Remember when I blogged about writing to my city councilor, Maria McRae, about the Carlington Prostitution Sweep, which resulted in two men and two women being charged with prostitution-related offenses, but only the women were publicly named? Well. Check this out. GC says I’m changing the world, one iota at a time.
Astronaut Love Triangle
Speaking of changing the world, do you know about
Luthiers Without Borders? They repair stringed instruments for children in developing countries. I attended a house benefit concert yesterday in which the
Astronaut Love Triangle performed, with donations accepted for Luthiers Without Borders.
Astronaut Love Triangle
If you ever get a chance to see the Astronaut Love Triangle live, go! They are one of Ottawa’s best kept cultural secrets. I don’t know quite how to categorize them. Performance art? Concept art? Kind of a music-theatre-comedy fusion troupe? It’s like really good children’s programming for contemporary grown-ups with short attention spans, featuring a fast-paced sequence of short skits and songs and active poetry, and everything is infused with humour, including the costumes and puppets and all the trippy props.
The Triangle
At any rate, this witty and charming quartet is incredibly cute, fiendishly clever and thoroughly entertaining. My favourite pieces were Side Effects, Ponzi, and Cyberstalking Blues. But I loved every single thing they did. My only criticism is that I didn’t want it to end and it ended.
The Triangle had offered to come over and do a private performance just for me and GC in my living room because of my mobility issues. But I declined their very generous offer since I actually can get around with GC’s help, and I didn’t want to clean my living room. So I went to the (semi) public performance, and they had a special chair set up just for me: a Zoom airline seat! I meant to get a picture, but I was sitting on it when I thought of it and later I forgot.
Zoom Pillow by Aggie
And look!
Aggie made a Zoom cushion, just for me! Isn’t it sweet? I love it. Thanks Aggie!
How disappointing. I was expecting something about prostitution involving three astronauts. What a rip.
I like the word ‘trippy’ and believe it is used not nearly often enough. Neither are puppets.
I see that your reporting of our performance has left your fans speechless… We have that effect on people!
Bandobras, yes, I confess to taking liberties with the title. It’s not unlike my post A 21-Inch Penis and a Carving Knife Incident.
Grace, me too, I love that word.
Manny Blue, I suspect everybody immediately left my blog for Ticketmaster to order tickets for your next performance.
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