Let the Sunshine In

A bunch of fucking hippies will be invading the Lydia Mendolssohn Theater this week end as Brook (at about 2:00 in the photo) is in a production of Hair that opens tonight. She's playing the preggers chick, and I think she gets a song. If you're in the area, be sure to check it out this weekend. I'll be seeing it tonight so check back tomorrow for the full review. While there will be a full review, the rumor is that the full frontal nudity has been expunged in an attempt to make it more family friendly. Apparently, the pot-smoking has also been altered a bit. That's understandable though, because we don't need to be corrupting minds like that. I've seen the shitty film version a couple times, but I've never seen it live. I've also seen the sweet sweet episode of Head of the Class where they produced it and had a big fight over the nude scenes. If you don't recall the show, Johnny Fever played a high school teacher who mentored a group of gifted students as they struggled through life. One of the students was played by Robin Givens in her pre-Mike Tyson life and another was a super hot red-head whose name matters not. As far as the soundtrack goes, I've got a couple favorite songs that I suppose need to be shared right now. I don't know why I like "Manchester, England," but I always have. My interest in the first song is the same as everyone's interest in it. I remember hearing it for the first time when I was in middle school and thought, "WOW... I didn't know people were allowed to write songs like that. Of course, I soon heard 2 Live Crew, LL Cool J, and the Violent Femmes. As a little side note, the Grateful Dead's album, Grateful Dead (AKA Skull Fuck) was the first major label album to include the word "fuck" which was found in the song "Wharf Rat." And now, w/o further ado, here are my faves from Hair:

"Sodomy"
Sodomy
Fellatio
Cunnilingus
Pederasty
Father, why do these words sound so nasty?
Masturbation
Can be fun
Join the holy orgy
Kama Sutra
Everyone!

"Manchester, England"
Manchester England England
Across the Atlantic Sea
And I'm a genius genius
I believe in God
And I believe that God
Believes in Claude
That's me that's me

Claude Hooper Bukowski
Finds that it's groovy
To hide in a movie
Pretends he's Fellini
And Antonioni
And also his countryman Roman Polanski
All rolled into one
One Claude Hooper Bukowski

Now that I've dropped out
Why is life dreary dreary
Answer my weary query
Timothy Leary dearie

Oh Manchester England England
Across the Atlantic Sea
And I'm a genius genius
I believe in God
And I believe that God
Believes in Claude
That's me (that's he)
That's me (that's he)
That's me (that's he)
That's me