I'll Have A Rodin, Hold The Manets.......

My fellow Americans,... I've always wanted to start a speech like that- because it would mean I'd be President or at least the head of a very big chicken farm..... or something like that. Speaking of Chicken Farm, look out Wright's, 'cause I'm gonna eat a whole coup-full of your best birds when I get back.

OK, so here's the deal. I'm arriving at JFK in NYC on Monday, Sept. 6th at 8:30 PM. My good friend(and many of yours') Mike Kaz is picking me up and I should be in Worcester by about midnight or so on that Monday. I'm not sure how I'll be feeling after such a long trip(@20 hours), but don't be surprised to get a call from me at midnight rip-roarin' ready for a beer, as I'll still be on Asia time(+13 Hours). The reason it's so long is because we have to fly from Osaka back to Seoul and then from Seoul to NYC. I guess it was the cheapest, most direct flight available.

So, I was scolded the other day for not entering more blogs here in Tokyo. Well, part of that is because the "P.C." is a long walk from the hotel, it's five times as expensive as it was in South Korea and because, hey! I'm in Freakin' Tokyo! I got better things to do than sit in a smoke filled room typing on a dirty keyboard when I could be out gettin' loaded!!!(Just kidding, Ma).
Really, though, there's been so much to see and do, I find my free time away from the show taken up so quickly, it's amazing. Today, for example, I went back to Ueno Park and visited the Tokyo National Museum and the Tokyo Western Art Museum. The first was not bad, but the Art Museum was fantastic! It's supposedly the best collection of Western art in all of Asia. If you are a Rodin fan, your head would have exploded! His sculptures were all over the place, as well as a slew of Monets, Manets, a few Piccassos, a couple of Van Goghs, and a plethora of beautiful works around every corner.(Lots of French Impressionist material) It was really nice.

Ok, back to me. I just emailed B.T., my "Cabaret" director here and in Worcester, and asked him to let me know if there's a trombone spot still needing to be filled in the Westchester Broadway Theatre version of the show.( I mentioned this in earlier blogs.) So, I'll wait and see if they need me, but I'm guessing they already had a replacement before they began rehearsing. Even so, It's a good thing for me to keep in touch with B.T., as he is very busy and you never know when he'll be mounting this show again, or something else, and think of little ol' me. Keep your fingers crossed and I'll blog you a few more times before I'm on the tarmac at JFK a week from Monday. Ja Mata!
Peace,
Steve