On Twitter yesterday, Will Robin alerted everyone to the impending release of Downtown Express, in which the moldy old uptown-downtown musical bifurcation has its Hollywood moment. I, for one, could not be more pleased! It means I might finally find backing for my Off-Off-Broadway musical about a serious, serially-minded young composer and the plucky, punky postminimalist he falls for after she accidentally whacks him with a bunch of kale at the Union Square Greenmarket. Featuring the songs “My Ivory Tower of Power,” “I’m Making a Loop (around Me and You),” and, of course, this stirring anthem:
http://www.matthewguerrieri.com/sounds/player.swf
Call me, cliché-loving producers!
I love the song! The only thing it needs is a Kyle Gann reference.