Doing my part against Bush w/ Damo

Spamlet · 06-12-2004, 07:49 PM

As some of you may already know, I'm an actor.

Last night I opened in a new play by John Patrick Shanley (Oscar winning author of "Moonstruck") called "Dirty Story" about middle Eastern conflicts.

The play is a satiricalpoliticalallegory in which each character represents a country. The two main characters (Palestine and Isreal) are novelists who end up sharing an apartment (the Holy Land).

The other two characters are a Cowboy andhis Bartender sidekick(who representBush and Blair respectively).

I'm playing Dubya! [img]smileys/smiley17.gif[/img]

Which brings me to why I'm posting thishere...
The other day I was telling my director about the "When Bush Comes To Shove" concert and about a new protest song that is going to be a centerpiece of it. I told him about some of the lyrics and thatI had this song, brought it in the next day and played it for him. I'm happy to announce that "Lonely Soldier" is now playing a prominent role in our show!

Having Damo"onstage" with meevery night and knowing that all the folks in the audience (most of whom it's safe to say haveprobablynever heard him)are hearing this song gives me such a rush.

I've just finished a run of "Proof" (as Hal) last monthand had Damo backstage on my headphones every night rightbefore the show started. I also had pictures of him, my girlfriend andGary Oldman hanging backstage in my changing area to furtherinspire me as a performer.

Come to think of it, I'd just heard"Lonely Soldier"early on in that run and I remember having it stuck in my head so much that I was singing it the whole time I was running around up and down stairs outside to preparefor the scene where I run in allout of breath!

No singer since Sinatra has inspired me so much as an actor.

Wheels · 06-12-2004, 08:27 PM

Hey kewl!

Did your director clear its use with Damien?

SilentNight · 06-12-2004, 08:33 PM

i want to hear it.

Angela · 06-12-2004, 08:35 PM

[img]smileys/smiley32.gif[/img][img]smileys/smiley32.gif[/img][img]smileys/smiley32.gif[/img]How cool!

HydeBurns · 06-12-2004, 10:01 PM

I still havn't heard this song. But I keep hearing alot about it, especially now with it being part of "When Bush comes to Shove". I want to hear it so bad, they need to hurry up and release the single and let me get my grubby fingers on it.

Unabashed2 · 06-12-2004, 10:15 PM

where can I hear it?

HydeBurns · 06-12-2004, 10:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Unabashed2

where can I hear it?

I search for it all the time but can never find it. I bet if I used those torrents I'd have it by now. But I'm on dial-up, so no way.

mestonf · 06-12-2004, 11:57 PM

yeah would somebody be able to post when and where we can get it when it comes out?

cille · 06-13-2004, 12:05 AM

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Originally Posted by emmett

Hey kewl!

Did your director clear its use with Damien?

good question, emmett

Vienna · 06-13-2004, 12:06 AM

cille have you been tampering with the quotes?!?! [img]smileys/smiley2.gif[/img]

Spamlet · 06-13-2004, 08:55 AM

I knew someone (who isn't in theatre) would ask that.

I'm gonna just plead the fifth here... [img]smileys/smiley11.gif[/img]

cille · 06-13-2004, 11:41 AM

?

Gatsby · 06-13-2004, 12:27 PM

wow i didnt know your an actor... yeah i used eminem for a piece i did about america. it was a kid who's little sister died and it was a 30 minute monologue which got very tiring after 2 weeks.... also had a camera pointing at me with a tv screen hooked up to it

Wheels · 06-13-2004, 12:31 PM

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Originally Posted by HydeBurns

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Originally Posted by Unabashed2

where can I hear it?

I search for it all the time but can never find it. I bet if I used those torrents I'd have it by now. But I'm on dial-up, so no way.

Go to the news page here and there is a link to Christy Moore singing a few lines of it!

This site always has what you're looking for...

HydeBurns · 06-13-2004, 10:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Wheels

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Originally Posted by HydeBurns

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Originally Posted by Unabashed2

where can I hear it?

I search for it all the time but can never find it. I bet if I used those torrents I'd have it by now. But I'm on dial-up, so no way.

Go to the news page here and there is a link to Christy Moore singing a few lines of it!

This site always has what you're looking for...

Thanks wheels, But I already streamed that bit. It's just that people have been talking about this song for a few months now, as if damo maybe played it at a show at some point.

Wheels · 06-13-2004, 10:54 PM

Oh you wanted the full song? I'm sure he has played it at gigs... he has rewritten bits to make it about George for this release I think.

cille · 06-13-2004, 10:55 PM

yes, its really hard to find. im also searching for it. id so love to hear it! (in damo's own version, all due respect to christy n'all)

Unabashed2 · 06-13-2004, 11:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Wheels

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Originally Posted by HydeBurns

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Originally Posted by Unabashed2

where can I hear it?

I search for it all the time but can never find it. I bet if I used those torrents I'd have it by now. But I'm on dial-up, so no way.

Go to the news page here and there is a link to Christy Moore singing a few lines of it!

This site always has what you're looking for...

arse licker

Wheels · 06-13-2004, 11:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Unabashed2

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Originally Posted by Wheels

This site always has what you're looking for...

arse licker

[img]smileys/smiley36.gif[/img]

mestonf · 06-14-2004, 10:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Wheels

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Originally Posted by Unabashed2

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Originally Posted by Wheels

This site always has what you're looking for...

arse licker

[img]smileys/smiley36.gif[/img]

quite obviously shows that wheels runs this site! ........sort of!

Spamlet · 06-14-2004, 11:33 PM

The version I have was played at the Warfield but yes he's played it several othertimes on this tour

mestonf · 06-15-2004, 11:16 AM

does anyone like the song loneily soldier?!

Spamlet · 06-16-2004, 09:46 PM

Well I certainly like the soloversion I've got! It'll be quiteinteresting to hear the two new studioversions.

Oh, and here's a shortreview that came out yesterdayof our production!:

Dirty Story @ Mapleleaf Theater
What: A relationship between an elder male writer and an idealistic young woman turns kinky, then veers into edgy geopolitical cartoon. The Ohio premiere of one of this season's most memorable, unpredictable comedies.

Reasons to go: John Patrick Shanley's red-hot provocation of a script
boasts brilliantly daring writing -- it's razor-sharp and continually
surprising. Geoff Griggs convinces as literary lion Brutus, whose audacious tactics turn wide-eyed Wanda (Marlene Kelly) from victim to vampy villain. Doug Rossi's unforgettable, swaggering cowboy Frank - an Uncle Sam archetype by way of George W. - will render you helpless with laughter, with Mike Kelly as his droll British sidekick. Go plenty early to sample:it's performed in the idyllic outdoor amphitheater of a vineyard 50 minutes east of the city. The contrast between bucolic setting and outrageous content is mind-blowing -- and utterly delightful.
Edited by: Spamlet

naestopaz · 06-17-2004, 12:55 AM

Spamlet, where are you performing? which state, I guess is the first question, otherwise, thx for the great post, and contagiousness it caused.............

Spamlet · 06-17-2004, 01:40 AM

I'm from Cleveland, Ohio.

Interesting fact about the theatre itself: it's the only theatre that operates at a working vinyard.Edited by: Spamlet

06-12-2004, 08:27 PM	#2
Wheels Eskimo Enigma Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Peoples Republic of Cork Posts: 7,900	Hey kewl! Did your director clear its use with Damien? __________________

06-12-2004, 10:01 PM	#5
HydeBurns Eskimo Regular Join Date: May 2004 Location: United States Posts: 705	I still havn't heard this song. But I keep hearing alot about it, especially now with it being part of "When Bush comes to Shove". I want to hear it so bad, they need to hurry up and release the single and let me get my grubby fingers on it. __________________ I am Jack's colon. I get cancer, I kill Jack. -Fight Club

06-13-2004, 10:54 PM	#16
Wheels Eskimo Enigma Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Peoples Republic of Cork Posts: 7,900	Oh you wanted the full song? I'm sure he has played it at gigs... he has rewritten bits to make it about George for this release I think. __________________

06-13-2004, 10:55 PM	#17
cille creepycute Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Copenhagen Posts: 15,333	yes, its really hard to find. im also searching for it. id so love to hear it! (in damo's own version, all due respect to christy n'all) __________________ Yeah

06-17-2004, 12:55 AM	#24
naestopaz Eskimo Regular Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: United States Posts: 146	Spamlet, where are you performing? which state, I guess is the first question, otherwise, thx for the great post, and contagiousness it caused............. __________________ Grins and Giggles, Naes

06-12-2004, 07:49 PM	#1
Spamlet Resident Contrarian Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Sunnyside, Queens: NYC Posts: 1,251	As some of you may already know, I'm an actor. Last night I opened in a new play by John Patrick Shanley (Oscar winning author of "Moonstruck") called "Dirty Story" about middle Eastern conflicts. The play is a satiricalpoliticalallegory in which each character represents a country. The two main characters (Palestine and Isreal) are novelists who end up sharing an apartment (the Holy Land). The other two characters are a Cowboy andhis Bartender sidekick(who representBush and Blair respectively). I'm playing Dubya! [img]smileys/smiley17.gif[/img] Which brings me to why I'm posting thishere... The other day I was telling my director about the "When Bush Comes To Shove" concert and about a new protest song that is going to be a centerpiece of it. I told him about some of the lyrics and thatI had this song, brought it in the next day and played it for him. I'm happy to announce that "Lonely Soldier" is now playing a prominent role in our show! Having Damo"onstage" with meevery night and knowing that all the folks in the audience (most of whom it's safe to say haveprobablynever heard him)are hearing this song gives me such a rush. I've just finished a run of "Proof" (as Hal) last monthand had Damo backstage on my headphones every night rightbefore the show started. I also had pictures of him, my girlfriend andGary Oldman hanging backstage in my changing area to furtherinspire me as a performer. Come to think of it, I'd just heard"Lonely Soldier"early on in that run and I remember having it stuck in my head so much that I was singing it the whole time I was running around up and down stairs outside to preparefor the scene where I run in allout of breath! No singer since Sinatra has inspired me so much as an actor.

06-12-2004, 08:33 PM	#3
SilentNight Eskimo Regular Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 901	i want to hear it.

06-12-2004, 08:35 PM	#4
Angela Eskimo Regular Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: cloud #9 Posts: 5,029	[img]smileys/smiley32.gif[/img][img]smileys/smiley32.gif[/img][img]smileys/smiley32.gif[/img]How cool!

06-12-2004, 10:15 PM	#6
Unabashed2 Eskimo Friend Join Date: May 2004 Location: Armenia Posts: 43	where can I hear it?

06-12-2004, 11:57 PM	#8
mestonf Eskimo Regular Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: England Posts: 4,164	yeah would somebody be able to post when and where we can get it when it comes out?

06-13-2004, 12:06 AM	#10
Vienna Eskimo Grammar Queen Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Bristol Posts: 5,626	cille have you been tampering with the quotes?!?! [img]smileys/smiley2.gif[/img]

06-13-2004, 08:55 AM	#11
Spamlet Resident Contrarian Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Sunnyside, Queens: NYC Posts: 1,251	I knew someone (who isn't in theatre) would ask that. I'm gonna just plead the fifth here... [img]smileys/smiley11.gif[/img]

06-13-2004, 11:41 AM	#12
cille creepycute Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Copenhagen Posts: 15,333	?

06-13-2004, 12:27 PM	#13
Gatsby Eskimo Regular Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Dublin Posts: 5,809	wow i didnt know your an actor... yeah i used eminem for a piece i did about america. it was a kid who's little sister died and it was a 30 minute monologue which got very tiring after 2 weeks.... also had a camera pointing at me with a tv screen hooked up to it

06-14-2004, 11:33 PM	#21
Spamlet Resident Contrarian Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Sunnyside, Queens: NYC Posts: 1,251	The version I have was played at the Warfield but yes he's played it several othertimes on this tour

06-15-2004, 11:16 AM	#22
mestonf Eskimo Regular Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: England Posts: 4,164	does anyone like the song loneily soldier?!

06-16-2004, 09:46 PM	#23
Spamlet Resident Contrarian Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Sunnyside, Queens: NYC Posts: 1,251	Well I certainly like the soloversion I've got! It'll be quiteinteresting to hear the two new studioversions. Oh, and here's a shortreview that came out yesterdayof our production!: Dirty Story @ Mapleleaf Theater What: A relationship between an elder male writer and an idealistic young woman turns kinky, then veers into edgy geopolitical cartoon. The Ohio premiere of one of this season's most memorable, unpredictable comedies. Reasons to go: John Patrick Shanley's red-hot provocation of a script boasts brilliantly daring writing -- it's razor-sharp and continually surprising. Geoff Griggs convinces as literary lion Brutus, whose audacious tactics turn wide-eyed Wanda (Marlene Kelly) from victim to vampy villain. Doug Rossi's unforgettable, swaggering cowboy Frank - an Uncle Sam archetype by way of George W. - will render you helpless with laughter, with Mike Kelly as his droll British sidekick. Go plenty early to sample:it's performed in the idyllic outdoor amphitheater of a vineyard 50 minutes east of the city. The contrast between bucolic setting and outrageous content is mind-blowing -- and utterly delightful. Edited by: Spamlet

06-17-2004, 01:40 AM	#25
Spamlet Resident Contrarian Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Sunnyside, Queens: NYC Posts: 1,251	I'm from Cleveland, Ohio. Interesting fact about the theatre itself: it's the only theatre that operates at a working vinyard.Edited by: Spamlet