Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Let the trolls come, and then ignore them. that’s the worst thing you can do to a troll.

He seems like a smart guy, but JFC, what a dick!

Red lights blinking on democracy’s dashboard

Our job is not to persuade republicans but to defeat them.

Damn right I heard that as a threat.

We’ve had enough carrots to last a lifetime. break out the sticks.

The worst democrat is better than the best republican.

Somebody needs to explain to DeSantis that nobody needs to do anything to make him look bad.

I’m starting to think Jesus may have made a mistake saving people with no questions asked.

Too often we confuse noise with substance. too often we confuse setbacks with defeat.

Is it negotiation when the other party actually wants to shoot the hostage?

The party of Reagan has become the party of Putin.

I also would like a pony to improve my balloon juice experience.

Schmidt just says fuck it, opens a tea shop.

He imagines himself as The Big Bad, Who Is Universally Feared… instead of The Big Jagoff, Who Is Universally Mocked.

Democrats are back in array!

I might just take the rest of the day off and do even more nothing than usual.

Don’t expect peaches from an apple tree.

The Supreme Court is corrupt. Democrats must win in November and force court reform.

The frogs are rarely mistaken.

And now I have baud making fun of me. this day can’t get worse.

DeSantis transforming Florida into 1930s Germany with gators and theme parks.

That’s my take and I am available for criticism at this time.

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Open Thread and Reminder about the Reading of Mustang Bobby’s Play

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First, a quick reminder that a LIVE reading/performance of Mustang Bobby’s play starts at 3pm today:

The performance of “A Tree Grows in Longmont” on Silver Tongued Stages starts at 3pm ET, and of course Medium Cool – where the play will be the topic of tonight’s discussion – will start at 5pm ET, as always.

Update on 5/4:  the upload took longer than expected, so the play was late starting, and we missed the window for discussing the on Medium Cool yesterday.  The play will be the topic for Medium Cool, just a week later, on 5/10.

Click play below to watch the play!

 

Here’s the thread from Thursday in case you missed it:

Mustang Bobby – and A Virtual Reading of His Play on Sunday at 3pm ET

Open thread!

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  1. 1.

    Amir Khalid

    Woken up at 01:45 by my phone: for some reason the National Security Council texted all of Malaysia at that ungodly hour to remind us the Movement Control Order is still on. I already knew that, damnit! Can’t get back to sleep yet, so I played Mary Chapin Carpenter’s latest Songs from Home performance on YouTube.  It was posted only a few minutes ago.

    She seems to be a nice person. I like her.

  2. 2.

    thruppence

    Alas, I will be an Essential Front Line Grocery Clerk this afternoon/evening. If it’s available recorded when I get home after ten, I’ll check it out.

  4. 4.

    something fabulous

    i am here too! support your local (?!) playwrights! Waiting for it to load, or whatever…

  14. 14.

    raven

    My problem is that this is nappy time and me and the Bohdi are on the porch in front of the fan and slowly. . . .

  17. 17.

    WaterGirl

    Just got email from Mustang Bobby, aka Philip.  Here’s a link to the whole series if you want to entertain yourself while we wait.  It really is a live performance if it’s starting late, right?  :-)

    Suggest you open the whole series in a different browser window or browser tab, though, or you won’t know when this one is starting.

    https://www.silvertongued.org/6ft-apart-series

  20. 20.

    Elizabelle

    @raven:   This has to go better than that Sondheim thing the other night.  Never did see anyone actually singing …

    If the reading will be up on Youtube after the fact, might just enjoy that tomorrow.  With a cocktail.  Presumably after the noon hour, but …

  22. 22.

    Mustang Bobby

    It’s taking longer than expected for YouTube to load the film, so I apologize for the delay.  The good news is that it will be available at any time once it is up so you can watch it at your leisure.

    This happens a lot in theatre. :)

  26. 26.

    BGinCHI

    If the play doesn’t load in time, Medium Cool will be me and whomever, speculating wildly about what happens in it.

  34. 34.

    Mustang Bobby

    Update: the director is reloading it and it’s going quicker.  I’ll keep you updated as it goes.  Hopefully it will be done soon so we can talk about it at 5 with BGinCHI.

  39. 39.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @Steeplejack:

    My playwright friend always says that the biggest thing she learned is that most of the drama happens offstage.

    Somebody backstage is throwing up right now. Don’t ask me how I know this.

  41. 41.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @Delk:

    Are Tea Dances still a thing? ?

    Oh, how I wish! I’m ridiculously besotted by all those interwar traditions.

  43. 43.

    SiubhanDuinne

    While we’re waiting, an off-topic question: is it Frankensteinbeck who writes as Richard Roberts (Don’t Tell My Parents, etc.)? I’m sorting my BJ authors in the Kindle app ?

  46. 46.

    WaterGirl

    Okay, change of plans for tonight’s Medium Cool – we now have another topic scheduled for tonight, and we will talk about Mustang Bobby’s play NEXT WEEK instead.

    That will give everyone a week to watch Mustang Bobby’s play.

    Thanks, everybody!

  47. 47.

    NotMax

    @SiubhanDuinne

    Timefiller: another number from that odd-but-it-works Mikado.

    Somewhere, Mr. G and Mr. S are slapping their foreheads and expostulating “D’oh” over never thinking of including shake your booty choreography.

    :)

  48. 48.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @BGinCHI:

    Talkies will ruin the motion picture business.

    Ay jist cain’t STANNIM!

    I just cahn’t STAHND him.

    Ay jist cain’t STANNIM!

  49. 49.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @NotMax: That’s really great! There is (you will not be surprised to learn) an entire sub-genre devoted to Gay Gilbert and Sullivan.

    The chorus here is terrific. So often it’s a thin and reedy sound. But this is rich and wonderful.

  50. 50.

    something fabulous

    All right, mes ami(e)s, I gotta go get ready for my shift over at the rescue. Hope to catch it [yikes! so to speak!] sometime before next week’s discussion, instead. Stay well, all!

  56. 56.

    AlisonAF

    Hello, there,

    I am a longtime lurker– back since Cole’s famous “you suggest Italian for dinner and your date suggests hubcaps and…” observation during the Bush (?) years.  So, yeah, looooonnnngggtime lurker.  Mustang Bobby, I look forward to seeing your play!  I work at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival (with, surprisingly, one of Cole’s childhood pals) where I run a program called American Revolutions: the United States History Cycle, https://www.osfashland.org/en/artistic/american-revolutions.aspx .  And OSF also gave birth to a program of modern verse translations of Shakespeare.  So if you are itching to see some great actors take on a new translation of Twelfth Night tomorrow, you can! In any case, take care of all yourselves…  https://playonfestival.org/production/first-reads-king-john-with-hero-theatre/   (Yes, it says King John, which was great, but it’s still a Twelfth Night link…)

  57. 57.

    Miss Bianca

    Way late to the thread (I was playing with my horsie in the beautiful sunshine) – was the live read all there is, or has it been recorded?

    (*waves at Mustang Bobby*)

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