November 18, 2006

11:09 PM

By the way, remember last February when I posted a link to a series of gay-themed records from the 60s? And we all agreed someone should take them and make a musical out of them? Well, I went ahead and did that, and it opens at Omaha's Blue Barn Theatre this Friday. Nebraskans and nearby Iowans, I'll be in town next week -- maybe meet up?
posted by Astro Zombie to MetaFilter gatherings at 11:09 PM (38 comments total)

That is so cool. Good luck.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 11:27 PM on November 18, 2006

! Christ!
posted by cortex at 11:34 PM on November 18, 2006

But when do we get the musical about how Astro Zombie came from the stars, bringing its' undead wiles, eyes to the stars to keep the dream alive alive alive?
posted by mwhybark at 12:05 AM on November 19, 2006

Heh. Actually, I think my next musical is going to be about cavemen.
posted by Astro Zombie at 12:08 AM on November 19, 2006

You're in luck, then, as I have begun a caveman post as a result of falling down an a couple of goofy intarweb rabbit holes having to do with cavemen. Did the astro zombies first visit the Neandertal?
posted by mwhybark at 12:12 AM on November 19, 2006

You know, you just inspired me to email a local theater company to see if they would be interested in a musical adaptation of The Astro Zombies, and I have actually had some contact with writer/director Ted V. Mikels in the past.

You might have started something very dangerous, mwhybark.
posted by Astro Zombie at 12:22 AM on November 19, 2006

Holy smokes, I really wish this had happened while we were still in Lawrence. Knock them dead, Astro Zombie. Then, watch them revivify and knock others dead, in an infinite zombie recursion that creates the largest audience for a 1960's gay-themed records revue in the entire history of musical theater.
posted by melissa may at 12:43 AM on November 19, 2006

this looks really cool. i wish i could see it first hand. good luck n'stuff.
posted by nola at 2:00 AM on November 19, 2006

That looks awesome. Please shoot me an email when this thing comes east.
posted by caddis at 2:05 AM on November 19, 2006

Pure genius.
posted by Keane at 2:12 AM on November 19, 2006

Rodney Dangerfield a transvestite, huh? Whodathunkit.
posted by Meatbomb at 3:34 AM on November 19, 2006

good show old man!
posted by moonbird at 5:17 AM on November 19, 2006

What a great idea for a musical - congrats, Astro Zombie!

Rodney Dangerfield a transvestite, huh? Whodathunkit

In case you're being serious, it's a different Rodney Dangerfield, Meatbomb; more than one performer used the name, which came from Ozzie and Harriet.
posted by mediareport at 5:28 AM on November 19, 2006

I stand corrected, mediareport.
posted by Meatbomb at 6:01 AM on November 19, 2006

Wow, AZ. That's... fucking fantastic!

ART AND THEATRE COLLIDE!
BLUEBARN Art Show Celebrates
the "Golden Age of Beefcake"

Was this part planned?
posted by Civil_Disobedient at 6:28 AM on November 19, 2006

Ah! Why wasn't I told about this before? I would have bought a plane ticket and gone out to see this, it looks amazing! Give me more notice for the astro zombies musical at least, okay?

(and if yuou ever worked a bowling pirate into a play, I think I'd die of happiness.)
posted by piratebowling at 7:43 AM on November 19, 2006

Credit: "Sponsored by Omaha Steaks"
Yay, beefcake for everybody!
posted by ardgedee at 8:35 AM on November 19, 2006

That's my favorite part.
posted by Astro Zombie at 9:11 AM on November 19, 2006

Well done AZ. I'd say 'break a leg', but with your awesome zombie powers, I don't think that would really even slow you down.
posted by quin at 9:34 AM on November 19, 2006

And if using this opportunity to pimp Astro Zombie's blog Vinyl Oddities (via Projects) is wrong, I don't wanna be a polka padre.
posted by hangashore at 11:02 AM on November 19, 2006

The Omaha Steaks bit had me on the floor.

Any chance of being able to buy a DVD of this? I'm afraid that Nebraska is out of my daytrip range.
posted by QIbHom at 11:04 AM on November 19, 2006

Excellent!

I concur that mr. z. will have little difficulty with the new project - if i recall correctly, he should be able to detach each hand and assign different compositional and lyrical tasks to each, while he continues to work using voice-recognition technology far, far beyond our mortal ken.
posted by mwhybark at 11:08 AM on November 19, 2006

Congratulations, Astro Zombie!
posted by jamjam at 12:07 PM on November 19, 2006

I'm alarmed you are all so familiar with my reanimated powers.
posted by Astro Zombie at 1:00 PM on November 19, 2006

Very cool and congrats, Astro Zombie!
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 2:06 PM on November 19, 2006

"Eat a leg!"
posted by rob511 at 3:00 PM on November 19, 2006

Congrats, Astro Zombie!
posted by maryh at 3:33 PM on November 19, 2006

Eat a leg!

Ha!

But, seriously, I will go ahead and eat a leg.
posted by Astro Zombie at 4:06 PM on November 19, 2006

I'm thinking you may need to touch base with Glenn Danzig at some point or other too. Hmmm.
posted by mwhybark at 10:42 PM on November 19, 2006

oh man, i want to see that so much right now!
posted by kolophon at 4:03 AM on November 20, 2006

Nice work. I'm in Lincoln, I'd be down for a meetup.
posted by dead_ at 8:24 AM on November 20, 2006

I'm in Omaha and down for a meetup after the show too. Had been planning on going anyway--didn't realize it had a Mefi connex! Double-plus good.
posted by Fezboy! at 12:51 PM on November 20, 2006

Maybe Saturday before the show?
posted by Astro Zombie at 2:12 PM on November 20, 2006

Just to clarify for me, is this Saturday 11/25 or 12/2?

As for location, since one hasn't been tossed out, how about Upstream Brewery or Billy Frogg's. Both are in the Old Market, near the Blue Barn, and relatively beer-able. I'm a bit new to the area so someone with more experience might want to amend the suggestion. This being Omaha, there is a bit to be desired in terms of web presence, hence the lack of links to suggested locales.
posted by Fezboy! at 9:18 AM on November 21, 2006

And then I do a bit more with teh google...

Upstream Brewery
Billy Frogg's
posted by Fezboy! at 9:23 AM on November 21, 2006

12/25.

Upstream is just up the street, and they make a damn fine root beer. Anyone up for drinks there at 6pm on Saturday?
posted by Astro Zombie at 7:09 PM on November 21, 2006

Booked.
posted by Fezboy! at 11:20 AM on November 22, 2006

Excellent.
posted by Astro Zombie at 4:50 PM on November 23, 2006