The Fire Ant Theatre's Triumphal Return!
Following an extended absence which, despite all rumors to the contrary, was not caused by the necessity of having to deal with a number of complaints from the neighbors, the Fire Ant Theatre is back, baby!
Today's Classical Reading has been rattling around inside my head for a couple of months, since I received an email from one Jan D. Hodge, who wrote:
Mr. Hodge was referring to this edition of FATCR, and besides being relieved that he wasn't threatening litigation (we all know how badly that turned out last time), and overlooking the fact that "mellifluous West Texan" is generally a euphemism for "teeth-grindingly brutal vocalizations," I was honored that he encouraged further such ventures. He provided a link to an online publication which includes a couple of his double dactyls, but he also included with his email the text of the verse that is butchere--um, presented in today's Reading, his version of The Taming of the Shrew.
Jan is a master of this poetic form; I'll let him describe his accomplishments:
So, without further ado, I present the latest edition of FATCR, brought to you in living sound waves compressed just to the edge of indecipherability, which is a good look for me:
Oh, by the way, I fully expect that within a week or so this post will be honored with Googlewhack status for the use of the not-completely-made-up word "uxoriophilic." I'll be happy to share that achievement with Mr. Hodge; that's just the kind of guy I am.
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How many times did you have to recite this in front of a mirror before recording it here for us? I nearly passed out just listening to it. ;-) Very good!
Posted by: Gwynne at March 24, 2007 06:02 PMI nearly passed out just listening to it.
Those who listen to my recitation often require resuscitation.
Posted by: Eric at March 24, 2007 06:15 PMI swear it doesn't matter what you read, I just love listening to your voice - the Texas sound just never gets old!
Any chance of getting YLB to participate in one too? I love the sound of her voice too!
Man I miss Texas - Who would have thought you could fall in love with an area so quickly?
Posted by: Rach at March 26, 2007 05:12 AMIt's neat to hear a fellow blogger sometimes. Haven't listened to the whole thing yet, but am looking forward to it. :)
Posted by: Stephen Shores at March 26, 2007 10:46 AMRachel, I guess you'll just have to schedule a return visit! There's so much more to Texas than what you got to see (admittedly, you did see the best part, although I might be the teensiest bit biased about that. ;-) As far as MLB doing a reading, you'll have to take that up with her. I convinced her to write a book review for the Gazette once, but I felt lucky to get that far.
Stephen, you might want to quit while you're ahead. ;-)
Posted by: Eric at March 26, 2007 10:52 AMHey Eric, I heard it last night. It's very catchy--if you set it to music, it might be a hit. Or not. But it's still neat.
Posted by: Stephen Shores at March 27, 2007 07:43 AMThanks, Stephen. I'm in seriously discussions with U2 to back me up on this, and I know that the iTunes Store will be quite interested in the results. ;-)
Posted by: Eric at March 27, 2007 10:17 AMAbout the publisher
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Yay for FACTR!
And the Taming of the Shrew, no less. One of my favorites. :)
Posted by: beth at March 23, 2007 06:30 PM