The LES MIZ song!
One day more.....
Ok, but just one more day until the next (free) STAY F. HOMEKINS podcast episode for the month of May, as we are accommodating PFT’s extensive 2024 travel schedule SORRY WE ARE A DAY LATE. The good news is, it will be in your hot little podcast inboxes before the weekend is over. We also got word from our STAY F. HOMEKINS merch partners over at Kin Ship Goods, and they are freshly stocked up on our new, wildly popular MUST HAVE t-shirt we just released! Dang, y’all really love that Mr. Platypus’ tee with his philosophy on it! I don’t blame you, I love mine too, and I have already received tons of compliments on it. (They also generously added some new Piggly ballcaps, to be ready for sunshine season, too!)
Speaking of musical theatre, PFT & I had the absolute pleasure of attending the brand, new Broadway musical version of THE OUTSIDERS last month when Paul was in New York on tour, and, wow, what a collection of lovely, heartfelt performances. I was so excited to check it out, as the book was my all-time favorite book in sixth grade. I can remember in my mind’s eye, exactly where I was sitting when I finished reading it. And, as soon as I completed the book, I was overcome with so much emotion and so many feelings, I thought to myself, “I need to reread this book immediately.”
I don’t even think I knew S.E. Hinton was a woman, let alone a teenager when I first read the book. That was something I learned years later. Isn’t it funny that my default image of the author was a man? This is how internalized gender constructs were in my little tween mind. I suppose it felt like a natural assumption since the story is about young men. The book publisher apparently persuaded her to use initials to conceal the fact that she was female.
If you are a fan of the book, seeing the musical, should the opportunity present itself, is entirely worth it. The cast was beyond mind-blowing, it is like seeing a bunch of young Broadway stars being made right in front of your eyes. But the show begins with the character of Ponyboy reading that very first line of the novel, and when I tell you I had CHILLS within 30 seconds of this show unfolding, I would NOT be exaggerating! So, little Ponyboys out there, STAY GOLD and (hang tight until our podcast episode!)
This is the official STAY GOLD video from the musical and CAN I JUST SAY HAVE TISSUES!!
We’ll be recording and dropping a new episode tomorrow night, so thank you for bearing with us. Sound off in the comments below on the memory of reading your first, favorite novel, if you have one!
TGIF,
Janie 💃🏻
As a kid from Oklahoma "The Outsiders" was an obsession! I immediately went down the "Rumble Fish." "Tex," "That Was Then This is Now" road. I don't know if this was at the same time as I became enthralled with "The Chocolate War" and "I Am the Cheese" but it all added up to me becoming a goth kid. I mean, naturally. So, is the musical really going to make us gold level fans cry? I HOPE SO
My first novel-novel was Gerald’s Game when I was 11 or 12. I didn’t finish it then though. I was “sneaky reading it” when my parents weren’t around (my dad was reading it). They knew though, and gave me permission to start reading Stephen King that summer, but not that one. My dad said it was “too adult” (it was). I was pleased to hear Paul and Scott explain it to Lauren in Threedom #200.
I read THE HELL out of The Babysitter’s Club books up until then.