The Fly: The Opera

David Cronenberg has successfully transposed his 1986 horror movie The Fly into an opera with music by the film's composer, Howard Shore, and a 75-piece orchestra conducted by famed tenor Placido Domingo.

The production received a standing ovation at its opening in Paris Wednesday night, according to published reports. It is due to play for two weeks in Paris before moving on to Los Angeles in September.

What Are Your Chances of Surviving a Zombie Apocalypse?

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I came up at 53%, which surprised me. I thought I was better prepared.

George Carlin (1937-2008)

Daft Punk

This may well be the strangest fucking thing I've ever witnessed. Ever.

Iron Maiden

Went to the Iron Maiden show in Melbourne last night, quite a trip. They even dusted off the giant Eddie and brought him along.


Serendipitous, really. This clown was ruining pictures for me all night with his "devil horns", but this time, because of the flames, my flash didn't go off, and this one came out ace.


It should be pointed out that this week marks our 6th wedding anniversary. Since we both took time off from work to make this trip, it seemed unlikely that we'd be able to do anything to celebrate on the actual day apart from the requisite "nice meal" somewhere, but neither of us is into anything so traditional. We decided to look at this concert as a gift to each other.

Now just out of curiosity, I decided to look up what the 6th anniversary is. You know; paper, cotton, gold, etc. Turns out the 6th year anniversary is Iron.

Iron.

Could that have worked out any more perfectly?