Disembodied Animal Head Theatre

Bringing the arts and culture back to the internet in a dignified fashion.

Friday, July 28, 2006

HUZZAH!



Ho, Netizens! Tex here, your humble host of heroic couplets! I must apologize for not journaling about this earlier, but episodes 29 and 30 of The 5 Minute Show have arrived, and you may now see part one and two of an interview featuring Yours Truly, ThePete, and the very lovely, very vivacious Beverly Soques!



This is the host of The 5 Minute Show, ThePete. A worldly man, very knowledgeable and sharp-witted, for some reason he doesn't know who Wm. Shakespeare is. Odd. I blame public education.



Oh, the gem of The 5 Minute Show, the true star of the program, Beverly Soques. So attractive and so talented. I'll have to have her on the show sometime!

In fact, I shall have her on the show soon! We have just wrapped on a "hiatus episode" that shall grace these pages on the nonce!

In meantimes, I must scurry back to the recording studio -- platinum albums don't make themselves, you know! So ta-ta for now!

-- Tex

Wednesday, July 26, 2006


An Update from Mr. Horne, Producer of Disembodied Animal Head Theatre:



Hello again, Theatre Fanatics! Phillip Horne here again, with an Update of our Very Important Happenings!

The Old Studio is razed to the ground and the New Facility has be raised to the sky! Our Foreman, Mahatama Joe (below, at bottom center) asked his Lovely Wife Julia to e-mail this photo of the Dome, currently surrounded by scaffolding. I must apologize for the Poor Quality of this Picture, it was taken by a Low Resolution Camera Phone:



As you can see, the Workers are Quite Pleased with what they have Accomplished!

As soon as the foyer was completed, our muralist Michelangelo di Lodovico Buornarroti began work on the decorative trompe l'ooeil that Shall Adorne it! He is keeping it Top Secret until Finished (Artists!) but He has Shared the following "Study" Sketch to give us a Sneak Peak at What Is In Store:



I Say! I cannot Wait to see the Finished Mural!

Truly Exciting Things are Happening Here at Disembodied Animal Head Theatre!

-- Phillip Horne

Sunday, July 16, 2006


Ho, Netizens!

Tex here, reporting in fresh from the recording studio! My CD is coming along swimmingly . . . I don't wish to give too much away at this juncture, but suffice it to say it won't be such a "Silent Night" when my compilation rings out across the landscape like "Silver Bells". I suppose you could say "Hark! The Rubber Chicken Sings!" But more about that little side project later.

I am here today to ask you to dig deep and support Disembodied Animal Head Theatre. Yes, this is a pledge drive for the little show that strives to bring the arts and culture back to the internet in a dignified fashion! Just think about all those young hackers and MySpacers and online gamers out there who haven't the foggiest notion of what is an heroic couplet! Children, living their whole lives ne'er knowing the difference between prose and iambic pentameter verse! Ne'er knowing a soliloquy from a sonnet! It brings a tear to one's eye, to dwell upon the gravitas of the situation.

We were planning a telethon, with our ensemble answering the phones, until we realized the inherent problem this posed:


Egad! How are they to answer the phones? An insurmountable difficulty indeed. So we have come to the following solution: If you shall simply click this link, and pledge $25 (plus shipping and handling) you shall receive as our gift, the following t-shirt as modeled by ensemble member James Tiberius (James Tiberius not included):
So what says you? Shall you support the toil and trouble of an ensemble bent on cultural restoration? The children of tomorrow are at your mercy. With your donations, we can refill the coffers and continue our fine quality programming.

To paraphrase the Bard from Measure for Measure, "If money be the food of video production, pay on!"

Excelsior!

-- Tex




Wednesday, July 12, 2006


An Update from Mr. Horne,
Producer of Disembodied Animal Head Theatre:

Hello, all you Wonderful People! Greetings to the Lovers of The Classics, and Salutations to all Lovers, Singers and Clowns! Hello and Hello again! Phillip Horne, here, producer of Disembodied Animal Head Theatre. Back in my childhood, as a spritely young calf frolicking on the range in Kenya, I happened to wander into a production of King Lear directed by that Wudermensch of Theatrical Magic, Peter Brook. My life was forever changed. As soon as I was old enough, I caught a container ship to England, and took up studies at University, eventually finding my way to the West End. As I neared retirement the urge to give back to society overwhelmed me, and so I began this fruitive endeavor of bringing The Classics alive via an ensemble cast of Disembodied Animal Heads, hosted by a Rubber Chicken!

Enough about me!

As Tex alluded to in his prior posting, there are Great Things Afoot here at DAHT! I am pleased to announce Our Plans for a New Disembodied Animal Head Theatre Studio and Cultural Complex!

Our current facility is to be razed early next week, and plans have been drafted for the new building! Here is a sneak look at what is ahead:


OUR CURRENT FACILITY


Oh, how facile our facility! Although rich with Hollywood History, this soundstage is anything but state-of-the-art. It's Better Days behind it, it is time for something new -- something exciting!




ARTIST RENDERING OF NEW COMPLEX


Now here's a Pretty Thing! Once completed, The New Complex will house all the Production Operations a programme of our size and scope demands, as well as providing a number of New Venues for Los Angeles Theatre! Hooray!


I am also pleased to announce that we have contracted the great Italian muralist Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti to do the decorative trompe l'oeil for our foyer! Hurray! Mr. Buonarroti, I am told, has done some stupendous work in Italy. I look foward to reviewing his plans for our Modest Little Building!

(An image of Mr. Buonarroti is to the left. Ah, artists. Ask for a photograph, and they send a pencil drawing!)

Our tired, old computer system is soon to be replaced by a Brand-New, State-Of-The-Art Server, pictured below!




Absolutely Fantastic, No? I'm told that it is simply frightening, what this machine is capable of doing!

I will continue to update you as this project goes forward! It is truly an Exciting Time here at Disembodied Animal Head Theatre!

-- Phillip Horne

Thursday, July 06, 2006


A Special Message from Your Host . . .

Ho, Netizens!

Well, exciting things are certainly afoot here at DAHT! As those of you who are members of the Official DAHT Fan Club know, the ensemble has been madly rehearsing Shakespeare's Timon of Athens for a lightning road tour of the 47 contiguous states and Texas! First stop is Friendship, Arkansas where the ensemble shall bring Timon's story to life onstage at the Tack and Feed Co-op! From thence it goes, glory bound!

Yours Truly finds himself back in the recording studio, preparing another album of favorites and standards, to be released later this year! The old vocal cords are a mite rusty, but I am giving it ev'ry ounce!

I can hear you now . . . whither DAHT? Wherefore art we neglecting that which has brought us so much fame and fortune. Well, such is our success that the management has decided to fully renovate our studios! Yes! When we return in the fall with all new episodes, our drab, black background shall be replaced by wonders yet unseen! The coming weeks shall see postings here detailing the transformation!

So until the fall, I bid thee adieu! Parting is such sweet sorrow!

Exuent Tex!