Perverts, Goddesses, and Aliens
April 29th, 2005
Okay, so this town is full of perverts. What the h*ll has happened to men that they think it’s okay to rub themselves against girls on the subway (happened to me yesterday) or spout obscenities while following a girl down the street (this morning). Didn’t they ever learn any better? Has this ever actually paid off for them? Freakin’ pervs.
Ugh.
Well, in spite of this nonsense, nothing can bring me down today. I’m going to see Ani D at the Orpheum here in Boston, which is a GREAT venue. It’s pretty small and intimate, and the way it’s set up ensures there’s not a bad seat in the house. Just the place to see a rock goddess.
Ani ROCKS - this’ll be the third time I’ve seen her, and I’m not even a “concert person.” She’s one of the few musicians that I think is actually better live, and one of the few who manages to make the show worth the price of the ticket. I don’t think I’ll ever get tired of seeing her.
On top of my excitement about seeing Ani, “Hitchiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” opens this weekend! I’ve been a HUGE fan of this “increasing inaccurately named trilogy” ever since I read Hitchiker in high school. Thanks for recommending, Jenni! This movie really looks like it’ll be a great adaptation of the book - while it may not follow the book exactly, it seems like it will be true to the ideas behind the book, and true to the characters. Plus, since Douglas Adams was involved in writing the screenplay before he passed away, I have a lot of faith.
I can’t wait for this weekend to start! 
i too am excited to see “Hitchiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” this weekend!
Are you seeing Ani w/ John?
I LOVE the Orpheum theatre. Nicolina & I saw Fiona there!
Isn’t it down the st. from you?
When I was tutoring at-risk girls in AmeriCorps, it was during Women’s History Month (March). One of my lesson plans was about female musicians and I did an entire class about Ani DiFranco. We analyzed the lyrics to “Gravel†and I played some songs on my boom box. I can’t believe AmeriCorps was two years ago….
Ani was AWESOME last night. Yes, the Orpheum is near my place - about a 10 minute walk. She rocked, AND she played Gravel, my favorite song.
So cool.
I just got back from seeing Hitchiker’s Guide, and I’m pretty happy about it. Good adaptation, and the parts that were added were good too (especially b/c Douglas Adams wrote all of the “new” parts). Only thing I’m not sure about was Zooey Deschanel as Trillian - I think that could have been better cast. Alan Rickman was PERFECT as Marvin, and Mos Def (as Ford Prefect), Martin Freeman (as Arthur Dent), and Sam Rockwell (as Zaphod) were great too. Overall? 4.5 out of 5 stars (my only issue was that the “improbability overdrive” scenes could have been WAY cooler).