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Jeff Emig was one of the top AMA Motocross and Supercross riders of the 1990s. In all, Emig won four AMA national championships, an FIM World Supercross title and was a six-time member of the U.S. Motocross des Nations team. Emig helped mold the MX lifestyle that came to prominence in the 1990s and was characterized by a style of dress, music and a love for the sport of motocross. He earned a fanatical following of fans who wore giant fake afros in honor of Emig's popular nickname "Fro."
During his 11-year professional career, Emig earned 37 AMA national wins. When he retired, he was fourth on the all-time AMA 250 National Motocross wins list, sixth on the all-time AMA 125 motocross list and tied for seventh on the combined AMA Motocross/Supercross wins list.
Cam Jeffrey Emig was born in Kansas City, Kansas, on December 1, 1970. When Emig was a boy, his father and friends began trail riding motorcycles and the family would take trips to the hills of southern Missouri to ride. Emig's older brother, Brian, was the first to take up the family hobby and young Jeff quickly followed in his footsteps. Again, it was Brian who started racing first and Jeff who followed him into the sport at the age of 7. It didn't take long for Jeff to start winning, and racing rapidly became a focal point for the Emig family.
Jeff began making a name for himself in the amateur ranks in the early 1980s, winning many of the big amateur races of the day such as Ponca City and four titles at the AMA Amateur Motocross Nationals at the Loretta Lynn Ranch in Tennessee. Emig's dad moved from his race car building business to running a motorcycle shop. He proved to be an excellent motorcycle builder as well and worked on all of Jeff's bikes. As a result, Jeff always had some of the best equipment at the races.
From his earliest amateur days, Emig had sponsorship for his racing program. In the mid-1980s, he signed as part of Kawasaki's well-regarded Team Green amateur racing program. At the end of 1988, Emig had the urge get his feet wet on the professional circuit and entered the final AMA Motocross National of the season in Washougal, Washington. In his very first pro race, Emig's raw potential was there for all to see. He got the holeshot in the first moto and led the early laps of the race. He faded towards the end of the race and was so exhausted that he told his dad he didn't even want to line-up for the second moto. He crashed in the second moto, but as a result of his surprising debut, motocross fans now knew about the young Jeff Emig.
In 1989, Emig continued his transition into the pro ranks and, like he had in his first outdoor national, Emig lead the early laps in his first AMA 125 West Supercross race at Anaheim in 1989. A week later, he broke his elbow and worked through the injury the rest of the season.
In 1990, Emig became a factory Kawasaki rider alongside some of the biggest stars in the sport: Jeff Ward, Johnny O'Mara and Jeff Matiasevich. Emig won two AMA West Region 125 Supercross races that year and finished fourth in that series. Emig also finished fifth in the AMA 125 Motocross Championship.
Yamaha pursued Emig and he switched to that team in 1991, saying he felt the team would be able to give him more attention than he had at the stacked Kawasaki squad. For the first time, Emig was assigned a factory mechanic. That year, he and Jeremy McGrath began their career-long rivalry in the AMA 125 West Supercross Series. Emig won four 125 Supercrosses that season and was just beaten out by a scant three points for the title by McGrath. In addition, Emig rode some main AMA Supercross races and scored three top-10 finishes. He continued to climb the ladder in the nationals finishing third in the final 1991 AMA 125 Motocross National Championship.
The 1992 season was a breakthrough year for Emig. That year, he earned his first AMA national win in the 125 class at Red Bud Track 'n Trail in Buchanan, Michigan. Emig remembers his first big win vividly.
"I won the first moto," Emig recalls. "In the second moto, I had a problem with my rear brake but I still finished second and was able to take the overall win. It was like the floodgates opened after that. I had the taste of winning and I just kept it going."
Emig was well behind Mike LaRocco in the championship points, but after his Red Bud victory Emig was nearly unstoppable. He closed out the second half of the season winning six of the seven nationals, chasing down LaRocco in the points and earning his first AMA National Championship.
Going into the final national at Budds Creek that season, Emig was one point down to LaRocco. He had to win both motos to guarantee the championship. Even though he was running a winning streak coming into the race, Emig was so cautious about being over-confident that he changed nothing in his routine leading up to the race. He didn't even want his family to come to the final round.
"I wanted everything to be business as usual," Emig said. He won both motos. In the second moto it was pouring rain and he clearly remembers the fans cheering him heartily as he made his final lap.
"I turned the final corner to head up the hill to the finish line and it finally hit me that I was about to become a national champion," Emig said. "It was one of the most emotional moments of my life. I was completely overwhelmed. All I could think about as I took the checkered flag was all the effort my dad put into helping me get to that point. It was what we'd worked so hard for all those years."
Emig capped off his excellent 1992 season by being named to the U.S. Motocross des Nations team for the first time. The U.S. won the competition that year. Emig would go on to be named to the U.S. squad six times during his career.
It was around this time that Emig's nickname "Fro" originated. A friend and fellow racer, Denny Stephenson, drew a design on Emig's desk notepad that read Jeffro. The artwork was put up on his fridge and everyone started calling him Jeffro and it was eventually shortened to just "Fro." Then the nickname starting showing up on his racing pants and ads with variations such as "Fro-Daddy." After a freestyle motocross video featured Emig riding with a giant fake afro and a 1970s disco suit, it didn't take long for the fans to follow his lead. Groups of wildly enthusiastic fans starting showing up at races with giant afros.
Emig continued winning the next year, but mechanical problems with his bike prevented him from defending his 125 championship in 1993.
In 1995, got his first AMA Supercross win, but it was a bit tainted. It was the season finale at Las Vegas and many riders decided to boycott the round after a power outage forced the promoters to run the race with temporary lighting. Emig felt he'd raced at plenty of night tracks with worse lighting and he decided to race. His first supercross victory was not popular with many of his fellow riders. Despite the Las Vegas controversy, Emig, who already had established himself as one of the best motocross racers in the country, began to emerge as a serious AMA Supercross contender. In '95, he scored points at every round and finished the year ranked third in the supercross series behind Jeremy McGrath and Larry Ward.
The 1996 season solidified Emig's legend. That year, he went back to Kawasaki. Emig kept Jeremy McGrath from having the perfect season in AMA Supercross by beating him at the St. Louis Supercross. The St. Louis round was a homecoming of sorts for Emig. Dozens of friends and family came to watch him race and Emig remembers there was something special in the air that night. The win over the seemingly unbeatable McGrath will always be remembered as one of the truly epic races in the history of supercross racing.
Emig and McGrath carried their battle on to the outdoor nationals in the 250cc class. The duo traded wins early with the defending champ McGrath taking the early advantage. Then McGrath was injured at the Millville, Minnesota, round, giving Emig the opportunity he needed to get back in the title hunt. It appeared that Emig would easily pass the injured McGrath in the points and win the title, but McGrath healed quickly and won the second-to-last round in Binghamton, New York, setting up a battle at the final round in Delmont, Pennsylvania.
Emig and McGrath were separated by only two points and Emig recalls the tension was thick in the air with anticipation.
"That race was hyped so much," Emig said. "This was the battle the fans were waiting for." Just like it had been in 1992, Emig knew he had to win both motos to clinch the championship. A record crowd showed up that day, saw a great battle between the top two riders and it was Emig who emerged the victor, closing out one of the most exciting seasons in AMA Motocross.
That win over McGrath at the end of 1996 seemed to launch Emig into the stratosphere. He won the 1996 FIM World Supercross title in the 'off-season,' then came back in 1997 and won his first AMA Supercross Series title and easily defended his AMA 250cc Motocross Championship. Along the way, he won the grueling Daytona Supercross. The '97 season proved to be the highwater mark of Emig's career.
He was named AMA Pro Athlete of the Year for 1997.
In 1998, numerous injuries kept Emig on the sidelines much of the year in both supercross and motocross. During the 1999 season, he was arrested for marijuana possession while on vacation in Lake Havasu, Arizona. Emig pled guilty to possession of drug paraphernalia, and the charges for marijuana possession were dropped. Emig was fined $500 for the infraction, but lost his factory Kawasaki ride in the process. Emig gained a great deal of respect for taking full responsibility for his actions and blaming only himself for losing his factory ride despite the minor infraction he was guilty of.
Emig made a triumphant return to racing by winning the U.S. Open of Supercross in Las Vegas in October of 1999 on a privateer Yamaha. He proved that a talented rider didn't need a factory ride to win a big race and even further solidified his support among fans.
Emig was poised to make a full return to AMA competition full time in 2000, but was twice injured in preparations for his comeback. The last crash just prior to the start of the outdoor nationals caused serious injuries. Emig was momentarily paralyzed in the accident and even though he fully recovered he decided to retire from professional racing.
Emig continued to be involved in racing as a team owner and later became an ambassador for motocross by making appearances at various amateur racing events across the country. He also started a family with his wife, Jennifer. He continued racing for fun.
Emig will always be remembered as one of the true fan favorites in the history of AMA Motocross. His style and connection with the fans helped raise the sport to a higher level during the big growth spurt of motocross and supercross racing in the 1990s.


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His two race wins were unchallenged, and the weekend's results were marred only by a mistake in race two yesterday morning when he spun at the first corner.
But Lynn is made of stern stuff and commenced to monster the field from 16th to finish eighth by race end.
"It's was a great, great feeling this weekend despite race two," said Lynn. "The team have been great and given me a really fast car."
Although Nick Cassidy now leads the championship heading to Hampton Downs next weekend, he's yet to win a race, and that irks him a little. "It's great to be in the lead of the championship," said Cassidy. "The weekend wasn't perfect by a long shot, but we got some good results and some good points.
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Man-on-fire Lynn looked to set himself up for another win until he spun midway through the first corner after coming into contact with Damon Leitch.
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When Gremlins 2: The New Batch came out, I received as a gift the book written that was based on the movie. I hadn't yet seen it, but I did already have an unnatural fear of its predecessor Gremlins, which I had seen and made me very upset. So naturally, I assumed the book was evil and that just owning it would summon Gremlins into my house. I hid it in the farthest corner of the basement and didn't find it until years later. And it still gave me the willies. Let's put it this way, if you're still reading--when someone gives me the ParaNorman DVD, I might consider doing the same thing.
Anyone who has been treated to the haunting fantasy world of Coraline knows that it was pretty darn stunning and visionary. As it turns out, it was just the beginning. From the same creators, ParaNorman is set among what, by day, is a normal town, albeit a little more angular and looming than usual (kind of like a sinister Dr. Seuss creation). The townsfolk also have a real obsession with/hatred of witches, which is tied to their troubled history of violence, angst, and sadness that would make Shakespeare cheer. And yes, to answer your question, this is an animated film. Proceed with caution…
Norman is a little kid that talks to ghosts, which naturally makes him unpopular among the middle school crowd. Apparently being a medium is something that people don't come to appreciate until you're old enough to star in your own SyFy show. So Norman focuses on the friends he does have, which includes his (dead) grandmother, a (dead) airplane pilot, a (dead) soldier, etcetera. Neil (Tucker Albrizzi) is another outcast, but he has a much healthier attitude about being bullied. He befriends Norman just in time for things to fall apart. Norman's crazy Uncle Prenderghast (John Goodman), who was ostracized from the community for having the same abilities Norman has, warns Norman that only he can stop the curse of the witch that everyone keeps talking about. Cue the angry, cloudy skies a la Ghostbusters, and the stream of relentless zombies. This little kid has his hands full.
Something that Laika studios has really nailed is bringing in talent to create these horrifically beautiful movies that border on inappropriate for the audience they seem to be intended for. Neil Gaiman wrote the original Coraline book, but dare I say, Chris Butler actually outdoes him with ParaNorman. Not only is the movie adorable when it focuses on a cute little loner who likes horror movies (he has a skeleton-hand alarm clock! Awwww), but it gets really scary when the undead rise. It also manages to teach a surprisingly powerful lesson about being judgmental and fearing what you don't understand--of course, the delivery of those lessons are where the movie gets most bogged down, but it's doing it while presenting you with unparalleled visuals, so it's easy to overlook.
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Thursday, April 29, 2010
Thoughts on an old farmhouse
Pictured here are my great grandmother, Virta Knutz, with her boys, Willie, 7, and Howard, 5, about 1918. They lived on this place, east of Virgil, South Dakota, until sometime in the 1930s, when they lost it in the Great Depression.
My great grandfather, Will Knutz, with the boys, on the front "deck". I love the old lace curtains in the window, and wonder what the room looked like on the inside. Looking at the photos makes me wish I could step back in time, and experience what it was like to live on the old farm, and how day-to-day life felt for them.
On a trip back to South Dakota, I wanted to find the old farm. I drove past it several times, before realizing the old house was probably behind a thick patch of overgrown trees set far back from the road. The driveway, mostly filled in with weeds, was gated off, but I parked my car and climbed over the fence, and began the walk through the hip-high grasses.
Little by little, the tangible reminders of our memories grow old and fall apart, and eventually cease to exist. Such was the fate of the old farmhouse. Broken windows, doors torn off, and graffiti sprayed across the walls were stark reminders that nothing lasts. I wondered if the kids with the spray paint had any idea that my great-grandmother had lovingly made that room into a warm place for her family, with beautiful old lace curtains where there now was broken glass. Or, where they stood destroying things, that a young family had once started building a legacy. Heading back to my car, I stopped at the edge of the grove and took one last look back, and for just a moment I could see Virta peeking through the lace curtains, smiling, waving goodbye. Holding onto the tangibles forever isn't always possible, but thank goodness what exists in our hearts is safe.
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That was absolutely lovely... made me cry even.ReplyDelete
Thank you for sharing..
What a beautiful house - and photos of your great-grandparents. It's always so sad to see how buildings -homes, especially!- become deserted and then fall apart. Thank goodness for the memories in our hearts!ReplyDelete
Clap clap clap, well done! AGAIN!! Thank you for sharing, and - - -ReplyDelete
Those lace curtains, are we allowed to have lace envy?? Beautiful.
You have such a beautiful way of writing. I, too, teared up. I just LOVE old farmhouses. Thanks for sharing the pictures and your emotions at seeing the farmhouse falling apart. It makes me want to run back out to Iowa to the farms my ancestors lived on. I didn't appreciate them when I was younger but I miss them so much now.......ReplyDelete
What a wonderful post. You do have a great way of bringing me in and making me feel a part of your memory. Thanks for sharing.ReplyDelete
You guys are going to give me a big head with all your nice comments... but thank you so much for the encouragement. I've always loved to ramble through old farmhouses and imagine who used to live there, and think about all the things that happened there over the years, wonder what the families were like, and just in general have my head in the clouds.ReplyDelete
Carol, it's no coincidence that I have lace curtains in my house... lacy envy!! lol
Karen, I really loved this story-this one was extra special. I have been in this same situation. Aren't we lucky to have stood in their footsteps and to at least had the privilege to see where our ancestors lived and loved. Many are not nearly so lucky!ReplyDelete
P.S. Yes it was the 1880 train near Hill City, S.D. Those too were the greatest memories...
A little more than 10 years ago my then 75 year old mother and I went back to see her grandparent's old farm house. She insisted on going up an meeting the owners. I wasn't so sure. But we did, and the young couple could not have been happier. They were in the process of restoring it and took my mother all around, asking her questions. We ended up exchanging addresses and I sent them copies of the house from the 20s and 30s. I was glad we went that day. You tell a poignant story. Maybe someone will fall in love with that old farmhouse and restore it too.ReplyDelete


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I am a 55 year old physician who has a passion for helping people. I use the combination of coaching , neurolinguistic programming and hypnotherapy to assist people in improving their health and achieving their goals. I am not a psychiatrist, I am a board certified ob/gyn but actually train the psychiatrists in Phoenix, AZ in hypnosis. ( I also have an MBA degree)
All ages, I work with people regarding stress management, various medical conditions, such as irritable bowel syndrome, headaches, pain management, preparing for surgery and quick recovery, insomnia......self confidence, self esteem issues. CEOs of companies to help them get clarity and motivation regarding business matters. Communication and stress management programs for companies. Amateur and professional atheletes to help improve performance.
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My present web site has a caduceus at the top as a holding place for where I can insert a new logo. I am not locked into putting the logo in that space, but it would have to be able to be inserted into the website and look like fits into the top header in a proper place. I would like to be able to use this logo on my card as well as my powerpoint slides to substitute the present logo I now have.
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A playwright has to be at the top of his or her game to keep our attention for two hours or more when the subject is death. If we have to watch someone slowly fade into the sunset for that entire, excruciating time, then the stakes are even higher.
That's why such scripts are exceedingly rare; one of the best I can think of is Margaret Edson's Pulitzer Prize-winning "Wit." The secret to its success was that the dying woman – poetry scholar Vivian Bearing – was a multi-layered, rigorously intellectual and full-blooded creation.
Unfortunately, such is not the case with Mary, the ill-fated old gal at the center of Bill Cain's play, "How to Write a New Book for the Bible," which opened Friday on South Coast Repertory's Segerstrom Stage.
Linda Gehringer, a richly capable performer who has been seen frequently at South Coast Rep, has lived with the role over more than three years, and she has brought as much humanity and nuance to the character as any actress could.
But Mary isn't Dr. Bearing. She's a pleasant and uncomplicated housewife and mother from Syracuse, NY, who has led a devoted but unremarkable life. The tale of her final days, the husband who precedes her into the afterlife and the two sons who attend to her as the end draws near needs trimming. At two-and-a-half hours, Cain's story belabors its points and takes unnecessary tangents.
Mary is based on Cain's own mother, whom he nursed during her final days in 1997. Bill's doppelganger in the play (conveniently called Bill, a writer and Jesuit priest like Cain) even tells us at one point in the second act that he's going to stick completely to the diary that the playwright kept during the last few weeks of his mom's life.
As a result of the closeness of author to subject, "How to Write a Book for the Bible" is filled with an atmosphere of poignant authenticity. It's honest in portraying the indignities, squabbling and feeling of helplessness that accompany end-of-life care, as anyone who has been through that difficult journey can attest.
Cain's play is also laced with moments of humor. Mary and Bill occasionally laugh at the absurdity of some situations. One morning he finds her on the floor, unable to get up. Instead of helping her to her feet, he lies down beside her for a few minutes and they have a pleasant, chuckle-filled conversation about the unexpected pleasures of submitting to fate. It's a wonderful scene.
Bill is taking care of Mary because, as another character says, "He doesn't have anything better to do. He's a writer." Bill has a distant relationship with his only sibling, an older brother named Paul who's busy with his life as a teacher in Texas. Their father, Pete, died many years before.
We get flashbacks into various chapters of the family's history. Along the way we learn that Bill was the smart, sensitive one and Paul was the outgoing athlete. Pete was a pleasant man and thoughtful father who didn't always provide well for his family. Mary was an obsessive letter writer. "She has a small audience, but she writes and publishes every day," says Bill in a moment of professional admiration.
But Cain bulks his story with too many asides. Paul's stint in Vietnam and his struggles to come to terms with it take up much time, and though they're interesting scenes they seem as if they belong in another play. And Bill's doubts and religious musings become repetitive by the second act.
Unlike the magnificent Gehringer, the rest of the cast sometimes isn't equal to the script's emotional demands.
As Bill, Tyler Pierce doesn't always plumb the depths of his character, nor do Bill's conflicts between priestly duties and personal beliefs always ring true. Aaron Blakeley fares only slightly better with Paul, and it doesn't help that the character is sketchily written; Cain leaves the consequences of Paul's PTSD largely unexplored. These under-fed performances are puzzling since both actors have been in two previous productions of the play.
As their dad, Pete, Jeff Biehl is saddled with an opaque character, but Pete's love for his sons is touchingly brought home in a death bed scene.
Kent Nicholson directed previous productions of Cain's work in Seattle and San Francisco, but he doesn't always seem comfortable moving actors and props around on Scott Bradley's spare set. An old trunk is awkwardly employed by the actors, and scenic parameters are sometimes not well defined.
Perhaps these problems suggest that Cain's script, despite many workshops and at least three major stagings, is still a work in progress. I sense that a moving and well-constructed 90-minute play lurks beneath this rather ungainly longer version. I suspect that Mary, a no-nonsense woman who liked to get on with things, would agree.
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This article details how to create recovery media using the Dell Recovery utility from the factory installed Ubuntu 14.04 on the XPS 13 9343 and Precision M3800 Developer Edition.
1. Search dash for the Dell Recovery utility and start the process by clicking on the icon. (See Figure 1.)
Figure 1. Searching the DASH for the Dell recovery utility.
2. The following window will pop up. Click the "Build OS Media" button. (See Figure 2.)
Figure 2. Pop up window from Dell Recovery utility.
3. On the Media Type window ensure that the "USB Flash Drive" radio button is chosen and click the continue button. (See Figure 3.)
Figure 3. Selection of the media in Dell recovery Media Creator.
4. On the following window click the Apply button. Enter in your password on the authentication prompt. (See Figure 4.)
Figure 4. Clicking Apply, to continue the Media Creation process.
5. It will now build the ISO image file required to create the recovery media. Once the ISO is created it will ask you if you want to create a startup disk. Insert a USB flash drive (this process will erase all data from the USB flash drive) and click the "Make Startup Disk" button. (See Figure 5.)
Figure 5. Building the ISO image file to create recovery media.
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Figure 6. Entering the password and clicking the Authenticate button.
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Figure 7. Installation Complete, Click the Quit Button to close.
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I clocked a 1000 km today. This means I'm still on target and at this rate should end up with 4000 for the year; early days though.
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I hit 1000km for the year yesterday. I was curious about how this compares with last year. Although it's not in my RA log (haven't figured out how to do a mass upload from Polar protrainer) I do have log data for the first half of last year. It turns out that at this day last year I'd run 818km.
I surpassed the 1000 km mark yesterday. I also looked back at last year's running data from Jan 1st to April 6th and had 649 km total.
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I hit the 1000km mark today (well at least I think so, its kind of early for math but I hit 622 miles today), and I increased my lead over that stupid rabbit/dingo thing today too which was nice.
Crossed the 1000km mark today.
Go me!
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Men heap together the mistakes of their lives, and create a monster they call Destiny.
Not sure when but I seem to have crossed 1000km a bit ago.
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Passed 1000km today. Watch out AP, I'm just getting warmed up.
Glad to hear it. You popped a heck of a week last week, according to your log.
It's a 5k. It hurt like hell...then I tried to pick it up. The end.
Not sure when but I seem to have crossed 1000km a bit ago.
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Musical adaptation of movie has its moments and its misfires at Lamb's
It probably would be wrong to call the latest Lamb's Players Theatre musical "Bali Huh?"
And not just because the hard-working artists at Lamb's have done about all they can to make a go of "Joe vs. the Volcano ... the musical!" Or because the world-premiere production does have elements that shine – splashy costumes, smartly played songs, eye-catching projections and a stirring soundscape. (Or because the song "Bali Ha'i" from "South Pacific" ought to be just left alone already.)
"Joe vs. the Volcano ... the musical!"
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When: 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays-Thursdays; 8 p.m. Fridays; 4 and 8 p.m. Saturdays; 2 p.m. Sundays. Through July 29.
Where: 1142 Orange Ave., Coronado
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But also because, for a show that has that magma-spewing mountain right in its title, "Joe" spends surprisingly little time on the tropical island where the volcano is situated.
That's part of a broader issue with this game adaptation of the 1990 movie, which flopped at the box office but has since cultivated a small cult following: The show, as though in homage to that volcano, can feel as if it's developing in geologic time.
Another issue: This is a musical that doesn't quite feel like a musical (no matter how much that exclamation point in the title might insist otherwise).
A fair number of the songs in Scott Hafso and Darcy Phillips' score are wordless or chanted mood pieces, or tunes that feel more like fragments than fully fleshed-out selections. They also tend toward the lugubrious. (Quote from my notebook: "Shouldn't this be more fun?")
It seems telling that one of the most successful numbers ("The Cowboy Song") is a solo lark on ukulele by Sean Cox, the accomplished San Diego actor who plays Joe.
As it happens, that tune was composed by John Patrick Shanley, the Pulitzer-winning playwright ("Doubt") and Oscar-winning screenwriter ("Moonstruck") who scripted and directed the original movie.
The film, which Lamb's producing artistic director Robert Smyth (who directed the musical) classifies as a fable, lays out the saga of sad-sack Joe, an office shlub and hypochondriac who learns he is terminally ill with a "brain cloud."
A mystery mogul named Graynamore (Jim Chovick) then shows up with an odd proposition for Joe: Live the high life (all expenses paid) in his final days, then agree to leap into a volcano on the far-off island of Waponi Woo as his final act.
The sacrifice will appease the volcano gods – or at least the native islanders, who then will allow Graynamore's people to continue extracting a rare and precious mineral from their land.
The adaptation by Hafso and Phillips, which follows that story arc closely, also shares some of the qualities that apparently mystified millions about the movie – most notably, how to weigh the absurdist comic set pieces against the sober meditations on life and death.
That gives the actors a lot to handle, which they mostly do with admirable pluck. Cox brings an appealingly shambling, loose-limbed feel to Joe, a part played in the movie by Tom Hanks. Eileen Bowman, meanwhile, takes on the Meg Ryan roles – all three of them, actually – and proves a saving grace for the show with her fetching voice and talent for comedy.
One of her best moments (and the composers') is on "Dede's Song," where she speak-sings through a litany of hopes and neuroses. (She also plays Graynamore's daughters Angelica and Patricia, whom Joe romances.)
It's also a fun touch for local theatergoers to see such familiar actors as Cox and Chovick and Antonio "T.J." Johnson stretching their talents into musical theater (not their usual wheelhouse) – the results aren't always pristine, but neither is the score the most demanding.
Musical director Jon Lorenz and the show's four-piece band – Taylor Peckham, Rik Ogden, Dave Rumley and Oliver Shirley – invest those songs with instrumental panache, as the styles range from jazz to pop to the tribal beats of the island.
Stephanie Celustka's sound design (with special effects by Deborah Gilmour Smyth) rumbles the house with drumbeats and storms and a climactic eruption, while prop and projection ace Michael McKeon and set designer Mike Buckley team with lighting designer Nathan Peirson for minimal but vivid visuals.
And Jeanne Reith does wonders with the islanders' extravagant costumes, including lavish headdresses and a cloak made of Orange Crush cans (an ode to a plot point). Colleen Kollar Smith's choreography is a fun mashup of ethnic styles, befitting the natives' whimsical mix of multicultural origins.
Like Joe and Patricia, though, a playgoer has to go through plenty to get to the island. Also like that pair, "Joe" is a show that comes with some impressive baggage.


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