Before I get into discussing the “oyster” scene in Spartacus as a metaphor for our new album Live a Little, two quick points: 1. Ben Hur pales to it in comparison, and can best be described as Riptide to Spartacus’s Simon and Simon. 2. Suspension of disbelief is nearly impossible when Tony Curtis introduces himself as Antoninus, the “sing-ger of song-gez.” Even as an eight year old, I wondered where his smart suit and martini were. That said…
In the scene, Marcus Licinius Crassus (Sir Laurence Olivier), intrigued by the bath and olive oil...
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