It's Poe weather...hard by the dank tarns, withering, crisped, and sere. That sort of thing. Ulalumes skulking about, looking Weir-y. It all makes me shudder and reach for something restorative (interpret this however you may).
But maybe that's why I was weak, when Jazz 90.1's music director, Derrick Lucas, shoved a brand new Broadway CD in my face...SpongeBob whatis Pants? Surely you jest, DL? On MY show? But in my palsied state, I listened. I listened again. And nothing. I felt nothing. But for two measly songs, the rest were immemorial. But again, my twisted, Auber-full brain ignited to a concept, an idea, nay...a theme! A theme so large, so all-encompassing as to have within its range, sub-themes. And so was borne another 2 On The Aisle.
Pirates! The foam! The roiling waves! The tiny boats who dare sail them...that's what we'll attack this Sunday, to tempt us out of the gloom (haunted woodland)... with the brave inclusion of 2 Spongey songs that are deamed worthy. Plus Alone...how depressing, yet fitting, right? Plus Candy. Cuz, that helps. Yup, I've turned into a Theme Nut. There must be a medication for this sort of obsession, but talk to me later about that, after I finish my 17th cup of Joe.
So enjoy the variety (ride the waves!) and the juxtapositions (Blossom Dearie, Tim Curry, drive-in movies, Sugar Babies, and Kirk Douglas)(???) that a show like this foists on you. Only here on 2 On The Aisle, with an over-caffeinated host and too much music for her own good. :)
Poor Pirates (Jason Michael Snow, Pirates, SpongeBob SquarePants)
Pirate Song (Lost Boys, Pirates, Peter Pan)
Captain Hook's Waltz (Cyril Ritchard, Joe E. Marks, More Pirates, Peter Pan)
A Professional Pirate (Tim Curry, Ensemble, Muppet Treasure Island)
Mack The Black (Judy Garland, The Pirate)
The Advantages Of Floating In The Middle Of The Sea (Mako, Company,
Pacific Overtures)
By The Sea (Angela Lansbury, Len Cariou, Sweeney Todd)
Under The Sea (Samuel E. Wright, The Little Mermaid)
Call Of The Sea (Bobby Van, Ensemble, No, No, Nanette)
The Sea Song (Shirley Booth, By The Beautiful Sea)
16 Feet Beneath The Sea/The Radio/Laundry Quintet (Tonya Pinkins,
Carpathia Jenkins, Tracy Nicole Chapman, Chuck Cooper, Caroline,
Or Change)
Dotty And Caroline (Tonya Pinkins, Chandra Wilson, Caroline, Or Change)
I Got Four Kids (Tonya Pinkins, Chuck Cooper, Caroline, Or Change)
Whale Of A Tale (Kirk Douglas, 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea)
Catfish (John Foley, Mark Hardwick, John Schimmel, Pump Boys And Dinettes)
It's A Fish (Alan Alda, The Apple Tree)
For Every Fish (Josephine Premice, Jamaica)
Saturday Night Fish Fry (Jerry Dixon, Doug Eskew, Milton Craig Nealey,
Kevin Ramsey, Jeffrey D. Sams, Five Guys Named Moe)
In The Same Boat (David Hyde Pierce, Karen Ziemba, Jill Paice,
Edward Hibbert, Curtains)
Sit Down, You're Rocking The Boat (Stubby Kaye, Guys And Dolls)
There's A Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon For New York (John W. Bubbles, Porgy
And Bess)
No More Candy (Laura Benanti, She Loves Me)
Let Me Be Your Sugar Baby (Ensemble, Sugar Babies)
When Veruca Says (Ben Crawford, Emma Pfaeffle, Charlie And The
Chocolate Factory)
Sugar (Robert Morse, Tony Roberts, Sugar)
Hard Candy Christmas (Donna King, Lisa Brown, The Girls At Miss Mona's,
The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas)
I Can't Do It Alone (Catherine Zeta Jones, Chicago)
Alone At A Drive-In Movie (Barry Bostwick, Grease)
Lonely Feet (Blossom Dearie, Alfred Drake, Oscar Hammerstein Revisited)
By Myself (Fred Astaire, The Bandwagon)
All Alone (Tim Curry, Michael McGrath, Spamalot)
I'm Not A Loser (Gavin Lee, Anemone Chorus, SpongeBob SquarePants)
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