the good news

There was another installment of the Dark Side of the Dinnerparty on saturday.

the music:

the group can now play side one. next time we will attempt side one plus Money.

the players:

tracie ~ viola
topher ~ percussives and voice
mark ~ electric guitar
wanda ~ melodica and voice
L ~ cello, thereminator and voice
sabitathica ~ acoustic guitar, moog and voice

the fare:

my current favorite: L's curried chicken, taken from one of Luba G's old bistro recipes.

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in other news, L's health has been a source of nearly constant worry for several months. But her LEEP/cone biopsy results recently came back with negative margins. thank god. news doesn't get much better than this.

the ringtone...

We here at the sabitathiblog show our true colours and capitulate to popular demand by offering

winter 2: the now today society - the ringtone!

we have a limited supply of these ringtones and they're bound to go fast, so order yours today!

send an email to sabitathiblog@gmail dot com to request one. emails containing a haiku will receive priority shipping!

don't be caught without one! or else!

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Sabitathica: winter II (the now today society) -- the ringtone!

winter II

A long overdue posting of a work from the winter series. This is winter II.

Enjoy it, or else.

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Sabitathica: winter II (the now today society)

You can't kill the Groove Factor

There were good times saturday evening, as L and I were in virtual attendance at the quarterly stakeholders meeting of the Now Today Society.

The evening's schedule included a viewing of a 1986 performance by the Groove Factor. After more than 20 years of litigation, the Vatican's lawyers have finally settled out of court and this gem is now finally available to the viewing public for the first time.

Highlights included:

• seeing Niles and Jules.
• the part where the singer wasn't singing. Also, the instrumentals.
• the alternate version in which the rowdy audience launches a violent mutiny against the singer for his crimes against (1) humanity and (2) good taste, eventually dismembering him with a Phillips-head screwdriver and feeding on his warm entrails, leaving the bass player and drummer to pick up the vocal duties. Hooray!
  
• the Jogger stepping up to the mic, which instantly caused a class II moshpit to form in front of the stage.
• the pre-show interviews, which provided invaluable insight into the Zeppelin-like challenges of the tour thus far.
• a jaunty version of Acid Fusion, which features prominently in the forthcoming film Satan is his father, not Guy!

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Also on the docket for the evening was a delightful film of You can't kill rock and roll performed by the Now Today Society, complete with the unexpurgated Tea Sequence. Good times.

surprise surprise surprise

the heat is back on in the Nunnery, though my office was heatless this morning.

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the university closed down this afternoon because of snow. insert joke about southerners here.

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auditions were yesterday, the biggest audition day of the year. it was a strange event, at least for me. the whole clockwork was a little out of whack and things that have never been a problem before suddenly were. a constellation of odd happenings.

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historically, people who encourage me to ignore my intuition have something to hide.

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currently reading flannery o'connor on mark's recommendation. also (re)reading rosemary's baby by ira levin. L and i just finished his first novel, a kiss before dying.