For Nick

My Super Mario 64 sleep shirt was on the top of the pile earlier this week so it's been on my back a couple of nights. It's a nice coincidence that I found this at about the same time. I haven't listened to the music or looked at the trailer so I can't vouch for the contents.

It does remind me of Mario mania in our house some years ago, particularly when Nick invented a dance to go with the Mario theme.

Super Mario! The Opera

What if, on a crowded street, you look up and see something appear that should not, given what we know, be there. You either shake your head and dismiss it, or you accept that there is much more to the world than we think. Perhaps it really is a doorway to another place. If you choose to go inside you may find many unexpected things....
-Mario creator, Shigeru Miyamoto

The Mario Opera by Jonathan Mann - "An Opera based on the Super Mario Bros."