Just cause I think he will enjoy it, I wanted to share a song with Jo Cose from a trippy band called Circus Contraption. The Odditorium [audio:TheOdditorium.mp3] If you are in the Seattle area, definitely check them out live. Other people should buy their music from CD Baby. This track comes from their album Grand …
So I mentioned before that my essay on the Living Theatre’s 2007 production of The Brig was to be published in PAJ: A Journal of Performance and Art. Yesterday, I received my copy and it was rather cool to see myself listed in the contents: What I did not expect, however, was that I was …
I received an email from Rep. Yvette Clarke and am totally impressed: As you know, the offenses of the Bush Administration are numerous. The Administration’s handling of Hurricane Katrina, the domestic spying program, the Valerie Plame C.I.A. leak scandal, the politically motivated firings of U.S. attorneys and the use of faulty intelligence in the lead-up …
5-year-old mistaken for criminal at airport January 8th, 2008 It?s a case of a mistaken identity for a 5-year-old boy from Normandy Park. He had trouble boarding a plane because someone with the same name is wanted by the federal government. Mimi Jung reports from Sea-Tac Airport. The report goes on to say that when …
From his Discworld book Interesting Times: When people who can read and write start fighting on behalf of people who can’t, you just end up with another kind of stupidity. If you want to help them, build a big library or something somewhere and leave the door open. – Rincewind Technorati Tags: rincewind, discworld, terry …
The last time I did any computer programming was back in the days of Basic. I don’t even really remember much about the programs I wrote or worked on. I know that we used to get some magazine that had code in it and you would type it in to make basic programs. Often, my …
Tons of fantasy stories and historical documents use the term “league” as a unit of measurement and I honestly had no real conception of how far a league was until I decided to use it in one of my 10 10 Minute Plays and needed to look it up: League (unit) – Wikipedia, the free …
“28 Days Later (Widescreen Edition)” (Danny Boyle, Toby James) When I first saw this movie on the big screen, with my friend Natalie – I was really impressed. The scenes of empty London in particular were stunning in a movie theatre. Overall I felt that the ways in which Boyle created tension were compelling. Rather …
Does anyone else feel like the game is rigged? That the media plays at reporting the primaries but really dictates their results? Does anyone else have a queasy feeling in the pit of their stomach and the creeping fear that, because ALL of our politicians are bought and paid for, that we will never see …
Hey y’all – the latest play in my series of 10 10 Minute plays is done, at least in first draft form. That makes four. But for this one I need to create some film footage as an integral part of the play. Preferably super-8 mm transferred to digital and then manipulated on a computer. …