her story of this is in Jonathon Johnson's
> book Good Hair Days, which is a must read for any Hair fan. A great book
> full of personal stories about Hair. You can get more info about it at:
> 
> http://www.goodhairdays.net/
> 
> Nina
> 
> The Hair Archives
> http://www.michaelbutler.com/hair/holding/Hair.html
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Mb-hair mailing list
> Mb-hair at islandlists.com
> http://www.islandlists.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mb-hair


From michael at intrafi.com  Sat Mar 18 13:19:50 2006
From: michael at intrafi.com (michael at intrafi.com)
Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2006 13:19:50 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Mb-hair] Alternet: Rachel Corrie: Too Hot for New York
Message-ID: <20060318211950.35965B8247@alternet.org>


This story has been forwarded to you from
http://www.alternet.org by michael at intrafi.com



-------------------------------------
Rachel Corrie: Too Hot for New York
http://www.alternet.org/story/33669

Why has a New York theater company backed off from producing a celebrated play about the moral awakening of a young American activist?
-------------------------------------


From barbarasiomos38 at msn.com  Sat Mar 18 14:54:23 2006
From: barbarasiomos38 at msn.com (Barbara Siomos)
Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2006 22:54:23 GMT
Subject: [Mb-hair] hi tribe
Message-ID: <BAY114-DAV6D215BE1C8F903009AFB0ABE50@phx.gbl>

As has Dagmar per past posts...

barbara


-----Original Message-----
From: Robin McNamara
Sent: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 16:19:28 -0800
To: VinUschi at t-online.de, mb-hair at islandlists.com
Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] hi tribe

Vincent 

If I am not mistaken Michael has been talking with her recently.

Love forever
Robin




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Vincent Edwards" <VinUschi at t-online.de>
To: <mb-hair at islandemail.com>
Sent: Friday, March 17, 2006 10:11 AM
Subject: [Mb-hair] hi tribe


> hi tribe  is anyone out there who can give me a contact number for hair
> sister donna summer  bbc newcastle no 1 dj paul wappat wants to do a big
> show with her  they love her in newcastle  my home town  love you all
> vincent edwards
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Mb-hair mailing list
> Mb-hair at islandlists.com
> http://www.islandlists.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mb-hair
_______________________________________________
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From barbarasiomos38 at msn.com  Sat Mar 18 15:24:01 2006
From: barbarasiomos38 at msn.com (Barbara Siomos)
Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2006 23:24:01 GMT
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re{mb-hair))Alternet: Rachel Corrie: Too Hot for New York
Message-ID: <BAY114-DAV105A0A1C107B17823B59C1ABE50@phx.gbl>

Why this has happened I am guessing is because of threats as Michael had with HAiR. Only these people don't have the courage of Michael.....

Hopefully someone somewhere will set this story to film or stage it NEEDS to be told. I remember very vividly when this happened and the cover up is a farce..... The whole world is watching.

peace,
barbara


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
From: michael at intrafi.com
Sent: Sat, 18 Mar 2006 13:19:50 -0800
To: mb-civic at islandlists.com, mb-hair at islandlists.com
Subject: [Mb-hair] Alternet: Rachel Corrie: Too Hot for New York



This story has been forwarded to you from
http://www.alternet.org by michael at intrafi.com



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Rachel Corrie: Too Hot for New York
http://www.alternet.org/story/33669

Why has a New York theater company backed off from producing a celebrated play about the moral awakening of a young American activist?




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From bev at beverlybremers.com  Sat Mar 18 17:55:41 2006
From: bev at beverlybremers.com (Beverly Bremers)
Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2006 17:55:41 -0800
Subject: [Mb-hair] Happy Belated St. Patty's Day!
Message-ID: <20060319015541.1DD6D9E7A3@ws6-2.us4.outblaze.com>

I know this is a day late, but I wanted to wish all you merry Irishmen & women a happy drinking and celebration time, especially me old bud, Robin! Hope it was a great one.

Beverly


> ----- Original Message -----
> From: michael at intrafi.com
> To: mb-civic at islandlists.com, mb-hair at islandlists.com
> Subject: [Mb-hair] Alternet: Rachel Corrie: Too Hot for New York
> Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2006 13:19:50 -0800 (PST)
> 
> 
> 
> This story has been forwarded to you from
> http://www.alternet.org by michael at intrafi.com
> 
> 
> 
> -------------------------------------
> Rachel Corrie: Too Hot for New York
> http://www.alternet.org/story/33669
> 
> Why has a New York theater company backed off from producing a celebrated play 
> about the moral awakening of a young American activist?
> -------------------------------------
> 
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From olhippie at tampabay.rr.com  Sat Mar 18 18:32:15 2006
From: olhippie at tampabay.rr.com (Robin McNamara)
Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2006 21:32:15 -0500
Subject: [Mb-hair] Happy Belated St. Patty's Day!
References: <20060319015541.1DD6D9E7A3@ws6-2.us4.outblaze.com>
Message-ID: <000401c64afd$568b2a20$97bc2041@CowBox>

Hi Beverly

Happy belated St. Pattys day to you and all, yesterday was a a great day, 
played some golf, drank some beer & added a dash of erb. :)

Love forever
Robin

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Beverly Bremers" <bev at beverlybremers.com>
To: <mb-hair at islandlists.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 18, 2006 8:55 PM
Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Happy Belated St. Patty's Day!


>I know this is a day late, but I wanted to wish all you merry Irishmen & 
>women a happy drinking and celebration time, especially me old bud, Robin! 
>Hope it was a great one.
>
> Beverly
>
>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: michael at intrafi.com
>> To: mb-civic at islandlists.com, mb-hair at islandlists.com
>> Subject: [Mb-hair] Alternet: Rachel Corrie: Too Hot for New York
>> Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2006 13:19:50 -0800 (PST)
>>
>>
>>
>> This story has been forwarded to you from
>> http://www.alternet.org by michael at intrafi.com
>>
>>
>>
>> -------------------------------------
>> Rachel Corrie: Too Hot for New York
>> http://www.alternet.org/story/33669
>>
>> Why has a New York theater company backed off from producing a celebrated 
>> play
>> about the moral awakening of a young American activist?
>> -------------------------------------
>>
>> _______________________________________________
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>> Mb-hair at islandlists.com
>> http://www.islandlists.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mb-hair
>
>>
>
>
>
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From venuetheatre at juno.com  Sat Mar 18 20:09:25 2006
From: venuetheatre at juno.com (venuetheatre at juno.com)
Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2006 23:09:25 -0500
Subject: [Mb-hair] Ending off Broadway
Message-ID: <20060318.232235.2464.0.venuetheatre@juno.com>

I would think that the person to answer that question would be Shelly
Plimpton?
What do you say girl?
Weren't you in the off B'way show?

Corinne



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501(c)(3) Corporation, founded in 1992.
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THE STUDIO is in MAINLANDS PLAZA, 9125 US 19 N, Pinellas Park (at
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727-656-8525
Visit our web site at www.VenueActorStudio.org

From lindahassler at sbcglobal.net  Sun Mar 19 08:37:27 2006
From: lindahassler at sbcglobal.net (Linda Hassler)
Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2006 10:37:27 -0600
Subject: [Mb-hair] Check out this artist!
Message-ID: <e1536d731fe668a7e46dd29ea2929309@sbcglobal.net>

Watch and be inspired all over again about what really goes on in the 
human heart.

Linda Hassler
http://marketplace.espeakers.com/movie.php?sid=5290&aid=10558


From olhippie at tampabay.rr.com  Sun Mar 19 09:03:06 2006
From: olhippie at tampabay.rr.com (Robin McNamara)
Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2006 12:03:06 -0500
Subject: [Mb-hair] Check out this artist!
References: <e1536d731fe668a7e46dd29ea2929309@sbcglobal.net>
Message-ID: <000401c64b76$fe687300$97bc2041@CowBox>

Linda

Just plain downright amazing WOW!

Love forever
Robin


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Linda Hassler" <lindahassler at sbcglobal.net>
To: "CIVIC" <MB-Civic at islandlists.com>; "HAIR mail-list" 
<mb-hair at islandemail.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2006 11:37 AM
Subject: [Mb-hair] Check out this artist!


> Watch and be inspired all over again about what really goes on in the
> human heart.
>
> Linda Hassler
> http://marketplace.espeakers.com/movie.php?sid=5290&aid=10558
>
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From michael at michaelbutler.com  Sun Mar 19 09:59:35 2006
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2006 09:59:35 -0800
Subject: [Mb-hair] FEAR vs HOPE
Message-ID: <C042DC07.2A443%michael@michaelbutler.com>


Michael Butler's Blog

http://www.michaelbutler.com/blog/mbutler/

http://www.michaelbutler.com



From michael at michaelbutler.com  Sun Mar 19 12:15:43 2006
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2006 12:15:43 -0800
Subject: [Mb-hair] I just Ordered this Book
Message-ID: <C042FBEF.2A46B%michael@michaelbutler.com>

The New York Times
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March 19, 2006
'American Theocracy,' by Kevin Phillips
Clear and Present Dangers
Review by ALAN BRINKLEY

Four decades ago, Kevin Phillips, a young political strategist for the
Republican Party, began work on what became a remarkable book. In writing
"The Emerging Republican Majority" (published in 1969), he asked a very big
question about American politics: How would the demographic and economic
changes of postwar America shape the long-term future of the two major
parties? His answer, startling at the time but now largely unquestioned, is
that the movement of people and resources from the old Northern industrial
states into the South and the West (an area he enduringly labeled the "Sun
Belt") would produce a new and more conservative Republican majority that
would dominate American politics for decades. Phillips viewed the changes he
predicted with optimism. A stronger Republican Party, he believed, would
restore stability and order to a society experiencing disorienting and at
times violent change. Shortly before publishing his book, he joined the
Nixon administration to help advance the changes he had foreseen.

Phillips has remained a prolific and important political commentator in the
decades since, but he long ago abandoned his enthusiasm for the Republican
coalition he helped to build. His latest book (his 13th) looks broadly and
historically at the political world the conservative coalition has
painstakingly constructed over the last several decades. No longer does he
see Republican government as a source of stability and order. Instead, he
presents a nightmarish vision of ideological extremism, catastrophic fiscal
irresponsibility, rampant greed and dangerous shortsightedness. (His final
chapter is entitled "The Erring Republican Majority.") In an era of
best-selling jeremiads on both sides of the political divide, "American
Theocracy" may be the most alarming analysis of where we are and where we
may be going to have appeared in many years. It is not without polemic, but
unlike many of the more glib and strident political commentaries of recent
years, it is extensively researched and for the most part frighteningly
persuasive.

Although Phillips is scathingly critical of what he considers the dangerous
policies of the Bush administration, he does not spend much time examining
the ideas and behavior of the president and his advisers. Instead, he
identifies three broad and related trends ? none of them new to the Bush
years but all of them, he believes, exacerbated by this administration's
policies ? that together threaten the future of the United States and the
world. One is the role of oil in defining and, as Phillips sees it,
distorting American foreign and domestic policy. The second is the ominous
intrusion of radical Christianity into politics and government. And the
third is the astonishing levels of debt ? current and prospective ? that
both the government and the American people have been heedlessly
accumulating. If there is a single, if implicit, theme running through the
three linked essays that form this book, it is the failure of leaders to
look beyond their own and the country's immediate ambitions and desires so
as to plan prudently for a darkening future.

The American press in the first days of the Iraq war reported extensively on
the Pentagon's failure to post American troops in front of the National
Museum in Baghdad, which, as a result, was looted of many of its great
archaeological treasures. Less widely reported, but to Phillips far more
meaningful, was the immediate posting of troops around the Iraqi Oil
Ministry, which held the maps and charts that were the key to effective oil
production. Phillips fully supports an explanation of the Iraq war that the
Bush administration dismisses as conspiracy theory ? that its principal
purpose was to secure vast oil reserves that would enable the United States
to control production and to lower prices. ("Think of Iraq as a military
base with a very large oil reserve underneath," an oil analyst said a couple
of years ago. "You can't ask for better than that.") Terrorism, weapons of
mass destruction, tyranny, democracy and other public rationales were,
Phillips says, simply ruses to disguise the real motivation for the
invasion.

And while this argument may be somewhat too simplistic to explain the
complicated mix of motives behind the war, it is hard to dismiss Phillips's
larger argument: that the pursuit of oil has for at least 30 years been one
of the defining elements of American policy in the world; and that the Bush
administration ? unusually dominated by oilmen ? has taken what the
president deplored recently as the nation's addiction to oil to new and
terrifying levels. The United States has embraced a kind of
"petro-imperialism," Phillips writes, "the key aspect of which is the U.S.
military's transformation into a global oil-protection force," and which
"puts up a democratic facade, emphasizes freedom of the seas (or pipeline
routes) and seeks to secure, protect, drill and ship oil, not administer
everyday affairs."

Phillips is especially passionate in his discussion of the second great
force that he sees shaping contemporary American life ? radical Christianity
and its growing intrusion into government and politics. The political rise
of evangelical Christian groups is hardly a secret to most Americans after
the 2004 election, but Phillips brings together an enormous range of
information from scholars and journalists and presents a remarkably
comprehensive and chilling picture of the goals and achievements of the
religious right.

He points in particular to the Southern Baptist Convention, once a scorned
seceding minority of the American Baptist Church but now so large that it
dominates not just Baptism itself but American Protestantism generally. The
Southern Baptist Convention does not speak with one voice, but almost all of
its voices, Phillips argues, are to one degree or another highly
conservative. On the far right is a still obscure but, Phillips says,
rapidly growing group of "Christian Reconstructionists" who believe in a
"Taliban-like" reversal of women's rights, who describe the separation of
church and state as a "myth" and who call openly for a theocratic government
shaped by Christian doctrine. A much larger group of Protestants, perhaps as
many as a third of the population, claims to believe in the supposed
biblical prophecies of an imminent "rapture" ? the return of Jesus to the
world and the elevation of believers to heaven.

Prophetic Christians, Phillips writes, often shape their view of politics
and the world around signs that charlatan biblical scholars have identified
as predictors of the apocalypse ? among them a war in Iraq, the Jewish
settlement of the whole of biblical Israel, even the rise of terrorism. He
convincingly demonstrates that the Bush administration has calculatedly
reached out to such believers and encouraged them to see the president's
policies as a response to premillennialist thought. He also suggests that
the president and other members of his administration may actually believe
these things themselves, that religious belief is the basis of policy, not
just a tactic for selling it to the public. Phillips's evidence for this
disturbing claim is significant, but not conclusive.

THE third great impending crisis that Phillips identifies is also, perhaps,
the best known ? the astonishing rise of debt as the precarious underpinning
of the American economy. He is not, of course, the only observer who has
noted the dangers of indebtedness. The New York Times columnist Paul
Krugman, for example, frequently writes about the looming catastrophe. So do
many more-conservative economists, who point especially to future debt ?
particularly the enormous obligation, which Phillips estimates at between
$30 trillion and $40 trillion, that Social Security and health care demands
will create in the coming decades. The most familiar debt is that of the
United States government, fueled by soaring federal budget deficits that
have continued (with a brief pause in the late 1990's) for more than two
decades. But the national debt ? currently over $8 trillion ? is only the
tip of the iceberg. There has also been an explosion of corporate debt,
state and local bonded debt, international debt through huge trade
imbalances, and consumer debt (mostly in the form of credit-card balances
and aggressively marketed home-mortgage packages). Taken together, this
present and future debt may exceed $70 trillion.

The creation of a national-debt culture, Phillips argues, although
exacerbated by the policies of the Bush administration, has been the work of
many people over many decades ? among them Alan Greenspan, who, he acidly
notes, blithely and irresponsibly ignored the rising debt to avoid pricking
the stock-market bubble it helped produce. It is most of all a product of
the "financialization" of the American economy ? the turn away from
manufacturing and toward an economy based on moving and managing money, a
trend encouraged, Phillips argues persuasively, by the preoccupation with
oil and (somewhat less persuasively) with evangelical belief in the imminent
rapture, which makes planning for the future unnecessary.

There is little in "American Theocracy" that is wholly original to Phillips,
as he frankly admits by his frequent reference to the work of other writers
and scholars. What makes this book powerful in spite of the familiarity of
many of its arguments is his rare gift for looking broadly and structurally
at social and political change. By describing a series of major
transformations, by demonstrating the relationships among them and by
discussing them with passionate restraint, Phillips has created a harrowing
picture of national danger that no American reader will welcome, but that
none should ignore.

Alan Brinkley is the Allan Nevins professor of history and the provost at
Columbia University.

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From garry.d.lennon at csun.edu  Sun Mar 19 15:27:23 2006
From: garry.d.lennon at csun.edu (Garry Lennon)
Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2006 15:27:23 -0800
Subject: [Mb-hair] Hair at CSUN
Message-ID: <200603192327.EPJ56701@csun.edu>

Hello all, 

 

I wanted to take a moment just to say hello  - my name is Garry Lennon and
I'm directing Hair at California State University.  We've finished our first
two weeks of rehearsal and are having an amazing time.  The cast is a great
bunch of students, amazingly talented and dedicated.  We did finally pick a
tribe name last week but it was a long process.  The tribe name is Waabi
Kiizis which  is Algonquin for "see sun."  That is the direct translation,
while it can also be seen as to acknowledge, or let the sunshine in.  We may
be paraphrasing the language but it works on several levels - the acronym
for our school is CSUN (California State University Northridge) - so our
tribe is "those that see the sun" or See sun or CSUN.  

 

I hope to meet or see many of you at the show but it has also been great
being a part of this cyber tribe too.  I really enjoy all the postings and
having sharing most of them with the tribe.  

 

Take care!

Garry

 

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From michael at michaelbutler.com  Sun Mar 19 15:57:43 2006
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2006 15:57:43 -0800
Subject: [Mb-hair] Hair at CSUN
In-Reply-To: <200603192327.EPJ56701@csun.edu>
Message-ID: <C0432FF7.2A4A1%michael@michaelbutler.com>

Garry.
Welcome on board. I look forward to seeing the Waabi Kiizis tribe.
I listen to your KCSN 88.5FM all the time, am a member and in touch with
Fred Johnson is GM>
Michael 

> Hello all, 
> 
> 
> 
> I wanted to take a moment just to say hello  - my name is Garry Lennon and
> I'm directing Hair at California State University.  We've finished our first
> two weeks of rehearsal and are having an amazing time.  The cast is a great
> bunch of students, amazingly talented and dedicated.  We did finally pick a
> tribe name last week but it was a long process.  The tribe name is Waabi
> Kiizis which  is Algonquin for "see sun."  That is the direct translation,
> while it can also be seen as to acknowledge, or let the sunshine in.  We may
> be paraphrasing the language but it works on several levels - the acronym
> for our school is CSUN (California State University Northridge) - so our
> tribe is "those that see the sun" or See sun or CSUN.
> 
> 
> 
> I hope to meet or see many of you at the show but it has also been great
> being a part of this cyber tribe too.  I really enjoy all the postings and
> having sharing most of them with the tribe.
> 
> 
> 
> Take care!
> 
> Garry
> 
> 
> 
> 
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From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Sun Mar 19 16:46:03 2006
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2006 19:46:03 -0500
Subject: [Mb-hair] Hair at CSUN
References: <200603192327.EPJ56701@csun.edu>
Message-ID: <002401c64bb7$aae48840$f1476c42@hotprojects>

break a leg garry
best to you and tribe at Cal State
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Garry Lennon 
  To: mb-hair at islandlists.com 
  Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2006 6:27 PM
  Subject: [Mb-hair] Hair at CSUN


  Hello all, 

   

  I wanted to take a moment just to say hello  - my name is Garry Lennon and I'm directing Hair at California State University.  We've finished our first two weeks of rehearsal and are having an amazing time.  The cast is a great bunch of students, amazingly talented and dedicated.  We did finally pick a tribe name last week but it was a long process.  The tribe name is Waabi Kiizis which  is Algonquin for "see sun."  That is the direct translation, while it can also be seen as to acknowledge, or let the sunshine in.  We may be paraphrasing the language but it works on several levels - the acronym for our school is CSUN (California State University Northridge) - so our tribe is "those that see the sun" or See sun or CSUN.  

   

  I hope to meet or see many of you at the show but it has also been great being a part of this cyber tribe too.  I really enjoy all the postings and having sharing most of them with the tribe.  

   

  Take care!

  Garry

   



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From lookingformydonna1 at rediffmail.com  Sun Mar 19 20:51:35 2006
From: lookingformydonna1 at rediffmail.com (Michael Ramirez)
Date: 20 Mar 2006 04:51:35 -0000
Subject: [Mb-hair] Hair at CSUN
Message-ID: <20060320045135.23737.qmail@webmail8.rediffmail.com>

 ?
Hey Gerry,
Nice tribe name! I hope you have fun the whole time. Invite tribe members to join this list, they'd like it here!
<3
Mike
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From raesing4u at yahoo.com  Sun Mar 19 21:37:03 2006
From: raesing4u at yahoo.com (rachel anderson)
Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2006 21:37:03 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Mb-hair] Hair at CSUN
In-Reply-To: <C0432FF7.2A4A1%michael@michaelbutler.com>
Message-ID: <20060320053703.55143.qmail@web51815.mail.yahoo.com>

dearest michael,

what night are you planning to see the performance at
CSUN?  i am thinking of going to see it, and if i
could see you at the same time, that would make it
even better!

i went to CSUN, myself....so i'm really looking
forward to this!

much love to all!

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

> Garry.
> Welcome on board. I look forward to seeing the Waabi
> Kiizis tribe.
> I listen to your KCSN 88.5FM all the time, am a
> member and in touch with
> Fred Johnson is GM>
> Michael 
> 
> > Hello all, 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > I wanted to take a moment just to say hello  - my
> name is Garry Lennon and
> > I'm directing Hair at California State University.
>  We've finished our first
> > two weeks of rehearsal and are having an amazing
> time.  The cast is a great
> > bunch of students, amazingly talented and
> dedicated.  We did finally pick a
> > tribe name last week but it was a long process. 
> The tribe name is Waabi
> > Kiizis which  is Algonquin for "see sun."  That is
> the direct translation,
> > while it can also be seen as to acknowledge, or
> let the sunshine in.  We may
> > be paraphrasing the language but it works on
> several levels - the acronym
> > for our school is CSUN (California State
> University Northridge) - so our
> > tribe is "those that see the sun" or See sun or
> CSUN.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > I hope to meet or see many of you at the show but
> it has also been great
> > being a part of this cyber tribe too.  I really
> enjoy all the postings and
> > having sharing most of them with the tribe.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Take care!
> > 
> > Garry
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > _______________________________________________
> > Mb-hair mailing list
> > Mb-hair at islandlists.com
> >
>
http://www.islandlists.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mb-hair
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From fotoblue at flash.net  Mon Mar 20 10:00:02 2006
From: fotoblue at flash.net (fotoblue at flash.net)
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 13:00:02 -0500
Subject: [Mb-hair] Donna Summer
Message-ID: <380-2200631201802617@M2W038.mail2web.com>

hi tribe, and hey Vince,
 give me some details, I'll pass them on!
I'll also send a copy of this exchange to Donna
P&L
Dagmar

 Original Message:
-----------------
From: Barbara Siomos barbarasiomos38 at msn.com
Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2006 22:54:23 GMT
To: mb-hair at islandlists.com, VinUschi at t-online.de
Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] hi tribe


As has Dagmar per past posts...

barbara


-----Original Message-----
From: Robin McNamara
Sent: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 16:19:28 -0800
To: VinUschi at t-online.de, mb-hair at islandlists.com
Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] hi tribe

Vincent 

If I am not mistaken Michael has been talking with her recently.

Love forever
Robin




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Vincent Edwards" <VinUschi at t-online.de>
To: <mb-hair at islandemail.com>
Sent: Friday, March 17, 2006 10:11 AM
Subject: [Mb-hair] hi tribe


> hi tribe  is anyone out there who can give me a contact number for hair
> sister donna summer  bbc newcastle no 1 dj paul wappat wants to do a big
> show with her  they love her in newcastle  my home town  love you all
> vincent edwards
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From michael at michaelbutler.com  Mon Mar 20 10:39:29 2006
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 10:39:29 -0800
Subject: [Mb-hair] Donna Summer
In-Reply-To: <380-2200631201802617@M2W038.mail2web.com>
Message-ID: <C04436E1.2A4FD%michael@michaelbutler.com>

I have forwarded Vince's email to Donna.
Thanks
Michael

> hi tribe, and hey Vince,
> give me some details, I'll pass them on!
> I'll also send a copy of this exchange to Donna
> P&L
> Dagmar
> 
> Original Message:
> -----------------
> From: Barbara Siomos barbarasiomos38 at msn.com
> Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2006 22:54:23 GMT
> To: mb-hair at islandlists.com, VinUschi at t-online.de
> Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] hi tribe
> 
> 
> As has Dagmar per past posts...
> 
> barbara
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robin McNamara
> Sent: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 16:19:28 -0800
> To: VinUschi at t-online.de, mb-hair at islandlists.com
> Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] hi tribe
> 
> Vincent 
> 
> If I am not mistaken Michael has been talking with her recently.
> 
> Love forever
> Robin
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Vincent Edwards" <VinUschi at t-online.de>
> To: <mb-hair at islandemail.com>
> Sent: Friday, March 17, 2006 10:11 AM
> Subject: [Mb-hair] hi tribe
> 
> 
>> hi tribe  is anyone out there who can give me a contact number for hair
>> sister donna summer  bbc newcastle no 1 dj paul wappat wants to do a big
>> show with her  they love her in newcastle  my home town  love you all
>> vincent edwards
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From fotoblue at flash.net  Mon Mar 20 10:45:51 2006
From: fotoblue at flash.net (fotoblue at flash.net)
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 13:45:51 -0500
Subject: [Mb-hair] Hair Mexico Photos
Message-ID: <380-220063120184551437@M2W126.mail2web.com>

Hi Corinne,
 I would LOVE to see these photos!
 especially the one of Bertrand

I don't think he has it, he never mentioned it.

xx
 Dagmar

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-----------------
From:  venuetheatre at juno.com
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 10:25:39 -0500
To: mb-hair at islandlists.com
Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Hair Mexico Photos


Hi Nina,

I have a few photos in my album, nothing of the show of course because I
was not able to shoot them.
I have a great photo of  Bertrand Castelli swinging on the Berger rope~! 
LOL
and some photos of us in hiding.  I did have them on the defunct Hair
pages.

I will scan them and send them to you Nina.

Michael might know how to contact Alfredo Calles, I think that he would
have any PR photos.  I am sure they were taken, but that was in 1968!  I
am amazed I can remember anything from back then.

Yippi was credited on the album as Jose Lopes Pintos.
He and Horacio Reni were considered 'the stars.'

It would be great to get all of  Jay Thompson's photos, if he still has
the negatives. (He was the LA Photog.)

Love
Corinne


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From michael at michaelbutler.com  Mon Mar 20 11:32:22 2006
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 11:32:22 -0800
Subject: [Mb-hair] Hair at CSUN
In-Reply-To: <20060320053703.55143.qmail@web51815.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <C0444346.2A515%michael@michaelbutler.com>

Rachel,
I don't know when they want me. I do want to go and will let you know.
Meanwhile are you planning to go to the Russian HAIR?
XO M

> dearest michael,
> 
> what night are you planning to see the performance at
> CSUN?  i am thinking of going to see it, and if i
> could see you at the same time, that would make it
> even better!
> 
> i went to CSUN, myself....so i'm really looking
> forward to this!
> 
> much love to all!
> 
> --- Michael Butler <michael at michaelbutler.com> wrote:
> 
>> Garry.
>> Welcome on board. I look forward to seeing the Waabi
>> Kiizis tribe.
>> I listen to your KCSN 88.5FM all the time, am a
>> member and in touch with
>> Fred Johnson is GM>
>> Michael 
>> 
>>> Hello all, 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> I wanted to take a moment just to say hello  - my
>> name is Garry Lennon and
>>> I'm directing Hair at California State University.
>>  We've finished our first
>>> two weeks of rehearsal and are having an amazing
>> time.  The cast is a great
>>> bunch of students, amazingly talented and
>> dedicated.  We did finally pick a
>>> tribe name last week but it was a long process.
>> The tribe name is Waabi
>>> Kiizis which  is Algonquin for "see sun."  That is
>> the direct translation,
>>> while it can also be seen as to acknowledge, or
>> let the sunshine in.  We may
>>> be paraphrasing the language but it works on
>> several levels - the acronym
>>> for our school is CSUN (California State
>> University Northridge) - so our
>>> tribe is "those that see the sun" or See sun or
>> CSUN.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> I hope to meet or see many of you at the show but
>> it has also been great
>>> being a part of this cyber tribe too.  I really
>> enjoy all the postings and
>>> having sharing most of them with the tribe.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Take care!
>>> 
>>> Garry
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Mb-hair mailing list
>>> Mb-hair at islandlists.com
>>> 
>> 
> http://www.islandlists.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mb-hair
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From lilacamy11 at yahoo.com  Mon Mar 20 13:32:30 2006
From: lilacamy11 at yahoo.com (Amy Kazan)
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 13:32:30 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Mb-hair] Mb-hair Digest, Vol 21, Issue 20
In-Reply-To: <mailman.3.1142884804.8830.mb-hair@islandlists.com>
Message-ID: <20060320213231.47205.qmail@web36613.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

>>>>>>
Waabi Kiizis which  is Algonquin for "see sun."  That
is the direct translation,while it can also be seen as
to acknowledge, or let the sunshine in.  
We may be paraphrasing the language but it works on
several levels - the acronym for our school is CSUN
(California State University Northridge) - so our
tribe is "those that see the sun" or See sun or CSUN. 

>>>>>>

Awesome Tribe name.... I love all the levels it works
on. It's great when all things come together like
that. HAIR has a way of making that happen!



- 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 raesing4u at yahoo.com  Mon Mar 20 13:43:10 2006
From: raesing4u at yahoo.com (rachel anderson)
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 13:43:10 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Mb-hair] Hair at CSUN
In-Reply-To: <C0444346.2A515%michael@michaelbutler.com>
Message-ID: <20060320214310.574.qmail@web51805.mail.yahoo.com>

oh, YES!!  i am really dying to see that!  i was
amazed to see that they are still running the show
over there....and i cant wait to see it!  are you
going?  is everyone else from our little russian
adventure going to go?  i'd love, love, love to see
you and the rest of our vodka and sausage pioneers!! 
hows kim and blake?  and bo and dawn?  i miss you all
so much!!

much love!

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

> Rachel,
> I don't know when they want me. I do want to go and
> will let you know.
> Meanwhile are you planning to go to the Russian
> HAIR?
> XO M
> 
> > dearest michael,
> > 
> > what night are you planning to see the performance
> at
> > CSUN?  i am thinking of going to see it, and if i
> > could see you at the same time, that would make it
> > even better!
> > 
> > i went to CSUN, myself....so i'm really looking
> > forward to this!
> > 
> > much love to all!
> > 
> > --- Michael Butler <michael at michaelbutler.com>
> wrote:
> > 
> >> Garry.
> >> Welcome on board. I look forward to seeing the
> Waabi
> >> Kiizis tribe.
> >> I listen to your KCSN 88.5FM all the time, am a
> >> member and in touch with
> >> Fred Johnson is GM>
> >> Michael 
> >> 
> >>> Hello all, 
> >>> 
> >>> 
> >>> 
> >>> I wanted to take a moment just to say hello  -
> my
> >> name is Garry Lennon and
> >>> I'm directing Hair at California State
> University.
> >>  We've finished our first
> >>> two weeks of rehearsal and are having an amazing
> >> time.  The cast is a great
> >>> bunch of students, amazingly talented and
> >> dedicated.  We did finally pick a
> >>> tribe name last week but it was a long process.
> >> The tribe name is Waabi
> >>> Kiizis which  is Algonquin for "see sun."  That
> is
> >> the direct translation,
> >>> while it can also be seen as to acknowledge, or
> >> let the sunshine in.  We may
> >>> be paraphrasing the language but it works on
> >> several levels - the acronym
> >>> for our school is CSUN (California State
> >> University Northridge) - so our
> >>> tribe is "those that see the sun" or See sun or
> >> CSUN.
> >>> 
> >>> 
> >>> 
> >>> I hope to meet or see many of you at the show
> but
> >> it has also been great
> >>> being a part of this cyber tribe too.  I really
> >> enjoy all the postings and
> >>> having sharing most of them with the tribe.
> >>> 
> >>> 
> >>> 
> >>> Take care!
> >>> 
> >>> Garry
> >>> 
> >>> 
> >>> 
> >>> 
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From dekuyper at sbcglobal.net  Mon Mar 20 18:34:16 2006
From: dekuyper at sbcglobal.net (Gerald Gerald)
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 18:34:16 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Mb-hair] Church Bulletins
Message-ID: <E1FLXZI-00044h-1K@elasmtp-junco.atl.sa.earthlink.net>

Thank God for church ladies with typewriters. These
sentences actually appeared in church bulletins or
were announced in church services: 

------------------------------------------------------------
The Fasting & Prayer Conference includes meals.
------------------------------------------------------------
The sermon this morning: "Jesus Walks on the Water."
The sermon tonight: "Searching for Jesus."
------------------------------------------------------------
Our youth basketball team is back in action Wednesday
at 8 PM in the
recreation hall. Come out and watch us kill Christ the
King.
------------------------------------------------------------
Ladies, don't forget the rummage sale. It's a chance
to get rid of those
things not worth keeping around the house. Bring your
husbands.
------------------------------------------------------------
The peacemaking meeting scheduled for today has been
canceled due to a conflict.
------------------------------------------------------------
Remember in prayer the many who are sick of our
community.  Smile at
someone who is hard to love. Say "Hell" to someone who
doesn't care much about you.
------------------------------------------------------------
Don't let worry kill you off - let the Church help.
------------------------------------------------------------
Miss Charlene Mason sang "I will not pass this way
again," giving
obvious pleasure to the congregation.
-----------------------------------------------------------
For those of you who have children and don't know it,
we have a nursery downstairs.
-----------------------------------------------------------
Next Thursday there will be tryouts for the choir.
They need all the
help they can get.
------------------------------------------------------------
The Rector will preach his farewell message after
which the choir will
sing: "Break Forth Into Joy."
---------------------------------------------------------
Irving Benson and Jessie Carter were married on
October 24 in the
church. So ends a friendship that began in their
school days.
---------------------------------------------------------
A bean supper will be held on Tuesday evening in the
church hall. Music will follow.
------------------------------------------------------------
At the evening service tonight, the sermon topic will
be "What Is Hell?"
Come early and listen to our choir practice.
----------------------------------------------------------
Eight new choir robes are currently needed due to the
addition of
several new members and to the deterioration of some
older ones.
---------------------------------------------------------
Scouts are saving aluminum cans, bottles and other
items to be recycled.  Proceeds will be used to
cripple children.
---------------------------------------------------------
Please place your donation in the envelope along with
the deceased
person you want remembered.
--------------------------------------------------------
The church will host an evening of fine dining, super
entertainment and gracious hostility.
-------------------------------- --------------------
Potluck supper Sunday at 5:00 PM - prayer and
medication to follow.
-----------------------------------------------------
The ladies of the Church have cast off clothing of
every kind. They may
be seen in the basement on Friday afternoon.
-----------------------------------------------------
This evening at 7 PM there will be a hymn singing in
the park across
from the Church. Bring a blanket and come prepared to
sin.
------------------------------------------------------------
Ladies Bible Study will be held Thursday morning at 10
AM. All ladies
are invited to lunch in the Fellowship Hall after the
B. S. is done.
--------------------------------------------------------
The pastor would appreciate it if the ladies of the
congregation would
lend him their electric girdles for the pancake
breakfast next Sunday.
-------------------------------------------- ---------
Low Self Esteem Support Group will meet Thursday at 7
PM. Please use the back door.
--------------------------------------------------------
The eighth-graders will be presenting Shakespeare's
Hamlet in the Church basement Friday at 7 PM. The
congregation is invited to attend this tragedy.
--------------------------------------------------------
Weight Watchers will meet at 7 PM at the First
Presbyterian Church.
Please use large double door at the side entrance.
-------------------------------------------------------
The Associate Minister unveiled the church's new
tithing campaign slogan last Sunday: "I Upped My
Pledge - Up Yours

From peacefreak at metrocast.net  Mon Mar 20 20:12:08 2006
From: peacefreak at metrocast.net (Leo)
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 23:12:08 -0500
Subject: [Mb-hair] Hair at CSUN
References: <mailman.3.1142884804.8830.mb-hair@islandlists.com>
Message-ID: <003301c64c9d$a0f75ce0$6401a8c0@Leo>

Garry, thanks for posting this brother and I know you and your Tribe will 
enjoy the journey. It's a magical trek! I live in Maine so it's doubtful 
that I get out to see this production - but, ya never know!! If ya have any 
questions I'd fire em out to this list cuz you have many knowledgeable 
people here who'd be willing to pitch in their 2 cents worth. Break a leg 
CSUN, see sun!!

PEACE,
Leo

> From: "Garry Lennon" <garry.d.lennon at csun.edu>
> Subject: [Mb-hair] Hair at CSUN

> Hello all,
>
>
>
> I wanted to take a moment just to say hello  - my name is Garry Lennon and
> I'm directing Hair at California State University.  We've finished our 
> first
> two weeks of rehearsal and are having an amazing time.  The cast is a 
> great
> bunch of students, amazingly talented and dedicated.  We did finally pick 
> a
> tribe name last week but it was a long process.  The tribe name is Waabi
> Kiizis which  is Algonquin for "see sun."  That is the direct translation,
> while it can also be seen as to acknowledge, or let the sunshine in.  We 
> may
> be paraphrasing the language but it works on several levels - the acronym
> for our school is CSUN (California State University Northridge) - so our
> tribe is "those that see the sun" or See sun or CSUN.
>
>
>
> I hope to meet or see many of you at the show but it has also been great
> being a part of this cyber tribe too.  I really enjoy all the postings and
> having sharing most of them with the tribe.
>
>
>
> Take care!
>
> Garry



From jameshburns at webtv.net  Tue Mar 21 05:40:25 2006
From: jameshburns at webtv.net (Jim Burns)
Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2006 08:40:25 -0500
Subject: [Mb-hair] Bush Squeaks, and Oil's Well
In-Reply-To: mb-civic-request@islandlists.com's message of Tue, 21 Mar 2006
	04:16:35 -0800
Message-ID: <1279-44200249-19176@storefull-3278.bay.webtv.net>


I usually hate this conspiracy crap, but a fascinating nugget-- 

According to this article, the five top oil companies have seen their
profits rise from $32 billion, in 2002-- 

To $113 billion in 2005... 
______

Bush Didn't Bungle Iraq, You Fools
THE MISSION WAS INDEED ACCCOMPLISHED

by Greg Palast
for The Guardian 
20 March 2006 

Get off it. All the carping, belly-aching and complaining about George
Bush's incompetence in Iraq, from both the Left and now the Right, is
just dead wrong. 
On the third anniversary of the tanks rolling over Iraq's border, most
of the 59 million Homer Simpsons who voted for Bush are beginning to
doubt if his mission was accomplished. 
But don't kid yourself -- Bush and his co-conspirator, Dick Cheney,
accomplished exactly what they set out to do. In case you've forgotten
what their real mission was, let me remind you of White House spokesman
Ari Fleisher's original announcement, three years ago, launching of what
he called, 
??????????????????"Operation
??????????Iraqi
??????????Liberation." 
O.I.L. How droll of them, how cute. Then, Karl Rove made the giggling
boys in the White House change it to "OIF" -- Operation Iraqi Freedom.
But the 101st Airborne wasn't sent to Basra to get its hands on Iraq's
OIF. 
"It's about oil," Robert Ebel told me. Who is Ebel? Formerly the CIA's
top oil analyst, he was sent by the Pentagon, about a month before the
invasion, to a secret confab in London with Saddam's former oil minister
to finalize the plans for "liberating" Iraq's oil industry. In London,
Bush's emissary Ebel also instructed Ibrahim Bahr al-Ulum, the man the
Pentagon would choose as post-OIF oil minister for Iraq, on the correct
method of disposing Iraq's crude. 
And what did the USA want Iraq to do with Iraq's oil? The answer will
surprise many of you: and it is uglier, more twisted, devilish and
devious than anything imagined by the most conspiracy-addicted blogger.
The answer can be found in a 323-page plan for Iraq's oil secretly
drafted by the State Department. Our team got a hold of a copy; how,
doesn't matter. The key thing is what's inside this thick Bush diktat: a
directive to Iraqis to maintain a state oil company that will "enhance
its relationship with OPEC." 
Enhance its relationship with OPEC??? How strange: the government of the
United States ordering Iraq to support the very OPEC oil cartel which is
strangling our nation with outrageously high prices for crude. 
Specifically, the system ordered up by the Bush cabal would keep a lid
on Iraq's oil production -- limiting Iraq's oil pumping to the tight
quota set by Saudi Arabia and the OPEC cartel. 
There you have it. Yes, Bush went in for the oil -- not to get MORE of
Iraq's oil, but to prevent Iraq producing TOO MUCH of it. 
You must keep in mind who paid for George's ranch and Dick's bunker: Big
Oil. And Big Oil -- and their buck-buddies, the Saudis -- don't make
money from pumping more oil, but from pumping LESS of it. The lower the
supply, the higher the price. 
It's Economics 101. The oil industry is run by a cartel, OPEC, and what
economists call an "oligopoly" -- a tiny handful of operators who make
more money when there's less oil, not more of it. So, every time the
"insurgents" blow up a pipeline in Basra, every time Mad Mahmoud in
Tehran threatens to cut supply, the price of oil leaps. And Dick and
George just LOVE it. 
Dick and George didn't want more oil from Iraq, they wanted less. I know
some of you, no matter what I write, insist that our President and his
Veep are on the hunt for more crude so you can cheaply fill your family
Hummer; that somehow, these two oil-patch babies are concerned that the
price of gas in the USA is bumping up to $3 a gallon. 
No so, gentle souls. Three bucks a gallon in the States (and a quid a
litre in Britain) means colossal profits for Big Oil, and that makes
Dick's ticker go pitty-pat with joy. The top oily-gopolists, the five
largest oil companies, pulled in $113 billion in profit in 2005 --
compared to a piddly $34 billion in 2002 before Operation Iraqi
Liberation. In other words, it's been a good war for Big Oil. 
As per Plan Bush, Bahr Al-Ulum became Iraq's occupation oil minister;
the conquered nation "enhanced its relationship with OPEC;" and the
price of oil, from Clinton peace-time to Bush war-time, shot up 317%. 
In other words, on the third anniversary of invasion, we can say the
attack and occupation is, indeed, a Mission Accomplished. However, it
wasn't America's mission, nor the Iraqis'. It was an Mission
Accomplished for OPEC and Big Oil. 
********** 
On June 6, Penguin Dutton will release GREG PALAST'S NEW BOOK, "ARMED
MADHOUSE: DISPATCHES FROM THE FRONT LINES OF THE CLASS WAR." Order it
today -- and view his investigative reports for Harper's Magazine and
BBC television's Newsnight -- at www.GregPalast.com. 
Palast returns to the pages of the Guardian today with this column.
Catch his commentaries weekly. 



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From: denis.blashkov at smithbarney.com (Blashkov, Denis)
Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2006 10:56:24 -0500
Subject: [Mb-hair] FW: [FWD: FW: Subject: PLEEEEEEASE REEEEEAD! IT WAS ON
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From cararobindesign at hotmail.com  Tue Mar 21 11:40:40 2006
From: cararobindesign at hotmail.com (Cara Robin)
Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2006 11:40:40 -0800
Subject: [Mb-hair] FW: [FWD: FW: Subject: PLEEEEEEASE REEEEEAD! IT WAS
 ONGOOD MORNING AMERICA TODAY SHOW ..]
In-Reply-To: <E1FLmCe-0000bi-6E@elasmtp-junco.atl.sa.earthlink.net>
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From michael at michaelbutler.com  Tue Mar 21 11:49:17 2006
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2006 11:49:17 -0800
Subject: [Mb-hair] FW: [FWD: FW: Subject: PLEEEEEEASE REEEEEAD! IT
	WAS	ONGOOD MORNING AMERICA TODAY SHOW ..]
In-Reply-To: <BAY103-F2291230E871197B2F1830FB4D80@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <C04598BD.2A5B9%michael@michaelbutler.com>

Cara, 
You are great, the protector of us all.
Thanks
Michael

> I cannot believe this got through the list moderator!  It's only been going
> around since 1997 - one of the first internet hoaxes I also fell for when
> first getting started!
> 
> I'm getting weary of requesting that you check www.snopes.com
> <http://www.snopes.com>  when these things come around, so...anyone want to
> buy a bridge?  I've got one cheap to sell...
> 
> xo Cara the T.F.
> 
>> 
>> From:  "Blashkov, Denis" <denis.blashkov at smithbarney.com>
>> Reply-To:  mb-hair at islandlists.com
>> To:  undisclosed-recipients: ;
>> Subject:  [Mb-hair] FW: [FWD: FW: Subject: PLEEEEEEASE REEEEEAD! IT WAS
>> ONGOOD 
>> MORNING AMERICA TODAY SHOW ..]
>> Date:  Tue, 21 Mar 2006 10:56:24 -0500
>> 
>> 
>> Denis Blashkov
>> Financial Advisor
>> Smith Barney-Citigroup Global Markets
>> 31 West 52nd Street 23rd Floor
>> New York, New York 10019
>> tel. (212) 603-6251 or (800) 843-0211 ext. 6251
>> fax. (212) 765-1057
>> email. denis.blashkov at smithbarney.com
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Amy Grassey [mailto:the_velvethammer at hotmail.com]
>> Sent: Monday, March 20, 2006 10:59 AM
>> To: taajgrassey at aol.com
>> Subject: FW: [FWD: FW: Subject: PLEEEEEEASE REEEEEAD! IT WAS ON GOOD MORNING
>> AMERICA TODAY SHOW ..]
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>>> From: rick at imagesigndesign.com
>>>> To: john spencer <spencerjb1 at yahoo.com>, "Dr. Ditesheim"
>>>> <js at empowermd.com>,  Dry Cleaning Station <drycleaningstation at alltel.net>,
>>>> Janie Stephens <janie.stephens at bankofamerica.com>,  jeanette stikeleather
>>>> <jstikeleather at adelphia.net>,  Chuck Stranc <cstranc at cgs-imaging.com>,
>>>> Paul Streeter <pstreeter at gracodist.com>,  Tammy Stubbs
>>>> <Tammy at vistasystem.com>, Garth Superville <garth at brainbox.tv>,  William A
>>>> Thoel <wathoel at alltel.net>,  Gary Vasbinder
>>>> <Gary at millikendistribution.com>,  "Robin E. Vess" <rjv at cros.net>, Robin
>>>> Wagner <robin.wagner at alltel.com>,  Matt Ward <WardM at ci.concord.nc.us>,
>>>> Theresa Wengel <theresa at ebi-marketing.com>,  Theresa Wengel
>>>> <theresa at lakenormanchrysler.com>,  Lynn Westley <LWestley at fmlending.com>,
>>>> Peggy Whitonis <pwhitonis at mooresvilleinsurance.com>,  randy wilcox
>>>> <wilcoxrandy at hotmail.com>,  Star Storage World
>>>> <starstorageworld at adelphia.net>,  Peter Wu <luckypeterdbl at gmail.com>, Paul
>>>> Young <young at equip.org>,  Alison Zawacki <azawacki at stewartsigns.com>,
>>>> Jonathan Zulman <jzulman at bestsweet.com>,  amanda
>>>> <wst_formmailer at secureserver.net>,  Amy <the_velvethammer at hotmail.com>,
>>>> Andy <andy at childforms.com>,  Aren <art at thesignshopnc.com>, Bill
>>>> <wiuliano at lotustechnology.com>,  Bill Hear Direct <biuliano at bellsouth.net>,
>>>>  catherinecole <catherinecole at adelphia.net>,  Finlay Motorsports
>>>> <kimberly at finlaymotorsports.com>,  Frederick <orders4faw at aol.com>, Garth
>>>> <Garth1175 at tmo.blackberry.net>,  Gene at imagesigndesign.com
>>>> Subject: [FWD: FW: Subject: PLEEEEEEASE REEEEEAD! IT WAS ON GOOD MORNING
>>>> AMERICA TODAY SHOW ..]
>>>> Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 05:23:07 -0700
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks,Rick
>>>> 
>>>> SEE US AT www.imagesigndesign.com
>>>> 
>>>> Image
>>>> Signs And Design
>>>> 2386 Statesville Hwy
>>>> Mooresville, NC
>>>> 28115
>>>> Contact: Rick Dinkel
>>>> Office 704-662-6062
>>>> Fax
>>>> 704-663-5878
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> -------- Original Message --------
>>>> Subject: FW:
>>>> Subject: PLEEEEEEASE REEEEEAD! IT WAS ON GOOD MORNING
>>>> AMERICA TODAY
>>>> SHOW ..
>>>> From: "Jane Harkness"
>>>> <jane at intracoastalrealty.com>
>>>> Date: Fri, March 17, 2006 6:29
>>>> am
>>>> To: "Chloe Grant" <cgrant at intracoastalrealty.com>, "Eva
>>>> Stone"
>>>> <estone at intracoastalrealty.com>, "Frances
>>>> Moore"
>>>> <frances at garyjewell.com>,
>>>> <gail at intracoastalrealty.com>,
>>>> "Grace"
>>>> <grace at intracoastalrealty.com>, "Jeanna
>>>> Johnson"
>>>> <jj at intracoastalrealty.com>, "Kaitlyn
>>>> Jones"
>>>> <Kjones at intracoastalrealty.com>,
>>>> "Karen"
>>>> <ksmith at intracoastalrealty.com>,
>>>> "Kelly"
>>>> <kwinfree at intracoastalrealty.com>,
>>>> "Kevin"
>>>> <kevin at intracoastalrealty.com>, "LAURA" <laura at intracoastalrealty.com>,
>>>> "Libby"
>>>> <libbywendt at nc.rr.com>, "Louann Pittman"
>>>> <lap at ap-realtors.com>,
>>>> "Sally Smith"
>>>> <allienmac at aol.com>, "Susan Stimmel"
>>>> <bowgirl at gmail.com>
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> From: Susie Kempf
>>>> [mailto:susiek at intracoastalrealty.com]
>>>> Sent: Thursday, March
>>>> 16, 2006 3:59 PM
>>>> To: jane at intracoastalrealty.com;
>>>> julia at intracoastalrealty.com; djones100 at bellsouth.net;
>>>> dpittman at intracoastalrealty.com; jsteele at intracoastalrealty.com;
>>>> jj at intracoastalrealty.com
>>>> Subject: FW: Subject: PLEEEEEEASE
>>>> REEEEEAD! IT WAS ON GOOD MORNING AMERICA TODAY SHOW
>>>> ..
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> From: Bob Blackwell [mailto:bobblackwell at myrtlebeachyearround.com]
>>>> Sent:
>>>> Tuesday, March 07, 2006 9:51 AM
>>>> To: pebbeb at yahoo.com;
>>>> kristenmaidco at aol.com; jreimers at carolina.rr.com.SMTP.John.Reimers;
>>>> jreimers at sc.rr.com; 'Thomas R. Jones'; 'Susie Kempf';
>>>> pattytownsend at chicora.net
>>>> Subject: FW: Subject: PLEEEEEEASE
>>>> REEEEEAD! IT WAS ON GOOD MORNING AMERICA TODAY SHOW
>>>> ..
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Bob
>>>> Blackwell e-Pro
>>>> 
>>>> Coldwell Banker
>>>> Chicora
>>>> 843-222-8426
>>>> www.myrtlebeachyearround.com
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: deb at uomsnc.com
>>>> [mailto:deb at uomsnc.com]
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, March 07,
>>>> 2006 9:32 AM
>>>> To:
>>>> kenc_leavitt at alltel.net; karladrennan at aol.com; karladrennan at aol.com;
>>>> sgaleotti at hughston.com; lorraine at 4greens.us; bobmc at carolina.rr.com;
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>>>> Jeannette at uomsnc.com; Kathleen at uomsnc.com; Linda at uomsnc.com;
>>>> Marina at uomsnc.com; fandp at ctc.net; thildebr at email.uncc.edu;
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>>>> Cathleen at uomsnc.com; Sharisse at uomsnc.com; Sharon at uomsnc.com;
>>>> dhilton at uomsnc.com; Sheila at uomsnc.com; rstallsmith at uomsnc.com;
>>>> BobBlackwell at myrtlebeachyearround.com; blakey at uomsnc.com;
>>>> colleen2 at uomsnc.com
>>>> Subject: FW: Subject: PLEEEEEEASE REEEEEAD! IT WAS ON
>>>> GOOD MORNING AMERICA
>>>> TODAY SHOW ..
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Deborah C.
>>>> Hildebrandt
>>>> 
>>>> Surgery
>>>> Coordinator
>>>> 
>>>> University
>>>> Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
>>>> 
>>>> 411 Billingsley Road, Suite
>>>> 105
>>>> 
>>>> Charlotte, NC  28211
>>>> 
>>>> 704-714-2247
>>>> 
>>>> dhildebrandt at universityoralsurgery.com
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Subject:
>>>> Fw: Subject: PLEEEEEEASE REEEEEAD! IT WAS ON GOOD MORNING AMERICA TODAY
>>>> SHOW ..
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> ----- > THIS
>>>> TOOK TWO PAGES OF THE TUESDAY
>>>> USA TODAY - IT IS FOR REAL
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>> Kathy South Alcoa - EHS Maintenance Coordinator, Phone: 765/771 - 3547
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Pager : 765/420 - 6575
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> To all of
>>>> my friends, I do not usually forward messages, But this is
>>>>>> from
>>>> my friend Pearlas Sandborn and she really is an attorney. If she
>>>>>> 
>>>> says that this will work - It will work. After all, What have you got
>>>> to
>>>>>> lose?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> SORRY EVERYBODY.. JUST HAD TO TAKE THE
>>>> CHANCE!!! I'm an attorney,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> And I know the law. This
>>>> thing is for real. Rest assured AOL an Intel
>>>>>> will follow
>>>> through with their promises for fear of facing a
>>>>>> 
>>>> multimillion-dollar class action suit similar to the one filed by
>>>>>> PepsiCo against General Electric not too long
>>>> ago.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Dear Friends; Please do not take this for a junk
>>>> letter. Bill Gates
>>>>>> sharing his fortune. If you ignore this, You
>>>> will repent later.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Microsoft and AOL are now the largest
>>>> Internet companies and in an
>>>>>> effort to make sure that Internet
>>>> Explorer remains the most widely used
>>>>>> program, Microsoft and
>>>> AOL are running an e-mail beta test. When you
>>>>>> forward this
>>>> e-mail to friends, Microsoft can and will track it (If you
>>>>>> are
>>>> a Microsoft Windows user) For a two weeks time period.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>> For every person that you forward this e-mail to, Microsoft will pay
>>>> you
>>>>>> $245.00 For every person that you sent it to that forwards
>>>> it on,
>>>>>> Microsoft will pay you $243.00 and for every third
>>>> person that receives
>>>>>> it, You will be paid $241.00. Within two
>>>> weeks, Microsoft will contact
>>>>>> you  for your address and
>>>> then send you a check.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Regards. Charles S Bailey
>>>> General Manager Field Operations
>>>>>> 1-800-842-2332 Ext. 1085 or
>>>> 904-1085 or RNX
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 292-1085 Charles_Bailey at csx.com
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>> Charles_bailey at csx.com
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>> I thought this was a scam myself, but two weeks after receiving this
>>>>>> e-mail and forwarding it on. Microsoft contacted me for my
>>>> address and
>>>>>> within days, I received a check for $24,800.00. You
>>>> need to respond
>>>>>> before the beta testing is over. If anyone can
>>>> affoard this, Bill Gates
>>>>>> is the man.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> It's all
>>>> marketing expense to him. Please forward this to as many people
>>>>>> 
>>>> as possible. You are bound to get at least $10,000.00 We're not going
>>>> to
>>>>>> help them out with their e-mail beta test without getting a
>>>> little
>>>>>> something for our time. My brother's girlfriend got in
>>>> on this a few
>>>>>> months ago. When i went to visit him for the
>>>> Baylor/UT game. She showed
>>>>>> me  her check. It was for the
>>>> sum of $4,324.44 and was stamped
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Paid in
>>>> full
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Like i said before, I know the law, and this is
>>>> for real.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Marie Catalano
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>> 631-390-8264
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 631-390-8272 (fax)
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> ERICA
>>>> RUSS
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> --
>>>> No virus found in this
>>>> outgoing message.
>>>> Checked by AVG Free Edition.
>>>> Version: 7.1.375 /
>>>> Virus Database: 268.1.0/269 - Release Date: 2/24/2006
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>> 
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From lbirdie at hotmail.com  Tue Mar 21 13:25:29 2006
From: lbirdie at hotmail.com (Little Birdie)
Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2006 21:25:29 +0000
Subject: [Mb-hair] FW: [FWD: FW: Subject: PLEEEEEEASE REEEEEAD! IT WAS
	ONGOOD MORNING
In-Reply-To: <BAY103-F2291230E871197B2F1830FB4D80@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <BAY104-F32102E43589C7792315708B2D80@phx.gbl>

Cara wrote:

>I cannot believe this got through the list moderator!

Deari Cara, and all

As the moderator I do not get to check every post that comes through from 
subscribed list members. Every post from a non-member is sent to me for 
approval (which allows me to screen out pretty much all of the spam from the 
list), but every post that comes from a subscribed member automatically goes 
out to the list membership without coming through me, unless it is above 
100K in size, or meets a couple of other specific criteria. This post was 
under 100K and was sent by a subscribed member, so it went right through.

Feel free to remind people about www.snopes.com (good advice, IMHO) any 
time, but if someone doesn't take that advice please don't blame the 
moderator! :-)
Love,
Nina

The Hair Archives
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From lbirdie at hotmail.com  Tue Mar 21 13:28:42 2006
From: lbirdie at hotmail.com (Little Birdie)
Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2006 21:28:42 +0000
Subject: [Mb-hair] Hair at CSUN
In-Reply-To: <003301c64c9d$a0f75ce0$6401a8c0@Leo>
Message-ID: <BAY104-F357E6565D4448D3FC60696B2D80@phx.gbl>

Welcome Garry - I am pleased to have you join us!

I, too, love your Tribeal name, and I look forward to hearing more about 
your production as it progresses. Please let us know how we can help!

Nina

The Hair Archives
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From michael at michaelbutler.com  Tue Mar 21 20:56:25 2006
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2006 20:56:25 -0800
Subject: [Mb-hair] Hair at CSUN
In-Reply-To: <20060320214310.574.qmail@web51805.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <C04618F9.2A5F9%michael@michaelbutler.com>

Yes, I am organizing something and we will get back to you.
XO Michael

> oh, YES!!  i am really dying to see that!  i was
> amazed to see that they are still running the show
> over there....and i cant wait to see it!  are you
> going?  is everyone else from our little russian
> adventure going to go?  i'd love, love, love to see
> you and the rest of our vodka and sausage pioneers!!
> hows kim and blake?  and bo and dawn?  i miss you all
> so much!!
> 
> much love!
> 
> --- Michael Butler <michael at michaelbutler.com> wrote:
> 
>> Rachel,
>> I don't know when they want me. I do want to go and
>> will let you know.
>> Meanwhile are you planning to go to the Russian
>> HAIR?
>> XO M
>> 
>>> dearest michael,
>>> 
>>> what night are you planning to see the performance
>> at
>>> CSUN?  i am thinking of going to see it, and if i
>>> could see you at the same time, that would make it
>>> even better!
>>> 
>>> i went to CSUN, myself....so i'm really looking
>>> forward to this!
>>> 
>>> much love to all!
>>> 
>>> --- Michael Butler <michael at michaelbutler.com>
>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Garry.
>>>> Welcome on board. I look forward to seeing the
>> Waabi
>>>> Kiizis tribe.
>>>> I listen to your KCSN 88.5FM all the time, am a
>>>> member and in touch with
>>>> Fred Johnson is GM>
>>>> Michael 
>>>> 
>>>>> Hello all, 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> I wanted to take a moment just to say hello  -
>> my
>>>> name is Garry Lennon and
>>>>> I'm directing Hair at California State
>> University.
>>>>  We've finished our first
>>>>> two weeks of rehearsal and are having an amazing
>>>> time.  The cast is a great
>>>>> bunch of students, amazingly talented and
>>>> dedicated.  We did finally pick a
>>>>> tribe name last week but it was a long process.
>>>> The tribe name is Waabi
>>>>> Kiizis which  is Algonquin for "see sun."  That
>> is
>>>> the direct translation,
>>>>> while it can also be seen as to acknowledge, or
>>>> let the sunshine in.  We may
>>>>> be paraphrasing the language but it works on
>>>> several levels - the acronym
>>>>> for our school is CSUN (California State
>>>> University Northridge) - so our
>>>>> tribe is "those that see the sun" or See sun or
>>>> CSUN.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> I hope to meet or see many of you at the show
>> but
>>>> it has also been great
>>>>> being a part of this cyber tribe too.  I really
>>>> enjoy all the postings and
>>>>> having sharing most of them with the tribe.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Take care!
>>>>> 
>>>>> Garry
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>> Mb-hair mailing list
>>>>> Mb-hair at islandlists.com
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>> 
>> 
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From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Tue Mar 21 21:02:48 2006
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 00:02:48 -0500
Subject: [Mb-hair] ill bet the russian thing is going to be amazing
Message-ID: <001601c64d6d$dd94d350$f1476c42@hotprojects>

from a dramaturgical mis en scene pt of view how interesting;how fascinating
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From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Tue Mar 21 21:04:49 2006
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 00:04:49 -0500
Subject: [Mb-hair] ill bet the russian thing is going to be amazing
References: <001601c64d6d$dd94d350$f1476c42@hotprojects>
Message-ID: <001601c64d6e$25739170$f1476c42@hotprojects>

nina if we had a chat room and we could all talk in real time
it would be so awesome!
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: richard haase 
  To: mb-hair at islandlists.com 
  Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 12:02 AM
  Subject: [Mb-hair] ill bet the russian thing is going to be amazing


  from a dramaturgical mis en scene pt of view how interesting;how fascinating


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From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Tue Mar 21 21:06:31 2006
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 00:06:31 -0500
Subject: [Mb-hair] ill bet the russian thing is going to be amazing
References: <001601c64d6d$dd94d350$f1476c42@hotprojects>
Message-ID: <002801c64d6e$628989c0$f1476c42@hotprojects>

michael butler i have an interesting question:

did you or anyone here see " dionysis in 69 "?
was there anything to it?
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: richard haase 
  To: mb-hair at islandlists.com 
  Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 12:02 AM
  Subject: [Mb-hair] ill bet the russian thing is going to be amazing


  from a dramaturgical mis en scene pt of view how interesting;how fascinating


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From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Tue Mar 21 21:08:02 2006
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 00:08:02 -0500
Subject: [Mb-hair] and its so easy to hook up
Message-ID: <001201c64d6e$98bb2260$f1476c42@hotprojects>

were just computer troglydytes
but some of the kids in the group
must know how to throw up a java or yahoo room?
this as a chat room would be steaming!!!!
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From michael at michaelbutler.com  Tue Mar 21 21:12:47 2006
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2006 21:12:47 -0800
Subject: [Mb-hair] ill bet the russian thing is going to be amazing
In-Reply-To: <002801c64d6e$628989c0$f1476c42@hotprojects>
Message-ID: <C0461CCF.2A600%michael@michaelbutler.com>

No

> michael butler i have an interesting question:
> 
> did you or anyone here see " dionysis in 69 "?
> was there anything to it?
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: richard haase
> To: mb-hair at islandlists.com
> Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 12:02 AM
> Subject: [Mb-hair] ill bet the russian thing is going to be amazing
> 
> 
> from a dramaturgical mis en scene pt of view how interesting;how fascinating
> 
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> 
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From dayton3 at rcn.com  Wed Mar 22 08:43:57 2006
From: dayton3 at rcn.com (Nina Dayton)
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 11:43:57 -0500
Subject: [Mb-hair] Fwd: From Sharmagne
Message-ID: <44217ECD.7050509@rcn.com>



-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 	Fwd: Electronic Petition for Resolution of H/R 1917 Please 
Sign for Our Disabled Veterans returning home from WAR.
Date: 	Wed, 22 Mar 2006 11:36:52 EST
From: 	Sharmagne
To: 	dayton3 at rcn.com



Nina can you pass this on to the lists? 

This fellow had his neck broken in a tank during training, (VietNam)  he 
was not put into a neck brace for 6 weeks even though he had a severe 
swelling/bulge in the front of his throat/neck, He had drill seargents 
coming to the hospital screaming at him to get out of that @?($&#  bed 
and get your ass back to the base.  He was then shipped over to Viet 
Nam.  He is now disabled.

He attempted to use a beach at a vet's hospital where he used to surf as 
a kid and was arrested.

He is due to go to Washington DC in April for the Million man march and 
try to get this bill passed in Congress.

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From lookingformydonna1 at rediffmail.com  Wed Mar 22 08:52:46 2006
From: lookingformydonna1 at rediffmail.com (Michael Ramirez)
Date: 22 Mar 2006 16:52:46 -0000
Subject: [Mb-hair] chat room
Message-ID: <20060322165246.5587.qmail@webmail31.rediffmail.com>

 ?
that's a great idea
<3
Mike
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From lookingformydonna1 at rediffmail.com  Wed Mar 22 08:58:14 2006
From: lookingformydonna1 at rediffmail.com (Michael Ramirez)
Date: 22 Mar 2006 16:58:14 -0000
Subject: [Mb-hair] Argentina Cast Album
Message-ID: <20060322165814.12815.qmail@webmail30.rediffmail.com>

 ?
Has anyone heard this cast album? I ordered a CD copy from a music shop in Buenos Aires. I hope it comes in the mail soon.....I imagine it will be good, as I have the Mexican Cast LP of JCS and it was VERY nice in Spanish. I guess I could burn copies if anyone wanted one lol if it ever comes in the mail

<3
Mike
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From dauber at banana-and-louie.org  Wed Mar 22 09:56:26 2006
From: dauber at banana-and-louie.org (Sean Courtney)
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 09:56:26 -0800
Subject: [Mb-hair] Argentina Cast Album
In-Reply-To: <20060322165814.12815.qmail@webmail30.rediffmail.com>
References: <20060322165814.12815.qmail@webmail30.rediffmail.com>
Message-ID: <20060322095626.40yalmgvkp40gw88@208.179.130.20>

Quoting Michael Ramirez <lookingformydonna1 at rediffmail.com>:

> ?
> Has anyone heard this cast album? I ordered a CD copy from a music 
> shop in Buenos Aires. I hope it comes in the mail soon.....I imagine 
> it will be good, as I have the Mexican Cast LP of JCS and it was VERY 
> nice in Spanish. I guess I could burn copies if anyone wanted one lol 
> if it ever comes in the mail

Heh...don't worry about whether you'll receive it -- just worry about 
WHEN you'll receive it. :)

Seriously, though, if it's still available, let's make sure the artists 
and performers get their dues -- I say don't burn copies for people 
unless it's literally impossible to get through legit means.

-- 
dauber at banana-and-louie.org
AIM: ddaauubbeerr
blog: http://scattered-frog.blogspot.com



From raesing4u at yahoo.com  Wed Mar 22 11:23:57 2006
From: raesing4u at yahoo.com (rachel anderson)
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 11:23:57 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Mb-hair] Hair at CSUN
In-Reply-To: <C04618F9.2A5F9%michael@michaelbutler.com>
Message-ID: <20060322192357.41901.qmail@web51813.mail.yahoo.com>


oh, great!!  please do!  i am so excited....i cant
wait!

much love to you!!  xxxxx

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

> Yes, I am organizing something and we will get back
> to you.
> XO Michael
> 
> > oh, YES!!  i am really dying to see that!  i was
> > amazed to see that they are still running the show
> > over there....and i cant wait to see it!  are you
> > going?  is everyone else from our little russian
> > adventure going to go?  i'd love, love, love to
> see
> > you and the rest of our vodka and sausage
> pioneers!!
> > hows kim and blake?  and bo and dawn?  i miss you
> all
> > so much!!
> > 
> > much love!
> > 
> > --- Michael Butler <michael at michaelbutler.com>
> wrote:
> > 
> >> Rachel,
> >> I don't know when they want me. I do want to go
> and
> >> will let you know.
> >> Meanwhile are you planning to go to the Russian
> >> HAIR?
> >> XO M
> >> 
> >>> dearest michael,
> >>> 
> >>> what night are you planning to see the
> performance
> >> at
> >>> CSUN?  i am thinking of going to see it, and if
> i
> >>> could see you at the same time, that would make
> it
> >>> even better!
> >>> 
> >>> i went to CSUN, myself....so i'm really looking
> >>> forward to this!
> >>> 
> >>> much love to all!
> >>> 
> >>> --- Michael Butler <michael at michaelbutler.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>> 
> >>>> Garry.
> >>>> Welcome on board. I look forward to seeing the
> >> Waabi
> >>>> Kiizis tribe.
> >>>> I listen to your KCSN 88.5FM all the time, am a
> >>>> member and in touch with
> >>>> Fred Johnson is GM>
> >>>> Michael 
> >>>> 
> >>>>> Hello all, 
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> I wanted to take a moment just to say hello  -
> >> my
> >>>> name is Garry Lennon and
> >>>>> I'm directing Hair at California State
> >> University.
> >>>>  We've finished our first
> >>>>> two weeks of rehearsal and are having an
> amazing
> >>>> time.  The cast is a great
> >>>>> bunch of students, amazingly talented and
> >>>> dedicated.  We did finally pick a
> >>>>> tribe name last week but it was a long
> process.
> >>>> The tribe name is Waabi
> >>>>> Kiizis which  is Algonquin for "see sun." 
> That
> >> is
> >>>> the direct translation,
> >>>>> while it can also be seen as to acknowledge,
> or
> >>>> let the sunshine in.  We may
> >>>>> be paraphrasing the language but it works on
> >>>> several levels - the acronym
> >>>>> for our school is CSUN (California State
> >>>> University Northridge) - so our
> >>>>> tribe is "those that see the sun" or See sun
> or
> >>>> CSUN.
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> I hope to meet or see many of you at the show
> >> but
> >>>> it has also been great
> >>>>> being a part of this cyber tribe too.  I
> really
> >>>> enjoy all the postings and
> >>>>> having sharing most of them with the tribe.
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> Take care!
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> Garry
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> 
> >>>>>
> _______________________________________________
> >>>>> Mb-hair mailing list
> >>>>> Mb-hair at islandlists.com
> >>>>> 
> >>>> 
> >>> 
> >> 
> >
>
http://www.islandlists.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mb-hair
> >>>>> 
> >>>> 
> >>>> _______________________________________________
> >>>> Mb-hair mailing list
> >>>> Mb-hair at islandlists.com
> >>>> 
> >>> 
> >> 
> >
>
http://www.islandlists.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mb-hair
> >>>> 
> >>> 
> >>> 
> >>>
> __________________________________________________
> >>> Do You Yahoo!?
> >>> Tired of spam?  Yahoo! Mail has the best spam
> >> protection around
> >>> http://mail.yahoo.com
> >>> _______________________________________________
> >>> Mb-hair mailing list
> >>> Mb-hair at islandlists.com
> >>> 
> >> 
> >
>
http://www.islandlists.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mb-hair
> >> 
> >> _______________________________________________
> >> Mb-hair mailing list
> >> Mb-hair at islandlists.com
> >> 
> >
>
http://www.islandlists.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mb-hair
> >> 
> > 
> > 
> > __________________________________________________
> > Do You Yahoo!?
> > Tired of spam?  Yahoo! Mail has the best spam
> protection around
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> >
>
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> 
> _______________________________________________
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> Mb-hair at islandlists.com
>
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> 


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From michaeldavidarian at yahoo.com  Wed Mar 22 12:09:05 2006
From: michaeldavidarian at yahoo.com (Michael Arian)
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 12:09:05 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Mb-hair] ill bet the russian thing is going to be amazing
In-Reply-To: <C0461CCF.2A600%michael@michaelbutler.com>
Message-ID: <20060322200906.56542.qmail@web50307.mail.yahoo.com>

There is a large coffee-table picture book of the show.You might go to Richard
Schechner's web site.Maybe the Tulane Drama Review published it but Amazon.com 
should/could have it.It was at a place then named The Performing Garage on 
Wooster St.by a group then called The Performance Group.

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

> No
> 
> > michael butler i have an interesting question:
> > 
> > did you or anyone here see " dionysis in 69 "?
> > was there anything to it?
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: richard haase
> > To: mb-hair at islandlists.com
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 12:02 AM
> > Subject: [Mb-hair] ill bet the russian thing is going to be amazing
> > 
> > 
> > from a dramaturgical mis en scene pt of view how interesting;how fascinating
> > 
> > 
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > 
> > 
> > _______________________________________________
> > Mb-hair mailing list
> > Mb-hair at islandlists.com
> > http://www.islandlists.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mb-hair
> > 
> > _______________________________________________
> > Mb-hair mailing list
> > Mb-hair at islandlists.com
> > http://www.islandlists.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mb-hair
> > 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Mb-hair mailing list
> Mb-hair at islandlists.com
> http://www.islandlists.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mb-hair
> 


Michael David Arian 
michaeldavidarian at yahoo.com
"If you can't say something nice about someone, sit by me."




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From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Wed Mar 22 12:11:08 2006
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 15:11:08 -0500
Subject: [Mb-hair] ill bet the russian thing is going to be amazing
References: <20060322200906.56542.qmail@web50307.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <01d801c64dec$c2050f90$f1476c42@hotprojects>

thank you for your time michael
i studied with dr schechner extensively
have my MA from Performance Studies
and know about the book etc
the thing was in a sense the converse
i wanted to speak to someone who wasnt richard schechner
to get an opinion lol
thank you again michael
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Arian" <michaeldavidarian at yahoo.com>
To: <mb-hair at islandlists.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 3:09 PM
Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] ill bet the russian thing is going to be amazing


> There is a large coffee-table picture book of the show.You might go to
Richard
> Schechner's web site.Maybe the Tulane Drama Review published it but
Amazon.com
> should/could have it.It was at a place then named The Performing Garage on
> Wooster St.by a group then called The Performance Group.
>
> --- Michael Butler <michael at michaelbutler.com> wrote:
>
> > No
> >
> > > michael butler i have an interesting question:
> > >
> > > did you or anyone here see " dionysis in 69 "?
> > > was there anything to it?
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: richard haase
> > > To: mb-hair at islandlists.com
> > > Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 12:02 AM
> > > Subject: [Mb-hair] ill bet the russian thing is going to be amazing
> > >
> > >
> > > from a dramaturgical mis en scene pt of view how interesting;how
fascinating
> > >
> > >
> >
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
----
> > >
> > >
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > Mb-hair mailing list
> > > Mb-hair at islandlists.com
> > > http://www.islandlists.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mb-hair
> > >
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > Mb-hair mailing list
> > > Mb-hair at islandlists.com
> > > http://www.islandlists.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mb-hair
> > >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Mb-hair mailing list
> > Mb-hair at islandlists.com
> > http://www.islandlists.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mb-hair
> >
>
>
> Michael David Arian
> michaeldavidarian at yahoo.com
> "If you can't say something nice about someone, sit by me."
>
>
>
>
> __________________________________________________
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> http://www.islandlists.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mb-hair


From cararobindesign at hotmail.com  Wed Mar 22 18:26:38 2006
From: cararobindesign at hotmail.com (Cara Robin)
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 18:26:38 -0800
Subject: [Mb-hair] Dionysis in 69
In-Reply-To: <20060322200906.56542.qmail@web50307.mail.yahoo.com>
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From cararobindesign at hotmail.com  Wed Mar 22 18:29:57 2006
From: cararobindesign at hotmail.com (Cara Robin)
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 18:29:57 -0800
Subject: [Mb-hair] dionysis and more
In-Reply-To: <20060322200906.56542.qmail@web50307.mail.yahoo.com>
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From goodhairdays at yahoo.com  Wed Mar 22 19:23:59 2006
From: goodhairdays at yahoo.com (Jonathon Johnson)
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 19:23:59 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Mb-hair] Argentina Cast Album
In-Reply-To: <20060322165814.12815.qmail@webmail30.rediffmail.com>
Message-ID: <20060323032359.26152.qmail@web52714.mail.yahoo.com>

This one comes up often now on eBay. I have a copy and like it - but I haven't
  found a Hair soundtrack I don't like ;).
   
  Peace Now ~ Jonathon

Michael Ramirez <lookingformydonna1 at rediffmail.com> wrote:
     
Has anyone heard this cast album? I ordered a CD copy from a music shop in Buenos Aires. I hope it comes in the mail soon.....I imagine it will be good, as I have the Mexican Cast LP of JCS and it was VERY nice in Spanish. I guess I could burn copies if anyone wanted one lol if it ever comes in the mail

<3
Mike 


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From cararobindesign at hotmail.com  Wed Mar 22 19:55:26 2006
From: cararobindesign at hotmail.com (Cara Robin)
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 19:55:26 -0800
Subject: [Mb-hair] FW: [FWD: FW: Subject: PLEEEEEEASE REEEEEAD! IT
	WASONGOOD MORNING
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From michael at michaelbutler.com  Wed Mar 22 20:19:43 2006
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 20:19:43 -0800
Subject: [Mb-hair] FW: [FWD: FW: Subject: PLEEEEEEASE REEEEEAD!
	IT	WASONGOOD MORNING
In-Reply-To: <BAY103-F134948B8D97E4901F05271B4DE0@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <C04761DF.2A6BE%michael@michaelbutler.com>

Ladies,
It is my fault. I forwarded this from a friend, who is a serious chap. I
should have sent it to Cara. Also I don?t know how to use Snopes.
XO Michael


> Oh sweet Nina, my face is red!  How could I have not known it was you - the
> list moderator!  For some reason I thought it was the Island group..we used to
> have to contact "that guy" if we had glitches, etc.
> 
> Mea culpa!  
> Love you, Cara
>> 
>> From:  "Little Birdie" <lbirdie at hotmail.com>
>> Reply-To:  mb-hair at islandlists.com
>> To:  mb-hair at islandlists.com
>> Subject:  Re: [Mb-hair] FW: [FWD: FW: Subject: PLEEEEEEASE REEEEEAD! IT
>> WASONGOOD MORNING
>> Date:  Tue, 21 Mar 2006 21:25:29 +0000
>> Cara wrote:
>> 
>>>> I cannot believe this got through the list moderator!
>> 
>> Deari Cara, and all
>> 
>> As the moderator I do not get to check every post that comes through from
>> subscribed list members. Every post from a non-member is sent to me for
>> approval (which allows me to screen out pretty much all of the spam from the
>> list), but every post that comes from a subscribed member automatically goes
>> out to the list membership without coming through me, unless it is above
>> 100K in size, or meets a couple of other specific criteria. This post was
>> under 100K and was sent by a subscribed member, so it went right through.
>> 
>> Feel free to remind people about www.snopes.com (good advice, IMHO) any
>> time, but if someone doesn't take that advice please don't blame the
>> moderator! :-)
>> Love,
>> Nina
>> 
>> The Hair Archives
>> http://www.michaelbutler.com/hair/holding/Hair.html
>> 
>> 
>> _______________________________________________
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> 
>> 
> 
>> 
> 
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From jpzuehlke at prodigy.net  Thu Mar 23 03:39:12 2006
From: jpzuehlke at prodigy.net (John Zuehlke)
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2006 03:39:12 -0800
Subject: [Mb-hair] Discount on Russian Hair in LA
Message-ID: <001f01c64e6e$8eb60360$b248e804@0019448444>

When I tried to purchase tickets for the Russian production yesterday
(Wednesday, 22 March, 2006) by telephone, I found the gentleman who answered
my phone call quite disinterested in accepting my order.  On several
occasions he strongly suggested that I order via the Internet, even though I
stated that I did not have Internet access at my location.  He also said
that the $20.00 "Michael Butler" price WOULD BE HONORED ONLY AT THE DOOR AT
THE TIME OF THE PERFORMANCE.  All orders placed ahead of time (via Internet
or via phone were priced at $30.00, or with the "Michael Butler" discount,
$25.00, so he suggested that I buy tickets at the door.  I did not inquire
as to what "handling charge," if any, would also be applied.

When I asked how risky waiting for the performance to buy the tickets, he
said that, although tickets were selling briskly, the venue was "huge" and
there was almost no chance of not being able to buy at the door.

Just thought you'd like to know.


Blessed be with peace, love, freedom, and joy!

John

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

Original Message (compacted):

Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2006 14:31:49 -0500
From: Nina Dayton <dayton3 at rcn.com>
Subject: [Mb-hair] Discount on Russian Hair in LA
To: Hair list <mb-hair at islandlists.com>
Message-ID: <441325A5.9060005 at rcn.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"



Russian Theatre of Music and Drama has had a production of Hair running in
Moscow since 1999.  This production is coming to Los Angeles for one night
only, April 6, 2006.  The producers are offering a discount on tickets to
Hair alumni & Tribe members.
Tickets are $30, but if you can purchase tickets for $20 by calling the box
office and using the discount with code "Michael Butler"

Information:

Moscow Theatre of Music and Drama
as part of the
Russian Nights Festival in Los Angeles

Silver Screen Theater at the Pacific Design Center
8687 Melrose Avenue
West Hollywood, California 90069-5701

Thursday, April 6, 2006 - 7 PM
Tickets: $30
For ticket information, please call: (323) 874-8216

Mention Michael Butler and receive a discount ticket price: $20

http://www.russiannightsfest.com





From dekuyper at sbcglobal.net  Wed Mar 22 16:38:51 2006
From: dekuyper at sbcglobal.net (Gerald Gerald)
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 16:38:51 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Mb-hair] Funny Commercial (naughty)
Message-ID: <E1FMGVg-00017V-PC@elasmtp-junco.atl.sa.earthlink.net>

One of the funniest, yet!
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From jpzuehlke at prodigy.net  Thu Mar 23 04:15:00 2006
From: jpzuehlke at prodigy.net (John Zuehlke)
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2006 04:15:00 -0800
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re-  ill bet the russian thing is going to be amazing
Message-ID: <002501c64e73$6a1b08c0$b248e804@0019448444>



While I did not see the live production of "Dionysus in '69," I have viewed
the movie of it.

Here are the details of the movie:

Title: "Dionysus in '69"
Produced by: Sigma III Corporation
Directed for the stage by: Richard Schechner
A Film by: Brian DePalma (yes, that Brian DePalma!), Robert
Fiore, & Bruce Rubin

Cast:
Remi Barclay
Samuel Blazer
Jason Bosseau (?)
Richard Dia
William Finley
Joan McIntosh
Vicki May
Patrick McDermott (?)
Margaret Ryan
Richard Schechner
William Schepher (?)
Ceil Smith

With:
Judith Allen
Cara Crosby
Gwendolyn Galsw.. (?)
Rozanne Levine
Ron Schenk
Charles Strag (?)

Environment by:
Michael Kirby
Jerry Rojo

Film Production Assistants:
Bard DePalma
Warren Silverman
Danny Weiss

Based on a 1959 translation of Euripides' "The Bacchae" by William
Arrowsmith.

If you have any specific questions about the show, please post them.  It was
a rather radical production in that the audience was seated at various
levels with the actors often performing from within the audience area.  It
also contained some moderately explicit sexuality.

If you are interested, there was a quite remarkable production "The Bacchae"
that was adapted and directed in Los Angeles by Brad Mays.  I believe that a
video of this 1997 production is in the archives of the Kennedy Center.

Hope this helps.


Blessed be with peace, love, freedom, and happiness!

John

=================================
Original message (compacted):

Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2006 21:12:47 -0800
From: Michael Butler <michael at michaelbutler.com>
Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] ill bet the russian thing is going to be
amazing
To: HAIR List <mb-hair at islandlists.com>
Message-ID: <C0461CCF.2A600%michael at michaelbutler.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"

No

> michael butler i have an interesting question:
>
> did you or anyone here see " dionysis in 69 "?
> was there anything to it?
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: richard haase
> To: mb-hair at islandlists.com
> Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 12:02 AM
> Subject: [Mb-hair] ill bet the russian thing is going to be
> amazing from a dramaturgical mis en scene pt of view how
> interesting;how fascinating




From jpzuehlke at prodigy.net  Thu Mar 23 04:43:36 2006
From: jpzuehlke at prodigy.net (John Zuehlke)
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2006 04:43:36 -0800
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re- Re-  Hair at CSUN
Message-ID: <003301c64e77$6c9337e0$b248e804@0019448444>

Welcome, Garry and Waabi Kiizis tribe!

Glad to hear that the production is going well, and I think that your
wonderful name selection is a great start!

Hebe and I already have tickets for both your opening and closing nights
(and our group is growing).  We also will probably be there on Wednesday for
your post-show discussion.

I await information about any other day that Michael and the cyber tribe
might be attending.  Looking forward to seeing the Candlefish tribe again,
and, Rachel, I am also a CSUN alumnus.



Blessed be with peace, love, freedom, and happiness!

John



From dauber at banana-and-louie.org  Thu Mar 23 04:48:02 2006
From: dauber at banana-and-louie.org (Sean Courtney)
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2006 04:48:02 -0800
Subject: [Mb-hair] FW: [FWD: FW: Subject: PLEEEEEEASE REEEEEAD!
	IT	WASONGOOD MORNING
In-Reply-To: <C04761DF.2A6BE%michael@michaelbutler.com>
References: <C04761DF.2A6BE%michael@michaelbutler.com>
Message-ID: <20060323044802.tjg746095zdwwccw@208.179.130.20>

Quoting Michael Butler <michael at michaelbutler.com>:

> Ladies,
> It is my fault. I forwarded this from a friend, who is a serious chap. I
> should have sent it to Cara. Also I don?t know how to use Snopes.

It's easy...you can go to snopes.com and either browse by category or 
search by keyword.

Be warned -- if you choose to browse by category, you'll be sucked in, 
and before you know it you will have spent several hours reading, 
well...the entire site! One of the many reasons I wish my wife would 
let me put a computer in the bathroom...

-- 
dauber at banana-and-louie.org
AIM: ddaauubbeerr
blog: http://scattered-frog.blogspot.com



From lbirdie at hotmail.com  Thu Mar 23 08:12:32 2006
From: lbirdie at hotmail.com (Little Birdie)
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2006 16:12:32 +0000
Subject: [Mb-hair] FW: [FWD: FW: Subject: PLEEEEEEASE REEEEEAD!
	ITWASONGOOD MORNING
In-Reply-To: <BAY103-F134948B8D97E4901F05271B4DE0@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <BAY104-F37BAA370D072BFA2A2F0FAB2DE0@phx.gbl>

My dear Cara, Absolutely no need to apologize!
Love you too,
Nina

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



From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Thu Mar 23 08:34:39 2006
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2006 11:34:39 -0500
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re- ill bet the russian thing is going to be amazing
References: <002501c64e73$6a1b08c0$b248e804@0019448444>
Message-ID: <003f01c64e97$aebd5630$f1476c42@hotprojects>

thank you john
schechner talked about it in class often
i was curious
how kind of you to take the time
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Zuehlke" <jpzuehlke at prodigy.net>
To: <mb-hair at islandlists.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2006 7:15 AM
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re- ill bet the russian thing is going to be amazing


>
>
> While I did not see the live production of "Dionysus in '69," I have
viewed
> the movie of it.
>
> Here are the details of the movie:
>
> Title: "Dionysus in '69"
> Produced by: Sigma III Corporation
> Directed for the stage by: Richard Schechner
> A Film by: Brian DePalma (yes, that Brian DePalma!), Robert
> Fiore, & Bruce Rubin
>
> Cast:
> Remi Barclay
> Samuel Blazer
> Jason Bosseau (?)
> Richard Dia
> William Finley
> Joan McIntosh
> Vicki May
> Patrick McDermott (?)
> Margaret Ryan
> Richard Schechner
> William Schepher (?)
> Ceil Smith
>
> With:
> Judith Allen
> Cara Crosby
> Gwendolyn Galsw.. (?)
> Rozanne Levine
> Ron Schenk
> Charles Strag (?)
>
> Environment by:
> Michael Kirby
> Jerry Rojo
>
> Film Production Assistants:
> Bard DePalma
> Warren Silverman
> Danny Weiss
>
> Based on a 1959 translation of Euripides' "The Bacchae" by William
> Arrowsmith.
>
> If you have any specific questions about the show, please post them.  It
was
> a rather radical production in that the audience was seated at various
> levels with the actors often performing from within the audience area.  It
> also contained some moderately explicit sexuality.
>
> If you are interested, there was a quite remarkable production "The
Bacchae"
> that was adapted and directed in Los Angeles by Brad Mays.  I believe that
a
> video of this 1997 production is in the archives of the Kennedy Center.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
>
> Blessed be with peace, love, freedom, and happiness!
>
> John
>
> =================================
> Original message (compacted):
>
> Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2006 21:12:47 -0800
> From: Michael Butler <michael at michaelbutler.com>
> Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] ill bet the russian thing is going to be
> amazing
> To: HAIR List <mb-hair at islandlists.com>
> Message-ID: <C0461CCF.2A600%michael at michaelbutler.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"
>
> No
>
> > michael butler i have an interesting question:
> >
> > did you or anyone here see " dionysis in 69 "?
> > was there anything to it?
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: richard haase
> > To: mb-hair at islandlists.com
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 12:02 AM
> > Subject: [Mb-hair] ill bet the russian thing is going to be
> > amazing from a dramaturgical mis en scene pt of view how
> > interesting;how fascinating
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Mb-hair mailing list
> Mb-hair at islandlists.com
> http://www.islandlists.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mb-hair


From michael at michaelbutler.com  Thu Mar 23 08:54:55 2006
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2006 08:54:55 -0800
Subject: [Mb-hair] FW: [FWD: FW: Subject: PLEEEEEEASE REEEEEAD!
	IT	WASONGOOD MORNING
In-Reply-To: <20060323044802.tjg746095zdwwccw@208.179.130.20>
Message-ID: <C04812DF.2A6ED%michael@michaelbutler.com>

Sean,
Thanks for the info and the laugh.
Michael

> Quoting Michael Butler <michael at michaelbutler.com>:
> 
>> Ladies,
>> It is my fault. I forwarded this from a friend, who is a serious chap. I
>> should have sent it to Cara. Also I don?t know how to use Snopes.
> 
> It's easy...you can go to snopes.com and either browse by category or
> search by keyword.
> 
> Be warned -- if you choose to browse by category, you'll be sucked in,
> and before you know it you will have spent several hours reading,
> well...the entire site! One of the many reasons I wish my wife would
> let me put a computer in the bathroom...



From michael at michaelbutler.com  Thu Mar 23 09:23:38 2006
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2006 09:23:38 -0800
Subject: [Mb-hair] George Bush's Trillion-Dollar War By BOB HERBERT
Message-ID: <C048199A.2A6F5%michael@michaelbutler.com>

The New York Times
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March 23, 2006
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March 23, 2006
Op-Ed Columnist
George Bush's Trillion-Dollar War
By BOB HERBERT

Call it the trillion-dollar war.

George W. Bush's war in Iraq was never supposed to be particularly
expensive. Administration types tossed out numbers like $50 billion and $60
billion. When Lawrence Lindsey, the president's chief economic adviser, said
the war was likely to cost $100 billion to $200 billion, he was fired.

Some in the White House tried to spread the fantasy that Iraqi oil revenues
would pay for the war. Paul Wolfowitz, the former deputy defense secretary
and a fanatical hawk, told Congress that Iraq was "a country that can really
finance its own reconstruction, and relatively soon."

The president and his hot-for-war associates were as wrong about the money
as they were about the weapons of mass destruction.

Now comes a study by Joseph Stiglitz, a Nobel Prize-winning economist at
Columbia University, and a colleague, Linda Bilmes of the Kennedy School of
Government at Harvard, that estimates the "true costs" of the war at more
than $1 trillion, and possibly more than $2 trillion.

"Even taking a conservative approach and assuming all U.S. troops return by
2010, we believe the true costs exceed a trillion dollars," the authors say.

The study was released earlier this year but has not gotten much publicity.
The analysis by Professors Stiglitz and Bilmes goes beyond the immediate
costs of combat operations to include other direct and indirect costs of the
war that, in some cases, the government will have to shoulder for many
years.

These costs, the study says, "include disability payments to veterans over
the course of their lifetimes, the cost of replacing military equipment and
munitions, which are being consumed at a faster-than-normal rate, the cost
of medical treatment for returning Iraqi war veterans, particularly the more
than 7,000 [service members] with brain, spinal, amputation and other
serious injuries, and the cost of transporting returning troops back to
their home bases."

The study also notes that Defense Department expenditures that were not
directly appropriated for Iraq have grown by more than 5 percent since the
war began. But a portion of that increase has been spent "on support for the
war in Iraq, including significantly higher recruitment costs, such as
nearly doubling the number of recruiters, paying recruitment bonuses of up
to $40,000 for new enlistees and paying special bonuses and other benefits,
up to $150,000 for current Special Forces troops that re-enlist."

"Another cost to the government," the study says, "is the interest on the
money that it has borrowed to finance the war."

Among the things taken into account by the study are some of the
difficult-to-quantify but very real costs inflicted by the war on the
American economy and society, such as the effect of the war on oil prices,
and the economic loss that results from the many thousands of Americans
wounded and killed in the war.

The study does not address the substantial costs of the war borne by Iraq or
by any other countries besides the United States.

In an interview, Mr. Stiglitz said that about $560 billion, which is a
little more than half of the study's conservative estimate of the cost of
the war, would have been enough to "fix" Social Security for the next 75
years. If one were thinking in terms of promoting democracy in the Middle
East, he said, the money being spent on the war would have been enough to
finance a "mega-mega-mega-Marshall Plan," which would have been "so much
more" effective than the invasion of Iraq.

It's not easy to explain just how much money $1 trillion really is. Imagine
a stack of bills worth $1 million that is roughly six inches high. (Think
big denominations ? a mix of $100 bills and $1,000 bills, mostly $1,000's.)
If the six-inch stack were enlarged to the point where it was worth $1
billion, it would be as tall as the Washington Monument, about 500 feet. If
it were worth $1 trillion, the stack would be 95 miles high.

Ms. Bilmes said that the $1 trillion we're spending on Iraq amounts to about
$10,000 for every household in the U.S.

At his press conference on Tuesday, President Bush made it clear that
whatever the cost, American forces would not be leaving Iraq soon. When
asked whether a day would come when there were no U.S. forces in Iraq, he
said that decision would be made by future presidents and future governments
of Iraq.

The meter's running. We're at a trillion dollars, and counting.

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Call it the trillion-dollar war.

George W. Bush's war in Iraq was never supposed to be particularly
expensive. Administration types tossed out numbers like $50 billion and $60
billion. When Lawrence Lindsey, the president's chief economic adviser, said
the war was likely to cost $100 billion to $200 billion, he was fired.

Some in the White House tried to spread the fantasy that Iraqi oil revenues
would pay for the war. Paul Wolfowitz, the former deputy defense secretary
and a fanatical hawk, told Congress that Iraq was "a country that can really
finance its own reconstruction, and relatively soon."

The president and his hot-for-war associates were as wrong about the money
as they were about the weapons of mass destruction.

Now comes a study by Joseph Stiglitz, a Nobel Prize-winning economist at
Columbia University, and a colleague, Linda Bilmes of the Kennedy School of
Government at Harvard, that estimates the "true costs" of the war at more
than $1 trillion, and possibly more than $2 trillion.

"Even taking a conservative approach and assuming all U.S. troops return by
2010, we believe the true costs exceed a trillion dollars," the authors say.

The study was released earlier this year but has not gotten much publicity.
The analysis by Professors Stiglitz and Bilmes goes beyond the immediate
costs of combat operations to include other direct and indirect costs of the
war that, in some cases, the government will have to shoulder for many
years.

These costs, the study says, "include disability payments to veterans over
the course of their lifetimes, the cost of replacing military equipment and
munitions, which are being consumed at a faster-than-normal rate, the cost
of medical treatment for returning Iraqi war veterans, particularly the more
than 7,000 [service members] with brain, spinal, amputation and other
serious injuries, and the cost of transporting returning troops back to
their home bases."

The study also notes that Defense Department expenditures that were not
directly appropriated for Iraq have grown by more than 5 percent since the
war began. But a portion of that increase has been spent "on support for the
war in Iraq, including significantly higher recruitment costs, such as
nearly doubling the number of recruiters, paying recruitment bonuses of up
to $40,000 for new enlistees and paying special bonuses and other benefits,
up to $150,000 for current Special Forces troops that re-enlist."

"Another cost to the government," the study says, "is the interest on the
money that it has borrowed to finance the war."

Among the things taken into account by the study are some of the
difficult-to-quantify but very real costs inflicted by the war on the
American economy and society, such as the effect of the war on oil prices,
and the economic loss that results from the many thousands of Americans
wounded and killed in the war.

The study does not address the substantial costs of the war borne by Iraq or
by any other countries besides the United States.

In an interview, Mr. Stiglitz said that about $560 billion, which is a
little more than half of the study's conservative estimate of the cost of
the war, would have been enough to "fix" Social Security for the next 75
years. If one were thinking in terms of promoting democracy in the Middle
East, he said, the money being spent on the war would have been enough to
finance a "mega-mega-mega-Marshall Plan," which would have been "so much
more" effective than the invasion of Iraq.

It's not easy to explain just how much money $1 trillion really is. Imagine
a stack of bills worth $1 million that is roughly six inches high. (Think
big denominations ? a mix of $100 bills and $1,000 bills, mostly $1,000's.)
If the six-inch stack were enlarged to the point where it was worth $1
billion, it would be as tall as the Washington Monument, about 500 feet. If
it were worth $1 trillion, the stack would be 95 miles high.

Ms. Bilmes said that the $1 trillion we're spending on Iraq amounts to about
$10,000 for every household in the U.S.

At his press conference on Tuesday, President Bush made it clear that
whatever the cost, American forces would not be leaving Iraq soon. When
asked whether a day would come when there were no U.S. forces in Iraq, he
said that decision would be made by future presidents and future governments
of Iraq.

The meter's running. We're at a trillion dollars, and counting.

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From raesing4u at yahoo.com  Thu Mar 23 13:56:45 2006
From: raesing4u at yahoo.com (rachel anderson)
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2006 13:56:45 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re- Re-  Hair at CSUN
In-Reply-To: <003301c64e77$6c9337e0$b248e804@0019448444>
Message-ID: <20060323215645.62301.qmail@web51801.mail.yahoo.com>

hey, john!  really?  what did you major in...theatre? 
i was a music major, vocal....

it would be great to meet you!  i am still waiting to
hear about when michael is going to visit....maybe we
can all coordinate together- that would be so much
fun!!  are you going to the russian performance?

much love!

--- John Zuehlke <jpzuehlke at prodigy.net> wrote:

> Welcome, Garry and Waabi Kiizis tribe!
> 
> Glad to hear that the production is going well, and
> I think that your
> wonderful name selection is a great start!
> 
> Hebe and I already have tickets for both your
> opening and closing nights
> (and our group is growing).  We also will probably
> be there on Wednesday for
> your post-show discussion.
> 
> I await information about any other day that Michael
> and the cyber tribe
> might be attending.  Looking forward to seeing the
> Candlefish tribe again,
> and, Rachel, I am also a CSUN alumnus.
> 
> 
> 
> Blessed be with peace, love, freedom, and happiness!
> 
> John
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Mb-hair mailing list
> Mb-hair at islandlists.com
>
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> 


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From raesing4u at yahoo.com  Thu Mar 23 14:00:37 2006
From: raesing4u at yahoo.com (rachel anderson)
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2006 14:00:37 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Mb-hair] Discount on Russian Hair in LA
In-Reply-To: <001f01c64e6e$8eb60360$b248e804@0019448444>
Message-ID: <20060323220037.3733.qmail@web51811.mail.yahoo.com>

okay...nevermind previous question...i see you ARE
planning to go!  so this note prompts me to ask
michael:

what should we do?  i definitely want to have good
seats and to be near the rest of our gang (if
possible!  are you wearing your fur hat?! 
haha!)...i'm wondering what is best, here.

any info?  i've been trying to reach stas on his cell
phone but the message box is full every time!

much love and peace to all.....

--- John Zuehlke <jpzuehlke at prodigy.net> wrote:

> When I tried to purchase tickets for the Russian
> production yesterday
> (Wednesday, 22 March, 2006) by telephone, I found
> the gentleman who answered
> my phone call quite disinterested in accepting my
> order.  On several
> occasions he strongly suggested that I order via the
> Internet, even though I
> stated that I did not have Internet access at my
> location.  He also said
> that the $20.00 "Michael Butler" price WOULD BE
> HONORED ONLY AT THE DOOR AT
> THE TIME OF THE PERFORMANCE.  All orders placed
> ahead of time (via Internet
> or via phone were priced at $30.00, or with the
> "Michael Butler" discount,
> $25.00, so he suggested that I buy tickets at the
> door.  I did not inquire
> as to what "handling charge," if any, would also be
> applied.
> 
> When I asked how risky waiting for the performance
> to buy the tickets, he
> said that, although tickets were selling briskly,
> the venue was "huge" and
> there was almost no chance of not being able to buy
> at the door.
> 
> Just thought you'd like to know.
> 
> 
> Blessed be with peace, love, freedom, and joy!
> 
> John
> 
> ================================
> 
> Original Message (compacted):
> 
> Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2006 14:31:49 -0500
> From: Nina Dayton <dayton3 at rcn.com>
> Subject: [Mb-hair] Discount on Russian Hair in LA
> To: Hair list <mb-hair at islandlists.com>
> Message-ID: <441325A5.9060005 at rcn.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
> 
> 
> 
> Russian Theatre of Music and Drama has had a
> production of Hair running in
> Moscow since 1999.  This production is coming to Los
> Angeles for one night
> only, April 6, 2006.  The producers are offering a
> discount on tickets to
> Hair alumni & Tribe members.
> Tickets are $30, but if you can purchase tickets for
> $20 by calling the box
> office and using the discount with code "Michael
> Butler"
> 
> Information:
> 
> Moscow Theatre of Music and Drama
> as part of the
> Russian Nights Festival in Los Angeles
> 
> Silver Screen Theater at the Pacific Design Center
> 8687 Melrose Avenue
> West Hollywood, California 90069-5701
> 
> Thursday, April 6, 2006 - 7 PM
> Tickets: $30
> For ticket information, please call: (323) 874-8216
> 
> Mention Michael Butler and receive a discount ticket
> price: $20
> 
> http://www.russiannightsfest.com
> 
> 
> 
> 
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>
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From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Thu Mar 23 14:23:44 2006
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2006 17:23:44 -0500
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re- Re-  Hair at CSUN
References: <20060323215645.62301.qmail@web51801.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <002f01c64ec8$72455550$f1476c42@hotprojects>

johns name is familar
but im old and senile
and cant remember from where
?
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "rachel anderson" <raesing4u at yahoo.com>
To: <mb-hair at islandlists.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2006 4:56 PM
Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Re- Re- Hair at CSUN


> hey, john!  really?  what did you major in...theatre? 
> i was a music major, vocal....
> 
> it would be great to meet you!  i am still waiting to
> hear about when michael is going to visit....maybe we
> can all coordinate together- that would be so much
> fun!!  are you going to the russian performance?
> 
> much love!
> 
> --- John Zuehlke <jpzuehlke at prodigy.net> wrote:
> 
> > Welcome, Garry and Waabi Kiizis tribe!
> > 
> > Glad to hear that the production is going well, and
> > I think that your
> > wonderful name selection is a great start!
> > 
> > Hebe and I already have tickets for both your
> > opening and closing nights
> > (and our group is growing).  We also will probably
> > be there on Wednesday for
> > your post-show discussion.
> > 
> > I await information about any other day that Michael
> > and the cyber tribe
> > might be attending.  Looking forward to seeing the
> > Candlefish tribe again,
> > and, Rachel, I am also a CSUN alumnus.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Blessed be with peace, love, freedom, and happiness!
> > 
> > John
> > 
> > 
> > _______________________________________________
> > Mb-hair mailing list
> > Mb-hair at islandlists.com
> >
> http://www.islandlists.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mb-hair
> > 
> 
> 
> __________________________________________________
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> Tired of spam?  Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around 
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From michael at michaelbutler.com  Thu Mar 23 17:30:07 2006
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2006 17:30:07 -0800
Subject: [Mb-hair] Discount on Russian Hair in LA
In-Reply-To: <001f01c64e6e$8eb60360$b248e804@0019448444>
Message-ID: <C0488B9F.2A759%michael@michaelbutler.com>

I am sorting this out and will be back to you soon.
Thanks
Michael

> When I tried to purchase tickets for the Russian production yesterday
> (Wednesday, 22 March, 2006) by telephone, I found the gentleman who answered
> my phone call quite disinterested in accepting my order.  On several
> occasions he strongly suggested that I order via the Internet, even though I
> stated that I did not have Internet access at my location.  He also said
> that the $20.00 "Michael Butler" price WOULD BE HONORED ONLY AT THE DOOR AT
> THE TIME OF THE PERFORMANCE.  All orders placed ahead of time (via Internet
> or via phone were priced at $30.00, or with the "Michael Butler" discount,
> $25.00, so he suggested that I buy tickets at the door.  I did not inquire
> as to what "handling charge," if any, would also be applied.
> 
> When I asked how risky waiting for the performance to buy the tickets, he
> said that, although tickets were selling briskly, the venue was "huge" and
> there was almost no chance of not being able to buy at the door.
> 
> Just thought you'd like to know.
> 
> 
> Blessed be with peace, love, freedom, and joy!
> 
> John
> 
> ================================
> 
> Original Message (compacted):
> 
> Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2006 14:31:49 -0500
> From: Nina Dayton <dayton3 at rcn.com>
> Subject: [Mb-hair] Discount on Russian Hair in LA
> To: Hair list <mb-hair at islandlists.com>
> Message-ID: <441325A5.9060005 at rcn.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
> 
> 
> 
> Russian Theatre of Music and Drama has had a production of Hair running in
> Moscow since 1999.  This production is coming to Los Angeles for one night
> only, April 6, 2006.  The producers are offering a discount on tickets to
> Hair alumni & Tribe members.
> Tickets are $30, but if you can purchase tickets for $20 by calling the box
> office and using the discount with code "Michael Butler"
> 
> Information:
> 
> Moscow Theatre of Music and Drama
> as part of the
> Russian Nights Festival in Los Angeles
> 
> Silver Screen Theater at the Pacific Design Center
> 8687 Melrose Avenue
> West Hollywood, California 90069-5701
> 
> Thursday, April 6, 2006 - 7 PM
> Tickets: $30
> For ticket information, please call: (323) 874-8216
> 
> Mention Michael Butler and receive a discount ticket price: $20
> 
> http://www.russiannightsfest.com
> 
> 
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
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> Mb-hair at islandlists.com
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From michael at michaelbutler.com  Thu Mar 23 19:39:20 2006
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2006 19:39:20 -0800
Subject: [Mb-hair] Discount on Russian Hair in LA
In-Reply-To: <001f01c64e6e$8eb60360$b248e804@0019448444>
Message-ID: <C048A9E8.2A767%michael@michaelbutler.com>

John and all Hairites

I talked to the Russian Festival. The extra charges if you buy by credit
card are not for them. It is the regulation of the venue. To get the $20
ticket use my name and get them at the door or you can do it with your
cheque by post with a return envelope.
If you do not feel secure send me your names and I will send a list to them.
Michael
PS Note it says 7PM
===============
> 
> Original Message (compacted):
> 
> Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2006 14:31:49 -0500
> From: Nina Dayton <dayton3 at rcn.com>
> Subject: [Mb-hair] Discount on Russian Hair in LA
> To: Hair list <mb-hair at islandlists.com>
> Message-ID: <441325A5.9060005 at rcn.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
> 
> 
> 
> Russian Theatre of Music and Drama has had a production of Hair running in
> Moscow since 1999.  This production is coming to Los Angeles for one night
> only, April 6, 2006.  The producers are offering a discount on tickets to
> Hair alumni & Tribe members.
> Tickets are $30, but if you can purchase tickets for $20 by calling the box
> office and using the discount with code "Michael Butler"
> 
> Information:
> 
> Moscow Theatre of Music and Drama
> as part of the
> Russian Nights Festival in Los Angeles
> 
> Silver Screen Theater at the Pacific Design Center
> 8687 Melrose Avenue
> West Hollywood, California 90069-5701
> 
> Thursday, April 6, 2006 - 7 PM
> Tickets: $30
> For ticket information, please call: (323) 874-8216
> 
> Mention Michael Butler and receive a discount ticket price: $20
> 
> http://www.russiannightsfest.com
> 
> 
> 
> 


From michael at michaelbutler.com  Thu Mar 23 19:55:21 2006
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2006 19:55:21 -0800
Subject: [Mb-hair] Poster
Message-ID: <C048ADA9.2A76F%michael@michaelbutler.com>


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From jpzuehlke at prodigy.net  Fri Mar 24 06:59:20 2006
From: jpzuehlke at prodigy.net (John Zuehlke)
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 06:59:20 -0800
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re- Re- HAiR - Questions regarding Revised Script
Message-ID: <000201c64f56$96ef8860$38d5e804@0019448444>

Thank you, Nina, for your most thoughtful and diligently researched answers
to my questions.  As usual, you went far beyond "the call of duty" in your
response.  To call you a "gem" would be a gross understatement; you are more
like HAiR's diamond tiara!

Nina wrote:

>The Broadway production had a "character" who was painted with >dayglow
paint and carried off stage during the song Oh Great >God of Power. Claude
entered from the back of the house in a >gorilla suit (originally on a
motorcycle!) down the center >aisle.

Wow!  I do not recall ever having seen Claude in a gorilla suit, much less
on a motorcycle, in all of the many West-coast HAiR productions that I have
seen (starting with the Aquarius and the San Francisco productions).  Really
sounds like a hoot!

Nina continued:

>I have seen many recent productions that cut all of this, but >had a nude
or semi nude person morph into Claude for his >enterance. The BRoaddway
script (1966/69) reads like this after >the explosion that ends Electric
BLues:

>"The Tribe comes from rear of house, singing [Oh Great God of >Power]. They
carry candles, wind chimes, moon oysters, and >incense sticks. One MEMBER of
the TRIBE appears on the stage, >is disrobed, bathed, and/or touched and
fondled, lifted aloft >and carried slowly offstage in the ritual"

Wow, again!  The disrobing and bathing of a person followed by
touching/fondling and carrying aloft sounds very much like a standard pagan
(wiccan) ritual, or one of the desensitization and trust-building exercises
practiced at facilities such as the Esalen Institute.  I didn't know that
these practices were commonly known back when HAiR was originally written,
and, even today, I believe that it is rarely known outside pagan or
professional sex-therapy circles.  Needless to say, I have never seen this
scene performed in a HAiR production.  Incidentally, I assume that the tribe
member being bathed, etc. is someone other than the member playing Aquarius
because it seems to make more sense that the "water bearer" would be
involved in bathing someone else.

Nina continued:

>The 2001 script starts out similarly, but then reads:

>"One MEMBER of the TRIBE appears on the stage, naked, painted >in dayglow,
as the Aquarian water ritual takes place. HE is >lifted from the floor and
carried over to be bound in dark net >material"

Does the 2001 script describe "the Aquarian water ritual"?  Is this the same
as the "disrobing, bathing, touching/fondling, and carrying aloft" that you
described earlier, or is it different?  I have never seen any water ritual
performed, even in the James Rado-directed Candlefish production; as I
recall, they had a tribe member (Tiffany?) dancing and swinging what looked
like an incenser on a long chain.

>Interesting that the dayglow paint is not mentioned in the >Broadway
script, although it was used in every performance I >ever was at. The 2001
script continues:

>"The naked Aquarian runs off as the lights bump up to bright. >The TRIBE
greets CLUADE who now stands in the Aquarian's stead, >carrying a small
duffle bag with BRitish flag on it."

I also don't recall ever seeing dayglow or other ultraviolet light effects
being used in this scene.

Probably because of never having seen any "water ritual" performed (although
I might be suffering from some "senior moments"), both Hebe (my girlfriend)
and I had no inkling that anyone had appeared as Aquarius in any production
that we saw up until the "Act This!" production at Los Angeles Valley
College.  In fact, the only production where we clearly understood the tribe
member represented Aquarius was the most recent production that we saw at
Glendale Community College!

I don't know if it is relevant, but I find it curious that the two
productions where we understood the Aquarius reference featured nude actors:
the former one a female and the latter one a male.  As for the gender of the
tribe member playing Aquarius, I guess that, if we use the Greek
mythological references, the Water Bearer was originally the goddess Hebe
who was later (after a "wardrobe malfunction") replaced by the rather
androgynous male youth, Ganymede.  I still prefer a female Aquarius because,
aside from the fact that my girlfriend is named Hebe, water (in the Tarot
represented by the suit of "Cups", and modern playing cards, "hearts") is a
traditionally female symbol.

Thanks, again, for your detailed and scholarly reply to my posting. I hope
to have the pleasure of meeting you in person.


Blessed be with peace, love, freedom, and happiness!
John




From jpzuehlke at prodigy.net  Fri Mar 24 07:39:06 2006
From: jpzuehlke at prodigy.net (John Zuehlke)
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 07:39:06 -0800
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re- Re- HAiR - Questions regarding Revised Script
Message-ID: <002401c64f59$19179f60$38d5e804@0019448444>

Thank you, Nina, for your most thoughtful and diligently researched answers
to my questions.  As usual, you went far beyond "the call of duty" in your
response.  To call you a "gem" would be a gross understatement; you are more
like HAiR's diamond tiara!

Nina wrote:

>The Broadway production had a "character" who was painted with >dayglow
paint and carried off stage during the song Oh Great >God of Power. Claude
entered from the back of the house in a >gorilla suit (originally on a
motorcycle!) down the center >aisle.

Wow!  I do not recall ever having seen Claude in a gorilla suit, much less
on a motorcycle, in all of the many West-coast HAiR productions that I have
seen (starting with the Aquarius and the San Francisco productions).  Really
sounds like a hoot!

Nina continued:

>I have seen many recent productions that cut all of this, but >had a nude
or semi nude person morph into Claude for his >enterance. The BRoaddway
script (1966/69) reads like this after >the explosion that ends Electric
BLues:

>"The Tribe comes from rear of house, singing [Oh Great God of >Power]. They
carry candles, wind chimes, moon oysters, and >incense sticks. One MEMBER of
the TRIBE appears on the stage, >is disrobed, bathed, and/or touched and
fondled, lifted aloft >and carried slowly offstage in the ritual"

Wow, again!  The disrobing and bathing of a person followed by
touching/fondling and carrying aloft sounds very much like a standard pagan
(wiccan) ritual, or one of the desensitization and trust-building exercises
practiced at facilities such as the Esalen Institute.  I didn't know that
these practices were commonly known back when HAiR was originally written,
and, even today, I believe that it is rarely known outside pagan or
professional sex-therapy circles.  Needless to say, I have never seen this
scene performed in a HAiR production.  Incidentally, I assume that the tribe
member being bathed, etc. is someone other than the member playing Aquarius
because it seems to make more sense that the "water bearer" would be
involved in bathing someone else.

Nina continued:

>The 2001 script starts out similarly, but then reads:

>"One MEMBER of the TRIBE appears on the stage, naked, painted >in dayglow,
as the Aquarian water ritual takes place. HE is >lifted from the floor and
carried over to be bound in dark net >material"

Does the 2001 script describe "the Aquarian water ritual"?  Is this the same
as the "disrobing, bathing, touching/fondling, and carrying aloft" that you
described earlier, or is it different?  I have never seen any water ritual
performed, even in the James Rado-directed Candlefish production; as I
recall, they had a tribe member (Tiffany?) dancing and swinging what looked
like an incenser on a long chain.

>Interesting that the dayglow paint is not mentioned in the >Broadway
script, although it was used in every performance I >ever was at. The 2001
script continues:

>"The naked Aquarian runs off as the lights bump up to bright. >The TRIBE
greets CLUADE who now stands in the Aquarian's stead, >carrying a small
duffle bag with BRitish flag on it."

I also don't recall ever seeing dayglow or other ultraviolet light effects
being used in this scene.

Probably because of never having seen any "water ritual" performed (although
I might be suffering from some "senior moments"), both Hebe (my girlfriend)
and I had no inkling that anyone had appeared as Aquarius in any production
that we saw up until the "Act This!" production at Los Angeles Valley
College.  In fact, the only production where we clearly understood the tribe
member represented Aquarius was the most recent production that we saw at
Glendale Community College!

I don't know if it is relevant, but I find it curious that the two
productions where we understood the Aquarius reference featured nude actors:
the former one a female and the latter one a male.  As for the gender of the
tribe member playing Aquarius, I guess that, if we use the Greek
mythological references, the Water Bearer was originally the goddess Hebe
who was later (after a "wardrobe malfunction") replaced by the rather
androgynous male youth, Ganymede.  I still prefer a female Aquarius because,
aside from the fact that my girlfriend is named Hebe, water (in the Tarot
represented by the suit of "Cups", and modern playing cards, "hearts") is a
traditionally female symbol.

Thanks, again, for your detailed and scholarly reply to my posting. I hope
to have the pleasure of meeting you in person.


Blessed be with peace, love, freedom, and happiness!
John




From jpzuehlke at prodigy.net  Fri Mar 24 07:58:52 2006
From: jpzuehlke at prodigy.net (John Zuehlke)
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 07:58:52 -0800
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re- Re- Re- Hair at CSUN
Message-ID: <003001c64f5b$dec1d120$38d5e804@0019448444>

Nope, Rachel.  I was an Engineering major.

Will be great to see you again.  I believe that you introduced me to your
mother and your grandmother at the Candlefish.

And, yes, I will be attending the Russian production as well as both the
opening and closing nights at CSUN - and probably also the Wednesday night
show (with the post-show discussion) --- maybe more.

Blessed be with peace, love, freedom, and happiness!
John



From michael at intrafi.com  Fri Mar 24 17:24:32 2006
From: michael at intrafi.com (michael at intrafi.com)
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 17:24:32 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Mb-hair] Alternet: Bring the Sixties Out of the Closet
Message-ID: <20060325012432.1B5F0B8081@alternet.org>


This story has been forwarded to you from
http://www.alternet.org by michael at intrafi.com



-------------------------------------
Bring the Sixties Out of the Closet
http://www.alternet.org/story/33896

We need to resurrect the good '60s -- a time when acting, despite being messy and imperfect, made a lot of good things happen.
-------------------------------------


From jpzuehlke at prodigy.net  Fri Mar 24 23:09:49 2006
From: jpzuehlke at prodigy.net (John Zuehlke)
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 23:09:49 -0800
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re- Re- HAiR - Questions regarding Revised Script
Message-ID: <005501c64fdb$29a74ce0$f2cce804@0019448444>

In my previous post, I erroneously wrote: "I have never seen any water
ritual performed, even in the James Rado-directed Candlefish production; as
I recall, they had a tribe member (Tiffany?) dancing and swinging what
looked like an incenser on a long chain."

Sorry, that was in error.  The dancing with the incenser on the chain was in
the opening number - Aquarius.  Tiffany's dance was performed with what
appeared to be a cup.  I still did not grok the Aquarian connection.

Blessed be with peace, love, freedom, and happiness!
John



From lookingformydonna1 at rediffmail.com  Sat Mar 25 08:24:53 2006
From: lookingformydonna1 at rediffmail.com (Michael Ramirez)
Date: 25 Mar 2006 16:24:53 -0000
Subject: [Mb-hair] 2001 Vienna and 1968 German Live
Message-ID: <20060325162453.20687.qmail@webmail50.rediffmail.com>

I recieved the 2001 Vienna Cast in the mail a few weeks ago.
Has anyone else listened to this cast recording? I ordered it for $25 a few weeks ago.  I've been listening to it. Its quite different from other recordings. It has a late 90's early 2000's rock feeling to it. 
I also got the 1968 Live German Cast. It is a really good album. It includes a lot of the dialogue [in German]. I am fluent in German so it is very nice. The version of My Conviction on it is great!
You can get both of them from www.germanmusicexpress.com. I love the German Studio cast, and this is great!
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From dauber at banana-and-louie.org  Sun Mar 26 04:49:42 2006
From: dauber at banana-and-louie.org (Sean Courtney)
Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2006 07:49:42 -0500
Subject: [Mb-hair] Dauber goes full-circle (VERY long and mostly OT)
Message-ID: <351a086c85d.42846af0@outgoing.verizon.net>

Hi, all...sorry to go off-topic here, but I figured I'd update you on what's
going on in my life since eight years ago you were all extremely supportive
of me and helped me get through a very strange and confusing time in my
life. Another one of those times has come again.
                         
I remember in the summer of 1997 we were discussing the Divine Hair / Mass
In F album, and Michael Butler replied to me privately and asked if I could
provide him with a tape of it, as his copy was in storage and not easily
accessible. Of course, I was happy to do it: 1) all I had to do was put in a
tape and hit "record," and 2) it gave me a good reason to listen to the
album! A few days later, Michael thanked me profusely for it and invited me
to hang with him as thanks for it. So one Saturday afternoon I drove to
Chicago and had an enjoyable lunch with him. (Those of you who've met me
know I'm not exactly, well...in healthy shape -- Michael told me he tries to
avoid meat, and I was thinking "Oh, no...vegetarian food coming!!" And you
know what? I was right -- but it was pretty damn good!)

On my way to Michael's place I remember getting severely lost (I had been to
the city a week or two earlier, and I remembered that 55 was undergoing some
construction and could do some nasty things to the tires, so I tried an
alternate route -- which made me late for our meeting time because I had to
pass by the Cog Hill Country Club the day Tiger Woods was in town for the
Western Open!), and he was very patient and understanding and guided me toward the right streets.
But boy, was I having a bad time trying to get there.

And after a very enjoyable afternoon and a surprisingly yummy vegetarian
lunch, I went shopping at some of the record stores I liked to frequent in
the city...and proceeded to lock my keys in my car, and blew forty bucks on
a locksmith. And I let the bad drive up and my key-locking idiocy ruin the
good day I was having...boy, was I pissed...I was cursing Chicago up and
down.

And when I headed back home, I popped in a tape of the not-yet-released
stereo mix of The Beach Boys' _Pet Sounds_, which to this day is one of my
favorite albums ever. As I was heading south on I-55 that sunny day, this
line from "That's Not Me" echoed out of my car speakers:

"I once had a dream so I packed up and split for the city."

And I could see the Chicago skyline in my rear view mirror. For those of you
who've never been there, Chicago has one of the most beautiful skylines
you'd ever want to see. Very colorful, unique architecture, and spread out
very nicely.

I thought about how the bad things that happened to me that day were my own
damn fault, and that I really had a great day having a nice lunch with "the
chief" and then checking out the used record stores I dug. And just overall
what a great place that is. It was then that I knew I had to live in
Chicago.

A year later, I met a wonderful woman from New Jersey. We had a
long-distance romance going for most of 1998, and we decided if we were
going to make it work, one of us had to move. After visiting her in the
summer, I realized a few things: 1) if I moved there, I'd probably move in
with her and live two blocks from the beach; 2) I could finally get out of
my parents' house (hey, when you're 23 years old, that's the number-one
priority!); 3) I could start a new life...so I made the move, and in 1999 we
were married, and to this day you'd swear that Lisa and I are
newly-weds; seriously, we're one of those cute couples that makes everybody
throw up, know what I mean?

The thing is...it turned out that Lisa fell in love with Chicago the first
second she set foot in that town. Thanks to that, we've visited Chicago as
much as we possibly could -- spend a few days with my family, then spend a
few days in the city. In August 2001 we were walking along the river while
waiting for our Amtrak back home, and we both realized hey, we gotta come
here.

A couple of months ago Lisa told me "We need to talk." And we discussed how
for five years we've been talking about moving there so we could be where we
want to be, be closer to my family so that when we start having kids they'll
actually know their relatives (here in Jersey, my mother-in-law is Lisa's
only living relative), etc. She said, "It's time to shit or get off the
pot. We gotta do it somehow." I set a goal for myself that I'd get us to
Chicago by the time 2006 was over. Then she decided to take a year off from
her work on her master's degree, so then I said "Okay, let's make that
2007." And Lisa said still let's try to do it soon, and if need be, she'll
stay behind to finish her master's, then join me in Chicago.

Welllllll....recently an opportunity came up for me...an e-mail went out at
work that our Chicago office was looking to fill a promising position. With
my boss's blessing I went for it. I had a couple of phone interviews, and
this week I WAS OFFERED THE JOB!!! And I nearly shat myself when I saw what
they wanted to pay me -- I didn't think it was possible to make that much
where I work!

So...in late May I start my new job in Chicago! (Woohoo! Big dream #2
fulfilled!) We told my mother-in-law last night, and she was surprisingly
supportive! (We did emphasize that we would like her to join us at some
point so she'd have some family nearby....)

Having said all that, I'm remembering all the cool stuff that happened
during my eight-year stay here:

- watching Brian Wilson, one of my idols (second only to the Beatles!), not
only perform a concert -- something I thought he'd never do in his life --
but perform Pet Sounds in concert....then finishing the Smile album --
something I nearly bet my life-savings that would never, ever happen! -- and
watching him perform it at Carnegie Hall...

- getting married

- last fall's Hair reunion (well...technically it was still summer...)

- getting to meet Jim Rado on a couple of occasions

- meeting a lot of awesome Hair people -- WMH, Tioga Joe (figure THIS one out -- WMH lives
in Seattle, Tioga lives two or three blocks away from me -- yet I only get a
chance to see Tioga as often as I do WMH!), Nina, Corinne, Robin, Bill
Swiggard, Sherwin...I know I'm forgetting many, but trust me, those of you
I'm forgetting now I will always remember having a blast with you at the
reunion!

Anyhoo...I'm thrilled to be starting a new job in my favorite place in the
world, and of course I'm looking forward to meeting some Chicago-area Hair
folk. I'll probably be crashing with my brother or even my parents until I'm
able to get established in Chicago permanently, but when Lisa and I finally
do get settled, we'll all have to get together and have some fun!

--
dauber at banana-and-louie.org
 * ICQ: 28677921 * YIM: dau_ber * AIM: ddaauubbeerr
blog: http://scattered-frog.blogspot.com

From michael at michaelbutler.com  Sun Mar 26 09:37:13 2006
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2006 09:37:13 -0800
Subject: [Mb-hair] FW: Variety.com - 'Hair' gets tangled
In-Reply-To: <EWEB75FRaqbC8wSA1Xv00000005@elogic.com>
Message-ID: <C04C1149.2A86E%michael@michaelbutler.com>



Posted: Sun., Mar. 26, 2006, 6:00am PT
 
'Hair' gets tangled
 
Creatives tussle over revised prod'n
 
By RICHARD OUZOUNIAN
<http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=bio&peopleID=1932>

 
TORONTO -- James Rado just can't stop fiddling with his "Hair."

The co-author of the "tribal love-rock musical," which conquered the
world in the late 1960s is working on a series of revisions to the
show's script for its current production here at CanStage, the city's
largest regional theater.

And while that has added a certain level of new interest to the revival
opening on March 30, it's also caused a degree of concern from the
musical's original Broadway producer, Michael Butler.

"I love 'Hair,' and I love Jim Rado," says Butler. "But I wish he'd just
leave the show alone."

"Hair" began Off Broadway on Oct. 29, 1967, as the first offering of
Joseph Papp's Public Theater, directed by Gerald Freedman.

During that run, Butler saw the show and fell in love with it. He was
the scion of one of the Midwest's richest families, but also a committed
political activist who had been John F. Kennedy's adviser on Indian and
Middle Eastern affairs.

"I got into 'Hair' because I believed in its politics," says Butler,
"and I feel it still has a very pertinent and important message for
today."

After its initial run closed, Butler moved it briefly to a disco called
Cheetah, then brought in Tom O'Horgan, who completely overhauled the
project, adding 13 songs and cutting much of the book.

Co-writer/thesp GeromeRagni continued in the role of Berger he had
originated at the Public, and Rado (who had previously appeared on
Broadway as Richard in the original production of "The Lion in Winter")
took over the leading character of Claude.

It opened on Broadway on April 29, 1968, and became an instant hit,
running 1,750 performances. Its success was global and, as Butler
recalls, "at one point, there were 12 different productions running
simultaneously."

But subsequent revivals have generally been less successful. A 1977
Broadway remount folded after 43 perfs, the 1979 film by Milos Forman
was a flop, and a 1993 Old Vic production shuttered rapidly.

In 2001, both Gotham's Encores! and L.A.'s Reprise restaged the work,
but despite initial buzz, plans to transfer either version failed to
materialize.

However, in the last year, the political climate surrounding the war in
Iraq has heightened interest in the show, with an edgy updated revival
at London's Gate Theater last year, as well as the rewritten Toronto
version.

"The parallels are all there," says CanStage helmer Martin Bragg. "A lot
of what happens in the play is eerie. The echoes between Vietnam and
Iraq are amazing."

But Butler feels nothing needs to be changed to keep the show relevant.
His response to the Gate production was, "'Hair' is about freedom, peace
and love. Its lessons are permanent and universal. Even small tinkering
is in error."

Rado insists the impulse for revision began with the current director,
Robert Pryor.

"Robert had discovered the original script, with all the scenes Tom
O'Horgan cut out during the rehearsals for Broadway," reveals Rado.
"Robert thought it would be valuable for a modern audience to understand
more about these characters and their relationships."

"I was pleased that all these things I had written so long ago that I
thought would never be on a stage were now coming to life," he adds.

Most sources indicate that the changes to the Toronto version are
relatively minor, unlike the radical revisionist angle the Gate
production took, with specific updated allusions to Iraq and 9/11. The
new staging retains the musical's original time setting, allowing the
Vietnam-Iraq parallels to speak for themselves.

And the revisions are even less intrusive than a production earlier this
month at Juneau's Perseverance Theater that included a framing device in
which Berger, as an old man, revisited his memories of the past.

It was reports of that staging that prompted Butler to comment that, "I
was/am opposed to the changes in the book. 'Hair' was made famous by a
dedicated group of believers who go way beyond the normal theatrical
creators in their dedication to a musical show. Jim Rado has continued
to make changes without consideration for the others involved."

Rado still insists he has the best interest of the work at heart.

"Now it's a history piece, but it's also a fairy tale, and maybe we have
to tell it in a different way," he suggests. "You never know what actual
effect you're going to have until you see it in front of an audience."

Despite his unhappiness with the revisions, Butler plans no action. "I
am deeply conflicted about this, because I feel the show's message needs
to be heard today, even more than ever. I desperately want it to
succeed, even if I'm not involved."

"Hair's" opening number, "Aquarius," promised that "peace will guide the
planets and love will steer the stars," but it looks as if that elusive
moment has yet to arrive for the show's creators.
 
Read the full article at:
http://www.variety.com/story.asp?l=story&a=VR1117940318&c=15
<http://www.variety.com/story.asp?l=story&a=VR1117940318&c=15>
 
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From: ean at sbcglobal.net (ean at sbcglobal.net)
Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2006 16:32:03 -0800
Subject: [Mb-hair] Robert Jensen critique of "Crash": A white-supremacist
	movie"
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Today's commentary:
http://www.zmag.org/sustainers/content/2006-03/21jensen-wosnitzer.cfm

ZNet Commentary
Crash 
March 24, 2006
By Robert Jensen and Robert Wosnitzer 


"Crash" is a white-supremacist movie.

The Oscar-winning best picture -- widely heralded, especially by white
liberals, for advancing an honest discussion of race in the United States
-- is, in fact, a setback in the crucial project of forcing white America
to come to terms the reality of race and racism, white supremacy and white
privilege. 

The central theme of the film is simple: Everyone is prejudiced -- black,
white, Asian, Iranian and, we assume, anyone from any other racial or
ethnic group. We all carry around racial/ethnic baggage that's packed with
unfair stereotypes, long-stewing grievances, raw anger, and crazy fears.
Even when we think we have made progress, we find ourselves caught in
frustratingly complex racial webs from which we can't seem to get
untangled.

For most people -- including the two of us -- that's painfully true; such
untangling is a life's work in which we can make progress but never feel
finished. But that can obscure a more fundamental and important point:
This state of affairs is the product of the actions of us white people. In
the modern world, white elites invented race and racism to protect their
power, and white people in general have accepted the privileges they get
from the system and helped maintain it. The problem doesn't spring from
the individual prejudices that exist in various ways in all groups but
from white supremacy, which is expressed not only by individuals but in
systemic and institutional ways. There's little hint of such understanding
in the film, which makes it especially dangerous in a white-dominant
society in which white people are eager to avoid confronting our
privilege. 

So, "Crash" is white supremacist because it minimizes the reality of white
supremacy. Its faux humanism and simplistic message of tolerance directs
attention away from a white-supremacist system and undermines white
accountability for the maintenance of that system. We have no way of
knowing whether this is the conscious intention of writer/director Paul
Haggis, but it's emerges as the film's dominant message. 

While viewing "Crash" may make some people, especially white people,
uncomfortable during and immediately after viewing, the film seems
designed, at a deeper level, to make white people feel better. As the film
asks us to confront personal prejudices, it allows us white folk to evade
our collective responsibility for white supremacy. In "Crash," emotion
trumps analysis, and psychology is more important than politics. The
result: White people are off the hook. 

The first step in putting white people back on the hook is pressing the
case that the United States in 2006 is a white-supremacist society. Even
with the elimination of formal apartheid and the lessening of the worst of
the overt racism of the past, the term is still appropriate, in
ideological and material terms. 

The United States was founded, of course, on an ideology of the inherent
superiority of white Europeans over non-whites that was used to justify
the holocausts against indigenous people and Africans, which created the
nation and propelled the U.S. economy into the industrial world. That
ideology also has justified legal and extralegal exploitation of every
non-white immigrant group. 

Today, polite white folks renounce such claims of superiority. But scratch
below that surface politeness and the multicultural rhetoric of most white
people, and one finds that the assumptions about the superiority of the
art, music, culture, politics, and philosophy rooted in white Europe are
still very much alive. No poll can document these kinds of covert
opinions, but one hears it in the angry and defensive reaction of white
America when non-white people dare to point out that whites have unearned
privilege. Watch the resistance from white America when any serious
attempt is made to modify school or college curricula to reflect knowledge
from other areas and peoples. The ideology of white supremacy is all
around. 

That ideology also helps white Americans ignore and/or rationalize the
racialized disparities in the distribution of resources. Studies continue
to demonstrate how, on average, whites are more likely than members of
racial/ethnic minorities to be on top on measures of wealth and
well-being. Looking specifically at the gap between white and black
America, on some measures black Americans have fallen further behind white
Americans during the so-called post-civil rights era. For example, the
typical black family had 60 percent as much income as a white family in
1968, but only 58 percent as much in 2002. On those measures where there
has been progress, closing the gap between black and white is decades, or
centuries, away.

What does this white supremacy mean in day-to-day life? One recent study
found that in the United States, a black applicant with no criminal record
is less likely to receive a callback from a potential employer than a
white applicant with a felony conviction. In other words, being black is
more of a liability in finding a job than being a convicted criminal. Into
this new century, such discrimination has remained constant. 

That's white supremacy. Many people, of all races, feel and express
prejudice, but white supremacy is built into the attitudes, practices and
institutions of the dominant white society. It's not the product simply of
individual failure but is woven into society, and the material
consequences of it are dramatic. 

It seems that the people who made "Crash" either don't understand that,
don't care, or both. The character in the film who comes closest to
articulating a systemic analysis of white supremacy is Anthony, the
carjacker played by the rapper Ludacris. But putting the critique in the
mouth of such a morally unattractive character undermines any argument he
makes, and his analysis is presented as pseudo-revolutionary blather to be
brushed aside as we follow the filmmakers on the real subject of the film
-- the psychology of the prejudice that infects us all. 

That the characters in "Crash" -- white and non-white alike -- are complex
and have a variety of flaws is not the problem; we don't want films
populated by one-dimensional caricatures, simplistically drawn to make a
political point. Those kinds of political films rarely help us understand
our personal or political struggles. But this film's characters are drawn
in ways that are ultimately reactionary.

Although the film follows a number of story lines, its politics are most
clearly revealed in the interaction that two black women have with an
openly racist white Los Angeles police officer played by Matt Dillon.
During a bogus traffic stop, Dillon's Officer Ryan sexually violates
Christine, the upper-middle-class black woman played by Thandie Newton.
But when fate later puts Ryan at the scene of an accident where
Christine's life is in danger, he risks his own life to save her, even
when she at first reacts hysterically and rejects his help. The white male
is redeemed by his heroism. The black woman, reduced to incoherence by the
trauma of the accident, can only be silently grateful for his
transcendence. 

Even more important to the film's message is Ryan's verbal abuse of
Shaniqua, a black case manager at an insurance company (played by Loretta
Devine). She bears Ryan's racism with dignity as he dumps his frustration
with the insurance company's rules about care of his father onto her, in
the form of an angry and ignorant rant against affirmative action. She is
empathetic with Ryan's struggle but unwilling to accept his abuse,
appearing to be one of the few reasonable characters in the film. But not
for long. 

In a key moment at the end of the film, Shaniqua is rear-ended at a
traffic light and emerges from her car angry at the Asian driver who has
hit her. "Don't talk to me unless you speak American," she shouts at the
driver. As the camera pulls back, we are left to imagine the language she
uses in venting her prejudice.

In stark contrast to Ryan and his racism is his police partner at the
beginning of the film, Hanson (played by Ryan Phillippe). Younger and
idealistic, Hanson tries to get Ryan to back off from the encounter with
Christine and then reports Ryan's racist behavior to his black lieutenant,
Dixon (played by Keith David). Dixon doesn't want the hassles of
initiating a disciplinary action and Hanson is left to cope on his own,
but he continues to try to do the right thing throughout the movie. Though
he's the white character most committed to racial justice, at the end of
the film Hanson's fear overcomes judgment in a tense moment, and he shoots
and kills a black man. It's certainly true that well-intentioned white
people can harbor such fears rooted in racist training. But in the world
"Crash" creates, Hanson's deeper awareness of the nature of racism and
attempts to combat it are irrelevant, while Ryan somehow magically
overcomes his racism.

Let us be clear: "Crash" is not a racist movie, in the sense of crudely
using overtly racist stereotypes. It certainly doesn't present the white
characters as uniformly good; most are clueless or corrupt. Two of the
non-white characters (a Latino locksmith and an Iranian doctor) are the
most virtuous in the film. The characters and plot lines are complex and
often intriguing. But "Crash" remains a white-supremacist movie because of
what it refuses to bring into the discussion. 

At this point in our critique, defenders of the film have suggested to us
that we expect too much, that movies tend to deal with issues at this
personalized level and we can't expect more. This is evasion. For example,
whatever one thinks of its politics, another recent film, "Syriana,"
presents a complex institutional analysis of U.S. foreign policy in an
engaging fashion. It's possible to produce a film that is politically
sophisticated and commercially viable. Haggis is clearly talented, and
there's no reason to think he couldn't have deepened the analysis in
creative ways.

"Crash" fans also have offered this defense to us: In a culture that seems
terrified of any open discussion of race, isn't some attempt at an honest
treatment of the complexity of the issue better than nothing? That's a
classic argument from false alternatives. Are we stuck with a choice
between silence or bad analysis? Beyond that, in this case the answer may
well be no. If "Crash" and similar efforts that personalize and
psychologize the issue of race keep white America from an honest
engagement with the structure and consequences of white supremacy, the
ultimate effect may be reactionary. In that case, "nothing" may be better.

The problem of "Crash" can be summed up through one phrase from the
studio's promotional material, which asserts that the film "boldly reminds
us of the importance of tolerance." 

That's exactly the problem. On the surface, the film appears to be bold,
speaking of race with the kind of raw emotion that is rare in this
culture. But that emotion turns out, in the end, to be manipulative and
diversionary. The problem is that the film can't move beyond the concept
of tolerance, and tolerance is not the solution to America's race problem.
White people can -- and often do -- learn to tolerate difference without
ever disturbing the systemic, institutional nature of racism.

The core problem is not intolerance but white supremacy -- and the way in
which, day in and day out, white people accept white supremacy and the
unearned privileges it brings.

"Crash" paints a multi-colored picture of race, and in a multi-racial
society recognizing that diversity is important. Let's just not forget
that the color of racism is white.


Robert Jensen is a journalism professor at the University of Texas at
Austin and the author of The Heart of Whiteness: Confronting Race, Racism
and White Privilege. He can be reached at rjensen at uts.cc.utexas.edu.
Robert Wosnitzer is associate producer of the forthcoming documentary on
pornography "The Price of Pleasure." He can be reached at
robert.wosnitzer at mac.com. 



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From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Sun Mar 26 10:00:03 2006
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2006 13:00:03 -0500
Subject: [Mb-hair] FW: Variety.com - 'Hair' gets tangled
References: <C04C1149.2A86E%michael@michaelbutler.com>
Message-ID: <002801c650ff$1be801b0$f1476c42@hotprojects>

actually the screaming for revision started with me
in 1980
and im the one who screamed and screamed in jimmys ear to revise
and apparently finally won him over
but
the problem is
the revision must have the same qualitative brilliance or damn close to the
original
mis en scene
and thats the tricky part
that the people who are doing it may not be michael and tom
and jerry aint here
and jimmy aint tom
theres the rub
ladies and gents
watching all this from the sidelines with the keenest interest imaginable
lol

R

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Butler" <michael at michaelbutler.com>
To: "HAIR List" <mb-hair at islandlists.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 26, 2006 12:37 PM
Subject: [Mb-hair] FW: Variety.com - 'Hair' gets tangled




Posted: Sun., Mar. 26, 2006, 6:00am PT

'Hair' gets tangled

Creatives tussle over revised prod'n

By RICHARD OUZOUNIAN
<http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=bio&peopleID=1932>


TORONTO -- James Rado just can't stop fiddling with his "Hair."

The co-author of the "tribal love-rock musical," which conquered the
world in the late 1960s is working on a series of revisions to the
show's script for its current production here at CanStage, the city's
largest regional theater.

And while that has added a certain level of new interest to the revival
opening on March 30, it's also caused a degree of concern from the
musical's original Broadway producer, Michael Butler.

"I love 'Hair,' and I love Jim Rado," says Butler. "But I wish he'd just
leave the show alone."

"Hair" began Off Broadway on Oct. 29, 1967, as the first offering of
Joseph Papp's Public Theater, directed by Gerald Freedman.

During that run, Butler saw the show and fell in love with it. He was
the scion of one of the Midwest's richest families, but also a committed
political activist who had been John F. Kennedy's adviser on Indian and
Middle Eastern affairs.

"I got into 'Hair' because I believed in its politics," says Butler,
"and I feel it still has a very pertinent and important message for
today."

After its initial run closed, Butler moved it briefly to a disco called
Cheetah, then brought in Tom O'Horgan, who completely overhauled the
project, adding 13 songs and cutting much of the book.

Co-writer/thesp GeromeRagni continued in the role of Berger he had
originated at the Public, and Rado (who had previously appeared on
Broadway as Richard in the original production of "The Lion in Winter")
took over the leading character of Claude.

It opened on Broadway on April 29, 1968, and became an instant hit,
running 1,750 performances. Its success was global and, as Butler
recalls, "at one point, there were 12 different productions running
simultaneously."

But subsequent revivals have generally been less successful. A 1977
Broadway remount folded after 43 perfs, the 1979 film by Milos Forman
was a flop, and a 1993 Old Vic production shuttered rapidly.

In 2001, both Gotham's Encores! and L.A.'s Reprise restaged the work,
but despite initial buzz, plans to transfer either version failed to
materialize.

However, in the last year, the political climate surrounding the war in
Iraq has heightened interest in the show, with an edgy updated revival
at London's Gate Theater last year, as well as the rewritten Toronto
version.

"The parallels are all there," says CanStage helmer Martin Bragg. "A lot
of what happens in the play is eerie. The echoes between Vietnam and
Iraq are amazing."

But Butler feels nothing needs to be changed to keep the show relevant.
His response to the Gate production was, "'Hair' is about freedom, peace
and love. Its lessons are permanent and universal. Even small tinkering
is in error."

Rado insists the impulse for revision began with the current director,
Robert Pryor.

"Robert had discovered the original script, with all the scenes Tom
O'Horgan cut out during the rehearsals for Broadway," reveals Rado.
"Robert thought it would be valuable for a modern audience to understand
more about these characters and their relationships."

"I was pleased that all these things I had written so long ago that I
thought would never be on a stage were now coming to life," he adds.

Most sources indicate that the changes to the Toronto version are
relatively minor, unlike the radical revisionist angle the Gate
production took, with specific updated allusions to Iraq and 9/11. The
new staging retains the musical's original time setting, allowing the
Vietnam-Iraq parallels to speak for themselves.

And the revisions are even less intrusive than a production earlier this
month at Juneau's Perseverance Theater that included a framing device in
which Berger, as an old man, revisited his memories of the past.

It was reports of that staging that prompted Butler to comment that, "I
was/am opposed to the changes in the book. 'Hair' was made famous by a
dedicated group of believers who go way beyond the normal theatrical
creators in their dedication to a musical show. Jim Rado has continued
to make changes without consideration for the others involved."

Rado still insists he has the best interest of the work at heart.

"Now it's a history piece, but it's also a fairy tale, and maybe we have
to tell it in a different way," he suggests. "You never know what actual
effect you're going to have until you see it in front of an audience."

Despite his unhappiness with the revisions, Butler plans no action. "I
am deeply conflicted about this, because I feel the show's message needs
to be heard today, even more than ever. I desperately want it to
succeed, even if I'm not involved."

"Hair's" opening number, "Aquarius," promised that "peace will guide the
planets and love will steer the stars," but it looks as if that elusive
moment has yet to arrive for the show's creators.

Read the full article at:
http://www.variety.com/story.asp?l=story&a=VR1117940318&c=15
<http://www.variety.com/story.asp?l=story&a=VR1117940318&c=15>

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Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2006 13:02:10 -0500
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From olhippie at tampabay.rr.com  Sun Mar 26 14:26:22 2006
From: olhippie at tampabay.rr.com (Robin McNamara)
Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2006 17:26:22 -0500
Subject: [Mb-hair] Dauber goes full-circle (VERY long and mostly OT)
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Message-ID: <003701c65124$504f3ac0$97bc2041@CowBox>

Hey Sean ,

Keep the faith , never lose the faith.

Love forever
Robin


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From: "Sean Courtney" <dauber at banana-and-louie.org>
To: <mb-hair at islandlists.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 26, 2006 7:49 AM
Subject: [Mb-hair] Dauber goes full-circle (VERY long and mostly OT)


> Hi, all...sorry to go off-topic here, but I figured I'd update you on 
> what's
> going on in my life since eight years ago you were all extremely 
> supportive
> of me and helped me get through a very strange and confusing time in my
> life. Another one of those times has come again.
>
> I remember in the summer of 1997 we were discussing the Divine Hair / Mass
> In F album, and Michael Butler replied to me privately and asked if I 
> could
> provide him with a tape of it, as his copy was in storage and not easily
> accessible. Of course, I was happy to do it: 1) all I had to do was put in 
> a
> tape and hit "record," and 2) it gave me a good reason to listen to the
> album! A few days later, Michael thanked me profusely for it and invited 
> me
> to hang with him as thanks for it. So one Saturday afternoon I drove to
> Chicago and had an enjoyable lunch with him. (Those of you who've met me
> know I'm not exactly, well...in healthy shape -- Michael told me he tries 
> to
> avoid meat, and I was thinking "Oh, no...vegetarian food coming!!" And you
> know what? I was right -- but it was pretty damn good!)
>
> On my way to Michael's place I remember getting severely lost (I had been 
> to
> the city a week or two earlier, and I remembered that 55 was undergoing 
> some
> construction and could do some nasty things to the tires, so I tried an
> alternate route -- which made me late for our meeting time because I had 
> to
> pass by the Cog Hill Country Club the day Tiger Woods was in town for the
> Western Open!), and he was very patient and understanding and guided me 
> toward the right streets.
> But boy, was I having a bad time trying to get there.
>
> And after a very enjoyable afternoon and a surprisingly yummy vegetarian
> lunch, I went shopping at some of the record stores I liked to frequent in
> the city...and proceeded to lock my keys in my car, and blew forty bucks 
> on
> a locksmith. And I let the bad drive up and my key-locking idiocy ruin the
> good day I was having...boy, was I pissed...I was cursing Chicago up and
> down.
>
> And when I headed back home, I popped in a tape of the not-yet-released
> stereo mix of The Beach Boys' _Pet Sounds_, which to this day is one of my
> favorite albums ever. As I was heading south on I-55 that sunny day, this
> line from "That's Not Me" echoed out of my car speakers:
>
> "I once had a dream so I packed up and split for the city."
>
> And I could see the Chicago skyline in my rear view mirror. For those of 
> you
> who've never been there, Chicago has one of the most beautiful skylines
> you'd ever want to see. Very colorful, unique architecture, and spread out
> very nicely.
>
> I thought about how the bad things that happened to me that day were my 
> own
> damn fault, and that I really had a great day having a nice lunch with 
> "the
> chief" and then checking out the used record stores I dug. And just 
> overall
> what a great place that is. It was then that I knew I had to live in
> Chicago.
>
> A year later, I met a wonderful woman from New Jersey. We had a
> long-distance romance going for most of 1998, and we decided if we were
> going to make it work, one of us had to move. After visiting her in the
> summer, I realized a few things: 1) if I moved there, I'd probably move in
> with her and live two blocks from the beach; 2) I could finally get out of
> my parents' house (hey, when you're 23 years old, that's the number-one
> priority!); 3) I could start a new life...so I made the move, and in 1999 
> we
> were married, and to this day you'd swear that Lisa and I are
> newly-weds; seriously, we're one of those cute couples that makes 
> everybody
> throw up, know what I mean?
>
> The thing is...it turned out that Lisa fell in love with Chicago the first
> second she set foot in that town. Thanks to that, we've visited Chicago as
> much as we possibly could -- spend a few days with my family, then spend a
> few days in the city. In August 2001 we were walking along the river while
> waiting for our Amtrak back home, and we both realized hey, we gotta come
> here.
>
> A couple of months ago Lisa told me "We need to talk." And we discussed 
> how
> for five years we've been talking about moving there so we could be where 
> we
> want to be, be closer to my family so that when we start having kids 
> they'll
> actually know their relatives (here in Jersey, my mother-in-law is Lisa's
> only living relative), etc. She said, "It's time to shit or get off the
> pot. We gotta do it somehow." I set a goal for myself that I'd get us to
> Chicago by the time 2006 was over. Then she decided to take a year off 
> from
> her work on her master's degree, so then I said "Okay, let's make that
> 2007." And Lisa said still let's try to do it soon, and if need be, she'll
> stay behind to finish her master's, then join me in Chicago.
>
> Welllllll....recently an opportunity came up for me...an e-mail went out 
> at
> work that our Chicago office was looking to fill a promising position. 
> With
> my boss's blessing I went for it. I had a couple of phone interviews, and
> this week I WAS OFFERED THE JOB!!! And I nearly shat myself when I saw 
> what
> they wanted to pay me -- I didn't think it was possible to make that much
> where I work!
>
> So...in late May I start my new job in Chicago! (Woohoo! Big dream #2
> fulfilled!) We told my mother-in-law last night, and she was surprisingly
> supportive! (We did emphasize that we would like her to join us at some
> point so she'd have some family nearby....)
>
> Having said all that, I'm remembering all the cool stuff that happened
> during my eight-year stay here:
>
> - watching Brian Wilson, one of my idols (second only to the Beatles!), 
> not
> only perform a concert -- something I thought he'd never do in his life --
> but perform Pet Sounds in concert....then finishing the Smile album --
> something I nearly bet my life-savings that would never, ever happen! --  
> and
> watching him perform it at Carnegie Hall...
>
> - getting married
>
> - last fall's Hair reunion (well...technically it was still summer...)
>
> - getting to meet Jim Rado on a couple of occasions
>
> - meeting a lot of awesome Hair people -- WMH, Tioga Joe (figure THIS one 
> out -- WMH lives
> in Seattle, Tioga lives two or three blocks away from me -- yet I only get 
> a
> chance to see Tioga as often as I do WMH!), Nina, Corinne, Robin, Bill
> Swiggard, Sherwin...I know I'm forgetting many, but trust me, those of you
> I'm forgetting now I will always remember having a blast with you at the
> reunion!
>
> Anyhoo...I'm thrilled to be starting a new job in my favorite place in the
> world, and of course I'm looking forward to meeting some Chicago-area Hair
> folk. I'll probably be crashing with my brother or even my parents until 
> I'm
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From olhippie at tampabay.rr.com  Sun Mar 26 14:35:58 2006
From: olhippie at tampabay.rr.com (Robin McNamara)
Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2006 17:35:58 -0500
Subject: [Mb-hair] FW: Variety.com - 'Hair' gets tangled
References: <C04C1149.2A86E%michael@michaelbutler.com>
	<002801c650ff$1be801b0$f1476c42@hotprojects>
Message-ID: <001601c65125$a7344be0$97bc2041@CowBox>

Ya know gang it is a damn period piece , it is a damn shame, that Jim keeps 
fucking with it because it will always be contemporary, & I love Jim I think 
he means well but the ignorance & maddness of war will always be in style 
until it isn't anymore, HAIR is the standard that sets itself apart no 
matter what era.

Love forever
Robin



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "richard haase" <hotprojects at nyc.rr.com>
To: <mb-hair at islandlists.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 26, 2006 1:00 PM
Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] FW: Variety.com - 'Hair' gets tangled


actually the screaming for revision started with me
in 1980
and im the one who screamed and screamed in jimmys ear to revise
and apparently finally won him over
but
the problem is
the revision must have the same qualitative brilliance or damn close to the
original
mis en scene
and thats the tricky part
that the people who are doing it may not be michael and tom
and jerry aint here
and jimmy aint tom
theres the rub
ladies and gents
watching all this from the sidelines with the keenest interest imaginable
lol

R

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Butler" <michael at michaelbutler.com>
To: "HAIR List" <mb-hair at islandlists.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 26, 2006 12:37 PM
Subject: [Mb-hair] FW: Variety.com - 'Hair' gets tangled




Posted: Sun., Mar. 26, 2006, 6:00am PT

'Hair' gets tangled

Creatives tussle over revised prod'n

By RICHARD OUZOUNIAN
<http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=bio&peopleID=1932>


TORONTO -- James Rado just can't stop fiddling with his "Hair."

The co-author of the "tribal love-rock musical," which conquered the
world in the late 1960s is working on a series of revisions to the
show's script for its current production here at CanStage, the city's
largest regional theater.

And while that has added a certain level of new interest to the revival
opening on March 30, it's also caused a degree of concern from the
musical's original Broadway producer, Michael Butler.

"I love 'Hair,' and I love Jim Rado," says Butler. "But I wish he'd just
leave the show alone."

"Hair" began Off Broadway on Oct. 29, 1967, as the first offering of
Joseph Papp's Public Theater, directed by Gerald Freedman.

During that run, Butler saw the show and fell in love with it. He was
the scion of one of the Midwest's richest families, but also a committed
political activist who had been John F. Kennedy's adviser on Indian and
Middle Eastern affairs.

"I got into 'Hair' because I believed in its politics," says Butler,
"and I feel it still has a very pertinent and important message for
today."

After its initial run closed, Butler moved it briefly to a disco called
Cheetah, then brought in Tom O'Horgan, who completely overhauled the
project, adding 13 songs and cutting much of the book.

Co-writer/thesp GeromeRagni continued in the role of Berger he had
originated at the Public, and Rado (who had previously appeared on
Broadway as Richard in the original production of "The Lion in Winter")
took over the leading character of Claude.

It opened on Broadway on April 29, 1968, and became an instant hit,
running 1,750 performances. Its success was global and, as Butler
recalls, "at one point, there were 12 different productions running
simultaneously."

But subsequent revivals have generally been less successful. A 1977
Broadway remount folded after 43 perfs, the 1979 film by Milos Forman
was a flop, and a 1993 Old Vic production shuttered rapidly.

In 2001, both Gotham's Encores! and L.A.'s Reprise restaged the work,
but despite initial buzz, plans to transfer either version failed to
materialize.

However, in the last year, the political climate surrounding the war in
Iraq has heightened interest in the show, with an edgy updated revival
at London's Gate Theater last year, as well as the rewritten Toronto
version.

"The parallels are all there," says CanStage helmer Martin Bragg. "A lot
of what happens in the play is eerie. The echoes between Vietnam and
Iraq are amazing."

But Butler feels nothing needs to be changed to keep the show relevant.
His response to the Gate production was, "'Hair' is about freedom, peace
and love. Its lessons are permanent and universal. Even small tinkering
is in error."

Rado insists the impulse for revision began with the current director,
Robert Pryor.

"Robert had discovered the original script, with all the scenes Tom
O'Horgan cut out during the rehearsals for Broadway," reveals Rado.
"Robert thought it would be valuable for a modern audience to understand
more about these characters and their relationships."

"I was pleased that all these things I had written so long ago that I
thought would never be on a stage were now coming to life," he adds.

Most sources indicate that the changes to the Toronto version are
relatively minor, unlike the radical revisionist angle the Gate
production took, with specific updated allusions to Iraq and 9/11. The
new staging retains the musical's original time setting, allowing the
Vietnam-Iraq parallels to speak for themselves.

And the revisions are even less intrusive than a production earlier this
month at Juneau's Perseverance Theater that included a framing device in
which Berger, as an old man, revisited his memories of the past.

It was reports of that staging that prompted Butler to comment that, "I
was/am opposed to the changes in the book. 'Hair' was made famous by a
dedicated group of believers who go way beyond the normal theatrical
creators in their dedication to a musical show. Jim Rado has continued
to make changes without consideration for the others involved."

Rado still insists he has the best interest of the work at heart.

"Now it's a history piece, but it's also a fairy tale, and maybe we have
to tell it in a different way," he suggests. "You never know what actual
effect you're going to have until you see it in front of an audience."

Despite his unhappiness with the revisions, Butler plans no action. "I
am deeply conflicted about this, because I feel the show's message needs
to be heard today, even more than ever. I desperately want it to
succeed, even if I'm not involved."

"Hair's" opening number, "Aquarius," promised that "peace will guide the
planets and love will steer the stars," but it looks as if that elusive
moment has yet to arrive for the show's creators.

Read the full article at:
http://www.variety.com/story.asp?l=story&a=VR1117940318&c=15
<http://www.variety.com/story.asp?l=story&a=VR1117940318&c=15>

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From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Sun Mar 26 16:08:40 2006
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2006 19:08:40 -0500
Subject: [Mb-hair] FW: Variety.com - 'Hair' gets tangled
References: <C04C1149.2A86E%michael@michaelbutler.com>
	<002801c650ff$1be801b0$f1476c42@hotprojects>
	<001601c65125$a7344be0$97bc2041@CowBox>
Message-ID: <001e01c65132$9a3cd350$f1476c42@hotprojects>

and see i vehemently disagree
its a matter that the adaptation of the mis en scene be as thoughtfully good
as the original
which is a tall tall order
in the original script/original mis en scene
were places for change , improvisation
one can easily make the war in hair the war in iraq
where it gets messed up is in my opinion when you start making reference to
i pods
the list in the long version of aint got no the bridge\
of course that can be updated but with care
why cant hair be now
or better yet
5 years in the future
?
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robin McNamara" <olhippie at tampabay.rr.com>
To: <mb-hair at islandlists.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 26, 2006 5:35 PM
Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] FW: Variety.com - 'Hair' gets tangled


Ya know gang it is a damn period piece , it is a damn shame, that Jim keeps
fucking with it because it will always be contemporary, & I love Jim I think
he means well but the ignorance & maddness of war will always be in style
until it isn't anymore, HAIR is the standard that sets itself apart no
matter what era.

Love forever
Robin



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "richard haase" <hotprojects at nyc.rr.com>
To: <mb-hair at islandlists.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 26, 2006 1:00 PM
Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] FW: Variety.com - 'Hair' gets tangled


actually the screaming for revision started with me
in 1980
and im the one who screamed and screamed in jimmys ear to revise
and apparently finally won him over
but
the problem is
the revision must have the same qualitative brilliance or damn close to the
original
mis en scene
and thats the tricky part
that the people who are doing it may not be michael and tom
and jerry aint here
and jimmy aint tom
theres the rub
ladies and gents
watching all this from the sidelines with the keenest interest imaginable
lol

R

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Butler" <michael at michaelbutler.com>
To: "HAIR List" <mb-hair at islandlists.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 26, 2006 12:37 PM
Subject: [Mb-hair] FW: Variety.com - 'Hair' gets tangled




Posted: Sun., Mar. 26, 2006, 6:00am PT

'Hair' gets tangled

Creatives tussle over revised prod'n

By RICHARD OUZOUNIAN
<http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=bio&peopleID=1932>


TORONTO -- James Rado just can't stop fiddling with his "Hair."

The co-author of the "tribal love-rock musical," which conquered the
world in the late 1960s is working on a series of revisions to the
show's script for its current production here at CanStage, the city's
largest regional theater.

And while that has added a certain level of new interest to the revival
opening on March 30, it's also caused a degree of concern from the
musical's original Broadway producer, Michael Butler.

"I love 'Hair,' and I love Jim Rado," says Butler. "But I wish he'd just
leave the show alone."

"Hair" began Off Broadway on Oct. 29, 1967, as the first offering of
Joseph Papp's Public Theater, directed by Gerald Freedman.

During that run, Butler saw the show and fell in love with it. He was
the scion of one of the Midwest's richest families, but also a committed
political activist who had been John F. Kennedy's adviser on Indian and
Middle Eastern affairs.

"I got into 'Hair' because I believed in its politics," says Butler,
"and I feel it still has a very pertinent and important message for
today."

After its initial run closed, Butler moved it briefly to a disco called
Cheetah, then brought in Tom O'Horgan, who completely overhauled the
project, adding 13 songs and cutting much of the book.

Co-writer/thesp GeromeRagni continued in the role of Berger he had
originated at the Public, and Rado (who had previously appeared on
Broadway as Richard in the original production of "The Lion in Winter")
took over the leading character of Claude.

It opened on Broadway on April 29, 1968, and became an instant hit,
running 1,750 performances. Its success was global and, as Butler
recalls, "at one point, there were 12 different productions running
simultaneously."

But subsequent revivals have generally been less successful. A 1977
Broadway remount folded after 43 perfs, the 1979 film by Milos Forman
was a flop, and a 1993 Old Vic production shuttered rapidly.

In 2001, both Gotham's Encores! and L.A.'s Reprise restaged the work,
but despite initial buzz, plans to transfer either version failed to
materialize.

However, in the last year, the political climate surrounding the war in
Iraq has heightened interest in the show, with an edgy updated revival
at London's Gate Theater last year, as well as the rewritten Toronto
version.

"The parallels are all there," says CanStage helmer Martin Bragg. "A lot
of what happens in the play is eerie. The echoes between Vietnam and
Iraq are amazing."

But Butler feels nothing needs to be changed to keep the show relevant.
His response to the Gate production was, "'Hair' is about freedom, peace
and love. Its lessons are permanent and universal. Even small tinkering
is in error."

Rado insists the impulse for revision began with the current director,
Robert Pryor.

"Robert had discovered the original script, with all the scenes Tom
O'Horgan cut out during the rehearsals for Broadway," reveals Rado.
"Robert thought it would be valuable for a modern audience to understand
more about these characters and their relationships."

"I was pleased that all these things I had written so long ago that I
thought would never be on a stage were now coming to life," he adds.

Most sources indicate that the changes to the Toronto version are
relatively minor, unlike the radical revisionist angle the Gate
production took, with specific updated allusions to Iraq and 9/11. The
new staging retains the musical's original time setting, allowing the
Vietnam-Iraq parallels to speak for themselves.

And the revisions are even less intrusive than a production earlier this
month at Juneau's Perseverance Theater that included a framing device in
which Berger, as an old man, revisited his memories of the past.

It was reports of that staging that prompted Butler to comment that, "I
was/am opposed to the changes in the book. 'Hair' was made famous by a
dedicated group of believers who go way beyond the normal theatrical
creators in their dedication to a musical show. Jim Rado has continued
to make changes without consideration for the others involved."

Rado still insists he has the best interest of the work at heart.

"Now it's a history piece, but it's also a fairy tale, and maybe we have
to tell it in a different way," he suggests. "You never know what actual
effect you're going to have until you see it in front of an audience."

Despite his unhappiness with the revisions, Butler plans no action. "I
am deeply conflicted about this, because I feel the show's message needs
to be heard today, even more than ever. I desperately want it to
succeed, even if I'm not involved."

"Hair's" opening number, "Aquarius," promised that "peace will guide the
planets and love will steer the stars," but it looks as if that elusive
moment has yet to arrive for the show's creators.

Read the full article at:
http://www.variety.com/story.asp?l=story&a=VR1117940318&c=15
<http://www.variety.com/story.asp?l=story&a=VR1117940318&c=15>

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From olhippie at tampabay.rr.com  Sun Mar 26 16:15:45 2006
From: olhippie at tampabay.rr.com (Robin McNamara)
Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2006 19:15:45 -0500
Subject: [Mb-hair] FW: Variety.com - 'Hair' gets tangled
References: <C04C1149.2A86E%michael@michaelbutler.com>
	<002801c650ff$1be801b0$f1476c42@hotprojects>
	<001601c65125$a7344be0$97bc2041@CowBox>
	<001e01c65132$9a3cd350$f1476c42@hotprojects>
Message-ID: <000601c65133$97ab3680$97bc2041@CowBox>

Hey Richard it is 5 years in the future already "as is" minimum,leave it 
alone brother don't touch what's already good, why confuse "the story"






----- Original Message ----- 
From: "richard haase" <hotprojects at nyc.rr.com>
To: <mb-hair at islandlists.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 26, 2006 7:08 PM
Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] FW: Variety.com - 'Hair' gets tangled


and see i vehemently disagree
its a matter that the adaptation of the mis en scene be as thoughtfully good
as the original
which is a tall tall order
in the original script/original mis en scene
were places for change , improvisation
one can easily make the war in hair the war in iraq
where it gets messed up is in my opinion when you start making reference to
i pods
the list in the long version of aint got no the bridge\
of course that can be updated but with care
why cant hair be now
or better yet
5 years in the future
?
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robin McNamara" <olhippie at tampabay.rr.com>
To: <mb-hair at islandlists.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 26, 2006 5:35 PM
Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] FW: Variety.com - 'Hair' gets tangled


Ya know gang it is a damn period piece , it is a damn shame, that Jim keeps
fucking with it because it will always be contemporary, & I love Jim I think
he means well but the ignorance & maddness of war will always be in style
until it isn't anymore, HAIR is the standard that sets itself apart no
matter what era.

Love forever
Robin



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "richard haase" <hotprojects at nyc.rr.com>
To: <mb-hair at islandlists.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 26, 2006 1:00 PM
Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] FW: Variety.com - 'Hair' gets tangled


actually the screaming for revision started with me
in 1980
and im the one who screamed and screamed in jimmys ear to revise
and apparently finally won him over
but
the problem is
the revision must have the same qualitative brilliance or damn close to the
original
mis en scene
and thats the tricky part
that the people who are doing it may not be michael and tom
and jerry aint here
and jimmy aint tom
theres the rub
ladies and gents
watching all this from the sidelines with the keenest interest imaginable
lol

R

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Butler" <michael at michaelbutler.com>
To: "HAIR List" <mb-hair at islandlists.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 26, 2006 12:37 PM
Subject: [Mb-hair] FW: Variety.com - 'Hair' gets tangled




Posted: Sun., Mar. 26, 2006, 6:00am PT

'Hair' gets tangled

Creatives tussle over revised prod'n

By RICHARD OUZOUNIAN
<http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=bio&peopleID=1932>


TORONTO -- James Rado just can't stop fiddling with his "Hair."

The co-author of the "tribal love-rock musical," which conquered the
world in the late 1960s is working on a series of revisions to the
show's script for its current production here at CanStage, the city's
largest regional theater.

And while that has added a certain level of new interest to the revival
opening on March 30, it's also caused a degree of concern from the
musical's original Broadway producer, Michael Butler.

"I love 'Hair,' and I love Jim Rado," says Butler. "But I wish he'd just
leave the show alone."

"Hair" began Off Broadway on Oct. 29, 1967, as the first offering of
Joseph Papp's Public Theater, directed by Gerald Freedman.

During that run, Butler saw the show and fell in love with it. He was
the scion of one of the Midwest's richest families, but also a committed
political activist who had been John F. Kennedy's adviser on Indian and
Middle Eastern affairs.

"I got into 'Hair' because I believed in its politics," says Butler,
"and I feel it still has a very pertinent and important message for
today."

After its initial run closed, Butler moved it briefly to a disco called
Cheetah, then brought in Tom O'Horgan, who completely overhauled the
project, adding 13 songs and cutting much of the book.

Co-writer/thesp GeromeRagni continued in the role of Berger he had
originated at the Public, and Rado (who had previously appeared on
Broadway as Richard in the original production of "The Lion in Winter")
took over the leading character of Claude.

It opened on Broadway on April 29, 1968, and became an instant hit,
running 1,750 performances. Its success was global and, as Butler
recalls, "at one point, there were 12 different productions running
simultaneously."

But subsequent revivals have generally been less successful. A 1977
Broadway remount folded after 43 perfs, the 1979 film by Milos Forman
was a flop, and a 1993 Old Vic production shuttered rapidly.

In 2001, both Gotham's Encores! and L.A.'s Reprise restaged the work,
but despite initial buzz, plans to transfer either version failed to
materialize.

However, in the last year, the political climate surrounding the war in
Iraq has heightened interest in the show, with an edgy updated revival
at London's Gate Theater last year, as well as the rewritten Toronto
version.

"The parallels are all there," says CanStage helmer Martin Bragg. "A lot
of what happens in the play is eerie. The echoes between Vietnam and
Iraq are amazing."

But Butler feels nothing needs to be changed to keep the show relevant.
His response to the Gate production was, "'Hair' is about freedom, peace
and love. Its lessons are permanent and universal. Even small tinkering
is in error."

Rado insists the impulse for revision began with the current director,
Robert Pryor.

"Robert had discovered the original script, with all the scenes Tom
O'Horgan cut out during the rehearsals for Broadway," reveals Rado.
"Robert thought it would be valuable for a modern audience to understand
more about these characters and their relationships."

"I was pleased that all these things I had written so long ago that I
thought would never be on a stage were now coming to life," he adds.

Most sources indicate that the changes to the Toronto version are
relatively minor, unlike the radical revisionist angle the Gate
production took, with specific updated allusions to Iraq and 9/11. The
new staging retains the musical's original time setting, allowing the
Vietnam-Iraq parallels to speak for themselves.

And the revisions are even less intrusive than a production earlier this
month at Juneau's Perseverance Theater that included a framing device in
which Berger, as an old man, revisited his memories of the past.

It was reports of that staging that prompted Butler to comment that, "I
was/am opposed to the changes in the book. 'Hair' was made famous by a
dedicated group of believers who go way beyond the normal theatrical
creators in their dedication to a musical show. Jim Rado has continued
to make changes without consideration for the others involved."

Rado still insists he has the best interest of the work at heart.

"Now it's a history piece, but it's also a fairy tale, and maybe we have
to tell it in a different way," he suggests. "You never know what actual
effect you're going to have until you see it in front of an audience."

Despite his unhappiness with the revisions, Butler plans no action. "I
am deeply conflicted about this, because I feel the show's message needs
to be heard today, even more than ever. I desperately want it to
succeed, even if I'm not involved."

"Hair's" opening number, "Aquarius," promised that "peace will guide the
planets and love will steer the stars," but it looks as if that elusive
moment has yet to arrive for the show's creators.

Read the full article at:
http://www.variety.com/story.asp?l=story&a=VR1117940318&c=15
<http://www.variety.com/story.asp?l=story&a=VR1117940318&c=15>

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From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Sun Mar 26 16:17:34 2006
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2006 19:17:34 -0500
Subject: [Mb-hair] FW: Variety.com - 'Hair' gets tangled
References: <C04C1149.2A86E%michael@michaelbutler.com>
	<002801c650ff$1be801b0$f1476c42@hotprojects>
	<001601c65125$a7344be0$97bc2041@CowBox>
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because
although it may never be what it was
eg i saw the original production
it was the finest evening in the theater ever
for the new generation to connect with it
making the war the one in iraq may cause a critical mass of dramatic action
that will result in the kind of excitement one had in 68
certainly the situation is the same

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robin McNamara" <olhippie at tampabay.rr.com>
To: <mb-hair at islandlists.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 26, 2006 7:15 PM
Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] FW: Variety.com - 'Hair' gets tangled


Hey Richard it is 5 years in the future already "as is" minimum,leave it
alone brother don't touch what's already good, why confuse "the story"






----- Original Message ----- 
From: "richard haase" <hotprojects at nyc.rr.com>
To: <mb-hair at islandlists.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 26, 2006 7:08 PM
Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] FW: Variety.com - 'Hair' gets tangled


and see i vehemently disagree
its a matter that the adaptation of the mis en scene be as thoughtfully good
as the original
which is a tall tall order
in the original script/original mis en scene
were places for change , improvisation
one can easily make the war in hair the war in iraq
where it gets messed up is in my opinion when you start making reference to
i pods
the list in the long version of aint got no the bridge\
of course that can be updated but with care
why cant hair be now
or better yet
5 years in the future
?
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robin McNamara" <olhippie at tampabay.rr.com>
To: <mb-hair at islandlists.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 26, 2006 5:35 PM
Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] FW: Variety.com - 'Hair' gets tangled


Ya know gang it is a damn period piece , it is a damn shame, that Jim keeps
fucking with it because it will always be contemporary, & I love Jim I think
he means well but the ignorance & maddness of war will always be in style
until it isn't anymore, HAIR is the standard that sets itself apart no
matter what era.

Love forever
Robin



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "richard haase" <hotprojects at nyc.rr.com>
To: <mb-hair at islandlists.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 26, 2006 1:00 PM
Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] FW: Variety.com - 'Hair' gets tangled


actually the screaming for revision started with me
in 1980
and im the one who screamed and screamed in jimmys ear to revise
and apparently finally won him over
but
the problem is
the revision must have the same qualitative brilliance or damn close to the
original
mis en scene
and thats the tricky part
that the people who are doing it may not be michael and tom
and jerry aint here
and jimmy aint tom
theres the rub
ladies and gents
watching all this from the sidelines with the keenest interest imaginable
lol

R

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Butler" <michael at michaelbutler.com>
To: "HAIR List" <mb-hair at islandlists.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 26, 2006 12:37 PM
Subject: [Mb-hair] FW: Variety.com - 'Hair' gets tangled




Posted: Sun., Mar. 26, 2006, 6:00am PT

'Hair' gets tangled

Creatives tussle over revised prod'n

By RICHARD OUZOUNIAN
<http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=bio&peopleID=1932>


TORONTO -- James Rado just can't stop fiddling with his "Hair."

The co-author of the "tribal love-rock musical," which conquered the
world in the late 1960s is working on a series of revisions to the
show's script for its current production here at CanStage, the city's
largest regional theater.

And while that has added a certain level of new interest to the revival
opening on March 30, it's also caused a degree of concern from the
musical's original Broadway producer, Michael Butler.

"I love 'Hair,' and I love Jim Rado," says Butler. "But I wish he'd just
leave the show alone."

"Hair" began Off Broadway on Oct. 29, 1967, as the first offering of
Joseph Papp's Public Theater, directed by Gerald Freedman.

During that run, Butler saw the show and fell in love with it. He was
the scion of one of the Midwest's richest families, but also a committed
political activist who had been John F. Kennedy's adviser on Indian and
Middle Eastern affairs.

"I got into 'Hair' because I believed in its politics," says Butler,
"and I feel it still has a very pertinent and important message for
today."

After its initial run closed, Butler moved it briefly to a disco called
Cheetah, then brought in Tom O'Horgan, who completely overhauled the
project, adding 13 songs and cutting much of the book.

Co-writer/thesp GeromeRagni continued in the role of Berger he had
originated at the Public, and Rado (who had previously appeared on
Broadway as Richard in the original production of "The Lion in Winter")
took over the leading character of Claude.

It opened on Broadway on April 29, 1968, and became an instant hit,
running 1,750 performances. Its success was global and, as Butler
recalls, "at one point, there were 12 different productions running
simultaneously."

But subsequent revivals have generally been less successful. A 1977
Broadway remount folded after 43 perfs, the 1979 film by Milos Forman
was a flop, and a 1993 Old Vic production shuttered rapidly.

In 2001, both Gotham's Encores! and L.A.'s Reprise restaged the work,
but despite initial buzz, plans to transfer either version failed to
materialize.

However, in the last year, the political climate surrounding the war in
Iraq has heightened interest in the show, with an edgy updated revival
at London's Gate Theater last year, as well as the rewritten Toronto
version.

"The parallels are all there," says CanStage helmer Martin Bragg. "A lot
of what happens in the play is eerie. The echoes between Vietnam and
Iraq are amazing."

But Butler feels nothing needs to be changed to keep the show relevant.
His response to the Gate production was, "'Hair' is about freedom, peace
and love. Its lessons are permanent and universal. Even small tinkering
is in error."

Rado insists the impulse for revision began with the current director,
Robert Pryor.

"Robert had discovered the original script, with all the scenes Tom
O'Horgan cut out during the rehearsals for Broadway," reveals Rado.
"Robert thought it would be valuable for a modern audience to understand
more about these characters and their relationships."

"I was pleased that all these things I had written so long ago that I
thought would never be on a stage were now coming to life," he adds.

Most sources indicate that the changes to the Toronto version are
relatively minor, unlike the radical revisionist angle the Gate
production took, with specific updated allusions to Iraq and 9/11. The
new staging retains the musical's original time setting, allowing the
Vietnam-Iraq parallels to speak for themselves.

And the revisions are even less intrusive than a production earlier this
month at Juneau's Perseverance Theater that included a framing device in
which Berger, as an old man, revisited his memories of the past.

It was reports of that staging that prompted Butler to comment that, "I
was/am opposed to the changes in the book. 'Hair' was made famous by a
dedicated group of believers who go way beyond the normal theatrical
creators in their dedication to a musical show. Jim Rado has continued
to make changes without consideration for the others involved."

Rado still insists he has the best interest of the work at heart.

"Now it's a history piece, but it's also a fairy tale, and maybe we have
to tell it in a different way," he suggests. "You never know what actual
effect you're going to have until you see it in front of an audience."

Despite his unhappiness with the revisions, Butler plans no action. "I
am deeply conflicted about this, because I feel the show's message needs
to be heard today, even more than ever. I desperately want it to
succeed, even if I'm not involved."

"Hair's" opening number, "Aquarius," promised that "peace will guide the
planets and love will steer the stars," but it looks as if that elusive
moment has yet to arrive for the show's creators.

Read the full article at:
http://www.variety.com/story.asp?l=story&a=VR1117940318&c=15
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From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Sun Mar 26 16:19:00 2006
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2006 19:19:00 -0500
Subject: [Mb-hair] ill tell you what my next production of HAIR
Message-ID: <000c01c65134$0c2af950$f1476c42@hotprojects>

please come and god willing I will demonstrate to you how you can update the mis en scene
( not the script which doesnt need updating ) set it now; still be true to the original and not hurt the work
?
be open
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From dayton3 at rcn.com  Sun Mar 26 17:02:05 2006
From: dayton3 at rcn.com (Nina Dayton)
Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2006 20:02:05 -0500
Subject: [Mb-hair] From Natalie Mosco
Message-ID: <4427398D.5010602@rcn.com>



-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 	Fwd: Updating HAIR
Date: 	Sun, 26 Mar 2006 19:54:13 EST
From: 	Ocsomtan at aol.com
To: 	dayton3 at rcn.com



Hi, Nina:

Just realized I sent this directly to Richard rather than the lists.  
Please pass along.

XX,
Nat
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From olhippie at tampabay.rr.com  Sun Mar 26 17:15:25 2006
From: olhippie at tampabay.rr.com (Robin McNamara)
Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2006 20:15:25 -0500
Subject: [Mb-hair] From Natalie Mosco
References: <4427398D.5010602@rcn.com>
Message-ID: <002401c6513b$ed819290$97bc2041@CowBox>

Natalie, how wonderful to feel your youth & spirit one more time before we both expire :), let's not stop, Iran is just around the Conner.

Love forever
Robin
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Nina Dayton 
  To: Hair list 
  Sent: Sunday, March 26, 2006 8:02 PM
  Subject: [Mb-hair] From Natalie Mosco




  -------- Original Message -------- Subject:  Fwd: Updating HAIR 
        Date:  Sun, 26 Mar 2006 19:54:13 EST 
        From:  Ocsomtan at aol.com 
        To:  dayton3 at rcn.com 


  Hi, Nina:

  Just realized I sent this directly to Richard rather than the lists.  Please pass along.

  XX,
  Nat 


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From lookingformydonna1 at rediffmail.com  Sun Mar 26 17:52:58 2006
From: lookingformydonna1 at rediffmail.com (Michael Ramirez)
Date: 27 Mar 2006 01:52:58 -0000
Subject: [Mb-hair] Hair updated
Message-ID: <20060327015258.10200.qmail@webmail50.rediffmail.com>

 ?
Hey
I've heard the updated 2001 Vienna album and my uncle has seen show live, and we both agree it was good, but not the same great Hair as it was in the 60's and early 70's. Some songs that Jim has added are good [War, Hippie Life] but I don't think it needs a ton of updating.
<3
Mike
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From olhippie at tampabay.rr.com  Sun Mar 26 17:54:44 2006
From: olhippie at tampabay.rr.com (Robin McNamara)
Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2006 20:54:44 -0500
Subject: [Mb-hair] From Natalie Mosco
References: <4427398D.5010602@rcn.com> <002401c6513b$ed819290$97bc2041@CowBox>
Message-ID: <000e01c65141$6bb361c0$97bc2041@CowBox>

 Like I said "the mother of all battles" is now beyond the embryonic stage with Iran, it is closer than around the corner. HAIR says to peace & love, it really dosen't matter what the "battle" as long as we try to make it go away.

Love forever
Robin 
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Robin McNamara 
  To: mb-hair at islandlists.com 
  Sent: Sunday, March 26, 2006 8:15 PM
  Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] From Natalie Mosco


  Natalie, how wonderful to feel your youth & spirit one more time before we both expire :), let's not stop, Iran is just around the Conner.

  Love forever
  Robin
    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Nina Dayton 
    To: Hair list 
    Sent: Sunday, March 26, 2006 8:02 PM
    Subject: [Mb-hair] From Natalie Mosco




    -------- Original Message -------- Subject:  Fwd: Updating HAIR 
          Date:  Sun, 26 Mar 2006 19:54:13 EST 
          From:  Ocsomtan at aol.com 
          To:  dayton3 at rcn.com 


    Hi, Nina:

    Just realized I sent this directly to Richard rather than the lists.  Please pass along.

    XX,
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From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Sun Mar 26 18:24:22 2006
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2006 21:24:22 -0500
Subject: [Mb-hair] natalie it is within the realm of possibility that im
	right and youre wrong
Message-ID: <007701c65145$8fc9acf0$f1476c42@hotprojects>

come on be open minded
dont act like im talking " heresey " (sp? )
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From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Sun Mar 26 18:25:16 2006
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2006 21:25:16 -0500
Subject: [Mb-hair] Hair updated
References: <20060327015258.10200.qmail@webmail50.rediffmail.com>
Message-ID: <009001c65145$afb90790$f1476c42@hotprojects>

it doesnt need a ton of updating
it needs very slight tweeking and a couple of well placed topical references
thats the whole pt
you do it extremely delicately preserving as much of the original as possible
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  From: Michael Ramirez 
  To: mb-hair at islandlists.com 
  Sent: Sunday, March 26, 2006 8:52 PM
  Subject: [Mb-hair] Hair updated


   
  Hey
  I've heard the updated 2001 Vienna album and my uncle has seen show live, and we both agree it was good, but not the same great Hair as it was in the 60's and early 70's. Some songs that Jim has added are good [War, Hippie Life] but I don't think it needs a ton of updating.
  <3
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From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Sun Mar 26 18:26:13 2006
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2006 21:26:13 -0500
Subject: [Mb-hair] it is okay not to agree with the group
Message-ID: <00ac01c65145$d19abc50$f1476c42@hotprojects>

it doesnt make me a witch or an asshole
i learned how to dissent from you
as a child you were my role models
peace and love

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From Ocsomtan at aol.com  Sun Mar 26 19:15:36 2006
From: Ocsomtan at aol.com (Ocsomtan at aol.com)
Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2006 22:15:36 EST
Subject: [Mb-hair] it is okay not to agree with the group
Message-ID: <308.12202be.3158b2d8@aol.com>

In a message dated 3/26/2006 9:26:28 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
hotprojects at nyc.rr.com writes:

I never called you either.  I think you're not clear.  Very egotistical.  
Think you are HAIR as opposed to its instrument.  Why did you need to "dissent 
from me"? -- you never knew me -- you dissented against your parents -- see a 
therapist and give HAIR and the Lists a break.  I am not as tolerant as Nina -- 
but I think you admired that back in October?
> it doesnt make me a witch or an asshole
> i learned how to dissent from you
> as a child you were my role models
> peace and love
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From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Sun Mar 26 20:28:53 2006
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2006 23:28:53 -0500
Subject: [Mb-hair] Updating HAIR
Message-ID: <000a01c65156$f4bd1eb0$f1476c42@hotprojects>

and you are completely mistaken
i just see other ways to stage the play in addition to the classic interpretation
which is personally my favorite

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: richard haase 
  To: Ocsomtan at aol.com 
  Sent: Sunday, March 26, 2006 11:26 PM
  Subject: Re: Updating HAIR


  i still dont agree with you
  and your vitriol is misplaced
  what you are is having a mood swing " smaerter "
    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Ocsomtan at aol.com 
    To: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com 
    Sent: Sunday, March 26, 2006 10:07 PM
    Subject: Re: Updating HAIR


    Well whoop de doo -- you condescend using French phrases and academic expressions and intend to intimidate -- you are a poseur and a pseudo-intellectual: I am not belittling -- I am attacking -- l am fed up with you latter-day Saints.  Please footnote your "considered expert opinion" as I don't consider it such -- who are you when you're  not pontificating on the website? -- also, you once considered my opinion worth hearing -- fair weather friend? -- suddenly, I am discredited?  Delphic oracle:  Know thyself --

    You are entitled to your opnion: it does not equal mine: I have done more HAIR, am smaerter, more academeically accredited and njicer - so get off it.  I am over you big time.  





      and please dont belittle or insult me cause you dont agree\
      mine is a considered expert opinion






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From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Sun Mar 26 20:29:58 2006
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2006 23:29:58 -0500
Subject: [Mb-hair] and thats not a sin and im not being a poseur youre being
	mean and nasty
Message-ID: <001301c65157$1b9a75f0$f1476c42@hotprojects>

this is an academic debate
and the personal vitriol is unneccessary
and you can scream all you want
but youre wrong

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From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Sun Mar 26 21:15:05 2006
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 00:15:05 -0500
Subject: [Mb-hair] CONFESSIONS OF A HAIRATIC
Message-ID: <002001c6515d$68a9ba80$f1476c42@hotprojects>


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From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Sun Mar 26 21:38:15 2006
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 00:38:15 -0500
Subject: [Mb-hair] its okay to have a literary debate
Message-ID: <000801c65160$a55cf200$f1476c42@hotprojects>

its okay to have a debate about staging
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From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Sun Mar 26 21:40:59 2006
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 00:40:59 -0500
Subject: [Mb-hair] what is so horrific about suggesting there are alternate
	ways to stage HAIR?
Message-ID: <000801c65161$070cba30$f1476c42@hotprojects>

It is even conceivable statistically speaking I might be right operationally not qualitatively

jeez

what are you hearing about toronto?

R
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From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Sun Mar 26 21:16:06 2006
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 00:16:06 -0500
Subject: [Mb-hair] Fw: CONFESSIONS OF A HAIRATIC
Message-ID: <000a01c6515d$8cedc940$f1476c42@hotprojects>

GUYS PLEASE WE SHOULD ABLE TO HAVE A DEBATE ABOUT DIFFERENT WAYS TO STAGE A SHOW
WITHOUT WANTING TO KILL EACH OTHER?


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From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Mon Mar 27 08:33:06 2006
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 11:33:06 -0500
Subject: [Mb-hair] so i stand accused
Message-ID: <005b01c651bc$20db6af0$f1476c42@hotprojects>

of being a HAIRATIC, in these HAIR WARS, I am accused of committing HAIRESY
?

oh lighten up

R
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From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Mon Mar 27 08:53:37 2006
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 11:53:37 -0500
Subject: [Mb-hair] more important has anyone heard anything about the
	toronto production?
Message-ID: <000801c651be$fe5de400$f1476c42@hotprojects>

that is stirring up all this storm and drama?

all the press from toronto was decidedly positive for the first half
and then one could feel " a shift in the wind "

toronto news please?
what is everyone hearing?
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From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Mon Mar 27 09:20:24 2006
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 12:20:24 -0500
Subject: [Mb-hair] please people i implore you
Message-ID: <000c01c651c2$bc50e040$f1476c42@hotprojects>

stop treating HAIR as something embalmed
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From lilacamy11 at yahoo.com  Mon Mar 27 13:17:26 2006
From: lilacamy11 at yahoo.com (Amy Kazan)
Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 13:17:26 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Mb-hair] Mb-hair Digest, Vol 21, Issue 29
In-Reply-To: <mailman.1.1143489606.29642.mb-hair@islandlists.com>
Message-ID: <20060327211726.39333.qmail@web36603.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

I have to agree that the show does not need to be
revised to be "current." Audiences aren't dumb - they
will get the parallels between Vietnam and Iraq. A
creative director will be able to bring them out even
more, which the script as is.

That being said, if Jim is adding some of the cut
material back in (it seemed to elude to that in the
article) that may be cool. There are some great scence
in the "pocket book" version of the script. 

But it does not need to be "modernized" - it's
relevant as is!


- Amy

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

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From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Mon Mar 27 13:26:30 2006
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 16:26:30 -0500
Subject: [Mb-hair] Mb-hair Digest, Vol 21, Issue 29
References: <20060327211726.39333.qmail@web36603.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <000801c651e5$1d3d6000$f1476c42@hotprojects>

it is relevant as it is
and the direction/ mis en scene not the scipt
does need to be modernized
people are basically simple and dont read
the average person
they are not thinking about viet nam per se
true but sad and sad but true
to most people that is as distant as the civil war
not to you not to me not to the tribe
but yes empirical objective evidence shows the need for something to make a
new connection with the show
for the audience
it is not clicking the way it did for whatever societal non qualitative
reason
 a major production of hair given the world situation should be a fire ball
of a hit
but its not going like that
for whatever reason

did you see the original production amy?

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From: "Amy Kazan" <lilacamy11 at yahoo.com>
To: <mb-hair at islandlists.com>
Sent: Monday, March 27, 2006 4:17 PM
Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Mb-hair Digest, Vol 21, Issue 29


> I have to agree that the show does not need to be
> revised to be "current." Audiences aren't dumb - they
> will get the parallels between Vietnam and Iraq. A
> creative director will be able to bring them out even
> more, which the script as is.
>
> That being said, if Jim is adding some of the cut
> material back in (it seemed to elude to that in the
> article) that may be cool. There are some great scence
> in the "pocket book" version of the script.
>
> But it does not need to be "modernized" - it's
> relevant as is!
>
>
> - 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  Mon Mar 27 20:03:23 2006
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 20:03:23 -0800
Subject: [Mb-hair] Dauber goes full-circle (VERY long and mostly OT)
In-Reply-To: <351a086c85d.42846af0@outgoing.verizon.net>
Message-ID: <C04DF58B.2A96A%michael@michaelbutler.com>

Great for you and Chicago.
The most beautiful city and the best run city in America.
I miss not being there. Our firm was the oldest family owned business.
Enjoy every time I return. Having said all that don't miss the winter.
Peace and Love,
Michael

> Hi, all...sorry to go off-topic here, but I figured I'd update you on what's
> going on in my life since eight years ago you were all extremely supportive
> of me and helped me get through a very strange and confusing time in my
> life. Another one of those times has come again.
>                  
> I remember in the summer of 1997 we were discussing the Divine Hair / Mass
> In F album, and Michael Butler replied to me privately and asked if I could
> provide him with a tape of it, as his copy was in storage and not easily
> accessible. Of course, I was happy to do it: 1) all I had to do was put in a
> tape and hit "record," and 2) it gave me a good reason to listen to the
> album! A few days later, Michael thanked me profusely for it and invited me
> to hang with him as thanks for it. So one Saturday afternoon I drove to
> Chicago and had an enjoyable lunch with him. (Those of you who've met me
> know I'm not exactly, well...in healthy shape -- Michael told me he tries to
> avoid meat, and I was thinking "Oh, no...vegetarian food coming!!" And you
> know what? I was right -- but it was pretty damn good!)
> 
> On my way to Michael's place I remember getting severely lost (I had been to
> the city a week or two earlier, and I remembered that 55 was undergoing some
> construction and could do some nasty things to the tires, so I tried an
> alternate route -- which made me late for our meeting time because I had to
> pass by the Cog Hill Country Club the day Tiger Woods was in town for the
> Western Open!), and he was very patient and understanding and guided me toward
> the right streets.
> But boy, was I having a bad time trying to get there.
> 
> And after a very enjoyable afternoon and a surprisingly yummy vegetarian
> lunch, I went shopping at some of the record stores I liked to frequent in
> the city...and proceeded to lock my keys in my car, and blew forty bucks on
> a locksmith. And I let the bad drive up and my key-locking idiocy ruin the
> good day I was having...boy, was I pissed...I was cursing Chicago up and
> down.
> 
> And when I headed back home, I popped in a tape of the not-yet-released
> stereo mix of The Beach Boys' _Pet Sounds_, which to this day is one of my
> favorite albums ever. As I was heading south on I-55 that sunny day, this
> line from "That's Not Me" echoed out of my car speakers:
> 
> "I once had a dream so I packed up and split for the city."
> 
> And I could see the Chicago skyline in my rear view mirror. For those of you
> who've never been there, Chicago has one of the most beautiful skylines
> you'd ever want to see. Very colorful, unique architecture, and spread out
> very nicely.
> 
> I thought about how the bad things that happened to me that day were my own
> damn fault, and that I really had a great day having a nice lunch with "the
> chief" and then checking out the used record stores I dug. And just overall
> what a great place that is. It was then that I knew I had to live in
> Chicago.
> 
> A year later, I met a wonderful woman from New Jersey. We had a
> long-distance romance going for most of 1998, and we decided if we were
> going to make it work, one of us had to move. After visiting her in the
> summer, I realized a few things: 1) if I moved there, I'd probably move in
> with her and live two blocks from the beach; 2) I could finally get out of
> my parents' house (hey, when you're 23 years old, that's the number-one
> priority!); 3) I could start a new life...so I made the move, and in 1999 we
> were married, and to this day you'd swear that Lisa and I are
> newly-weds; seriously, we're one of those cute couples that makes everybody
> throw up, know what I mean?
> 
> The thing is...it turned out that Lisa fell in love with Chicago the first
> second she set foot in that town. Thanks to that, we've visited Chicago as
> much as we possibly could -- spend a few days with my family, then spend a
> few days in the city. In August 2001 we were walking along the river while
> waiting for our Amtrak back home, and we both realized hey, we gotta come
> here.
> 
> A couple of months ago Lisa told me "We need to talk." And we discussed how
> for five years we've been talking about moving there so we could be where we
> want to be, be closer to my family so that when we start having kids they'll
> actually know their relatives (here in Jersey, my mother-in-law is Lisa's
> only living relative), etc. She said, "It's time to shit or get off the
> pot. We gotta do it somehow." I set a goal for myself that I'd get us to
> Chicago by the time 2006 was over. Then she decided to take a year off from
> her work on her master's degree, so then I said "Okay, let's make that
> 2007." And Lisa said still let's try to do it soon, and if need be, she'll
> stay behind to finish her master's, then join me in Chicago.
> 
> Welllllll....recently an opportunity came up for me...an e-mail went out at
> work that our Chicago office was looking to fill a promising position. With
> my boss's blessing I went for it. I had a couple of phone interviews, and
> this week I WAS OFFERED THE JOB!!! And I nearly shat myself when I saw what
> they wanted to pay me -- I didn't think it was possible to make that much
> where I work!
> 
> So...in late May I start my new job in Chicago! (Woohoo! Big dream #2
> fulfilled!) We told my mother-in-law last night, and she was surprisingly
> supportive! (We did emphasize that we would like her to join us at some
> point so she'd have some family nearby....)
> 
> Having said all that, I'm remembering all the cool stuff that happened
> during my eight-year stay here:
> 
> - watching Brian Wilson, one of my idols (second only to the Beatles!), not
> only perform a concert -- something I thought he'd never do in his life --
> but perform Pet Sounds in concert....then finishing the Smile album --
> something I nearly bet my life-savings that would never, ever happen! -- and
> watching him perform it at Carnegie Hall...
> 
> - getting married
> 
> - last fall's Hair reunion (well...technically it was still summer...)
> 
> - getting to meet Jim Rado on a couple of occasions
> 
> - meeting a lot of awesome Hair people -- WMH, Tioga Joe (figure THIS one out
> -- WMH lives
> in Seattle, Tioga lives two or three blocks away from me -- yet I only get a
> chance to see Tioga as often as I do WMH!), Nina, Corinne, Robin, Bill
> Swiggard, Sherwin...I know I'm forgetting many, but trust me, those of you
> I'm forgetting now I will always remember having a blast with you at the
> reunion!
> 
> Anyhoo...I'm thrilled to be starting a new job in my favorite place in the
> world, and of course I'm looking forward to meeting some Chicago-area Hair
> folk. I'll probably be crashing with my brother or even my parents until I'm
> able to get established in Chicago permanently, but when Lisa and I finally
> do get settled, we'll all have to get together and have some fun!
> 
> --
> dauber at banana-and-louie.org
> * ICQ: 28677921 * YIM: dau_ber * AIM: ddaauubbeerr
> blog: http://scattered-frog.blogspot.com
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From fotoblue at flash.net  Mon Mar 27 21:32:16 2006
From: fotoblue at flash.net (fotoblue at flash.net)
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 00:32:16 -0500
Subject: [Mb-hair] Dionysis in 69
Message-ID: <380-22006322853216412@M2W082.mail2web.com>

Hi tribe, and Michael &Cara

yes, I saw Dionysis in 69 and I even photographed it. 
Must have some b&w pics somewhere in my archives.
I remember it was pretty wild and daring, then.

Dagmar

Original Message:
-----------------
From: Cara Robin cararobindesign at hotmail.com
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 18:26:38 -0800
To: mb-hair at islandlists.com
Subject: [Mb-hair] Dionysis in 69


<html><div style='background-color:'><DIV class=RTE>
<P><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 11px; FONT-FAMILY: tahoma,sans-serif">I saw it
and remember 
being blown away by it...but then, it was 1969 so who knows what state I
was in or how it would play 
today.?Cara
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MichaelDavidArian at yahoo.com, mb-hair at islandlists.com</I><BR>To:??<I>mb-
hair at islandlists.com</I><BR>Subject:??<I>Re: [Mb-hair] ill bet the russian
thing is going to be 
amazing</I><BR>Date:??<I>Wed, 22 Mar 2006 12:09:05 -0800 (PST)</I><BR>There
is a large 
coffee-table picture book of the show.You might go to
Richard<BR>Schechner's web site.Maybe the 
Tulane Drama Review published it but Amazon.com<BR>should/could have it.It
was at a place then 
named The Performing Garage on<BR>Wooster St.by a group then called The
Performance 
Group.<BR><BR>--- Michael Butler <michael at michaelbutler.com>
wrote:<BR><BR>> No<BR>><
BR>> > michael butler i have an interesting question:<BR>> ><BR>> > did you
or anyone here see 
" dionysis in 69 
"?<BR>> > was there anything to it?<BR>> > ----- Original Message
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2006 12:02 AM<
BR>> > Subject: [Mb-hair] ill bet the russian thing is going to be
amazing<BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> > 
from a dramaturgical mis en scene pt of view how interesting;how
fascinating<BR>> ><BR>> ><
BR>> >
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From barbarasiomos38 at msn.com  Mon Mar 27 22:37:05 2006
From: barbarasiomos38 at msn.com (Barbara Siomos)
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 06:37:05 GMT
Subject: [Mb-hair] Dauber goes full-circle (VERY long and mostly OT)
Message-ID: <BAY114-DAV15E5E261F6ABFCEBC5D69BABD30@phx.gbl>

Congratulations on your new job and the City you love Dauber, and Lisa...

peace,
barbara


-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Butler
Sent: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 20:03:23 -0800
To: HAIR List
Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Dauber goes full-circle (VERY long and mostly OT)

Great for you and Chicago.
The most beautiful city and the best run city in America.
I miss not being there. Our firm was the oldest family owned business.
Enjoy every time I return. Having said all that don't miss the winter.
Peace and Love,
Michael

> Hi, all...sorry to go off-topic here, but I figured I'd update you on what's
> going on in my life since eight years ago you were all extremely supportive
> of me and helped me get through a very strange and confusing time in my
> life. Another one of those times has come again.
>                  
> I remember in the summer of 1997 we were discussing the Divine Hair / Mass
> In F album, and Michael Butler replied to me privately and asked if I could
> provide him with a tape of it, as his copy was in storage and not easily
> accessible. Of course, I was happy to do it: 1) all I had to do was put in a
> tape and hit "record," and 2) it gave me a good reason to listen to the
> album! A few days later, Michael thanked me profusely for it and invited me
> to hang with him as thanks for it. So one Saturday afternoon I drove to
> Chicago and had an enjoyable lunch with him. (Those of you who've met me
> know I'm not exactly, well...in healthy shape -- Michael told me he tries to
> avoid meat, and I was thinking "Oh, no...vegetarian food coming!!" And you
> know what? I was right -- but it was pretty damn good!)
> 
> On my way to Michael's place I remember getting severely lost (I had been to
> the city a week or two earlier, and I remembered that 55 was undergoing some
> construction and could do some nasty things to the tires, so I tried an
> alternate route -- which made me late for our meeting time because I had to
> pass by the Cog Hill Country Club the day Tiger Woods was in town for the
> Western Open!), and he was very patient and understanding and guided me toward
> the right streets.
> But boy, was I having a bad time trying to get there.
> 
> And after a very enjoyable afternoon and a surprisingly yummy vegetarian
> lunch, I went shopping at some of the record stores I liked to frequent in
> the city...and proceeded to lock my keys in my car, and blew forty bucks on
> a locksmith. And I let the bad drive up and my key-locking idiocy ruin the
> good day I was having...boy, was I pissed...I was cursing Chicago up and
> down.
> 
> And when I headed back home, I popped in a tape of the not-yet-released
> stereo mix of The Beach Boys' _Pet Sounds_, which to this day is one of my
> favorite albums ever. As I was heading south on I-55 that sunny day, this
> line from "That's Not Me" echoed out of my car speakers:
> 
> "I once had a dream so I packed up and split for the city."
> 
> And I could see the Chicago skyline in my rear view mirror. For those of you
> who've never been there, Chicago has one of the most beautiful skylines
> you'd ever want to see. Very colorful, unique architecture, and spread out
> very nicely.
> 
> I thought about how the bad things that happened to me that day were my own
> damn fault, and that I really had a great day having a nice lunch with "the
> chief" and then checking out the used record stores I dug. And just overall
> what a great place that is. It was then that I knew I had to live in
> Chicago.
> 
> A year later, I met a wonderful woman from New Jersey. We had a
> long-distance romance going for most of 1998, and we decided if we were
> going to make it work, one of us had to move. After visiting her in the
> summer, I realized a few things: 1) if I moved there, I'd probably move in
> with her and live two blocks from the beach; 2) I could finally get out of
> my parents' house (hey, when you're 23 years old, that's the number-one
> priority!); 3) I could start a new life...so I made the move, and in 1999 we
> were married, and to this day you'd swear that Lisa and I are
> newly-weds; seriously, we're one of those cute couples that makes everybody
> throw up, know what I mean?
> 
> The thing is...it turned out that Lisa fell in love with Chicago the first
> second she set foot in that town. Thanks to that, we've visited Chicago as
> much as we possibly could -- spend a few days with my family, then spend a
> few days in the city. In August 2001 we were walking along the river while
> waiting for our Amtrak back home, and we both realized hey, we gotta come
> here.
> 
> A couple of months ago Lisa told me "We need to talk." And we discussed how
> for five years we've been talking about moving there so we could be where we
> want to be, be closer to my family so that when we start having kids they'll
> actually know their relatives (here in Jersey, my mother-in-law is Lisa's
> only living relative), etc. She said, "It's time to shit or get off the
> pot. We gotta do it somehow." I set a goal for myself that I'd get us to
> Chicago by the time 2006 was over. Then she decided to take a year off from
> her work on her master's degree, so then I said "Okay, let's make that
> 2007." And Lisa said still let's try to do it soon, and if need be, she'll
> stay behind to finish her master's, then join me in Chicago.
> 
> Welllllll....recently an opportunity came up for me...an e-mail went out at
> work that our Chicago office was looking to fill a promising position. With
> my boss's blessing I went for it. I had a couple of phone interviews, and
> this week I WAS OFFERED THE JOB!!! And I nearly shat myself when I saw what
> they wanted to pay me -- I didn't think it was possible to make that much
> where I work!
> 
> So...in late May I start my new job in Chicago! (Woohoo! Big dream #2
> fulfilled!) We told my mother-in-law last night, and she was surprisingly
> supportive! (We did emphasize that we would like her to join us at some
> point so she'd have some family nearby....)
> 
> Having said all that, I'm remembering all the cool stuff that happened
> during my eight-year stay here:
> 
> - watching Brian Wilson, one of my idols (second only to the Beatles!), not
> only perform a concert -- something I thought he'd never do in his life --
> but perform Pet Sounds in concert....then finishing the Smile album --
> something I nearly bet my life-savings that would never, ever happen! -- and
> watching him perform it at Carnegie Hall...
> 
> - getting married
> 
> - last fall's Hair reunion (well...technically it was still summer...)
> 
> - getting to meet Jim Rado on a couple of occasions
> 
> - meeting a lot of awesome Hair people -- WMH, Tioga Joe (figure THIS one out
> -- WMH lives
> in Seattle, Tioga lives two or three blocks away from me -- yet I only get a
> chance to see Tioga as often as I do WMH!), Nina, Corinne, Robin, Bill
> Swiggard, Sherwin...I know I'm forgetting many, but trust me, those of you
> I'm forgetting now I will always remember having a blast with you at the
> reunion!
> 
> Anyhoo...I'm thrilled to be starting a new job in my favorite place in the
> world, and of course I'm looking forward to meeting some Chicago-area Hair
> folk. I'll probably be crashing with my brother or even my parents until I'm
> able to get established in Chicago permanently, but when Lisa and I finally
> do get settled, we'll all have to get together and have some fun!
> 
> --
> dauber at banana-and-louie.org
> * ICQ: 28677921 * YIM: dau_ber * AIM: ddaauubbeerr
> blog: http://scattered-frog.blogspot.com
> _______________________________________________
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From lbirdie at hotmail.com  Tue Mar 28 06:05:42 2006
From: lbirdie at hotmail.com (Little Birdie)
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 14:05:42 +0000
Subject: [Mb-hair] Dauber goes full-circle (VERY long and mostly OT)
In-Reply-To: <351a086c85d.42846af0@outgoing.verizon.net>
Message-ID: <BAY104-F380CF2EA215F4B9C9DF298B2D30@phx.gbl>

What exciting news, Dauber! I wish you and Lisa all the best as you start on 
this new adventure. But it would be a total shame if you didn't manage to 
get yourself here to the Archives before you move so far away from so, 
relatively, close!
XO,
Nina

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



From lbirdie at hotmail.com  Tue Mar 28 06:06:50 2006
From: lbirdie at hotmail.com (Little Birdie)
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 14:06:50 +0000
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re- Re- HAiR - Questions regarding Revised Script
In-Reply-To: <002401c64f59$19179f60$38d5e804@0019448444>
Message-ID: <BAY104-F378BB8B94FDDDBE8755240B2D30@phx.gbl>

Thank you, John, for your kind words. I too hope we meet some day.
Nina

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From fotoblue at flash.net  Tue Mar 28 10:48:59 2006
From: fotoblue at flash.net (fotoblue at flash.net)
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 13:48:59 -0500
Subject: [Mb-hair] Dauber goes full-circle (VERY long and mostly OT)
Message-ID: <380-220063228184859233@M2W035.mail2web.com>

Hi Dauber,

You almost make me want to move to Chicago!!!
 What a great story. Hope you will be happy there. Do stay in touch. 

I have some fond memories of Chicago myself: 

1)visiting with  friend&comedian Bob Klein when he played 2nd City - eons
ago...

2) getting stuck in a hotel with Alice Cooper & band on April 1st 
(I think!! - forgot the year, but it was in the 70s, of course,  
and I was doing a photo reportage for Germany), 
when a snowstorm immobilized the entire city.  
He practiced his golf swings in the hallways...
the employess had to work double shifts, nobody could leave, nobody could
come in. 
But it was so much fun!

3) visiting with my husband, to check out all the galleries, before the big
fire...

And, now I have long-distance friends there: 
Franke E Nardiello (of Darling Kandie and Thrill Kill Kult) and his partner
David
 if you want to get into the music circuit, give him a holler:
fnn at thrillkillkult.com

good luck and keep us posted!
P&L Dagmar

PS yes, there will be SNOW!!
;-)


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From jameshburns at webtv.net  Tue Mar 28 11:56:32 2006
From: jameshburns at webtv.net (Jim Burns)
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 14:56:32 -0500
Subject: [Mb-hair] I'm Very Confused
In-Reply-To: mb-hair-request@islandlists.com's message of Tue, 28 Mar 2006
	12:00:06 -0800
Message-ID: <16838-442994F0-6202@storefull-3277.bay.webtv.net>


Are we talking about mounting a production of OKLAHOMA, as taking place
in the rice paddies outside of Saigon?


From lilacamy11 at yahoo.com  Tue Mar 28 13:04:09 2006
From: lilacamy11 at yahoo.com (Amy Kazan)
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 13:04:09 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Mb-hair] Mb-hair Digest, Vol 21, Issue 30
In-Reply-To: <mailman.1.1143576006.32455.mb-hair@islandlists.com>
Message-ID: <20060328210409.99083.qmail@web36614.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Dauber... I didn't realize you were moving back to
Chicago - I must have missed that email. 

Anyway, as a native of the Chicago suburbs and
sometimes Chicago resident (soon to be full-time... I
don't know if I mentioned on this list that Seth and I
bought a condo in the city. We close April 28th) I
also love the city. I don't know anyone who has
visited Chicago or who lives here and doesn't love it.
It's truly a wonderful city...

When you move back we'll have to get together! I
remember we talked about it before you moved to Jersey
and it never happened. 

Maybe Chicago can be the location for the next HAIR
reunion?????


- 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  Tue Mar 28 13:01:36 2006
From: lilacamy11 at yahoo.com (Amy Kazan)
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 13:01:36 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Mb-hair] Mb-hair Digest, Vol 21, Issue 30
In-Reply-To: <mailman.1.1143576006.32455.mb-hair@islandlists.com>
Message-ID: <20060328210136.99074.qmail@web36604.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

>>>
people are basically simple and dont read
the average person
they are not thinking about viet nam per se
>>>

Not the people who would come see HAIR. 


- Amy

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

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From lookingformydonna1 at rediffmail.com  Tue Mar 28 15:18:09 2006
From: lookingformydonna1 at rediffmail.com (Michael Ramirez)
Date: 28 Mar 2006 23:18:09 -0000
Subject: [Mb-hair] Argentina Cast CD
Message-ID: <20060328231809.5427.qmail@webmail53.rediffmail.com>

 ?
The CD came in the mail today! I really like it : ) 

It sounds great in Spanish  The cast is great
I really like the Hud and the Sheila
"Dead End' "I Beleive In Love" and "Manchester" are really good on the album I love the touch of flamenco on My Conviction, and theold Argentine song before Electric Blues. I wish it had more songs though.
I must say sometimes the sound isn't that great, like in Aquarius when the whole cast sings- sometimes the music drowns out the voices. 
I have "Soy Negro/No Tengo" Stuck in my head.... The CD has: 

Acuario [Aquarius]
Donna/Hashish
Sodomia [Sodomy]
Negro Reventado [Colored Spade]
Manchester Inglaterra
Soy Negro/No Tengo [I'm Black/Ain't Got No]
Via Muerta [Dead End]
Creo En El Amor [I Belive in Love]
Aire [Air]
Iniciales [Initials]
Tengo Vida [I Got Life]
Pelo [Hair]
Mi Conviccion [My Conviction]
Como Pueden Ser Tan Crueles [Easy To Be Hard]
Hare Krishna
Por Donde Voy? [Where Do I Go]
Elecric Blues
Muchachos Negros [Black Boys]
Muchachos Blancos [White Boys]
Caminando en el Ecspacio
Tres Cinco Cero Cero
Que Obra De Arte  El Hombre Es [What a Piece of Work Is Man]
Ojos Abiertos [Our Eyes are open]
Buen Dia Estrella [Good Morning Starshine]
Los Erres De Carne [Flesh Failures]
Ojos, Miren El Fin Eyes Look Your Last]
Ojos
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From peacefreak at metrocast.net  Tue Mar 28 15:42:33 2006
From: peacefreak at metrocast.net (Leo)
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 18:42:33 -0500
Subject: [Mb-hair] Dauber goes full-circle (VERY long and mostly OT)
References: <mailman.1.1143576006.32455.mb-hair@islandlists.com>
Message-ID: <008e01c652c1$495b6510$6401a8c0@Leo>

 Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Dauber goes full-circle (VERY long and mostly OT)

Hi, all...sorry to go off-topic here, but I figured I'd update you on what's 
going on in my life since eight years ago you were all extremely supportive 
of me and helped me get through a very strange and confusing time in my 
life. Another one of those times has come 
again..........................................
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yeah Dauber man, you rock baby and it appears you are following your life's 
path brother! Go for the gusto.

PEACE,
Leo



From michael at michaelbutler.com  Tue Mar 28 17:05:35 2006
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 17:05:35 -0800
Subject: [Mb-hair] V For Vendetta
Message-ID: <C04F1D5F.2AA40%michael@michaelbutler.com>

Subject: Claire Wolfe's Review - V FOR VENDETTA


http://www.clairewolfe.com/wolfesblog/00001983.html

V FOR VENDETTA. 

I finally saw it Saturday.

After the disappointment of Serenity I'd tried not to get my hopes up about
this one. But the beautiful posters kept luring me. "No moviemaker who put
so much craft and restraint into those posters could possibly have flubbed
the film," I kept telling myself. And then there was that slogan: People
should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of
their people. Yeahhhhh ...

So I kept letting my hopes build up ... and up ... and up.

And you know what? V for Vendetta exceeded them. It was better than my most
hopeful imaginings.

(Itty bitty teeny minor spoilers follow)

I haven't been so emotionally engaged by a freedom film since Braveheart. I
haven't seen a more important freedom film since The Matrix. No. Strike
that. V for Vendetta is more important than The Matrix because its message
is so unabashedly here-and-now. So in-your-face. Not to mention that like
The Matrix it wraps its message in one hell of an action-adventure story.

This is a movie without compromise. No words minced. No concepts softpedaled
or cleverly coded. V for Vendetta overtly advocates the right, even the
duty, of individuals in the twenty-first century to defend themselves
violently against government tyranny. And the government in question is a
recognizable near-future descendent of ones that now lie oozing and
festering before our very noses.

The movie government isn't a Bush administration clone, as some conservative
critics whimpered (it's British, for one thing). But it's familiar enough
that the Wachowski brothers, who wrote the screenplay, are obviously
warning, "Look, tyranny isn't some distant threat that happens only to
foreigners. When you begin hearing words like 'rendition' or 'detention'
from your own government, it's time to be very, very watchful. And very,
very angry. And to act."

Since I'm late coming in, and since words would fail me anyhow, I won't
attempt a real review. I'll just say if you haven't seen it yet go. Now.
Experience it yourself. And I 100 percent guarantee you it'll be an
experience.

It's not a perfect movie. Its imperfections mostly come from its DC Comics
background. ("How can one guy with six knives best a dozen dudes with
full-auto weapons trained on him?" and "Oh, c'mon, surely the security
experts would have anticipated that.") But it is a great movie. Great.
Exciting. Important. Heartrending. Encouraging. This is one to buy the
instant it comes out on DVD. This is one of those rare, rare movies whose
talk is as powerful as its action and whose action will have you cheering
and weeping and clenching your fists. This is one for the freedom film
pantheon.

Yeah, it's imperfect. But it soars beyond its own few flaws. It soars like
its own fireworks.

One last thought. I was curious about why so many critics sniffed that this
film constituted a "defense of terrorism." Having seen it, I understand
where they're coming from. But V isn't a terrorist and this film isn't about
terrorism at all.

V, the man in the Guy Fawkes mask (Hugo Weaving), never once attacks an
innocent person. Never once targets a "civilian" building. He attacks only
government agents, government spokesthings, and government facilities.

Even then (unlike baby-killer Tim McVeigh, the beasts of 9-11, or the
Bush-Cheney-Rumsfeld cartel) he does so in a way that minimizes casualties.

Since a terrorist is someone who attacks citizens in hopes of influencing
governments, V is by definition not a terrorist.

Aaron Zelman had a spot-on comment about those "terrorist" critics: "Funny
how no one condemning the movie is complaining about the horrors inflicted
on people by the government." Yeah. Funny, that. The government kills tens
of thousands and torments millions more. But V is the "terrorist" and tsk
tsk how shocking it is for the Wachowskis or us to side with him.

Well, he's no terrorist. But he's also not a "good guy." It's almost funny
watching the negative critics try to claim that the filmmakers want us to
believe that V is a conventional (if also unconventional) hero. Egads.

V does heroic, heartbreaking, heart-lifting things -- and deeply evil ones.
As the character Evey (Natalie Portman) calls him and as he himself later
agrees, he's a monster. A monster created by government arrogance, savagery,
and injustice.

That's also what a terrorist is. A terrorist just chooses innocent targets.

Like Frankenstein's creation, V is a more interesting character because he's
both a monster and a sympathetic, heart-touching one.

-----

P.S. If you go see the movie, stick around for the first couple of minutes
of the credits. You'll be rewarded for the extra time. You might also get a
laugh to discover that one of the companies involved the making V for
Vendetta was Anarchos Productions. :-)

Posted by Claire @ 10:14 AM CST



From barbarasiomos38 at msn.com  Tue Mar 28 17:50:56 2006
From: barbarasiomos38 at msn.com (Barbara Siomos)
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 01:50:56 GMT
Subject: [Mb-hair] Fw: 8th Annual Cesar Chavez Walk to Occur Sat.--Sign up
	Today!
Message-ID: <BAY114-DAV102C4499644E91FF0EF1B3ABD00@phx.gbl>

Remember those great marches in the 60's for Cesar Chavez? AND never ever eating grapes????
peace,
barbara


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From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Tue Mar 28 19:45:56 2006
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 22:45:56 -0500
Subject: [Mb-hair] I'm Very Confused
References: <16838-442994F0-6202@storefull-3277.bay.webtv.net>
Message-ID: <002401c652e3$4981b950$f1476c42@hotprojects>

is that your understanding of whats going on jim?
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From: "Jim Burns" <jameshburns at webtv.net>
To: <mb-hair at islandlists.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 2:56 PM
Subject: [Mb-hair] I'm Very Confused


> 
> Are we talking about mounting a production of OKLAHOMA, as taking place
> in the rice paddies outside of Saigon?
> 
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From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Tue Mar 28 19:46:51 2006
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 22:46:51 -0500
Subject: [Mb-hair] Mb-hair Digest, Vol 21, Issue 30
References: <20060328210409.99083.qmail@web36614.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <004101c652e3$6a0c1b70$f1476c42@hotprojects>

mazel tov guys
a hundred years of happiness
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Amy Kazan" <lilacamy11 at yahoo.com>
To: <mb-hair at islandlists.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 4:04 PM
Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Mb-hair Digest, Vol 21, Issue 30


> Dauber... I didn't realize you were moving back to
> Chicago - I must have missed that email.
>
> Anyway, as a native of the Chicago suburbs and
> sometimes Chicago resident (soon to be full-time... I
> don't know if I mentioned on this list that Seth and I
> bought a condo in the city. We close April 28th) I
> also love the city. I don't know anyone who has
> visited Chicago or who lives here and doesn't love it.
> It's truly a wonderful city...
>
> When you move back we'll have to get together! I
> remember we talked about it before you moved to Jersey
> and it never happened.
>
> Maybe Chicago can be the location for the next HAIR
> reunion?????
>
>
> - 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 lookingformydonna1 at rediffmail.com  Tue Mar 28 19:46:36 2006
From: lookingformydonna1 at rediffmail.com (Michael Ramirez)
Date: 29 Mar 2006 03:46:36 -0000
Subject: [Mb-hair] Chavez March
Message-ID: <20060329034636.11598.qmail@webmail30.rediffmail.com>

 ?
Man I wish I could go
My grandfather was a worker in the grape fields, participated in one of Chavez's actuall marches.
haha yes cool family history
<3
Mike
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From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Tue Mar 28 19:48:43 2006
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 22:48:43 -0500
Subject: [Mb-hair] Mb-hair Digest, Vol 21, Issue 30
References: <20060328210136.99074.qmail@web36604.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <004801c652e3$acf41910$f1476c42@hotprojects>

not necessarily amy
so far its not having the pull in the main productions it once had
dont tell me
youre preaching to the choir
its my favorite show and for me personally i like it just the way it is
but a major company hasnt gone for decades
and its the greatest musical in the history of theater
and respectfully amy in my opinion youre wrong
viet nam is unfortunately not to me but to most of the world
as distant as ancient egypt
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Amy Kazan" <lilacamy11 at yahoo.com>
To: <mb-hair at islandlists.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 4:01 PM
Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Mb-hair Digest, Vol 21, Issue 30


> >>>
> people are basically simple and dont read
> the average person
> they are not thinking about viet nam per se
> >>>
>
> Not the people who would come see HAIR.
>
>
> - 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 hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Tue Mar 28 20:01:16 2006
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 23:01:16 -0500
Subject: [Mb-hair] think of the current target audience
Message-ID: <003601c652e5$6d841940$f1476c42@hotprojects>

im one of the very youngest people to have seen the original production original cast
and im going to be 48 this summer; i was 10 and 11 at the time
>?
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From fotoblue at flash.net  Tue Mar 28 21:46:30 2006
From: fotoblue at flash.net (fotoblue at flash.net)
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 00:46:30 -0500
Subject: [Mb-hair] Garrison Keillor: What to Do When the Emperor Has No
	Clothes
Message-ID: <380-22006332954630609@M2W110.mail2web.com>

Thank you for sending this
Unfortunately, may people who do see what is happening refuse to believe it
and close their eyes, 
because they are unable to do anything about it. They lie to themselves,
saying "it's all right.
He knows what he's doing, it's just not popular." I believe they are
heading for a rude awakening.

 Dagmar

Original Message:
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From:  ean at sbcglobal.net
Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2006 21:39:45 -0800
To: ean at sbcglobal.net
Subject: Garrison Keillor: What to Do When the Emperor Has No Clothes


Published on Wednesday, March 1, 2006 by the Chicago Tribune
 
by Garrison Keillor
 http://www.commondreams.org/views06/0301-34.htm

These are troubling times for all of us who love this country, as surely 
we all do, even the satirists. You may poke fun at your mother, but if 
she is belittled by others it burns your bacon. A blowhard French 
journalist writes a book about America that is full of arrogant stupidity, 
and you want to let the air out of him and mail him home flat. And then 
you read the paper and realize the country is led by a man who isn't 
paying attention, and you hope that somebody will poke him. Or put a 
sign on his desk that says, "Try much harder."

Do we need to impeach him to bring some focus to this man's life? 
The Feb. 27 issue of The New Yorker carries an article by Jane Mayer 
about a loyal conservative Republican and U.S. Navy lawyer, Albert 
Mora, and his resistance to the torture of prisoners at Guantanamo 
Bay. From within the Pentagon bureaucracy, he did battle against 
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and John Yoo, who then was at 
the Justice Department, and shadowy figures taking orders from Vice 
President Dick "Gunner" Cheney, arguing America had ratified the 
Geneva Convention that forbids cruel, inhumane and degrading 
treatment of prisoners, and so it has the force of law. They seemed to 
be arguing that President Bush has the right to order prisoners to be 
tortured.

One such prisoner, Mohamed al-Qahtani, was held naked in isolation 
under bright lights for months, threatened by dogs, subjected to 
unbearable noise volumes and otherwise abused, so that he begged to 
be allowed to kill himself. When the Senate approved the Torture 
Convention in 1994, it defined torture as an act "specifically intended to 
inflict severe physical or mental pain or suffering."

Is the law a law or is it a piece of toast?

Wiretap surveillance of Americans without a warrant? Great. Go for it. 
How about turning over American ports to a country more closely tied 
to Sept. 11, 2001, than Saddam Hussein was? Fine by me. No 
problem. And what about the war in Iraq? Hey, you're doing a heck of a 
job. No need to tweak a thing. And your blue button-down shirt--it's 
you.

But torture is something else. Most people agree with this, and in a 
democracy that puts the torturers in a delicate position. They must 
make sure to destroy their e-mails and have subordinates who will take 
the fall. Because it is impossible to keep torture secret. It goes against 
the American grain and it eats at the conscience of even the most 
disciplined, and in the end the truth will come out. It is coming out now.

Our adventure in Iraq, at a cost of billions, has brought that country to 
the verge of civil war while earning us more enemies than ever before. 
And tax money earmarked for security is being dumped into pork-
barrel projects anywhere somebody wants their own SWAT team. 
Detonation of a nuclear bomb within our borders--pick any big city--is a 
real possibility, as much so now as five years ago. Meanwhile, many 
Democrats have conceded the very subject of security and positioned 
themselves as Guardians of Our Forests and Benefactors of Waifs 
and Owls, neglecting the most basic job of government, which is to 
defend this country. The peaceful lagoon that is the White House is 
designed for the comfort of a vulnerable man. Perfectly 
understandable, but not what is needed now. The U.S. Constitution 
provides a simple, ultimate way to hold him to account for war crimes 
and the failure to attend to the country's defense. Impeach him and let 
the Senate hear the evidence.

Garrison Keillor is an author and the radio host of "A Prairie Home 
Companion."

? 2006 Chicago Tribune

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From raesing4u at yahoo.com  Tue Mar 28 22:01:25 2006
From: raesing4u at yahoo.com (rachel anderson)
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 22:01:25 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Mb-hair] Fw: 8th Annual Cesar Chavez Walk to Occur Sat.--Sign
	up Today!
In-Reply-To: <BAY114-DAV102C4499644E91FF0EF1B3ABD00@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <20060329060125.21254.qmail@web51802.mail.yahoo.com>

oh, funny!  i am more of a "child-of"....my parents
did most of the marching....i rode on their shoulders.

but i SO remember when i was growing up, my mom STILL
could barely choke down grapes.  and every time i
wanted to buy them, she got this look on her
face....kind of conflicted and distraught.....

i guess her whole heart was in it.  which doesnt
surprise me....shes not one to reserve herself when
she believes in something.  but lemme ask you this: 
are grapes okay to eat, now??

much love!!

--- Barbara Siomos <barbarasiomos38 at msn.com> wrote:

> Remember those great marches in the 60's for Cesar
> Chavez? AND never ever eating grapes????
> peace,
> barbara
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 15:02:33 -0800
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> Subject: 8th Annual Cesar Chavez Walk to Occur
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> Join thousands in continuing the call for social
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> 
>   Walk alongside Chavez family members, students,
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> Chavez Day 2006. 
> 
> Presenting Walk sponsors include Los Angeles Mayor
> Antonio R.
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> District.
> 
> SATURDAY, April 1st, 2006, 8:00am 
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> Join us for music, educational booths, and fun!
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> 
> Chicano reggae artists, Quinto Sol: 
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> 
> the conscious hip hop of Malverde
> 
> And the movement music of and Los Perros
> 
> For more information, contact:
> Felicia Montes, Walk Coordinator, 323-722-0118,
> cesarchavezwalk at yahoo.com 
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From raesing4u at yahoo.com  Tue Mar 28 22:01:25 2006
From: raesing4u at yahoo.com (rachel anderson)
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 22:01:25 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Mb-hair] Fw: 8th Annual Cesar Chavez Walk to Occur Sat.--Sign
	up Today!
In-Reply-To: <BAY114-DAV102C4499644E91FF0EF1B3ABD00@phx.gbl>
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oh, funny!  i am more of a "child-of"....my parents
did most of the marching....i rode on their shoulders.

but i SO remember when i was growing up, my mom STILL
could barely choke down grapes.  and every time i
wanted to buy them, she got this look on her
face....kind of conflicted and distraught.....

i guess her whole heart was in it.  which doesnt
surprise me....shes not one to reserve herself when
she believes in something.  but lemme ask you this: 
are grapes okay to eat, now??

much love!!

--- Barbara Siomos <barbarasiomos38 at msn.com> wrote:

> Remember those great marches in the 60's for Cesar
> Chavez? AND never ever eating grapes????
> peace,
> barbara
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: United Farm Workers
> Sent: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 15:02:33 -0800
> To: Barbara Siomos
> Subject: 8th Annual Cesar Chavez Walk to Occur
> Sat.--Sign up Today!
> 
>
http://www.ufwaction.org/ufw/events/cecwla06/details.tcl?member_key=wn3ugig2y7wd85b&
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> Join thousands in continuing the call for social
> justice by
> participating in the 8th Annual CESAR CHAVEZ WALK 
> 
>   Walk alongside Chavez family members, students,
> elected
> officials, celebrities, and community membersand
> celebrate Cesar
> Chavez Day 2006. 
> 
> Presenting Walk sponsors include Los Angeles Mayor
> Antonio R.
> Villaraigosa and Councilmember Jose Huizar, 14th
> District.
> 
> SATURDAY, April 1st, 2006, 8:00am 
> at Historic Olvera Street
> (Main Street between Arcadia and Cesar Chavez
> Avenue)
> 125 Paseo de la Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90012
> 
> Join us for music, educational booths, and fun!
> 
> Musical Guests: 
> 
> Chicano reggae artists, Quinto Sol: 
> Winner of "LA Weekly?" Best Latin Artist of the
> Year? two years
> in a row
> 
> the conscious hip hop of Malverde
> 
> And the movement music of and Los Perros
> 
> For more information, contact:
> Felicia Montes, Walk Coordinator, 323-722-0118,
> cesarchavezwalk at yahoo.com 
> 
> Please RSVP & let us know you're joining the Walk
> Today!
> go to:
>
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> Go to:
> http://www.ufwaction.org/ct/ApAhqB61dPWP/flyer06
> 
> For more information, contact:
> Felicia Montes, Walk Coordinator, 323-722-0118,
> cesarchavezwalk at yahoo.com 
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From barbarasiomos38 at msn.com  Wed Mar 29 03:55:24 2006
From: barbarasiomos38 at msn.com (Barbara Siomos)
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 11:55:24 GMT
Subject: [Mb-hair] Chavez March
Message-ID: <BAY114-DAV36DBDEB5B619462C424F9ABD00@phx.gbl>

Awesome Michael.... I remember living in NYC in the 60's and protesting along with supporters of the workers.... I still support this organization by donating money for worker causes and write letters to Congressmen and Senators to try and make working conditions better even now the workers and their families still suffer under creepy land owners and evil management...

peace,
barbara


-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Ramirez
Sent: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 19:46:36 -0800
To: mb-hair at islandlists.com
Subject: [Mb-hair] Chavez March

 
Man I wish I could go
My grandfather was a worker in the grape fields, participated in one of Chavez's actuall marches.
haha yes cool family history
<3
Mike
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From michael at michaelbutler.com  Tue Mar 28 21:08:59 2006
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 21:08:59 -0800
Subject: [Mb-hair] Bring The Sixties Out of The Closet
Message-ID: <C04F566D.2AA6C%michael@michaelbutler.com>

Hi,
This is a great article by the Editor of AlterNet. It will resonate with
most of us. It is right on.
Michael
--Those who have experienced altered forms of consciousness, by whatever
means, never forget that space in which they have been. Now that they have
learned how to function within the system, it is time they act to run it. MB



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From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Wed Mar 29 04:25:18 2006
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 07:25:18 -0500
Subject: [Mb-hair] Bring The Sixties Out of The Closet
References: <C04F566D.2AA6C%michael@michaelbutler.com>
Message-ID: <003d01c6532b$d7867450$f1476c42@hotprojects>

I am all for the 60s
the ethos of the revolution you guys started
was in many ways
the greatest most enlightened period parts of western civilization have seen

and would one do oklahoma set in a rice paddy etc?
no
but one might consider doing a production of oklahoma set in oklahoma now
?
or not
but one might consider it

i did think of doing a production of rogers and hammersteins south pacific
set in viet nam

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Butler" <michael at michaelbutler.com>
To: "SPECIAL from Michael Butler" <michael at michaelbutler.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 12:08 AM
Subject: [Mb-hair] Bring The Sixties Out of The Closet


> Hi,
> This is a great article by the Editor of AlterNet. It will resonate with
> most of us. It is right on.
> Michael
> --Those who have experienced altered forms of consciousness, by whatever
> means, never forget that space in which they have been. Now that they have
> learned how to function within the system, it is time they act to run it.
MB
>
>
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From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Wed Mar 29 04:26:52 2006
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 07:26:52 -0500
Subject: [Mb-hair] Fw: 8th Annual Cesar Chavez Walk to Occur
	Sat.--Sign	up Today!
References: <20060329060125.21254.qmail@web51802.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <012a01c6532c$0fa31410$f1476c42@hotprojects>

here in nyc we just ate the grapes

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "rachel anderson" <raesing4u at yahoo.com>
To: <mb-hair at islandlists.com>; <mb-civic at islandlists.com>
Cc: <mb-hair at islandlists.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 1:01 AM
Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Fw: 8th Annual Cesar Chavez Walk to Occur Sat.--Sign
up Today!


> oh, funny!  i am more of a "child-of"....my parents
> did most of the marching....i rode on their shoulders.
>
> but i SO remember when i was growing up, my mom STILL
> could barely choke down grapes.  and every time i
> wanted to buy them, she got this look on her
> face....kind of conflicted and distraught.....
>
> i guess her whole heart was in it.  which doesnt
> surprise me....shes not one to reserve herself when
> she believes in something.  but lemme ask you this:
> are grapes okay to eat, now??
>
> much love!!
>
> --- Barbara Siomos <barbarasiomos38 at msn.com> wrote:
>
> > Remember those great marches in the 60's for Cesar
> > Chavez? AND never ever eating grapes????
> > peace,
> > barbara
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: United Farm Workers
> > Sent: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 15:02:33 -0800
> > To: Barbara Siomos
> > Subject: 8th Annual Cesar Chavez Walk to Occur
> > Sat.--Sign up Today!
> >
> >
>
http://www.ufwaction.org/ufw/events/cecwla06/details.tcl?member_key=wn3ugig2y7wd85b&
> >
> > Join thousands in continuing the call for social
> > justice by
> > participating in the 8th Annual CESAR CHAVEZ WALK
> >
> >   Walk alongside Chavez family members, students,
> > elected
> > officials, celebrities, and community membersand
> > celebrate Cesar
> > Chavez Day 2006.
> >
> > Presenting Walk sponsors include Los Angeles Mayor
> > Antonio R.
> > Villaraigosa and Councilmember Jose Huizar, 14th
> > District.
> >
> > SATURDAY, April 1st, 2006, 8:00am
> > at Historic Olvera Street
> > (Main Street between Arcadia and Cesar Chavez
> > Avenue)
> > 125 Paseo de la Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90012
> >
> > Join us for music, educational booths, and fun!
> >
> > Musical Guests:
> >
> > Chicano reggae artists, Quinto Sol:
> > Winner of "LA Weekly?" Best Latin Artist of the
> > Year? two years
> > in a row
> >
> > the conscious hip hop of Malverde
> >
> > And the movement music of and Los Perros
> >
> > For more information, contact:
> > Felicia Montes, Walk Coordinator, 323-722-0118,
> > cesarchavezwalk at yahoo.com
> >
> > Please RSVP & let us know you're joining the Walk
> > Today!
> > go to:
> >
>
https://secure.ga6.org/08/ufw/events/cecwla06/purchase.tcl?member_key=wn3ugig2y7wd85b&
> >
> > Make a pledge: Click here to download Walk Sponsor
> > Form
> > Go to:
> > http://www.ufwaction.org/ct/_pAhqB61dPWo/sponsorform
> >
> > Spread the Word: Click here to download Official
> > Walk Flyer
> > Go to:
> > http://www.ufwaction.org/ct/ApAhqB61dPWP/flyer06
> >
> > For more information, contact:
> > Felicia Montes, Walk Coordinator, 323-722-0118,
> > cesarchavezwalk at yahoo.com
> >
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From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Wed Mar 29 04:35:37 2006
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 07:35:37 -0500
Subject: [Mb-hair] Dauber goes full-circle (VERY long and mostly OT)
References: <380-220063228184859233@M2W035.mail2web.com>
Message-ID: <034201c6532d$48543630$f1476c42@hotprojects>

i like chicago very much too
the funny thing is for me here in nyc
chicago from my epic perspective subjectively
is a charming small city
lol
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <fotoblue at flash.net>
To: <mb-hair at islandlists.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 1:48 PM
Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Dauber goes full-circle (VERY long and mostly OT)


> Hi Dauber,
>
> You almost make me want to move to Chicago!!!
>  What a great story. Hope you will be happy there. Do stay in touch.
>
> I have some fond memories of Chicago myself:
>
> 1)visiting with  friend&comedian Bob Klein when he played 2nd City - eons
> ago...
>
> 2) getting stuck in a hotel with Alice Cooper & band on April 1st
> (I think!! - forgot the year, but it was in the 70s, of course,
> and I was doing a photo reportage for Germany),
> when a snowstorm immobilized the entire city.
> He practiced his golf swings in the hallways...
> the employess had to work double shifts, nobody could leave, nobody could
> come in.
> But it was so much fun!
>
> 3) visiting with my husband, to check out all the galleries, before the
big
> fire...
>
> And, now I have long-distance friends there:
> Franke E Nardiello (of Darling Kandie and Thrill Kill Kult) and his
partner
> David
>  if you want to get into the music circuit, give him a holler:
> fnn at thrillkillkult.com
>
> good luck and keep us posted!
> P&L Dagmar
>
> PS yes, there will be SNOW!!
> ;-)
>
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From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Wed Mar 29 04:43:07 2006
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 07:43:07 -0500
Subject: [Mb-hair] Dauber goes full-circle (VERY long and mostly OT)
References: <380-220063228184859233@M2W035.mail2web.com>
	<034201c6532d$48543630$f1476c42@hotprojects>
Message-ID: <096901c6532e$549fd600$f1476c42@hotprojects>

emic not epic typo
not even im that pompous
emic perspective
is in richard schechners emic ( perspective of a culture or subculture from
within it _
and etic ( perspective of a culture from without a culture )

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "richard haase" <hotprojects at nyc.rr.com>
To: <fotoblue at flash.net>; <mb-hair at islandlists.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 7:35 AM
Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Dauber goes full-circle (VERY long and mostly OT)


> i like chicago very much too
> the funny thing is for me here in nyc
> chicago from my epic perspective subjectively
> is a charming small city
> lol
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <fotoblue at flash.net>
> To: <mb-hair at islandlists.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 1:48 PM
> Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Dauber goes full-circle (VERY long and mostly OT)
>
>
> > Hi Dauber,
> >
> > You almost make me want to move to Chicago!!!
> >  What a great story. Hope you will be happy there. Do stay in touch.
> >
> > I have some fond memories of Chicago myself:
> >
> > 1)visiting with  friend&comedian Bob Klein when he played 2nd City -
eons
> > ago...
> >
> > 2) getting stuck in a hotel with Alice Cooper & band on April 1st
> > (I think!! - forgot the year, but it was in the 70s, of course,
> > and I was doing a photo reportage for Germany),
> > when a snowstorm immobilized the entire city.
> > He practiced his golf swings in the hallways...
> > the employess had to work double shifts, nobody could leave, nobody
could
> > come in.
> > But it was so much fun!
> >
> > 3) visiting with my husband, to check out all the galleries, before the
> big
> > fire...
> >
> > And, now I have long-distance friends there:
> > Franke E Nardiello (of Darling Kandie and Thrill Kill Kult) and his
> partner
> > David
> >  if you want to get into the music circuit, give him a holler:
> > fnn at thrillkillkult.com
> >
> > good luck and keep us posted!
> > P&L Dagmar
> >
> > PS yes, there will be SNOW!!
> > ;-)
> >
> >
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From katiekasben at hotmail.com  Wed Mar 29 08:00:43 2006
From: katiekasben at hotmail.com (Katie Kasben)
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 16:00:43 +0000
Subject: [Mb-hair] What'n the Hell are we fighting for? Make Love NOT War!!!
In-Reply-To: <C04F566D.2AA6C%michael@michaelbutler.com>
Message-ID: <BAY109-F22E886A12A09EDC9005428ADD00@phx.gbl>

That was a wonderful article!

It made me feel the way I did when I was putting together my production~ 
that fire in the belly that makes you glad to be alive because you are able 
to change the world...even if it is one tiny pebble at a time.

If we all dropped our pebbles in that proverbial pond, the total ripples 
will equal a tidal wave of peace

:)
I miss all of you~ hope you're well.
I'm producing the Asheville 48 Hour Film Project this July...
anyone want to come and be a celebrity judge?
:)
Have a brilliant, balanced and beautiful day~

love,
Katie


ALOHA NUI LOA!



From katiekasben at hotmail.com  Wed Mar 29 08:15:06 2006
From: katiekasben at hotmail.com (Katie Kasben)
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 16:15:06 +0000
Subject: [Mb-hair] V For Vendetta
In-Reply-To: <C04F1D5F.2AA40%michael@michaelbutler.com>
Message-ID: <BAY109-F27F5BC7B9EBDC8DABE3983ADD00@phx.gbl>

I wholeheartedly agree~

I kept looking around to see if I was going to get in trouble for watching 
it...

I have always loved the 1812 overature~ and I won't ruin it, but those who 
have seen it know what I'm talking about...
my heart was in my throat and all my "respect authority" upbringing was 
challenged, ripped to shreds and re-woven with personal responsibility 
winning in the end.

whew.
I wonder what Tony Blair thought.

:)
kk


ALOHA NUI LOA!



From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Wed Mar 29 10:08:20 2006
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 13:08:20 -0500
Subject: [Mb-hair] V For Vendetta
References: <BAY109-F27F5BC7B9EBDC8DABE3983ADD00@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <004c01c6535b$c38795d0$f1476c42@hotprojects>

excuse katie youre being insulting
mine is a considered expert opinion
you dont have to agree
and i be wrong
but im not trying to ruin anything
and your note is condescending
its not a question of respect my authority
its just my opinion
and im entitled
and i might be right
and its an either or proposition
there is more than one right answer on how to mount a show
and more than a certain amount of superstition
eg you didnt see the original production
( which was i think the best one and was miraculous;
certainly its why im in media )

but you all need to check yourselves
someone can suggest something you dont believe in
and no one here has a monopoly on heart, integrity
and nobody loves the piece more than me
and i actually saw the production everyone is talking about
?
again its just my opinion
not stating it as law
and yes i would if i were playing the 1812 overture for a contemporary
audience
i wouldnt change the music
but i might change the instrumentation to post modern instruments
or might add them to traditional ones
adaptation is exciting
peace
( seize the day )
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Katie Kasben" <katiekasben at hotmail.com>
To: <mb-hair at islandlists.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 11:15 AM
Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] V For Vendetta


> I wholeheartedly agree~
>
> I kept looking around to see if I was going to get in trouble for watching
> it...
>
> I have always loved the 1812 overature~ and I won't ruin it, but those who
> have seen it know what I'm talking about...
> my heart was in my throat and all my "respect authority" upbringing was
> challenged, ripped to shreds and re-woven with personal responsibility
> winning in the end.
>
> whew.
> I wonder what Tony Blair thought.
>
> :)
> kk
>
>
> ALOHA NUI LOA!
>
>
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From katiekasben at hotmail.com  Wed Mar 29 12:54:16 2006
From: katiekasben at hotmail.com (Katie Kasben)
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 20:54:16 +0000
Subject: [Mb-hair] V For Vendetta
In-Reply-To: <004c01c6535b$c38795d0$f1476c42@hotprojects>
Message-ID: <BAY109-F163CBCCE1624F39A73A502ADD00@phx.gbl>

did I miss an email in there?

I only read the review (by Claire?)
and was commenting on my own personal reaction only.
I haven't had time to read all the emails going around,
so I guess something I said was misconstrued.

I have no idea what's going on~
and that's o.k.

I liked the film.
and every day of my 5th grade year, when I got home from school,
I listened to Swan Lake, then turned the record over to listen to the 
1812...

Let's all have a cup of tea and enjoy a sunset~
Love,
Katie


ALOHA NUI LOA!



From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Wed Mar 29 13:10:14 2006
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 16:10:14 -0500
Subject: [Mb-hair] V For Vendetta
References: <BAY109-F163CBCCE1624F39A73A502ADD00@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <000801c65375$2c7482b0$f1476c42@hotprojects>

amen katie im for that
all peace and love
and im very rambunctuous
and fiery

lol
R
and we could have gotten wires crossed like something out of oscar wilde

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Katie Kasben" <katiekasben at hotmail.com>
To: <mb-hair at islandlists.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 3:54 PM
Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] V For Vendetta


> did I miss an email in there?
> 
> I only read the review (by Claire?)
> and was commenting on my own personal reaction only.
> I haven't had time to read all the emails going around,
> so I guess something I said was misconstrued.
> 
> I have no idea what's going on~
> and that's o.k.
> 
> I liked the film.
> and every day of my 5th grade year, when I got home from school,
> I listened to Swan Lake, then turned the record over to listen to the 
> 1812...
> 
> Let's all have a cup of tea and enjoy a sunset~
> Love,
> Katie
> 
> 
> ALOHA NUI LOA!
> 
> 
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From tiogajoe at juno.com  Wed Mar 29 13:46:26 2006
From: tiogajoe at juno.com (tiogajoe at juno.com)
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 21:46:26 GMT
Subject: [Mb-hair] Dauber goes full-circle (VERY long and mostly OT)
Message-ID: <20060329.134655.21165.793049@webmail13.lax.untd.com>

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From jameshburns at webtv.net  Wed Mar 29 14:56:24 2006
From: jameshburns at webtv.net (Jim Burns)
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 17:56:24 -0500
Subject: [Mb-hair] "The Mystic Minstreal of Bengal"-New Play
In-Reply-To: mb-hair-request@islandlists.com's message of Wed, 29 Mar 2006
	12:00:06 -0800
Message-ID: <18020-442B1098-939@storefull-3277.bay.webtv.net>


'Thought some of you might be interested in this...

(Now, if only the psychotic heart of radical Islam, could be replaced,
by a song of peace.)

Jim Burns
 
SUDIPTO CHATTERJEE PLAYS LALON PHOKIR, THE FAMED 19th CENTURY BENGALI
SAGE AND BALLADEER, IN "MAN OF THE HEART." 

Music-theatre piece on Baul philosopher-artist reveals his universal
human spirit that transcends cultural boundaries 

WHERE AND WHEN:

April 27 through May 7, 2006. 
Presented by East Coast Artists (Richard Schechner, Artistic Director;
Jeanne Finestone, Executive Director) at: The Kraine Theater, 85 East
4th Street between 2nd and 3rd Avenues. Schedule: Thursdays thru
Saturdays at 7:30pm and Saturdays and Sundays at 3:00 pm. Tickets $25
(Students $15). SMARTTIX (212) 868-4444, www.smarttix.com. Show's
website: www.lalon.org SUBWAYS: F to Second Avenue/Houston Street; 6 to
Astor Place, N-R to 8th Street/Broadway. 

DESCRIPTION: 
????????????????From April 27 to May 7,
East Coast Artists (Richard Schechner, Artistic Director) will present
Sudipto Chatterjee in his music-theatre piece with multimedia, "Man of
the Heart," which presents the life and key works of Lalon Phokir, the
19th century mystic minstrel from Bengal who is equally admired by
Hindus and Muslims today. The New York production is preparatory to
various engagements in India and Bangladesh, where it is hoped that the
show can be a unifying influence during troubled times. 

????????????????In the context of
India's ongoing and often violent conflicts between Hindus and Muslims,
Chatterjee believes Lalon's syncretism holds an urgent message for
today's audiences. "Lalon is talking about the reconciling of so-called
Tantric Hindu belief systems with Islam, which are so irreconcilable
from outside," Chatterjee said. By locating spirituality within the
physical body, he says, Lalon creates the possibility of a universal
identity that undermines the religious divisions fueling violence around
the world today. 

????????????????The play is a one-person
music-theater piece in a multi-media format. With materials retrieved
from legends and written records, it is a close look at the history
surrounding the 19th century Bengali Saint-Composer's life. The work is
written and performed by Sudipto Chatterjee and directed by Suman
Mukherjee. Live musical accompaniment is provided by three Bengali
musicians. 

????????????????Lalon Phokir is regarded
as the Baul of Bauls. Bauls are a group of mystic minstrels from the
Bengal region, now divided into Bangladesh and West Bengal. Lalon was
probably born in 1774 in the part of Nadia district now in Kushtia,
Bangladesh, and died in 1890. During his long, productive, devout life,
he gathered disciples and composed hundreds of songs. Legend has it that
Lalon was born a Hindu and became a Muslim under unusual circumstances.
Bengali literati who controlled high culture in Bengal in the 19th and
20th centuries traditionally viewed his music and poetry as "folk art".
They have always taken what they most needed from Lalon and used it in
their own agendas, whether to fold him up in the discourse of a
"feel-good" secularism or use him as an icon for a new nation. But
Lalon, the true philosopher and artist, has existed on his own and in
his own right. This performance piece goes beyond the urban reading of
Lalon, crossing the dubious lines of class and creed. Lalon left a deep
message of harmony and peace that cannot be downplayed, least of all in
a world that is suffering from the dire lack of it, and more painfully
than ever before 

????????????????Lalon angered Hindus,
Muslims and others by refusing to answer if he had been born Hindu or
Muslim and insisting that what is in the heart matters more than where
someone worships. At one point, Muslim mullahs issued a fatwa against
him, while Hindu conservatives sent goons to attack him physically. But
since Lalon's death, he has achieved ever-growing popularity. Muslim
fundamentalists in Bangladesh have built a protective mausoleum over his
grave, while the Hindu majority in West Bengal has claimed him as an
icon of secularism. 

????????????????"The Man of the Heart"
interweaves contradictory accounts of Lalon's biography, his family, and
his religious affiliations, using a mix of narration, archival
documents, and video footage from contemporary Bengal. The form of the
play is described as "a meditation by means of words, movement, music
and projected moving images." Chatterjee moves back and forth between
the voice of Lalon and that of a Lalon scholar. But it is in Lalon's
songs that we find a common essence. Chatterjee performs them in a rich
baritone, accompanied by traditional instruments used in Bengali folk
music. These include a hand drum and the other a traditional
two-stringed instrument called the do-tara. The Bengali lyrics are
projected in English translation on a fabric screen overhead. 

????????????????The spoken part of the
play is almost entirely in English. The songs, which are in Bengali, are
all supertitled on a projection screen or translated in voiceovers or
subsequent live dialogue. Particular care has been taken to ensure
communicability. The audio track includes Lalon's songs recorded by
Chatterjee, which have abundant references to Sufism, the poet Rumi and
Islam. 

????????????????"Lalon sang in
conundrums, funny covert riddles," said Chatterjee in a recent
interview, comparing him to e. e. cummings. "It was the only way Bauls
could pass along information about their secret practices, which
included Tantric sex." 
????????????????The show was conceived
jointly by Chatterjee and director/designer Suman Mukherjee, both
long-time admirers of Lalon. The impulse was partially to rescue Lalon
from a mindset they believe has transformed their hero into a "feel-good
icon." Chatterjee explains that in Kolkata (Calcutta), Lalon is
celebrated, but for all the wrong reasons. The urban intelligentsia of
India have claimed him as a folk-hero progenitor of Indian secular
democracy. That reading, he says, strips Lalon of his complexity and
authentically Indian spirituality. "Seldom is there an honest attempt to
recognize why he is so good," Chatterjee has said. 

????????????????Sudipto Chatterjee has
been intrigued by Lalon since he was five or six, when he heard a Baul
singer from the country pass his home every day, singing various
compositions from Lalon's rich repertoire. He received training as an
actor in Calcutta, India, from Ajitesh Banerjee and at the Eugene
O'Neill Theater Center, and Richard Schechner, in the USA. He is the
author of fifteen plays in Bengali and English. He has directed several
plays including Nuraldeen's Lifetime (by Syed Shamsul Haq), Girish
Karnad's "Hayavadana," Badal Sircar's "Bhoma" and J. M. Synge's "The
Playboy of the Western World" and its Bengali adaptation, "Birpurus."
His first anthology of Bengali plays, "Abhiropan," was published in
January 2005. In 2006 he directed Manjula Padmanabhan's "Harvest" for
the Department of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies, at University
of California, Berkeley, where he is currently an Assistant Professor.
That play was also presented by East Coast Artists in January, 2006,
directed by Benjamin Mosse. 

????????????????Suman Mukherjee has done
productions ranging from European drama to major adaptations of
masterpieces of Bengali literature. Among which are "Teesta Paarer
Brittanto" (Tales of the River Teesta, adapted from the novel by Debesh
Roy) and "Mephisto," based on Klaus Mann's German novel. While Teesta
has become one of the celebrated productions of the Bengali stage,
"Mephisto" was staged in protest against the religious riots of 2002
that led to a state-supported genocide of thousands of Muslims in
Gujarat. Earlier this year, Suman also completed his first feature film,
"Herbert", based on a novel of the same title by Nabarun Bhattacharya.
In November 2005, he directed Girish Karnad's "Nagamandala" (Play with a
Cobra) at the Department of Theater, Kalamazoo College. He is currently
the Artistic Director of the group Tritiya Sutra Performance Company.
Suman will be directing Rabindranath Tagore's "Raktakarabi" (Red
Oleanders) in 2006 with India's National School of Drama Repertory. 

????????????????Set, costume and
lighting design are by Suman Mukherjee. The music is all by Sudipto
Chatterjee, based on Bengali sources. The musicians are Soumya
Chakravarti (strings), Bodhisattva Das (drums) and Mahmood Dulu
(harmonium). 

????????????????Following this
production and a European tour, Chatterjee plans to travel to West
Bengal, India and Bangladesh in 2007 to perform the English-language
version of "Man of the Heart " and rehearse a Bengali-language version.
There are confirmed bookings in theaters in India and Bangladesh and the
project has been proposed for the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and the
Melbourne Arts Festival. Tritiyo Sutra Performance Company (India) and
Theatre (Bangladesh) are key collaborators in bringing the project to
fruition in South Asia. 

????????????????East Coast Artists
(Producer) is a professional ensemble dedicated to the artistic process;
the integration of contemporary theatrical traditions with intercultural
and international performance research; and the education and mentoring
of theater artists and others through its synthesized theories of
performance and intercultural techniques of performer training. For 15
years, East Coast Artists has partnered with playwrights and novelists
as well as staged radical interpretations of classical texts to produce
stunning new theatrical pieces. Eschewing a more orthodox model of
production, ECA develops work over time with meticulous attention to
workshopping, incubation, and collective creative processes. ECA has
also synthesized international/intercultural performance techniques into
its signature RasaBoxesT training program whose focus on psychophysical
emotion work has been applied to performer training as well as drama
therapy, medical training, and community outreach.
(www.eastcoastartists.org) 
REVIEWS 

????????????????A workshop version of
"Man of the Heart" was produced by the Department of Theater, Dance &
Performance Studies at UC Berkeley in September, 2005. Siliconeer, a
general interest magazine for South Asians in U.S., called the
performance "at once compelling, energetic and enormously moving" and
"an unforgettable introduction to one of Bengal's lesser known sages."
Chatterjee was commended as "an excellent actor with superb singing
skills," whose greatest gift is "an ability to shed the urbane persona
that makes his Lalon convincing." 

????????????????Marcus Wohlsen, wrote in
Illuminations (Berkeley), "In the context of India's ongoing and often
violent conflicts between Hindus and Muslims... Lalon's syncretism holds
an urgent message for today's audiences.... By locating spirituality
within the physical body... Lalon creates the possibility of a universal
identity that undermines the religious divisions fueling violence around
the world today." 

????????????????This production is
supported by Nalanda Group LLC. Subhas Sarkar is Executive Producer of
this production. 
# # # 




From lookingformydonna1 at rediffmail.com  Wed Mar 29 16:45:25 2006
From: lookingformydonna1 at rediffmail.com (Michael Ramirez)
Date: 30 Mar 2006 00:45:25 -0000
Subject: [Mb-hair] South American Hair
Message-ID: <20060330004525.4794.qmail@webmail9.rediffmail.com>

 ?
Hey
Has Hair ever been produced in South America [Other than the two Argentinean Productions and in Brazil]. I know Peru has a lot of musicals go there. 
Hair really hasn't been in very many Latin American Countries. I really enjoy the cast recording in Spanish. I've been trying to at least get a tape of the  Brazilian Cast. Hair would sound so nice in Brazilian Portuguese. 

Peace and <3,
Mike
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From michael at intrafi.com  Thu Mar 30 13:33:40 2006
From: michael at intrafi.com (michael butler)
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 16:33:40 -0500 (EST)
Subject: [Mb-hair] An article from globeandmail.com
Message-ID: <1440084.1143754414833.JavaMail.news@chicodeb5.front.theglobeandmail.com>

michael butler (michael at intrafi.com) thought you would be interested in the following article from globeandmail.com, Canada's leading source for online news: 

"Hair just keeps growing " 
The rock musical has taken on a life of its own, being remade in almost every revival, creator James Rado says 
<http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20060330.wxhair30/EmailBNStory/Entertainment/home> 

 
 
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Get the news delivered to your inbox. Sign up for our daily News Update: 
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From barbarasiomos38 at msn.com  Thu Mar 30 16:31:33 2006
From: barbarasiomos38 at msn.com (Barbara Siomos)
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 00:31:33 GMT
Subject: [Mb-hair] What'n the Hell are we fighting for? Make Love NOT
	War!!!
Message-ID: <BAY114-DAV44579C530C8F6D4D689F3ABD60@phx.gbl>

Katie.... I miss hearing about you and your production as well... :-)  Please stay in touch.

peace and love,
barbara


-----Original Message-----
From: Katie Kasben
Sent: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 08:00:43 -0800
To: mb-hair at islandlists.com
Subject: [Mb-hair] What'n the Hell are we fighting for? Make Love NOT War!!!

That was a wonderful article!

It made me feel the way I did when I was putting together my production~ 
that fire in the belly that makes you glad to be alive because you are able 
to change the world...even if it is one tiny pebble at a time.

If we all dropped our pebbles in that proverbial pond, the total ripples 
will equal a tidal wave of peace

:)
I miss all of you~ hope you're well.
I'm producing the Asheville 48 Hour Film Project this July...
anyone want to come and be a celebrity judge?
:)
Have a brilliant, balanced and beautiful day~

love,
Katie


ALOHA NUI LOA!


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From lookingformydonna1 at rediffmail.com  Thu Mar 30 16:51:59 2006
From: lookingformydonna1 at rediffmail.com (Michael Ramirez)
Date: 31 Mar 2006 00:51:59 -0000
Subject: [Mb-hair] 1993 London Cast
Message-ID: <20060331005159.24358.qmail@webmail53.rediffmail.com>

 ?
Do you guys like this album?
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From barbarasiomos38 at msn.com  Thu Mar 30 17:13:33 2006
From: barbarasiomos38 at msn.com (Barbara Siomos)
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 01:13:33 GMT
Subject: [Mb-hair] Defend Bear Butte media release~Please Pass On
Message-ID: <BAY114-DAV2B31E14E0B1ABE17C99F5ABD60@phx.gbl>

My name is Carter Camp, I'm a Ponca Indian and I have been chosen to be the
"Eyapaha" or "Traditional Speaker" for the Inter-Tribal Coalition to Defend Bear Butte.

 ( <http://www.defendbearbutte.org/> www.defendbearbutte.org). 

As such, I would like to announce a major effort by over thirty (30) Sovereign Indian
Nations in America to stop the obscene
developments which are being built all
around the Mountain each of our Nations
hold sacred and inviolable. For over a
century our Nations have attempted to
explain to the encroaching Americans that
this Sacred Mountain is a place where we
come to pray and it holds an exquisitely
important place in the ancient religious
ways of each of our Nations. 

For example, during each of America's
World Wars, plus Korea and Viet Nam, our
Nations and our Veterans pilgrimage to
Bear Butte to pray for the victories of
American Armed Forces and the safe
return of our tribal warriors who fought in those wars in such great numbers.  In fact
all year around hundreds of Indian people make their pilgrimage to Bear Butte to
pray, fast, and hold religious ceremonies.

The Mountain holds such tremendous
meaning to our people that many of us
believe our entire way of life will be
destroyed if the continued exploitation of
the land around Bear Butte is allowed to continue by local and State governments. 

Now because those same local and state
governments refuse to hear our pleas to
mitigate the developments or in any way
cooperate with our requests for a five-mile
buffer zone around her base, we must 
attempt to convince them in a more direct
way. Therefore we have decided to hold
another "Great Gathering of the Nations"
such as the one Hunkpapa Chief Sitting 
Bull held in the mid 1800's for the same
reason. to protect our sacred grounds. 
Chief Sitting Bull gathered 6,000 of his
people; we plan on gathering over 10,000
native people on Bear Butte during this 
year's "Sturgis Bike Rally" to stand and
march in witness and protest to the destruction of our most holy site.

Each day of the "Rally" we plan on exercising our Constitutional right to
assemble on Bear Butte and march to the
Sturgis City Hall and/or the various scenes
of noisy, drunken debauchery taking place
around the slopes of our sacred mountain.

Our people will begin gathering to hold
ceremonies on the Fourth of July and we
will continue to gather our people until
August when a "Grand Council of the
Tribes" will be held to determine our
future course of actions. All Traditional
Societies will take their place in the grand
circle; Traditional Chiefs will lead societies
of Kit Fox, Dog Soldiers, Ponca He'Thuska,
and other Lakota Tokala and Akicita to 
take their places at the front of the people.

Our effort will be led principally by 
American Indian Veterans who have fought
for America in all of her wars.

The second effort will be an International
boycott of the Broken Spoke Saloon and all
booze serving campgrounds within the five-mile buffer zone. This effort will be 
spearheaded by the newly formed biker
group "BIKERS FOR BEAR BUTTE" who will
take it upon themselves to inform the biker
nation that Meade County and South 
Dakota are turning a deaf and racist ear to
Indian people and only the bikers 
themselves can take the proper steps to
enforce the buffer zone by asking all bikers
not to patronize any campground, booze
party, or concert venue within the buffer zone. They will "request" in the strongest
terms that their fellow bikers stay off 
Highway 34 and 79 within five miles of Bear
Butte. This effort has already begun and will grow much stronger before the "Rally".

In closing I would like to assure the people
of South Dakota that our gathering and
marches will be peaceful and within
Constitutional bounds. We will seek permits for our marches and gathering
places and we intend to comply with 
existing laws. But in the end, we fully
intend to protect the sanctity of our sacred
mountain no matter how long it takes; we
have done so for hundreds of years and we
intend to continue as long as she is being
shown disrespect and remains under attack. 

We further ask the people of South Dakota
to help us by writing or calling their
legislators and asking them to enact the
five-mile buffer zone as law.

In 2001 the World Trade Center ruins 
became "Sacred Ground" to all Americans
so it seems America can understand the
concept with which our people have 
regarded Bear Butte from time immemorial. 

All we're asking is that South Dakotans
give our sacred mountain the same respect
given to New York's sacred site. 

Carter Camp, Eyapaha

Inter-Tribal Coalition to Defend Bear Butte.

<http://www.defendbearbutte.org/> www.defendbearbutte.org

605-455-2508 





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From dauber at banana-and-louie.org  Thu Mar 30 20:13:15 2006
From: dauber at banana-and-louie.org (Sean Courtney)
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 23:13:15 -0500
Subject: [Mb-hair] 1993 London Cast
In-Reply-To: <20060331005159.24358.qmail@webmail53.rediffmail.com>
Message-ID: <352026fc2ef.49680146@outgoing.verizon.net>

On 03/31/2006, Michael Ramirez wrote:

> Do you guys like this album?

Personally, I hate it.
-
dauber at banana-and-louie.org
 * ICQ: 28677921 * YIM: dau_ber * AIM: ddaauubbeerr
blog: http://scattered-frog.blogspot.com

From michael at michaelbutler.com  Thu Mar 30 21:11:40 2006
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 21:11:40 -0800
Subject: [Mb-hair] FW: Variety.com - Hair
In-Reply-To: <EWEB75SgsyYDwfMsLIY00000001@elogic.com>
Message-ID: <C051FA0C.2ABB8%michael@michaelbutler.com>



Posted: Thurs., Mar. 30, 2006, 8:00pm PT
 
Hair
 
(Bluma Appel Theater, Toronto; 876 Seats; C$89 $77 top)

A CanStage and Dancap Private Equity presentation of a musical in two
acts with music by Galt MacDermot, book by Gerome Ragni and James Rado.
Directed by Robert A. Prior. Musical director, Steve Hunter.
Choreographer, Stephen Hues.
 
Grasshopper, Margaret Mead, Scarlett O'Hara - Matthew Boden
Hud, Sergeant - Matthew Brown
Berger, General Grant - Craig Burnatowski
Sheila - Karen Burthwright
Crissy, Monk - Kimmy Choi
Stroodel, Dad, Hubert Mead - Kevin Dennis
Brain, Rock Band Soloist - Gerrard Everard
Justice - Ryan Field
Dionne, Lincoln - Alana Hibbert
Apache - Bryan Hindle
Woof - Andrew Kushnir
Claude - Jamie McKnight
Pumpkin, Mom - Adrienne Merrell
Thistle - David Mongar
Karisma - Katrina Reynolds
Karma, The God Aquarius, Monk - Julius Sermonia
Lala - Valerie Stanois
Hotdog, Principal, Clark Gable,
Uncle Sam - Zachary Stevenson
Moonchild, Aquarius Soloist - Sheena Turcotte
Jeanie - Cleopatra Williams
Angela - Naomi Zara
 

  _____  

By RICHARD OUZOUNIAN
<http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=bio&peopleID=1932>
  _____  

Quick, get the Rogaine. The new production of "Hair" now on view in
Toronto supposedly boasts a series of enriching rewrites by author James
Rado. But rather than help the material, they make the iconic
flower-power, antiwar musical seem thinner than ever. A lot of the
blame, however, must be laid at the feet of director Robert A. Prior,
choreographer Stephen Hues and a decidedly inferior cast.

Prior is the founder of L.A.'s Fabulous Monsters Performance Group, and
Hues has collaborated with him on numerous occasions. They have a
reputation for doing edgy, innovative productions, which is probably why
Rado demanded that CanStage import the American duo for this production.

But something has gone horribly wrong along the way: The brightly
colored, insipidly staged mess being performed at the Bluma Appel
Theater would be more at home in a theme park than at Canada's largest
regional theater.

It was their rough-hewn charm and political intensity that made the
original productions of "Hair" work. The people who created, produced
and performed the early versions of the show were united in their anger
over the war in Vietnam. And so, despite an initially breezy air, some
fetching tunes from Galt MacDermot and the inventive staging of Tom
O'Horgan, the musical showed its rage in act two, which is largely a
drug-fueled fantasy of U.S. involvement in Vietnam.

This is territory artists can still revisit with sincerity and passion,
as Twyla Tharp proved in "Movin' Out."

But Prior and company have opted instead for Peter Max-colored designs
and costumes that look like they stepped out of an episode of
"Laugh-In." No one actually comes out and says, "Sock it to me!," but
you wouldn't be surprised if they did.

Yes, there's a nude scene at the end of act one, but where it used to be
a personal statement for the cast, tied into their reaction to Claude's
moving "Where Do I Go?," it now features the whole cast in what looks
like a merely egregious way to bring down the curtain.

When it was announced that Rado was working on rewrites of the script,
some people assumed he might be honing the political message to make it
more relevant to today. Nothing could be further from the truth.

Instead, he has expanded the book scenes in which Claude, Berger and
Sheila work out the details of their not-quite-menage a trois. Maybe the
material has personal resonance for Rado (the show supposedly mirrors
his offstage relationship with co-author and co-star Ragni), but the
cliched dialogue further drains the show's political intensity.

In a city known for a deep talent pool of young musical theater
performers, Prior and Hues have largely contented themselves with
fishing in the shallow end. Most of the company doesn't sing well, take
the stage with confidence or seem to have any idea what they're doing.

From goodhairdays at yahoo.com  Fri Mar 31 06:15:09 2006
From: goodhairdays at yahoo.com (Jonathon Johnson)
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 06:15:09 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Mb-hair] FW: Variety.com - Hair
In-Reply-To: <C051FA0C.2ABB8%michael@michaelbutler.com>
Message-ID: <20060331141509.55087.qmail@web52701.mail.yahoo.com>

"If it ain't broken - don't fix it." 
   
  Sorry folks, but no one can convince me that "Hair" needs to be rewritten or updated.
  Not even Jim Rado who I love and admire deeply. Just go back to the Tom O'Horgan
  Broadway version (which WAS the HIT), and the people will get it. Do not stray too far 
  from the playing field or you'll get lost in the tall grass.
   
  Just an opinion of an old tribe member who is set in his ways ;)
   
  Peace, Love and Blessings ~ Jonathon

Michael Butler <michael at michaelbutler.com> wrote:
  

Posted: Thurs., Mar. 30, 2006, 8:00pm PT

Hair

(Bluma Appel Theater, Toronto; 876 Seats; C$89 $77 top)

A CanStage and Dancap Private Equity presentation of a musical in two
acts with music by Galt MacDermot, book by Gerome Ragni and James Rado.
Directed by Robert A. Prior. Musical director, Steve Hunter.
Choreographer, Stephen Hues.

Grasshopper, Margaret Mead, Scarlett O'Hara - Matthew Boden
Hud, Sergeant - Matthew Brown
Berger, General Grant - Craig Burnatowski
Sheila - Karen Burthwright
Crissy, Monk - Kimmy Choi
Stroodel, Dad, Hubert Mead - Kevin Dennis
Brain, Rock Band Soloist - Gerrard Everard
Justice - Ryan Field
Dionne, Lincoln - Alana Hibbert
Apache - Bryan Hindle
Woof - Andrew Kushnir
Claude - Jamie McKnight
Pumpkin, Mom - Adrienne Merrell
Thistle - David Mongar
Karisma - Katrina Reynolds
Karma, The God Aquarius, Monk - Julius Sermonia
Lala - Valerie Stanois
Hotdog, Principal, Clark Gable,
Uncle Sam - Zachary Stevenson
Moonchild, Aquarius Soloist - Sheena Turcotte
Jeanie - Cleopatra Williams
Angela - Naomi Zara


_____ 

By RICHARD OUZOUNIAN

_____ 

Quick, get the Rogaine. The new production of "Hair" now on view in
Toronto supposedly boasts a series of enriching rewrites by author James
Rado. But rather than help the material, they make the iconic
flower-power, antiwar musical seem thinner than ever. A lot of the
blame, however, must be laid at the feet of director Robert A. Prior,
choreographer Stephen Hues and a decidedly inferior cast.

Prior is the founder of L.A.'s Fabulous Monsters Performance Group, and
Hues has collaborated with him on numerous occasions. They have a
reputation for doing edgy, innovative productions, which is probably why
Rado demanded that CanStage import the American duo for this production.

But something has gone horribly wrong along the way: The brightly
colored, insipidly staged mess being performed at the Bluma Appel
Theater would be more at home in a theme park than at Canada's largest
regional theater.

It was their rough-hewn charm and political intensity that made the
original productions of "Hair" work. The people who created, produced
and performed the early versions of the show were united in their anger
over the war in Vietnam. And so, despite an initially breezy air, some
fetching tunes from Galt MacDermot and the inventive staging of Tom
O'Horgan, the musical showed its rage in act two, which is largely a
drug-fueled fantasy of U.S. involvement in Vietnam.

This is territory artists can still revisit with sincerity and passion,
as Twyla Tharp proved in "Movin' Out."

But Prior and company have opted instead for Peter Max-colored designs
and costumes that look like they stepped out of an episode of
"Laugh-In." No one actually comes out and says, "Sock it to me!," but
you wouldn't be surprised if they did.

Yes, there's a nude scene at the end of act one, but where it used to be
a personal statement for the cast, tied into their reaction to Claude's
moving "Where Do I Go?," it now features the whole cast in what looks
like a merely egregious way to bring down the curtain.

When it was announced that Rado was working on rewrites of the script,
some people assumed he might be honing the political message to make it
more relevant to today. Nothing could be further from the truth.

Instead, he has expanded the book scenes in which Claude, Berger and
Sheila work out the details of their not-quite-menage a trois. Maybe the
material has personal resonance for Rado (the show supposedly mirrors
his offstage relationship with co-author and co-star Ragni), but the
cliched dialogue further drains the show's political intensity.

In a city known for a deep talent pool of young musical theater
performers, Prior and Hues have largely contented themselves with
fishing in the shallow end. Most of the company doesn't sing well, take
the stage with confidence or seem to have any idea what they're doing.

From sherwin at aceross.com  Fri Mar 31 06:26:24 2006
From: sherwin at aceross.com (Sherwin Ross)
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 06:26:24 -0800
Subject: [Mb-hair] FW: Variety.com - Hair
In-Reply-To: <20060331141509.55087.qmail@web52701.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <20060331142835.D904724AF98@lax-gw02.mroute.net>

Dear Tribe,

 

I had the pleasure to see the last two shows at Glendale Community College.

The very last show there was not a dry eye on stage or in the audience.

It saw the Tribe transform and get it in the most beautiful way.

HAiR is truly a gift and a Historic American Treasure.

When I was studying the role of Berger with Peppy in 1989, he told me that
all the actors developed the play. In the 60's we were all stoned and
creative...do the Beatles, Rolling Stones, The WHO, Pink Floyd etc
consistently control and rewrite their work?

What a piece of work is manJ

 

sherwin

 

  _____  

From: mb-hair-bounces at islandlists.com
[mailto:mb-hair-bounces at islandlists.com] On Behalf Of Jonathon Johnson
Sent: Friday, March 31, 2006 6:15 AM
To: mb-hair at islandlists.com
Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] FW: Variety.com - Hair

 

"If it ain't broken - don't fix it." 

 

Sorry folks, but no one can convince me that "Hair" needs to be rewritten or
updated.

Not even Jim Rado who I love and admire deeply. Just go back to the Tom
O'Horgan

Broadway version (which WAS the HIT), and the people will get it. Do not
stray too far 

from the playing field or you'll get lost in the tall grass.

 

Just an opinion of an old tribe member who is set in his ways ;)

 

Peace, Love and Blessings ~ Jonathon

Michael Butler <michael at michaelbutler.com> wrote:



Posted: Thurs., Mar. 30, 2006, 8:00pm PT

Hair

(Bluma Appel Theater, Toronto; 876 Seats; C$89 $77 top)

A CanStage and Dancap Private Equity presentation of a musical in two
acts with music by Galt MacDermot, book by Gerome Ragni and James Rado.
Directed by Robert A. Prior. Musical director, Steve Hunter.
Choreographer, Stephen Hues.

Grasshopper, Margaret Mead, Scarlett O'Hara - Matthew Boden
Hud, Sergeant - Matthew Brown
Berger, General Grant - Craig Burnatowski
Sheila - Karen Burthwright
Crissy, Monk - Kimmy Choi
Stroodel, Dad, Hubert Mead - Kevin Dennis
Brain, Rock Band Soloist - Gerrard Everard
Justice - Ryan Field
Dionne, Lincoln - Alana Hibbert
Apache - Bryan Hindle
Woof - Andrew Kushnir
Claude - Jamie McKnight
Pumpkin, Mom - Adrienne Merrell
Thistle - David Mongar
Karisma - Katrina Reynolds
Karma, The God Aquarius, Monk - Julius Sermonia
Lala - Valerie Stanois
Hotdog, Principal, Clark Gable,
Uncle Sam - Zachary Stevenson
Moonchild, Aquarius Soloist - Sheena Turcotte
Jeanie - Cleopatra Williams
Angela - Naomi Zara


_____ 

By RICHARD OUZOUNIAN

_____ 

Quick, get the Rogaine. The new production of "Hair" now on view in
Toronto supposedly boasts a series of enriching rewrites by author James
Rado. But rather than help the material, they make the iconic
flower-power, antiwar musical seem thinner than ever. A lot of the
blame, however, must be laid at the feet of director Robert A. Prior,
choreographer Stephen Hues and a decidedly inferior cast.

Prior is the founder of L.A.'s Fabulous Monsters Performance Group, and
Hues has collaborated with him on numerous occasions. They have a
reputation for doing edgy, innovative productions, which is probably why
Rado demanded that CanStage import the American duo for this production.

But something has gone horribly wrong along the way: The brightly
colored, insipidly staged mess being performed at the Bluma Appel
Theater would be more at home in a theme park than at Canada's largest
regional theater.

It was their rough-hewn charm and political intensity that made the
original productions of "Hair" work. The people who created, produced
and performed the early versions of the show were united in their anger
over the war in Vietnam. And so, despite an initially breezy air, some
fetching tunes from Galt MacDermot and the inventive staging of Tom
O'Horgan, the musical showed its rage in act two, which is largely a
drug-fueled fantasy of U.S. involvement in Vietnam.

This is territory artists can still revisit with sincerity and passion,
as Twyla Tharp proved in "Movin' Out."

But Prior and company have opted instead for Peter Max-colored designs
and costumes that look like they stepped out of an episode of
"Laugh-In." No one actually comes out and says, "Sock it to me!," but
you wouldn't be surprised if they did.

Yes, there's a nude scene at the end of act one, but where it used to be
a personal statement for the cast, tied into their reaction to Claude's
moving "Where Do I Go?," it now features the whole cast in what looks
like a merely egregious way to bring down the curtain.

When it was announced that Rado was working on rewrites of the script,
some people assumed he might be honing the political message to make it
more relevant to today. Nothing could be further from the truth.

Instead, he has expanded the book scenes in which Claude, Berger and
Sheila work out the details of their not-quite-menage a trois. Maybe the
material has personal resonance for Rado (the show supposedly mirrors
his offstage relationship with co-author and co-star Ragni), but the
cliched dialogue further drains the show's political intensity.

In a city known for a deep talent pool of young musical theater
performers, Prior and Hues have largely contented themselves with
fishing in the shallow end. Most of the company doesn't sing well, take
the stage with confidence or seem to have any idea what they're doing.

From olhippie at tampabay.rr.com  Fri Mar 31 06:32:50 2006
From: olhippie at tampabay.rr.com (Robin McNamara)
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 09:32:50 -0500
Subject: [Mb-hair] FW: Variety.com - Hair
References: <20060331141509.55087.qmail@web52701.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <002901c654cf$fd8f2ca0$1f1c7c46@CowBox>

It is a period piece, period.

Love forever
Robin 
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Jonathon Johnson 
  To: mb-hair at islandlists.com 
  Sent: Friday, March 31, 2006 9:15 AM
  Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] FW: Variety.com - Hair


  "If it ain't broken - don't fix it." 

  Sorry folks, but no one can convince me that "Hair" needs to be rewritten or updated.
  Not even Jim Rado who I love and admire deeply. Just go back to the Tom O'Horgan
  Broadway version (which WAS the HIT), and the people will get it. Do not stray too far 
  from the playing field or you'll get lost in the tall grass.

  Just an opinion of an old tribe member who is set in his ways ;)

  Peace, Love and Blessings ~ Jonathon

  Michael Butler <michael at michaelbutler.com> wrote:


    Posted: Thurs., Mar. 30, 2006, 8:00pm PT

    Hair

    (Bluma Appel Theater, Toronto; 876 Seats; C$89 $77 top)

    A CanStage and Dancap Private Equity presentation of a musical in two
    acts with music by Galt MacDermot, book by Gerome Ragni and James Rado.
    Directed by Robert A. Prior. Musical director, Steve Hunter.
    Choreographer, Stephen Hues.

    Grasshopper, Margaret Mead, Scarlett O'Hara - Matthew Boden
    Hud, Sergeant - Matthew Brown
    Berger, General Grant - Craig Burnatowski
    Sheila - Karen Burthwright
    Crissy, Monk - Kimmy Choi
    Stroodel, Dad, Hubert Mead - Kevin Dennis
    Brain, Rock Band Soloist - Gerrard Everard
    Justice - Ryan Field
    Dionne, Lincoln - Alana Hibbert
    Apache - Bryan Hindle
    Woof - Andrew Kushnir
    Claude - Jamie McKnight
    Pumpkin, Mom - Adrienne Merrell
    Thistle - David Mongar
    Karisma - Katrina Reynolds
    Karma, The God Aquarius, Monk - Julius Sermonia
    Lala - Valerie Stanois
    Hotdog, Principal, Clark Gable,
    Uncle Sam - Zachary Stevenson
    Moonchild, Aquarius Soloist - Sheena Turcotte
    Jeanie - Cleopatra Williams
    Angela - Naomi Zara


    _____ 

    By RICHARD OUZOUNIAN

    _____ 

    Quick, get the Rogaine. The new production of "Hair" now on view in
    Toronto supposedly boasts a series of enriching rewrites by author James
    Rado. But rather than help the material, they make the iconic
    flower-power, antiwar musical seem thinner than ever. A lot of the
    blame, however, must be laid at the feet of director Robert A. Prior,
    choreographer Stephen Hues and a decidedly inferior cast.

    Prior is the founder of L.A.'s Fabulous Monsters Performance Group, and
    Hues has collaborated with him on numerous occasions. They have a
    reputation for doing edgy, innovative productions, which is probably why
    Rado demanded that CanStage import the American duo for this production.

    But something has gone horribly wrong along the way: The brightly
    colored, insipidly staged mess being performed at the Bluma Appel
    Theater would be more at home in a theme park than at Canada's largest
    regional theater.

    It was their rough-hewn charm and political intensity that made the
    original productions of "Hair" work. The people who created, produced
    and performed the early versions of the show were united in their anger
    over the war in Vietnam. And so, despite an initially breezy air, some
    fetching tunes from Galt MacDermot and the inventive staging of Tom
    O'Horgan, the musical showed its rage in act two, which is largely a
    drug-fueled fantasy of U.S. involvement in Vietnam.

    This is territory artists can still revisit with sincerity and passion,
    as Twyla Tharp proved in "Movin' Out."

    But Prior and company have opted instead for Peter Max-colored designs
    and costumes that look like they stepped out of an episode of
    "Laugh-In." No one actually comes out and says, "Sock it to me!," but
    you wouldn't be surprised if they did.

    Yes, there's a nude scene at the end of act one, but where it used to be
    a personal statement for the cast, tied into their reaction to Claude's
    moving "Where Do I Go?," it now features the whole cast in what looks
    like a merely egregious way to bring down the curtain.

    When it was announced that Rado was working on rewrites of the script,
    some people assumed he might be honing the political message to make it
    more relevant to today. Nothing could be further from the truth.

    Instead, he has expanded the book scenes in which Claude, Berger and
    Sheila work out the details of their not-quite-menage a trois. Maybe the
    material has personal resonance for Rado (the show supposedly mirrors
    his offstage relationship with co-author and co-star Ragni), but the
    cliched dialogue further drains the show's political intensity.

    In a city known for a deep talent pool of young musical theater
    performers, Prior and Hues have largely contented themselves with
    fishing in the shallow end. Most of the company doesn't sing well, take
    the stage with confidence or seem to have any idea what they're doing.
    From the moment Sheena Turcotte feebly warbles opening song "Aquarius,"
    you know you're in trouble.

    There are a few exceptions. In the leading role of Claude, Jamie
    McKnight shows the energy, vocal power and charm that he developed in
    Toronto productions of "The Producers" and "Annie Get Your Gun." Andrew
    Kushnir, Matthew Boden and Adrienne Merrell find solid comedy in what
    they've been asked to do, but they stand alone.

    Craig Burnatowski is a single-expression Berger (sneering), and Karen
    Burthwright has one vocal note as Sheila (loud); the rest of the actors
    are inept or forgettable.

    This limp version of "Hair" is unlikely to attract a new generation of
    theatergoers to the work. Sadly, it may even dim the reputation this
    piece holds in musical theater history.



    Sets and costumes, Dany Lyne; lighting, John Munro; sound, John Lott;
    projections, Yo Suzuki, Lovemushroom Studio. Opened March 30, 2006.
    Reviewed March 29. Runs through June 17. Running time: 2 HOURS, 40 MIN.



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From sherwin at aceross.com  Fri Mar 31 06:47:30 2006
From: sherwin at aceross.com (Sherwin Ross)
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 06:47:30 -0800
Subject: [Mb-hair] Bank account
Message-ID: <20060331144947.924C711FA2F@lax-gw07.mroute.net>

 

A  92-year-old, petite, well-poised and proud man, who is fully dressed each
morning by eight o'clock, with his hair fashionably coifed and shaved
perfectly, even though he is legally blind, moved to a nursing home today.
His wife of 70 years recently passed away, making the move necessary. After
many hours of waiting patiently in the lobby of the nursing home, he smiled
sweetly when told his room was ready. 


As he maneuvered his walker to the elevator, I provided a visual description
of his tiny room, including the eyelet sheets that had been hung on his
window.


"I love it," he stated with the enthusiasm of an eight-year-old having just
been presented with a new puppy.



"Mr. Jones, you haven't seen the room; just wait."

"That doesn't have anything to do with it," he replied.


"Happiness is something you decide on ahead of time. Whether I like my room
or not doesn't depend on how the furniture is arranged ... it's how I
arrange my mind. I already decided to love it. "It's a decision I make every
morning when I wake up. I have a choice; I can spend the day in bed
recounting the difficulty I have with the parts of my body that no longer
work, or get out of bed and be thankful for the ones that do.

Each day is a gift, and as long as my eyes open, I'll focus on the new day
and all the happy memories I've stored away. Just for this time in my life.

Old age is like a bank account. You withdraw from what you've put in.

So, my advice to you would be to deposit a lot of happiness in the bank
account of memories! Thank you for your part in filling my Memory bank. I am
still depositing." Remember the five simple rules to be happy:

1.  Free your heart from hatred.
2.  Free your mind from worries.
3.  Live simply.
4.  Give more.
5.  Expect less.

Pass this message to 7 people except me. You will receive a miracle
tomorrow.

Now, STOP! Did you hear what I just said. You WILL receive a miracle
tomorrow. So send it right now!

 

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From bgonzal at rci.rutgers.edu  Fri Mar 31 06:58:23 2006
From: bgonzal at rci.rutgers.edu (Wm-A Gonzalez)
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 09:58:23 -0500
Subject: [Mb-hair] 1993 London Cast
In-Reply-To: <20060331005159.24358.qmail@webmail53.rediffmail.com>
Message-ID: <009201c654d3$8f1a5ca0$edde0680@Romano>

I got it because of the new songs and verses, but felt that it was
overproduced and way too glossy for HAiR.  I found it to be very boring.  I
also thought that the added lyrics were indulgent and unnecessary.  Unlike
many, I am not a HAiR purist.  However, I am under the firm belief that you
don't tinker with something good unless you can make it better.  I don't
think the '93 London production did that.
 
You've also mentioned the Vienna cast album.  I really dislike the updated
musical arrangements, most of which are derivative of other pop songs.  Then
again, I also did not care for the arrangements used in the film version, as
I thought that they were too "jazz" based instead of rock based.
 
With the exception of "Easy to Be Hard", which is phenomenal sung as a
"Soul" ballad instead of a pop/rock ballad, I don't think that I've ever
heard a new arrangement of any of the songs that were better than the
original.
 
My favorite album is the original Broadway cast.
 
-Bil Gonzalez


  _____  

From: mb-hair-bounces at islandlists.com
[mailto:mb-hair-bounces at islandlists.com] On Behalf Of Michael Ramirez
Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006 7:52 PM
To: mb-hair at islandlists.com
Subject: [Mb-hair] 1993 London Cast




Do you guys like this album? 



 
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From: bgonzal at rci.rutgers.edu (Wm-A Gonzalez)
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 10:03:42 -0500
Subject: [Mb-hair] FW: Variety.com - Hair
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Message-ID: <009d01c654d4$4d2ad350$edde0680@Romano>

Ouch! 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mb-hair-bounces at islandlists.com 
> [mailto:mb-hair-bounces at islandlists.com] On Behalf Of Michael Butler
> Sent: Friday, March 31, 2006 12:12 AM
> To: HAIR List
> Subject: [Mb-hair] FW: Variety.com - Hair
> 
> 
> 
> Posted: Thurs., Mar. 30, 2006, 8:00pm PT
>  
> Hair
>  
>...
> 
> This limp version of "Hair" is unlikely to attract a new 
> generation of theatergoers to the work. Sadly, it may even 
> dim the reputation this piece holds in musical theater history.
> ...  


From jameshburns at webtv.net  Fri Mar 31 07:14:38 2006
From: jameshburns at webtv.net (Jim Burns)
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 10:14:38 -0500
Subject: [Mb-hair] Gluing Rat Neurons (Brains on a Compuer Chip)
Message-ID: <4362-442D475E-3109@storefull-3272.bay.webtv.net>


I just can't help but wonder how this will ultimately change, the
Nielsens...

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From jameshburns at webtv.net  Fri Mar 31 07:22:38 2006
From: jameshburns at webtv.net (Jim Burns)
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 10:22:38 -0500
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Whoops!  Here's the column...

 
SCIENCE
Edward Willett
?
Brains on a chip
?
Our current primary means of communicating with computers, typing, is
inelegant, to say the least. Some people never learn how to do it. Even
those who are good at must use a keyboard actually designed to slow
typists down. 
?
Wouldn't it be great if we could just think at a computer? Or better
yet, if a computer could do what we needed done without us having to
think about it at all?
?
A lot of scientists think so, which is why there's a lot of research
going on into the possibilities of directly interfacing brain cells and
computers.
?
In just the last few days, European researchers reported they have
created an interface between mammalian neurons and silicon chips.
?
Working with German microchip company Infineon, the research team, a
partnership known as NACHIP involving the Max Planck Institute in
Munich, the University of Zurich and the University of Padua, placed
16,384 transistors and hundreds of capacitors on a one-square-millimetre
chip.
?
Using special proteins found in the brain, they "glued" rat neurons to
the chip. This both kept the neurons in place (neurons tend to wander)
and helped transmit signals from the neurons to the transistors.
?
The electrical activity in neurons is the result of the movement of
charged particles, specifically sodium ions, in and out of special
pores. The neurons in the European experiment were genetically modified
to have more pores than usual. As well, the neural glue helped ensure
that extra sodium channels collected around the transistor and capacitor
connectors. This made it easier for the transistors to detect the
electrical activity in the cells and for the capacitors to alter the
movement of sodium ions within the channels and thus cause the neurons
to react.
?
With the transistors detecting cell activity and the capacitors
stimulating it, a two-way communication circuit was established between
the animate and the inanimate.
?
Previous work focused on snail neurons, which are larger and easier to
work with. That work taught the researchers how to deal with some of the
daunting challenges of interfacing neurons and silicon, most of which
relate to the fact that they process information very differently. In a
computer, for example, different functions usually take place in
different places within the circuitry. In the brain, many functions are
often carried out by the same piece of tissue. And if you cut away some
neurons from the brain, other neurons will move in and take over their
functions. Try that with a computer chip!
?
The successful creation of an interface between mammalian neurons and a
computer chip is a major step forward in creating an interface that is
actually useful. Years from now, it could lead to the creation of
organic computers that use living neurons as their CPU?or silicon
computers that use living neurons for data storage. It could make
possible neural prostheses to combat various neurological disorders,
giving sight to the blind or making possible prosthetic limbs that can
be moved as naturally as real ones.
?
In the shorter term, it may provide us with more insight into how
neurons form networks in our brains, and enable the development of
special chips that would enable pharmaceutical companies to more easily
and quickly test the efficacy of new drugs on neurons.
?
Of course (and don't I wish I got a dollar every time I wrote or said
this) more research is needed. The methods used for stimulating the
neurons have to be refined; current methods too often damage them.
?
The researchers say it should be possible to the chip to signal a neuron
to alter its membrane to allow it to take up the DNA for a new
gene?or, alternatively, to accept a compound that switches off an
existing gene.? Turning genes on and off in specific neurons will thus
be the next focus of the research team's work.
?
The day may be coming when the lines between the brain and the computer,
between the animate and the inanimate, blur to the point where it will
be hard for those who are truly "plugged in" to distinguish between
them.
?
I'm rather more intrigued than alarmed by the prospect, myself...as long
as the computer I plug myself into isn't using Windows. I'd hate for the
last words I see to be "This brain has performed an illegal operation
and must be shut down."
????

Edward Willett is a freelance writer in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.
E-mail comments or questions to ewillett at sasktel.net. Ed's website is
www.edwardwillett.com, and his blog is at edwardwillett.blogspot.com.
Ed's latest?novel is the exciting science-fiction adventure Lost in
Translation (Five Star, ISBN 1594143056?);?his latest non-fiction
book is Genetics Demystified (McGraw-Hill, ISBN?0071459308).
?



From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Fri Mar 31 07:51:48 2006
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 10:51:48 -0500
Subject: [Mb-hair] FW: Variety.com - Hair
References: <009d01c654d4$4d2ad350$edde0680@Romano>
Message-ID: <003101c654db$0569d230$f1476c42@hotprojects>

and the real ouch part gonzalez
is that the guy is the regular main toronto critic
and he dropped it in variety ahead of opening night
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Sent: Friday, March 31, 2006 10:03 AM
Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] FW: Variety.com - Hair


> Ouch! 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: mb-hair-bounces at islandlists.com 
> > [mailto:mb-hair-bounces at islandlists.com] On Behalf Of Michael Butler
> > Sent: Friday, March 31, 2006 12:12 AM
> > To: HAIR List
> > Subject: [Mb-hair] FW: Variety.com - Hair
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Posted: Thurs., Mar. 30, 2006, 8:00pm PT
> >  
> > Hair
> >  
> >...
> > 
> > This limp version of "Hair" is unlikely to attract a new 
> > generation of theatergoers to the work. Sadly, it may even 
> > dim the reputation this piece holds in musical theater history.
> > ...  
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From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Fri Mar 31 07:52:24 2006
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 10:52:24 -0500
Subject: [Mb-hair] 1993 London Cast
References: <009201c654d3$8f1a5ca0$edde0680@Romano>
Message-ID: <004a01c654db$1abd9180$f1476c42@hotprojects>

that was the problem with the film too
overproduced
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Wm-A Gonzalez 
  To: 'Michael Ramirez' ; mb-hair at islandlists.com 
  Sent: Friday, March 31, 2006 9:58 AM
  Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] 1993 London Cast


  I got it because of the new songs and verses, but felt that it was overproduced and way too glossy for HAiR.  I found it to be very boring.  I also thought that the added lyrics were indulgent and unnecessary.  Unlike many, I am not a HAiR purist.  However, I am under the firm belief that you don't tinker with something good unless you can make it better.  I don't think the '93 London production did that.

  You've also mentioned the Vienna cast album.  I really dislike the updated musical arrangements, most of which are derivative of other pop songs.  Then again, I also did not care for the arrangements used in the film version, as I thought that they were too "jazz" based instead of rock based.

  With the exception of "Easy to Be Hard", which is phenomenal sung as a "Soul" ballad instead of a pop/rock ballad, I don't think that I've ever heard a new arrangement of any of the songs that were better than the original.

  My favorite album is the original Broadway cast.

  -Bil Gonzalez



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    Do you guys like this album? 



     


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From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 10:54:14 -0500
Subject: [Mb-hair] FW: Variety.com - Hair
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i dont agree
i can only tell you
we did an updated one that got much kudos
and it was also very very true to the original
and i cant be the only one
its very very hard to pull off something like that
but not impossible

that war in hair has to be the war in the middle east
its doing hair as a period piece that makes it dead
i think
just my opinion
i can be wrong
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Robin McNamara 
  To: mb-hair at islandlists.com 
  Sent: Friday, March 31, 2006 9:32 AM
  Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] FW: Variety.com - Hair


  It is a period piece, period.

  Love forever
  Robin 
    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Jonathon Johnson 
    To: mb-hair at islandlists.com 
    Sent: Friday, March 31, 2006 9:15 AM
    Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] FW: Variety.com - Hair


    "If it ain't broken - don't fix it." 

    Sorry folks, but no one can convince me that "Hair" needs to be rewritten or updated.
    Not even Jim Rado who I love and admire deeply. Just go back to the Tom O'Horgan
    Broadway version (which WAS the HIT), and the people will get it. Do not stray too far 
    from the playing field or you'll get lost in the tall grass.

    Just an opinion of an old tribe member who is set in his ways ;)

    Peace, Love and Blessings ~ Jonathon

    Michael Butler <michael at michaelbutler.com> wrote:


      Posted: Thurs., Mar. 30, 2006, 8:00pm PT

      Hair

      (Bluma Appel Theater, Toronto; 876 Seats; C$89 $77 top)

      A CanStage and Dancap Private Equity presentation of a musical in two
      acts with music by Galt MacDermot, book by Gerome Ragni and James Rado.
      Directed by Robert A. Prior. Musical director, Steve Hunter.
      Choreographer, Stephen Hues.

      Grasshopper, Margaret Mead, Scarlett O'Hara - Matthew Boden
      Hud, Sergeant - Matthew Brown
      Berger, General Grant - Craig Burnatowski
      Sheila - Karen Burthwright
      Crissy, Monk - Kimmy Choi
      Stroodel, Dad, Hubert Mead - Kevin Dennis
      Brain, Rock Band Soloist - Gerrard Everard
      Justice - Ryan Field
      Dionne, Lincoln - Alana Hibbert
      Apache - Bryan Hindle
      Woof - Andrew Kushnir
      Claude - Jamie McKnight
      Pumpkin, Mom - Adrienne Merrell
      Thistle - David Mongar
      Karisma - Katrina Reynolds
      Karma, The God Aquarius, Monk - Julius Sermonia
      Lala - Valerie Stanois
      Hotdog, Principal, Clark Gable,
      Uncle Sam - Zachary Stevenson
      Moonchild, Aquarius Soloist - Sheena Turcotte
      Jeanie - Cleopatra Williams
      Angela - Naomi Zara


      _____ 

      By RICHARD OUZOUNIAN

      _____ 

      Quick, get the Rogaine. The new production of "Hair" now on view in
      Toronto supposedly boasts a series of enriching rewrites by author James
      Rado. But rather than help the material, they make the iconic
      flower-power, antiwar musical seem thinner than ever. A lot of the
      blame, however, must be laid at the feet of director Robert A. Prior,
      choreographer Stephen Hues and a decidedly inferior cast.

      Prior is the founder of L.A.'s Fabulous Monsters Performance Group, and
      Hues has collaborated with him on numerous occasions. They have a
      reputation for doing edgy, innovative productions, which is probably why
      Rado demanded that CanStage import the American duo for this production.

      But something has gone horribly wrong along the way: The brightly
      colored, insipidly staged mess being performed at the Bluma Appel
      Theater would be more at home in a theme park than at Canada's largest
      regional theater.

      It was their rough-hewn charm and political intensity that made the
      original productions of "Hair" work. The people who created, produced
      and performed the early versions of the show were united in their anger
      over the war in Vietnam. And so, despite an initially breezy air, some
      fetching tunes from Galt MacDermot and the inventive staging of Tom
      O'Horgan, the musical showed its rage in act two, which is largely a
      drug-fueled fantasy of U.S. involvement in Vietnam.

      This is territory artists can still revisit with sincerity and passion,
      as Twyla Tharp proved in "Movin' Out."

      But Prior and company have opted instead for Peter Max-colored designs
      and costumes that look like they stepped out of an episode of
      "Laugh-In." No one actually comes out and says, "Sock it to me!," but
      you wouldn't be surprised if they did.

      Yes, there's a nude scene at the end of act one, but where it used to be
      a personal statement for the cast, tied into their reaction to Claude's
      moving "Where Do I Go?," it now features the whole cast in what looks
      like a merely egregious way to bring down the curtain.

      When it was announced that Rado was working on rewrites of the script,
      some people assumed he might be honing the political message to make it
      more relevant to today. Nothing could be further from the truth.

      Instead, he has expanded the book scenes in which Claude, Berger and
      Sheila work out the details of their not-quite-menage a trois. Maybe the
      material has personal resonance for Rado (the show supposedly mirrors
      his offstage relationship with co-author and co-star Ragni), but the
      cliched dialogue further drains the show's political intensity.

      In a city known for a deep talent pool of young musical theater
      performers, Prior and Hues have largely contented themselves with
      fishing in the shallow end. Most of the company doesn't sing well, take
      the stage with confidence or seem to have any idea what they're doing.
      From the moment Sheena Turcotte feebly warbles opening song "Aquarius,"
      you know you're in trouble.

      There are a few exceptions. In the leading role of Claude, Jamie
      McKnight shows the energy, vocal power and charm that he developed in
      Toronto productions of "The Producers" and "Annie Get Your Gun." Andrew
      Kushnir, Matthew Boden and Adrienne Merrell find solid comedy in what
      they've been asked to do, but they stand alone.

      Craig Burnatowski is a single-expression Berger (sneering), and Karen
      Burthwright has one vocal note as Sheila (loud); the rest of the actors
      are inept or forgettable.

      This limp version of "Hair" is unlikely to attract a new generation of
      theatergoers to the work. Sadly, it may even dim the reputation this
      piece holds in musical theater history.



      Sets and costumes, Dany Lyne; lighting, John Munro; sound, John Lott;
      projections, Yo Suzuki, Lovemushroom Studio. Opened March 30, 2006.
      Reviewed March 29. Runs through June 17. Running time: 2 HOURS, 40 MIN.



      Read the full article at:
      http://www.variety.com/story.asp?l=story&r=VE1117930092&c=33


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From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Fri Mar 31 07:56:05 2006
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 10:56:05 -0500
Subject: [Mb-hair] FW: Variety.com - Hair
References: <20060331142835.D904724AF98@lax-gw02.mroute.net>
Message-ID: <00a701c654db$9e646b30$f1476c42@hotprojects>

yes the wall was constantly redone in terms of conception and staging not the vehicle
but again i am not saying change the script
i am saying in the spaces where as rado says every group makes it their own
to let it be of today
when i do my next production of it
youre all invited
and i think you will see what i mean
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Sherwin Ross 
  To: mb-hair at islandlists.com 
  Sent: Friday, March 31, 2006 9:26 AM
  Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] FW: Variety.com - Hair


  Dear Tribe,

   

  I had the pleasure to see the last two shows at Glendale Community College.

  The very last show there was not a dry eye on stage or in the audience.

  It saw the Tribe transform and get it in the most beautiful way.

  HAiR is truly a gift and a Historic American Treasure.

  When I was studying the role of Berger with Peppy in 1989, he told me that all the actors developed the play. In the 60's we were all stoned and creative...do the Beatles, Rolling Stones, The WHO, Pink Floyd etc consistently control and rewrite their work?

  What a piece of work is manJ

   

  sherwin

   


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  From: mb-hair-bounces at islandlists.com [mailto:mb-hair-bounces at islandlists.com] On Behalf Of Jonathon Johnson
  Sent: Friday, March 31, 2006 6:15 AM
  To: mb-hair at islandlists.com
  Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] FW: Variety.com - Hair

   

  "If it ain't broken - don't fix it." 

   

  Sorry folks, but no one can convince me that "Hair" needs to be rewritten or updated.

  Not even Jim Rado who I love and admire deeply. Just go back to the Tom O'Horgan

  Broadway version (which WAS the HIT), and the people will get it. Do not stray too far 

  from the playing field or you'll get lost in the tall grass.

   

  Just an opinion of an old tribe member who is set in his ways ;)

   

  Peace, Love and Blessings ~ Jonathon

  Michael Butler <michael at michaelbutler.com> wrote:



    Posted: Thurs., Mar. 30, 2006, 8:00pm PT

    Hair

    (Bluma Appel Theater, Toronto; 876 Seats; C$89 $77 top)

    A CanStage and Dancap Private Equity presentation of a musical in two
    acts with music by Galt MacDermot, book by Gerome Ragni and James Rado.
    Directed by Robert A. Prior. Musical director, Steve Hunter.
    Choreographer, Stephen Hues.

    Grasshopper, Margaret Mead, Scarlett O'Hara - Matthew Boden
    Hud, Sergeant - Matthew Brown
    Berger, General Grant - Craig Burnatowski
    Sheila - Karen Burthwright
    Crissy, Monk - Kimmy Choi
    Stroodel, Dad, Hubert Mead - Kevin Dennis
    Brain, Rock Band Soloist - Gerrard Everard
    Justice - Ryan Field
    Dionne, Lincoln - Alana Hibbert
    Apache - Bryan Hindle
    Woof - Andrew Kushnir
    Claude - Jamie McKnight
    Pumpkin, Mom - Adrienne Merrell
    Thistle - David Mongar
    Karisma - Katrina Reynolds
    Karma, The God Aquarius, Monk - Julius Sermonia
    Lala - Valerie Stanois
    Hotdog, Principal, Clark Gable,
    Uncle Sam - Zachary Stevenson
    Moonchild, Aquarius Soloist - Sheena Turcotte
    Jeanie - Cleopatra Williams
    Angela - Naomi Zara


    _____ 

    By RICHARD OUZOUNIAN

    _____ 

    Quick, get the Rogaine. The new production of "Hair" now on view in
    Toronto supposedly boasts a series of enriching rewrites by author James
    Rado. But rather than help the material, they make the iconic
    flower-power, antiwar musical seem thinner than ever. A lot of the
    blame, however, must be laid at the feet of director Robert A. Prior,
    choreographer Stephen Hues and a decidedly inferior cast.

    Prior is the founder of L.A.'s Fabulous Monsters Performance Group, and
    Hues has collaborated with him on numerous occasions. They have a
    reputation for doing edgy, innovative productions, which is probably why
    Rado demanded that CanStage import the American duo for this production.

    But something has gone horribly wrong along the way: The brightly
    colored, insipidly staged mess being performed at the Bluma Appel
    Theater would be more at home in a theme park than at Canada's largest
    regional theater.

    It was their rough-hewn charm and political intensity that made the
    original productions of "Hair" work. The people who created, produced
    and performed the early versions of the show were united in their anger
    over the war in Vietnam. And so, despite an initially breezy air, some
    fetching tunes from Galt MacDermot and the inventive staging of Tom
    O'Horgan, the musical showed its rage in act two, which is largely a
    drug-fueled fantasy of U.S. involvement in Vietnam.

    This is territory artists can still revisit with sincerity and passion,
    as Twyla Tharp proved in "Movin' Out."

    But Prior and company have opted instead for Peter Max-colored designs
    and costumes that look like they stepped out of an episode of
    "Laugh-In." No one actually comes out and says, "Sock it to me!," but
    you wouldn't be surprised if they did.

    Yes, there's a nude scene at the end of act one, but where it used to be
    a personal statement for the cast, tied into their reaction to Claude's
    moving "Where Do I Go?," it now features the whole cast in what looks
    like a merely egregious way to bring down the curtain.

    When it was announced that Rado was working on rewrites of the script,
    some people assumed he might be honing the political message to make it
    more relevant to today. Nothing could be further from the truth.

    Instead, he has expanded the book scenes in which Claude, Berger and
    Sheila work out the details of their not-quite-menage a trois. Maybe the
    material has personal resonance for Rado (the show supposedly mirrors
    his offstage relationship with co-author and co-star Ragni), but the
    cliched dialogue further drains the show's political intensity.

    In a city known for a deep talent pool of young musical theater
    performers, Prior and Hues have largely contented themselves with
    fishing in the shallow end. Most of the company doesn't sing well, take
    the stage with confidence or seem to have any idea what they're doing.
    From the moment Sheena Turcotte feebly warbles opening song "Aquarius,"
    you know you're in trouble.

    There are a few exceptions. In the leading role of Claude, Jamie
    McKnight shows the energy, vocal power and charm that he developed in
    Toronto productions of "The Producers" and "Annie Get Your Gun." Andrew
    Kushnir, Matthew Boden and Adrienne Merrell find solid comedy in what
    they've been asked to do, but they stand alone.

    Craig Burnatowski is a single-expression Berger (sneering), and Karen
    Burthwright has one vocal note as Sheila (loud); the rest of the actors
    are inept or forgettable.

    This limp version of "Hair" is unlikely to attract a new generation of
    theatergoers to the work. Sadly, it may even dim the reputation this
    piece holds in musical theater history.



    Sets and costumes, Dany Lyne; lighting, John Munro; sound, John Lott;
    projections, Yo Suzuki, Lovemushroom Studio. Opened March 30, 2006.
    Reviewed March 29. Runs through June 17. Running time: 2 HOURS, 40 MIN.



    Read the full article at:
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From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 10:58:13 -0500
Subject: [Mb-hair] FW: Variety.com - Hair
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it does not need to be rewritten
it needs to have the staging that tom did made vital for today
thats the whole pt toms staging was vital
tom is a brilliant brilliant director
obviously these staging may not be as vital
?
i say if the adaptors are brilliant like tom or close
obviously that was the best production
then you will get a brilliant adaptation
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Jonathon Johnson 
  To: mb-hair at islandlists.com 
  Sent: Friday, March 31, 2006 9:15 AM
  Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] FW: Variety.com - Hair


  "If it ain't broken - don't fix it." 

  Sorry folks, but no one can convince me that "Hair" needs to be rewritten or updated.
  Not even Jim Rado who I love and admire deeply. Just go back to the Tom O'Horgan
  Broadway version (which WAS the HIT), and the people will get it. Do not stray too far 
  from the playing field or you'll get lost in the tall grass.

  Just an opinion of an old tribe member who is set in his ways ;)

  Peace, Love and Blessings ~ Jonathon

  Michael Butler <michael at michaelbutler.com> wrote:


    Posted: Thurs., Mar. 30, 2006, 8:00pm PT

    Hair

    (Bluma Appel Theater, Toronto; 876 Seats; C$89 $77 top)

    A CanStage and Dancap Private Equity presentation of a musical in two
    acts with music by Galt MacDermot, book by Gerome Ragni and James Rado.
    Directed by Robert A. Prior. Musical director, Steve Hunter.
    Choreographer, Stephen Hues.

    Grasshopper, Margaret Mead, Scarlett O'Hara - Matthew Boden
    Hud, Sergeant - Matthew Brown
    Berger, General Grant - Craig Burnatowski
    Sheila - Karen Burthwright
    Crissy, Monk - Kimmy Choi
    Stroodel, Dad, Hubert Mead - Kevin Dennis
    Brain, Rock Band Soloist - Gerrard Everard
    Justice - Ryan Field
    Dionne, Lincoln - Alana Hibbert
    Apache - Bryan Hindle
    Woof - Andrew Kushnir
    Claude - Jamie McKnight
    Pumpkin, Mom - Adrienne Merrell
    Thistle - David Mongar
    Karisma - Katrina Reynolds
    Karma, The God Aquarius, Monk - Julius Sermonia
    Lala - Valerie Stanois
    Hotdog, Principal, Clark Gable,
    Uncle Sam - Zachary Stevenson
    Moonchild, Aquarius Soloist - Sheena Turcotte
    Jeanie - Cleopatra Williams
    Angela - Naomi Zara


    _____ 

    By RICHARD OUZOUNIAN

    _____ 

    Quick, get the Rogaine. The new production of "Hair" now on view in
    Toronto supposedly boasts a series of enriching rewrites by author James
    Rado. But rather than help the material, they make the iconic
    flower-power, antiwar musical seem thinner than ever. A lot of the
    blame, however, must be laid at the feet of director Robert A. Prior,
    choreographer Stephen Hues and a decidedly inferior cast.

    Prior is the founder of L.A.'s Fabulous Monsters Performance Group, and
    Hues has collaborated with him on numerous occasions. They have a
    reputation for doing edgy, innovative productions, which is probably why
    Rado demanded that CanStage import the American duo for this production.

    But something has gone horribly wrong along the way: The brightly
    colored, insipidly staged mess being performed at the Bluma Appel
    Theater would be more at home in a theme park than at Canada's largest
    regional theater.

    It was their rough-hewn charm and political intensity that made the
    original productions of "Hair" work. The people who created, produced
    and performed the early versions of the show were united in their anger
    over the war in Vietnam. And so, despite an initially breezy air, some
    fetching tunes from Galt MacDermot and the inventive staging of Tom
    O'Horgan, the musical showed its rage in act two, which is largely a
    drug-fueled fantasy of U.S. involvement in Vietnam.

    This is territory artists can still revisit with sincerity and passion,
    as Twyla Tharp proved in "Movin' Out."

    But Prior and company have opted instead for Peter Max-colored designs
    and costumes that look like they stepped out of an episode of
    "Laugh-In." No one actually comes out and says, "Sock it to me!," but
    you wouldn't be surprised if they did.

    Yes, there's a nude scene at the end of act one, but where it used to be
    a personal statement for the cast, tied into their reaction to Claude's
    moving "Where Do I Go?," it now features the whole cast in what looks
    like a merely egregious way to bring down the curtain.

    When it was announced that Rado was working on rewrites of the script,
    some people assumed he might be honing the political message to make it
    more relevant to today. Nothing could be further from the truth.

    Instead, he has expanded the book scenes in which Claude, Berger and
    Sheila work out the details of their not-quite-menage a trois. Maybe the
    material has personal resonance for Rado (the show supposedly mirrors
    his offstage relationship with co-author and co-star Ragni), but the
    cliched dialogue further drains the show's political intensity.

    In a city known for a deep talent pool of young musical theater
    performers, Prior and Hues have largely contented themselves with
    fishing in the shallow end. Most of the company doesn't sing well, take
    the stage with confidence or seem to have any idea what they're doing.
    From the moment Sheena Turcotte feebly warbles opening song "Aquarius,"
    you know you're in trouble.

    There are a few exceptions. In the leading role of Claude, Jamie
    McKnight shows the energy, vocal power and charm that he developed in
    Toronto productions of "The Producers" and "Annie Get Your Gun." Andrew
    Kushnir, Matthew Boden and Adrienne Merrell find solid comedy in what
    they've been asked to do, but they stand alone.

    Craig Burnatowski is a single-expression Berger (sneering), and Karen
    Burthwright has one vocal note as Sheila (loud); the rest of the actors
    are inept or forgettable.

    This limp version of "Hair" is unlikely to attract a new generation of
    theatergoers to the work. Sadly, it may even dim the reputation this
    piece holds in musical theater history.



    Sets and costumes, Dany Lyne; lighting, John Munro; sound, John Lott;
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From lookingformydonna1 at rediffmail.com  Fri Mar 31 08:14:21 2006
From: lookingformydonna1 at rediffmail.com (Michael Ramirez)
Date: 31 Mar 2006 16:14:21 -0000
Subject: [Mb-hair] 1992 Australian Cast
Message-ID: <20060331161421.17594.qmail@webmail50.rediffmail.com>

 ?
What do you guys think about this album? Some people say it is like the 1993 London Cast.
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From katiekasben at hotmail.com  Fri Mar 31 13:01:35 2006
From: katiekasben at hotmail.com (Katie Kasben)
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 21:01:35 +0000
Subject: [Mb-hair] All good, wires et all
In-Reply-To: <000801c65375$2c7482b0$f1476c42@hotprojects>
Message-ID: <BAY109-F132DC00332BBC3BFEF4396ADD60@phx.gbl>

No worries~

As for "V":

Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and 
he will tell you the truth.
-Oscar Wilde

As for crossing wires:

I think that God in creating Man somewhat overestimated his ability.
-Oscar Wilde

As for "none of it really matters anyway...":

Morality, like art, means drawing a line someplace.
-Oscar Wilde

As for any of us taking ourselves or others too seriously:

Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow.
-Oscar Wilde

If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they'll 
kill you.
-Oscar Wilde

Have a brilliant day everyone!!!
Love,
Katie

ALOHA NUI LOA!



From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Fri Mar 31 13:11:41 2006
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 16:11:41 -0500
Subject: [Mb-hair] All good, wires et all
References: <BAY109-F132DC00332BBC3BFEF4396ADD60@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <002201c65507$b5363b00$f1476c42@hotprojects>

oh yes absolutely
sometimes wires are the tastiest parts
all crispy and succulent
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Katie Kasben" <katiekasben at hotmail.com>
To: <mb-hair at islandlists.com>
Sent: Friday, March 31, 2006 4:01 PM
Subject: [Mb-hair] All good, wires et all


> No worries~
>
> As for "V":
>
> Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and
> he will tell you the truth.
> -Oscar Wilde
>
> As for crossing wires:
>
> I think that God in creating Man somewhat overestimated his ability.
> -Oscar Wilde
>
> As for "none of it really matters anyway...":
>
> Morality, like art, means drawing a line someplace.
> -Oscar Wilde
>
> As for any of us taking ourselves or others too seriously:
>
> Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow.
> -Oscar Wilde
>
> If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they'll
> kill you.
> -Oscar Wilde
>
> Have a brilliant day everyone!!!
> Love,
> Katie
>
> ALOHA NUI LOA!
>
>
> _______________________________________________
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From michael at michaelbutler.com  Fri Mar 31 14:55:44 2006
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 14:55:44 -0800
Subject: [Mb-hair] FW: Variety.com - Hair
In-Reply-To: <003101c654db$0569d230$f1476c42@hotprojects>
Message-ID: <C052F370.2AC7D%michael@michaelbutler.com>

When I was interviewed for the article which did appear last Sunday I asked
for the Variety review to be sent to me as I do not subscribe to Variety.
This is what I forwarded. It was written at 11PM ET in Toronto and posted in
LA at 8PM PT same time according to them not ahead of opening night.


> and the real ouch part gonzalez
> is that the guy is the regular main toronto critic
> and he dropped it in variety ahead of opening night
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Wm-A Gonzalez" <bgonzal at rci.rutgers.edu>
> To: <mb-hair at islandlists.com>
> Sent: Friday, March 31, 2006 10:03 AM
> Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] FW: Variety.com - Hair
> 
> 
>> Ouch! 
>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: mb-hair-bounces at islandlists.com
>>> [mailto:mb-hair-bounces at islandlists.com] On Behalf Of Michael Butler
>>> Sent: Friday, March 31, 2006 12:12 AM
>>> To: HAIR List
>>> Subject: [Mb-hair] FW: Variety.com - Hair
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Posted: Thurs., Mar. 30, 2006, 8:00pm PT
>>>  
>>> Hair
>>>  
>>> ...
>>> 
>>> This limp version of "Hair" is unlikely to attract a new
>>> generation of theatergoers to the work. Sadly, it may even
>>> dim the reputation this piece holds in musical theater history.
>>> ...  
>> 
>> _______________________________________________
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>> Mb-hair at islandlists.com
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From johnlenonomusic at yahoo.com  Fri Mar 31 14:18:55 2006
From: johnlenonomusic at yahoo.com (Gibson Vendettuoli)
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 14:18:55 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Mb-hair] Well, you can't say I didn't try
Message-ID: <20060331221855.99764.qmail@web32107.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

I've tried very much to support Jim when he decided that the work needed changes. If that was what
he felt was necessary, then I would be glad to see it through and tell him whether it was the
right or wrong thing. I was the one who told him that the Gate Theatre modernization in London was
a serious mistake rather than a step in the right direction, based on what I saw, and he told me
it only confirmed his suspicions. Well, he can't say he has suspicions now, the way he's changed
the work.

I don't understand how this could happen. The only way would be for someone to lay all the cards
on the table here. I'm a growing director; I've staged several productions in the Southern New
England area since you all last heard from me, and the next production I want to do is HAIR.

The company I work with is very willing to do it, and they've already begun sending feelers to
Tams-Witmark. But I can't do it without help, and I can't do it without knowing that it's done
right. I know for certain that the 1995 script can't be right, because I've heard complaints of
how vague the script is.

I need your help. And I need a knowledge of the background of the scripts, and what the version is
that everyone considers definitive. And to do that, I need to see some material. I am quite
willing to work on everyone's terms if I want to do HAIR right, but I have to see the material to
do it.

So I'm going to ask, like I've asked many times before, but this time more maturely, and with a
clear head, and no nefarious intentions that I know of: Nina, I'd like to make an appointment with
you to view the script material you have in the Archives. I love HAIR, and I would not do any
wrong to it if I knew in my heart that a certain version is the right direction.

Please help me, someone, anyone.

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From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Fri Mar 31 15:15:27 2006
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 18:15:27 -0500
Subject: [Mb-hair] FW: Variety.com - Hair
References: <C052F370.2AC7D%michael@michaelbutler.com>
Message-ID: <001801c65518$ff7d5de0$f1476c42@hotprojects>

michael youre not at fault
but im saying the critic who is also a main toronto critic
was obviously gunning for them
deserved or not
eg a bit unethical of him to drop the piece in variety ahead of the regular
revues

opening night is tonight
?
i think
?
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Butler" <michael at michaelbutler.com>
To: "HAIR List" <mb-hair at islandlists.com>
Sent: Friday, March 31, 2006 5:55 PM
Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] FW: Variety.com - Hair


> When I was interviewed for the article which did appear last Sunday I
asked
> for the Variety review to be sent to me as I do not subscribe to Variety.
> This is what I forwarded. It was written at 11PM ET in Toronto and posted
in
> LA at 8PM PT same time according to them not ahead of opening night.
>
>
> > and the real ouch part gonzalez
> > is that the guy is the regular main toronto critic
> > and he dropped it in variety ahead of opening night
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Wm-A Gonzalez" <bgonzal at rci.rutgers.edu>
> > To: <mb-hair at islandlists.com>
> > Sent: Friday, March 31, 2006 10:03 AM
> > Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] FW: Variety.com - Hair
> >
> >
> >> Ouch!
> >>
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>> From: mb-hair-bounces at islandlists.com
> >>> [mailto:mb-hair-bounces at islandlists.com] On Behalf Of Michael Butler
> >>> Sent: Friday, March 31, 2006 12:12 AM
> >>> To: HAIR List
> >>> Subject: [Mb-hair] FW: Variety.com - Hair
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Posted: Thurs., Mar. 30, 2006, 8:00pm PT
> >>>
> >>> Hair
> >>>
> >>> ...
> >>>
> >>> This limp version of "Hair" is unlikely to attract a new
> >>> generation of theatergoers to the work. Sadly, it may even
> >>> dim the reputation this piece holds in musical theater history.
> >>> ...
> >>
> >> _______________________________________________
> >> Mb-hair mailing list
> >> Mb-hair at islandlists.com
> >> http://www.islandlists.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mb-hair
> > _______________________________________________
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> > Mb-hair at islandlists.com
> > http://www.islandlists.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mb-hair
>
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From olhippie at tampabay.rr.com  Fri Mar 31 15:56:57 2006
From: olhippie at tampabay.rr.com (Robin McNamara)
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 18:56:57 -0500
Subject: [Mb-hair] Well, you can't say I didn't try
References: <20060331221855.99764.qmail@web32107.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <000601c6551e$cb70b960$1f1c7c46@CowBox>

Hey Gibson

Sounds wonderful, I have the original script we used on Broadway, that I can 
make you a copy of. Also I am from the Boston area originally, & would love 
excuse to go back & see family & friends & HAIR. Keep us posted as to when, 
where & what venue etc., I love your spirit, the best  keep up the work my 
friend :)

Love forever
Robin




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gibson Vendettuoli" <johnlenonomusic at yahoo.com>
To: <mb-hair at islandlists.com>
Sent: Friday, March 31, 2006 5:18 PM
Subject: [Mb-hair] Well, you can't say I didn't try


> I've tried very much to support Jim when he decided that the work needed 
> changes. If that was what
> he felt was necessary, then I would be glad to see it through and tell him 
> whether it was the
> right or wrong thing. I was the one who told him that the Gate Theatre 
> modernization in London was
> a serious mistake rather than a step in the right direction, based on what 
> I saw, and he told me
> it only confirmed his suspicions. Well, he can't say he has suspicions 
> now, the way he's changed
> the work.
>
> I don't understand how this could happen. The only way would be for 
> someone to lay all the cards
> on the table here. I'm a growing director; I've staged several productions 
> in the Southern New
> England area since you all last heard from me, and the next production I 
> want to do is HAIR.
>
> The company I work with is very willing to do it, and they've already 
> begun sending feelers to
> Tams-Witmark. But I can't do it without help, and I can't do it without 
> knowing that it's done
> right. I know for certain that the 1995 script can't be right, because 
> I've heard complaints of
> how vague the script is.
>
> I need your help. And I need a knowledge of the background of the scripts, 
> and what the version is
> that everyone considers definitive. And to do that, I need to see some 
> material. I am quite
> willing to work on everyone's terms if I want to do HAIR right, but I have 
> to see the material to
> do it.
>
> So I'm going to ask, like I've asked many times before, but this time more 
> maturely, and with a
> clear head, and no nefarious intentions that I know of: Nina, I'd like to 
> make an appointment with
> you to view the script material you have in the Archives. I love HAIR, and 
> I would not do any
> wrong to it if I knew in my heart that a certain version is the right 
> direction.
>
> Please help me, someone, anyone.
>
> __________________________________________________
> Do You Yahoo!?
> Tired of spam?  Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around
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From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Fri Mar 31 16:06:54 2006
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 19:06:54 -0500
Subject: [Mb-hair] Well, you can't say I didn't try
References: <20060331221855.99764.qmail@web32107.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <004501c65520$2f966e20$f1476c42@hotprojects>

if what the review is saying is true
jim made the wrong choices
explicating the sheilah burger claude story etc
particularly if he went gay with it
historical parallels not withstanding

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gibson Vendettuoli" <johnlenonomusic at yahoo.com>
To: <mb-hair at islandlists.com>
Sent: Friday, March 31, 2006 5:18 PM
Subject: [Mb-hair] Well, you can't say I didn't try


> I've tried very much to support Jim when he decided that the work needed
changes. If that was what
> he felt was necessary, then I would be glad to see it through and tell him
whether it was the
> right or wrong thing. I was the one who told him that the Gate Theatre
modernization in London was
> a serious mistake rather than a step in the right direction, based on what
I saw, and he told me
> it only confirmed his suspicions. Well, he can't say he has suspicions
now, the way he's changed
> the work.
>
> I don't understand how this could happen. The only way would be for
someone to lay all the cards
> on the table here. I'm a growing director; I've staged several productions
in the Southern New
> England area since you all last heard from me, and the next production I
want to do is HAIR.
>
> The company I work with is very willing to do it, and they've already
begun sending feelers to
> Tams-Witmark. But I can't do it without help, and I can't do it without
knowing that it's done
> right. I know for certain that the 1995 script can't be right, because
I've heard complaints of
> how vague the script is.
>
> I need your help. And I need a knowledge of the background of the scripts,
and what the version is
> that everyone considers definitive. And to do that, I need to see some
material. I am quite
> willing to work on everyone's terms if I want to do HAIR right, but I have
to see the material to
> do it.
>
> So I'm going to ask, like I've asked many times before, but this time more
maturely, and with a
> clear head, and no nefarious intentions that I know of: Nina, I'd like to
make an appointment with
> you to view the script material you have in the Archives. I love HAIR, and
I would not do any
> wrong to it if I knew in my heart that a certain version is the right
direction.
>
> Please help me, someone, anyone.
>
> __________________________________________________
> Do You Yahoo!?
> Tired of spam?  Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around
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From lookingformydonna1 at rediffmail.com  Fri Mar 31 16:43:13 2006
From: lookingformydonna1 at rediffmail.com (Michael Ramirez)
Date: 1 Apr 2006 00:43:13 -0000
Subject: [Mb-hair] Variety.com- Hair
Message-ID: <20060401004313.9197.qmail@webmail31.rediffmail.com>

 ?
I don't think it needs to be rewritten. If they change the war to the middle east, the whole script will be changed.
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From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Fri Mar 31 16:46:17 2006
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 19:46:17 -0500
Subject: [Mb-hair] Variety.com- Hair
References: <20060401004313.9197.qmail@webmail31.rediffmail.com>
Message-ID: <001601c65525$afa2a2a0$f1476c42@hotprojects>

not at all
thats the trick
in the eye of history its still roughly the same time
and oddly same issues still on the table
you make it the middle east but you dont change the script
  ----- Original Message ----- 
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  To: mb-hair at islandlists.com 
  Sent: Friday, March 31, 2006 7:43 PM
  Subject: [Mb-hair] Variety.com- Hair


   
  I don't think it needs to be rewritten. If they change the war to the middle east, the whole script will be changed. 



   


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From michael at michaelbutler.com  Fri Mar 31 17:26:26 2006
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 17:26:26 -0800
Subject: [Mb-hair] FW: Variety.com - Hair
In-Reply-To: <001801c65518$ff7d5de0$f1476c42@hotprojects>
Message-ID: <C05316C2.2AC8B%michael@michaelbutler.com>

You really want to get me in trouble with Variety. You should know what you
are writing about. Last night was the official opening. Several Hair people
were there. Variety was just kind enough to send me a copy directly.
Another case of your offending people.
Think before you write.


> michael youre not at fault
> but im saying the critic who is also a main toronto critic
> was obviously gunning for them
> deserved or not
> eg a bit unethical of him to drop the piece in variety ahead of the regular
> revues
> 
> opening night is tonight
> ?
> i think
> ?
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Butler" <michael at michaelbutler.com>
> To: "HAIR List" <mb-hair at islandlists.com>
> Sent: Friday, March 31, 2006 5:55 PM
> Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] FW: Variety.com - Hair
> 
> 
>> When I was interviewed for the article which did appear last Sunday I
> asked
>> for the Variety review to be sent to me as I do not subscribe to Variety.
>> This is what I forwarded. It was written at 11PM ET in Toronto and posted
> in
>> LA at 8PM PT same time according to them not ahead of opening night.
>> 
>> 
>>> and the real ouch part gonzalez
>>> is that the guy is the regular main toronto critic
>>> and he dropped it in variety ahead of opening night
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Wm-A Gonzalez" <bgonzal at rci.rutgers.edu>
>>> To: <mb-hair at islandlists.com>
>>> Sent: Friday, March 31, 2006 10:03 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] FW: Variety.com - Hair
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> Ouch!
>>>> 
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: mb-hair-bounces at islandlists.com
>>>>> [mailto:mb-hair-bounces at islandlists.com] On Behalf Of Michael Butler
>>>>> Sent: Friday, March 31, 2006 12:12 AM
>>>>> To: HAIR List
>>>>> Subject: [Mb-hair] FW: Variety.com - Hair
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Posted: Thurs., Mar. 30, 2006, 8:00pm PT
>>>>> 
>>>>> Hair
>>>>> 
>>>>> ...
>>>>> 
>>>>> This limp version of "Hair" is unlikely to attract a new
>>>>> generation of theatergoers to the work. Sadly, it may even
>>>>> dim the reputation this piece holds in musical theater history.
>>>>> ...
>>>> 
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> Mb-hair mailing list
>>>> Mb-hair at islandlists.com
>>>> http://www.islandlists.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mb-hair
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Mb-hair mailing list
>>> Mb-hair at islandlists.com
>>> http://www.islandlists.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mb-hair
>> 
>> _______________________________________________
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>> Mb-hair at islandlists.com
>> http://www.islandlists.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mb-hair
> 
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From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Fri Mar 31 17:48:10 2006
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 20:48:10 -0500
Subject: [Mb-hair] FW: Variety.com - Hair
References: <C05316C2.2AC8B%michael@michaelbutler.com>
Message-ID: <001301c6552e$54d6fcf0$f1476c42@hotprojects>

i wasnt trying to offend anyone
one of the major papers or playbill listed the opening date as march 31
im not rying to offend anyone
and not accusing anyone

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Butler" <michael at michaelbutler.com>
To: "HAIR List" <mb-hair at islandlists.com>
Sent: Friday, March 31, 2006 8:26 PM
Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] FW: Variety.com - Hair


> You really want to get me in trouble with Variety. You should know what
you
> are writing about. Last night was the official opening. Several Hair
people
> were there. Variety was just kind enough to send me a copy directly.
> Another case of your offending people.
> Think before you write.
>
>
> > michael youre not at fault
> > but im saying the critic who is also a main toronto critic
> > was obviously gunning for them
> > deserved or not
> > eg a bit unethical of him to drop the piece in variety ahead of the
regular
> > revues
> >
> > opening night is tonight
> > ?
> > i think
> > ?
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Michael Butler" <michael at michaelbutler.com>
> > To: "HAIR List" <mb-hair at islandlists.com>
> > Sent: Friday, March 31, 2006 5:55 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] FW: Variety.com - Hair
> >
> >
> >> When I was interviewed for the article which did appear last Sunday I
> > asked
> >> for the Variety review to be sent to me as I do not subscribe to
Variety.
> >> This is what I forwarded. It was written at 11PM ET in Toronto and
posted
> > in
> >> LA at 8PM PT same time according to them not ahead of opening night.
> >>
> >>
> >>> and the real ouch part gonzalez
> >>> is that the guy is the regular main toronto critic
> >>> and he dropped it in variety ahead of opening night
> >>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>> From: "Wm-A Gonzalez" <bgonzal at rci.rutgers.edu>
> >>> To: <mb-hair at islandlists.com>
> >>> Sent: Friday, March 31, 2006 10:03 AM
> >>> Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] FW: Variety.com - Hair
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> Ouch!
> >>>>
> >>>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>>> From: mb-hair-bounces at islandlists.com
> >>>>> [mailto:mb-hair-bounces at islandlists.com] On Behalf Of Michael Butler
> >>>>> Sent: Friday, March 31, 2006 12:12 AM
> >>>>> To: HAIR List
> >>>>> Subject: [Mb-hair] FW: Variety.com - Hair
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Posted: Thurs., Mar. 30, 2006, 8:00pm PT
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Hair
> >>>>>
> >>>>> ...
> >>>>>
> >>>>> This limp version of "Hair" is unlikely to attract a new
> >>>>> generation of theatergoers to the work. Sadly, it may even
> >>>>> dim the reputation this piece holds in musical theater history.
> >>>>> ...
> >>>>
> >>>> _______________________________________________
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From michael at michaelbutler.com  Fri Mar 31 18:16:24 2006
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 18:16:24 -0800
Subject: [Mb-hair] Well, you can't say I didn't try
In-Reply-To: <20060331221855.99764.qmail@web32107.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <C0532278.2AC93%michael@michaelbutler.com>

Get it set up and I will be happy to help and so will many others.
Michael

> I've tried very much to support Jim when he decided that the work needed
> changes. If that was what
> he felt was necessary, then I would be glad to see it through and tell him
> whether it was the
> right or wrong thing. I was the one who told him that the Gate Theatre
> modernization in London was
> a serious mistake rather than a step in the right direction, based on what I
> saw, and he told me
> it only confirmed his suspicions. Well, he can't say he has suspicions now,
> the way he's changed
> the work.
> 
> I don't understand how this could happen. The only way would be for someone to
> lay all the cards
> on the table here. I'm a growing director; I've staged several productions in
> the Southern New
> England area since you all last heard from me, and the next production I want
> to do is HAIR.
> 
> The company I work with is very willing to do it, and they've already begun
> sending feelers to
> Tams-Witmark. But I can't do it without help, and I can't do it without
> knowing that it's done
> right. I know for certain that the 1995 script can't be right, because I've
> heard complaints of
> how vague the script is.
> 
> I need your help. And I need a knowledge of the background of the scripts, and
> what the version is
> that everyone considers definitive. And to do that, I need to see some
> material. I am quite
> willing to work on everyone's terms if I want to do HAIR right, but I have to
> see the material to
> do it.
> 
> So I'm going to ask, like I've asked many times before, but this time more
> maturely, and with a
> clear head, and no nefarious intentions that I know of: Nina, I'd like to make
> an appointment with
> you to view the script material you have in the Archives. I love HAIR, and I
> would not do any
> wrong to it if I knew in my heart that a certain version is the right
> direction.
> 
> Please help me, someone, anyone.
> 
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From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Fri Mar 31 18:27:53 2006
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 21:27:53 -0500
Subject: [Mb-hair] Well, you can't say I didn't try
References: <C0532278.2AC93%michael@michaelbutler.com>
Message-ID: <000901c65533$e13a5f70$f1476c42@hotprojects>

go for it gibson
with your passion and intelligence im sure youll do a beautiful production\
and my guess is providence would be receptive to a production of HAIR
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Butler" <michael at michaelbutler.com>
To: "HAIR List" <mb-hair at islandlists.com>
Sent: Friday, March 31, 2006 9:16 PM
Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Well, you can't say I didn't try


> Get it set up and I will be happy to help and so will many others.
> Michael
>
> > I've tried very much to support Jim when he decided that the work needed
> > changes. If that was what
> > he felt was necessary, then I would be glad to see it through and tell
him
> > whether it was the
> > right or wrong thing. I was the one who told him that the Gate Theatre
> > modernization in London was
> > a serious mistake rather than a step in the right direction, based on
what I
> > saw, and he told me
> > it only confirmed his suspicions. Well, he can't say he has suspicions
now,
> > the way he's changed
> > the work.
> >
> > I don't understand how this could happen. The only way would be for
someone to
> > lay all the cards
> > on the table here. I'm a growing director; I've staged several
productions in
> > the Southern New
> > England area since you all last heard from me, and the next production I
want
> > to do is HAIR.
> >
> > The company I work with is very willing to do it, and they've already
begun
> > sending feelers to
> > Tams-Witmark. But I can't do it without help, and I can't do it without
> > knowing that it's done
> > right. I know for certain that the 1995 script can't be right, because
I've
> > heard complaints of
> > how vague the script is.
> >
> > I need your help. And I need a knowledge of the background of the
scripts, and
> > what the version is
> > that everyone considers definitive. And to do that, I need to see some
> > material. I am quite
> > willing to work on everyone's terms if I want to do HAIR right, but I
have to
> > see the material to
> > do it.
> >
> > So I'm going to ask, like I've asked many times before, but this time
more
> > maturely, and with a
> > clear head, and no nefarious intentions that I know of: Nina, I'd like
to make
> > an appointment with
> > you to view the script material you have in the Archives. I love HAIR,
and I
> > would not do any
> > wrong to it if I knew in my heart that a certain version is the right
> > direction.
> >
> > Please help me, someone, anyone.
> >
> > __________________________________________________
> > Do You Yahoo!?
> > Tired of spam?  Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around
> > http://mail.yahoo.com
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From sherwin at aceross.com  Fri Mar 31 18:44:27 2006
From: sherwin at aceross.com (Sherwin Ross)
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 18:44:27 -0800
Subject: [Mb-hair] Well, you can't say I didn't try
In-Reply-To: <C0532278.2AC93%michael@michaelbutler.com>
Message-ID: <20060401024637.484E424AF1A@lax-gw02.mroute.net>

I'll play Berger....!!!!!!!!!!!

 

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-----Original Message-----
From: mb-hair-bounces at islandlists.com
[mailto:mb-hair-bounces at islandlists.com] On Behalf Of Michael Butler
Sent: Friday, March 31, 2006 6:16 PM
To: HAIR List
Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Well, you can't say I didn't try

 

Get it set up and I will be happy to help and so will many others.

Michael

 

> I've tried very much to support Jim when he decided that the work needed

> changes. If that was what

> he felt was necessary, then I would be glad to see it through and tell him

> whether it was the

> right or wrong thing. I was the one who told him that the Gate Theatre

> modernization in London was

> a serious mistake rather than a step in the right direction, based on what
I

> saw, and he told me

> it only confirmed his suspicions. Well, he can't say he has suspicions
now,

> the way he's changed

> the work.

> 

> I don't understand how this could happen. The only way would be for
someone to

> lay all the cards

> on the table here. I'm a growing director; I've staged several productions
in

> the Southern New

> England area since you all last heard from me, and the next production I
want

> to do is HAIR.

> 

> The company I work with is very willing to do it, and they've already
begun

> sending feelers to

> Tams-Witmark. But I can't do it without help, and I can't do it without

> knowing that it's done

> right. I know for certain that the 1995 script can't be right, because
I've

> heard complaints of

> how vague the script is.

> 

> I need your help. And I need a knowledge of the background of the scripts,
and

> what the version is

> that everyone considers definitive. And to do that, I need to see some

> material. I am quite

> willing to work on everyone's terms if I want to do HAIR right, but I have
to

> see the material to

> do it.

> 

> So I'm going to ask, like I've asked many times before, but this time more

> maturely, and with a

> clear head, and no nefarious intentions that I know of: Nina, I'd like to
make

> an appointment with

> you to view the script material you have in the Archives. I love HAIR, and
I

> would not do any

> wrong to it if I knew in my heart that a certain version is the right

> direction.

> 

> Please help me, someone, anyone.

> 

> __________________________________________________

> Do You Yahoo!?

> Tired of spam?  Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around

> http://mail.yahoo.com

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