Been a while since I listened to that. It brightened my day
Thanks, Darth, for bringing it back.

Been a while since I hung around here; I've missed this place too.

Couldn't make a video happen this time, unfortunately. But I shall leave my disembodied voice here, in case you can use it (or if not, you forum folks can take a listen). This was a fun little vocal exercise! (I am out of practice.)

LatinAlice sings

The podcast is made up of curated content - a weekly collection of thematically related radio stories pulled from all over the world. The ShortDocs challenge is a once-a-year thing.

I am interested, excited, and a little wary.

I'm sad to see the podcast go. It's been a godsend during my commute to school (I drive like 500km - 300 miles - a week). But with 1000 hours to revisit, I think I'll manage.

I've been more of a forum lurker than an active member, but I feel like I know all of you. I read all the posts and occasionally hang out in the chat. (I'll probably appear from time to time to rant - like if the Broadway version of Frozen actually happens.)

To Teague, Mike, Brian, Trey, and everyone else who's been on the podcast - it's been great to have you as friends in my head. It is really is the most apt description. I'm glad that I got to hang out in a couple live streams. My shining achievement will always be from the Oblivion commentary, telling Teague YOU MUST CHILL YOU DO NOT LIVE ON A STICK. (It's okay, man, it really is.)
Also Holden - this all would probably have fallen apart without you. We appreciate your efforts immensely.

I've learned so much about storytelling and film-making here. I've watched films I probably wouldn't have found on my own. I've added to my stockpile of behind-the-scenes film knowledge that I pull out at parties. (I've always loved the bonus material on DVDs - when I was eight, I went to the local video store and rented just the bonus material disc from the Adventures of Indiana Jones Box set.) And that's been great, because I'm awful at parties. My only party trick is reciting V's alliterative monologue from V For Vendetta.

I've laughed, I've learned, I've contemplated the universe.
Thank you for embarking on this journey. You've created something that meant a lot to me. That means a lot to a lot of people. I wish all of you all the best regarding whatever comes next.

Just keep moving on
Anything you do
Let it come from you
Then it will be new
Give us more to see

I do a lot of papercutting, and I recently finished something I'm pretty proud of:
A miniature Harry Potter-inspired paper lantern with each of the four house crests. (The other sides are in a spoiler to prevent this post from being enormous.)
Dimensions: 2.5 x 2.5 x 3.5 inches
(And I'm a Ravenclaw, if you were curious.)

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The cover really is awesome.

I put this on while I was writing and I'm digging it.

Second Place, Reconsider, and 61 are my favourites, and the first half of Choose a Moon has a bit of a Pixies vibe to it. Really nice work.

CONTAGION

Teague, you were telling the Howard Ashman "Streisand" story on this one, and "thought" that Belle was played by Lea Salonga.

Paige O'Hara. The name you were looking for was Paige O'Hara.
I've lost all faith in you, Chrystie.

I'm sorry. It's perfect.
So perfect, I used it to test out my new microphone: http://goo.gl/bWzwGG

You poor man. A little apathy can be good for you, you know - in measured doses, that is.

I would like one, as I am in the midst of room-redecoration. Never gonna say no to an awesome poster.

(As for Broadway Babe, she got kind of lost in the shuffle because this was graduation month. But never fear, she shall arise! Await further instructions.)

Rob Marshall also directed Chicago, which works beautifully as a musical adaptation. And he also directed the 1999 Annie (which, um, has Audra McDonald going for it, I guess), so who even knows with him. His direction alone won't make or break the movie, but it is a questionable decision.

Film adaptations almost always beef up the orchestra, and almost always at the cost of the subtleties in the music. (And I didn't shut up about "God, That's Good" for ages after I saw the film. No one at any point says the words "God, that's good." Grr.)

I'm a little irked that we're losing the Narrator. Film adaptations are always so reluctant to break the fourth wall, but I think you miss out on a lot of a show's charm that way.
Oh well. That reluctance certainly won't be as detrimental to this film as it was to the 1995 adaptation of The Fantasticks. *shudders* If you want to know how not to adapt a musical, there it is.
You can't do The Fantasticks without breaking the fourth wall. You just can't.