Grease - The Musical, Oxford Apollo
Grease is indeed the word. The show had groove, if slightly lacking in deep meaning. All the familiar songs were there although their changed order and new musical arrangement allayed our fears that the production would be an exact replica of the film.
Music: Albums of the Year
A Silver Mt. Zion - He Has Left Us Alone... Stripped of their Godspeed... band mates, and also their perilous self-indulgence. Apocalyptic rants were replaced by ballads for a dead dog, the sound becoming even more desolate. Johnny Cash - Americana III: Solitary Man There's nothing worse than fogey musicians. Or cover albums. Yet somehow Cash's millionth album manages to make even U2's One sound cool. Priceless....