HeyJaredZuko's Musings
Stuff and nonsense about the nerdings-out I do on a thrice-weekly basis. Memoir, cultural commentary, literary analysis, theatrical and academic rantings. Unhinged personal essays. Pub reviews. Cool? Cool.
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Fight Clip Club: Random Movement Pic (opens the original)
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I have posted random Blue Dime Cabaret pics here in Fight Clip Club before, but I was recently going through some ancient thumb drives and came across shots not only from my pre-Blue Dime burlesque days, but from the very first show we ever did, when Blue Dime Cabaret was just a nickel. Though Fight Clip Club is the only paywalled series on Zuko’s Musings, the shorter and more personal Random Movement Pic sub-series remains free for all to read. For the full experience, upgrade to paid, or ask f
Popination Combination (opens the original)
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But really, a Tale of Two Dive Bars.<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="758.5364010989011" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!twgR!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%
Popination Fluctuation (opens the original)
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Also, a little bit about the Pearl, aka the erstwhile Mercury Cafe.<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="1092" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!mkaL!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s
Poll Position (opens the original)
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Because it was recently Hobbit Day, and because I can’t decide what vocab word to do next, I thought I’d ask again for your help in picking a word for next week, from a post that referenced Tolkien’s peculiar love of words. Here ‘tis:<img alt
Fight Clip Club: Random Movement Pic (opens the original)
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I first did the fight choreography for the play She Kills Monsters back in 2019 for Red Rocks Community College’s theatre department. This play is an amazing project for a stage combatant and a nerd, as it includes many scenes that take place in a fantastical D&D world. As such, nearly all of the fight scenes are elaborate and include wild and unrealistic weaponry, let alone magic. There are cussing faeries, demonic cheerleaders, an ogre with a giant club, a magic sword, a gelatinous cube, a fir
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