One of the nice things about living out here in Portugal now is that its a relatively short flight to anywhere in Europa-
My wife and I spent five days in London- two friends from Greece and a friend from Ireland(a Russian spy) joined us a day after we got there-
First night my wife and I went to a play she wanted to see because of the main actor- the male lead was great(FROM SCOTLAND)- the female lead was terrible(Murican)- my wife told me she was a film/tv actress and you could tell- didn’t have the chops for a live performance compared to the other actors- film/tv acting is so much easier than the stage and this lady was too lazy or on too much Xanax to step it up maaaaan-
The difference between the energy/focus of a stage performance and a film/tv performance is like the difference between a voice actor and a non voice actor trying to do voice acting- if they approach it the same way they come off as totally flat and not dynamic- not lively- anyhow-
OH right when we got to London we took a cab from the airport to the hotel- you know those cabs that line up at the airport- anyhow-
As we were halfway there I noticed the cab getting really close to a small truck driving next to us- so close he clipped the trucks mirror- then the truck drove up along side and they begin yelling at each other and flipping each other off- the driver then said “He told me he’s going to shoot me with his gun” and this little road rage pursuit where they faked trying to run each other off the road went on for a little bit until the truck sped ahead- the driver apologized-
I come from a crazy ass place and have seen things far crazier then that so was like CHEERS MATE
Friday night me, my wife and the Russian spy went to see The Phantom of the Opera at “Her Majesty’s Theater? I believe- I had never seen a musical before- so yeh 10 minutes into it the chandelier didn’t work so they had to stop the play for 5 minutes to fix the chandelier then they resumed with the epic theme and the chandelier flying up to the ceiling- was pretty funny- THE SHOW MUST GO ON
The next night we went to see Mozart’s Requiem in D minor at Cadogan Hall- we were running late and got in as they closed the doors to the first part of the show so we had good luck there-
It was a great performance and a good show- had an early dinner at a nice pub before the show with our friends before we all went- was nice-
Oh yeah so when we were in Athens last year to visit my friend Dimitris we met and went to the art show of his friend Antrea who does really interesting work-
Randomly Antrea who lives in London had an active show when we came to London so we all went to his new show-
He’s a really interesting/fun guy- he’s doing very high level stuff- seeing his work and hearing him talking about it lit a fire under me I was like “OH YEAH I’m AN ARTIST I NEED TO TAKE THIS SHIT SERIOUSLY” not like I’m not but when you run into a super intense talented person it can’t help but give you a kick in the ass 😀
His next show opens in Athens in September- we plan to be there for that 👍
Some more drawings I made on the trip-
Back in Portugal now- I finally got all my work PC stuff shipped over- NEVER USE FEDEX FOR INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING 0_0
But yeah glad everything is here now so I can start to get to work-
I want to settle in here and not leave the house/yard for weeks at a time so I get started on a big project-
Idea right now is do next “full length film” as a musical- I had to go see one person so I know something about them yeah? 🤣
I want to do new things so a musical is new- one of my friends was like “you’re good at music and you’re good at movies…why don’t you combine them and make a musical?” I have no good excuses and its something new so why not?
So yeah do a feature musical + whatever else in Portugal then move over to Japan and write/direct a 2d animated feature film there- seems like fun-
Our next trip for artistic stuff here is at the end of April- to Prague for a Mozart Opera-
If you’re in Europa and know of some cool stuff let me know in the comments and maybe I’ll check it out(re-enabled them, ignore the audio comment thing if its still there 🤣)