Fringe

The tough thing about singing Fringeoke can be picking a song that makes them love you. A few have it nailed.

Spoken word can get a bad rap. So can performance art. I always remember incredibly avant garde stuff (think Maureen in Rent, which I suppose 15 years later isn't incredible or avant garde) that I'm not quite cool or hip enough to get, and I just end up leaving feeling stupid and like I'd missed something.

Well I guess that Les had the right idea. I on the other hand am feeling quite lousy after having woke up after a late night of fringe-a-oke and feasting on a can of green beans. I haven't gotten to a grocery store yet because Fringe has been absolutely insane.

I can't get enough of eating razor blades. I'm not skilled enough to try it myself, but a Tommy Nugent show isn't one without a few intense moments. This show starts off setting you at ease and closes with a big warm hug.

Yea, I am bullshitting you, but I don't want to give everything away.

Ok, my dear friend Les got into town last night. At the bar series he informed us that he was testing the Hangover Patch. It's a patch that you put on when you're drinking that keeps you from getting a hangover. Les says that it gets a Fringy thumbs up from him, he felt fabulous this morning.

Sooooooo I am thinking that for next year's Fringe these need to be standard issue for ALL Fringers!!!!

The Official Fringe Hangover Patch!

huh? huh? yeah I know you are already wanting one!

Bri
-the great and good Volman

As a blogger, I am constantly looking for good ideas for a blog. You know, the really clever ideas like PostSecret or French Laundry at Home or any of a number of blogs I read frequently and go, "Wow, that's so clever." The whole time I watched Letters at Large at the Art Academy, that's what I thought: "Wow, this would make a really great blog!"

Great night everyone! Fringey-oke rocks! Thank you very much to the entire cast, playwright and SM from Oatmeal and a Cigarette for hosting the first of many night of Fringey-oke. If you missed it, you're insane. It was a great time. (Jason Bruffy as Marius was the highlight of the evening). We're doing it again tomorrow night following the experimental musical stylings of Steven Rosen. He's going to attempt to put on a cell phone concert starring your cell phone. Everyone will be asked to give their cell phone number (only for use in the performance) so that your individual ringtones can be incorporated into the musical performance onstage. Will it work? Who knows? It's the Fringe Festival. Even if it doesn't, it will be interesting. Fringy-oke will follow. Who will host? Who wants to host? (let me know if you'd be interested and we'll see what we can arrange).

Hm.

That was my first reaction when the room suddenly went silent, and one by one, dancers began emerging from various points in the performance space. Some moved with slow, deliberate movements, others with more urgency. The movements were lovely – they really were – and it’s a testament to the skill of the performers that they are capable of improvising almost exclusively for 45 minutes. The problem was that at many points, it was obvious that it was being improvised, and therein lays the conundrum of experimentation. You just never know what you’re going to get from performance to performance.

Over the course of the Five years of the Cincy Fringe Festival there are five unofficial rules that have become imperative for all Fringe participants to consider before setting foot in the general Fringe Fest area:

5. Curtain speeches are never as sexy as you think.
4. Fringe T-shirts are fair game when they are on the bedroom floor.
3. Never buy a Swinger Pass on the first date.
2. Check her ID before you buy her a drink at the bar series.
1. Never give a bad review to the hot girl's show.

oh hey I forget to mention. I, Brian Wheeler, bought Karen Webb her first ever shot of Tequila last night! I know! Who would have thought?!?!

ah I live to be a bad influence! :)

Bri

So this is the fourth day of shows and everything seems to be going so well. I am hearing some awesome things about the shows. This is my second year as the volunteer manager and it's been great! I want to thank all of the volunteers, you guys are the life blood of the festival and you all ROCK! There are a couple of people that I want to give a shout out to since they are showing themselves to be Superstar Volunteers! One is Brett Butler, he has done 5 courier shifts back to back and is going to sign up for more next week!!! He is our courier extraordinaire!