Eli and Mary, of The Monolators fame, were in Lansing, MI, over the holiday season and I had the honor of tagging along to their latest jam-practice session in Detroit. Those of you who are not familiar with their music, they describe themselves as:
… a husband-and-wife rock duo from Los Angeles. Originally a trio, […]
Bodas de sangre
Federico Garcia Lorca
Blood Wedding
translated by ZJC
Acto primero, cuadrp tercero
interior de la cueva donde vive la novia. al fondo, una cruz de grandes flores rosa. las puertas, redondas, con cortinajes de encaje y lazos rosa. por las paredes, de material blanco y duro, abanicos redondos, jarros azules y pequeños espejos.
Act 1. Scene 3
interior of […]
Bodas de sangre
Federico Garcia Lorca
Blood Wedding
translated by ZJC
Acto primero, Cuadro segundo
habitación pintada de rosa con cobres y ramos de flores populares. en el centro, una mesa con mantel. es la mañana. suegra de Leonardo con un niño en brazos. lo mece. la mujer, en la otra esquina, hace punto de media.
Act 1, Scene 2
morning. […]
“Blood Wedding: Act 1, Scene 1″ ZJC (2006)
“[Drama] is when the word on the page desires to become human and stands up.”
– Federico García Lorca
Of late I have been becoming a tad bit obsessed with García Lorca’s gypsy poetry. There is, of course, his famous Gypsy Ballads, dealing with the myth of the urban […]
“the fall of the last two rebel angels as told by grandfather” ZJC (2006)
My own personal mythology changes a bit each time I re-tell it. While I know a lot concerning the families on my mother’s side (the Boyds, and the Browns and the Konas) I am never very sure who my father’s side […]