Sunday, November 9, 2008

Shaking Edward Bristol's Foundations


I just came across high praise for Tater Tots of Love.

The blogger who wrote seems to be an avant-garde performer in Bristol. Look at his blog.

That a traditional high school show hit him so hard seemed to surprise him as much as his blog post surprised me:

The highlight of my Edinburgh Fringe as an audience member was undoubtedly Tater Tots of Love, this is an American high school musical. Trust me I was as shocked as you might be to hear this.

Essentailly the experience shook me to the foundations of my artistic practice: you don't need experimentation and the attendant obscurity, what you need is show tunes, big smiles and the ability to hit the high notes. Even better the whole things was probably the best response to Faust that I've seen.

I have included an audio sample of the finale for your enjoyment.

Thanks to the lovely Chloƫ Courtney for sending me the link.

For more info check

http://www.tatertotsoflove.com/index.html

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Congratulations. I'm telling you, it would a crime for you to simply sit on your talent.

Roderick said...

Lennie,

That is so very cool and very deserved. Know that for every accolade you come upon there are many more you just haven't seen.

Thanks for sharing it also. Am glad modesty didn't engage the censoring urge you probably had. Tator Tots is just flat out an awesome musical.

Roderick