Boing Boing: Deep-fried Coca-Cola:
"Gonzales deep-fries Coca-Cola-flavored batter. He then drizzles Coke fountain syrup on it. The fried Coke is topped with whipped cream, cinnamon sugar and a cherry. Gonzales said the fried Coke came about just from thinking aloud."
Imagine the sound
of one man
drooling.
Thursday, October 12, 2006
mildred's umbrella theater company
this show is pretty fucking fantastic...
I suggest you don't miss it.
mildred's umbrella theater company:
"A Long History of Neglect
long history of neglect
By Noah Haidle
Oct 12, 13, 14, 16, 20, 21, 27, 28, 30
and Nov 3 and 4 at 8pm.
Houston, Tx- Andy is a young recluse who rarely leaves his closet and has a habit of soiling his pants when he's nervous. He's tortured by two neighborhood bullies, his mother works three jobs, and his sister is a slut. But things change once a visit is paid to Andy by the 19th century poetess, Emily Dickinson. This play was done once last year at Princeton University, and aside from that production, this will be its world premier! About the Playwright
Noah Haidle’s play Mr. Marmalade had its New York premiere at the Roundabout Theatre Company. His most recent play, Princess Marjorie, received its world premiere in 2005 at South Coast Repertory. Haidle’s Rag and Bone recently played at the Long Wharf Theatre. Haidle is currently working on new play commissions from Playwrights Horizons and Princeton University and a screenplay for Scott Rudin Productions. He is a graduate of Princeton University and the Julliard School. He is the recipient of the Helen Merrill Award for Emerging Playwrights, a NEA/TCG grant, and three Lincoln Center Le Compte Du Nuoy Awards.
Directed by Mildred’s Umbrella company member Alan Hall and featuring Eric Doss, Jennifer Decker, Julie Boneau, Greg Dean, David Anderson, Wayne Barnhill and Sara Gaston, “A Long History of Neglect” opens October 12 and runs through November 4, with shows on Fridays and Saturdays and two Mondays, October 16 and October 30.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Press Inquiries: call 832-418-0973 or email mildredsumbrella@hotmail.com.
Reservations: call 713-942-7089 or email mildredsumbrella@hotmail.com
Who: Mildred’s Umbrella Theater Company
What: A Long History of Neglect
When: Oct 12, 13, 14, 16, 20, 21, 27, 28, 30 and Nov 3 and 4 at 8pm.
Where: Midtown Art Center, 3414 LaBranch at Holman
Price: Preview Show on October 12- $25.00, (catered by Prego)
Other shows: $10 on Fridays and Saturdays. Two “pay as you like” performances on Oct 16 and Oct. 30. Cash or check only at the door.
I suggest you don't miss it.
mildred's umbrella theater company:
"A Long History of Neglect
long history of neglect
By Noah Haidle
Oct 12, 13, 14, 16, 20, 21, 27, 28, 30
and Nov 3 and 4 at 8pm.
Houston, Tx- Andy is a young recluse who rarely leaves his closet and has a habit of soiling his pants when he's nervous. He's tortured by two neighborhood bullies, his mother works three jobs, and his sister is a slut. But things change once a visit is paid to Andy by the 19th century poetess, Emily Dickinson. This play was done once last year at Princeton University, and aside from that production, this will be its world premier! About the Playwright
Noah Haidle’s play Mr. Marmalade had its New York premiere at the Roundabout Theatre Company. His most recent play, Princess Marjorie, received its world premiere in 2005 at South Coast Repertory. Haidle’s Rag and Bone recently played at the Long Wharf Theatre. Haidle is currently working on new play commissions from Playwrights Horizons and Princeton University and a screenplay for Scott Rudin Productions. He is a graduate of Princeton University and the Julliard School. He is the recipient of the Helen Merrill Award for Emerging Playwrights, a NEA/TCG grant, and three Lincoln Center Le Compte Du Nuoy Awards.
Directed by Mildred’s Umbrella company member Alan Hall and featuring Eric Doss, Jennifer Decker, Julie Boneau, Greg Dean, David Anderson, Wayne Barnhill and Sara Gaston, “A Long History of Neglect” opens October 12 and runs through November 4, with shows on Fridays and Saturdays and two Mondays, October 16 and October 30.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Press Inquiries: call 832-418-0973 or email mildredsumbrella@hotmail.com.
Reservations: call 713-942-7089 or email mildredsumbrella@hotmail.com
Who: Mildred’s Umbrella Theater Company
What: A Long History of Neglect
When: Oct 12, 13, 14, 16, 20, 21, 27, 28, 30 and Nov 3 and 4 at 8pm.
Where: Midtown Art Center, 3414 LaBranch at Holman
Price: Preview Show on October 12- $25.00, (catered by Prego)
Other shows: $10 on Fridays and Saturdays. Two “pay as you like” performances on Oct 16 and Oct. 30. Cash or check only at the door.
new podcast - The Defenestration Unit - Live at Java Junction - Oct 8 - 2006
Last TDU show...
you know...
the one you didn't see...
you can hear it now.
or subrscribe:
ok...
sure you're thinking,
"I'm busy."
or
or
"I live in another city"
or
"that show was on 290 past the beltway...
are you crazy?"
to which I can only answer
yes,
yes,
I am crazy...
anyway...
Come see TDU - The Mathletes and Novox at Helios on the 20th...
if ya know yr not too busy,
and ya live in Houston,
or whatever...
Kid Ornery
When I see an adult on a bicycle, I do not despair for the future of the human race
~H.G. Wells
~H.G. Wells
Listen to this podcast!
Kid Ornery presents...
Crazy Sounds from Houston, Tx.
A mix of interesting music from Kid Ornery and his associates.
Free Jazz, Drone, Noise, Improv, and general weirdness from Last Bastions, The Defenestration Unit, Kid Ornery, Avijit, and many more...
Enjoy! -- Mike Switzer
Click here to get your own player.
Crazy Sounds from Houston, Tx.
A mix of interesting music from Kid Ornery and his associates.
Free Jazz, Drone, Noise, Improv, and general weirdness from Last Bastions, The Defenestration Unit, Kid Ornery, Avijit, and many more...
Enjoy! -- Mike Switzer
Click here to get your own player.
Wednesday, October 11, 2006
Was Brahms a wiseass? By Jan Swafford - Slate Magazine
Was Brahms a wiseass? By Jan Swafford - Slate Magazine:
"It was not easy to be a fan of Brahms. He hated effusive praise from strangers. At parties mounted by friends, the guest of honor would preside in the middle of the fray, downing ham rolls and mugs of beer, and have at anyone foolish enough to approach him: 'Did the gracious lady have all those beautiful feelings thanks to my poor quartets? And where did they lodge? Beneath the little blue shawl? Or maybe under the bird on her hat?'"
"It was not easy to be a fan of Brahms. He hated effusive praise from strangers. At parties mounted by friends, the guest of honor would preside in the middle of the fray, downing ham rolls and mugs of beer, and have at anyone foolish enough to approach him: 'Did the gracious lady have all those beautiful feelings thanks to my poor quartets? And where did they lodge? Beneath the little blue shawl? Or maybe under the bird on her hat?'"
Sunday, October 08, 2006
tonight
eatin yr
fruit stripe
and listening
to the piano
guy whine
good room
nice lights
no people
TDU
in full effect
long day
oh yeah
long day
fruit stripe
and listening
to the piano
guy whine
good room
nice lights
no people
TDU
in full effect
long day
oh yeah
long day
Sunday, October 01, 2006
THE BEAT � Blog Archive � FIGHT OF THE CENTURY!
THE BEAT � Blog Archive � FIGHT OF THE CENTURY!:
"Ah…the complaint. It is a work of art. If nothing else comes of this, it has already spawned a bunch of phrases that can be used in myriad situations: “Tiny but hostile.” “Secret tropical vacation.” “Fecklessness.” “Somewhat jejune.” Imagine Gandalf and Saruman going at it with thesauruses!"
"Ah…the complaint. It is a work of art. If nothing else comes of this, it has already spawned a bunch of phrases that can be used in myriad situations: “Tiny but hostile.” “Secret tropical vacation.” “Fecklessness.” “Somewhat jejune.” Imagine Gandalf and Saruman going at it with thesauruses!"
Saturday, September 30, 2006
disaster averted
for at least another month...
saw "get your war on" at Diverseworks tonight...
it was great again.
didn't have time to stop at my house to change
so I borrowed a shirt from my step dad
- it was huge - came down almost to my knees...
and I'm still getting over being sick
and I was fairly exhausted
so I probably wasn't the best of company
and I should be in bed right now...
gotta get up in the mornin'
and go sell the candy...
come see me at the candy store
tomorrow if ya get the urge
for a sugar rush...
this is not code
or a metaphor
I work
in a candy store
blogging will remain light for the next week or so
as I am house sitting at the folks and using the computer here
just isn't as fun or convenient as it is at home...
I miss my miserable house
and my bike
and my routines...
the big screen hdtv and the car
are nice,
but no substitute for
the lumpy couch
and things
the way I like them.
oh yeah,
you missed TDU at Brasil friday...
we're playing Java Junction next Sunday...
wish I knew where Java Junction was -
Charlie says they are on myspace
but I'm too lazy to look them up right now.
looks like the cabaret may get pushed back
mostly because I've let life interfere and don't
have a band together yet...
working on sound design
for the next mildred's show
it's a challenge - but it's coming along
the show is gonna be great...
haven't been having readings
at the place for a while...
gonna try probably just a couple
more times this year -
then start again in earnest
in january -
although if I do the next show I'm thinking about
when I'm thinking about it
I'll need to start rehearsing by the end of january,
so we'll see...
and I really need to go out and get cast in something again...
need to keep those chops up...
not to mention I miss it.
uh, what else do you need to know
imaginary audience?
hmmm?
saw "get your war on" at Diverseworks tonight...
it was great again.
didn't have time to stop at my house to change
so I borrowed a shirt from my step dad
- it was huge - came down almost to my knees...
and I'm still getting over being sick
and I was fairly exhausted
so I probably wasn't the best of company
and I should be in bed right now...
gotta get up in the mornin'
and go sell the candy...
come see me at the candy store
tomorrow if ya get the urge
for a sugar rush...
this is not code
or a metaphor
I work
in a candy store
blogging will remain light for the next week or so
as I am house sitting at the folks and using the computer here
just isn't as fun or convenient as it is at home...
I miss my miserable house
and my bike
and my routines...
the big screen hdtv and the car
are nice,
but no substitute for
the lumpy couch
and things
the way I like them.
oh yeah,
you missed TDU at Brasil friday...
we're playing Java Junction next Sunday...
wish I knew where Java Junction was -
Charlie says they are on myspace
but I'm too lazy to look them up right now.
looks like the cabaret may get pushed back
mostly because I've let life interfere and don't
have a band together yet...
working on sound design
for the next mildred's show
it's a challenge - but it's coming along
the show is gonna be great...
haven't been having readings
at the place for a while...
gonna try probably just a couple
more times this year -
then start again in earnest
in january -
although if I do the next show I'm thinking about
when I'm thinking about it
I'll need to start rehearsing by the end of january,
so we'll see...
and I really need to go out and get cast in something again...
need to keep those chops up...
not to mention I miss it.
uh, what else do you need to know
imaginary audience?
hmmm?
Monday, September 25, 2006
Wednesday, September 20, 2006
zorn won an award...
hooray for him I say...
it was one o' them genius grants...
Ornette won the same thing a year or two back...
it was one o' them genius grants...
Ornette won the same thing a year or two back...
Saturday, September 16, 2006
you uncultured maroons!
where was ya?
where was ya? huh?
ya missed it.
entirely...
heard some amazing music tonight -
Bach
Beethoven
Shostakovich
Milhaud
chamber music groups -
winds -
FREE!
incredible basoon, and french horn...
not that everybody wasn't great,
but how often do you hear great basoon,
or french horn?
the brass quintet was my favorite group,
but whattaya expect...
I play trombone.
Hearing musicians of this calibre
puts the Ives piece back in my head...
I caught myself pencilling it in for 2008
during certain fantasy seque moments.
anyway, the show was put on by
The Sonus Chamber Music Society.
They don't update their webpage.
It was in that big church you used
to park at when ya went to see
the movin' pictures down ta the
museum of fine arts...
I wish the lighting had been better,
and the photographer less present...
but otherwise a great night.
I'll post more later when I feel like
lookin' at the program...
I hope you got some culture tonight
before during or after
yr booze...
where was ya? huh?
ya missed it.
entirely...
heard some amazing music tonight -
Bach
Beethoven
Shostakovich
Milhaud
chamber music groups -
winds -
FREE!
incredible basoon, and french horn...
not that everybody wasn't great,
but how often do you hear great basoon,
or french horn?
the brass quintet was my favorite group,
but whattaya expect...
I play trombone.
Hearing musicians of this calibre
puts the Ives piece back in my head...
I caught myself pencilling it in for 2008
during certain fantasy seque moments.
anyway, the show was put on by
The Sonus Chamber Music Society.
They don't update their webpage.
It was in that big church you used
to park at when ya went to see
the movin' pictures down ta the
museum of fine arts...
I wish the lighting had been better,
and the photographer less present...
but otherwise a great night.
I'll post more later when I feel like
lookin' at the program...
I hope you got some culture tonight
before during or after
yr booze...
not much time for blogging...
when you are fighting wage-slavery for your very soul...
or something like that...
work is draining me a bit right now,
it'll get better as I adjust...
half-written a couple of things
in the last few days,
if I finish 'em they'll
show up here...
or something like that...
work is draining me a bit right now,
it'll get better as I adjust...
half-written a couple of things
in the last few days,
if I finish 'em they'll
show up here...
Monday, September 11, 2006
having a job
means starting to buy things you've put off
like new boxers
I got some the other day
at family dollar
not familiar
with family dollar?
the neighborhood
you live and shop
in probably has
a higher avg.
household income
than mine
anyway,
label inside says
family values -
same font as
family dollar -
a house brand
and what is on
the boxers
with the house label
of family dollar?
1 pair - blue with mostly red american muscle cars
1 pair - green with cards - straights - and the words "Texas Hold 'Em"
I find this very entertaining
and troubling all at the same time...
and that
is the story
of my new
underwear.
like new boxers
I got some the other day
at family dollar
not familiar
with family dollar?
the neighborhood
you live and shop
in probably has
a higher avg.
household income
than mine
anyway,
label inside says
family values -
same font as
family dollar -
a house brand
and what is on
the boxers
with the house label
of family dollar?
1 pair - blue with mostly red american muscle cars
1 pair - green with cards - straights - and the words "Texas Hold 'Em"
I find this very entertaining
and troubling all at the same time...
and that
is the story
of my new
underwear.
Modern humans, not Neandertals, may be evolution's 'odd man out'
Modern humans, not Neandertals, may be evolution's 'odd man out':
"The most unusual characteristics throughout human anatomy occur in Modern Humans, argues Trinkaus. 'If we want to better understand human evolution, we should be asking why Modern Humans are so unusual, not why the Neandertals are divergent. Modern Humans, for example, are the only people who lack brow ridges. We are the only ones who have seriously shortened faces. We are the only ones with very reduced internal nasal cavities. We also have a number of detailed features of the limb skeleton that are unique."
obivously
modern humans
are genetic hybrids
of aliens and
native earth creatures
obviously
"The most unusual characteristics throughout human anatomy occur in Modern Humans, argues Trinkaus. 'If we want to better understand human evolution, we should be asking why Modern Humans are so unusual, not why the Neandertals are divergent. Modern Humans, for example, are the only people who lack brow ridges. We are the only ones who have seriously shortened faces. We are the only ones with very reduced internal nasal cavities. We also have a number of detailed features of the limb skeleton that are unique."
obivously
modern humans
are genetic hybrids
of aliens and
native earth creatures
obviously
FIle under: Ron is Right
REAL ART (and politics and culture):
"I know what I'm going to do the next time somebody in my presence negatively criticizes sexuality or nudity: I'm going to call him a big dumb cunt-face."
"I know what I'm going to do the next time somebody in my presence negatively criticizes sexuality or nudity: I'm going to call him a big dumb cunt-face."
Sunday, September 10, 2006
MIKE OEMING DISCUSSES HIS OMEGA FLIGHT PLAN - NEWSARAMA
MIKE OEMING DISCUSSES HIS OMEGA FLIGHT PLAN - NEWSARAMA:
"Mark thought that out of Civil War, there would be those heroes who for one reason or another, did not fit on either side, either because they became fugitives or they hated what’s happened to their superhero culture, or they were being deported, all kinds of reasons. But 'running to Canada Vietnam style' was never in the picture. There will be characters like that, but they wouldn't be in Flight, you don’t put cowards on your team."
Yeah, cause everyone who dodged the draft, is a pacifist, or against war must be a coward.
"Mark thought that out of Civil War, there would be those heroes who for one reason or another, did not fit on either side, either because they became fugitives or they hated what’s happened to their superhero culture, or they were being deported, all kinds of reasons. But 'running to Canada Vietnam style' was never in the picture. There will be characters like that, but they wouldn't be in Flight, you don’t put cowards on your team."
Yeah, cause everyone who dodged the draft, is a pacifist, or against war must be a coward.
it's been a while
since I've had dealings
with the devil
but I'm pretty sure
he poured
the second glass
of champagne
and is currently
making the room
spin
and
the naseua
naseaute...
grrr...
with the devil
but I'm pretty sure
he poured
the second glass
of champagne
and is currently
making the room
spin
and
the naseua
naseaute...
grrr...
Thursday, September 07, 2006
Boing Boing: A Directory of Wonderful Things
Boing Boing: A Directory of Wonderful Things:
"The last captive thylacine died in the Hobart Zoo on September 7, 1936. Today in Australia, the day is now known as “Threatened Species Day.” Ten years ago it was known as “National Thylacine Day.”"
the amount of species wiped out in the 20th century makes me angry when I think about it,
which is rarely...
"The last captive thylacine died in the Hobart Zoo on September 7, 1936. Today in Australia, the day is now known as “Threatened Species Day.” Ten years ago it was known as “National Thylacine Day.”"
the amount of species wiped out in the 20th century makes me angry when I think about it,
which is rarely...
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