Jamie Malanowski

The Coup

INTO THE STUDIO

On Friday, more baby steps were taken in the effort to turn The Coup into a musical, when composer David Berger, lyricist Paul Mendenhall and I joined three singers, about ten musicians, and a cadre of sound technicians in recording several of the songs that David and Paul have written for the show. The recording …

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QUOTABLE QUOTATION

“One gift, one time — that’s bribery. Lots of gifts over a long time — that’s politics.” I have just learned that the above line–spoken by the eminent Roland Vanatua on page 210 of The Coup, was cited in June by Mr. E. Frank Stephenson, an economics professor at Berry College in Georgia. Writing on …

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TRUSTY RUSTY

About a month ago I received an email from a gent named Rusty Wornom, wondering if we had ever met. More specifically, wondering if we had ever met at a sci fi convention in Baltimore. Having no memory of ever meeting Rusty or attending a sci fi convention, I could not in good conscience conjure …

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