31 Days of Costumes - October 1, 2012 - Star Princess!

I've been cooking up ways to revitalize this blog, since recently I've just been posting sexy phantoms, reviews and phan interviews recently. I've been wanting to feature costumes on the blog for awhile so I've created 31 days of Costumes in honor of October being the month of Halloween. I am hoping to actually feature a phan well known for their costume making if they agree to be featured.

The best costume in ALWs musical IMO

Today's costume to kick off 31 days of costumes is my ultimate favorite, the star princess! This costume is worn by Christine during Masquerade. I actually wanted this costume to be made into a wedding dress for my wedding but couldn't do it. I wish I was able to because the seamstress I found here turned out to be a flake and I had to run to David's Bridal to get a dress off the rack for my wedding. Thankfully it worked out well. Enough rambling, let's enjoy today's beautiful costume!

Maria Bjornson's sketch, she was a genius

Sexy Phantom September 2012

Fear not my brainstorming has found a phantom for September of 2012, keeping sexy phantom in existence for another month.

The Sexy Phantom for this month is Maximillian Schell, he played the phantom in that hard to obtain movie version I still have yet to see.

He played opposite Jane Seymour, and I was able to get some shots from a website I've come across before to use for my Sexy Phantom feature!

As you notice with this entry, I'm back from wedding and honeymoon bliss, and I'm blogging away. This is the first sexy phantom I'm publishing as a married woman, it seems to be the only thing I'm doing quasi right today.

Hopefully sometime later this month or perhaps in October I'll think up some more interesting entries to come.

WEDDING VACATION TIME!

You may or may not know from previous blog entries that I'm getting married this weekend!!! I'll be off work starting tomorrow (August 28 until September 17). So I'm taking a vacation from blogging as well as I prepare for the wedding, have the ceremony, reception and go on my honeymoon. Hang in there my readers and I do hope and trust you'll have a lot to keep you busy and entertained until I return to writing entries after the wedding. I seriously doubt anyone's sole life is reading my blogs.

To my phellow phans going to Las Vegas before it closes, sorry Shawn and I won't be there, have a great time, I'm semi-jealous even though the wedding will be great. Take lots of photos and wish phantom in Las Vegas a sad farewell, hope the performance is great!

Sexy Phantom August 2012

Sizzlin' like the sun will be in Puerto Rico

Almost missed the boat before it sailed across the lake in naming my sexy phantom for August 2012. In honor of the production touring in Leeds, UK I'm naming the sexy phantom Earl Carpenter. When I return from the honeymoon I'm going to do an interview with Leeds phantom phan Dawn Smallwood. For now we shall drool over Mr. Carpenter.

pretty nice without the mask too!

No Return: A contemporary Phantom tale by Christine Pope REVIEW

No Return: A Contemporary Phantom Tale
No Return: A Contemporary Phantom Tale - Kindle Edition

So after buying a few phantom novels for my kindle two Christmases ago, I finally finished all the phantom novels that are on my kindle. Perhaps I'll get some more after I go through all the other books that are on my kindle waiting to be read.

In this modern day tale of phantom recreated very nicely by Christine Pope, Erik Dietrich is a wealthy recluse searching for his modern day Christine Daae. He finds her in Christine Daly a young struggling Opera major. Christine gets involved with Randall Cagny when she's kidnapped by Erik Dietrich. Can she fall in love with Erik? Will she after he's held her captive? Or will she be rescued by Randall?

Of course I know all the answers to these questions, but I'd like to entice you to read the book because it was pretty damn good. The writing was good, the novel took me into a different world, to the world of a modern phantom tale, just as any good novel would. As I read I found myself wondering if Christine would be with Erik or if she would be rescued by Randall and leave with him just like she left with Raoul in the original story. Even when it was pretty clear what direction the story was going in and how the ending would most likely turn out I was still in anticipation of the novel's ending, wondering if the story would change direction anyway. This is one phan phiction definitely worth reading and worth the purchase.

In the eye of the beholder by Sharon E. Cathcart REVIEW

In The Eye Of The Beholder: A Novel of the Phantom of the Opera

This is the second to last phan phiction left on my kindle to read until I decide to buy some more. Honestly to me this book was just alright. It wasn't awful like that Kaitlin Gow phan phiction that I regret buying but it wasn't anything to write home about either. The characters were enjoyable, I really did love Claire's character, but the plot left a lot to be desired. In the novel Claire meets Erik after her fiancee's death and falls for him. They marry and escape to England for a little while. Eventually they come back to France. In between all these weird little or big things happen that don't really flow all that smoothly. Although the ending could be seen as having worked out in a happy way I didn't really like it. Good for an alright phan phiction read if you've read through a lot of phan phictions already.

 

Phantom of the Opera Rock Violin Mix by Lindsey Stirling REVIEW

Lindsey Stirling, a violinist and composer, was apparently deeply inspired by ALW's Phantom of the Opera. She got together with a crew of people to create a Phantom of the Opera Rock Violin mix. I found out about it through laughing skid's google + page. Last night I viewed the video and I was very impressed. I am thinking from the music video she knows more about POTO then just ALW's show. The fact that she plays the violin like Erik did is incredible enough, but in her video the violin represents symbolism of Erik playing it. I'm not sure if she was trying to go there with the symbolism, but because I'm an obsessed phan that's how I see it. I love the music, I love all off the scenery, I love the gothic touch on some of the costumes, overall I'm impressed with everything about this video.

Her video and a small amount of information can be viewed here

Currently this music is available through itunes, as of this blog writing I couldn't find it on google play for android. She's coming out with an album release on September 18.