Struggling With Words

I have been staring at this blank page for a couple of hours now without coming up with something about which to blog.  I have read all my news feeds, pondered this and that, and yet I not come up with anything that I would deem worthy of expounding upon.  There are days like that in a bloggers life when the words just don't come.  There are other days when the words won't stop.  Then there are the days that hover between the two extremes and the words just haltingly come forth like they are struggling to breathe.  Suffice it to say that I am stuck in the lower half of the spectrum that ranges from no words to some that are struggling to the surface.  So I thought I might just point you to a rather interesting post by David Mixner who had 5 Questions for Harvey Fierstein.  Fierstein of course is the living Broadway legend whose first writing and starring smash hit was the semi-autobiographical  Torch Song Trilogy.  Torch Song Trilogy was the first Gay themed Broadway smash and Fierstein followed that with another smash hit, La Cage Aux Folles.  Fierstein is , along with Director Jerry Mitchel and Cindy Lauper comprise the brains behind this season's smash Kinky Boots.  Mixner's piece gives a brief history of Fierstein's success before the short 5 Questions interview.  At the bottom of the post is a fascinating 1983 interview of Fierstein by Barbara Walters when she was with 20/20.  If you want to skip the read and go straight to the video, click here to watch it on You Tube.   

Your Musical Moment for today features the music of Tomaso Albinoni with his Concerti a Cinque, Opus 7.  Included in the play list are Concerti No. 2 in C for 2 oboes, strings and continuo, No. 3 in B flat for oboe, strings and coninuo, No. 4 in G for strings and continuo, No. 5 in C for oboe, strings and continuo, No. 6 in D for oboe, strings and continuo, No. 7 in A for strings and continuo, No. 8 in D for 2 oboes, strings and continuo, No. 9 in F for oboe, strings and continuo, No. 10 in B flat for strings and continuo, No. 11 in C for 2 oboes, strings and continuo and No. 12 in C for oboe, strings and continuo.  Today's performance is by the Berlin Chamber Orchestra conducted by Vittorio Negri and features Hans Werner Watzig Oboe I (2.3.5.6.8.9.11.12) and Jurgen Abel Oboe II (2.5.8.11) as soloists.  

Last night when I was selecting photographs, I was in the mood for some butchness so today we have some muscly Men In Jeans for your visual appreciation.  Thanks for spending some of your day here at Nichevo, we will see you tomorrow.  Until next time as always, Enjoy!