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Derek Smootz — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 14:02:21 +0000

When you’re in a show, you hang out with the cast of that show a lot, particuarly while the show is running (rehearsals are often a “getting to know you” phase, so there’s less socializing, except when a number of you have worked together before). A number of us from Ruddigore went to Magnolia Cafe after the show last weekend, and I submitted the following query to the group:

If “booth” had a plural, what would it be?

Now, I know that “booth” does, technically, have a plural already: “booths”. I don’t like it. It just seems to me, given the way the word rolls off the tongue, that “booth” deserves a more intersting plural.

The group discussed the possibilities, and while no formal vote was taken, I’d say there were two clear favorites: “Beeth”, modeled after “goose” and “geese”, and “Bithe”, modeled after “mouse” and “mice.” I think I prefer “beeth”, because it’s the easier of the two to pronounce correctly based on its spelling. I’d love to hear other opinions on this important subject.

So very tired

Derek Smootz — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 19:29:30 +0000

Opening week for any show is crazy, and this is opening week for Ruddigore. I’m tired. Between work and rehearsal, I would be short on sleep if I went to bed right when I got home, but I get home with a hyper brain, so I’m getting far too little sleep. Being tired – at least when you’re in relatively good spirits about your life (as I am with the fun of the show) – is a little like being drunk. Everything seems emotionally charged and bittersweet, from working to listening to music to rehearsing. It’s a beautiful feeling, if an unsustainable one, and I find that I’ve missed it for the past few years. Yay, tired!

You know you have too many CDs when…

Derek Smootz — Thu, 17 May 2007 15:02:11 +0000

…you go out of your way to find out what a song is and who it’s by, only discover that you already own it.
A year or two ago, I called a local radio station to find out what song they had just been playing. I had also heard this song at the club recently and thought it was really cool. It turns out it was “Come Undone” by Duran Duran. Not only do I own a Duran Duran greatest hits CD with that song on it, I had it in the car with me at the time.

Also, there’s a song in a couple of X-Files episodes that I’ve made a mental note to look up in the past. Apparently, I lost the note, but as I was listening to Moby’s Play album yesterday, I discovered that the song in question is Moby’s “My Weakness.” I honestly thought it was part of the X-Files score and written by their in-house composer, but it turns out I owned a copy of the song before I owned the X-Files on DVD.

The best sentence in the whole wide world.

Derek Smootz — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 00:07:24 +0000

So, while I was waiting to finish downloading tracks to do a remix over on Acid Planet, I decided to read through the contests full rules, legalese and all. That’s when I found this. Even if it’s not the best sentence in the world, the bold part has to be the best phrase:

You hereby grant, sell, transfer, assign and convey to the applicable Publisher, its successors and assigns, all present and future right, title and interest of every kind and nature whatsoever, including, without limitation, all copyrights, all music and music publishing rights, and all rights incidental, subsidiary, ancillary or allied thereto (including, without limitation, all derivative rights) in and to the Contest Submissions for exploitation throughout the universe, in perpetuity, by means of any and all media and devices whether now known or hereafter devised.