A second flood, a simple famine, plagues of locusts everywhere

[sovay]

I had just written an intensely miserable post about the state of my life and my health and whatever was supposed to have passed for my career, but then I discovered the existence of the 1970 London cast recording of 1776 and it surprised me into laughing out loud, specifically because while I had never heard anyone but William Daniels as John Adams and I expect no one again to match his particular abrasive flint, Lewis Fiander couldn't have been terrible from the amount of incredulous disgust he puts into his "Good God." Anything to do with American democracy is of course somewhat depressing to contemplate at the present moment, but not more so from a musical than from the news. In other charms of the week, I have two different kinds of infection in a body that is already not responding as hoped to several months of medicating for an underlying condition, so anything that distracts me from mere grim hanging on to someday reading other people's death notices is a net good.

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[regshoe]

*hugs*

[lauradi7dw]

John Adams - here is Lin Manuel Miranda doing the John Adams rap that was cut. If you stick with it for a minute, the tie-in with 1776 becomes clear
https://youtu.be/oUI8b17YGx8?feature=shared

I am so sorry about your medical woes.

[princessofgeeks]

Hope things get better for you soon! Thinking of you.

[selkie]

Who will hiss his gun carriage with me as it lurches by? Whom egg his catafalque and be fast-enough to run for it and dignified-enough of snout and posture to look innocent on the sidewalk? Who’ll drink enough Fentimans so we have the empties for [redacted]?

Better days are coming.

[thisbluespirit]

I have two different kinds of infection in a body that is already not responding as hoped to several months of medicating for an underlying condition, so anything that distracts me from mere grim hanging on to someday reading other people's death notices is a net good.

*hugs* *shakes fist at the world*

Anyway, I'm glad a small distraction popped up for you! I know Lewis Fiander, although mainly from a hammy 1970s DW performance that I'm sure is not representative of the rest of his career. (The director lost control of the serial so badly the producer had to come in take over.)

If I catch up with tumblr any time soon, I might see if I can find some usefully distracting links there, but in the meantime, I'll share this unexpected bit of good news for UK TV: https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/aug/17/channel-5-revives-bbc-play-for-today-new-series-dramas

I was just thinking the other day that it really was the shame nobody would ever risk anthologies like this any more (Dennis Potter was right about The Hidden Truth, hee) but apparently Ch5 was at that very moment already going HOLD MY BEER, BBC and making this a thing. (I still haven't got used to Ch5 being a proper channel, let alone challenging the BBC at its own game. It is definitely a very weird timeline).

[sholio]

<33333

[davidgillon]

{{{hugs}}}

[foxmoth]

:support:

[asakiyume]

I have two different kinds of infection in a body that is already not responding as hoped to several months of medicating for an underlying condition Dreadful. I'm glad for the successful distractions but also continue to hope for real improvements for you.