Things I bought at Target:

Tomato plants

pepper plants

parsley plants

new under garments

cleaning supplies

things I could not buy:

Steel wool

Metal Shakespeare Company to visit Boulder next week

Currently on a six-state tour MSC, which plays heavy metal using lyrics taken from Shakespeare, is bringing its "bardcore" act to Boulder Wednesday for a free concert sponsored by the Colorado Shakespeare Festival. It won't be the first time the headbangers have tried to make theatergoers' ears bleed. They played a set at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival last year.

"It was much to our pleasure well received," Simms says. "From young schoolchildren clad in their matching clothes, to silver-haired elders we were applauded. Our tunics and magical discs were purchased in massive numbers."

(It was a good gig. Even the old folks liked them. They sold a lot of t-shirts and CDs.)

One MSC song, "To Bleed or Not to Bleed," enacts the gravedigger's scene from "Hamlet." Other titles -- "The Caliban Stomp" or "The Ballad of Isabella" -- reflect popular Shakespeare characters.

Then there's "The Drunken Porter," about a character in "Macbeth." Simms calls it "Shakespeare's five-minute homage to alcohol."

"It hath within it, much humor, despite its tragic events," Simms said. "From our perspective, one of his funniest moments in any play. For the comedies are not so, as they say, 'ha ha' funny."

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If you haven't sensed it yet, MSC takes some of its influence from Iron Maiden, and maybe some from Spinal Tap. But don't suggest MSC's music is a spoof, just because they play it wearing tights.

"I shall not stoop to think thou might impugn the solemn dignity of our musical ouvre by questioning its integrity nor our commitment to it!" Viceroy Matthew said.

To be fair, the interviewer had a choice to interview them "in character" or not - he chose "in character."

Timelies all!

Sleepy cat is sleepy.

Two people I don't know have labeled the picture of my hair cut ( [link] ) as a favorite, including this guy [link]

I can't figure out if I feel kind of flattered, or just creeped out.

I vote creepy.

On the other hand, Flickr has a "replace this photo" function, so I suggest that you replace your photo with something like this.

BWAH!

I really need to start locking my pictures, don't I?

That guy is creepy for sure.

That guy is creepy, but I have favorited people's pictures for their haircuts for a show. Of course if you look at my flickr, there are nothing but pictures of shows, so the person would probably figure it out. And usually I just print it out to tape to the mirror while I am cutting the hair.

That dude has a serious thing for napes. This reminds me that I need to find another style for my haircut next week.

Bardcore. Hee.