Henry Truman, Mark 2. Also, more Dick.

Another round of the Henry Truman show this weekend. Can I just say how much better it was than last week. Last time 'round, everyone was sitting and most people were well past drunk. This killed energy. This time we set it up so that maybe 35-40 people could be standing, and the difference was night and day. We had also tightened the story-line a bit so it was a more cohesive show, but the standing-room decision was maybe the smartest initiative in the whole campaign. We played better because people were more immediately involved in what was happening on stage. This made the audience more excited, and created an escalating-energy-feedback-loop.

Here are a couple pictures of the night:

Singin' 'bout Henry.

Baseball, y'all. Baseball.

If everyone that read this tells just one person to come on Friday for the finale, then 2 people will come next week. That is a lot! Of people I mean!

Also we are getting a dude we knew in college to film the shows, so hopefully there will be some sort of DVD/web video of this epic campaign rally. More on this when it maybe happens.

A word or two on Moby Dick and the Pequod Cadets.

I am now in the chapter called "Cetology", which is essentially Melville's attempt to inject some knowledge into his Great American Novel. He's teaching us all about different sorts of whales and what they mean to the whaling community and to the world at large. I've given myself over completely to the Moby Dick experience, and this primes me to be very interested in sections like this. It may look on the surface like dry, encyclopaedic writing, but, though it is primarily an informational section, Melville still has a sweeping drama in his prose that shines through here. Like the rest of the book thus far, it is a really strange mixture of seemingly discordant elements. "Beautiful reference" is a phrase I had never thought of before.

Also, Melville's slow introduction of Ahab is really really really great. Can't wait til he busts out with a grand speech.

Anywho, enjoy your [length of time until my next post]. More Sex Piano news as it develops.