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I want to promote things I do on here because there are some people that might be into it, and so I offer this thread as a place where you can self promote without feeling like an asshole. And so it goes:
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It's this Saturday!
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Looks very cool, John Junk. I belong to Big Cheap, a Los Angeles theater list- if you can zap me a text-only version of the info at jason at jasongrote dot com I'll forward it there.
I'll jump in as well - I have an Off-Broadway play going up in October (20, to be exact) - the info will be up soon at http://1001nyc.com . I'm looking into whether the producers will let me offer free or discounted tickets to FOTs (besides ughwhy, who once interned for them, that is).
Also, I'm an uncredited freelance blogger for Comedy Central's Indicision 2008 site - I've had 2 entries posted so far, here http://www.indecision2008.com/blog.jhtml?c=v&m=62481 and here http://www.indecision2008.com/blog.jhtml?c=v&m=68032 , with two more (that I know of) to come.
Lastly, I think I have a monologue going up in the Edmonton Fringe Festival (I got paid for it, anyway) but I can't find evidence of it online, and I have a play going up with some nice youngsters in Austin in October, info here: http://www.vestigegroup.org/ .
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Oh, and I almost forgot: a friend and I are doing a short vaudeville sketch based on Werner Herzog's My Best Fiend: Klaus Kinski in front the window of an abandoned former porn shop on 38 Park Row in Manhattan. The info is here: http://omfm.org . I think we'll only be there on a few night but actually it looks like a really interesting public art event in general.
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Oh, and I almost forgot: a friend and I are doing a short vaudeville sketch based on Werner Herzog's My Best Fiend: Klaus Kinski in front the window of an abandoned former porn shop on 38 Park Row in Manhattan. The info is here: http://omfm.org . I think we'll only be there on a few night but actually it looks like a really interesting public art event in general.
Thanks jasongrote! I'll try to get that info to you ASAP, and mayhaps join that site. This intriquing Herzog Vaudeville nugget was my inspiration for this thread, actually! I guess you posted it somewhere else...
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Thanks jasongrote! I'll try to get that info to you ASAP, and mayhaps join that site. This intriquing Herzog Vaudeville nugget was my inspiration for this thread, actually! I guess you posted it somewhere else...
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Yeah, whenever you want to send it! I'm a little nervous about the Herzog thing - my friend and I are both too busy to do it, and are trying to strike a balance between not committing too much energy on it while still doing enough so that we don't embarrass ourselves. We do have kind of cool ideas, though - ideally, my friend (dressed as Kinski in Aguirre) will be able to get off a city bus in costume, though it's never a good idea to use something as unpredictable as public transportation as a design element.
I'd actually be really interested in what this crowd is up to - it's probably a real nexus of interests between comedy, entertainment, music, art, and weirdo outsider stuff...
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For any NYC FOT, my band is playing Mercury Lounge on Monday.
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do you know my friend luke?
he plays music too
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Can't say I know anyone named Luke...but we're always looking for cool people to play shows with.
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For any NYC FOT, my band is playing Mercury Lounge on Monday.
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Last chance for awesome rock tonight!!
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OK - so I'm not just plugging this for my own sake, because (1) the piece I'm in is maybe 5 minutes of a 45-minute event involving about 100 people; (2) I'm only in tonight's perfs, at 7 and 9, and not Sunday's, but you should go anyway, because with or without me it's awesome; (3) I'm not even really an actor; (4) I'm not being paid; and (5) I have no plans to turn My Best Fiend into a play - this is just for fun.
But all of those disclaimers aside, if you want 45 minutes of free, public, pure joy, I really really recommend this One Million Forgotten Moments thing. For the past three weeks I've been lamenting my involvement because I'm busy as hell with other stuff, but after doing it last night I was nothing but pleased that I was a part of it. The director/curator, Yehuda Duenyas, is a genius, and has created a carnival that it never dull and manages to avoid the usual pitfalls of events like these - the acts are placed in such a way that, if you don't like something, something else cool will come along in a minute or two, and it's thankfully free of hippie sentimentality or performance-art indulgence.
And it's free. So come if you can tonight and introduce yourself (I'm Werner Herzog) or go tomorrow and just enjoy yourself.
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Great thread! It's cool to see what other FOT'ers do and I missed out on a lot of that introductory period since I've only been posting really for about a year.
I work at a small southern gospel radio station in St. Paul Minnesota. We're not streaming or anything, but it sounds like we're getting a website soon. So, I have nothing to show you. It's a pretty crazy gig.
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Right on, Gilly. Anyone else? Anyone? If I can post something about running around Lower Manhattan like a clown with a bad German accent, surely some of you FOTs are up to something more legit.
In case anyone does go tonight, I want to amend my earlier statement: there is a little bit of hippie sentimentality at the end of the show, which I tried to alleviate by yelling out Nietzsche quotes.
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John and Patrick, how did your things go?
Am I the only one posting on this thread? And does that make me an asshole?
Well, it's not like anyone goes to theater anymore anyway, so fuck it. Seriously, it's like telling people you make pocket watches. But I've long agreed with critiques like Teddy Rockstar's and Jonathan Franzen's and I can promise you that I have tried my very best not to add to the big steaming pile of lame theater. Feel free to ignore or ridicule, but if you do feel like going, they're selling the first 101 tickets to my play 1001 for $10.01 (get it?). It would be great to see any of you there. Laurie, the show opens during your trip here, but you might want to pay full price for yourself and your bodyguards and let the proles have the cheap tix. We might even be able to find box seats for you so you can heckle like Statler and Waldorf on the Muppet Show (please don't).
Also, one of the voices from the Venture Brothers is in it. Anyway, read on:
Page 73 is thrilled to announce that tickets go on sale today for our production of the New York City premiere of 1001 by Jason Grote, directed by Ethan McSweeny! Jason was Page 73's 2006 P73 Playwriting Fellow. This will be his first New York City production.
This very limited engagement will run from October 22 - November 17 at the Nagelberg Theatre at the Baruch Performing Arts Center, 55 Lexington Avenue (corner of Lexington and 25th Street). Performances are Mondays - Saturdays at 8pm and Saturdays at 3pm.
Tickets to 1001 are just $25 for general admission and $35 for reserved seating. But Page 73 is making a special offer to the first people to get their tickets!
The first 101 tickets for 1001 are just $10.01!
This offer is good for any performance, but yours must be among the first 101 tickets sold!!
(Limit of 2 tickets per order).
DON'T MISS OUT!
Tickets can be purchased by visiting www.1001nyc.com or by calling 212-352-3101. Use discount code EB1001 to take part in this very limited offer.
Mixing the labyrinthine wordplay of Jorge Louis Borges with the ideas of Edward Said and the slapstick comedy of Monty Python, 1001 hyperlinks Scheherazade's tales to contemporary Manhattan. Time blurs and reality is fractured and reconstructed in a world inhabited by characters whose identity shifts unpredictably and deliriously. With rollicking storytelling, a touch of magic realism, and even a little trip-hop music, 1001 simultaneously defaces and energizes A Thousand and One Arabian Nights to guide us through a tour of the dizzyingly precarious world of the 21st century.
The amazing cast of 1001 includes Mia Barron (The Coast of Utopia), Drew Cortese (NYSF's As You Like It ), Roxanna Hope (Frost/Nixon), Jonathan Hova (Sixteen Wounded, The Tale of the Allergist's Wife), Matt Rauch (Roundabout's Prelude to a Kiss), and John Livingstone Rolle (The Unmentionables at Woolly Mammoth).
The scenic design for 1001 is by Rachel Hauck; the costume design is by Murell Horton; the lighting design is by Tyler Micoleau; the sound design is by Lindsay Jones. The entire play will be underscored by New York-based DJ Arisa's fusion of electronica and Middle Eastern music.
For more information about 1001, visit www.1001nyc.com.
For more information about Page 73 Productions, visit www.p73.org.
1001 is made possible, in part, by the generous support of The Greenwall Foundation, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, the New York State Council of the Arts, a state agency, and the Off-Broadway Angels.
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Jason! You are not an asshole. I am an asshole for starting a thread and then abandoning it. Do you know a playwright by the name of Michael Batistick by any chance?
Anyhow, my thing went well. Here is a link to the gallery's website. They made a nice little page about it. Someday I will have video from this event posted somewhere.
http://www.davidpattonlosangeles.com/hogan_performance.html
Oh yeah, and another thing, the bassist from the Tokeleys started a band called Future America and he asked me to join it recently. He writes all the songs and I just do what I'm told on the axe, but it's a lot of fun. Sorta just rock-out-with-your-cock-out stuff. We're playing at The Scene in L.A. next Thurs., Oct. 18th, and it's F-R-E-E!
www.myspace.com/futureamerica
Yay!!
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Hah! Batistick is a good buddy of mine. How do you guys know each other? I'll ask him about you the next time I see him.
Your performance looks like it was really cool. I like the diorama pieces.
And if anyone is still paying attention, the $10 tickets sold out. There's a new code, LB1001, for $13 tickets, while they last. Student tickets are always $10.
Laurie, you of all people should come. I will bet you your dessert tasting at p*ong (equivalent to one full-price ticket, incidentally), that you will have a better time than at both Xanadu AND Rock & Roll.
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Fuck Spring Awakening. I'm seeing this show.
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Yee-ha! Hold me to my guarantee, Laurie.
The $13 tickets might be sold out now too, but I can see if I can get some other sort of discount. I'd let everyone see this for free if I could.
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The $13 tickets just sold out. There's a new code, P31001, for $17 tickets. All student tickets are $10, but you need a code, STU1001.
Will someone else please post something they're doing? Your band or comedy show? A school play? An open mic or a blog? I'm feeling a little embarrassed. Not embarrassed enough to knock it off, obviously.
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This is going to sound supremely dorky, but I advise the Academic Decathlon team at the school where I teach. I will also be a chaperone/judge for the Junior Classics League's first meet at the end of this month. I think I'm judging the Mythology Spelling Bee.
Yes, that did indeed sound supremely dorky.
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Susannah, that is supremely awesome is what it is. Can you spell Ἀλκμήνη?
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Hey, I tell jokes if anyone cares.
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Not too shabby, Forrest! You should let me know when you're performing next, I'll try to come check you out. We're both on MySpace, right?
You're dead on about theater, too. Except that I've been to some (well, one) of the black shows that advertise on the subway and they also suck pretty badly. It's a great joke, though, don't change it.
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I dabble in propaganda; it keeps the blood flowing.
This one goes out to the angry ambulance driver.
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Kind words, Jasongrote, are all a poor guy like me needs sometimes. Thanks man.
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Nice, Forrest!
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good stuff forrest!
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Kind words, Jasongrote, are all a poor guy like me needs sometimes. Thanks man.
DrPepperSchwartz's comment ten months ago--"This guy could be the Sexiest Man on the Planet"--must have done you a world of good, then. Although I suppose it might have made you feel like a pretty woman who yearns to be valued for her mind.
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Kind words, Jasongrote, are all a poor guy like me needs sometimes. Thanks man.
DrPepperSchwartz's comment ten months ago--"This guy could be the Sexiest Man on the Planet"--must have done you a world of good, then. Although I suppose it might have made you feel like a pretty woman who yearns to be valued for her mind.
Nah, it stroked my ego just the right way.
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Big Weekend for John Junk:
As far as I know, I'm playing guitar with Future America on Saturday Night, Nov. 10th at a place called Charlie O's Lounge. I think we start at like 10 pm or something. Before that is a live rendition of Point Break, I think, but I probably won't be there for that. I'll probably be watching the George Kuchar Lecture at Machine Project and then going over there.
THEN... (drumroll please....)
My IMPROV 101 CLASS SHOW at the UCB Theatre L.A. at 1:30 pm on Sunday Nov. 11th! Time to bring the pain! Yikes!
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Break a leg, JJ!
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thanks grote.
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Guldurnit, I have to go to a conference in Palos Verdes on Sunday afternoon :(
Break a leg, John! I will try to catch your band on Saturday night.
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This is a little animated short that I originally did in 2002, and finally got around to re-editing. Still really rough, but I don't feel like waiting another 50+ hours to render everything again.
Tuesdae.
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I don't like it.
I LOVE IT!
Ironically it took me a while to get to this because I was only near work computers for the last few days.
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Nice touch with the "Successories" inspirational posters around the office!
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I like the pictures of bananas and peaches. That had me actually l'ing Out Loud.
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I play in a band called "Leonids".
You can hear some home recordings at www.myspace.com/leonidsmusic .
If you live in Toronto we are playing December 12th at the Boat.
Lets hang out, for real this time.
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One of the people I was in the improv class with posted our stuff on youtube. This picks up in the halfway point of our 20 minute "set" or whatever you call it. I'm the guy with the sideburns, nasally voice, tight pants and plaid shirt. My shining moment of brilliance is halfway through.
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yay!
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I wish I had a flier, but I hope no one minds a quick promo for my boyfriend's band's upcoming mini-tour:He drums for a band called Mathematicians:http://www.myspace.com/mathematicians (http://www.myspace.com/mathematicians) and they're touring with my friend's band, Rasputina: www.rasputina.com (http://www.rasputina.com). His band plays synthy dance punk, her band plays gothy-psycho-folk cello rock music. It's a weird bill, but awesome in it's own way. I'm trying to let as many people know though so they'll come out--- and help us both with our christmas budget. I'm probably going along on this one to do merchandise.
This is their tour schedule:
Dec 9, 2007 Sunday 8:00 PM 9:30 Club Washington, DC
Dec 10, 2007 Monday 7:00 PM Casbah @ Tremont Music Hall Charlotte, NC
Dec 11, 2007 Tuesday 8:00 PM Cat's Cradle Carrboro, NC
Dec 12, 2007 Wednesday 8:00 PM Alley Katz Richmond, VA
Dec 13, 2007 Thursday 7:00 PM Rex Theater Pittsburgh, PA
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One of the people I was in the improv class with posted our stuff on youtube. This picks up in the halfway point of our 20 minute "set" or whatever you call it. I'm the guy with the sideburns, nasally voice, tight pants and plaid shirt. My shining moment of brilliance is halfway through.
Holy Babefest, Batman! I gotta sign up for one of these 'improv classes'.
"I want the garment."
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This is a little animated short that I originally did in 2002, and finally got around to re-editing.
Perversion of VeggieTales. I love it.
KTB, you know how to cut time. Kudos!
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Beth: that's what this thread is for!
John Junk: very funny. "I want the garment" was indeed a great moment.
If anyone is in Williamsburg and can fit some theater in between the kickball and the skiing, I wrote a short adaptation of A Christmas Carol for The Brick Theater's Baby Jesus One-Act Jubilee (http://www.bricktheater.com/babyjesus/). This is the blurb:
A CHRISTMAS CAROL
by Jason Grote, directed by Shannon Sindelar
Seven years have passed since Marley's Christmas death, and Scrooge has not changed a bit. But, on this particular Christmas, the shrimp boats lower their nets. Marley pushes his face against hers. She screams and flees back to Scrooge; on her cheek stands out in red the marks of two rows of teeth.
Fun!
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A CHRISTMAS CAROL
by Jason Grote, directed by Shannon Sindelar
Seven years have passed since Marley's Christmas death, and Scrooge has not changed a bit. But, on this particular Christmas, the shrimp boats lower their nets. Marley pushes his face against hers. She screams and flees back to Scrooge; on her cheek stands out in red the marks of two rows of teeth.
Fun!
oh wow!
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Is that a good oh wow, or a bad oh wow? It's a pretty weird little piece - basically Dickens meets Beckett, Kafka, and Barthelme.
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GOOD OH WOW. Sometimes I wish I still lived in nyc.
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Are you down South somewhere? I actually have stuff coming up in LA, DC, Seattle, and Austin in '08...
I got free tickets to see Cymbeline at Lincoln Center tonight. I'm pretty jazzed...
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nope further north. i live on a farm in upstate ny. i have satellite internet, it's that far away from civilization. but i'm bound to catch something soon, i go to montclair nj to see my parents all the time, and i have a very good friend in brooklyn whom i visit often.
that's pretty awesome about the cymbeline tix. lincoln center is probably my favorite place to go at this time of year.
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Are you down South somewhere? I actually have stuff coming up in LA, DC, Seattle, and Austin in '08...
I got free tickets to see Cymbeline at Lincoln Center tonight. I'm pretty jazzed...
I bet you are.
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Ew brother, Liza Minelli. She was actually in my hate pit (actually more like irritation pit) until she was on Arrested Development.
Beth, I went to Montclair undergrad and used to work at the Montclair Book Center my freshman year (1990), which is where I discovered WFMU. I didn't yet understand the concept of a job - I got paid three dollars and change an hour, often opted to be paid in used books, and didn't really do any work - I mostly hid upstairs and read weird wingnut books (RE/Search, Church of the Subgenius, Late Great Planet Earth, that sort of thing). This was a great arrangement until I actually had to pay for stuff, like rent. I've been back to visit - sort of the triumphant prodigal son - and might wind up teaching there someday, though it's hard to justify taking on a one-class adjunct gig. I wish Montclair had more theater since the Whole Theater closed; they have that Luna Stage, but that's run by maniacs.
Anyway Cymbeline was fun. I have friends who hated it, but I thought it was pretty great. It was like a clip show of Shakespeare's plays - it's his last one, and it's literally a cross between King Lear, MacBeth, Othello, Julius Caesar, As You Like It, The Merchant of Venice, Romeo & Juliet, Richard II, Henry IV Parts I & II, Henry V, Love's Labor's Lost, and probably some other ones that I don't even know about.
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Oh, I'm also having a staged reading at Playwrights' Horizons on Monday December 10th at 3pm in case anyone is free in New York City on a Monday afternoon and has a hankering to hear a play read out loud to them. Actually the cast and directors are pretty awesome. The play was commissioned by The Working Theater, and it's basically what a Waiting for Lefty style labor drama would sound like if it was written by George Saunders. Here is the 411, as the kids probably no longer say:
Playwrights Horizons' Literary Staff hopes you can join us for a reading of
BOX AMERICANA:
A Dream of Wal-Mart
Written by JASON GROTE
Directed by JACKSON GAY
Monday, December 10th at 3:00 PM
Playwrights Horizons
South Rehearsal Room, 5th Floor
416 West 42nd Street
Seating is very limited, please RSVP at LIT@PLAYWRIGHTSHORIZONS.ORG.
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Keep me posted on your LA activities, Jason!
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I will! I have a play going up at Boston Court in Pasadena, May/June '08 I think. I'd love to coordinate some kind of FOT meetup around my visit if people are up for it.
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Oh, I'm also having a staged reading at Playwrights' Horizons on Monday December 10th at 3pm in case anyone is free in New York City on a Monday afternoon and has a hankering to hear a play read out loud to them. Actually the cast and directors are pretty awesome. The play was commissioned by The Working Theater, and it's basically what a Waiting for Lefty style labor drama would sound like if it was written by George Saunders. Here is the 411, as the kids probably no longer say:
Playwrights Horizons' Literary Staff hopes you can join us for a reading of
BOX AMERICANA:
A Dream of Wal-Mart
Written by JASON GROTE
Directed by JACKSON GAY
Monday, December 10th at 3:00 PM
Playwrights Horizons
South Rehearsal Room, 5th Floor
416 West 42nd Street
Seating is very limited, please RSVP at LIT@PLAYWRIGHTSHORIZONS.ORG.
Damn my day job! I guess I should say I hope everyone breaks their legs? What's the correct term for the playwright and not the actors?
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Yeah, it's just a general term for anyone involved. I think "good luck" is bad luck? I don't truck with theater superstitions, though I never say "MacBeth" in a theater because people get angry. That, and I generally don't kill spiders, but that's because I like spiders.
EDIT: and thanks, Senor!
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Hey Jason, oddball question. Have you ever done anything at the 13th Street Repertory, the "space" where Line is still going on? I wrote a play that went up there at last year's Fringe Festival, and I think that rickety box of a theater killed my love of the stage. We would go in and be all "We need to have a CD playing for house music" and their house manager would be all "Mmm-hmm. That might pose a bit of a problem." And that seemed to fall right in line with most of the off-off spaces I've been to in Manhattan. That's what sucks about putting up shows in NYC: you're either at the Lyceum or you're at some dump that's not fit to store your garbage. Please tell me that you have managed to find the elusive middle ground. ???
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Well, I no longer produce my own work, which helps spare me a lot of hassle. Believe me, there's an entire cottage industry of arts spaces (among many other things like acting schools and photographers) who prey on the dreams of young actors, comedians, etc.
13th Street Rep are total fucking lunatics, though, by far the worst I've ever encountered. Back in 1997, when I was just starting out, I had a couple of crappy but basically serviceable one-acts that some director in residence there wanted to do. I lost touch with the guy because my life fell apart, and when I went back to see what had happened, I only got bits and pieces of the story, but evidently this entire group (I don't know if it was a class or workshop or just their resident company) had disbanded due in part to fighting over my plays. My friend Adam did a play with them 2 or 3 years ago and according to him everyone there is still 150 years old and insane.
There are some OK rental spaces around, still, though - Access Theater on lower Broadway is pretty good, The Abingon in midtown isn't bad, and there's the Ohio in Soho, and HERE on 6th Ave. Soho Rep, the theater I work with, occasionally rents out its space on Walker Street, though I think they're trying to phase that out. The Baruch Performing Arts Center where we did 1001 was great, though I think it was really expensive, and it's kind of out of the way, which I think hurt us a little. Theater Row Studios on 42nd are also OK, though again that's like Off-Broadway-level producing (plus I think from an artistic standpoint, those spaces are totally deadly). I'm sort of out on the loop when it comes to cheaper space rentals these days but I'd be happy to put you in touch with people who run their own companies.
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My friend Adam did a play with them 2 or 3 years ago and according to him everyone there is still 150 years old and insane.
BWAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!
I can also attest to that. And I know what you mean about the spaces at Theatre Row. A bit boxy and stuffy for a place that's s'posed to be hosting fresh new work, no? Although I did see that production of Hurlyburly a couple of years ago and managed to check my issues with the space at the door.
I think the fact that you're not producing the work is the key; a writer really shouldn't have to shoulder all of that.
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It's true. My friends who self-produce all either have their own companies or are auteurish writer-directors, and they're all doing more out-there work. They usually work in semi-curated spaces, like Soho Rep, PS 122, The Performing Garage, or the Kitchen, or have their own space, like The Collapsable* Hole in Williamsburg...
Theater Row can be OK for certain kinds of plays (like Hurlyburly), though I've forsworn The New Group forever because their M.O. seems to be lousy productions of 70s plays with famous people in them. I heard that thing now that Ethan Hawke directed that Peter Dinklage is in is just outrageously bad.
*[sic], Sarah
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Beth, I went to Montclair undergrad and used to work at the Montclair Book Center my freshman year (1990), which is where I discovered WFMU. I didn't yet understand the concept of a job - I got paid three dollars and change an hour, often opted to be paid in used books, and didn't really do any work - I mostly hid upstairs and read weird wingnut books (RE/Search, Church of the Subgenius, Late Great Planet Earth, that sort of thing). This was a great arrangement until I actually had to pay for stuff, like rent. I've been back to visit - sort of the triumphant prodigal son - and might wind up teaching there someday, though it's hard to justify taking on a one-class adjunct gig. I wish Montclair had more theater since the Whole Theater closed; they have that Luna Stage, but that's run by maniacs.
I remember hearing horror stories all the time about Luna stage from my middle school math tutor--who acted in plays over there.
ah, montclair. it was a fun place to grow up i guess. my parents still live in the same house. i'm more appreciative of it now--looking back-- then i was at the time....i was too busy dressing in black and being a miserable teenager. i wound up transferring out of the public high school to go to boarding school, and i'm glad i did. that place was a mess.
i discovered WFMU in montclair as well, although well after you did. i was 8 in 1990. it's amazing how consistent they've remained over the years though. it's still just as interesting, fun and eclectic as the first day i tuned in.
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Barn Theatre anyone? I guess that's in Montville N.J.
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I would ask Jason to change this to the New Jersey community theater thread, except that I have other extracurricular activities coming up.
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These are things I do.
Well, kinda. I started putting some of my handmade stuff on Etsy.com.
Just throwing it out there. More to be added in the future.
http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5437940
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These are things I do.
Well, kinda. I started putting some of my handmade stuff on Etsy.com.
Just throwing it out there. More to be added in the future.
http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5437940
BEES?
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BEES?
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hey now. not nice!
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oh shush
you know we're BFFOT
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you know we're BFFOT
best friends forever of tom? :) i like it!!
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Swissmiss, I think those necklaces are cute!
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Ditto - you want props, Swiss, I'll give you props!
Beth, if for some reason it's easier for you to get to Austin than Williamsburg, my weird Xmas play is also being done here:
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“Eleven years? That’s like a friggin institution.”
Eleven years later, it’s still going strong. We’re squeezing as many people as we can into the downtown Little City Coffee and Espresso House. We’re all going to sing “White Christmas.” Then, we’re going to watch ten 5-minutes pieces from the SVT Holiday Players all inspired by the word “cheer”!
“Wait. Wait. Wait. How does this work?”
Well, the goal is to create ten five-minute pieces based on a mystery holiday theme word (this year it's ‘cheer’) and use actors, writers, poets, musicians and directors the company has associated with in its storied past. Only four hours of rehearsal for each piece is allowed and the entire haberdashery is presented in the confines of Little City Coffee House and Espresso Bar (916 Congress Ave).
Check out who we’ve got rooked into this holiday extravaganza:
Writers: Abi Basch, Wayne Brenner, Christopher Shea, Shannon McCormick, Jason Grote, and Kirk Lynn.
Performers: Let’s just say we’ve got the cream of the SVT Holiday Players at our disposal!
Plus spoken word poetry by Hilary Thomas and music with Adam Sultan!
DECEMBER 7th & 8th @ 9PM
LIttle City Coffee And Espresso Bar
916 Congress Avenue
$7- $35
Reservations not necessary! Just show up at the door!
for More information, visit: http://www.salvagevanguard.org
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thanks for the compliments. i wasn't fishing, i just need to make some money. :)
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Ditto - you want props, Swiss, I'll give you props!
Beth, if for some reason it's easier for you to get to Austin than Williamsburg, my weird Xmas play is also being done here:
(http://www.salvagevanguard.org/html_mail/images/scarysanta.jpg)
(http://www.salvagevanguard.org/html_mail/images/holiday2007_weblogo1_mail.gif)
“Eleven years? That’s like a friggin institution.”
Eleven years later, it’s still going strong. We’re squeezing as many people as we can into the downtown Little City Coffee and Espresso House. We’re all going to sing “White Christmas.” Then, we’re going to watch ten 5-minutes pieces from the SVT Holiday Players all inspired by the word “cheer”!
“Wait. Wait. Wait. How does this work?”
Well, the goal is to create ten five-minute pieces based on a mystery holiday theme word (this year it's ‘cheer’) and use actors, writers, poets, musicians and directors the company has associated with in its storied past. Only four hours of rehearsal for each piece is allowed and the entire haberdashery is presented in the confines of Little City Coffee House and Espresso Bar (916 Congress Ave).
Check out who we’ve got rooked into this holiday extravaganza:
Writers: Abi Basch, Wayne Brenner, Christopher Shea, Shannon McCormick, Jason Grote, and Kirk Lynn.
Performers: Let’s just say we’ve got the cream of the SVT Holiday Players at our disposal!
Plus spoken word poetry by Hilary Thomas and music with Adam Sultan!
DECEMBER 7th & 8th @ 9PM
LIttle City Coffee And Espresso Bar
916 Congress Avenue
$7- $35
Reservations not necessary! Just show up at the door!
for More information, visit: http://www.salvagevanguard.org
I am in love with that flier!
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Another plug for another friend. My dear friend John directed a music video for the band O'Death this summer, and it's going to be on MTV2 this sunday night/monday morning at 1 am. So if anyone has nothing to do at 1am on a monday morning AND gets MTV2, they should watch, and give it some hits, or whatever they call it when people watch tv. I am without tv because i am out in the sticks. someone cover for me!
This is the video:
[youtube]I30V12T51SI[/youtube]
I'm in it actually, in the background somewhere (orange feather in my hair). There's a really horrifying closeup where I laugh maniacally, and it looks like I'm wasted, but it's just because my friend nick was making me laugh. But yeah, we all worked really hard puppeting those skeletons and doing the stop motion for the rowboat, and my kitchen table even has a guest spot in the saloon.
John deserves lots of plugs because he's very talented so I'm linking to his website as well
http://www.muckfilm.com (http://www.muckfilm.com)
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I occasionally make tape sculptures and put them around town.
I only have a few pictures online, though. Check them out:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tmarminio/
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I occasionally make tape sculptures and put them around town.
I only have a few pictures online, though. Check them out:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tmarminio/
I like the lady laughing at the tape child. Those are pretty sweet! Is it just scotch tape?
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I occasionally make tape sculptures and put them around town.
I only have a few pictures online, though. Check them out:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tmarminio/
I like the lady laughing at the tape child. Those are pretty sweet! Is it just scotch tape?
Thanks! The laughing lady is my accomplice. And yes, they are only scotch tape.
This is what the pros can do:
http://www.xmarkjenkinsx.com/
Also, I sometimes do things in a band:
http://www.myspace.com/whateverscleveristotallywhatever
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I occasionally make tape sculptures and put them around town.
I only have a few pictures online, though. Check them out:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tmarminio/
I like the lady laughing at the tape child. Those are pretty sweet! Is it just scotch tape?
Thanks! The laughing lady is my accomplice. And yes, they are only scotch tape.
This is what the pros can do:
http://www.xmarkjenkinsx.com/
Also, I sometimes do things in a band:
http://www.myspace.com/whateverscleveristotallywhatever
Those are beautiful! I was not aware of this scotch tape phenomenon.
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Another plug for another friend. My dear friend John directed a music video for the band O'Death this summer, and it's going to be on MTV2 this sunday night/monday morning at 1 am. So if anyone has nothing to do at 1am on a monday morning AND gets MTV2, they should watch, and give it some hits, or whatever they call it when people watch tv. I am without tv because i am out in the sticks. someone cover for me!
This is the video:
[youtube]I30V12T51SI[/youtube]
I'm in it actually, in the background somewhere (orange feather in my hair). There's a really horrifying closeup where I laugh maniacally, and it looks like I'm wasted, but it's just because my friend nick was making me laugh. But yeah, we all worked really hard puppeting those skeletons and doing the stop motion for the rowboat, and my kitchen table even has a guest spot in the saloon.
John deserves lots of plugs because he's very talented so I'm linking to his website as well
http://www.muckfilm.com (http://www.muckfilm.com)
Great stuff!
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Swiss: if I am not broke in the immediate future, I will buy one of your necklaces.
Beth: that video is awesome, and you don't look wasted or maniacal at all, just a happy laughing person. And yeah, Salvage Vanguard has great flyers. They used to be known for their "I Hate Theater" bumpers stickers, second only to WFMU stickers in giving a car hipster cred in my book.
No Und: I love those tape sculptures and have seen the on the internets before, maybe through StumbleUpon?
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The band I play drums in just finished up some recording. If you want some free mp3's of them, you can download them.
http://theplasticcontainers.com/ (http://theplasticcontainers.com/)
Or you can stream them at myspace.
http://myspace.com/theplasticcontainers (http://myspace.com/theplasticcontainers)
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Hi there, the awesome Susannah suggested I post here, as I am an avid FOT and have an extracurricular event happening that might be of interest to fellow FOTs in SoCal...
PonyShow Variety Extravaganza
A Night of Murder, Mutton Chops & Black Velvet Paintings!
Thessaly Lerner's incredible Wednesday night series of music and performance roars into 2008. Becky (aka hambox) will read the latest installment from her REAL TEENAGE DIARIES! Totally 80s, all the time!
Also featuring Eric Toms, Neosurrealists, Dutch voiceover star Dieter Jansen -- and of course, your hostess, Thessaly Lerner the Ukulady & her Russian Nanny, Nanny!
Wednesday, January 30, 8pm
Tickets: $10
Theatre Asylum
6320 Santa Monica Blvd. near Vine
Hollywood
More info:
http://www.theukulady.com/
http://www.myspace.com/theatreasylum
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Got another reading. I'm mostly just posting this because I don't want to go to bed right after posting 666 times.
Maria/Stuart
By Jason Grote (USA)
Directed by Brooke O'Harra
Family secrets won't stay buried in this semi-symbolist drama in which
written confessions, a shape-shifting messenger, and a bust of
Schiller collide. Featuring Rosemary Quinn and Rebecca Nelson.
Monday, January 28th at 7:30pm
Curated by Eve Hartmann for Classical Studio
721 Broadway at Waverly, NYC. Free.
Reservations: (212) 998-1860
http://www.nyu.edu/tisch/drama/hotink/plays.html
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Hi there, the awesome Susannah suggested I post here, as I am an avid FOT and have an extracurricular event happening that might be of interest to fellow FOTs in SoCal...
PonyShow Variety Extravaganza
A Night of Murder, Mutton Chops & Black Velvet Paintings!
Thessaly Lerner's incredible Wednesday night series of music and performance roars into 2008. Becky (aka hambox) will read the latest installment from her REAL TEENAGE DIARIES! Totally 80s, all the time!
Also featuring Eric Toms, Neosurrealists, Dutch voiceover star Dieter Jansen -- and of course, your hostess, Thessaly Lerner the Ukulady & her Russian Nanny, Nanny!
Wednesday, January 30, 8pm
Tickets: $10
Theatre Asylum
6320 Santa Monica Blvd. near Vine
Hollywood
More info:
http://www.theukulady.com/
http://www.myspace.com/theatreasylum
just read The Girl Who Wanted To Be A Cheerleader - really great!
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I'm the lead singer for a Greatfully Dead covering band called "The Judgeband" please come and see us this St Patricks Day
(http://www.thejugband.com/Posters/post%20(7).jpg)
Here's some more of our original posters:
(http://www.thejugband.com/Posters/12_17_5_smokedjoint.jpg)
(http://www.thejugband.com/Posters/post%20(22).jpg)
Please don't download them as they are copyrighted.
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I've been trying to teach myself Adobe After Effects for the last month or so, and tonight I finally understood how reverse motion tracking works.
So now I can do this! (Sort of!)
[youtube]IL7WaBInVPc[/youtube]
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Is that you? Is the Adobe After Effect something you ingest?
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You just get cuter and cuter, Dorvid.
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I've been trying to teach myself Adobe After Effects for the last month or so, and tonight I finally understood how reverse motion tracking works.
So now I can do this! (Sort of!)
[youtube]IL7WaBInVPc[/youtube]
holy moly that was frightening, and hilarious. nice work!
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I've been trying to teach myself Adobe After Effects for the last month or so, and tonight I finally understood how reverse motion tracking works.
So now I can do this! (Sort of!)
[youtube]IL7WaBInVPc[/youtube]
Sweet Wes Borland impression!
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Dorvid
Did Gandalf try to take your FOT card? ???
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I'm one of the eight finalists in broken pencil magazine's Indie Writers' Deathmatch (obnoxious hipster contest? you bet! look at the graphic on the website!), which means that starting this monday, the 28th, you can vote for my story (if you like it or if you don't, but want to help me out with affording a post-secondary education) for a week and help me win money and books and publication and things!
You know, if you feel like it, or whatever. The story will be up on the website (www.brokenpencil.com (http://www.brokenpencil.com)) starting monday.
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p.s.: all those awkward brackets are hopefully not an indication of my actual skills as a writer. hopefully.
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Could you post a direct link to your story on Monday? The little hipster avatars melted my eyeballs when I tried to navigate the site. Good luck, though, my little antichrist friend!
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Could you post a direct link to your story on Monday? The little hipster avatars melted my eyeballs when I tried to navigate the site. Good luck, though, my little antichrist friend!
Of course!
And thank you.
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I'm going to vote for you (but I'm not going to read the story).
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I'm going to vote for you (but I'm not going to read the story).
I wish this was everyone's plan, really.
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Okay guys, the stories are up at http://www.brokenpencil.com/deathmatch/ (http://www.brokenpencil.com/deathmatch/) for the next week. Mine's the one that isn't by a guy.
If you vote for me I will bake you cookies or something exciting like that. We'll figure it out.
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Okay guys, the stories are up at http://www.brokenpencil.com/deathmatch/ (http://www.brokenpencil.com/deathmatch/) for the next week. Mine's the one that isn't by a guy.
If you vote for me I will bake you cookies or something exciting like that. We'll figure it out.
"Last Winter Here" just secured my vote. I'll PM my address for the baked goods.
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Okay guys, the stories are up at http://www.brokenpencil.com/deathmatch/ (http://www.brokenpencil.com/deathmatch/) for the next week. Mine's the one that isn't by a guy.
If you vote for me I will bake you cookies or something exciting like that. We'll figure it out.
Word up, Emma!
Your piece made me more than "marginally happier."
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88%!
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Word up, Emma!
Your piece made me more than "marginally happier."
Hey thanks!
That's lovely to hear.
Cookies for everybody.
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Okay guys, the stories are up at http://www.brokenpencil.com/deathmatch/ (http://www.brokenpencil.com/deathmatch/) for the next week. Mine's the one that isn't by a guy.
If you vote for me I will bake you cookies or something exciting like that. We'll figure it out.
Are you cynically pandering to the electorate simply to win the election? If you'll admit it, I will cynically give you my vote
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My Internet connection just came back for a moment. It won't last long. But I've used part of my limited time online today read and vote for your story.
I'll be counting on your sponsorship when I decide to emigrate.
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Are you cynically pandering to the electorate simply to win the election? If you'll admit it, I will cynically give you my vote
If cynical pandering's what does it for ya, then cynical pandering's what i'm doing.
Sarah - consider it a deal. I'm more than honoured to have been a part of your small internet browsing time window.
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The whole piece was good but I loved that little part about your dad's lamp.
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The server keeps copping out but I'll keep trying.
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MC Steinberg Live again. :(
Along with We Are The Seahorses & Poingly. :(
Footage will be shot at the show for an upcoming short film. :(
Saturday, February 16.
2:30pm - 6:00pm.
Cake Shop.
152 Ludlow Street, NYC.
FREE. All Ages Welcome.
:(
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Hey, I have a podcast. One hour of great* music per episode. Two episodes so far - we'll see how long it lasts.
Streams and feeds available here:
http://houroftruth.blogspot.com
* you might disagree (but if you like rare grooves and an eclectic selection of beats, you might not)
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This is really late notice. I play guitar with Future America. We're playing tonight at The Scene in Glendale, CA. This is basically the bassist from the Tokeley's band that he asked me to join later on, so it's like same bass and guitar sound, but all the songs are about having sex with a hangover and doing pills (in other words, I don't write the songs). It's fun! LA FOT reprazent! Here's my e-mail I sent out.
People!
I play guitar...ahem.... I shred axe in Future America, this country's greatest post-ironic cawk-rawk (pronounced "calk ralk") band since Johnny Rotten's Sex Clash. Please join us for a GOOD SHOW this Saturday night at The Scene Bar in Glendale! We are playing with the awesome Crystal Antlers and tight-as-a-onesy garage rockers Candy Apple as well as whimsical-girl-thing Balloon. We are playing later, (11:30 I hear...) but these other bands are good for real and would be good to drink alcohol while listening to, so come out! Drink a lot! We will sound good! And we won't play really early and then have everyone miss us like we did at that one Ponce De Leon show at The Scene. Hear our new hit songs "Can't Get You Outta My Bed" and "Nap Time". Then nod your head to the old classics "Cool Out' and "Sex Yurt".
DO IT!!
The Scene, 806 E. Colorado St., Glendale, CA
$5. Show Starts at 9:30 pm.
Sat 2/9
Crystal Antlers [listen]
Candy Apple [listen]
Balloon [listen]
Future America [listen]
Helpful Links:
http://www.thescenebar.com
http://www.myspace.com/futureamerica
To Get You Pumped:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sw_MRwcnLNk&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jmw1LbetPEQ&feature=related
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Emma - did you win?
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Emma - did you win?
I won the first round, which means (I think--they've been really vague about things) that I get a bit of money (!!!!) and published in the magazine . Which is great. If I win, the only difference is I get more money (!!!!!!!!).
The next round that I'm in is the "semifinals," which starts (they said) either feb. 25th or in march sometime. I'll post the date when I know.
Thank you so much to everyone that voted! I felt a little silly about posting it here but everyone was super nice about it, and I think you guys were one of the biggest reasons I won at all. You are all really really really great people.
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My friend's band is coming to the east coast. They're called Bird Names. They're awesome. Go see them play. You will not regret it! Here's a listing of their shows, I copied and pasted this...
hello friends,
we are going along the east coast to play music for a little while next week. tell your friends! come out! get us high! our hearts are tuned to maximum.
it begins TONIGHT (i.e., wednesday)
2.20.08 AV Aerie (2000 w. fulton, 310) -- Chicago
(w/ these are powers, adam griffin, laromlab)
and continues--
thur 2.21.08 The Bug Jar -- Rochester
frid 2.22.08 PAs Lounge -- Boston
satu 2.23.08 RISD Taproom -- Providence
sund 2.24.08 the New Hawaii -- CT
mond 2.25.08 Death by Audio -- Brooklyn
tues 2.26.08 Special Agent Dale Cooper -- Philly
wedn 2.27.08 Mutiny’s House -- New Brunswick
thur 2.28.08 the Lighthouse -- DC
frid 2.29.08 H&H 5th Floor -- Baltimore
satu 3.01.08 Kopek’s Bar -- Pittsburgh
super. let's make some time.
www.myspace.com/birdnames
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My friends WZT Hearts live in the H&H in Baltimore. Cool!
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Hey, I have a podcast. One hour of great* music per episode. Two episodes so far - we'll see how long it lasts.
Streams and feeds available here:
http://houroftruth.blogspot.com
* you might disagree (but if you like rare grooves and an eclectic selection of beats, you might not)
Crimestick, I don't like it...
I LOVE IT! Keep at it!
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This is really late notice. I play guitar with Future America. We're playing tonight at The Scene in Glendale, CA. This is basically the bassist from the Tokeley's band that he asked me to join later on, so it's like same bass and guitar sound, but all the songs are about having sex with a hangover and doing pills (in other words, I don't write the songs). It's fun! LA FOT reprazent! Here's my e-mail I sent out.
People!
I play guitar...ahem.... I shred axe in Future America, this country's greatest post-ironic cawk-rawk (pronounced "calk ralk") band since Johnny Rotten's Sex Clash. Please join us for a GOOD SHOW this Saturday night at The Scene Bar in Glendale! We are playing with the awesome Crystal Antlers and tight-as-a-onesy garage rockers Candy Apple as well as whimsical-girl-thing Balloon. We are playing later, (11:30 I hear...) but these other bands are good for real and would be good to drink alcohol while listening to, so come out! Drink a lot! We will sound good! And we won't play really early and then have everyone miss us like we did at that one Ponce De Leon show at The Scene. Hear our new hit songs "Can't Get You Outta My Bed" and "Nap Time". Then nod your head to the old classics "Cool Out' and "Sex Yurt".
DO IT!!
The Scene, 806 E. Colorado St., Glendale, CA
$5. Show Starts at 9:30 pm.
Sat 2/9
Crystal Antlers [listen]
Candy Apple [listen]
Balloon [listen]
Future America [listen]
Helpful Links:
http://www.thescenebar.com
http://www.myspace.com/futureamerica
To Get You Pumped:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sw_MRwcnLNk&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jmw1LbetPEQ&feature=related
John Junk,
I really enjoyed your bands music! I think you would really get along with some friends of mine. They're in Charlottesville, VA, and are called The Falsies. Also, I'll add you, in case you ever come back East to play.
http://www.myspace.com/falsies (http://www.myspace.com/falsies)
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satu 2.23.08 RISD Taproom -- Providence
This was a notoriously bad venue to play way back when. They've relaunched it since then and it may be better now. my knowledge of this goes back to an interview MTV did with Sonic Youth. They were asked what the worst show they ever played was. They said, "The Rhode Island School of Design [tap room]." This was early in their careers and apparently it was in the midst of finals so no one showed up—which is a crock. No matter how busy anybody is, you can always make time for a show. I sure as hell did.
The last time I saw them play in Providence (circa 2002) they still held a grudge. Thurston Moore asked the crowd, "Anybody here go to Art School?" Followed by "BOOOOOOOO!"
Dania, I will make an effort to go. I work until 8 but trust they won't go on that early.
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Thanks kenkwan, that's awesome! Maybe we'll go on tour this summer.
It could happen!
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I'm giving a couple of talks. The first one is this Friday the 22nd at this conference (http://www.theatrewithoutborders.com/node/441) at the CUNY Grad Center. It's about human rights in Mexico. The second one is at NYU on Monday the 25th and I have no idea what I'll be talking about or why they asked me. They offered money and I was like, OK, I can come up with something.
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Hey, I have a podcast. One hour of great* music per episode. Two episodes so far - we'll see how long it lasts.
Streams and feeds available here:
http://houroftruth.blogspot.com
* you might disagree (but if you like rare grooves and an eclectic selection of beats, you might not)
Crimestick, I don't like it...
I LOVE IT! Keep at it!
Hey, thanks! We'll see who shuts it down first - RIAA or my laziness...
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No Knoxville show, huh? Oh well, maybe George Jones and Moatzart will come back.
My friend's band is coming to the east coast. They're called Bird Names. They're awesome. Go see them play. You will not regret it! Here's a listing of their shows, I copied and pasted this...
hello friends,
we are going along the east coast to play music for a little while next week. tell your friends! come out! get us high! our hearts are tuned to maximum.
it begins TONIGHT (i.e., wednesday)
2.20.08 AV Aerie (2000 w. fulton, 310) -- Chicago
(w/ these are powers, adam griffin, laromlab)
and continues--
thur 2.21.08 The Bug Jar -- Rochester
frid 2.22.08 PAs Lounge -- Boston
satu 2.23.08 RISD Taproom -- Providence
sund 2.24.08 the New Hawaii -- CT
mond 2.25.08 Death by Audio -- Brooklyn
tues 2.26.08 Special Agent Dale Cooper -- Philly
wedn 2.27.08 Mutiny’s House -- New Brunswick
thur 2.28.08 the Lighthouse -- DC
frid 2.29.08 H&H 5th Floor -- Baltimore
satu 3.01.08 Kopek’s Bar -- Pittsburgh
super. let's make some time.
www.myspace.com/birdnames
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My friend wrote and is directing no budget feature that we're filming mostly in my house. I'm one of the assistant directors and i've also been drafted to act in it.
It's not finished yet so I've been hesitant to post anything about it but we're finishing up shooting in the next few weeks and hopefully we'll have a finished product soon after that.
check out the myspace.
http://www.myspace.com/scenesfromoblivion
ps if any LA FOT's feel like getting involved or want help us out you can contact the myspace or email me godbowstomath@gmail.com
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dave, if you like, I'll call him up and tell him "You should make a stop in Knoxville. There's a guy there that wants to see you play. [medium pause] He's a supercaller"
I'll totally do it!
;D
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OK, I will pay one of my students 10 bucks to show up and claim to be me! (I very rarely go to live shows anymore because I now have old-guy ears, and it hurts. I blame Warren Zevon and Cheap Trick.)
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OK, I will pay one of my students 10 bucks to show up and claim to be me! (I very rarely go to live shows anymore because I now have old-guy ears, and it hurts. I blame Warren Zevon and Cheap Trick.)
oh, dave...they have old-guy ear plugs at the home depot.
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OK, I will pay one of my students 10 bucks to show up and claim to be me! (I very rarely go to live shows anymore because I now have old-guy ears, and it hurts. I blame Warren Zevon and Cheap Trick.)
oh, dave...they have old-guy ear plugs at the home depot.
This makes me want there to be an old-guy iPod, like a Jitterbug Phone. Maybe they can re-brand the Zune.
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I wrote my first-ever song lyrics yesterday. It's a musical theater workshop, so keep in mind that the parameters are very different from the kind of music (or comedy) most of us like: more storytelling than rocking, more wit than funny.
It's also written for a specific (female) singer, based on an interview I did with her - I have no embarrassment or shame whatsoever that I wrote a love song for a guy, though it is ironic, as I'm the only straight male writer in the room.
Here are the lyrics: I'll post an .mp3 if there ever is one. Forrest, this is all happening in your neck of the woods if you want to get coffee sometime.
"My Israeli Guy"
Music by Marisa Michelson, lyrics by me
I wake up smelling coffee
From gay husband/roommate, Greg
The radiator hisses
As he boils me an egg
I think of my Israeli guy
I mean, The Israeli guy
We dated once, and nearly kissed
But I refuse to get invested
In this thing that can't exist
I'm hustling down Fifth Avenue
Avoiding killer moms,
A fleet of speeding taxis,
And a madman shouting Psalms
I dream of my Israeli guy
My hairy sweet Israeli guy
I think about
The time that he
Won ten bucks in the lottery
He bought ten more
Gave nine to me
I love his generosity
I really should call my mother
And practice piano more
The last thing I need's another
Entanglement with a man
I think he'll understand
At my desk, he texts me
My Mediterranean expat
Before I know what I am thinking
My thoughts have turned to sex chat
I drift to my Israeli guy
His shoulders and his lisp
My rugged, cute Israeli guy
I float off in a wisp
I can't believe
The ways that he
Remains lodged in my memory
We talk all night
Stay up 'til three
The romance of philosophy
I really should stop this dreaming
This magical thinking's bad
It really is unbeseeming
This mania for a man
He wouldn't understand
I wish these thoughts could be dismissed
I'll hold my heart in my clenched fist
I'll wait for my lust to subsist
If he's not here he won't be missed
Please don't let me get invested
In this thing doesn't even really not even a little
This thing - my Israeli guy and me - doesn't even exist
(I'm picturing a sort of improvisational Lena Horne scat-like thing here)
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Impressive! One nitpick, though (and I promise I wasn't looking for excuses to gripe): In the last verse "subsist" is wrong. I believe you mean "subside," which throws off the whole rhyme scheme. But, hey, you've got the flair to fix it, of that I have no doubt.
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Nice Joan Didion reference. I love writing lyrics with stories in them.
I wrote a musical once.
http://www.integr8dmedia.net/viralnet/2008/each_lament.html?artist=hogan
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My story is back in the Broken Pencil competition--it's the "semifinals" this week . You guys were really really really nice to vote for me before, and if you feel like it, you can get to be really really really nice again! I won't post more about this because I feel kind of obnoxious already. But I really appreciated everything the FOTs did to get me past the first round of voting, whether or not I win the whole thing. You are all super cool.
My story's here, if you're lookin': www.brokenpencil.com/deathmatch (http://www.brokenpencil.com/deathmatch). This time I'm the one who isn't the guy from Finland.
(oh, and Jason/John? The songs from your musicals? I don't like them.
I LOVE THEM).
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Impressive! One nitpick, though (and I promise I wasn't looking for excuses to gripe): In the last verse "subsist" is wrong. I believe you mean "subside," which throws off the whole rhyme scheme. But, hey, you've got the flair to fix it, of that I have no doubt.
Right you are. Those last rhymes were quick-and-dirty, intended for the composer to pick one or two and discard the rest, and she solved that problem by discarding the line, with my consent. We also changed "hairy" to "slender," as the real Israeli guy the singer has a crush on is not in fact hairy at all, and I'm a sucker for verisimilitude. I think we'll record the song next week and I'll post a link. It's very traditional musical-theater fare, but it was a show-stopper if I do say so myself. The singer was awesome.
Nice song, JJ - reminds me a little of Barbara Morganstern. I didn't know you went to CalArts - I had a short play done there last year.
And Emma, thanks! I voted for you again.
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I'm on Team Emma, too. Two thirds of the vote, at this moment in time! Go go go go!
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Voted for you, Emma.
And, Jason, I'm glad you changed "hairy" to "slender." "Hairy" was a bit of a cliché, as I'm sure you recognized.
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Sarah, do you mean stereotype? Or are you referring to the swarthy-lover-romance-novel trope which I had (unsuccessfully, obviously) meant to wink at?
And everybody, Emma's getting trounced! Get on over there and vote!
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I meant stereotype: the hairy/swarthy Jew/Israeli. To me, it didn't evoke bodice rippers at all.
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I know I've plugged my podcast here before, so my apologies, but I just wanted to mention that the pod is still going strong, a whopping five episodes in. Also, I'm quite proud of this week's episode. It's 60+ minutes of experimental soundscapes, noise, dreamy rhythms, audio leftovers... A somewhat different direction. Features stuff by Boards of Canada, The For Carnation, Forss, Pan American, The Caretaker, Tadd Mullinix, and many more.
For streams, feeds and direct downloads, check:
http://houroftruth.blogspot.com
(I'll shut up now.)
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Sounds pretty cool, Crimestick. I wish half of the mp3 bloggers would podcast. Peel works pretty well, but it strips the songs of their context.
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Here's the info for my LA debut:
The Theater @ Boston Court
70 North Mentor Avenue
Pasadena, CA (http://www.bostoncourt.com/TheatreSplash.htm)
1001
West Coast Premiere by Jason Grote
directed by Michael Michetti
May 10 - June 8, 2008
Wandering through a deserted New York City subway tunnel in a hallucinogenic daze, urbanite Alan emerges from the dark to encounter a one-eyed Middle-Eastern merchant in ancient Baghdad… So goes this hilarious and heartbreaking retelling of The Tales of the Thousand and One Nights which spins stories of love, sex, religion and war – some things never go out of style.
Buy tickets here (https://www.ovationtix.com/trs/pr/27651), PM me if you're broke and you want me to try and get you a comp.
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Grote, Your tickets are selling out all over the place!
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Thanks, buddy! Things are going pretty well. I wish I had chosen something more lucrative, or that more people were into - sometimes when I say "I'm a playwright," I feel like I'm saying "I repair pocket watches" - but things are going well.
I might have some other big FOT-related playwriting news but I don't wanna jinx it. Damn, it is hard to keep my mouth shut about this!
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Thanks, buddy! Things are going pretty well. I wish I had chosen something more lucrative, or that more people were into - sometimes when I say "I'm a playwright," I feel like I'm saying "I repair pocket watches" - but things are going well.
I might have some other big FOT-related playwriting news but I don't wanna jinx it. Damn, it is hard to keep my mouth shut about this!
You're killing me.
Coloring his vocal chords,
Dorvid
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I might have some other big FOT-related playwriting news but I don't wanna jinx it. Damn, it is hard to keep my mouth shut about this!
You sold me the whole seat, but I only need the edge!
Um, as the saying goes.
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I like that phrase, Emma. Did you invent that?
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To be honest with you, I have no idea. I really really really hope I did, but at the same time, I think it's a little too awesome for me to have come up with all on my own. It's best when you say it out loud--the voice that goes with it is like that of a monster truck rally announcer type getting wedgied near the end of the sentence.
You know. Like, "We'll sell you the whole seat, but you'll only need the E-UH-DGE" kind of thing.
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I'm almost positive that I've heard it before. But I hope I'm wrong.
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i've heard it before.
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In non-JasonGrote related news (congrats on the recent stuff, seriously), if anyone is feeling like voting for a Webby, head on over to http://pv.webbyawards.com/ballot/home and, if you're feeling generous, go to Entertainment - Art and vote for the Richard Serra site. It was created by one guy I work with, and a video I made is on it too, as well as some videos by a guy who does great documentaries. We don't make a lot of scratch around here so prizes are a nice way to convince ourselves that we're worthwhile.
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Right on, Senor, I like Richard Serra. And you, so I'll go vote.
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The latest issue of Broken Pencil magazine (www.brokenpencil.com (http://www.brokenpencil.com)) is out and I am in it not once, but twice! Or actually like seven times--they hired me as a zine reviewer after my story got booted out of the competition, and some of my reviews actually made it in. Which is weird and cool, but also kind of frightening, because I am still only pretending to know how to review things.
I'm pretty sure it isn't sold anywhere in the states (it's not even that easy to find in Canada) but if you want, you can order a copy (or PM me--my mom bought like eighty million of them). You really don't have to, though--the story's still up on their website.
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Congratulations, Emma!
I hope you'll be writing something for the Fan Fiction contest.
(So far, it's Turk-182ing.)
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why is it 'playwright' and not 'playwrite'? i'm not trying to be a jerk here just curious about the etymology of the word, and my half assed attempt at research via wikipedia didn't give me any answers.
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"Wright" means a crafter, maker, manufacturer of something, so a playwright makes plays, a shipwright makes ships, and so on.
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This isn't self-promotion, but familial promotion.
My brother's band GUTZ is releasing a new record. It's on iTunes and Amazon and the hard copies will be out soon. They're really awesome.
(http://gutzgutz.com/gutz-news_files/LORENZO.gif)
Recorded at the Seaside Lounge
Influences: John Cale, Millie Jackson, The Brothers Gibb, Elton John, Swamp Dogg, Labi Siffre, Stephanie Mills, Cock Sparrer
Sounds Like: white music for black people
http://www.gutzgutz.com
Here are some sample tracks:
http://www.mediafire.com/?jzmcmtrd9zg
Czech it!
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More shameless plugging: My podcast The Hour of Truth now has a Facebook group (http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=13109442437). Feel free to join - you don't even have to be friends with me! (It's win-win!)
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Redesigned my website after a few months of dabbling.
http://www.darrenhoyt.com/
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I got another play up, in Austin, TX. If anyone wants me to try and get them a comp (Phantom Hugger?) let me know. It's filthy.
http://www.salvagevanguard.org/index2.php
Based on a true story, Hamilton Township combines memoir, surrealist horror, punk rock and a New Jersey folk tale to tell a morality play about adolescence, the nature of evil and the worst party in the history of ever. Jason and Babydoll are trapped in the house of a sleeping old woman with a case of wine coolers as a toxic storm rages outside. Neither know what's been put in store for them by the nameless bully who put their very special evening together. FOR MATURE AUDIENCES ONLY.
Directed by Jenny Larson
Featuring: Kristen Bennett, Jude Hickey, Lana Dieterich, Joey LePage
Sound design by Buzz Moran
Set by Connor Hopkins
Costumes by Laura Cannon
Special Effects Make Up by Jessica Gilzow
Video Design by Lee Webster
Following our May 30th opening night performance will be a celebration for the cast and crew as well as a farewell to our longtime Artistic Director Jason Neulander. Please join us to toast the past and toast the future. No bread will be provided. Just drinks.
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congrats! that's a great theater.
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Thanks, yeah, I love them! Do you live in Austin, Joanna?
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nope, i lived there for five years and saw a couple of plays there. and filmed a music video there -- it's also an awesome space!
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I think they're in a new space now, this converted mini-factory, like one of those places they make machine parts or process deer:
(http://www.austinchronicle.com/binary/4f72/arts_feature-39463.jpeg)
I can't find a photo online but it pretty much looks like this. It's an awesome space, though.
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are you going to be down there for any of the shows? My little sis lives in Austin and I've been looking for an excuse to get down that way.
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I'm here until June 1! let me know if you want free tickets - I still owe you for the Girlscout cookies.
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My friend wrote a review of the "Friars and Bacchae" thing and it's in the latest issue of ArtUS magazine. I'm not sure what the distribution of that thing is, but it's out on newsstands in your more eggheaded sectors of L.A., that's for sure. She seems to say it was good in some ways, but then also say it's "embarrassing" and that I'm "cautiously pathetic" or something. I'll take what I can get, I'm still excited about it!
www.artext.org
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Since this is the self-plugging thread...
My band, Longshanks, will be playing at Piano's in NYC on Saturday, June 28th.
We will be opening for Paul Dano's band, Mook. Come help us drive the demons out.
I'll post something a little more formally a little closer to the date.
C
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Self-promotion: I'm working on a website that's documenting an exhibition at MoMA about prefabricated housing (http://moma.org/homedelivery) and the architects that will be installing five homes here on the vacant lot have been blogging for a few months. If you walk by the lot off 6th Avenue and 54th you can see things starting. Anyway, we could use the web traffic to justify our existence and keep me gainfully employed. I've been doing some videos for the site, too.
Self-advertising, OVER.
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For what it's worth, here is a link to my sketch-comedy podcast, called "The Epileprechaun Show." I have not done a new installment in TWO YEARS because of teaching gigs. But I will revive it. It says "Toothychum's Podcast", but it is The Epilprechaun Show.
www.epileprechaun.com (http://www.epileprechaun.com)
Best Show bump? ;)
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Sounds awesome, Jon, I'll check it out. You know I'm looking for that sort of thing these days.
Here's two minutes about my latest play on the UT radio station. I wholeheartedly approve of the interstitial music:
http://kut.org/items/show/12919
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"Well not this right here. This is %#$% boring."
That is GREAT!
The guitar in "Lunatic Fringe" has always worked for me. I wholeheartedly approve as well!
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Thanks! It's always risky writing boredom into a play (on purpose), but mayhem starts soon after that part, so all is good.
I too dig "Lunatic Fringe." Whatever happened to Red Ryder? Maybe I'll IMDB them.
Oh, PS, whoever wanted to know how my name is pronounced, click away. And PPS, I apologize for saying "well-oiled machine," which I wanted to inhale back in the moment it came out. Surely that one belongs in the bad phrases thread.
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here is a little plugging on the board...
if you go to the art institute of chicago, you can see an installation i worked on. i made the wrigley stadium in the mario ybarra jr show in the contemporary wing. and in july there will be a house i'm fabricating in the hyde park arts center. you should go see them.
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(http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s233/mcsteinberg/flyerjpg-1.jpg)
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I lived on Courtlandt Street when I was 4 years old. Even then it looked misspelled.
I got this here thing coming up in DC, DC FOT (by the way, I didn't write this, it's ad copy, just so everyone knows):
Pay-What -You-Can Previews for This Storm is What We Call Progress
It has all been leading up to this. Rorschach's Exile begins this Thursday Night, June 19th at 8pm. Previews continue Friday and Saturday nights at 8pm.
Here are four great reasons to join Rorschach in Exile:
1. The work of exciting new playwright Jason Grote. This is the DC debut of one of America's newest and freshest theatre voices and he is making it with DC's most exciting young theatre company.
2. Rorschach Co-Artistic Director and the acclaimed director of such Rorschach hits as The Arabian Night and The Master and Margarita, Jenny McConnell Frederick, kicks off our summer season with another sexy, moving and terrifically staged play that explores the world of magic, love and obsession.
3. See the return of Rorschach Theatre Company Member Karl Miller. One of DC's most critically acclaimed and talented young actors who wowed Rorschach audiences in The Lord of the Flies and Accidental Death of an Anarchist.
4. The Davis Center for the Performing Arts at Georgetown University. This new state of the art performing arts center which will play host to all three of Rorschach's summer shows. And best of all you can enjoy it all in a climate controlled space. That's right air conditioning.
Performing in the DEVINE THEATRE
at the Davis Center Performing Arts Center
at Georgetown University
June 22- July 20
PAY-WHAT-YOU-CAN PREVIEWS
ARE JUNE 19, 20 and 21 at 8pm:
There are no reservations for the previews.
Tickets can be purchased at the theatre
starting one hour before the show begins.
Call 1-800-494-TIXS
CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS FOR THE REST OF THE RUN!
$20 full price / $12 for students and seniors
www.rorschachtheatre.com
and for more updates about all the excitement that is making its way to the stages in Georgetown, visit The Rorschach Blog.
DETAILED DIRECTIONS ARE AVAILABLE HERE!
DIRECTOR: Jenny McConnell Frederick
FEATURING: Sara Barker, Rena Cherry Brown and Karl Miller
DESIGNED BY: Robbie Hayes (Set), David C. Ghatan (Lights), Franklin Labovitz (Costumes), Matthew Frederick (Sound), Francoise Bastien (Props)
FIGHT CHOREOGRAPHY: Casey Kaleba
STAGE MANAGED BY: Kyle Jean Fisher and Alex Aki (Asst. SM)
PRODUCED BY:Jenny McConnell Frederick and Randy Baker
David C. Ghatan (Assoc. Producer), Debra Kim Sivigny (Assoc. Producer), Catherine Tripp (Assoc. Producer)
ADDITIONAL PRODUCTION: Hannah Crowell (Assistant Set Designer), Tracy Wertheimer (Assistant Lighting Designer), Jon Reynolds (Technical Director), Brian S. Allard (Master Electrician)
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shouldnt this thread be made sticky or whatever
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It gets bumped a lot.
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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2D9-Hl1qHtE[/youtube]
FRANKENSTEINBERG
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BIRD NAMES are on tour again!! Check their myspace page for dates
www.myspace.com/birdnames
You can also type the word birdnames into the browser thing. If you haven't heard them yet, the song "Space Elevator" is more than worth checking out.
If yer on the west coast, go support an amazing band and live.
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Too late!
I missed them.
Bummer.
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here is a little plugging on the board...
if you go to the art institute of chicago, you can see an installation i worked on. i made the wrigley stadium in the mario ybarra jr show in the contemporary wing. and in july there will be a house i'm fabricating in the hyde park arts center. you should go see them.
What's the date at HPAC? I'm in Hyde Park and I'll check it out!
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I guess, uh, if anyone on this board happens to live in Omaha, NE (or Council Bluffs, IA) I'd rather enjoy it if you wandered down to the Waiting Room this Saturday (June 28th). My band Pharmacy Spirits (myspace.com/pharmacyspirits) will be providing the entertainment before the illustrious Broken Spindles (Joel from The Faint) takes the stage.
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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2D9-Hl1qHtE[/youtube]
FRANKENSTEINBERG
Who knew Mo Rocca could rap?
He's no L'il Wyclef, though.
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So I got hired to tape and edit a play last week, a brand new awful "play for teens" which I shon't name. It's unpublished and being performed as some kind of educational thing, so apparently copyright laws and laws of decency don't apply.
It was a huge cast of around 30, everyone between 11 and 17 years old, and over the course of one hour play there was:
- a reference to truck nutz
- a lot of frighteningly realistic stage combat
- about 500 reasons for the playwright to get sued by the authors of A Greater Tuna
- the Carlos Mencia "retarded" noise
- Unauthorized songs by Alabama, Pat Benetar, and Elvis.
- a LOT of questionable costume choices by the girls.
- a ventriloquist act
- the phrase "Git 'R Done"
God help me it's all true. Being an editor sucks when the material is this depressing.
I need the money. (don't judge)
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So I got hired to tape and edit a play last week, a brand new awful "play for teens" which I shon't name. It's unpublished and being performed as some kind of educational thing, so apparently copyright laws and laws of decency don't apply.
It was a huge cast of around 30, everyone between 11 and 17 years old, and over the course of one hour play there was:
- a reference to truck nutz
- a lot of frighteningly realistic stage combat
- about 500 reasons for the playwright to get sued by the authors of A Greater Tuna
- the Carlos Mencia "retarded" noise
- Unauthorized songs by Alabama, Pat Benetar, and Elvis.
- a LOT of questionable costume choices by the girls.
- a ventriloquist act
- the phrase "Git 'R Done"
God help me it's all true. Being an editor sucks when the material is this depressing.
I need the money. (don't judge)
I heard these guys had fallen off, but I didn't think it was that bad.
(http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/9578/playersxf6.jpg)
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Oh yeah, and a nod to the Monty Python dead parrot sketch.
Cuz kids today LOVE Monty Python.
Nicely done, Omar!
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Just tell them, Dorvid: I wrote that hunk of junk. Don't judge, everybody, I really needed that money for Erika's cat.
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I don't know if this counts, but I've been doing some freelance work for an interviewer friend, and thought I would throw it out here.
If any of you ever need an interview or podcast (or whatever) transcribed, my rates are desperately reasonable. PM me.
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Hey guys. I maded a music blog
http://lsdandlollipops.blogspot.com/ (http://lsdandlollipops.blogspot.com/)
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Not a very big deal, I know, but I am lending voice talent to a play in the Fringe Festival next month, marking my half-assed return to the theatre world.
http://triumphoftheunderdog.blogspot.com/
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Not a very big deal, I know, but I am lending voice talent to a play in the Fringe Festival next month, marking my half-assed return to the theatre world.
http://triumphoftheunderdog.blogspot.com/
I'm going to this! Probably with you!
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LAST SHOW EVER - ONE NIGHT ONLY
Death To The:
Comedians Of Comedy
Patton Oswalt
Brian Posehn
Maria Bamford
Zach Galifianakis
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Surprise Guests
++ Saturday, July 26th at 8pm ++
Spreckles Theatre
121 Broadway
San Diego CA 92101
www.spreckels.net
(http://xms2.missionmedia.net/customer_images/9/Death_COC.jpg)
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You in the show, IABVT?
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zuh, nope
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The Patton Oswalt Lego character looks like the Fonz.
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That Comedians poster totally rocks. It looks EXACTLY like Brian Posehn.
But 'last show'? Really?
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i know...apparently people didnt like it as much as i did.
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Well, that would be great if I lived anywhere near California.
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I am frustrated that they are not doing it here in Knoxville. Guess I will have to settle for the one-night-only broadcast-to-movie-theaters Glenn Beck Comedycast.
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Hey guys. I maded a music blog
http://lsdandlollipops.blogspot.com/ (http://lsdandlollipops.blogspot.com/)
Cool!
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I heard about that a few days ago but I didn't write anything fearing it might be taboo here. Kind of surprising nobody talked about but I suppose you were all sobbing over it over at AST!
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here is a little plugging on the board...
if you go to the art institute of chicago, you can see an installation i worked on. i made the wrigley stadium in the mario ybarra jr show in the contemporary wing. and in july there will be a house i'm fabricating in the hyde park arts center. you should go see them.
What's the date at HPAC? I'm in Hyde Park and I'll check it out!
It opens on august 3rd. Do you go to school in hyde park?
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for LA people:
http://www.silentmovietheatre.com/calendar/thursday.html
(http://www.silentmovietheatre.com/images/julyaug08/wreckingcrew.jpg)
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Fetching ladies with basses!
Is that doc being distributed, or am I going to have to start hitchhiking now?
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i think youre going to have to start hiking, spoony.
http://wreckingcrew.tv/index2.html
...unless you want to wait. i would think they would distribute this.
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I'll have some photos in this exhibit/event... Baltimore-area FOT's should come by. (Anyone in the vicinity should at least think about coming to Artscape. It's a lot of fun!)
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3172/2658720988_2e37b8eee8_o.gif)
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Congrats, Erika!
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I'll have some photos in this exhibit/event... Baltimore-area FOT's should come by. (Anyone in the vicinity should at least think about coming to Artscape. It's a lot of fun!)
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3172/2658720988_2e37b8eee8_o.gif)
Any chance this is up next weekend? Me and wifey have to go down to Baltimore for a wedding. And to pick up a "package". Not really, but fun to say.
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Senor, I'll be in DC this weekend, but carless, and isn't it pretty hard/expensive to get to Baltimore from DC by train?
OK, this inevitably has the cheesy, low-rent look of any theatrical production that gets shot on video, but it's pretty fun as long as you don't take it too seriously: the trailer for my play at Georgetown.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wK_hE3aN64Y[/youtube]
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Any chance this is up next weekend? Me and wifey have to go down to Baltimore for a wedding. And to pick up a "package". Not really, but fun to say.
This will be going on this upcoming Saturday. Here's a little article about the "Station North Arts District" which Hour Haus Studios is actually part of. There are a lot of events going on up there during Artscape. Artscape rules already... hopefully this will make it even cooooooler.
http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/custom/altoday/bal-al.artscape13jul13,0,2863286.story
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It's weird how that flier features a dirty rectum with a straw in it.
just sayin.
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I am frustrated that they are not doing it here in Knoxville. Guess I will have to settle for the one-night-only broadcast-to-movie-theaters Glenn Beck Comedycast.
I would love to see that show. Life's a bitch, isn't it?
That Glenn Beck thingy sounds like cruel and unusual punishment for sins committed in previous lives.
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It's weird how that flier features a dirty rectum with a straw in it.
just sayin.
You expect any less from B'More?
I'm hoping to escape from family obligations for some time, but might get roped into another trip to Virginia instead.
And yes Jason, it is a little bit of a hike from DC, but not too bad to get there by train. However, I am clueless about what happens when you actually GET to Baltimore.
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I looked into it, and it's only like $6 on Maryland commuter rail - I think my DC schedule is pretty packed, though.
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I'm playing records at the Lamp Post in Jersey City tomorrow night (Weds 23rd). Probably between 11 and 2.
I will buy any FOT that shows up a drink.
http://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&q=lamp+post&near=Jersey+City,+NJ&fb=1&cid=5526974225595730638&li=lmd&z=14&t=m
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It's weird how that flier features a dirty rectum with a straw in it.
just sayin.
Heyyyyy that's a lemon with a sugar stick in it:
(http://www.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/3533857/2/istockphoto_3533857_lemon_stick.jpg)
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Senor, I'll be in DC this weekend, but carless, and isn't it pretty hard/expensive to get to Baltimore from DC by train?
OK, this inevitably has the cheesy, low-rent look of any theatrical production that gets shot on video, but it's pretty fun as long as you don't take it too seriously: the trailer for my play at Georgetown.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wK_hE3aN64Y[/youtube]
This is totally funny. I must have missed this the first time around.
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Thanks, Liz. I finally got to see it last weekend (I sat next to Yesno). They did a pretty nice job! The lead guy was particularly good.
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I'm playing records at the Lamp Post in Jersey City tomorrow night (Weds 23rd). Probably between 11 and 2.
I will buy any FOT that shows up a drink.
http://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&q=lamp+post&near=Jersey+City,+NJ&fb=1&cid=5526974225595730638&li=lmd&z=14&t=m
I'd totally go to this if I was in NYC. Let me know if you do it again anytime soon.
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Since this is in the news again, here's something I wrote for PK in January about Scrabble/Scrabulous:
http://www.publicknowledge.org/node/1359
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I'll have some photos in this exhibit/event... Baltimore-area FOT's should come by. (Anyone in the vicinity should at least think about coming to Artscape. It's a lot of fun!)
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3172/2658720988_2e37b8eee8_o.gif)
Belated congrats, Erika!!! I wish I had been there to see the event and your stuff. I like the poster a lot, too. Now I am thirsty.
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For the last couple of months, I've been taking a standup class. I started it because I wanted to sharpen my writing, but I've found standup to be a hoot in its own right.
Our showcase is this Tuesday, in the Comedy Store's Belly Room. I'd love to meet some LA-area FOTs there. It'll be the first time I've done anything like this, and it'll be good times. One of the other guys is an old toastmaster from Rhodesia.
PM me for details.
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I'm posting this by proxy: a really good friend just built a one-stop-politics-shop-website, and I think it's pretty neat.
www.polihood.com
It links to all of the usual sites, and you can customize it to get information on local issues in your neighborhood, your elected officials, etc. Not too shabby!
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**dont forget**
Patton Oswalt and Friends!
Wednesday, July 30th
At The New Largo
Featuring Blaine Capatch, Tim & Eric doing a brand new sketch,
and Maya Rudolph and Fred Armisen doing preview scenes from a play written
by Paul Thomas Anderson!
Also, Patton Oswalt will tell jokes into a microphone
336 N. LA Cienega Blvd.
9pm - $25
For tickets call 310-855-0347
(http://xms2.missionmedia.net/customer_images/9/20080730_patton_friends.jpg)
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Patton Oswalt is a FOT so I guess it's okay, but I mostly meant this thread for self-promotion of obscure slobs-like-us FOT's who aren't really famous already.
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i hope to see you all here:
The Aquarium (Dempsey's Upstairs)
August, 8 2008 at Weezfest (Weezer Blue Album tribute) with Empire Builder and the Saracens 21+ ID
226 Broadway, 2nd Floor, Fargo, North Dakota 58102
Cost : $3
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I'd be there but I only have $2.50. Can you comp me?
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Sure. I will comp any FOT'er 50cents off the door.
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Who am I kidding. If a FOT shows up, free admission, free summit beer (we get a couple of pitchers just for playing music!) and some fine conversation. perhaps a bear hug if you're comfortable.
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Here's an e-mail I sent about my next class show (sadtrombone.com please)
I'm inviting you guys to check out my improv 201 class show next
sunday, at the UCB Theatre L.A. at 4:30 pm!
This will be a low key affair. If any of you saw my last class show,
this is the next class up the chain, so it's expected to be "better"
than that one, or at least more complicated. Unfortunately, they charge 5 bucks
to get in, but FORTUNATELY you can b.y.o.b. That's right, I'd
recommend one of those 24 oz. cans of Budweiser they have these days.
EXPLANATION:
our class learned one half of the long-form improv format called The
Harold. You pay them money and they teach you an improv format,
piecemeal, and you're "done" at 4 or 5 classes. But then you have to
keep taking the classes forever if you want to stay good at it. So
it's like a low-stakes freemasons or a scientology (or an art career)
for people who think they're funny.
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW:
The main goal is to entertain people and make them laugh, so you're
supposed to enjoy yourself! That's not a happy accident, that's the
whole point!
Why is this e-mail so long?
Okay, so if you got an open sunday, I'd love to see you!
Brian Finkelstein's Improv 201 Class Show: 4:30 pm
Upright Citizen's Brigade Theatre
5919 Franklin Ave.
Hollywood, CA 90028
(323) 908-8702
thanks,
John
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I didn't know you did that stuff, Sr. Junk. Very cool.
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Thanks!
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I wish I could go.
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Somewhere, Todd (maybe earlier in this very thread), there is a video of Junk strutting his stuff. Very, very funny, and worth digging up.
I gots one. Note the age guidelines, in case anyone is planning on bringing their nephews:
WOOLLY MAMMOTH THEATRE COMPANY
641 D St NW, Washington, DC
(http://woollymammoth.net/images/content/showart/195x234_showinfo/maria_stuart_showpage.gif)
MARIA/STUART
by Jason Grote
directed by Pam MacKinnon
featuring company members Naomi Jacobson and Sarah Marshall, with Meghan Grady, Eli James, Amy McWilliams and Emily Townley
WORLD PREMIERE
August 18 – September 14, 2008
Appropriate for ages 16 & up.
(http://woollymammoth.net/images/content/showart/Maria_Stuart/maria_stuart_publicity.jpg)
About the Show
Stuart fights to keep the lid on his mother’s and aunts’ simmering angst. But the family’s secrets channel themselves into a bizarre shapeshifter that guzzles soda and chatters German verse. Friedrich Schiller’s classic tale of warring queens inspires a macabre romp into all that suburban America tries to repress.
DC-area FOT, PM me if you want comps. I should be able to hook it up.
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Toronto FOTs.
My band ( Leonids ) is playing at Rancho Relaxo on College Street.
September 5th .
I will post set times when I hear from the promoter.
If you like the indie rock, come on out.
I am the tall guy that sings in the band.
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PURRICANE IS OPENING UP FOR DIGITAL LEATHER
THIS TUESDAY NIGHT
GO TO THE SHOW DUDES
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3213/2751517393_d430c68fda_o.jpg)
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digital leather are bigger in every state but their own. what a shame.
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Minneapolis / St. Paul FOT's
My former band, Anchorhead, is having a reunion show at the Hexagon bar on November 15th. My current band, Empire Builder, is opening. I realize that this is still 3 months off but I'm just too excited not to post it.
The last time Anchorhead played the Hexagon a guy killed himself in his car in the parking lot outside (gunshot). My friend found the person as she was walking into the bar. Very sad.
But I hear it's a great neighborhood.
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I'm playing every Friday ('till I get the boot) from 5-8 at a bar called Manchester's on 49th and 2nd in New York City, New York. It sounds somewhat similar to this:www.myspace.com/petevelcro (http://www.myspace.com/petevelcro)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMmBp4c6kJo
No cover, and FOT's get free a Salad or Disco Fires or a Whiskey Sour!
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Jason Grote might have told you about his new play, Maria/Stuart...but what he didn't tell you was that he was the subject of the lengthy feature in the Washington Post!
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/15/AR2008081500964.html?referrer=emailarticlepg
My favorite part is when the writer assigns Jason the epithet "the bearded playwright."
Yay!
Sorry if this is embarrassing to you, Jason.
I'm really not sorry.
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Uh... um. You're sweet. Uh.
I didn't manage to sneak a Best Show reference into this one, if anyone's wondering.
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Disco Fires
Do tell.
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Disco Fires
Do tell.
(http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/1085000/images/_1088752_wreckage300afp.jpg)
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"I don't think you're ever really aware of how deeply political his writing is, because he is so gifted at grounding it in the social aspect, in the domestic aspect," says Wendy C. Goldberg, artistic director of the National Playwrights Conference (and former artistic associate at Arena Stage). "That's one of the main gifts of his writing, that it never feels didactic. It always feels theatrical."
Jeez, JG, I am now too intimidated to address you directly anymore. Congratulations on a nice article and your upward trajectory. When you get to the top, will you remember the little FOTle?
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Really great article! Congratulations, JG!
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Disco Fires
Do tell.
Disco Fries are an excellent choice, ughwhy. In fact, I'm glad you didn't choose the salad; I don't even know if Manchester's make salads--I was appealing to the super health conscious FOT's out there. But hey, who wants salad on a Friday, anyway? Nobody!
In all seriousness, with proof of FOT-dom (an ID card, a sticker, a convincing "Wait whaaat") you and your friends--bring everyone you can, your parents, the homeless etc.--will get comped, by me. I would be so jazzed to meet real live FOT's and to also see that something I put on the internet actually became real.
So, if you get the feeling one of these Fridays between 5 and 8, please come out: Manchester's 920 2nd Ave. between 48th & 49th St.
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but what he didn't tell you was that he was the subject of the lengthy feature in the Washington Post!
So cool to open up the paper on a Sunday morning and see a name and face I recognized! One that hadn't started a war or something.
Great article--congratulations...though I did look for Best Show references, I'll admit. Silly but true.
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Dave, you are sweet. But I need the FOT more than you all will ever need me. Nothing gives me a sense of perspective like coming here and geeking out about music, comics, or cans of porn.
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but what he didn't tell you was that he was the subject of the lengthy feature in the Washington Post!
So cool to open up the paper on a Sunday morning and see a name and face I recognized! One that hadn't started a war or something.
Great article--congratulations...though I did look for Best Show references, I'll admit. Silly but true.
I agree with all that, so I'll just add that the article really makes me want to see one of your plays! Maria/Stewart sound so much cooler than any theater I've ever seen here, let alone been involved in.
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Thanks, guys. RegJoe, you're in Seattle, right? There used to be great theater there but around 2001/2002, almost everyone under 35 from that scene left for New York or LA, mostly because the economy collapsed (in fact do you know any of them? Printer's Devil or Empty Space guys, or Mike Daisey?). The bigger theaters out there have been in crisis ever since. One of them (ACT) kinda dicked me over.
It's a lot hard to sneak in Best Show references when there are actual journalists and editors involved. Though, shit, I just did a website interview and I forgot to sneak one in. Next time.
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I've seen some amazing theater come out of Empty Space and ACT both, although ACT's reputation around here isn't worth a whole hell of a lot anymore. From your brief mention of them, it appears there is good reason for that. Losing Empty Space however has left something of a void here, that thankfully a number of eager young troupes seem to be filling in fairly well, on a smaller scale.
The great bane of this area (or anywhere that isn't LA or NY I imagine) is that everyone who gets the briefest glimpse of their own talent immediately moves to one of the hub cities (as is my want), leaving us with a constant crop of up and comers, when the fields are fruitful. Also, to be clear, I don't mean to say I am anywhere near in your league of professional theater, having only been involved in a number of smaller productions around here (acting, for the large part). Life has taken me out of doing it from time to time (aka now), but I always go back.
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I still bet we know at least a few people in common - it's a laughably small world (I actually have friends in common with Forrest and Junk, and I'm doing a thing at Totep's school this fall). Also the boundaries between different leagues or whatever are pretty porous.
There is definitely a problem with the hub city thing. Most big regional plays have to get cast out of NYC. But it's kind of unpredictable - for example, 5 of the 6 actors in my cast are local DC people, and they're better than most NYC casts I've worked with. DC and Chicago have huge local pools of working actors, while LA is mostly a film town - there's lots of theater there, but mostly due to sprawl (and the fact that actors in plays are mostly just trying to keep busy in between film and TV projects), it doesn't quite coalesce in the way that other cities do. Arty, young cities like Austin and Portland have thriving scenes and lots of small, awesome companies, but most everyone has to have a day job because there's just not enough paying work. Cities like SF and Boston that should have tons of local theater have relatively little going on.
The Empty Space thing is a bummer but the silver lining is that their former literary manager wound up in NY, and he's awesome. I'm getting to work with him on a project next month.
Sorry to yammer on about all of this stuff.
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I still bet we know at least a few people in common - it's a laughably small world (I actually have friends in common with Forrest and Junk, and I'm doing a thing at Totep's school this fall). Also the boundaries between different leagues or whatever are pretty porous.
Even if we don't have common people and even if we haven't spoken enough to make the statement true, you can bet your bottom dollar I will name-drop you as my close, personal friend, to anyone who may know enough to know. I will also mention what a bigshot you are, as in "Yeah, I'm totally close, personal friends with the playwright Jason Grote, who (I mention offhandedly) was featured in last weeks Washington Post."
I will privately refer to this as the FOTclause, being that I am a Friend of Tom, as are all these other awesomely creative people. Therefore, you are all now people I can (and will) coopt as friends, simply to further my own strictly careerist agenda. Yes, I'm looking at you, H-Man.*
*I probably wont do any of this, because I feel like a douche even just joking about it now. Also, I don't know that many people anymore who would have the first idea what I was on about.
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Yeah, any Friend of Tom is a friend of mine and is welcome to drop my name in the 0.0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001% of situations that it might do any of you any good.
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I am going to ask the theater teacher I work with if he knows my FRIEND Jason Grote. If he replies with a no, I will slap him across the face with my gloves, shout "POSEUR!!! THIS IS AN OUTRAGE!!!", and demand his immediate ouster from the ranks of academia.
Plus, Jason Grote knows his way around numbers. Damn Renaissanace man's showing me up. I can't even type, much less write plays.
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Well, I know how to leave my finger on the "zero" key until it looks moderately funny. Unless you're saying that the math is accurate regarding my ability to help people, in which case, I bow to your sophisticated and elegant zing.
I am pretty positive that your teacher friend wouldn't know me, though that might also be a zing. The way these things work, things would have to be headed in this direction for another 20 years or so - then I'll be known as a "young" playwright by the time I'm pushing 60.
I feel like I'm taking over this thread with boring real-life stuff, someone post what they're doing, quick!
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I am trying to convince myself that I am not totally inadequate and that my accomplishments add up to more that squat.
Also I am listening to Erin McKeown, but that's supposed to go on another thread I think.
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Dave, you are awesome and funny and a Powercaller! I wish I had an ounce of your trenchant wit when calling Tom - instead I'm reduced to talking about superheroes.
Also, anything I've done seems much less impressive when you consider that I've been at it singularly, with no back-up plan, since 1993. That's almost 25 years!
And, EDIT: write that novel, Dave! Write that novel! What one man can do, another can do!
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Buck up, Dave. You seem like a kind, thoughtful and funny guy, and your calls are always a highlight of the Best Show.
You need to watch "It's a Wonderful Life" again.
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Also, anything I've done seems much less impressive when you consider that I've been at it singularly, with no back-up plan, since 1993. That's almost 25 years!
Once again your extraordinary math skills shine! Is there anything you can't do?!
;D (I hate these but I feel compelled to use it lest the tone of my comment be misconstrued)
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Damn, you're right, it's been almost 30, hasn't it? I'm feeling really old right now.
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Yeah, any Friend of Tom is a friend of mine and is welcome to drop my name in the 0.0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001% of situations that it might do any of you any good.
actually, i dropped it once. but it didnt do me any good.
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This Saturday, diggit! I'll be DJ'ing at Legion, a fairly priced dive in East Williamsburg with a low dirtbag factor. The dirtbag's are all at Levee. I'll be playing hits. All hits.
PM me if you want directions. It's a block away from the L train, so there will be no trouble finding.
C
(http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j89/SpoonyRamone/DJ_Spoony_1_flat.jpg)
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My friend, Paul, is proud to present the first annual Rappahannock Independent Film Festival (RIFF), September 18 – 21. Mostly short films, but a couple of interesting features (including a documentary about Alice Neel http://www.aliceneelfilm.com/trailer.html). He says that Danny McBride will make an appearance, but I don't know which night.
http://www.rifilmfestival.com/
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Fate/Nepotism has afforded me the opportunity to make an illustration for vanity fair online:
http://www.vanityfair.com/online/culture/2008/08/26/qa-the-professor-who-took-on-prop-joe.html#entry-more
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That's awesome, JJ! Well done!
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Thanks!
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AWESOME! I think I know how this conversation went
Vanity Fair: We'd like you to do an illustration...
The Junk: Mehhhh...
Vanity Fair: You get to do something related to The Greatest Show Ever on Television
The Junk: DONE.
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John Junk! Beautiful line art you have there.
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Thanks RegJoe and corazon. I like to make drawings, it's true. i'm just like that kid Simon. I have some Garfield subversion art I need to share with all of you at some point.
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Junk,
Perhaps you should lobby to be the Al Hirschfeld of VF. You could weave in "Sheila Larsons" in place of "Ninas."
Congrats, love the illo.
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Congrats, Junk, that is awesome!
I tried to view it a few days ago, and something on that VF page kilt my Rutgers computer dead. Seriously. Even now, on my home computer, it's taking up what seems like a lot of bandwidth. Anyway, it's a great illustration, so killing that old Dell running Windows 98 was worth it.
EDIT: the article's good too.
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This is not my extracurricular activity, but rather my significant other's (also an FOT!!)
Go see Mathematicians on their fall tour, wherever you are. You'll dance a lot and have fun, I promise!!!
Sep 24 2008 9:00P---Talking Head w/ENGINE/Thrust Lab Baltimore, Maryland
Sep 25 2008 8:00P--The Triple w/The Points/Shut Up and Dance Richmond, Virginia
Sep 26 2008 8:00P--Milestone Charlotte, North Carolina
Sep 27 2008 8:00P---The Corner w/Evan Harris and the Driftwood Motion Greenville, North Carolina
Sep 28 2008 8:00P---Soapbox Laundrolounge Wilmington, North Carolina
Sep 30 2008 8:30P---the Monkey Wrench w/Ultra Pulverize Louisville, Kentucky
Oct 1 2008 9:00P---- Uncle Fester’s w/Prizzy Prizzy Please/Coke Dares/Pony Boy Bloomington, Indiana
Oct 2 2008 9:00P---- Gasthaus w/Michael Michael Motorcycle Elgin, Illinois
Oct 3 2008 9:00P----Empty Bottle W/ The Dials/The Deccas Chicago, Illinois
Oct 4 2008 9:00P---High Noon Saloon w/Screamin’ Cyn Cyn and the Pons/Ouija Radio Madison, Wisconsin
Oct 5 2008 8:00P----Triple Rock Social Club w/Screamin’ Cyn Cyn and the Pons/Ouija Radio Minneapolis, Minnesota
Oct 6 2008 7:00P----Washington St. Arts Center Undeground Vermillion, South Dakota
Oct 9 2008 8:00P----The Palace Missoula, Montana
Oct 10 2008 8:00P----Empyrean Coffee w/Flee The Century/CyrusFell Down Spokane, Washington
Oct 11 2008 9:00P----15th St. Pub w/Delta Mirror Vancouver, Washington
Oct 15 2008 9:00P---Whiskey Dicks South Lake Tahoe, California
Oct 16 2008 9:30P-----Stork Club Oakland, California
Oct 18 2008 8:30P----Fern Gully w/Babs Johnson/Fatty Acids Sacramento, California
Oct 19 2008 9:00P----Crux Arts gallery Chico, California
Oct 20 2008 9:00P----Oblivion House ALSO KNOWN AS FOT COLIN (WOLF KING OF L.A.)'S HOUSE!!! Los Angeles, California
Oct 21 2008 6:30P----Glass House Records All Ages Early show! Pomona, California
Oct 23 2008 8:00P---Sunil’s House Encino, California
Oct 24 2008 9:00P----The Beauty Bar Las Vegas, Nevada
Oct 25 2008 9:00P---Plush Tucson, Arizona
Oct 27 2008 7:00P---Warehouse 21 w/Mt. Eerie/Julie Doiron Santa Fe, New Mexico
Oct 29 2008 8:00P---Rhinoceropolis Denver, Colorado
Oct 30 2008 10:00P---Replay Lounge w/Tambourine Club Lawrence, Kansas
Oct 31 2008 9:00P
Box Awesome HALLOWEEN SHOW!!! w/Oakhurst/Tempo Lincoln, Nebraska
Nov 1 2008 7:00P---2 Cents Plain w/the Sudden Passion/Rob Steele St. Louis, Missouri
Nov 2 2008 8:00P---RadRadRad w/Ginsu Wives Little Rock, Arkansas
Nov 5 2008 9:00P---The Triple w/Attractive $ Popular Richmond, Virginia
Nov 6 2008 8:00P----Kansas House Arlington, Virginia
Nov 8 2008 9:00P---Eclectic House @ Wesleyan University Middletown, Connecticut
They still need help with a few extra dates in Portland, Boulder CO, Athens, GA, and San Francisco/Berkley. If you can help with any of these dates, drop them a line on their myspace (www.myspace.com/mathematicians) (http://(www.myspace.com/mathematicians)). Go out and support! You will have the time of your life.
Couple photos I have kicking around. Also, please excuse my outfit in pic one. It was a disco-themed party.
(http://b4.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/01219/48/14/1219414184_l.jpg)
(http://a166.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/72/l_e996f005b884eace39c348ed5b8f008d.jpg)
(http://a785.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/57/l_23a64cee14e321783d0052365b80d9f8.jpg)
This will go down in history as my longest post ever.
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my podcast. this one is a few years old. but i am still proud of it.
http://cdn3.libsyn.com/toothychum/Epileprisode_2.mp3?nvb=20080926185411&nva=20080927185411&t=0009f6983748dd5dce87b (http://cdn3.libsyn.com/toothychum/Epileprisode_2.mp3?nvb=20080926185411&nva=20080927185411&t=0009f6983748dd5dce87b)
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Fate/Nepotism has afforded me the opportunity to make an illustration for vanity fair online:
http://www.vanityfair.com/online/culture/2008/08/26/qa-the-professor-who-took-on-prop-joe.html#entry-more
Hey, great work! Congrats!
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Fate/Nepotism has afforded me the opportunity to make an illustration for vanity fair online:
http://www.vanityfair.com/online/culture/2008/08/26/qa-the-professor-who-took-on-prop-joe.html#entry-more
good work, JJunk! congrats.
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I posted my own thing with such self-absorption I didn't see the other posts around it.
Fate/Nepotism has afforded me the opportunity to make an illustration for vanity fair online:
http://www.vanityfair.com/online/culture/2008/08/26/qa-the-professor-who-took-on-prop-joe.html#entry-more
Nicely done, JJ! You know that Harper's cartoonist who helped take down Boss Tweed? Well, he was a lightweight compared to you!
Go see Mathematicians on their fall tour, wherever you are. You'll dance a lot and have fun, I promise!!!
The Mathematics look like a lot of fun, Beth. Too bad I already used my "one live show per year" credits for 2008 (ah, parenting).
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Hey, thanks a lot Jon and KTB!
I'm definitely planning on going to the Double Dagger/Mathemeticians show at Colin's house.
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Hey, thanks a lot Jon and KTB!
I'm definitely planning on going to the Double Dagger/Mathemeticians show at Colin's house.
JJ, unless you know something I don't know, I don't believe they're playing that show with Double Dagger. Those guys did have a show planned together--in Baltimore a few days ago-- but it fell through because of a double booking (nice as they are though, the band threw up a bunch of bulletins, telling people to go to the Mathematicians show instead of theirs!)
I checked after seeing your post because I hoped those dudes were finally going to be able to play together again...and wouldn't that just be awesome. But yeah, Double Dagger has a different show listed for that date on their myspace. I may have mislead you in our PM exchange, since it was originally titled "double dagger" and I just used that same one to let you know that Mathematicians would be in L.A. on the 20th... per your request for a heads up. ;D.
Congrats on the illustration! Hope you have fun at the show.
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Oops, I got confused! I was kind of amazed that d.d. would make it all the way out to l.a. since they seem to stick to the eastern seaboard. Okay, so I'll see the mathematicians then!
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgqOZvQ-56o (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgqOZvQ-56o)
Written by me. Voiced over by myself and a fellow named Daniel V. Klein. Editing by Alex Johnson of Lachima Films.
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Great stuff, Jon!
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Agreed, that rules, Jon.
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That was great.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgqOZvQ-56o (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgqOZvQ-56o)
Written by me. Voiced over by myself and a fellow named Daniel V. Klein. Editing by Alex Johnson of Lachima Films.
You should do a whole ten part series.
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That's awesome. I loved the Mark Twain zing. And who knew that Jenna Jameson was born in 1984?
I gots a couple more. I'm in Milwaukee until Wednesday for this:
Theatre Mainstage Series: 1001
Tuesday, 10/14/2008 - Sunday, 10/19/2008 – 7:30 p.m.
by Jason Grote
Directed by Rebecca Holderness
The politics of romance, the collision of cultures, and the persistence of emotional deception link the ancient Persian markets and palaces of Scheherazade with Manhattan in the age of electronic courtship in this contemporary retelling of One Thousand and One Nights by Jason Grote. Directed by Rebecca Holderness
Mainstage Theatre 2400 E. Kenwood Bd.
Single tickets: $15 general / $9 students, seniors & UWM alumni, faculty & staff
Subscriptions: $52/general, $30/students, seniors & alumni
Information & Tickets: 414-229-4308
arts.uwm.edu/theatre
And I guess you all know about this (http://www.wfmu.org/playlists/AM) by now. Tonight at 9!!! I'll actually be in rehearsal and will have to listen to the archive.
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Damn, Jason. There's nothing you can't do! You're like Vaclav Havel....or Timbaland!
I await the opening of your chain of barbecue restaurants in 2009!
-JFM
P.S. I will definitely be listening tonight at 9.
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Thanks 2x, Jon! I hope to reunite Czechoslovakia, become its president, and create a video game adjudicating body as an alternative to Twin Galaxies. Then I'll declare myself world Qbert champion. Then I'll do some booming remixes of Plastic People of the Universe songs.
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That's awesome. I loved the Mark Twain zing. And who knew that Jenna Jameson was born in 1984?
I gots a couple more. I'm in Milwaukee until Wednesday for this:
Theatre Mainstage Series: 1001
Tuesday, 10/14/2008 - Sunday, 10/19/2008 – 7:30 p.m.
by Jason Grote
Directed by Rebecca Holderness
The politics of romance, the collision of cultures, and the persistence of emotional deception link the ancient Persian markets and palaces of Scheherazade with Manhattan in the age of electronic courtship in this contemporary retelling of One Thousand and One Nights by Jason Grote. Directed by Rebecca Holderness
Mainstage Theatre 2400 E. Kenwood Bd.
Single tickets: $15 general / $9 students, seniors & UWM alumni, faculty & staff
Subscriptions: $52/general, $30/students, seniors & alumni
Information & Tickets: 414-229-4308
arts.uwm.edu/theatre
And I guess you all know about this (http://www.wfmu.org/playlists/AM) by now. Tonight at 9!!! I'll actually be in rehearsal and will have to listen to the archive.
Jason:
Do you know the next time one of your plays will run in New York (and more specifically One Thousand and One Nights)?
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Hey Tomas,
The next thing in NY will be Hamilton Township in '09-'10 at Soho Rep. If you want to see some truly awesome theater, the director has just directed Sarah Kane's Blasted at the same theater, and it's on right now. One of the best things I've seen in years.
There was talk of 1001 extending its NY run last year, but it's kind of an odd duck, production-wise. The producers have decided to keep an eye on it as it choogles around this great nation of ours and maybe re-mount it some time in the near future. It probably won't be for a few years.
Thanks for asking!
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Hey people in L.A.---if you got nothing better to do Sundays in November, check this out!
http://machineproject.com/2008/10/16/heretics/
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Hey people in L.A.---if you got nothing better to do Sundays in November, check this out!
http://machineproject.com/2008/10/16/heretics/
Not to sound like a cheapskate, but is it free, or what? No price mentioned on that page that I could see.
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Yeah, it's free. There will probably be some beers there for free too, or you could just bring one. It's just like UCB Jr., except with even less space, and no public restroom. And it's free. And it's not technically a theater. And no one passes out postcards at the front. And you can't buy soda there. It's totally different than UCB Jr.
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1001
By Jason Grote
Directed by Sarah Rasmussen
October 30 - November 23, 2008
Wednesday-Saturday Evenings @ 7:30p
Sunday Afternoons @ 3:00p
Mixed Blood Theatre in Minneapolis
I'll be there one night, but I don't know which one! Are you traveling with the show JG? Probably not, eh?
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My band is playing on Friday in Toronto.
We are called Leonids. www.myspace.com/leonidsmusic
We are plaiyng at the Smiling Buddha Bar
Its at 931 College Street.
(Between Dovercourt and Ossington)
I think we are on around 10:30/11
Cover is $5.
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1001
By Jason Grote
Directed by Sarah Rasmussen
October 30 - November 23, 2008
Wednesday-Saturday Evenings @ 7:30p
Sunday Afternoons @ 3:00p
Mixed Blood Theatre in Minneapolis
I'll be there one night, but I don't know which one! Are you traveling with the show JG? Probably not, eh?
Hey, thanks for posting this, Gilly! PM or email if you want comp tickets.
They really want me there, but not enough to cover all of my travel. I would like to go, but I guess at a certain point it's time to let the play choogle on without me. The director is great, though.
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1001
By Jason Grote
Directed by Sarah Rasmussen
October 30 - November 23, 2008
Wednesday-Saturday Evenings @ 7:30p
Sunday Afternoons @ 3:00p
Mixed Blood Theatre in Minneapolis
I'll be there one night, but I don't know which one! Are you traveling with the show JG? Probably not, eh?
Hey, thanks for posting this, Gilly! PM or email if you want comp tickets.
They really want me there, but not enough to cover all of my travel. I would like to go, but I guess at a certain point it's time to let the play choogle on without me. The director is great, though.
is this playing in any other cities...?
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Here is a video I made almost four years ago.
For fans of Lisa Germano, and/or amazingly awesome filmmaking.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgsBgcnUAEg[/youtube]
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hey all.
i promise not to be annoying with such posts. i'm a solo musician and i primarily play electronic compositions ranging from nico muhly-inspired minimalist pieces to panda bear-type booty shakin tunes. i work with the sp-303, if anyone is into that sort of stuff.
anyway, i'm playing at desmond's tavern on 433 park ave on november 15 at 8 PM. it's $5, and i would completely appreciate your support. i would really, really appreciate your support.
here's a lame jpeg i made at work:
(http://c1.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/53/l_9fdea7dd2c1d4c36b645d05daa9d9504.jpg)
also, feel free to send me a message if you or your band is playing in NYC, especially if you need a slot filled for your show. i'll return the favor, and i love to get out and see new things.
thanks for reading.
theyellowchair
for a taste of what my live show is like, check out http://www.myspace.com/theyellowchair
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Hey kids! I'll be spinning the finest Halloween has ever given Rock and Roll this weekend! Monsters! Graves! Mad Scientists! Roky's bad acid trips!
I'll be at K&M in Williamsburg on Thursday, October 29th from 10pm to 4am. 6 hours of ghoulish madness!*
Then, on Saturday, I'll be at Legion spinning some Dio De La Muertos happy hour music from 7pm to 10pm.
Dudes, nod your heads to the grave-stomping beats! Ladies, dance around with your arms over your head like your drowninig, (as is the lady-goth custom)! I hope to see you there.
Spoony
(Spooky)
K&M- 225 N. 8th St at Roebling
http://nymag.com/search/dblistings-search.cgi?map_view=1&listing_id=12424
Legion- 790 Metropolitan Ave at Humboldt St (kitty-corner to White Castle)
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=790+Metropolitan+Ave,Brooklyn+%2C+NY+11211
* I'm legally required to type that.
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Spoony
(Spooky)
tis the season, Spoony Spooky.
PS ive started a habit of eating frosted mini wheats at work (aka frosted mini spooners: budget cereal in a bag) and have taken on the alias of Spoony. i apologize for any and all infringement.
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It's not a problem. I'm always on the lookout for opportunities to franchise.
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It's not a problem. I'm always on the lookout for opportunities to franchise.
i suppose i forgot to explain that someone else calls me that, i didnt take on the name voluntarily. my suggestion is you charge them, and not me.
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I did another illustration for vf.com:
http://www.vanityfair.com/online/culture/2008/10/30/everythings-bigfoot-in-texas.html
...Aaand another bill gets paid!
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Another good one, JJ!
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Felicitations, John.
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A clever, stylish illo, for an interesting article. I'm a fan!
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Thanks dudes. Yeah, it's funny, there's like a whole constellation of illustrators and graphic artists who play around with bigfoot. This is my drop in the bucket! I did like the article too.
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Junk, you're the new David Levine.
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Nice work, Junk!
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Hey kids! I'll be spinning the finest Halloween has ever given Rock and Roll this weekend! Monsters! Graves! Mad Scientists! Roky's bad acid trips!
I'll be at K&M in Williamsburg on Thursday, October 29th from 10pm to 4am. 6 hours of ghoulish madness!*
Then, on Saturday, I'll be at Legion spinning some Dio De La Muertos happy hour music from 7pm to 10pm.
Dudes, nod your heads to the grave-stomping beats! Ladies, dance around with your arms over your head like your drowninig, (as is the lady-goth custom)! I hope to see you there.
Spoony
(Spooky)
K&M- 225 N. 8th St at Roebling
http://nymag.com/search/dblistings-search.cgi?map_view=1&listing_id=12424
Legion- 790 Metropolitan Ave at Humboldt St (kitty-corner to White Castle)
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=790+Metropolitan+Ave,Brooklyn+%2C+NY+11211
* I'm legally required to type that.
setlist?
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PM me if you want it. I'll type it up tonight.
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Junk, the VF bigfoot article is linked to from Arts & Letters Daily! (Under Nota Bene)
That's probably a bigger deal to me than you.
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Junk, the VF bigfoot article is linked to from Arts & Letters Daily! (Under Nota Bene)
That's probably a bigger deal to me than you.
I don't even know what that means, but great!
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Yahoo John Junk! To those who said "I know this isn't what you wanted to be doing after graduation" I say, up yours! And the illustration is for a funny writer, too.
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I did another illustration for vf.com:
http://www.vanityfair.com/online/culture/2008/10/30/everythings-bigfoot-in-texas.html
...Aaand another bill gets paid!
Hey, you are up on Boing Boing now...
http://www.boingboing.net/2008/11/06/stalking-bigfoot.html (http://www.boingboing.net/2008/11/06/stalking-bigfoot.html)
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Woah, awesome. I hear you get a quarter every time someone links to you on the internet! Is this true??
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Woah, awesome. I hear you get a quarter every time someone links to you on the internet! Is this true??
No, but now that your real name is on the internet, the FOTchaners are outside of your house, masturbating in your bushes.
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Woah, awesome. I hear you get a quarter every time someone links to you on the internet! Is this true??
Blood money.
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Woah, awesome. I hear you get a quarter every time someone links to you on the internet! Is this true??
No, but now that your real name is on the internet, the FOTchaners are outside of your house, masturbating in your bushes.
LOL
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I'll be on the air this Wednesday from 10 to noon on WMBR 88.1 FM's Late Risers' Club http://www.laterisersclub.org (http://www.laterisersclub.org) trying to drum up the dough during the last day of our annual week-long fundraiser. I produced the show for eight years and continue to be involved as a deejay for this five-day underground rock program that is now in it's 31st year of existence. Like WFMU, none of us have been paid a cent for our efforts, and while we get space and some support from MIT, our ongoing presence on the airwaves depends largely on listener support.
If you feel like chipping in, tune in and call 617 253-8810 and make a pledge. For info on thank-you premiums, pledging on-line, etc., go to http://wmbr.org/fundraising2008.php (http://wmbr.org/fundraising2008.php)
Non-greater-Boston-area-FOTs can tune in online via WMBR's homepage: (http://http:www.wmbr.org) Program schedules, concert listings, and program archives can also be found there.
Thanks!
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(http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v372/225/72/1296445973/n1296445973_30165747_8311.jpg)
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On Dec. 6th I'm doing a short reading as part of Canstage's annual festival of new plays at the Berkeley St. theatre. So if there are any Toronto FOTs who need something to do on a Saturday night and would settle for watching me mumble some stuff after a bunch of really insanely talented playwrights read from their new works (or if there is anyone who wants to heckle me during the Q and A afterwards) then this is an evening pretty much tailor-made for you.
I always feel awkward posting in this thread, but I think I do a really really good job of covering it up. Right? Right? People?
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On Dec. 6th I'm doing a short reading as part of Canstage's annual festival of new plays at the Berkeley St. theatre. So if there are any Toronto FOTs who need something to do on a Saturday night and would settle for watching me mumble some stuff after a bunch of really insanely talented playwrights read from their new works (or if there is anyone who wants to heckle me during the Q and A afterwards) then this is an evening pretty much tailor-made for you.
I always feel awkward posting in this thread, but I think I do a really really good job of covering it up. Right? Right? People?
I will be in the front row screaming epithets during the Q and A.
Good luck, Emma!
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(http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s233/mcsteinberg/2.jpg)
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I've started selling my art on the internet:
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l244/Andy1807/IMAG0191.jpg)
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l244/Andy1807/IMAG0190.jpg)
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l244/Andy1807/IMAG0192.jpg)
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Hey Andy - I can never tell when you're kidding, but if you're really selling items with the above slogans needlepointed on 'em, there's a good chance I'd buy them. Link, please!
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I'm really just doing them for gifts for my friends and family (and with my skill level I would feel bad charging), but I do know that in the past SwissMiss has been known to offer her needlepoint skills for hire.
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Break a leg, Emma! A reading at Canstage is pretty goddamn impressive for a high school student. If I wasn't American I'd be jealous.
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Oh yeah, this doesn't really count as an extracurricular activity, as I was obliviously walking through a parking lot when it happened, but I got mentioned on the Leonard Lopate show on WNYC. Between minute 7 and minute 10 if you don't want to listen to a lot of talk about theater:
http://www.wnyc.org/shows/lopate/episodes/2008/11/26/segments/116706
(I can't figure out how to embed it, sorry)
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Break a leg, Emma! A reading at Canstage is pretty goddamn impressive for a high school student. If I wasn't American I'd be jealous.
Hey thank you!
I am not at all nervous and i probably won't mess up or say anything dumb at all through the whole thing.
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I'm really just doing them for gifts for my friends and family (and with my skill level I would feel bad charging), but I do know that in the past SwissMiss has been known to offer her needlepoint skills for hire.
Andy, that "cows" one made me crack up. And I love that it is in needlepoint. Seriously, sell 'em online. Word would get around fast.
I want one!
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Break a leg, Emma! A reading at Canstage is pretty goddamn impressive for a high school student. If I wasn't American I'd be jealous.
Hey thank you!
I am not at all nervous and i probably won't mess up or say anything dumb at all through the whole thing.
did you participate in/finish this year's NaNoWriMo?
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A friend and I have started a band that does goofy live mash-ups of popular songs and I'd be interested to get feedback from my fellow FOTs.
I should mention that we are trying to do this anonymously, for various reasons. You're kinda in on the secret now. So keep it on the D.L. Hughley.
Also, I know how Tom feels about novelty music. Hopefully, he will not frown upon such ridiculousness landing on the board.
Anyblah, you can listen to the songs here...
www.myspace.com/sunshinebryan (http://www.myspace.com/sunshinebryan)
And, because I like to brag, you can read some recent press here...
blogs.dallasobserver.com/dc9/2008/10/the_freaks_come_out_early_this.php (http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/dc9/2008/10/the_freaks_come_out_early_this.php)
...here...
www.quickdfw.com/sharedcontent/dws/quick/localmusic/linernotes/stories/DN-music--linernotes_1127ick.ART.State.Edition1.4a8b2b3.html (http://www.quickdfw.com/sharedcontent/dws/quick/localmusic/linernotes/stories/DN-music--linernotes_1127ick.ART.State.Edition1.4a8b2b3.html)
...and you can hear our latest hit single here...
nightlifeblog.quickdfw.com/archives/2008/12/a-new-track-from-sunshine-brya.html (http://nightlifeblog.quickdfw.com/archives/2008/12/a-new-track-from-sunshine-brya.html)
I hope ya dig it!
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Andy, that "cows" one made me crack up. And I love that it is in needlepoint. Seriously, sell 'em online. Word would get around fast.
I want one!
qft. I would lay my head on a cowfucking pillow for sure. Or really anything that has to do with cowfucking actually. Sell!
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A friend and I have started a band that does goofy live mash-ups of popular songs and I'd be interested to get feedback from my fellow FOTs.
I should mention that we are trying to do this anonymously, for various reasons. You're kinda in on the secret now. So keep it on the D.L. Hughley.
Also, I know how Tom feels about novelty music. Hopefully, he will not frown upon such ridiculousness landing on the board.
Anyblah, you can listen to the songs here...
www.myspace.com/sunshinebryan (http://www.myspace.com/sunshinebryan)
And, because I like to brag, you can read some recent press here...
blogs.dallasobserver.com/dc9/2008/10/the_freaks_come_out_early_this.php (http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/dc9/2008/10/the_freaks_come_out_early_this.php)
...here...
www.quickdfw.com/sharedcontent/dws/quick/localmusic/linernotes/stories/DN-music--linernotes_1127ick.ART.State.Edition1.4a8b2b3.html (http://www.quickdfw.com/sharedcontent/dws/quick/localmusic/linernotes/stories/DN-music--linernotes_1127ick.ART.State.Edition1.4a8b2b3.html)
...and you can hear our latest hit single here...
nightlifeblog.quickdfw.com/archives/2008/12/a-new-track-from-sunshine-brya.html (http://nightlifeblog.quickdfw.com/archives/2008/12/a-new-track-from-sunshine-brya.html)
I hope ya dig it!
i dig it.
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I'm really just doing them for gifts for my friends and family (and with my skill level I would feel bad charging)
That's why God made Etsy: http://www.etsy.com
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ROCK SHOW IN BROOKLYN TUESDAY NIGHT!!!
ONE OF MY FAVORITE BANDS EVER, SKOAL KODIAK, IS PLAYING AT
DEATH BY AUDIO.
49 S. 2ND ST
BROOKLYN
9PM -ISH
THEY ARE SERIOUSLY THE BEST LIVE BAND I'VE EVER SEEN. EVER !!! and i've seen lots of shows guys...
PURRICANE MIGHT BE PLAYING ALSO, BUT I'M UNSURE. WE MIGHT GET THROWN ON THE BILL LAST MINUTE.
I WILL, HOWEVER, BE AT THE SHOW NONETHELESS. HOPE TO MEET SOME FOTS
also, we are playing tonight at Glasslands, but it's short notice so I don't expect anyone to be able to show up. It starts at 9pm at 289 Kent in Brooklyn
Maybe I'll see some of yez there..????
COOL
BLE!!
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k, so purricane IS playing tuesday night!!! I know, tbsowfmu is on, but this show will be death-defyingly fantastic!
Death By Audio is located at
49 S. 2nd St.
Brooklyn, NY
{{zip code available on maps.google.com}}
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Hey Junk, isn't there some exciting news about a certain band you're in?
Something reminded me of Ponce De Leon tonight and I decided to check out the Myspace page.
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Oh yeah, well my band Future America is playing tomorrow at the Hyperion Tavern, if that's what you mean. And it's free. That's at 1941 Hyperion Ave. in Los Angeles.
Or perhaps you're talking about Ponce De Leon having a song on the "Skate 2" soundtrack, a video game I have never played and have no concept of the popularity/coolness of? That's kinda exciting. It's on the XBox and shit. I got a decent amount of money for it that I threw into the maw of our brand new used matrix that we had to pay entirely up front! It really helped, though. Thank you, Skate 2!! Too much information in this post.
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I got a mention in our nation's biggest newspaper, DN, today. Only a passing reference, but still.
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I got a mention in our nation's biggest newspaper, DN, today. Only a passing reference, but still.
Deez Nuts?
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I'm ashamed.
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And correct!
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admittedly, this is not my band, however, i am unabashedly prideful in memphis music+FOTs:
JUMP BACK JAKE
CD Release Party @ Hi-Tone Cafe
9 pm, $5
if you live in the mid-south tri-state area, come on down!
*note: ive been to many a hi-tone show that advertises $5 but charges $8 or $10 at the door. prepare for this; it's always worth it so dont whine.
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Or perhaps you're talking about Ponce De Leon having a song on the "Skate 2" soundtrack, a video game I have never played and have no concept of the popularity/coolness of? That's kinda exciting. It's on the XBox and shit. I got a decent amount of money for it that I threw into the maw of our brand new used matrix that we had to pay entirely up front! It really helped, though. Thank you, Skate 2!! Too much information in this post.
I think that's really exciting! It's not Tony Hawk but it's still a pretty big game put out by EA and that's going to give you a ton of exposure. I say congratulations! From Smash or Trash to big budget video game.... or would the other way around be the greater honor?
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So... I'm gonna be in New York all alone for a few days just before Xmas, mainly to attend the Monday and Tuesday night YLT Hannukah shows before continuing on to Halifax to see my parents.
Are any of you NY-area FOTs interested in meeting up at the UCB that Sunday (the 21st)? I'm dying to go and that night is my only chance, but something about being at a comedy show alone seems kind of (extremely) sad.
I swear I'm nice and not creepy in person, and I'll buy you a ticket and a beer.
Any takers can email me directly at geoffreymiller@hotmail.com
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I'm doing a radio show today from 4 to 6 PM on www.thecore.fm or 90.3 if you're in the Piscataway area. good stuff planned.
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I caught about a half hour of it Dan B and I liked it. Reminded me that I still need to listen to that Quintron album sometime.
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Oh sweet, thanks for listening. It was only my second show, so I'm still working the kinks out. I think I played some good tunes though. That Quintron song "Waterfall" is pretty great.
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Hey thanks to all the brooklyn FOT's for coming out to the show on Tuesday! Oh wait, none of you did. Jerks.... >:(
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Hey thanks to all the brooklyn FOT's for coming out to the show on Tuesday! Oh wait, none of you did. Jerks.... >:(
Tuesday night show? I'm sure some people work.
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Hey thanks to all the brooklyn FOT's for coming out to the show on Tuesday! Oh wait, none of you did. Jerks.... >:(
Tuesday night show? I'm sure some people work.
We do, or we return to our basement apartments to see on our orange crates.
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Thanks for all the extra-curricular activities you guys are planning in Knoxville!
Oh, none of you are.
jerks
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The University theater department did request a copy of one of my plays, Dave. But don't hold your breath.
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The University theater department did request a copy of one of my plays, Dave. But don't hold your breath.
If the acronym "NASCAR" was in the title, you are as good as in.
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I can't say I had anything to do with it (beyond performing a small part), but our show is gonna be awesome this Sunday. My co-host Karinne produced a radio play version of Christmas Cracker: A New York Holiday Musical by Kelly Copper of the Obie-winning Nature Theater of Oklahoma, and it's got a cast of downtown NY experimental theater stars (who most of you probably never heard of, but trust me -- I don't know if the downtown arts scene will ever produce crossover stars like Laurie Anderson or Spaulding Gray ever again, but if it ever does, they will be the people on this radio broadcast).
Anyway it's our first original radio play and it's going to be great.
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I already posted about this, but figured I'd link here too -- free tickets (within reason) to a comedy night at MoMA, January 6th:
http://www.friendsoftom.com/forum/index.php/topic,4660.0.html
Sorry DFK, no shows in Knoxville.
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this one is getting a frame:
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l244/Andy1807/IMAG0196.jpg)
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Andy + needlepoint = great results!!
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l244/Andy1807/IMAG0196.jpg)
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Andy + needlepoint = great results!!
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l244/Andy1807/IMAG0196.jpg)
Those really are great! Nobody looks at needlepoint when they walk in a house, so this is like a secret art you are practicing, only fully appreciated by someone who takes the time to look. I love it.
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Andy + needlepoint = great results!!
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l244/Andy1807/IMAG0196.jpg)
Those really are great! Nobody looks at needlepoint when they walk in a house, so this is like a secret art you are practicing, only fully appreciated by someone who takes the time to look. I love it.
The slightly lowercase K is fantastic. Makes it look like Grandma was merrily needlepointing along and then snapped
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Thanks for all the extra-curricular activities you guys are planning in Knoxville!
Oh, none of you are.
jerks
Jump Back Jake plays in Knoxville sometimes, but we haven't been there since the summer
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Toronto FOTs:
My girlfriend Carla's new band, Sister, are playing their very first show on Saturday, January 24 at 9.00pm at the Smiling Buddha (College and Dovercourt). I haven't actually heard them yet, but I'm willing to bet they play super-catchy and atmospheric rock with lots of vocal harmonies and some occasional shredding.
What I do know for certain is that Sister features former members of notable indie rockers Plumtree and the Local Rabbits. If you lived in Canada in the 90s and listened to a lot of college radio you might find that exciting. I know I do.
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NYC FOT:
I'm reading at the Nuyorican Poets' Cafe on Monday, January 12, but Andrea's recording it for the show so you can just wait at home to hear it, unless you want to actually witness me grooving out Bob Denver style. Then, on the 16th, there's this:
DARWIN'S CHALLENGE
by Jason Grote
After making his way to the Galapagos Islands in a hilarious mishap filled sea voyayge, the young Charles Darwin finds himself zapped into the 21st Centruy and into Darwin's Challenge, a half-staged reality TV show that totally garbles and misuses his ideas. Friday, 1/16, 7pm. Ensemble Studio Theatre | 549 West 52nd Street | New York | NY | 10019
I find the whole convention of the staged reading to be faintly ridiculous, and rarely attend them myself. HOWEVER, this is special! It's the first play that I wrote as a full-fledged FOT from start to finish, and it contains a number of hidden and not-so-hidden references and tributes to Tom, The Best Show, and even the FOT!
Both things are free.
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You know what would be good for that Darwin play? A video I could watch of it. I hear video cameras are pretty cheap these days too, what with all the money you NYCFOT are saving on admission.
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WASHINGTON DC FOTssss:
Perhaps because I'm crazy, I'll be in DC on inauguration day, attending the Brightest Young Things Inauguration Spectacular (http://www.bytinaugural.com/). Besides the fact that I'm crazy, friend-guys Mathematicians are playing this event. They got a very nice review from BYT when they played at the Kansas House with Edie Sedgewick in November (http://www.brightestyoungthings.com/live-dc/livedc-mathematicians-w-edie-sedgwick-buildings-kansas-house/). So DC FOT's, if you muster the courage to leave your house, I will be at the show. I hear there will be burlesque dancers, a live donkey, and many other fun, loud bands.
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You know what would be good for that Darwin play? A video I could watch of it. I hear video cameras are pretty cheap these days too, what with all the money you NYCFOT are saving on admission.
Actors' Equity actually has pretty strict rules against videotaping live performances. But even if we could get all the actors to go along with it, I think you would be more entertained if I videotaped a driveway for a couple of hours and sent that to you. A video of a staged reading! It's like Ambien, but even more effective.
I will most likely be coming out to Seattle in '09, though. I have a production at a tiny theater in Seattle, and a larger one wants to commission a new play from me, if I can get over my grudge against them.
Also, Beth, that sounds awesome.
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...I think you would be more entertained if I videotaped a driveway for a couple of hours and sent that to you. A video of a staged reading! It's like Ambien, but even more effective.
good heavens, that's the truth.
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You know what would be good for that Darwin play? A video I could watch of it. I hear video cameras are pretty cheap these days too, what with all the money you NYCFOT are saving on admission.
Actors' Equity actually has pretty strict rules against videotaping live performances. But even if we could get all the actors to go along with it, I think you would be more entertained if I videotaped a driveway for a couple of hours and sent that to you. A video of a staged reading! It's like Ambien, but even more effective.
I will most likely be coming out to Seattle in '09, though. I have a production at a tiny theater in Seattle, and a larger one wants to commission a new play from me, if I can get over my grudge against them.
Also, Beth, that sounds awesome.
Ok, fair enough. If you post details here, I'll see your play(s)!
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WASHINGTON DC FOTssss:
Perhaps because I'm crazy, I'll be in DC on inauguration day, attending the Brightest Young Things Inauguration Spectacular (http://www.brightestyoungthings.com/misc-awesome/save-the-date-jan-20th-pomp-circumstance-and-donkey-cams/). Besides the fact that I'm crazy, friend-guys Mathematicians are playing this event. They got a very nice review from BYT when they played at the Kansas House with Edie Sedgewick in November (http://www.brightestyoungthings.com/live-dc/livedc-mathematicians-w-edie-sedgwick-buildings-kansas-house/). So DC FOT's, if you muster the courage to leave your house, I will be at the show. I hear there will be burlesque dancers, a live donkey, and many other fun, loud bands.
I went to that Kansas House show, and your friends were indeed very good.
I will likely be at the Inaugural Spectacular, as well, though I hope they at least sedate the donkey.
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NYC FOT:
I'm reading at the Nuyorican Poets' Cafe on Monday, January 12, but Andrea's recording it for the show so you can just wait at home to hear it, unless you want to actually witness me grooving out Bob Denver style.
I am planning on being at this. If any other NYCFOT are interested, let me know.
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My girlfriend Carla
jpeg?
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NYC FOT:
I'm reading at the Nuyorican Poets' Cafe on Monday, January 12, but Andrea's recording it for the show so you can just wait at home to hear it, unless you want to actually witness me grooving out Bob Denver style.
I am planning on being at this. If any other NYCFOT are interested, let me know.
I'm planning to go also if I can clear my schedule for Monday night.
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My girlfriend Carla
jpeg?
post of the year. you can all stop trying.
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So even though this thread has been floating around for like a year and half, I thought I would finally take this opportunity to officially plug my blog: http://theunblinkingear.blogspot.com/
Yes, it's music oriented. *yawn*
I also do a podcast which I feature on the blog. I just uploaded my best of 2008 podcast. Here's a little shortcut for all the podcasts: http://theunblinkingear.blogspot.com/search/label/Podcast
You can also subscribe to my podcast for free via iTunes. Just search for "unblinking ear" in the iTunes store.
Thanks, FOTs!
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WASHINGTON DC FOTssss:
Perhaps because I'm crazy, I'll be in DC on inauguration day, attending the Brightest Young Things Inauguration Spectacular (http://www.brightestyoungthings.com/misc-awesome/save-the-date-jan-20th-pomp-circumstance-and-donkey-cams/). Besides the fact that I'm crazy, friend-guys Mathematicians are playing this event. They got a very nice review from BYT when they played at the Kansas House with Edie Sedgewick in November (http://www.brightestyoungthings.com/live-dc/livedc-mathematicians-w-edie-sedgwick-buildings-kansas-house/). So DC FOT's, if you muster the courage to leave your house, I will be at the show. I hear there will be burlesque dancers, a live donkey, and many other fun, loud bands.
I went to that Kansas House show, and your friends were indeed very good.
I will likely be at the Inaugural Spectacular, as well, though I hope they at least sedate the donkey.
Apparent FOT hip hop favorite Wale is performing there as well. I have to admit I'm a little afraid for the donkey. I'm thinking this will turn into Au Hasard Balthasaar with rails.
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Unblinkin' gear?
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I'm thinking this will turn into Au Hasard Balthasaar with rails.
I'd see it.
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WASHINGTON DC FOTssss:
Perhaps because I'm crazy, I'll be in DC on inauguration day, attending the Brightest Young Things Inauguration Spectacular (http://www.brightestyoungthings.com/misc-awesome/save-the-date-jan-20th-pomp-circumstance-and-donkey-cams/). Besides the fact that I'm crazy, friend-guys Mathematicians are playing this event. They got a very nice review from BYT when they played at the Kansas House with Edie Sedgewick in November (http://www.brightestyoungthings.com/live-dc/livedc-mathematicians-w-edie-sedgwick-buildings-kansas-house/). So DC FOT's, if you muster the courage to leave your house, I will be at the show. I hear there will be burlesque dancers, a live donkey, and many other fun, loud bands.
I went to that Kansas House show, and your friends were indeed very good.
I will likely be at the Inaugural Spectacular, as well, though I hope they at least sedate the donkey.
Apparent FOT hip hop favorite Wale is performing there as well. I have to admit I'm a little afraid for the donkey. I'm thinking this will turn into Au Hasard Balthasaar with rails.
I'm going to try and look out for him.
Yes, Wale is playing! And tons of other people. They updated the list a few days ago. Here's the blurb from the website:
You asked for change. We're giving you a reckoning.
In 2k9 The Buck Stops Here:
BYT's Inauguration Classic 2k9 Spectacular.
Where: Bohemian Caverns
When: Tuesday, January 20th, 2009. All.Day.Long!
While the rest of the free world freezes their asses off... you'll be laughing and shaking your warm and toasty ass off to emcee Tig Notaro (The Sarah Silverman Program) and live performances by:
WALE! (Exclusive!)
TEAM FACELIFT! (NYC)
TEAM ROBESPIERRE! (a lot of synths)
MATHEMATICIANS! (Devo meets Beastie Boys meets Minor Threat)
FATBACK DJs! (cuddle)
ART OF JUNK! (OMG)
TRUE WOMANHOOD! (Thurston Moore likes them)
THE LOVE LANGUAGE! (southerners who'll make you swoon)
LAUGHING MAN! (electroclash isley brothers)
MIXTAPE DJs! (Gay)
FFFEVER! (Their girlfriend works for BYT)
WILL MARFORI! (Lee High School Class President)
PLUS (running out of breath):
Inauguration viewing party!
Colt 45 drinking games!
Burlesque Acts!
Photoshoots!
Unicorns! (actually maybe not they're really expensive)
Balloon Animals!
Food!
Awkwardly Long Hugs!
Cale's Birthday!
Other things we're still working on and secret surprise guests!
God Bless America. God Help Us All.
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I have to admit I'm a little afraid for the donkey. I'm thinking this will turn into Au Hasard Balthasaar with rails.
I had to look it up on imdb, and came across this comment:
this movie sucked
Nothing happens. Plus, how was the donkey a saint? All it did was act like a donkey.
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I've seen it (but didn't understand it.)
I'm a math guy, AND a southerner. Let's avoid metaphor, please.
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WASHINGTON DC FOTssss:
Perhaps because I'm crazy, I'll be in DC on inauguration day, attending the Brightest Young Things Inauguration Spectacular (http://www.bytinaugural.com/). Besides the fact that I'm crazy, friend-guys Mathematicians are playing this event. They got a very nice review from BYT when they played at the Kansas House with Edie Sedgewick in November (http://www.brightestyoungthings.com/live-dc/livedc-mathematicians-w-edie-sedgwick-buildings-kansas-house/). So DC FOT's, if you muster the courage to leave your house, I will be at the show. I hear there will be burlesque dancers, a live donkey, and many other fun, loud bands.
Tig Notaro! She'll inject some class into this donkey and nipple free-for-all. See you there!
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I got some mixes for my bands' up and coming album.
We are called Leonids.
You can download three tracks here.
http://www.sendspace.com/file/wwhnpp (http://www.sendspace.com/file/wwhnpp)
Let me know what you think. (unless you hate it)
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i "self-published" a book of some photos. im pretty nervous about it; there are much better photographers out there and although im intimidated by it, we forge on and learn. ENJOY and i hope you use that couch change to buy my book and let it collect dust on your coffee table for years to come.
http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/546233/?utm_source=badge&utm_medium=banner&utm_content=280x160
PS i would NEVER ask this much for a book in reality but 66 pages+fancy paper=$$ in their pocket.
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ATTN: BROOKLYN FOT
Please come out to RED STAR in GREENPOINT TONIGHT at 8 PM.
I'm playing!
Thanks!
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I haven't been on the board much this year but been a devotee to the show for almost four years at this point. It makes for great listening on those long midwestern road trips and keeps me laughing every week. I live in the Twin Cities (Minneapolis specifically) and run a record label called Modern Radio. We put out a bunch of stuff including Mirah, Yellow Swans, STNNNG, Vampire Hands, Signal To Trust, etc etc. We have a very active message board on our website at www.modern-radio.com 2009 is the 10 year anniversary of the record label. I have found the FOT board to be full of some kind folks when I was posting about my cat dying 1 1/2 years ago and meeting ms. Kim Kelly. I am happy to meet folks headed to the great upper midwest in the Twin Cities and hoping to make an FOT meet up at some point.
I also DJ locally under the moniker DJ TRL (my initials). I thought I would reclaim the initials back now that the poorly named MTV show is gone.
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(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l244/Andy1807/IMAGE_215.jpg)
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That is a beautiful cross stitch.
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That is a beautiful cross stitch.
Agreed!
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(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l244/Andy1807/IMAGE_215.jpg)
I still want that.
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I make a webcomic called Carpets on the Ceiling. It updates Monday-Friday. You can find it at http://herecomesthethunder.com.
Here's a sample strip.
(http://www.smackjeeves.com/images/uploaded/comics/865acfd04602.jpg)
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http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/546233/?utm_source=badge&utm_medium=banner&utm_content=280x160
thankfully, i was able to reduce this price by $8.
also, i want to trade with andy for a piece of his cross stitch art...assuming andy wants a book of amateur photography. who don't?
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http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/546233/?utm_source=badge&utm_medium=banner&utm_content=280x160
thankfully, i was able to reduce this price by $8.
also, i want to trade with andy for a piece of his cross stitch art...assuming andy wants a book of amateur photography. who don't?
did you take the hi tone photo that you use for yer avatar?
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no, thats a geoffrey ellis original. although he's a SF resident, he has unabashed memphis love.
but i did take a hi-tone photo in the book, including a photo of a shangri-la records purchase. theyre the last photos and not in the preview unfortunately.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v322/iAmBaronVonTito/JDRhea/shows%20and%20showers/9ddafdfd.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v322/iAmBaronVonTito/JDRhea/what%20a%20tourist/b9fb43c4.jpg)
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I'll plug this just this once, but I'm starting my weekly radio show today from 4 to 6 PM.
It's called Stands for Decibels and you can listen on www.thecore.fm every Monday at 4. I'm pretty excited. This is some prime radio real estate and we're gonna play some hot stuff. woo! This is the facebook group we cooked up for the show if you're so inclined:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=46470084698
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Listening now.
I like it. Thumbs up.
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I will be writing about alternative energy issues for this website more frequently pretty soon:
http://solveclimate.com/blog/matthew-phelan
Uh, yes.
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I listened to Jason G's WFMU Mixed Tapes show last night while stuck at work. Very good stuff. Real trippy and hyponotic. I will be back for more.
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I listened to Jason G's WFMU Mixed Tapes show last night while stuck at work. Very good stuff. Real trippy and hyponotic. I will be back for more.
Is there a podcast of JG's show?
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I listened to Jason G's WFMU Mixed Tapes show last night while stuck at work. Very good stuff. Real trippy and hyponotic. I will be back for more.
Is there a podcast of JG's show?
Thanks, guys. Ken is worried that it's not podsafe because the usual music licensing arrangements don't apply, even though just about everything we've aired so far is podsafe -- either we've gotten it from archives that post everything under a Creative Commons license, or from listeners or friends/colleagues who want it to be distributed. Once in a great while we might have something that would need to be edited out, like Mel does with the songs in the Best Show podcast (like, last week we played Madlib and The Olivia Tremor Control in between the spoken word), but Karinne knows how to do that.
I suppose I could wheedle Ken about it (and still might at some point), but for right now I'm just trying to get better at radio and be a good member of team WFMU and so forth, and plus, given my schedule, putting together a show every week is work enough. If you're willing to go through the steps, there's always this (http://archive.wfmu.org:5555/archive/AM/). Or I could just mail you a bunch of CD-Rs, Dave.
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oops, guess I should have posted my bloglink here. http://www.joelhuggins.com/blog
i'm also posting podcasts, or quicktime mixtapes or whatever the hell you wanna call them on my webiste here
http://www.joelhuggins.com/podcast.html the latest (#2) is Songs To Kick Ass To
ALSO, I'm djing a set on the dublab internet radio station. It's part of their annual GIVE UP program in which djs play sets of depressing music. I'm recording mine tomorrow and think it will also stream tomorrow but not sure when. will update when I know. http://www.dublab.com
Speaking of dublab, I HIGHLY recommend their vision version videos. kinda like an LA version of pitchforks rooftop videos.
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no, thats a geoffrey ellis original. although he's a SF resident, he has unabashed memphis love.
but i did take a hi-tone photo in the book, including a photo of a shangri-la records purchase. theyre the last photos and not in the preview unfortunately.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v322/iAmBaronVonTito/JDRhea/shows%20and%20showers/9ddafdfd.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v322/iAmBaronVonTito/JDRhea/what%20a%20tourist/b9fb43c4.jpg)
HITONE! GREAT place to play and hangout. Shangri-la as well. I cannot think of Memphis without conjuring the sound of the first seconds of that Grifters' record, the Eureka one.
AHHH!
Thanks for this trip down memory lane.
Ike
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ive tried a few times to grab an apartment in the building next to the hi-tone to no avail. when im too broke to pay $8 for a show, i'll lay on the grass and listen outside.
i love memphis.
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I second, third & forth that. Memphis is the place for great music, food & fun. Genuinely nice people. Love it!
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I second, third & forth that. Memphis is the place for great music, food & fun. Genuinely nice people. Love it!
conversely, as much as i hear people say they love memphis...NO ONE wants to live there.
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I know you're all going anyway, but here's a reminder: come to PÅ BESÖK in Malmö next Thursday! Scott Bradley, aka yours truly, will be spinning wax from 8 pm til at least midnight.
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when Scott Bradley makes it to the states, i'll be there.
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Was approached by a Costa Rican art collective to make a track for a compilation album they're putting out. I wrote this one up in a few days. Must admit, I'm proud.
"Audubon"
http://www.myspace.com/theyellowchair
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My new part-time job is posting alternative energy news to this blog: http://cleantechnica.com/
If you like my first post, use one of them there digg or reddit type things to pass it along:
http://digg.com/odd_stuff/World_s_Worst_CD_and_DVD_Maker_Tries_Solar
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I produce and co-host a sketch comedy podcast called Two Mustaches. We just started our 4th season. You can find it on: http://twomustaches.com
Be advised, we do sometimes cuss and go blue.
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I'm selling a Behringer BRC 2000 MIDI controller, perfect condition.
http://newyork.craigslist.org/brk/msg/1042745766.html
Will honor the FOT with a discounted price!
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DC FOT, I have a staged reading of my play Box Americana Tuesday night, the 24th, at Woolly Mammoth Theater (http://www.woollymammoth.net/education/theatre_lab_readings.php). It's free.
San Diego FOT, my play 1001 opens at UCSD (http://www-theatre.ucsd.edu/season/1001/index.html) Thursday night, the 26th, and runs through March 7. Regular price tickets are $20, but PM me if you want me to see if I can get you free tickets in exchange for pledging to WFMU.
Oh, and me 1, Tom 0 (http://www.amazon.com/1001-Jason-Grote/dp/0573663882/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1235178925&sr=8-1), though at the rate things are going I'll probably be holding a bound copy of Fuel Dump before I'm holding this. Which would only partially be a bad thing!
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ANNOUNCING::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
THE OFFICIAL PURRICANE ALBUM RELEASE PARTY!
SUNDAY MARCH 8th
at
THE ELECTRIC COMPANY IN FRENCH
1318 W. CERMAK
CHICAGO, IL 606__
5PM-9PM (or later if it feels right)
featuring...
THE 1ST-EVER 60-SECOND CHICAGO TALENT COMPETITION! ANYONE WHO SIGNS UP GETS IN FREE! NO GEAR SETUP, NO MORE THAN 60 SECONDS, MAYBE YOU'LL WIN A PRIZE......
also featuring....
Chicago DJ favorites Alex V and Beau W to make you dance and sway
+RAFFLE!
+FOOD!
+ Even more fun stuff including some REALLY cool surprises!! You will not want to miss this!!!!!!!
$5 gets you entry, your own copy of the debut self-titled album by Chicago's Purricane, AND a raffle ticket.
Part of the proceeds of this event are to benefit the No Coast artists collective in Chicago's beloved southside neighborhood Pilsen. Go to www.no-coast.org (http://www.no-coast.org) for more information.
This will be something not to be missed! Mark your calendars in bold pink marker!
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Congratulations, Dania!
Oh, and J-Gro - busy schedule! Good stuff!
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I've a new EP and a song from it here: www.myspace.com/dublindd
::)
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i'm building something.
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Got a silly list up on McSweeney's:
http://mcsweeneys.net/links/lists/27DavidHart.html
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Got a silly list up on McSweeney's:
http://mcsweeneys.net/links/lists/27DavidHart.html
that's great.
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i'm building something.
Let me guess: you saw Burn After Reading recently.
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Got a silly list up on McSweeney's:
http://mcsweeneys.net/links/lists/27DavidHart.html
Love it.
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Got a silly list up on McSweeney's:
http://mcsweeneys.net/links/lists/27DavidHart.html
great work, Senor! keep 'em coming.
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Nice!
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Got a silly list up on McSweeney's:
http://mcsweeneys.net/links/lists/27DavidHart.html
that's great.
That IS great! I've submitted a couple lists to McSweeney's, but they politely turned me down. Could it have had to do with strippers being involved? Only they know for sure.
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Got a silly list up on McSweeney's:
http://mcsweeneys.net/links/lists/27DavidHart.html
Published by McSweeney's!? Something else for me to envy. Good job, senor.
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Got a silly list up on McSweeney's:
http://mcsweeneys.net/links/lists/27DavidHart.html
Published by McSweeney's!? Something else for me to envy. Good job, senor.
Thanks! I spent a solid few months last year trying to get on there and finally got a list and two pieces up front, and they published one of them in a book. But man oh man, have I gotten a lot of polite rejection emails from them.
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Got a silly list up on McSweeney's:
http://mcsweeneys.net/links/lists/27DavidHart.html
Published by McSweeney's!? Something else for me to envy. Good job, senor.
Thanks! I spent a solid few months last year trying to get on there and finally got a list and two pieces up front, and they published one of them in a book. But man oh man, have I gotten a lot of polite rejection emails from them.
Six more and you can publish the lot in book form. Senorcorazon 1, Tom 0.
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I have lots of stories that would be more appropriate for the Mike Show than the Best Show. I've posted one in a new blog post at
http://joelhuggins.com/blog/
It's the first in my series entitled THAT'S SO HOLLYWOOD!!!
please to enjoy.
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Here's the web flyer for the release show sunday
hope to see some 'a you Chicago-area Fot's! Please feel free to spam people overwhelmingly with this thing:
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3546/3311135382_aabcd80f44_o.jpg)
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The website that Cutout and I created - the one that had its genesis on this board - is still up and running.
www.midblink.com (http://www.midblink.com)
I was thinking of making a t-shirt for it. Anyone who has any skills and wants to improve on this idea (created with MS Paint!), please help out. You, Cutout, and I can split the massive-Google-like profits!
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3648/3326774921_67fc32ec7a.jpg?v=0)
Thanks!
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I don't think I've promoted my podcast here in a long while, so for the newcomers: please check out my podcast! It's called The Hour of Truth, and it's all music, all the time. Beware that it doesn't match the typical Best Show/WFMU/alt profile inasmuch as there's not a whole lot of guitar riffs going on. I've just posted a new episode - The 2008 Blowout Part 1. Best of 2008, kind of. Tracks by Lindstrøm, Benga, Dam Funk, James Pants, Jazzanova, and more.
You can get feeds and direct downloads here:
http://houroftruth.blogspot.com/
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Not so much an extra-curricular activity, but rather an offer to kinda facilitate others' extra-curriculars: for all y'all in bands who'd like your album info/art/sound samples made available on a popular music database website (and, depending on where else your stuff is sold, also on our clients' websites and store kiosks), message me. If you send your stuff to me at work, it'd cut out the middle-person that is the content acquisitions department and get it on the site faster.
As much as that sounds like some weird marketing bot or something, I'd be stoked to help musical FOTs get a little extra exposure.
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Is there an SXSW thread yet? Been taking a break from the board (like, an I have no life but work and graduate school applications break), so I wasn't sure.
Just a heads up for anyone going down that my friends Mathematicians, are playing two fun looking shows at SXSW. They're on tour now too, if you want to check their space for info. www.myspace.com/mathematicians (http://www.myspace.com/mathematicians)
Here's the info for the first one.
Thursday, March 19th
Famously Fabulously Fun Starcleaner Big Texas Party 2
ART Project 301 Chicon Austin, Texas
• 50 Million, Needy Visions
• Big Ships From the Depths
• Closet Fairies, Turboslut
• Wildildlife, The Besties
• When Dinosaurs Ruled The Earth
• Prizzy Prizzy Please, Attic Ted
• Mathmeticians, Vivian Girls
• Rad Racket, The Pharmacy
• Wild America, Used Kids, Cruddy
• Honky Horn and Bad Mouth
• Robocop3, The Cold Cuts
• Bob Taylors Latest Review
• Stupid Party, Shellshag
• Thee Headliners, Dead Dog
• Future Virgins,The Reaction
• This Bike is a Pipe Bomb
Here's the flier for the other one.
(http://c1.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/5/l_ffe6ced3a0584f938aa335ad3a214820.jpg)
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Hiya FOTs,
For those of you with kids and in the New York area, or those of you that just wanna come and say howdy, I'm having a book signing on Saturday, April 4th, noon-2. It's at Books of Wonder, an awesome children's book store on 18th between 5th and 6th ave. It's my FIRST book, a graphic novel called Joey Fly, Private Eye, and my ladyfriend is making insect-themed cupcakes!!
(http://media.us.macmillan.com/jackets/500H/9780805087864.jpg)
Every FOT will get a FOT-related DRAWING OF THEIR CHOICE if they show up!!!
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Wish I could go!
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Hey CHICAGO! Come to this thing on Sunday:
(http://www.birdnamesmusic.com/images/brownsrelease1.jpg)
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Cannot promote my podcast, because I have not updated it in 3 years.
But I have a question for you: Do you think this post to the podcast website is a joke?
"I am very enjoy this for podcasting! Please to make and continue new times. We do very enjoy in Norway and have many fans for toothychum! Sometimes for old episode in listen for at the pub grouping! Funny funny!
posted by: Jokkum Efskript on Thu, 4/2 02:03 PM EDT"
I know I am probably exposing my stupidity here (I am expecting someone to say "'Efskript' is a compiling language you computadummy!"), but I would appreciate your opinion. Thanks!
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Hiya FOTs,
For those of you with kids and in the New York area, or those of you that just wanna come and say howdy, I'm having a book signing on Saturday, April 4th, noon-2. It's at Books of Wonder, an awesome children's book store on 18th between 5th and 6th ave. It's my FIRST book, a graphic novel called Joey Fly, Private Eye, and my ladyfriend is making insect-themed cupcakes!!
(http://media.us.macmillan.com/jackets/500H/9780805087864.jpg)
Every FOT will get a FOT-related DRAWING OF THEIR CHOICE if they show up!!!
This looks awesome. I may bring my oldest. Thanks!
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Cannot promote my podcast, because I have not updated it in 3 years.
But I have a question for you: Do you think this post to the podcast website is a joke?
"I am very enjoy this for podcasting! Please to make and continue new times. We do very enjoy in Norway and have many fans for toothychum! Sometimes for old episode in listen for at the pub grouping! Funny funny!
posted by: Jokkum Efskript on Thu, 4/2 02:03 PM EDT"
I know I am probably exposing my stupidity here (I am expecting someone to say "'Efskript' is a compiling language you computadummy!"), but I would appreciate your opinion. Thanks!
Sounds like a fake to me. "Please to make and continue new times" That smacks of fake bad english to me. But I could be wrong.
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Hey - this isn't for me, really.
The guitarist/singer in my band Pharmacy Spirits is on tour as a guitarist/singer in a band called Beep Beep (myspace.com/beepbeep). His name's Jim. Here are the rest of their tour dates:
Apr 6 2009 Vaudeville Mews Des Moines, Iowa
Apr 7 2009 Bottom Lounge Chicago, Illinois
Apr 8 2009 The House Cafe Dekalb, Illinois
Apr 9 2009 Uptown Bar Minneapolis, Minnesota
Apr 10 2009 Keweenawesome Festival Houghton, Michigan
Apr 11 2009 South Park Tavern Dayton, Ohio
Apr 12 2009 Cake Shop New York, New York
Apr 13 2009 Johnny Brenda’s Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Apr 14 2009 Velvet Lounge DC, Washington DC
Apr 15 2009 Local 506 Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Apr 16 2009 The Milestone Charlotte, North Carolina
Apr 17 2009 Caledonia Athens, Georgia
Apr 18 2009 Drunken Unicorn Atlanta, Georgia
Apr 19 2009 Backbooth Orlando, Florida
Apr 20 2009 New World Brewery Tampa, Florida
Apr 21 2009 The Engine Room Tallahassee, Florida
Apr 22 2009 1982 Bar Gainesville, Florida
Apr 24 2009 Outland Ballroom Springfield, Missouri
Apr 25 2009 The Firebird St. Louis, Missouri
Don't let the Saddle Creek label confuse you. It doesn't sound like their typical fare. It's really weird.
But, yeah, please stop by and say Hi to them. If you talk to Jim real nice-like, he'll give you a CD sampler of Pharmacy Spirits, too! I know you're excited.
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Hey guys, I've got a performance I will be doing at this art show tonight-
http://www.schoolofvisualarts.edu/sa/index.jsp?sid0=201&page_id=139&event_id=1060 (http://www.schoolofvisualarts.edu/sa/index.jsp?sid0=201&page_id=139&event_id=1060)
School of Visual Arts (SVA) presents “Mentors,” an exhibition of work by BFA Photography Department students inspired by their year-long mentorship with key figures in the New York arts community. Drawn from the ranks of city’s best-known photographers, curators, art directors, publishers, art dealers, critics and writers, the mentors are paired with students based upon their field of expertise and the student’s area of concentration. The 2008-2009 mentors include creative director Fabien Baron, cinematographer and SVA alumnus Harris Savides, New York Times writer Philip Gefter, and photographers Ari Marcoupolis, Sally Gall and Gregory Crewdson, among others.
Established in 1992, the Mentors program at SVA was designed to cultivate relationships between established and emerging artists and to introduce new talent to the New York arts community. Stephen Frailey, chair of the BFA Photography Department and curator of the exhibition, explains, “We are always seeking to provide our students with opportunities that support their growth as professional artists. Working with these mentors offers our students an invaluable learning experience, one that inspires them to take their work further.”
It's from 6-8 at the Visual Arts Gallery, 601 West 26 Street, 15th floor.
(http://media.schoolofvisualarts.edu/sva/media/15498/large/Walker_Gregory_GREGORYWALKER_L.jpg)
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If you're in the mood to create a login and do some online voting, a site I worked on is up for a Webby and is pretty fun: http://pv.webbyawards.com/ballot/home
It's under Entertainment > Art and it's called "Color Chart".
Why DracSearch is not on there is beyond me.
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This probably will happen during what promises to be a legendary best show, but if you wanna set your tivo, I will be on My Boys on TBS tomorrow playing some dude on a double date with one of the main dudes. Todd is my character's name if I recall.
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awesome!
im going to watch it with pals and say, "DUDE, i know that guy!'
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If you're in the mood to create a login and do some online voting, a site I worked on is up for a Webby and is pretty fun: http://pv.webbyawards.com/ballot/home
It's under Entertainment > Art and it's called "Color Chart".
Why DracSearch is not on there is beyond me.
Wow, is this it?
http://www.moma.org/interactives/exhibitions/2008/colorchart/flashsite/index.html
Are you a Flash developer?
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It's under Entertainment > Art and it's called "Color Chart".
Wow, is this it?
http://www.moma.org/interactives/exhibitions/2008/colorchart/flashsite/index.html
Are you a Flash developer?
Yes, that's it. Our friends/developers did most of the heavy lifting -- I just did the video content and the "project management" (aka cleaned up the XML and had a bunch of meetings). My Flash skills are nowhere NEAR their level. Or the level of most 12-year-olds.
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Check out that sweater. Boo-Ya!
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3I0rTVp5cdo[/youtube]
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I love Williamsburg, VA!
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Here's a cartoon I worked on. You can watch it in vastly superior HD if you click on the "Quimby The Mouse" link.
http://vimeo.com/4412391
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i loved this video. it made me swoon, then sad, then angry and shocked, then sad, then happy, then angry again.
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Here's a cartoon I worked on. You can watch it in vastly superior HD if you click on the "Quimby The Mouse" link.
http://vimeo.com/4412391
Awesome John K. It's good it is back on Vimeo too. (It was down for a bit yesterday...) Congratulations!
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That's a great video, John. Man, Chris Ware is fucking dark.
I got another show coming up, this time in Seattle. It's Maria/Stuart, which a bunch of FOT saw when it was up in DC last fall. I might make it out to see it. From the the theater site (http://schmeater.org/maria_stuart.php):
Maria/Stuart
by Jason Grote
A contemporary rip-off of Friedrich Schiller's Mary Stuart, Jason Grote's dark comedy is a hysterical take on dysfunctional family life that incorporates ghosts, German poetry, and liters of soda in a dance at the edge of theatrical chaos. Stuart is in his late 20's, lives with his mother, and is into comic books. He, his mother, his 2 aunts, his grandmother, and his too-close and too-pretty cousin, have dark secrets - and until the secrets are revealed, an agitated and somewhat confused spirit who has access to fax machines will not rest.
Directed by
David Gassner
Performances
May 8 - June 6, 2009
Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, 8PM
Ticket Prices
General: $18 in advance $21 at the door
Student/Senior: $15 in advance $18 at the door
TPS: 2 for 1 at the door
18 and under always free
Then I'm reading at the NY Writers Coalition (http://www.nywriterscoalition.org/writingaloud.htm), which is a pretty awesome organization, on May 18:
Writing Aloud Reading Series
A Monthly Reading Series
Join us as NY Writers Coalition (NYWC) continues our reading series at South Oxford Space in Fort Greene, Brooklyn.
Readers:
Elizabeth Shell Carr
Jason Grote
Alice Hyman
Kesha Young
Curated by Barbara Cassidy
When: Monday, May 18th, 7:00 PM
Where:
South Oxford Space
The Great Room
138 South Oxford Street
(between Atlantic and Hanson Place)
Second Floor
Fort Greene, Brooklyn
Cost: Free!
I've also got a show coming up in NYC at the end of the month, with a bunch of high school students:
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3564/3511142917_01df12c492.jpg?v=0)(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3399/3511958244_e5bc2d1899.jpg?v=0)
As usual, if any FOT want me to try and get them free or discounted tickets, PM me.
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Gregory: I love that poster.
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Any performances slated for Knoxville? I have an awesome office space I could share with you! Could I get you coffee? A paper?
That's a great video, John. Man, Chris Ware is fucking dark.
I got another show coming up, this time in Seattle. It's Maria/Stuart, which a bunch of FOT saw when it was up in DC last fall. I might make it out to see it. From the the theater site (http://schmeater.org/maria_stuart.php):
Maria/Stuart
by Jason Grote
A contemporary rip-off of Friedrich Schiller's Mary Stuart, Jason Grote's dark comedy is a hysterical take on dysfunctional family life that incorporates ghosts, German poetry, and liters of soda in a dance at the edge of theatrical chaos. Stuart is in his late 20's, lives with his mother, and is into comic books. He, his mother, his 2 aunts, his grandmother, and his too-close and too-pretty cousin, have dark secrets - and until the secrets are revealed, an agitated and somewhat confused spirit who has access to fax machines will not rest.
Directed by
David Gassner
Performances
May 8 - June 6, 2009
Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, 8PM
Ticket Prices
General: $18 in advance $21 at the door
Student/Senior: $15 in advance $18 at the door
TPS: 2 for 1 at the door
18 and under always free
Then I'm reading at the NY Writers Coalition (http://www.nywriterscoalition.org/writingaloud.htm), which is a pretty awesome organization, on May 18:
Writing Aloud Reading Series
A Monthly Reading Series
Join us as NY Writers Coalition (NYWC) continues our reading series at South Oxford Space in Fort Greene, Brooklyn.
Readers:
Elizabeth Shell Carr
Jason Grote
Alice Hyman
Kesha Young
Curated by Barbara Cassidy
When: Monday, May 18th, 7:00 PM
Where:
South Oxford Space
The Great Room
138 South Oxford Street
(between Atlantic and Hanson Place)
Second Floor
Fort Greene, Brooklyn
Cost: Free!
I've also got a show coming up in NYC at the end of the month, with a bunch of high school students:
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3564/3511142917_01df12c492.jpg?v=0)(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3399/3511958244_e5bc2d1899.jpg?v=0)
As usual, if any FOT want me to try and get them free or discounted tickets, PM me.
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I got another show coming up, this time in Seattle.
I will be there! If you are coming to town Grote, this would be a good time for that fabled Seattle meet up. Anyone? Erech? Trembling Eagle? Anyone else from the NW? Let's go see this play.
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Awesome! I think I am going to come out and see it, but I'm not sure when -- I think the director's going to see if he's got any frequent flyer miles left now that the show's running.
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Check out that sweater. Boo-Ya!
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3I0rTVp5cdo[/youtube]
Way to go, Hugman!
The dirty blues guitar licks are my favorite part (besides you).
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Check out that sweater. Boo-Ya!
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3I0rTVp5cdo[/youtube]
Way to go, Hugman!
The dirty blues guitar licks are my favorite part (besides you).
No, the blues licks were damn fine. Thanks, KTB, I just shot a fed ex internet thing directed by bob odenkirk and that "other actor dude" you sort of knew is in it too.
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So you're the guy in the glasses?
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So you're the guy in the glasses?
yes'm.
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My powers of deduction are impressive.
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We just got our short film, Fish Out Of Water: The Nightmare, into the Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal. Any FOTs ever go to this? I'm not sure if I'm going or not but I want to.
http://www.fishoutofwater.tv
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Check out that sweater. Boo-Ya!
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3I0rTVp5cdo[/youtube]
Way to go, Hugman!
The dirty blues guitar licks are my favorite part (besides you).
No, the blues licks were damn fine. Thanks, KTB, I just shot a fed ex internet thing directed by bob odenkirk and that "other actor dude" you sort of knew is in it too.
Look, obviously that "patience" thing was out of line, but calling your bluetooth out is just an update on the old Garafolo swatch-at-Medieval-Times bit. Sheesh, tough crowd!
kidding, congrats.
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Check out that sweater. Boo-Ya!
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3I0rTVp5cdo[/youtube]
Way to go, Hugman!
The dirty blues guitar licks are my favorite part (besides you).
No, the blues licks were damn fine. Thanks, KTB, I just shot a fed ex internet thing directed by bob odenkirk and that "other actor dude" you sort of knew is in it too.
Look, obviously that "patience" thing was out of line, but calling your bluetooth out is just an update on the old Garafolo swatch-at-Medieval-Times bit. Sheesh, tough crowd!
kidding, congrats.
I know! That's why I was so offended!
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Guy in the Woof-Moo t-shirt at the Think About Life show tonight! Reveal yourself!
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Guy in the Woof-Moo t-shirt at the Think About Life show tonight! Reveal yourself!
Wore my WF MU shirt for the first time tuesday night and promptly spilled guinness on it. FAIL.
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I have another show opening in DC. As usual FOT can PM me if they want me to ask for free/discounted tickets. It got mentioned in The Huffington Post (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/31/tv-soundoff-sunday-talkin_n_209455.html), in an article that I admit I mostly do not understand.
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I graduated from community college recently. I got an award. Here is some shaky cam footage:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s13Q1MSF5I8[/youtube]
In case you can't tell from the video, I look disheveled!
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Wow I totally had my head in the clouds on your play Grote - I think it closes tomorrow or Friday yeah? I'm totally not going to be able to see it, sad face.
I need to check this thread more often.
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Wow I totally had my head in the clouds on your play Grote - I think it closes tomorrow or Friday yeah? I'm totally not going to be able to see it, sad face.
I need to check this thread more often.
you should have just not said nothing. grote hates your guts now. trust me, he does.
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I know.
I know. :(
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No, it's OK, I really don't care. It's always nice when FOT check out my plays, but that's the thing with plays, they're live. I have to miss my friends' stuff all the time. Hopefully I'll have another thing in Seattle soon and it will actually bring me with it, so there's always that.
It goes until June 6, though, so PM me if you want free tickets.
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I been a-tryin! I think that I may be able to do it in the next 3 days, so stay tuned for a pm! If I am unable to pull it off, I will gladly see the next one and regret the missed experience.
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i gots interviewd.
http://tinyurl.com/ksmdkl
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can i admit that every time i see hugman, i squeal with delight that i know this person? as in, "im his acquaintance!"
additionally, ive been directing people to mrs. hugman's videos for nutritional advice. no joke.
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can i admit that every time i see hugman, i squeal with delight that i know this person? as in, "im his acquaintance!"
additionally, ive been directing people to mrs. hugman's videos for nutritional advice. no joke.
why don't you just go ahead and say friend.
and thanks for forwarding on mrs. hugman's videos.
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In mid-August I will be presenting an in-service presentation on the implications of Wolframalpha on mathematics instruction. I will get back to you with a date and time!
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In mid-August I will be presenting an in-service presentation on the implications of Wolframalpha on mathematics instruction. I will get back to you with a date and time!
Oh, man, my sister and her family are gonna be in town. Maybe I can get them to cancel. Can I stay with the FK's?
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In mid-August I will be presenting an in-service presentation on the implications of Wolframalpha on mathematics instruction. I will get back to you with a date and time!
I know that Wolfram Alpha is awesome. But I just can't figure out how to implement it on a daily basis. Actually, I love typing in what I had for lunch and having it spit out a nutrition label so I guess that's one implementation, however mostly useless and takes a long time to figure out the syntax.
If you podcast this, I will watch/listen to it DFK. It sounds really interesting.
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I need ideas for pithy, shitty statements to stitch.
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Andy, can you get this Slavoj Zizek quote on one embroidment?
In March 2003, Rumsfeld engaged in a little bit of amateur philosophizing about the relationship between the known and the unknown: "There are known knowns. These are things we know that we know. There are known unknowns. That is to say, there are things that we know we don't know. But there are also unknown unknowns. There are things we don't know we don't know." What he forgot to add was the crucial fourth term: the "unknown knowns," the things we don't know that we know-which is precisely, the Freudian unconscious, the "knowledge which doesn't know itself," as Lacan used to say.
If Rumsfeld thinks that the main dangers in the confrontation with Iraq were the "unknown unknowns," that is, the threats from Saddam whose nature we cannot even suspect, then the Abu Ghraib scandal shows that the main dangers lie in the "unknown knowns" - the disavowed beliefs, suppositions and obscene practices we pretend not to know about, even though they form the background of our public values.
Thus, Bush was wrong. What we get when we see the photos of humiliated Iraqi prisoners is precisely a direct insight into "American values," into the core of an obscene enjoyment that sustains the American way of life.
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In case you're in Malmö on the 24th, I'm DJing at Knackwurst Neon 80 - A night with sausage, beer and music (http://www.neongallery.nu/exhibitionsandevents/knakwurst/index.htm). If anyone has any recommendations for a sausage-themed playlist, I'd love to hear it. The music will be mostly African-Brazilian-Latin stuff, I'm listening a lot to Mulatu Astatke right now so he'll be heavily featured.
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I did a set of depressing songs on Dublab Internet Radio.
go here http://radio.dublab.com/
and in the box on the right look for the Grogan P. Tumble playlist.
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In case you're in Malmö on the 24th, I'm DJing at Knackwurst Neon 80 - A night with sausage, beer and music (http://www.neongallery.nu/exhibitionsandevents/knakwurst/index.htm). If anyone has any recommendations for a sausage-themed playlist, I'd love to hear it. The music will be mostly African-Brazilian-Latin stuff, I'm listening a lot to Mulatu Astatke right now so he'll be heavily featured.
"Sample My Sausage" by Alien Sex Fiend. That's all I got...
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my new line of cross stitching
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Nice, Andy! Might I suggest a burning/flaming panda?
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Nice, Andy! Might I suggest a burning/flaming panda?
Or perhaps a Christmas Tree
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Nice, Andy! Might I suggest a burning/flaming panda?
Or perhaps a Christmas Tree
Or a charred mannequin head?
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andy, i think you should know your cross stitching has inspired me to finish an important project that is best show-themed. photos will soon follow once it is complete.
thank you.
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good.
I think my next animal is going to be a whale or an octopus.
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Andy, those are amazing! Keep it up!
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Here's me doing standup:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTcgaZE3IDk[/youtube]
Feel free to discourage me. I might be better off with a less masochistic hobby.
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Here's me doing standup:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTcgaZE3IDk[/youtube]
Feel free to discourage me. I might be better off with a less masochistic hobby.
Delicious.
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You should do that 'spirit of Jazz' guy, with his hat on fire.
my new line of cross stitching
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Here's me doing standup:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTcgaZE3IDk[/youtube]
Feel free to discourage me. I might be better off with a less masochistic hobby.
I like it, Emerson. And "Happy By Contrast" would make a great CD/EP title.
By the way, if you play the south, that one joke will be even bigger if you remember that it's a "PEE - can" pie, as in urination and the classic band.
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Here's me doing standup:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTcgaZE3IDk[/youtube]
Feel free to discourage me. I might be better off with a less masochistic hobby.
I approve!
Sounds like the crowd was also into it.
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Here's me doing standup:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTcgaZE3IDk[/youtube]
Feel free to discourage me. I might be better off with a less masochistic hobby.
you just made a delicious mistake. ha ha. yay.
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http://www.scribd.com/doc/3242075/The-Disco-Handbook
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All fantastic; "You deserve worse" is at the top with your "Thirty is the new dead"
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Here's me doing standup:
Feel free to discourage me. I might be better off with a less masochistic hobby.
This is pretty good. I say keep a-going.
It's PEE-can though. Not puh-KAWN.
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I need some mean phrases, people. I'm about to finish "not worth shooting"
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"i puked in your bed last night lolz"
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Here's me doing standup:
Feel free to discourage me. I might be better off with a less masochistic hobby.
This is pretty good. I say keep a-going.
It's PEE-can though. Not puh-KAWN.
Me and Buffcoat agree on something
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Leroy can't read.
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Just got the hard copy of my first/last scholarly publication. You'll have to take this blurry pic on faith because the website of the journal hasn't been updated in years.
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Don't Send a Lawyer to Do an Engineer's Job: How Advancing Technology Changes the Software Monoculture Debate, 7 J. on Telecomm. & High Tech. L. 393 (2009).
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My wife and I have been hosting art shows in our house for the past few years. We have an opening this weekend that should be very exciting. If you are in Chicago this Saturday (7/18), and near Hyde Park, come see us!
The Diorama Show
www.thelarch.org (http://www.thelarch.org)
A curated show of imagined spaces
PRESENTED BY: Home Gallery, 1407 E. 54th Place, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening reception: Saturday, July 18, 2009, 6-10 pm
ABOUT THE WORK:
The Diorama Show explores our fascination with three-dimensional, constructed spaces that depict an imaginary moment in time. For nearly 200 years, dioramas have tested artistic, cultural and historical assumptions about reality and the world around us. We invited artists working in very different mediums to explore the tensions created in the diorama and its impact on the imagination.
ABOUT THE GALLERY:
Home Gallery is an experimental exhibition space run by Andrew Nord and Laura Shaeffer out of their home in Chicago’s Hyde Park neighborhood. Their mission is to show emerging as well as established artists whose work fits their "inhabited" space in scale and aesthetic, with the intent to further understanding of contemporary art. It broadens the artistic community by creating an informal and welcoming social space in which to view art as an integral part of everyday life.
ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
The artists invited to participate include:
Katrin Asbury and Shawn Greene
Jenny Buffington
Elke Claus
DeeDee Davis and Casey Roberts
Deborah Doering
Paul Durica
Patrick Fitzgerald
Conrad Freiburg
Sarah Kaiser
James Kao
Drue Langlois
Luftwerk
Miller and Shellabarger
Anders Nilsen
Paul Nudd
Jeremy Pelt
Frank Pollard
Kim Pence
John Preus
Doug Shaeffer
Bert Stabler
Rachel Tredon
Michael Weis
Patrick W. Welch
Zelienople
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My Band is finally putting out our debut CD.
We are playing a CD release show at Rancho Relaxo in Toronto on July 25th.
TDot FOTs, please come out!
leonidsmusic.blogspot.com (http://leonidsmusic.blogspot.com)
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Congratulations, yesno!
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Congratulations, yesno!
Thanks Martin--just by reading this thread you've doubled my audience!
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Just got the hard copy of my first/last scholarly publication. You'll have to take this blurry pic on faith because the website of the journal hasn't been updated in years.
Why is it your first & last?
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Just got the hard copy of my first/last scholarly publication. You'll have to take this blurry pic on faith because the website of the journal hasn't been updated in years.
Why is it your first & last?
Maybe I'll be motivated to write something again. Writing is hard when you're not in school. But legal "scholarship" is actually sometimes easier to get published if you're *not* a professor. Adds spice to the journals. (Also, it is way easy to get published in a law review no matter who you are. It's like the opposite of science.)
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SAVE THE DATE!
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www.myspace.com/cromagnon2
www.myspace.com/hollowschicago
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What an appropriate thread.
I do college radio.
I'm on the air tonight, and [pretty much] every Wednesday from 10pm until midnight.
Also, I co-host a show that's exclusively new stuff (in terms of indie rock) Mondays 1-3pm.
If you're in Northeastern Connecticut (yeah, right) check out WHUS 91.7 fm, or, of course, online at http://www.whus.org and of course, http://methanolcereal.blogspot.com
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Here's a Q and A with Todd Glass: http://www.buzzine.com/2009/07/todd-glass-interview/
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http://www.rivertorivernyc.com/events/eventDetail.php?eventID=2763
Anyone going?
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I am pretty sure I'm going to this thing.
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I would like a series involving classic hip-hop lyrics. Or even interludes like 'don't play me like I got a flower pot head, kid'
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Another reminder for all Chicago FOTs THIS SHOW IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED GET THERE EARLY TO SEE THE BRAND NEW STACIAN SET
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Andy, where do you find the frames for your stitch work?
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Andy, where do you find the frames for your stitch work?
Hobby Lobby, mostly. It's an Oklahoma based company, but I think they're all over the place at this point. I've started buying nicer frames because it makes it funnier (to me at least) and frames are continually on 50% off sale at Hobby Lobby.
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Andy, where do you find the frames for your stitch work?
Hobby Lobby, mostly. It's an Oklahoma based company, but I think they're all over the place at this point. I've started buying nicer frames because it makes it funnier (to me at least) and frames are continually on 50% off sale at Hobby Lobby.
i love hobby lobby! i prefer them to michael's or joann's. i was wondering because some of the frames looked antique-ish (which does make it funnier...to me. the script doesnt hurt either.) so i figured perhaps goodwill, etc. may have been behind this.
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the only thing I hate about Hobby Lobby is that the family who owns it is religious, so they are closed on Sundays. Other than that, they blow everyone else out of the water.
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I loved Hobby Lobby, but they seem to be drying up, while Michael's seems to be getting larger - boo. Pretty much to the point I have to order all my arty stuffs from multiple specialty places nowadays. Way to go, hobby enthusiasts.
Here's a Q and A with Todd Glass: http://www.buzzine.com/2009/07/todd-glass-interview/
I've been on a Todd Glass kick lately, that was a fun read. Wait, where's our brofist smiley? TOM!
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buy this book! http://www.amazon.com/Not-Build-Frankenstein-Neil-Numberman/dp/0061568163
donate to this film! http://www.memphisflyer.com/SingAllKinds/archives/2009/07/23/open-fives-donation-drive
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Andy, I'd pay good money for this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2T0Ofr6VYMI
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I'm pretty psyched about Neil Numberman's book. That's awesome.
OK, so I've been harassing the shit out of everyone about this on Twitter and FB, so apologies if I'm getting irritating. But I'm nervous that no one will bid on my item because (1) there are 700 writers involved with this thing and (2) 675 of them are more famous than me (which is to say, famous at all).
I'm part of an online writing experiment called Significant Objects, orchestrated by the NY Times' Rob Walker
and Hermenaut's Joshua Glenn. Here's their description:
"A talented, creative writer invents a story about an object. Invested with new significance by this fiction, the object should — according to our hypothesis — acquire not merely subjective but objective value. How to test our theory? Via eBay!"
Here's my story:
http://significantobjects.com/2009/07/28/dome-doll/
The Dome Doll is for sale here, with a starting bid of 99 cents. Auction lasts a week:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250473609751#ht_528wt_1167
I get whatever money is raised, but the average sale price so far has been under $20. So I'll buy you a beer with it.
Here's some press:
http://papercuts.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/14/a-literary-garage-sale/
http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/09/would-you-pay-more/
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/jacketcopy/2009/07/one-mans-trash-is-another-mans-fictional-treasure.html
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/2009/07/lit-thrift.html
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/brainiac/2009/07/significant_obj.html
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/shortstack/2009/07/putting_a_price_on_creativity.html
And a lot more here:
http://significantobjects.com/press-clippings/
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Here's a Q and A with comedian Jimmy Dore of Comedy and Everything Else: http://www.buzzine.com/2009/07/jimmy-dore-interview/
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in the spirit of DFK, I put up a little page on my site dedicated to the "band" i was in for a while. pretty dumb, but I liked it, and I'll bet a couple of you's would like it, too.
http://www.joelhuggins.com/slimandjuvie
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I made an "E-BUSINESS CARD"
http://web.me.com/susie.john/john/HELLO.html
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Hey, everybody. I'm trying to get my "humor" blog off the ground and I'd love for my fellow FOTs to check it out. There's the occasional lapse into turlet talk, but it's mostly clean.
http://thehangingbrain.wordpress.com/
I'm also on the Twitter, so if you dig it feel free to help a ninja out & follow me @brainhangblog
Also, Tom - if you're reading this - I now realized I should have shamelessly asked theBestShow twitter accnt to follow me, not you personally. Please forgive.
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I made an "E-BUSINESS CARD"
http://web.me.com/susie.john/john/HELLO.html
classy.
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DAY JOB: I work for a company that makes accounting software. I'm also in charge of writing the instruction manuals no one reads. For our latest version, I was able to sneak in a few Best Show references. Check it out (you may need to squint)...
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3524/3795695753_c80b478882.jpg)
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2474/3796514634_6eb82352c7.jpg)
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I love stuff like that. Easter eggs!
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DAY JOB: I work for a company that makes accounting software. I'm also in charge of writing the instruction manuals no one reads. For our latest version, I was able to sneak in a few Best Show references. Check it out (you may need to squint)...
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3524/3795695753_c80b478882.jpg)
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2474/3796514634_6eb82352c7.jpg)
i loves it.
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Brilliant! LOVE it!
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in the spirit of DFK, I put up a little page on my site dedicated to the "band" i was in for a while. pretty dumb, but I liked it, and I'll bet a couple of you's would like it, too.
http://www.joelhuggins.com/slimandjuvie
I love this; I somehow missed that you were also a musician. Remember when Tom said "it's not rock and roll" about Steely Dan? He could never say that about this. My favorite is Eat Your Lunch.
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Midblink.com, the website that was generated out of a brainstorm on this very forum, just got a nice write-up in tonic.com. Granted, the writer is a friend of mine (Kirk Bromley. Jason G., I believe you know him). But nice press nonetheless.
http://www.tonic.com/article/midblink-approx-every-3-seconds-were-all-ugly/ (http://www.tonic.com/article/midblink-approx-every-3-seconds-were-all-ugly/)
By the way, anyone who has some "mid-blink" photos to contribute to the site, please help out. Thanks!
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My bands EP is now available on Itunes.
http://ax.itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/browserRedirect?url=itms%253A%252F%252Fax.itunes.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZStore.woa%252Fwa%252FviewAlbum%253Fid%253D328271144%2526s%253D143455 (http://ax.itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/browserRedirect?url=itms%253A%252F%252Fax.itunes.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZStore.woa%252Fwa%252FviewAlbum%253Fid%253D328271144%2526s%253D143455)
Buy it then tell everyone how great it is. (regardless of what you think of it)
Thanks.
Jeremy.
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Go Midblink!
I do know Kirk, but only from theater circles -- at this point I probably "know" you better.
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http://bit.ly/3RagDe
My interview with Kimbo Slice.
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in the spirit of DFK, I put up a little page on my site dedicated to the "band" i was in for a while. pretty dumb, but I liked it, and I'll bet a couple of you's would like it, too.
http://www.joelhuggins.com/slimandjuvie
I love this; I somehow missed that you were also a musician. Remember when Tom said "it's not rock and roll" about Steely Dan? He could never say that about this. My favorite is Eat Your Lunch.
Thank you, DFK. I just saw this. And yes, I am an amazing musician as is apparent in my awesome solos.
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ATTN NYC-AREA FOTs:
Tonight
11 PM
Alphabet Lounge (104 Avenue C)
is my
RECORD RELEASE SHOW
Come & enjoy yourself!
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/event.php?eid=137724716300&ref=ts
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ATTN NYC-AREA FOTs:
Tonight
11 PM
Alphabet Lounge (104 Avenue C)
is my
RECORD RELEASE SHOW
Come & enjoy yourself!
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/event.php?eid=137724716300&ref=ts
ZIP IT!
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I agree with Dave, I really enjoyed those tracks. The FOT math contingent approves!
in the spirit of DFK, I put up a little page on my site dedicated to the "band" i was in for a while. pretty dumb, but I liked it, and I'll bet a couple of you's would like it, too.
http://www.joelhuggins.com/slimandjuvie
I love this; I somehow missed that you were also a musician. Remember when Tom said "it's not rock and roll" about Steely Dan? He could never say that about this. My favorite is Eat Your Lunch.
Thank you, DFK. I just saw this. And yes, I am an amazing musician as is apparent in my awesome solos.
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You really need to come see this show tonight, especially if you're a fan of minimal synth darkwave weirdness.
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3485/3927661490_f44ebc1a51_o.jpg)
I'm playing first!!! Hope to see you...
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My co-host Karinne and I were involved in this:
http://confluxfestival.org
It ended as of 6pm today, but we made an audio piece: a walking tour that is designed to work no matter where you are. We'll probably air it some time in the next month, if you listen to our show (ha!) but if you want to download it and do the tour, the mp3 and the instructions are here:
http://fancystitchmachine.org/conflux.htm
EDIT (sidebar for the hardcore comics nerds): Ann Nocenti, writer of one of the best Daredevil runs maybe ever, wrote part of it.
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My co-host Karinne and I were involved in this:
http://confluxfestival.org
It ended as of 6pm today, but we made an audio piece: a walking tour that is designed to work no matter where you are. We'll probably air it some time in the next month, if you listen to our show (ha!) but if you want to download it and do the tour, the mp3 and the instructions are here:
http://fancystitchmachine.org/conflux.htm
EDIT (sidebar for the hardcore comics nerds): Ann Nocenti, writer of one of the best Daredevil runs maybe ever, wrote part of it.
Sounds like a great idea. Can't wait to try it out. Thanks Jason!
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Awesome. Enjoy it! I spent a lot of time editing the script, but Karinne recorded and produced it, and I still have not had a chance to hear it yet.
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Haven't pimped my podcast The Hour of Truth in a while, so...
http://houroftruth.blogspot.com/
Brand new episode up now!
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Another good show for to check out this week
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2629/4015548168_b9d14b21e9_o.jpg)
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(http://neilnumberman.com/images/news/Frankenstein_cover.jpg)
Howdy FOTs!
My newest picture book is out just in time fer Halloween! It's called 'Do NOT Build a Frankenstein!' and here's an EXCLUSIVE look at a couple pieces inside the book:
(http://neilnumberman.com/images/news/Frankenstein8-9.jpg)
(http://neilnumberman.com/images/news/Frankenstein18-19.jpg)
I'll be having a book signing at Books of Wonder in New York City on Halloween day! For those of you that don't know, Books of Wonder is one of the greatest children's bookstores in the world. It'll be a complete madhouse! There will be Frankenstein cupcakes, candy, free Frankenstein trick or treat bags with every purchase of the book, and more (a giant Frankenstein head? Sure!) It even got a write-up in Time Out New York!
http://newyorkkids.timeout.com/events/books/303381/halloween-haunts (http://newyorkkids.timeout.com/events/books/303381/halloween-haunts)
Some come on down and say howdy!
Books of Wonder
18 W 18th st. btwn 5th and 6th ave.
Saturday, October 31st
Noon-2PM
Haaaaaapy Haaaaaaalloweeeeen!
--NN
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That is phenomenal looking, Neil Numberman. Every page is worth framing.
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Congratulations, NN! I love it already.
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Awesome book!
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Famed NYC taxi guide Neil Numberman resurfaces.
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I'm entering an embroidery art show that features famous oklahomans. The Oklahoman I signed up for: James Garner.
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Andy, do you mean you are embroidering him?
I'm trying to hock my wares on etsy...for all your laptop cover needs!
kittymeowmixhead.etsy.com (http://kittymeowmixhead.etsy.com)
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This is my new personal website.
www.bergmayer.info (http://www.bergmayer.info)
This is where I work now.
www.publicknowledge.org (http://www.publicknowledge.org)
Given the number of artists on this board, I think it might be a good idea to try to get some money to hire a cartoonist/graphic novelist for something. I don't know what: a t-shirt, a piece of graphic novel-style advocacy--I like how Google's been using Scott McCloud. We have a few hundred billion dollars less than Google, though.
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I knew you were a Good Guy!
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I bet you could afford David Rees! Which is not a knock on Rees, just to say he supports good orgs.
I wrote a short play The Foundry Theater's Free-Range Thanksgiving (http://thefoundrytheatre.org/index.html) on Monday the 23rd at St. Mark's Church on 2nd Ave. It brings together a lot of theater people, farmers, and food activists. Admission is a bottle of NY State Wine but I think it might be sold out.
This guy is directing it, and he is awesome:
(http://metropolitician.blogs.com/scribblings_of_the_metrop/paul_lazar.jpg)
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Shameful self-promotion: http://www.moma.org/timburton (http://www.moma.org/timburton) Got this together and shot a bunch of the video stuff. Interview with the weirdo here - got to direct this and ask him a few questions:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mANsedYvsBs[/youtube]
Promo OVER.
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Shameful self-promotion: http://www.moma.org/timburton (http://www.moma.org/timburton) Got this together and shot a bunch of the video stuff. Interview with the weirdo here - got to direct this and ask him a few questions:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mANsedYvsBs[/youtube]
Promo OVER.
This is extremely cool!
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Yes, very cool! I'm getting excited.
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I need to see this exhibit. Soon.
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that's great Senor!
I need to make it down for that show. I was just thinking about that a few hours ago, and now I have yet another excuse to.
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FOT free passes always extended (and you get to skip the lines for entrance into the show)! It is still a hot mess right now, but the show is up until April.
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I'm entering an embroidery art show that features famous oklahomans. The Oklahoman I signed up for: James Garner.
omg you have to keep us updated on this. I want to see!
What direction are you gonna go in?
Great Escape James Garner?
Rockford Files James Garner?
Polaroid commercials w/Mariette Hartley James Garner?
Beef: It's What's For Dinner James Garner?
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Very cool senor. I've got the exhibit on my list for my next visit. Gonna have to look up some NYC FOT when I schedule it.
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Anyone else doing the Chase Community Giving on Facebook? I have 19 votes left to donate to causes if you will donate to my cause. All it takes is two clicks and a Facebook account.
Chase Bank is giving away 5 million dollars to charities and organizations. It's the last week of voting and we're trying to win some of the money. Voting ends tomorrow and we want to be in the top 100. Just post a reply if you want to trade votes for each other's charities/organizations.
If you're already voted for my organization, I really appreciate it. If not, you have a Facebook account, and would be so kind as to help us out, we could really use the votes. Each person gets 20 votes so you can trade with each other and vote for more than 1 organization. There is only one more day left but it's really easy:
1) Just sign into Facebook.
2) Click on this link to take you to the Chase Community Giving Application for my charity: http://apps.facebook.com/chasecommunitygiving/charities/662899
3) If it asks you to "Vote for this charity," please press "Yes" or "Vote." Then, you'll have 19 more votes to use for your favorite charity.
This would be greatly appreciated!
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I still have 19 votes left. Are there any charities/organizations you would like to see my vote go to? It is literally two clicks (after you sign into Facebook).
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Film Forum in NY is participating in the Chase Facebook thing. I voted for them, for what it is worth.
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Film Forum in NY is participating in the Chase Facebook thing. I voted for them, for what it is worth.
Well, I would gladly trade a vote for them, if you would vote for Lexington Children's Theatre. Just let me know. They've extended the voting one more day so, we're trying to get as many votes as possible in the home stretch.
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We were in the top 100!!! Our Development Director worked her high heels off to get us in that top 100. Now, we have a chance to win 1 million dollars. We have to present a proposal for what we would do with the money and then there will be a popular vote. I would ask you all to please vote for us in this second round. It would be such an incredible act of generosity. I'll provide more info as the time draws near but the voting is from January 8th to January 11th only, so please keep us in the back of your heads when this time comes around!
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Much thanks to SenorCorazon for hooking up the Tim Burton Moma Exhibit. Not sure what I can offer to any FOTs visiting Richmond, but get in touch if you do.
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Much thanks to SenorCorazon for hooking up the Tim Burton Moma Exhibit. Not sure what I can offer to any FOTs visiting Richmond, but get in touch if you do.
No problem! Offer extended to any and all. Though yesterday and today there were so many people that ticketing systems were breaking down.
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I'm doing this!
ADULT EDUCATION PRESENTS:
"Stage and Screen"
Tuesday, January 5, 2010 - 8 pm (doors at 7:30)
Union Hall in Park Slope
702 Union St. @ 5th Ave
$5 cover
http://adult-ed.net/
Hosted by Charles Star. Other guests are PATRICK BORELLI! ANDREA ROSEN! ELLIOTT KALAN!
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I am not a good guerilla marketer. This stuff sneaks up on you, and I was away most of last week, too busy to virally market.
But this week my work is holding an event, World's Fair Use Day. www.wfud.info (http://www.wfud.info) There will be a variety of interesting speakers. If you're in the DC area this Tuesday, come by.
I involved myself to the extent necessary to convince the planners to commission a poster from Neil Numberman, a preview of which can be seen here: http://twitpic.com/xf2zt
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I am not a good guerilla marketer. This stuff sneaks up on you, and I was away most of last week, too busy to virally market.
But this week my work is holding an event, World's Fair Use Day. www.wfud.info (http://www.wfud.info) There will be a variety of interesting speakers. If you're in the DC area this Tuesday, come by.
I involved myself to the extent necessary to convince the planners to commission a poster from Neil Numberman, a preview of which can be seen here: http://twitpic.com/xf2zt
I've said it before: Good Guy= YesNo
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I am not a good guerilla marketer. This stuff sneaks up on you, and I was away most of last week, too busy to virally market.
But this week my work is holding an event, World's Fair Use Day. www.wfud.info (http://www.wfud.info) There will be a variety of interesting speakers. If you're in the DC area this Tuesday, come by.
I involved myself to the extent necessary to convince the planners to commission a poster from Neil Numberman, a preview of which can be seen here: http://twitpic.com/xf2zt
I've said it before: Good Guy= YesNo
Agreed! And c'mon people, let's help spread this on the internets.
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Shoot, can't make it to DC tomorrow, but I can tweet about it for my friends up there.
Might as well throw my things out there:
I'm hosting a screening of the Documentary "Trust Us, This Is All Made Up" this Thursday, January 14th at 7pm at Gallery 5 in Richmond, VA. All the info is here (facebook) http://www.facebook.com/#/event.php?eid=195741245811&index=1, or the flyer here: http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2666/4207913460_c2b6726cf2_b.jpg. The film is a documentary about TJ and Dave, two well known long-form improvisers to come out of the Chicago improv scene. A local improv group, the Richmond Comedy Coalition, will also be performing. It's $3.
Also, I'm having a duckpin bowling/dance party on Jan 30th to coincide with my birthday. Any FOTs would be more than welcome. Heres the info on that: http://www.facebook.com/#/event.php?eid=213876037869&index=1, January 30th, 10pm, plaza bowl - Richmond, VA.
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I have a column with the student run alternative paper at Rutgers. Here's the first installment:
http://johnsonvillepress.com/2010/01/11/school-or-warehouse-ben-kharakh/
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I think I may enter some of my cross stitches into a local art show. We'll see.
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Hey Andy, have you seen these?
http://www.sublimestitching.com/danieljohnstonartistseries.html
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I got an internship at Nerve.com 2000Ben going strong!
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I got an internship at Nerve.com 2000Ben going strong!
You dirty, dirty.
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I got an internship at Nerve.com 2000Ben going strong!
Congrats, 20BN!
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I write news for Tiny Mix Tapes (http://www.tinymixtapes.com).
This was my first story (http://www.tinymixtapes.com/news/titus-andronicus-release-monitor-march).
See if you can spot both mistakes and, believe it or not, those were made by the editor. I still can't believe they edited two mistakes into my article.
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yo dogs, my radio show is BACK starting this tuesday 4-6 PM (opposite brian turner :()on www.thecore.fm and 90.3 in the piscataway/new brunswick area.
it's called Stands for Decibels and here's a description of it:
"Listen to Dan bring you the stupidest in garage, proto-punk, punk, post-punk, power pop, bubblegum, jangly wussy shit, surf, american underground, reggae, disco, not disco, that gnarly new zealand stuff, and rock 'nnn roll."
yeah!
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yo dogs, my radio show is BACK starting this tuesday 4-6 PM (opposite brian turner :()on www.thecore.fm and 90.3 in the piscataway/new brunswick area.
it's called Stands for Decibels and here's a description of it:
"Listen to Dan bring you the stupidest in garage, proto-punk, punk, post-punk, power pop, bubblegum, jangly wussy shit, surf, american underground, reggae, disco, not disco, that gnarly new zealand stuff, and rock 'nnn roll."
yeah!
I'm gonna try to catch this. It sounds great.
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I can't get into specifics just yet, but GrotefaceKillah and I have something planned for March 14th. Mark your calendars and get on the mailing list here, because tickets will sell out FAST: http://moma.org/poprally/mailinglist
Lord it's going to be good. Invite will go out later this month from that mailing list.
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Yes, it's going to be awesome. That is all I will say!
Also, I've got a reading in Denver (http://www.denvercenter.org/aboutdenvercenter/DenverCenterDepartments/DenverTheatreCompany/ColoradoNewPlaySummit.aspx) next week if anyone's around.
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Yes, it's going to be awesome. That is all I will say!
Also, I've got a reading in Denver (http://www.denvercenter.org/aboutdenvercenter/DenverCenterDepartments/DenverTheatreCompany/ColoradoNewPlaySummit.aspx) next week if anyone's around.
We have a poster of this up in my theatre! I had no idea you were going to have a play there. Wish, wish, wish I could go.
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Cool! Welp, if I'm ever in your neck of the woods, I'll let you know, though hell will probably freeze over before Actors' Theater of Louisville ever does anything of mine.
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Cool! Welp, if I'm ever in your neck of the woods, I'll let you know, though hell will probably freeze over before Actors' Theater of Louisville ever does anything of mine.
Well, SETC is in Lexington this year and I am directing a very VERY short piece for Liz Lerman to work on as a model for her response method and I'm thinking of directing a scene from one of your plays. I get to propose 3 scenes to my boss and she's going to pick one. I'll let you know!
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Awesome, thanks! I'm a big fan of the Liz Lerman guidelines, and use a modified version of them in my screenwriting class at Rutgers.
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Yes, it's going to be awesome. That is all I will say!
Also, I've got a reading in Denver (http://www.denvercenter.org/aboutdenvercenter/DenverCenterDepartments/DenverTheatreCompany/ColoradoNewPlaySummit.aspx) next week if anyone's around.
When does your tour bring you to Knoxville?
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When someone does one of my plays there, Dave! Isn't there a University of Tennessee campus there? If you have some time to show up at the theater department with a box of wine, I'm happy to send you a bunch of copies of 1001.
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There's a story I wrote a kajillion years ago up on www.cellstories.net (http://www.cellstories.net)! It would be nice if you read it, but I am not trying to pressure you guys or anything.
You can only read it if you have a fancy mobile internet-type device, though, which I do not, so I am just assuming it's up there. They might just be fucking with me.
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There's a story I wrote a kajillion years ago up on www.cellstories.net (http://www.cellstories.net)! It would be nice if you read it, but I am not trying to pressure you guys or anything.
You can only read it if you have a fancy mobile internet-type device, though, which I do not, so I am just assuming it's up there. They might just be fucking with me.
It also works through an emulator, like this: http://iphonetester.com/
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This is not my extra-curricular activity, but rather my wife's - Tricia from Maplewood - who has been a FOT-by-proxy since 2005.
Anyway, she has been busting her butt for two years assistant curating this show at the Newark Museum. It opens tomorrow, and it is going to be gorgeous.
It turns out that North America and Europe were not the sole generators of geometric abstraction. South America was creating amazing works in parallel with the U.S. Also, much of it was influenced by the crafts of indigenous peoples on the two continents, giving it a rather unified look and feel.
Here's the promotional clip. Tricia in the clip is my wife! She rocks, and she's put together a great show for you.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zBpDNOcIPc[/youtube]
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Why does South America come first?
That's racist.
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Congrats to your wife! That looks like an awesome show, and good to see many of those artists getting proper respect, especially since a lot of the work is getting lost (http://greg.org/archive/2009/10/18/fire_destroys_90_of_helio_oiticicas_work.html) or, in the case of Torres, sitting in a museum in Montevideo that no one goes to.
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That's awesome, Jon - congratulate Tricia on what looks like a great show.
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That does look like a great show! I might try to check it out before it closes. I guess you were already at the opening, but if there's any time the From Maplewoods will be there, let us know.
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The opening is tonight. And of course we will be there.
But I think we will be there at least once every weekend for the next month or so...
Stop on by, Jason!
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Awesome, thanks! I'm a big fan of the Liz Lerman guidelines, and use a modified version of them in my screenwriting class at Rutgers.
So, I am not going to be able to use 1001 for this because it's for an audience at the TYA conference. I'm actually creating something that can be workshopped for this specific project. I still want someday to direct 1001, though. Hope your reading went well!
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Yeah, 1001 is many things, but family-friendly isn't one of them. You'll have your chance, though! Maybe at a college? The rights are cheap!
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BOOYAH:
http://moma.org/poprally/upcoming
Jason Grote creates some fun bits with improvisers, David Rees does some fun stuff, Reggie Watts makes awesome, and much more. $15 and you get to see the Tim Burton exhibition and drink free absinthe and wine.
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if you or anyone you know lives in Rochester, NY, here is a link to the CSA my farm contributes to (we are East Hill Farm):
http://thegoodfoodcollective.com/
consider joining for the 2010 season!
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Hey if anyone feels like some new music, one of my bands just put up not only our pretty-stellar-if-I-say-so-myself record (On Pyramid), but all of our records for FREE download here:
http://satinwhat.bandcamp.com
Feel free to let me know what you think should you go there and download.
Thanks!
Oh, I suppose I should add it's for fans of music, particularly people who maybe dig Medicine, My Bloody Valentine, Swervedriver ... stuff like that.
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I've been a blogging fool recently. It's sort of my job. But at least I have a picture up without that dumb smirk.
http://www.publicknowledge.org/blog/2130
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I'd resisted doing this, but ah, what the hell.
If you're interested, I've recently done some interviews similar to my interview with Tom at Marvel.com:
Bill Corbett (MST3K, RiffTrax): http://marvel.com/news/comicstories.10669.famous_fanboys~colon~_bill_corbett_pt~dot~_1
Elliott Kalan (The Daily Show):
http://marvel.com/news/all.10910.famous_fanboys~colon~_elliott_kalan
Hope you like 'em!
Dan
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Hey all you NYC area FOT, my band the Waylons is playing at Southpaw in Brooklyn this Friday night. We're opening for Chuck Prophet (ex-Green on Red and a pretty awesome solo artist). It's an early show (Waylons at 7:30, Chuck at 8:30) so come out and start your evening with us!
Here's our myspace for your listening pleasure:
www.myspace.com/thewaylons (http://www.myspace.com/thewaylons)
Despite our name, we're not a country band...
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Hey all you NYC area FOT, my band the Waylons is playing at Southpaw in Brooklyn this Friday night. We're opening for Chuck Prophet (ex-Green on Red and a pretty awesome solo artist). It's an early show (Waylons at 7:30, Chuck at 8:30) so come out and start your evening with us!
Here's our myspace for your listening pleasure:
www.myspace.com/thewaylons (http://www.myspace.com/thewaylons)
Despite our name, we're not a country band...
Chuck Prophet put on a heck of a show.
Additional note: I like everything I've heard by the Waylons.
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Hey all you NYC area FOT, my band the Waylons is playing at Southpaw in Brooklyn this Friday night. We're opening for Chuck Prophet (ex-Green on Red and a pretty awesome solo artist). It's an early show (Waylons at 7:30, Chuck at 8:30) so come out and start your evening with us!
Here's our myspace for your listening pleasure:
www.myspace.com/thewaylons (http://www.myspace.com/thewaylons)
Despite our name, we're not a country band...
Chuck Prophet put on a heck of a show.
Additional note: I like everything I've heard by the Waylons.
Praise from Fredericks? My life is now complete.
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I just started a Podcrast with two of my friends. It's a little rough around the edges but we're learning as we go. It's a weekly show talking about television (news, what we like, etc.) that we like to call "Hellovision!"
you can check it out at hellovision.tumblr.com (http://hellovision.tumblr.com) or on iTunes. Any constructive criticism is welcome! And if anybody ever wants to be a guest, shoot me an email!
End of my shameless self promotion. Enjoy the show!
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my new side project:
http://www.dinohousecatvsmoondogfromthemoon.com/
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A film I produced about the late Seattle poet Steven Jesse Bernstein will be premiering at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival in early April. It's directed by the great Pete Sillen (BENJAMIN SMOKE, SPEED RACER: WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF VIC CHESNUT).
FB Fan page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/I-AM-SECRETLY-AN-IMPORTANT-MAN-The-Jesse-Bernstein-Documentary/57338683847?ref=nf
We'll post more screening info on the fan page as they get announced.
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Hey, any FOT attending either of the Thrush Hermit reunion shows in Toronto this weekend?
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I have a story up at Joyland! I am pretty excited about this, it is an extremely cool site.
Here: http://www.joyland.ca/home/montreal_atlantic (http://www.joyland.ca/home/montreal_atlantic)
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Hi again (sorry). I've started an online literary magazine for unpublishable writing and I want you guys to submit stuff to it.
The fiction guest editor for this issue is Pasha Malla, and the poetry guest editor is Daniel Scott Tysdal. Sheila Heti is going to be putting together a really cool/weird nonfiction section as well.
There are themes for each section and you can find those on the website (www.incongruousquarterly.com) along with call for submissions and stuff like that. Please submit things and tell your friends if you think they might be interested! I am really pretty excited about this whole thing, I think it is going to be good.
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A local comedy troupe invited me into the fold to participate in their entry in Calgary's 48-hour film challenge for the Calgary Underground Film Festival.
Here is the result - check it out, I think it turned out pretty well and I hope you FOTs do too!
http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/d2d6e04d4e/a-revenge-story
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Does a Nashville sighting of a Platinum Caller count as an "event"?
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Sorry to bug everyone again, BUT, those pals of mine made a full-length movie this past summer and it looks like they're finally going to release it around town and where ever anyone is willing to take a look.
Here's a trailer: http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/2522dc6b0d/sketch-trailer
Try to find my cameo!
Or not.
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Does a Nashville sighting of a Platinum Caller count as an "event"?
Or a Windy City sighting?
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New Fish Out Of Water Short (The third in a series) is up here:
http://www.vimeo.com/11468522
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New Fish Out Of Water Short (The third in a series) is up here:
http://www.vimeo.com/11468522
I really enjoyed this, although I am disturbed by one detail; at the 3:15 mark, every single finger on the right hand of our Hugman is quite clearly exactly the same length. This is disquieting in the same way that learning that Steve Forbes never blinks was unsettling.
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Hi everyone - I'm going to have a short piece on the CBC Definitely Not the Opera this weekend. I'm told it'll air at about 3:40 across the whole of the great white north, so if you're up here, you can give it a listen!
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New Fish Out Of Water Short (The third in a series) is up here:
http://www.vimeo.com/11468522
I really enjoyed this, although I am disturbed by one detail; at the 3:15 mark, every single finger on the right hand of our Hugman is quite clearly exactly the same length. This is disquieting in the same way that learning that Steve Forbes never blinks was unsettling.
I'm just glad that was able to distract you from the fact that Fish's headrest was missing.
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This isn't MY extra-curricular activity, but some people in NYC set up an exhibit of a friend's work http://www.queensbuzz.com/lic-space---long-island-city-cms-582
He committed suicide back in November and it was pretty devastating. His art was a lot of fun and I always enjoyed it. He was a force of nature. If you happen to be around, check out AGHOST.
(http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs553.ash1/32269_1329135340729_1001334632_30742632_5893884_n.jpg)
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Dear Toronto: I'm going to be on CBC Radio 1's Here And Now at 3:50pm today talking about a magazine I have and a party I am having. I will try to slip in some kind of FOT reference/phrase, but more importantly I will try not to say anything inappropriate or stupid. Fingers crossed!
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http://soundcloud.com/fredericks-of-npr
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FOT,
We (Family Fun) are playing again tomorrow night with our brothers-in-arms Mt. Olympus and Bot. Come on by.
glove,
Mike in manh.
From the facebook invite-
The Return of Metal!
Type:
Music/Arts - Concert
Start Time:
Saturday, May 15, 2010 at 8:00pm
End Time:
Sunday, May 16, 2010 at 2:00am
Location:
Bar Matchless
Street:
557 manhattan ave
City/Town:
Brooklyn, NY
A night of heavy metal, rock n roll and friends at Bar Matchless. This show is going to be a blast. Did i mention it's free?? FREE!!!
Come get your drink on, bring your earplugs and get ready for a kickass show! Show starts at 8pm
Bot - 11pm
www.myspace.com/botmetal
Mount Olympus - 10pm
http://www.myspace.com/mountainolympus
Family Fun - 9pm
http://www.myspace.com/familyfunmusic
Exemption - 8pm
www.myspace.com/exemption
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Dear Toronto: I'm going to be on CBC Radio 1's Here And Now at 3:50pm today talking about a magazine I have and a party I am having. I will try to slip in some kind of FOT reference/phrase, but more importantly I will try not to say anything inappropriate or stupid. Fingers crossed!
Which show is Here and Now, again? The drive home show?
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Dear Toronto: I'm going to be on CBC Radio 1's Here And Now at 3:50pm today talking about a magazine I have and a party I am having. I will try to slip in some kind of FOT reference/phrase, but more importantly I will try not to say anything inappropriate or stupid. Fingers crossed!
Which show is Here and Now, again? The drive home show?
Yes! I was unsuccessful with the FOT reference, but totally did the other thing I wanted to do, which was Not Swear On The Radio. Also I learned what the traffic guy there actually looks like and it is SHOCKING.
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Dear Toronto: I'm going to be on CBC Radio 1's Here And Now at 3:50pm today talking about a magazine I have and a party I am having. I will try to slip in some kind of FOT reference/phrase, but more importantly I will try not to say anything inappropriate or stupid. Fingers crossed!
Which show is Here and Now, again? The drive home show?
Yes! I was unsuccessful with the FOT reference, but totally did the other thing I wanted to do, which was Not Swear On The Radio. Also I learned what the traffic guy there actually looks like and it is SHOCKING.
Didn't get to hear your interview but I hope your magazine launch is a huge success!
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Shocking like what?
Also - we're allowed to swear on the radio in Canada, aren't we?
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although I know Tom's feelings on the mom's basement podcasters, I'm going to try to promote mine anyway. The Omnipotent Chirp Cast. We're huge Best Show fans. If you're looking for a way to kill some hours and have exhausted the best show archives, why not give us a shot?
4 people, 2 male 2 female. Opinionated nonsense. I hope you'll give it a shot and enjoy.
www.omnipotentchirp.com
and in iTunes and all that.
thnx.
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Hey, our documentary on Steven Jesse Bernstein is having an encore screening at MoMA on Thursday, May 27th @ 4:00PM. I co-produced the film.
Here's MoMA's write-up on the film:
I Am Secretly an Important Man
2010. USA. Directed by Peter Sillen. Sillen's documentary portrait of the guru of grunge, Steven (Jesse) Bernstein, undulates like a spoken-word performance. Known in the Seattle art and music scene as one of the most influential voices of the late twentieth century, Bernstein was a poet and performance artist who recorded with Sub Pop Records and inspired Kurt Cobain, Oliver Stone, and many other writers, filmmakers, and grunge and punk musicians. Bernstein performed stories and songs about society’s fringes—angry, tender, and sometimes corrosively humorous portraits of drifters, junkies, and ex-cons. He committed suicide in 1991. Sillen’s uncommonly sensitive and poignant new documentary features rare interviews and performance footage—Bernstein’s gravelly, incantatory voice is unforgettable—and forms a kind of loose trilogy with his earlier documentary portraits, Speed Racer: Welcome to the World of Vic Chesnutt (1994) and Benjamin Smoke (2000, codirected with Jem Cohen). New York premiere. 85 min.
http://www.moma.org/visit/calendar/events/9264
if you're on facebook you can find us as at:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/I-AM-SECRETLY-AN-IMPORTANT-MAN-The-Jesse-Bernstein-Documentary/57338683847?ref=ts
And the facebook page for the screening:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=123119621043558&ref=mf
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Any Toronto FOTs going to see Marc Maron tomorrow, Friday or Saturday? I'm planning on Friday. If you'll be there it'd be fun to meet in person!
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Hey, our documentary on Steven Jesse Bernstein is having an encore screening at MoMA on Thursday, May 27th @ 4:00PM. I co-produced the film.
Here's MoMA's write-up on the film:
I Am Secretly an Important Man
2010. USA. Directed by Peter Sillen. Sillen's documentary portrait of the guru of grunge, Steven (Jesse) Bernstein, undulates like a spoken-word performance. Known in the Seattle art and music scene as one of the most influential voices of the late twentieth century, Bernstein was a poet and performance artist who recorded with Sub Pop Records and inspired Kurt Cobain, Oliver Stone, and many other writers, filmmakers, and grunge and punk musicians. Bernstein performed stories and songs about society’s fringes—angry, tender, and sometimes corrosively humorous portraits of drifters, junkies, and ex-cons. He committed suicide in 1991. Sillen’s uncommonly sensitive and poignant new documentary features rare interviews and performance footage—Bernstein’s gravelly, incantatory voice is unforgettable—and forms a kind of loose trilogy with his earlier documentary portraits, Speed Racer: Welcome to the World of Vic Chesnutt (1994) and Benjamin Smoke (2000, codirected with Jem Cohen). New York premiere. 85 min.
http://www.moma.org/visit/calendar/events/9264
if you're on facebook you can find us as at:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/I-AM-SECRETLY-AN-IMPORTANT-MAN-The-Jesse-Bernstein-Documentary/57338683847?ref=ts
And the facebook page for the screening:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=123119621043558&ref=mf
Although Alex from Brooklyn does not post on the board much, I know for a fact that he is a card-carrying FOT who has listened to pretty much every Best Show since 2006 (when I also started following). He is one of the legion silent FOT who support the show financially and virally (in a marketing sort of way, spreading good word-of-mouth).
I am going to this thing to bone up on my Jesse Bernstein knowledge and to show my support for an old, dear friend. I hope to see you there!
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Are you in Portland? Do you like pinball? I know there's some FOTs who would lay smack dab in the middle of that Venn Diagram.
http://www.portlandpinballmap.com/ (not a site I put together, but I was trying to find a video I made with a friend in college, and it looks like he had a hand in designing this).
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I have plays running in Berkeley (http://justtheater.org) and Chicago (http://collaboraction.typepad.com) right now. PM me if you want me to look into comp or discounted tickets.
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Tom and Bob and Stan
Joe/Bob's second call remixed.
http://soundcloud.com/fredericks-of-npr/tom-and-bob-and-stan?utm_source=soundcloud&utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=twitter&utm_content=http://soundcloud.com/fredericks-of-npr/tom-and-bob-and-stan
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How easy is it to casually sell on etsy? I have a stack of little cross stitch originals, but I don't want to sell them for 2.50 or something.
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A bandmate and I are going to be serving as the rhythm section for power pop legend Paul Collins on shows in the Deep South this month. The Memphis show will be a reunion with Peter Case, Collin's bandmate in the Nerves (early SF punk group). He's got dates later in the summer for the upper midwest and west coast.
Paul Collins’ Beat – Deep South Tour – July 2010
July 15 – Hattiesburg, MS – Thirsty Hippo (w/ The Hypnotic Chickens)
July 16 – Oxford, MS – Proud Larry’s (w/ The Neckbones)
July 17 – Memphis – Hi-Tone (w/ Peter Case, The Neckbones)
July 22 – Tuscaloosa, AL – Egan’s (w/ The Hypnotic Chickens)
July 23 – Jackson, MS – Ole Tavern (w/ Los Buddies, The Hypnotic Chickens)
July 24 – New Orleans – One Eyed Jacks (w/ Mr. Quintron, Missing Monuments)
July 25 – Mobile, AL – Alabama Music Box (w/ The Hibachi Stranglers)
www.paulcollinsbeat.com
www.myspace.com/paulcollinsbeat
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This is going to be a great show. Crescent Moon is Dave from Ween/Moistboyz and Tomato from Sound of Urchin/Moistboyz). And hunky heartthrob Paul from Family Fun is a bartender at Hank's!!!!!!!!!!! - can you believe it?!
Oh, Mirrors and Wires are also great - surf psych punk from several underrated dimensions and Aaron Trammell is hilarious.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v211/lambgravy/flyer_072410_blake.jpg)
your humble servant,
mike in manh.
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If you're in Toronto come down to The Beguiling tomorrow evening for the Scott Pilgrim vol. 6 launch party -- my girlfriend's band will be playing to celebrate the release of their debut EP as part of the event! Scott Pilgrim creator Brian Lee O'Malley will be signing copies of the books! And there will be an all girl acoustic Prince cover band called Soft & Wet! You can't go wrong!
http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=27106 (http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=27106)
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Hey Y'all
My band is playing Saturday, July 24 in Toronto at Rancho Relaxo.
Thats at 300 College Street, we are on around 10 or so.
You can check out some songs www.myspace.com/leonidsmusic (http://www.myspace.com/leonidsmusic) .
We are called Leonids.
Come see us.
Look for the tall fella singing and playing guitar in the second band, thats me.
Thanksh.
Jeremy.
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Oh hey, I don't think I've plugged my podcast THE HOUR OF TRUTH here in a while. There might be new forum members who don't know about it. And why would you!
It's a music podcast, and the latest episode just went online to-day. Oriental beats, Thai soul, disco, modal jazz, Madlib, dubstep and classic Detroit, all crammed into a one-hour mix.
Feeds, streams and downloads can be found here:
http://houroftruth.blogspot.com/
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Hour of Truth is indeed an enjoyable music podcast.
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Oh hey, I don't think I've plugged my podcast THE HOUR OF TRUTH here in a while. There might be new forum members who don't know about it. And why would you!
It's a music podcast, and the latest episode just went online to-day. Oriental beats, Thai soul, disco, modal jazz, Madlib, dubstep and classic Detroit, all crammed into a one-hour mix.
Feeds, streams and downloads can be found here:
http://houroftruth.blogspot.com/
Truth?
Marty, really?
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Yes, forgot to mention that it's 100% about conspiracies, aka THE TRUTH.
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My band Sat In What has yet another new album up for free at
satinwhat.bandcamp.com
It's called "Six Solo Albums" and it's good.
Feel free to download the others as well. I especially recommend the last one called "On Pyramid".
Thanks!
Let me know what you think, eh?
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I don't usually post this kind of stuff here, but my organization is launching a big campaign today.
http://www.publicknowledge.org/alertfax/3299 (http://www.publicknowledge.org/alertfax/3299)
(http://www.publicknowledge.org/files/googleverizon3.jpg)
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Hey all -
If you think about it, could you maybe help my band Pharmacy Spirits out with a vote so we can try to win this thingy? It would be neato!
(the following is from an email from the singer)
Hey everybody!
Okay, There is a festival being put together by Virgin, with bands such as Joan Jett, M.I.A., Sleigh Bells, Pavement etc. It's happening soon. There is a contest for a cool band to play an opening slot (likely a mile away on a 30th stage somewhere by the port-a-johns) and I WANT TO WIN! Courtney, Brendan, Patrick and I would really appreciate your help - even if you've never heard us before.
If you have a few seconds, please vote for us. All you have to do is:
1) Click this link: http://virginmobilefreefest.sonicbids.com/BandDetails2.aspx?b=19591&sr=false&bn=Pharmacy+Spirits (http://virginmobilefreefest.sonicbids.com/BandDetails2.aspx?b=19591&sr=false&bn=Pharmacy+Spirits)
2) Cast your vote for us right on the front page.
3) Via your email account, confirm your vote (to assure authenticity). If you don't do this, the vote isn't recorded.
THANK YOU EVERYBODY! And please forward this link/email to anybody you know who wouldn't mind taking a few seconds out of the day to cast a vote. Tell them we love them!
James/PHarmacy Spirits
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I interviewed many, many professional wrestlers.
http://www.spike.com/show/20271?tabId=39410&fxn=getTabMembers (http://www.spike.com/show/20271?tabId=39410&fxn=getTabMembers)
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I gots another play going up in Chicago and Time Out did a feature on my friend Lisa and me (http://chicago.timeout.com/articles/theater/88502/lisa-damours-detroit-at-steppenwolf-and-jason-grotes-1001-at-collaboraction-fall-preview-2010). As usual, any FOT seeking free or discounted tickets should PM me and I'll see what I can do.
Also, my body double made it into a Ted Leo video.
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I gots another play going up in Chicago and Time Out did a feature on my friend Lisa and me (http://chicago.timeout.com/articles/theater/88502/lisa-damours-detroit-at-steppenwolf-and-jason-grotes-1001-at-collaboraction-fall-preview-2010). As usual, any FOT seeking free or discounted tickets should PM me and I'll see what I can do.
Also, my body double made it into a Ted Leo video.
Good Show!
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My squeaky, nervous voice and I did an interview with Ken Freedman for work.
http://www.publicknowledge.org/blog/pk-know-podcast-interview-wfmus-ken-freedman (http://www.publicknowledge.org/blog/pk-know-podcast-interview-wfmus-ken-freedman)
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John, just finished listening to the interview and I thought it was great. Highly recommended if FOT wanna know more (especially technical/legal stuff) about their favorite high school radio station.
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Thanks. I've never interviewed anyone like that before, but I thought he'd be interesting.
Related: the transcription service "Casting Words" is incredible. So, so cheap and fast.
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Be safe, Yalies: You, Your Safety, and You! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDLf2Yc2PJo#)
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Anyone within a few hours drive of Richmond is encouraged to join the RVA PFT 300 page (http://www.bit.ly/PFTRVA). Beyond that I'm always trying to know more FOT in the area so contact me. Also I've got bunches of these stickers, lemme know if you want one.
(http://hugel.tumblr.com/photo/1280/943604506/1/tumblr_l721owOlP01qzwllx)
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If I have advance notice and the time free I'd come down, but I feel like I shouldn't join the group b/c I might not be able to make it ... can you post details when they come up?
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I will be sure to keep the details here. And on facebook. It'd be great to see some of the familiar faces down in Richmond.
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I'm now managing editor of a small student run publication that I contribute to.
Here's my latest piece: http://johnsonvillepress.com/2010/09/07/institutional-and-community-response-to-sexual-assault-on-the-rutgers-campus-ben-kharakh/ (http://johnsonvillepress.com/2010/09/07/institutional-and-community-response-to-sexual-assault-on-the-rutgers-campus-ben-kharakh/)
Tune in next week when I go undercover with the LaRouchies.
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I'm now managing editor of a small student run publication that I contribute to.
Here's my latest piece: http://johnsonvillepress.com/2010/09/07/institutional-and-community-response-to-sexual-assault-on-the-rutgers-campus-ben-kharakh/ (http://johnsonvillepress.com/2010/09/07/institutional-and-community-response-to-sexual-assault-on-the-rutgers-campus-ben-kharakh/)
Tune in next week when I go undercover with the LaRouchies.
Wait; you went undercover with the sexual assaulters?
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Is there something about Lyndon LaRouche that you know that I don't?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyndon_LaRouche (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyndon_LaRouche)
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I think Dave's referring to your previous article...
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I think Dave's referring to your previous article...
Oh, no. I don't go undercover every week.
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Here's my piece on the LaRouchies: http://johnsonvillepress.com/2010/09/13/you-me-and-obama-with-a-hilter-mustache-ben-kharakh/ (http://johnsonvillepress.com/2010/09/13/you-me-and-obama-with-a-hilter-mustache-ben-kharakh/)
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Surely someone else has something to plug this week besides me!
http://johnsonvillepress.com/2010/09/20/exit-through-the-gift-expo-ben-kharakh/ (http://johnsonvillepress.com/2010/09/20/exit-through-the-gift-expo-ben-kharakh/)
In this installment of stuff I write, I finally go to one of the many journalistic events I get invites to based solely on the assumption that it will be bad...so bad it's good!
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Attention: Mike's people and fellow-travelers,
Manny Torres, friend of mine and brother of one-time Best Show caller (and heave-ho recipient) Carlos, has made his first movie.
Check it quick before Tom Waits crushes him.
Bone Palace Ballet based on a Charles Bukowski short story: Bone Palace Ballet (http://vimeo.com/9854938)
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Here's my piece on the LaRouchies: http://johnsonvillepress.com/2010/09/13/you-me-and-obama-with-a-hilter-mustache-ben-kharakh/ (http://johnsonvillepress.com/2010/09/13/you-me-and-obama-with-a-hilter-mustache-ben-kharakh/)
Good work Keith/Ben. I've been wondering about these guys for a long time, but have never had the stomach to talk to them. There are a couple of local reps here in Montreal (weirdly, it's a global movement), and their Obama/Hitler signs have been pissing me off. Can't they cobble together a Stephen Harper/Hitler thing? It would get them a lot more interest from passers-by.
I had a proud moment when one of them tried to engage me about the hoax of Global Warming. I told him to "Go read a book." He was caught off-guard, and shut up long enough for me to walk away feeling triumphant!
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Attention mad scientists, inventor types and general creatives...
WORLD MAKER FAIRE (http://makerfaire.com/newyork/2010/) is Saturday and Sunday, 9/25 and 9/26 at the New York Hall of Science.
On Saturday from 3-7, I will be crewing the NeedleArts Stitch Zone with the National Needle Arts Association, teaching basic knitting skills to the masses.
Stop by for some stitchy fun.
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Attention mad scientists, inventor types and general creatives...
WORLD MAKER FAIRE (http://makerfaire.com/newyork/2010/) is Saturday and Sunday, 9/25 and 9/26 at the New York Hall of Science.
On Saturday from 3-7, I will be crewing the NeedleArts Stitch Zone with the National Needle Arts Association, teaching basic knitting skills to the masses.
Stop by for some stitchy fun.
Maker Faire is great. I was really sorry I missed the Detroit Maker Faire recently.
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This may make a visit to Knoxville well worth it.
(http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee183/gaughin/chickenparadox.jpg)
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"Frame it, bury it, walk 20 paces away, dig it up in 15 years and teach the world to sing!"
Good luck Dave! What's the presentation about?
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"Frame it, bury it, walk 20 paces away, dig it up in 15 years and teach the world to sing!"
Good luck Dave! What's the presentation about?
Paradox!
(http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee183/gaughin/Two-Docks.jpg)
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Nice visual pun dave! Tom and John Oliver would surely disapprove.
This week's installment of the Johnsonville Press, the outlet that the articles I've been sharing, is up. I started a feature called Inside JVP in which I interview my fellow contributers. I kicked things off with an autobiographical essay so that people could get to know me better. It's about my relationship with comedy, my tenure as one of America's premiere comedian interviewers, and my struggle with and eventual triumph over low self-esteem.
http://johnsonvillepress.com/2010/10/03/reflections-on-a-past-life-ben-kharakh/ (http://johnsonvillepress.com/2010/10/03/reflections-on-a-past-life-ben-kharakh/)
Don't worry: I'll be back to writing about systemic disenfranchisement and economic inequality soon.
Last week's article, BTW, was about so called Overdraft Protection i.e. how banks can legally screw you: http://johnsonvillepress.com/2010/09/26/scams-and-flams-at-local-bank/ (http://johnsonvillepress.com/2010/09/26/scams-and-flams-at-local-bank/)
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http://johnsonvillepress.com/2010/10/17/why-the-social-network-fails-to-capture-the-modern-zeitgeist-ben-kharakh/ (http://johnsonvillepress.com/2010/10/17/why-the-social-network-fails-to-capture-the-modern-zeitgeist-ben-kharakh/)
Haven't seen much discussion of this topic on here.
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http://johnsonvillepress.com/2010/10/17/why-the-social-network-fails-to-capture-the-modern-zeitgeist-ben-kharakh/ (http://johnsonvillepress.com/2010/10/17/why-the-social-network-fails-to-capture-the-modern-zeitgeist-ben-kharakh/)
Haven't seen much discussion of this topic on here.
The most significant failing of The Social Network is that it is incredibly boring.
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(http://incongruousquarterly.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/2.callcoloursm-e1285596798455.jpg)
Submit your poetry and/or fiction to my magazine thing! Please! If you want to! No pressure or anything!
http://incongruousquarterly.com/2010/09/call2/ (http://incongruousquarterly.com/2010/09/call2/)
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I'm a guest on last Friday's "This Week in Law" podcast.
http://twit.tv/twil (http://twit.tv/twil)
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I finished the first draft of my book "Hell Is Above Us: The Epic Race to the Top of Fumu, the World’s Tallest Mountain By Sir Kenneth Tersely"
Anyone like reading other people's stuff and critiquing it harshly? Because that's what I need. Brutal honesty.
I'll repay somehow. Food. Cash. Was your car. I dunno. Let's discuss.
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Hit the Kinkos, holmes. I'll do it.
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I finished the first draft of my book "Hell Is Above Us: The Epic Race to the Top of Fumu, the World’s Tallest Mountain By Sir Kenneth Tersely"
Anyone like reading other people's stuff and critiquing it harshly? Because that's what I need. Brutal honesty.
I'll repay somehow. Food. Cash. Was your car. I dunno. Let's discuss.
Link us to the first 5000 words or whatever. I may want to be brutally honest on a massive scale.
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I just got into Yoga school - I'm gonna train to teach.
YAY!
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Hit the Kinkos, holmes. I'll do it.
Woohoo! I'll see what I can do. Thanks! It may have to be double-sided. Is that okay?
Link us to the first 5000 words or whatever. I may want to be brutally honest on a massive scale.
http://jonathanebloom.com/wordpress/?page_id=10 (http://jonathanebloom.com/wordpress/?page_id=10) Check out the link on that page that says “Hell Is Above Us: The Epic Race to the Top of Fumu, the World’s Tallest Mountain.”
A little context. It is an adventure story but also a satire of outdoor adventure books like "Annapurna" and the like. Should read like non-fiction. It is also supposed to be written by a British academic in the 1950's named Kenneth Tersely. Enjoy!
I await your gorilla-sized honesty with great excitement.
-JfM
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I interviewed Chris Ethridge, a founding member (and original bassist) for the Flying Burrito Brothers for my agency's radio show.
(http://cache4.asset-cache.net/xc/85357212.jpg?v=1&c=IWSAsset&k=2&d=77BFBA49EF8789215ABF3343C02EA548614BE1F007C3E1B1859510D301CA04B3A6A5B6D640AD36D8)
(Ethridge is in back row, next to Parsons)
He's on Guilded Palace of Sin and co-wrote a couple of songs with Gram Parsons. He later went on to tour with Willie Nelson for several years and played on a countless number of 70s West Coast folk and rock records, including early Randy Newman, Linda Rondstadt, Ry Cooder, etc. He's now back living in his hometown of Meridian, Mississippi.
Download or listen online here (Oct 31 show): http://j.mp/9LEoT3 (http://j.mp/9LEoT3)
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My play 1001 is going to be at NYU: http://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2010/10/18/nyus-gallatin-school-to-host-1001-jason-grotes-post-modern-telling-of-arabian-nights-nov-4-14.html (http://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2010/10/18/nyus-gallatin-school-to-host-1001-jason-grotes-post-modern-telling-of-arabian-nights-nov-4-14.html)
If anyone wants free tickets, PM me and I'll see what I can do.
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Jason Grote's blog is linked on the Daily Show's Indecision 2010 website. http://www.indecisionforever.com/ (http://www.indecisionforever.com/).
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Yeah, I used to write for it, and I guess technically I still do, but it's a lot of work for very little money and (beyond the reciprocal blog link) no credit.
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My article this week is "Voting is Less Than the Least That You Can Do"
http://johnsonvillepress.com/2010/11/01/voting-is-less-than-the-least-that-you-can-do-ben-kharakh/ (http://johnsonvillepress.com/2010/11/01/voting-is-less-than-the-least-that-you-can-do-ben-kharakh/)
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I haven't read it yet but I do have this to say: "You are sounding cynical, Benjamin."
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Beautiful, Ben.
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I haven't read it yet but I do have this to say: "You are sounding cynical, Benjamin."
It was actually meant to encourage civic duty, which I see as severely lacking in America today.
Beautiful, Ben.
Thank you!
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I haven't read it yet but I do have this to say: "You are sounding cynical, Benjamin."
It was actually meant to encourage civic duty, which I see as severely lacking in America today.
Beautiful, Ben.
Thank you!
I'll read the article then, Ben.
P.S. I voted today.
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I haven't read it yet but I do have this to say: "You are sounding cynical, Benjamin."
It was actually meant to encourage civic duty, which I see as severely lacking in America today.
Beautiful, Ben.
Thank you!
I'll read the article then, Ben.
P.S. I voted today.
It didn't help.
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This is my friend, Jose.
(http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h74/ejhuggins/SmallJose-1.jpg)
He lives in Tanzania. I'm raising money to send him to safari guide school so he can provide for his little sisters and widowed mother. For the whole story check out my site.
http://www.safarishoolfund.com (http://www.safarischoolfund.com)
Give what you can. It means the world to me. You all are such a great group of people I'd be remiss to not reach out to you.
Asante Sana (thank you very much)
Joel
Link fixed - Thanks, Auntie C.
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I've done gone and written a song and made a video about Ireland's current economic meltdown through the medium of a jaunty Christmas song.
Christmas in a Crisis
Christmas in a Crisis (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VELmjY0Jpns#)
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Very nice. And appropriate.
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Festive!
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Hey FOT. I started a blog. It's primarily about astrology and I'd love for you to check it out:
http://notawitchyourwife.tumblr.com/ (http://notawitchyourwife.tumblr.com/)
Thanks :)
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My latest JVP article is a reflection on being a philosophy major. Tell me if you can tell what I changed from a Hitler joke into another joke.
http://johnsonvillepress.com/2010/12/21/reflections-of-a-philosophy-major-ben-kharakh/ (http://johnsonvillepress.com/2010/12/21/reflections-of-a-philosophy-major-ben-kharakh/)
Also, big announcement coming soon!
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Sort of extra-curricular:
The Swedish daily Sydsvenskan, to which I periodically contribute, will be handing over the news desk to ten-year-old kids on Christmas Eve (http://www.bonnier.com/en/content/christmas-sydsvenskan)
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The Huffington Post was good to at least two FOT this year. A production of Cabaret by Megan/btof's company the Hypocrites (she's the one who started the trouble with PFT over Our Town a year ago) and my own 1001 both made it on their Chicago theater top ten list.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/30/best-of-chicago-2010-the-_1_n_802630.html (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/30/best-of-chicago-2010-the-_1_n_802630.html)
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Way to go guys!
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While everyone else was having fun last night I was finishing the first issue of my new zine "Rock 'N' Roll Blank Stories."
(http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs1365.snc4/163756_1533442697491_1277506965_31341198_7931833_n.jpg)
It's 14 stories from Bruce Springsteen's career with blanks in where you fill in the words (similar to the Madlibs series of books). Stories like "66th Annual Academy Awards Men's Room" "Miami Steve Becomes Little Steven" "We Are The World Session Pranks" "Landau Beats The Punk Out Of Bruce" and "Madison Square Garden Tickle Fight."
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While everyone else was having fun last night I was finishing the first issue of my new zine "Rock 'N' Roll Blank Stories."
(http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs1365.snc4/163756_1533442697491_1277506965_31341198_7931833_n.jpg)
It's 14 stories from Bruce Springsteen's career with blanks in where you fill in the words (similar to the Madlibs series of books). Stories like "66th Annual Academy Awards Men's Room" "Miami Steve Becomes Little Steven" "We Are The World Session Pranks" "Landau Beats The Punk Out Of Bruce" and "Madison Square Garden Tickle Fight."
Such a baller with your checkbook hanging off the side.
Any way to get copies of this? Any way at all?
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PM me your address and I'll send you one.
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Evan "Funk" Davies was kind enough to agree to DJ an event at MoMA that I'm helping to plan:
http://moma.org/poprally/upcoming (http://moma.org/poprally/upcoming)
Tickets are available now and you get to see the Warhol exhibition and drink wine and beer and act like you're fancy. I'm not.
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Evan "Funk" Davies was kind enough to agree to DJ an event at MoMA that I'm helping to plan:
http://moma.org/poprally/upcoming (http://moma.org/poprally/upcoming)
Tickets are available now and you get to see the Warhol exhibition and drink wine and beer and act like you're fancy. I'm not.
Was looking for the "Like" button for a second.
That sounds great. Damn I wish I was not traveling at that time.
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In the immortal words of WFMU's Benjamen Walker, "those Poprally parties are fun!"
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Started a #Tompkins300 page to
Bring Paul F Tompkins to New Brunswick, NJ
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=102043063191498#!/group.php?gid=102043063191498&v=wall (http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=102043063191498#!/group.php?gid=102043063191498&v=wall)
Hoping to get more FOT on board!
Central Jersey people, maybe some adventurous NY & PA people.
I'm sure anyone who went to either of the east coast shows
would love to go to another one.
We can carpool! What is it, like 45 min - 1 hr from NYC?
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I just invited a whole passel of people! Is it passel or passle?
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I'll never live that accidental hoaxing down, will I? Still, I'm happy to be on any list with my friend and scholar, Jason.
The Huffington Post was good to at least two FOT this year. A production of Cabaret by Megan/btof's company the Hypocrites (she's the one who started the trouble with PFT over Our Town a year ago) and my own 1001 both made it on their Chicago theater top ten list.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/30/best-of-chicago-2010-the-_1_n_802630.html (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/30/best-of-chicago-2010-the-_1_n_802630.html)
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Started a #Tompkins300 page to
Bring Paul F Tompkins to New Brunswick, NJ
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=102043063191498#!/group.php?gid=102043063191498&v=wall (http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=102043063191498#!/group.php?gid=102043063191498&v=wall)
Hoping to get more FOT on board!
Central Jersey people, maybe some adventurous NY & PA people.
I'm sure anyone who went to either of the east coast shows
would love to go to another one.
We can carpool! What is it, like 45 min - 1 hr from NYC?
So, as I understand the NYC traffic situation, that's like 4 miles?
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So, as I understand the NYC traffic situation, that's like 4 miles?
About 30 miles, but it's mostly on the turnpike so it's not too bad for these parts.
I don't know any Knoxville stereotypes for an appropriate response.
Plus, yeah, traffic's pretty lousy here.
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I know you're joking, Dave, but since I used to commute from Brooklyn to New Brunswick and back: it's about an hour for 37 miles by train or car. The NJ Transit train from midtown Manhattan deposits you there in about an hour (when it's working; it was riddled with problems when Corzine was governor and is probably worse now). By car, my commute was about 30 minutes to drive the five or so miles out of Brooklyn, another ten minutes through Staten Island, then the actual Jersey part -- the most mileage by far -- was only about 20 minutes.
Worst post ever?
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Now I feel bad about trying to promote a facebook group after Spike's confusing Flash thing, but at least it's related to the show in some way, right?
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I read in the Daily News this morning that the hugely talented FOT Neil Numberman will be at the Queens-Whitestone library today at 4pm for an art workshop for older kids. Details here.
http://www.queenslibrary.org/index.aspx?page_id=126§ion_id=12&branch_id=W (http://www.queenslibrary.org/index.aspx?page_id=126§ion_id=12&branch_id=W)
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For all two of you who are into prose poems: I'm the "featured poet" in the winter issue of Matrix magazine, which just came out like a week ago. This is possibly one of the coolest things that has ever happened to me. I think you can buy the magazine at most bookstores in Canada (including Chapters/Indigo-type places) but I'm not sure about the states. It's a really awesome magazine all in all and I'd definitely recommend checking it out even if you are not into giant paragraphs pretending to be poems - this issue has a great interview with George Saunders + other fun stuff.
Also tomorrow night I'm reading at the Pilot, which is Matrix's monthly reading series thing, with some really amazingly scarily talented people (Kevin Connolly! David McGimpsey! Aaaaah!). It's at Sparrow on St-Laurent, and I think the doors are at 8pm. If you find yourself bored and in Montreal tomorrow night you should come say hello! But no pressure or anything.
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I designed and helped build a site that our company launched last night!
https://www.readability.com/ (https://www.readability.com/)
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I designed and helped build a site that our company launched last night!
https://www.readability.com/ (https://www.readability.com/)
That is a classy looking site. Well done!
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Agreed. High quality design.
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Thanks a lot guys. If you get a chance to try out the service, let me know what you think. There was a nice NYT piece last night too (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/01/technology/01read.html?_r=2&partner=rss&emc=rss).
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Good stuff, cutout. I've been using the bookmarklet for a while now. I am also an Instapaper user, and it's pretty great that you guys are working with Marco.
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I like that you used "The Metamorphosis" instead of Lorem Ipsum. Nice work!
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Hey guys, me and another FOT named Dave (who's in the new new pornographers video!) have a band with our buddy James. We released an EP last spring and are working on the next one now. Check out our first EP Clever Girl! We have a love song written to a raptor! http://blackdickwolf.bandcamp.com/ (http://blackdickwolf.bandcamp.com/) The first two songs are my favorites. And of course I'll let you all know when our new stuff comes out. Thanks.
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My new webcomic, featuring dry humor and talking cars.
http://www.lacantdrive.com/2011/02/05/the-commute-5/ (http://www.lacantdrive.com/2011/02/05/the-commute-5/)
Please leave a comment, if you will.
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my friend's record label is launching a music site in a month.
I'll be blogging about music and doing some record reviews for the site as well as having my own show Death Cult Radio. it'll just be a streaming thing, prerecorded, not live unfortunately but I'm mostly just going to be playing music. I'll also be doing a post show wrap-up blog where i'll be writing about the stuff I'm playing.
I hope you guys'll check it out.
also to any FOT musicians if you want to send me your stuff I'll take a listen and if I'm into it I'll play it on the show.
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I designed and helped build a site that our company launched last night!
https://www.readability.com/ (https://www.readability.com/)
I love this bookmarklet and have used it daily for what seems like about a year?
Great website and I'm checking out the new service.
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http://www.kansascity.com/2011/02/16/2657975/kcs-michael-stover-is-the-swiss.html (http://www.kansascity.com/2011/02/16/2657975/kcs-michael-stover-is-the-swiss.html)
The Kansas City Star did a piece on my musical exploits.
Here's the photo they used for the print edition. Check out the t-shirt!
(http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj176/MKStover_bucket/171792_1874898518003_1407399037_32191654_3154418_o.jpg)
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Any FOT in Western Mass from February 24-27, I wrote the play that is part of this: http://www.massmoca.org/event_details.php?id=604 (http://www.massmoca.org/event_details.php?id=604)
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My new webcomic, featuring dry humor and talking cars.
http://www.lacantdrive.com/2011/02/05/the-commute-5/ (http://www.lacantdrive.com/2011/02/05/the-commute-5/)
Please leave a comment, if you will.
"A LOL in Traffic" No?
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Hey guys FOT drosenb and I are playing a gig at the trash bar in Brooklyn tonight at midnight. The name of our band is black dick wolf and were going on after blues legend guitar lightnin lee. Come by if you have off tomorrow! $7
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A semi-live semi-funny video I cut for my band Family Fun.
Let me know what you think. We love brutally honest/just plain offensive criticism!
Best wishes,
Mike (in Manhattan)
<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/20103433" width="400" height="300" frameborder="0"></iframe><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/20103433">Family Fun - "Mitigating Circumstances" (live)</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user3529093">Family Fun</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>
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www.thevanpool.com (http://www.thevanpool.com)
Although I live in Philly, I work in Midtown Manhattan. Since that commute is a bear and also really expensive to do every day, I stay with my mom and dad a few nights a week in North Jersey.
I started my job a little over a year ago. One morning, I was waiting for the bus to take me to Port Authority. Before it arrived, this white van (straight out of "I Know My Name Is Steven") pulled up. The guy riding shotgun asked me I wanted a ride. I said no but he started asking me where I was going. I told him NY. He insisted I get in. Then the door slid open and all of these people inside started beckoning me to enter.
So I did. It's a vanpool (which I have dubbed The Vanpool) and for $6 Charlie, the driver, will take you into the city. He drops me off about two blocks from work and I get to avoid the dread and terror that is Port Authority.
The people on this van are amazing. It's pretty much a sitcom episode every morning.
I have been chronicling every one of my Vanpool journeys since I started riding this thing. I think it's very much in the FOT wheelhouse.
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You know what? A sincere, thought-provoking, and kind rejection letter from Jonathan Galassi (Jonathan Franzen and Tom Wolfe's publisher) is not a half-bad experience. I got rejected, yet I am walking on air!
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My band is slowly releasing an album this year. 1 song a month for 12 months, released on the 25th of every month. The 3rd song is out today.
http://largemound.bandcamp.com/album/another-year-of-rock (http://largemound.bandcamp.com/album/another-year-of-rock)
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Hi everyone,
Just made a short with some friends for a local 48-hour film festival. We're given a genre, a prop we have to use and a line that must be spoken. Then we're given 2 days to make something of it. We were give biopic, a VHS tape and, well, it'll become obvious in the show.
Here's what we came up with:
The McNetwork (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sw_-TDIZE0#ws)
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Hi everyone,
Just made a short with some friends for a local 48-hour film festival. We're given a genre, a prop we have to use and a line that must be spoken. Then we're given 2 days to make something of it. We were give biopic, a VHS tape and, well, it'll become obvious in the show.
Here's what we came up with:
The McNetwork (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sw_-TDIZE0#ws)
Very good! I like.
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www.thevanpool.com (http://www.thevanpool.com)
Although I live in Philly, I work in Midtown Manhattan. Since that commute is a bear and also really expensive to do every day, I stay with my mom and dad a few nights a week in North Jersey.
I started my job a little over a year ago. One morning, I was waiting for the bus to take me to Port Authority. Before it arrived, this white van (straight out of "I Know My Name Is Steven") pulled up. The guy riding shotgun asked me I wanted a ride. I said no but he started asking me where I was going. I told him NY. He insisted I get in. Then the door slid open and all of these people inside started beckoning me to enter.
So I did. It's a vanpool (which I have dubbed The Vanpool) and for $6 Charlie, the driver, will take you into the city. He drops me off about two blocks from work and I get to avoid the dread and terror that is Port Authority.
The people on this van are amazing. It's pretty much a sitcom episode every morning.
I have been chronicling every one of my Vanpool journeys since I started riding this thing. I think it's very much in the FOT wheelhouse.
Well I just wasted a bit too much time at work reading some of that. And trying not to laugh too hard. Good stuff!
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My band, Sat In What, just released our (sadly) last album - Six Solo Albums Pt. 2, the companion album to (you guessed it) Six Solo Albums Pt. 1
Get all of our goods at http://satinwhat.bandcamp.com (http://satinwhat.bandcamp.com) for FREE
I think they're all great but I'm especially proud of the final 3 albums, particularly On Pyramid.
Let me know what you think, should you decide to venture there ...
(http://i55.tinypic.com/k2fuc5.jpg)
(http://i56.tinypic.com/317ionl.jpg)
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This is specifically for AP Mike:
http://cryptogon.com/?p=21882 (http://cryptogon.com/?p=21882)
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Hi everyone,
Just made a short with some friends for a local 48-hour film festival. We're given a genre, a prop we have to use and a line that must be spoken. Then we're given 2 days to make something of it. We were give biopic, a VHS tape and, well, it'll become obvious in the show.
Here's what we came up with:
The McNetwork (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sw_-TDIZE0#ws)
Very good! I like.
Thanks David!
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I feel kind of gross doing this because I'm not a well known FOT and haven't been posting here long but...
I'm doing a run for cancer. I know I haven't been using this site long and so don't expect anyone having to feel obliged to support me but if you can help in any way it would be greatly appreciated!
http://my.e2rm.com/personalPage.aspx?registrationID=1117622&langPref=en-CA&Referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fsecure.e2rm.com%2Fregistrant%2FsessionExpired.aspx%3FeID%3D61344%26lp%3Den-CA (http://my.e2rm.com/personalPage.aspx?registrationID=1117622&langPref=en-CA&Referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fsecure.e2rm.com%2Fregistrant%2FsessionExpired.aspx%3FeID%3D61344%26lp%3Den-CA)
Support in anyway would be appreciated, even if its just a "good luck"
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I've been avoiding this because I'm kinda embarrassed but I'm going to indulge in a little shameless self promotion.
My friend and I have a small record label, Hi-Science Records. we only have a couple of bands right now. hopefully more releases and other fun shit soon. hoping to set up some shows in the LA area soon and showcase some of our favorite local bands. it's all pretty small scale right now since we're doing this in our spare time and funding it ourselves. here's our main site http://hi-science.com/ (http://hi-science.com/) feel free to contact us we're always looking for new shit to hear because we're basically just total music nerds.
we also have a Tumblr blog we just started recently that I write for http://hi-science.tumblr.com/ (http://hi-science.tumblr.com/)
I do a weekly movie write up called Hollywood Death Cult (which i decided to write from the perspective of an immortal alien sociopath or something for some reason.) I've done two so far and I just started a weekly music write up called Rock 'n' Roll Pussy, the first one is up now. I've found myself sneaking in some esoteric Best Show references just for my own stupid amusement, maybe you guys can spot them, i dunno. They're just going to be weekly for the time being but I'm hoping to get some kind of new stuff up there everyday if i can. I also post videos and and other fun shit if it strikes my fancy. check it out if you want and if you have a Tumblr please follow us. we only have two followers so far haha.
one last thing I do a silly little internet radio show over at: http://radio.magicmonsterrecords.com/ (http://radio.magicmonsterrecords.com/)
It's called Death Cult Radio, I'm not sure what days it plays on but you can find a schedule over there. There's not a whole lot of talking since it's prerecorded (poorly) and I suck on the mic, I'm just starting out with this kinda thing and I'm more a curator than a dj on this thing. but I play a lot of music i really love and i hope you guys will like it too. it's a pretty eclectic mix because my tastes are all over the place but it tends to lean more towards punk/rock n roll/psych rock but i like to spice it up with hip hop, funk, soul and the like.
thanks. hope you like it.
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after I posted that Tom just started ranting on Twitter about some anonymous terrible blog he's reading.
now I'm really scared! haha
on closer examination I'm almost positive it's not me. He talks about this blog getting hype. I couldn't have less hype. we only have two followers, one of which is me.
also I'm I'm pretty sure not on Tom's radar at all.
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Details are still being hashed out, but there is going to be a reading from my yet-to-be-published book Hell Is Above Us on Saturday, June 18 in Brooklyn.
The reading will be done by actors from the Brooklyn-based Inverse Theater Company...and by me!
It is likely to be held at "The Home Of" performance space in Gowanus (http://thehomeof.org/about-2 (http://thehomeof.org/about-2))
I will let you know more as the date approaches. Any FOT support would be greatly appreciated.
Again...the night of June 18. Save the date! And THANKS!
Mwah!
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That sounds great, Jon - congratulations! (Needless to say I can't make it.)
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That sounds great, Jon - congratulations! (Needless to say I can't make it.)
You have no excuse, Martin. And neither do you, people of Pluto.
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My band is slowly releasing an album this year. 1 song a month for 12 months, released on the 25th of every month. The 3rd song is out today.
http://largemound.bandcamp.com/album/another-year-of-rock (http://largemound.bandcamp.com/album/another-year-of-rock)
Quoting myself dere. The 5th song is out on Wednesday.
http://largemound.bandcamp.com/album/another-year-of-rock (http://largemound.bandcamp.com/album/another-year-of-rock)
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Hey all,
I just did an interview with Tony Scalzo of Fastball (megahits "The Way" and "Out of My Head"). Really nice guy and a great songwriter. He's using Kickstarter to fund his solo album. Please check it out!
http://bit.ly/mnwM5D (http://bit.ly/mnwM5D)
Best,
Dan
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here are a few things i like to do in my free time:
art: http://aportraitofshatteredearth.blogspot.com (http://aportraitofshatteredearth.blogspot.com)
music: http://thekickerknot.bandcamp.com (http://thekickerknot.bandcamp.com)
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here are a few things i like to do in my free time:
art: http://aportraitofshatteredearth.blogspot.com (http://aportraitofshatteredearth.blogspot.com)
music: http://thekickerknot.bandcamp.com (http://thekickerknot.bandcamp.com)
Wow! Those paintings are incredible! As are the collages. Well done, sir!
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here are a few things i like to do in my free time:
art: http://aportraitofshatteredearth.blogspot.com (http://aportraitofshatteredearth.blogspot.com)
music: http://thekickerknot.bandcamp.com (http://thekickerknot.bandcamp.com)
Wow! Those paintings are incredible! As are the collages. Well done, sir!
Extremely well-done.
Loved the collages.
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Agreed, nice paintings!
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here are a few things i like to do in my free time:
art: http://aportraitofshatteredearth.blogspot.com (http://aportraitofshatteredearth.blogspot.com)
music: http://thekickerknot.bandcamp.com (http://thekickerknot.bandcamp.com)
Wow! Those paintings are incredible! As are the collages. Well done, sir!
Extremely well-done.
Loved the collages.
Thanks a lot!
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One of my shorts is screening here:
http://www.justforlaughschicago.com/justforlaughschicago/stories/story/0,,252669,00.html (http://www.justforlaughschicago.com/justforlaughschicago/stories/story/0,,252669,00.html)
I'll be at the screening of my short, so if you happen to be there say hi!
also, if you haven't already seen the short and want to, all of our shorts are at http:fishoutofwater.tv
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June 10-19, I have a free play in Toronto that's also durational performance art:
http://www.luminato.com/2011/tv/139 (http://www.luminato.com/2011/tv/139)
June 19-25, I have an $18 play in New York that's going to be really good:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/31/theater/summerworks-plays-are-announced.html?_r=1 (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/31/theater/summerworks-plays-are-announced.html?_r=1)
I'm a writer for this, premiering in February. Set your DVRs!
Smash Preview (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3U_SlMpFJvk&feature=player_embedded#)
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June 10-19, I have a free play in Toronto that's also durational performance art:
http://www.luminato.com/2011/tv/139 (http://www.luminato.com/2011/tv/139)
June 19-25, I have an $18 play in New York that's going to be really good:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/31/theater/summerworks-plays-are-announced.html?_r=1 (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/31/theater/summerworks-plays-are-announced.html?_r=1)
I'm a writer for this, premiering in February. Set your DVRs!
Smash Preview (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3U_SlMpFJvk&feature=player_embedded#)
I like this already and I watched it without the sound. Cher's looking kind of rough though (1:50)
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I've posted before about the record label I do with my friend, Hi Science Records. We just got the first batch of our first release pressed and it's now up for sale online. It's really exciting for us and I thought I'd post it here in case anyone wanted to check it out. It's a limited run on vinyl right now, 250 copies on clear vinyl with white splatter. There's a digital copy for sale as well. We'll see how this first batch goes and hopefully we can get more made. Also, we have a few other things that are in the works right now that will hopefully be available soon. You can check it out here: http://swilson13.bandcamp.com/ (http://swilson13.bandcamp.com/)
here's our official site and our tumblr blog too:
http://hi-science.com/ (http://hi-science.com/)
http://hi-science.tumblr.com/ (http://hi-science.tumblr.com/)
I'm not asking you guys to buy anything of course but you can hear the songs on the site and if you like what you hear hopefully you can help us out. Buy it if you want or if anyone has any connection to a blog or something that does music reviews and you could send it their way that would be amazing. We could use all the support we can get right now.
We're already planning on sending a copy to WFMU of course. We're both Jersey boys after all, even though we live in LA, so FMU was first on our list of places to send it to.
oh yeah one more thing, I'll post a more detailed thing in the FOT meet ups board soon but for LA FOTS next weekend we're gonna be doing a show in the cart yard of the Egyptian Theater in Hollywood with a movie playing afterwards. The show will be free, the movie will cost whatever the theater charges for movies, 10 bucks probably. Again, I'll have more detailed info soon but we're gonna try to make it a regular thing so if any of you LA FOTs play music or have friends who do please hit me up, maybe we can get you on one of the future shows.
ok that's all, thanks for putting up with my shameless self promotion!
hope some of you dig what we're doing.
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My ebook is available here: https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/toothychum (https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/toothychum)
It is a big, fun, ridiculous adventure/satire/work of historical fiction.
The actual booky-book will be available soon.
Enjoy!
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Here's where you can find the lovely handmade soap that my lovely wife Brandi from Huntsville & her friend Jen make: http://birdbathsoaps.etsy.com (http://birdbathsoaps.etsy.com)
They're also on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/birdbathsoaps (http://www.facebook.com/birdbathsoaps) & Twitter: @BirdBathSoaps cuz it's the law.
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Nine-ish minutes of me performing stand-up comedy for radio broadcast. (http://www.russianglowcaps.net/peterescott_comedybites.mp3)
If you need to put a face to the voice:
(http://www.mygc.com.au/images/articles/2011/03/23/jacko_hero.jpg)
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Here's where you can find the lovely handmade soap that my lovely wife Brandi from Huntsville & her friend Jen make: http://birdbathsoaps.etsy.com (http://birdbathsoaps.etsy.com)
They're also on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/birdbathsoaps (http://www.facebook.com/birdbathsoaps) & Twitter: @BirdBathSoaps cuz it's the law.
What does it say about me that I want to eat almost all of the soaps on that page?
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Here's where you can find the lovely handmade soap that my lovely wife Brandi from Huntsville & her friend Jen make: http://birdbathsoaps.etsy.com (http://birdbathsoaps.etsy.com)
They're also on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/birdbathsoaps (http://www.facebook.com/birdbathsoaps) & Twitter: @BirdBathSoaps cuz it's the law.
What does it say about me that I want to eat almost all of the soaps on that page?
If you were to claim that Australian people ate soap, just as a natural thing down there that nobody ever brought up, I would totally believe it. If they ever get around to doing a new Mad Max movie, and somebody just whips out a bar of Sunlight and takes a chomp out of it, I think my reaction would be "Well, sure, yeah, that's a thing they do."
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If you were to claim that Australian people ate soap, just as a natural thing down there that nobody ever brought up, I would totally believe it. If they ever get around to doing a new Mad Max movie, and somebody just whips out a bar of Sunlight and takes a chomp out of it, I think my reaction would be "Well, sure, yeah, that's a thing they do."
We all eat soap here, but never in public, and it's seldom depicted on film. There's a certain amount of shame attached to the habit, hence the common retort "Go lather ya guts!"
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I've always wanted to see an Irish Springs parody where after the guy cuts the chunk out of the soap like an apple, he eats it.
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I've always wanted to see an Irish Springs parody where after the guy cuts the chunk out of the soap like an apple, he eats it.
What happened to Irish Spring anyway? I haven't thought about those commercials for years.
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I've always wanted to see an Irish Springs parody where after the guy cuts the chunk out of the soap like an apple, he eats it.
What happened to Irish Spring anyway? I haven't thought about those commercials for years.
I think about them all the time whenever I see an old spice commercial with that whistling in it. It's as much of a rip off of the Irish Spring whistle tune as that Peter Bjorn and John whistling song is a ripoff of that racist chinese tune that always plays in 80's movies.
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I've always wanted to see an Irish Springs parody where after the guy cuts the chunk out of the soap like an apple, he eats it.
And then his lady friend comes by, says "Manly, yes, but I eat it, too" before taking a big bite directly from the bar.
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I've always wanted to see an Irish Springs parody where after the guy cuts the chunk out of the soap like an apple, he eats it.
What happened to Irish Spring anyway? I haven't thought about those commercials for years.
I think about them all the time whenever I see an old spice commercial with that whistling in it. It's as much of a rip off of the Irish Spring whistle tune as that Peter Bjorn and John whistling song is a ripoff of that racist chinese tune that always plays in 80's movies.
(http://www.bigplastichead.com/images/one_offs/pbj.jpg)
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I've always wanted to see an Irish Springs parody where after the guy cuts the chunk out of the soap like an apple, he eats it.
And then his lady friend comes by, says "Manly, yes, but I eat it, too" before taking a big bite directly from the bar.
Genius. I love it.
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Put some new pictures up on my art blog: http://aportraitofshatteredearth.blogspot.com (http://aportraitofshatteredearth.blogspot.com)
Don't worry, its not any of that "modern-y" junk :P
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Hey everyone - thought I'd share my interview with the great Mike Nelson of MST3K and RiffTrax:
http://www.flightpath.com/insights/index.php/2011/07/interview-mike-nelson-of-rifftrax-and-mystery-science-theater-3000/ (http://www.flightpath.com/insights/index.php/2011/07/interview-mike-nelson-of-rifftrax-and-mystery-science-theater-3000/)
Thanks!
Dan
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Hey everyone - thought I'd share my interview with the great Mike Nelson of MST3K and RiffTrax:
http://www.flightpath.com/insights/index.php/2011/07/interview-mike-nelson-of-rifftrax-and-mystery-science-theater-3000/ (http://www.flightpath.com/insights/index.php/2011/07/interview-mike-nelson-of-rifftrax-and-mystery-science-theater-3000/)
Thanks!
Dan
That was great, Dan! I always thought the MST3K people would be an interesting experiment to see how they mix with Tom and the Best Show.
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Hey everyone - thought I'd share my interview with the great Mike Nelson of MST3K and RiffTrax:
http://www.flightpath.com/insights/index.php/2011/07/interview-mike-nelson-of-rifftrax-and-mystery-science-theater-3000/ (http://www.flightpath.com/insights/index.php/2011/07/interview-mike-nelson-of-rifftrax-and-mystery-science-theater-3000/)
Thanks!
Dan
That was great, Dan! I always thought the MST3K people would be an interesting experiment to see how they mix with Tom and the Best Show.
Thanks so much. I actually interviewed Bill Corbett a couple of years back and suggested Tom as a guest riffer. He knew the Best Show and had great things to say about Tom. So who knows!
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Tom with those dudes, on Rock n Roll High School would be great.
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My band is slowly releasing an album this year. 1 song a month for 12 months, released on the 25th of every month. The 3rd song is out today.
http://largemound.bandcamp.com/album/another-year-of-rock (http://largemound.bandcamp.com/album/another-year-of-rock)
Quoting myself dere. The 5th song is out on Wednesday.
http://largemound.bandcamp.com/album/another-year-of-rock (http://largemound.bandcamp.com/album/another-year-of-rock)
The 8th song from this project came out this week.
http://largemound.bandcamp.com/track/rotund-iberian-2 (http://largemound.bandcamp.com/track/rotund-iberian-2)
A nice piece about the photography used on the cover
http://tracesofthereal.com/2011/08/25/rotund-iberian/ (http://tracesofthereal.com/2011/08/25/rotund-iberian/)
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Some of y'all are already aware of it, but I wanted to share a link to a podcast I'm doing with my friend Trevor called "Ramblin': The Podcast." Learn & hear more here: http://www.RamblinPodcast.com.
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This is my friend, Jose.
(http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h74/ejhuggins/SmallJose-1.jpg)
He lives in Tanzania. I'm raising money to send him to safari guide school so he can provide for his little sisters and widowed mother. For the whole story check out my site.
http://www.safarishoolfund.com (http://www.safarischoolfund.com)
Give what you can. It means the world to me. You all are such a great group of people I'd be remiss to not reach out to you.
Asante Sana (thank you very much)
Joel
Link fixed - Thanks, Auntie C.
Hey there. I'm trying to pull together email addresses from everyone who helped me out with this last year. A number of FOTs pitched in. I just sent out an email, but I don't have everyone's current email addresses that donated. If you donated, please send me your current email in a PM.
Thanks again!
Joel
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My self-published book, Hell Is Above Us, is now available in paperback form!
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51wpbGQrQYL._SS500_.jpg)
You can get it on Amazon here: http://www.amazon.com/Hell-Is-Above-Us-Mountain/dp/0615509347/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1331216752&sr=1-4 (http://www.amazon.com/Hell-Is-Above-Us-Mountain/dp/0615509347/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1331216752&sr=1-4)
But if you detest Amazon like a sickness, you can get it for a little more on Lulu here: http://www.lulu.com/product/paperback/hell-is-above-us-the-epic-race-to-the-top-of-fumu-the-world%E2%80%99s-tallest-mountain/18930589?productTrackingContext=search_results/search_shelf/center/1 (http://www.lulu.com/product/paperback/hell-is-above-us-the-epic-race-to-the-top-of-fumu-the-world%E2%80%99s-tallest-mountain/18930589?productTrackingContext=search_results/search_shelf/center/1)
It is a fun book and I am very proud of it.
Please read, enjoy, and help out a fellow FOT by spreading the word!
Best,
JfM
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Tried something a little different: http://soundcloud.com/fredericks-of-npr/howl-again-1 (http://soundcloud.com/fredericks-of-npr/howl-again-1)
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This Saturday at 7:30pm, there will be a dramatic reading of my book "Hell Is Above Us" at Words Bookstore in Maplewood, NJ.
I would love to see some friendly FOT faces there. It should be fun, and afterwards we will all go out for food and drinks.
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Hiya FOTs! I wanted to see if I could get some of your help here. I've been trying to pitch this show around called Evil Robin Hood. Amazon Studios has a pretty cool thing where they pick a few of the more promising series ideas and give the creator some cashola to make a pilot. Check out the script and pitch bible here for Evil Robin Hood!:
http://studios.amazon.com/projects/13724 (http://studios.amazon.com/projects/13724)
(http://neilnumberman.com/images/news/ERH_pb_AMAZON_cover_web.jpg)
And guess who helped?! Brett Davis, comedy performer/writer and long-time Best Show caller! (Uh, MC Steinberg anyone?)
So, if you like the idea, or hate the idea but like us, and you have an account with Amazon, would you be so kind as to rate the idea (5 stars preferably) and leave a comment on that page? Every bit of attention helps!
Thanks in advance FOTs!
--Neil Numberman
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Hey! I just had a piece published on The Classical!
http://www.theclassical.org/articles/a-handball-nation-with-a-basketball-problem (http://www.theclassical.org/articles/a-handball-nation-with-a-basketball-problem)
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Great article. Congrats!
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I finished this portrait of young Nick Cave for a group show in Brooklyn:
(http://i.imgur.com/8h34b.jpg)
Since this is a holiday show, the interim title is Merry Christmas from Nick Cave, though assuming it goes unsold, I reserve the right to change that afterwards..
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Hey! You're damn good.
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Hey! You're damn good.
Ditto to that.
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That's great! So I'm guessing you did the art for your avatar? Who is it? For some reason, I always see John Locke from Lost.
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Ha, thanks all for the generous words. W&I, actually I never saw Lost but having Google-Imaged John Locke, I have to say that was a good guess. My avatar is a painting of some anxious dude who never actually existed, a purely digital creation in Poser 8. I consider it a self-portrait even though it looks nothing like me.
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I love it! Good luck with the show.
I finished this portrait of young Nick Cave for a group show in Brooklyn:
(http://i.imgur.com/8h34b.jpg)
Since this is a holiday show, the interim title is Merry Christmas from Nick Cave, though assuming it goes unsold, I reserve the right to change that afterwards..
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Hi there friends,
I'm more active on the twitter side of things, so many of you might already know of my record label endeavors, but I wanted to post here too since the road to starting my own record label was definitely inspired by the FOT community and the spirit of "DO IT!"
My label is called Negative Fun Records. I co-own it with an old record store friend of mine and we specialize in seven-inch singles from all genres of underground rock. If we believe in it, we'll put it out.
We released our first record in December, a split 7" from our old friend's She Rides from Providence RI, and the most inappropriately named band in recent memory, Dripping Slits from Bloomington, IL. You can check it out here http://negativefunrecords.bandcamp.com/album/crucial-fix-split-7 (http://negativefunrecords.bandcamp.com/album/crucial-fix-split-7). Though if you like it, be a pal and buy it from our site directly. http://www.negativefun.com/ (http://www.negativefun.com/)
Our second release is up for pre-order now, and might more up folks alley who listen to the Best Show. We're putting out a record by a really great garage punk band from Tacoma, WA called Red Hex. I've been describing their sound as Ty Segall, if he was raised on early Sub Pop singles, Mudhoney and the U-Men. The record comes out on Jan 29th.
You can check it out and pre-order here: http://negativefunrecords.bandcamp.com/album/shoulda-known-7 (http://negativefunrecords.bandcamp.com/album/shoulda-known-7)
Thanks for letting me shill for a second.
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Hey, I've begun a podcast called Replacement Players, where I
force ask people to watch broadcasts of old games, then discuss with them with me. The first full episode went up today, and it features a talk with Year of Billy Joel scribe and frequent Best Show caller Will Stegemann about the infamous Rick Camp Game from 1985. If you have no idea why this game is infamous, our talk should hopefully clear that up for you.
You can listen and/or DL at the link below. The page also contains a link to subscribe on iTunes and a link to a post containing all sorts of weird video from and relating to this game, like Braves reliever Terry Forster appearing on Letterman while eating an enormous sandwich.
If you dig it, consider leaving a nice review on iTunes and spreading the word. Thanks.
http://www.replacementplayers.com/2013/01/episode-1-the-rick-camp-game-with-will-stegemann/ (http://www.replacementplayers.com/2013/01/episode-1-the-rick-camp-game-with-will-stegemann/)
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I'm putting some poems into Google Voice and seeing what comes out on the other side:
www.gvpoetry.com (http://www.gvpoetry.com)
I'd love it some FOTs called in (http://poetrybygooglevoice.tumblr.com/about)...
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Hey, I've begun a podcast called Replacement Players, where I force ask people to watch broadcasts of old games, then discuss with them with me. The first full episode went up today, and it features a talk with Year of Billy Joel scribe and frequent Best Show caller Will Stegemann about the infamous Rick Camp Game from 1985. If you have no idea why this game is infamous, our talk should hopefully clear that up for you.
You can listen and/or DL at the link below. The page also contains a link to subscribe on iTunes and a link to a post containing all sorts of weird video from and relating to this game, like Braves reliever Terry Forster appearing on Letterman while eating an enormous sandwich.
If you dig it, consider leaving a nice review on iTunes and spreading the word. Thanks.
http://www.replacementplayers.com/2013/01/episode-1-the-rick-camp-game-with-will-stegemann/ (http://www.replacementplayers.com/2013/01/episode-1-the-rick-camp-game-with-will-stegemann/)
This is such a neat idea, S-Bomb. I've been waiting to see what the first episode would be about and this is a great pick.
Just don't ever do the '92 NLCS Game 7 or I will unsubscribe and slander you till the end of time.
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Hey, I've begun a podcast called Replacement Players, where I force ask people to watch broadcasts of old games, then discuss with them with me. The first full episode went up today, and it features a talk with Year of Billy Joel scribe and frequent Best Show caller Will Stegemann about the infamous Rick Camp Game from 1985. If you have no idea why this game is infamous, our talk should hopefully clear that up for you.
You can listen and/or DL at the link below. The page also contains a link to subscribe on iTunes and a link to a post containing all sorts of weird video from and relating to this game, like Braves reliever Terry Forster appearing on Letterman while eating an enormous sandwich.
If you dig it, consider leaving a nice review on iTunes and spreading the word. Thanks.
http://www.replacementplayers.com/2013/01/episode-1-the-rick-camp-game-with-will-stegemann/ (http://www.replacementplayers.com/2013/01/episode-1-the-rick-camp-game-with-will-stegemann/)
This is such a neat idea, S-Bomb. I've been waiting to see what the first episode would be about and this is a great pick.
Just don't ever do the '92 NLCS Game 7 or I will unsubscribe and slander you till the end of time.
That is currently not on the docket, and I don't foresee it being used. I don't think I could stand to watch it either, and I'm not even a Pirates fan.
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I do chalk murals at a local bar in exchange for beer, I did one recently of '80s WWF managers:
(http://i.imgur.com/gqvwK.jpg)
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I do chalk murals at a local bar in exchange for beer, I did one recently of '80s WWF managers:
(http://i.imgur.com/gqvwK.jpg)
I'm drunk and I like it. I hope they gave you a lot of beer.
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Paul Bearer didn't debut in the WWF until 1991.
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80s/early 90s :P
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So my new altar ego FABERGE GREGG entered into a Veggie Wing Bowl over the weekend! You should watch it! This was so much fun.
This character is straight-up villain rich brat heel. I'm working on a new version. As much as I love doing this kinda stuff, the new persona is going to be a lot different. Still rich and awful, but different.
2013 Veggie Wing Bowl Comedy Spectacular: Faberge Gregg/John Nunn vs. Necrosexual (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEZBR389Cr0#ws)
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Hey night crawlers - I'm gonna be hosting a weekly free-form show on Lincoln, NE's community radio station, KZUM, starting this evening - well, Wednesday morning 12 AM til 2 AM CST. You can listen online at kzum.org or tune-in with the TuneIn app if you've got a fancy-pants phone.
Starting tonight (Tues. night/Weds. morning)
"Everything's Gone Green" hosted by your benevolent DJ Courtney Noir. Every week.
I'll be playing Rock. Roll. New Wave. Old Wave. Punk. Glam. Goth. Psych. Post-Punk. Garage. Basement.
No House, though.
So if you get bored ......
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Been meaning to post this, from a trip to Ireland in 2011, maybe some FOTs should make a pilgrimage to the real Newbridge in Kildare. Heres a photo of Newbridge's silver in Cork City.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/46989611@N00/8490264051/# (http://www.flickr.com/photos/46989611@N00/8490264051/#)
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I do chalk murals at a local bar in exchange for beer, I did one recently of '80s WWF managers:
(http://i.imgur.com/gqvwK.jpg)
My first thought looking at this was, Paul Bearer + Jimmy Hart = Glen Jones. I mean this as a compliment to all involved, of course.
Nice work. What bar?
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Unlovable in Toronto
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Unlovable in Toronto
THAT is seriously awesome.
On a related topic, I just had an article published on The Classical (aka the only sports website that matters) which later got picked up by Salon. It's on my hopelessly, endlessly dorky hobby of e-fedding. I basically create fake fake wrestlers.
It's so weird. I got published on Salon... for the most shameful thing in my life!
http://theclassical.org/articles/its-all-fake-my-life-in-virtual-wrestling (http://theclassical.org/articles/its-all-fake-my-life-in-virtual-wrestling)
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Hey all,
haven't posted in a while, and feel like a bit of a heel showing up to post again on the "shameless self promotion thread"...but here we are.
My label, Negative Fun Records has its next two releases prepped and available for pre-order now on our Bandcamp page.
NF003 is a split 7" between the band Carton from Windsor, VT and Alpha Cop from Raleigh, NC.
Carton sounds similar to Drive Like Jehu with decent amounts of early Dinosaur Jr influence. Folks into psych/drone stuff might be familiar with the singer/guitarist's other band, Heavy Winged.
Alpha Cop is post-rockish stuff, though it reminds me a lot of early/mid-90s bands like Hoover and The Crown Hate Ruin, maybe a little Rodan sprinkled in there.
http://negativefunrecords.bandcamp.com/album/alpha-cop-carton (http://negativefunrecords.bandcamp.com/album/alpha-cop-carton)
NF004 is from Hoboken, NJ's (our first Jersey band!!!) Wormburner. This is anthemic, narrative stuff in the vein of The Hold Steady/Mountain Goats. Sean Eden from Luna plays guitar on the B-side. Both of these songs are super catchy. Great songwriting, great lyrics.
http://negativefunrecords.bandcamp.com/album/today-might-be-our-day-2 (http://negativefunrecords.bandcamp.com/album/today-might-be-our-day-2)
If you write a blog or play music on the radio/internet, shoot me a line and I can get some promos out to you.
Thanks for letting me schill.
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Hello there FOTs; this is Ben Karak. I do improv and my team is hosting a show at Williamsberg's Brick Theater. We're going to have standup from Michele Wolf (MTV's Girlcode), improv from UCB House Team Detroit and my team Fantastic Gary, and improvised hiphop from MC Harold (Pat Noth and Chris "Shockwave" Sullivan). Plus, a live funk band. That's a lotta entertainment for only $5!
It's this Thursday, July 18th! Brick Theater: 579 Metropolitan Avenue, Brooklyn, New York
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I co-write comedy pieces here:
http://johnandnick.com (http://johnandnick.com)
If you're reading this, I'd love it if you just opened up this link (http://johnandnick.com/archive/) and read one link that catches your eye.
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I co-wrote this:
Mad Men 6x08 Promo "The Crash" (HD) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5LER-bITdY#ws)
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I co-wrote this:
Mad Men 6x08 Promo "The Crash" (HD) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5LER-bITdY#ws)
AND IT'S GREAT!
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Thanks Patrick!
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My record label, Negative Fun Records, is co-hosting a day party at Hopscotch Music Fest in Raleigh from 12-5:30 on Saturday Sept 7th at a club called Legends.
Pretty proud of the line-up we've assembled. If you are coming to the festival, stop by and say hello.
(https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/1150370_10151812158086206_1288732871_n.jpg)
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Matthew Callan AKA Scratchbomb's novel HANG A CROOKED NUMBER is now available on Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00EV13EMA), iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/hang-a-crooked-number/id680571313?ls=1), and Smashwords (https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/344952) for $2.99!
Learn all about it here (http://scratchbomb.com/09/2013/hang-a-crooked-number-available-now/)!
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I was just coming here to do some shameless self promotion, but I see it has been posted it already. Thanks, Josh!
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Follow me on Twitter: @DadHasADD
I try to be funny.
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I was just coming here to do some shameless self promotion, but I see it has been posted it already. Thanks, Josh!
As Yogi Berra said, self-promotion is always best if somebody else does it for you.
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My name is Ben, I never post on here but I've listened to every episode so maybe that is worth something. I do a lot of home recording and finally made an album I have enough faith in to self promote. I'm inspired by too much music to make any direct comparisons but here 'tis.
http://benreed.bandcamp.com/album/ape-dementia-70 (http://benreed.bandcamp.com/album/ape-dementia-70)
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I have lots of postcards to mail out to people that I promised postcards to (on FB), but I have extras. Who wants to get a postcard in the mail?
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I have lots of postcards to mail out to people that I promised postcards to (on FB), but I have extras. Who wants to get a postcard in the mail?
Don't need a postcard. Just wanted to say hello; nice to see you on the board, again.
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I have lots of postcards to mail out to people that I promised postcards to (on FB), but I have extras. Who wants to get a postcard in the mail?
Don't need a postcard. Just wanted to say hello; nice to see you on the board, again.
thank you...i've missed being on here so much. i changed jobs and this place doesn't have a block on the board. also, i bought a computer, so i'm back to the real world and no longer attached to my phone.
glad to be back.
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Welcome back, Baron!
If you are in Los Angeles, I have a play going up in Silver Lake:
Tickets and more info available at
http://www.sonofsemele.org (http://www.sonofsemele.org).
Son of Semele Ensemble presents the west coast premiere of...
CIVILIZATION (all you can eat)
by Jason Grote
Directed by Don Boughton
Choreographed by Ken Roht
Set by Birgitte Moos Lights by Brandon Baruch Costumes by Jamie
Westfall Sound by Dennis Yen Props by Paula Rebelo
Opens October 11, 2013
Civilization (All You Can Eat) takes us back to that moment in time
when we thought maybe... just maybe... we could make a difference.
It’s 2008 and Obama’s candidacy inspires a wave of optimism in the
face of the looming financial tsunami. Playwright Jason Grote launches
seven characters into these roiling cross-currents: A struggling
waitress and her would-be porn star daughter, a corporate self-help
guru and his commercial director wife, an unhappily successful actor,
a professional narcissist and a factory farm hog determined to prove
he’s a better animal than you.
Who will sink? Who will swim? Who will reach the American Dream: All
you can eat?
DATES/TIMES/TICKETS:
(BUY TICKETS)
$20, general ($18 online)
$18 student/senior/union ($16 online)
Friday/Saturday @ 8 p.m.
Sunday @ 3 p.m.
Occasional Mondays @ 7 p.m.
** Post-Show Talkback with Playwright, Monday 10/28
ADDRESS/PARKING:
Free street in the surrounding neighborhood.
Son of Semele Theater
3301 Beverly Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90004
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I stopped performing comedy but I found the only two times on YouTube where I'm somewhat okay on the stage. Both take place in my friend Johnny's backyard. He used to have backyard comedy shows -- very much a punk basement show vibe.
This first one is off the cuff. I used to ride a gypsy van to New York from my parents' house in Jersey. Pretty proud of this since it was spur of the moment. (You can read the full details of my Vanpool adventures at www.thevanpool.com (http://www.thevanpool.com).)
Phila Guerilla - Gregg Gethard (NSFW) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Us_96SN8V-I#)
This second one is decent, too. I was performing for a long time as The Greggulator (duh) and it was pretty conceptual. I believed myself to be a world famous stand-up comic but, uhm, of course I wasn't.
Phila Guerilla - Gregg Gethard (NSFW) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Us_96SN8V-I#)
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Our own Matt from Bloomington, host of the Bloomington Best Show Listening Party, was featured in today's Indiana Daily Student newspaper.
Store celebrates comics, Halloween (http://www.idsnews.com/news/story.aspx?id=95005)
Many comic book stores have adapted to celebrate Halloween ComicFest during the last few years.
Comic book stores across the country are featuring their own rendition of the event, including Bloomington’s Vintage Phoenix Comic Books.
Halloweek, being put on through today, is a promotion by Vintage Phoenix offering a variety of discounts and giveaways.
Customers who dress up in costumes will receive free comic books from a selection of 20 different Halloween-themed books.
In addition, the store is also organizing a costume contest in which contestants will have their photo uploaded to the store’s Facebook page for people to view and vote on.
There will be a raffle, and the prize will be a giant wooden cutout of the winner’s favorite character.
Store Manager Matt Traughber said costumes have been creative this year, with customers going the extra step to dress up as more than just the usual superhero.
Costumes so far have included Iron Man’s Anthony Stark and Dr. Bruce Banner from The Avengers, Traughber said.
“This is a newer and smaller event,” Traughber said. “Right now it’s aimed more at our current existing customers, but we expect it to grow year after year.”
Other events the store organizes throughout the year include in-store signings.
The store’s most recent signing was in September, featuring Eisner Award-winning writer and illustrator Nate Powell.
Powell discussed his new book trilogy, MARCH, which he co-created with American civil rights icon and Georgia Congressman John Lewis.
The store’s largest event is in conjunction with comic book stores across the country, similar to Halloween ComicFest, called Free Comic Book Day.
Every year on the first Saturday in May, Vintage Phoenix customers are eligible to receive pre-selected free comic books just for walking into the store.
Traughber said promotions like Halloween ComicFest and Free Comic Book Day help expand the store’s customer base over time.
The events also draw in new people who might not be as familiar with comics or realize the wide variety of graphics that exist.
“We’ve got something for everybody here,” Traughber said. “Some people still think comics are one specific thing or that they’re only for kids or people into superheroes, but like anything in entertainment there’s something for everybody.”
— Brett Frieman
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That's cool. He's also a very talented artist judging by his listening party flyer.
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http://fredericksnprcast.podbean.com/ (http://fredericksnprcast.podbean.com/)
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My band recently released an album, and some of you might like it!
Here it is! (https://thefamilyghost.bandcamp.com/album/no-dreams)
Maybe RIYL: Joy Division, This Heat, Disco Inferno, Throbbing Gristle, Bedhead, The Comsat Angels.
That is all!
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Hmmmm. Is this thread still a thing? If so, I wanted to share that ever since having to sell my soul to reality tv (I work in post), my only real acting and writing outlet is the Fish In A Sweater project I've been doing with my buddies for near a decade now. We released our latest as a Facebook only release today, and would love some FOT love if anyone's so inclined.
Here's the link:
https://www.facebook.com/fishoutofwatertv/videos (https://www.facebook.com/fishoutofwatertv/videos)
If you like it and want to see our past stuff it's all here:
http://fishinasweater.com (http://fishinasweater.com)
THANKS!
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I review comics every week for Newsarama's Best Shots column. You can go there every week and tell me how wrong I am about comics like every other commenter does. http://www.newsarama.com/ (http://www.newsarama.com/)
I'm also on Twitter at @NewishUniversal where I babble about wrestling and the video games I'm playing at the time
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Can you review Hi and Lois? It's ripe for a re-appraisal.
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I had never even heard of that until tonight.
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Hey folks! Please check out Newbridge Nights! It's a show where Jefferton from Texas and Adam From Tampa discuss The Best Show and other things! Subscribe here https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/newbridge-nights/id1035525500?mt=2 and email us at GGHASPASSEDON@GMAIL.COM! Thanks for reading this!