This is the recurring theme song of the Vampire Count Graf von Krolock in Tanz der Vampire…also known as, Dance of the Vampire the most expensive flop on Broadway…until Turn Off the Dark. Some of us went to see it last night and I PHUQING LOVED IT!!!!! It was ridiculously cheezy-campy-awesome!!!! The sets were…grandiose! The costumes were GORGEOUS (designs by Kentaur…not Sue 😦 ). There were some great dance numbers…the nightmare number with scary things crawling out from under the bed and then the Krolock double entered…shirtless (lighting GENIUS for this man!!!!) and there was this seductive 3-way vampire porn dance! Jim Steinman did the music so EVERYTHING sounded Andrew Llloyd Webber/Meat Loaf/ Celine Dion-ish…with Total Eclipse of the Heart ALMOST verbatim every 3rd song. But in Russian, of course.
Saturday was a 1/2 walk through of the Russian Museum with Danila. Icons and murals and porcelin, OH MY!
Sunday we went to Peterhof. “Peterhof was born, as it were, from sea foam, as if summoned into existence by a mighty king of the sea…” ~Alexander Benois. It was Peter I main crib back in the day and has been called the “world’s capital of fountains.” It is the Disneyland of Russia. There was even a band playing as we walked up the Grand Cascade. Sadly, it was raining and the computers were down so our tour reservation was MIA…which then made us late for our scheduled time and they weren’t going to let us in, but Tatiana kicked some butt and got us in…but she wasn’t supposed to give our tour in English. Such craziness. OH! And NO pictures inside. DAMMIT!!! I’m certain I’ll go back to the gardens on a nice day!!!
EVERYTHING in the palace is gilded! It’s totally surreal. You would think there would be a point that the tacky kicks in and yet…no. Every room had carvings over the doors and on the walls and every carving was covered with gold leaf. It was SMOOTH! NO seams, no cracks. Absolutely beautiful. When *I* rule the galaxy…MY palace will be gilded!
AND…I am experiencing my very first REAL Fall. It’s pretty amazing.
JaimieF 