A selection of photographs from Girk Tunker’s Too Much Time On My Hands collection.Observations and television watching from around New York, Maine and these United States. Disclaimer: NO photos have been Photoshopped or altered in any way. (Photos Courtesy of Dom Rosoff) -Shawn E Milnes Related Articles: A Tasteful Selection of Homoerotic Batman Images 12… [Read More]
Zoot Suits, Broadswords and Benny Hill: Ballo at the Metropolitan Opera
We recently went to Ballo at the Met. I had never seen it before so I was excited. But I quickly ended up feeling like I had entered The Twilight Zone. Most of the audience was going wild for the production and I was surprised at what I was seeing and hearing. Now, the music… [Read More]
Dirty Codpieces, Sequins and Sneezing: The Tempest at the Metropolitan Opera
We saw The Tempest at the Met last week and it left me with many questions. Perhaps someone can answer at least a few of them. I know it was a contemporary opera, written in the last decade, but it left me not only with questions but also a general feeling of unease like I… [Read More]
The Bohemians in Brooklyn
The Bohemians Movie is an updated film version of Puccini’s La Bohème set in present day Williamsburg Brooklyn. As the current hot bed of counter cultural artistic expression, Williamsburg presents the perfect modern counter point to the Latin Quarter of Paris in the mid 1800’s. Produced by legendary tenor Plácido Domingo’s son, Alvaro Domingo, eleven-time… [Read More]
Floyd on Floyd: A Composers Symposium and Live Chat
Click on the link below to watch the rebroadcast of the Maria Zouves’ discussion with Carlisle Floyd about his life and works. Filmed in the Telfair Museum in Savannah, GA in front of live audience as part of National Opera Week’s Opening Events. http://operamusicbroadcast.com/2012/11/06/floyd-on-floyd-a-composers-symposium-video-and-live-chat/ For those wishing to participate in the live online chat on… [Read More]
Post Sandy East Village 6B Community Garden Clean Up
Fallen Willow Tree As electricity is restored to Manhattan and people continue to survey and clean up damage from Hurricane Sandy, I made my way to the 6 and B Community Garden, my favorite spot in the East Village. Day After Hurricane (photo courtesy of Joanee Freedom) Earlier in the week I received an email… [Read More]
Savannah and Sandy: National Opera Week with Carlisle Floyd
Friday, October 26 through Sunday, November 4this National Opera Week 2012. I am down in Savannah, GA where VOICExperience kicked off all of National Opera Week’s offerings Friday with a conversation at the Telfair Jepson Auditorium with the great American composer, Carlisle Floyd.Floyd on Floyd was webstreamed by VOICExperience and archived by OPERA America. Marc… [Read More]
A View From the Inside: Opera America’s Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
Just over two weeks ago, I attended the OPERA America National Opera Center’s official ribbon cutting ceremony as a guest of honoree Sherrill Milnes. With it, the new center became available to the public and all those interested in opera. The opening itself was attended by those involved in the creation the new National Opera… [Read More]
In Praise of My New Internet Friends From Nigeria
I always love spam email. Especially financial scams. I like the fake romantic Internet dating leads as well but somehow the financial scams tickle me the most. Something about the broken English, and the names are usually super fabulous. I recently got a spam with the Subject line “Compensation Payment”. The sender was a Mrs…. [Read More]
In Honor of Tuesday: 12 MORE Unintentionally Homoerotic Batman Images
Due to popular demand, I am sharing MORE of my disturbingly extensive collection of Unintentionally Homoerotic Batman Images. -From the Private Collection of Shawn E Milnes Related Articles: 14 Unintentionally Homoerotic Batman Images Rick Santorum’s Personal Manservant Leonard Tells All! 1980’s Sitcom Character Monroe Ficus Publicly Repudiates Actor Jim J Bullock 10 Sexting Autocorrects That… [Read More]
