eBay Motors: Mercedes-Benz : 400-Series (item 4624891589 end time Mar-29-06 12:53:25 PST)

Ya know, I really regret not buying Redd Foxx's Cadillac a few years back...
anybody wanna loan me the $$$ for Stan Lee's Mercedes?

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REAL ART (and politics and culture)

YAY! It's like a dialogue...
REAL ART (and politics and culture)

So the question is how do we start holding the fire to corporate criminals?
If we could reduce/eliminate the benefits of hiring illegal aliens wouldn't that be half the battle?

Ken-Welch.Com - Russian Nuke Traced to Texas

Happy Easter!!!

Ken-Welch.Com - Russian Nuke Traced to Texas: "
During the summer of 2005 it was decided go ahead with plans for America’s second 9/11.

The decision was not made in a torch-lit cave in Afghanistan, nor in a nondescript safe-house in Iraq. Implementing the plan would involve the highest officials of the United States government. The centerpiece of the plan is a portable nuclear weapon manufactured in the former Soviet Union. A tame “terrorist”, destined no doubt to be an eventual patsy, arranged for the bomb’s transport by sea, and the ship carrying it entered Galveston Bay on January 25, 2006. At this time the device remains hidden on board the ship that brought it, a freighter docked in or near the port of Texas City, about thirty minutes south of Houston, and only ten miles from the island city of Galveston."

file under: HAHAHAHAHA!!!

reading this made me smile...
Chron.com | Indicted DeLay fights to regain gun license: "RICHMOND - U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay, a gun rights supporter under indictment on charges of laundering campaign money, is fighting to regain his Texas concealed handgun license, which was suspended because he is accused of a felony."

ChomskyTorrents.org v.2

Documentaries, lectures, etc...
not just chomsky, but all kindsa lefty media goodness:
ChomskyTorrents.org v.2

The Left Coaster: Rubber Stamp Republicans show their commitment to....

Every time I think the crooks running the show can't get any more brazen, I run into something like this:
The Left Coaster: Rubber Stamp Republicans show their commitment to....: "Apparently this entire 8 page colloquy--which is scripted to read as if it were delivered live on the floor of the Senate, complete with random interruptions from other Senators--never took place"

Can we get these senators up on perjury charges now?
please?

and here's a play you might wanna see... pay what you will tonight - Monday Mar. 27

I did sound design on this show,

and have been thoroughly entertained everytime I've seen it...

great performances, a funny, sharp script,

and the sound design ain't too shabby either.

 

pay what you will show tonight

at midtown arts center.

 

 http://www.mildredsumbrella.com/

 

Sic
by Melissa James Gibson

Three young urban failures navigate the slippery allegiances of their triangular friendship. Babette , a frustrated editor; Theo, a terribly blocked, classically-trained composer; and Frank, an aspiring but tongue-tied auctioneer, share a world of quicksand needs and fickle urges, where a vast landscape exists between what is intended and what is construed, and where ordering Chinese food is a deeply personal matter.

Mildred's Umbrella is right at home with Melissa James Gibson's [Sic] , winner of an OBIE Award and the Kesserling Prize, with its quirky, off-beat script full of wordplay and oddball characters.

Directed by Michelle Edwards and featuring Alan Hall, Eric Doss, and Jennifer Decker, [Sic] opens March 24, 2006 and runs through April 15, each Friday and Saturday, as well as two “pay as you like” Monday shows, March 27 and April 10. All shows are at 8pm .

For further information or reservations for this show, call 832-418-0973 or e-mail mildredsumbrella@hotmail.com .

Who: Mildred's Umbrella Theater Company
What: [Sic] by Melissa James Gibson
When: March 24, 25, 27, and 31, and April 1, 7, 8, 10, 14 and 15.
Where: Midtown Art Center, 3414 La Branch at Holman
Price: $10 on Fridays and Saturdays. Two “pay as you like” performances on March 27 and April 10. Cash or check only at the door. Credit cards may be used via PayPal (charges are non-refundable) on our website.

 

 

 

Interview with Philip K. Dick

Interview with Philip K. Dick:
"I believe that the establishment churches have lost the keys to the kingdom. They don't even know what the Kingdom of God is.

It's like some guy who loses the keys to his car. He knows he had them a second ago but now they're gone. The churches, however, don't even know what the car looks like anymore. They can't even give a description of it to the cop.

Organized religion is crooked, dumb, and it's lost the keys. I mean, it's OK to be crooked and dumb, we're all crooked and dumb. But the tragedy is that they've lost the keys. They can't even point us in the right direction much less take us there."

HERMENAUT: Philip K. Dick (1928-1982)

HERMENAUT: Philip K. Dick (1928-1982):
"Also that year, the scholarly journal Science-Fiction Studies published a special issue devoted to his work; full of New Left and neo-Marxist analyses of Dick's Laingian, existentialist, and anti-capitalist themes, it provoked even more unwelcome visits from French intellectuals-whom he drove away by blasting Linda Ronstadt at top volume, and whose words of praise he invariably reported to the authorities."

Reading about Philliip K. Dick today...
leading down some interesting roads...

The Defenestration Unit - March 31 - Brasil - and, oh yeah, it's my birthday...

March 31 around 9:30 or so

The Defenestration Unit

Cafe Brasil (Westheimer and Dunlavy)

 

http://www.myspace.com/thedefenestrationunit

 

it's free.

 

TDU is currently, mostly, kinda:

 

Bill Savoie - Drums

Jeff Miller - Bass

Jim Otterson - Guitar

Ryan Goodland - Keyboard, Trumpet, Bass

Tom Zermeno - Percussion

Charlie Naked - Saxophones, whistles, etc.

Mike Switzer - Trombones

 

I think Candace V. might be sitting in for  a bit after midnight,

and who knows who else might show up and join in...

 

Welcome Jeff Miller to TDU!

He's the new guy on bass...

Mathlete left and Miller stepped in...

I think he's still figuring out exactly what he's stepped in,

but so far there's been no effort to wipe it off his shoes...

 

In the finest TDU tradition Ryan Goodland

will be going on hiatus after this show,

so this might well be the one show with

this particular group...who knows?

anyway, we're pretty damn good at the moment,

if I do say so myself...and I do.

So, come see the show,

and oh yeah, you can wish me a happy birthday too,

since I'll be turning 36 that night...

whoohooo!

http://notacompliment.blogspot.com

 

 

BBC NEWS | Americas | US 'Zombie party' killings probed

BBC NEWS | Americas | US 'Zombie party' killings probed: "They were killed, and two others wounded, when a fellow guest went on a gun rampage before finally killing himself when confronted by police.

They were at a 'zombie party', where guests wear make-up to make them look dead, in the city's Capitol Hill area."

Look, who thought a "zombie" party was a good idea to begin with? isn't that just asking for trouble?

Adult Webmaster Resources, Articles, News, Help Guides, Sites

Adult Webmaster Resources, Articles, News, Help Guides, Sites: "Maybe that's why you chose to escape the rat race and become an adult webmaster. You realized that we're in an age where dependable jobs are almost legend. Many of you became proficient on computers only to discover that your skills aren't needed thanks to the wonderful concept of outsourcing. Could be, you just wanted your destiny back. You decided to claim your piece of the future and you chose one of the only products in existence that hasn't (and hopefully won't ever) become obsolete: Porn."

The first few paragraphs in this article are about "the adding machine"...
really.

Art in Real-Time: Theatre and Virtual Reality

Art in Real-Time: Theatre and Virtual Reality: "One of the first scenes to ever be staged with VR technology remains one of the best examples of its potential; scene 2, in which Zero is fired by his boss. At the beginning of this scene, the characters of Zero and Daisy are working at the office, Daisy reading numbers wile Zero adds them. Behind them is a representation of the office and what appears to be the actors’ shadows on the screen. As Zero and Daisy grow weary of the monotonous task and begin to daydream, the actors leave their positions and. move about the stage while speaking their dream monologues. However, the shadows remain in their original positions. This effect was used to visually demonstrate that the characters have not actually left their work and the movement of the actors is only psychological. At the same time the virtual office is moved into the far background as another sigh that the character’s minds have traveled far from their jobs. Later in the scene Zero interacts with his Boss, portrayed by an actor who performs off-stage in front of a video camera. The video image of the boss was then superimposed into the computer generated office. By zooming the camera, the boss was be made to 'grow' during the scene appearing larger as he becomes more of a threat to Zero. In the end, the Boss fires Zero and his laughing face fills the entire screen. "

Urban Legends Reference Pages: Science (Blonde Extinction)

Urban Legends Reference Pages: Science (Blonde Extinction)

someone just told me this the other day...
I replied with the bullworthian idea that hopefully one day we'll all be roughly the same shade of brown...
but the blondes aren't going anywhere...

bill hicks

<a href="http://frequency23.org/component/option,com_zoom/Itemid,104/page,view/catid,4/key,4/hit,1/">frequency23.org</a>

 

Ok...the above link SHOULD take you to the bill hicks d/l....
if not just click on mutant media on the frequnecy 23 homepage and search for Hicks...
grabbing the track for real now...

http://notacompliment.blogspot.com

 

 

� Bill Hicks Historic Track Found & It’s Free - RINF Alternative News

� Bill Hicks Historic Track Found & It’s Free - RINF Alternative News: "Free Download of the first Bill Hicks post-Letterman audio recording that’s surfaced after 13 years. A few days after being censored from David Letterman, Bill Hicks did a few shows around NYC ranting harder than ever before. Bill was terminally sick and knew it, but never shared this outside his family and closest friends. These shows have long been thought uncaptured. This last week, one of these shows has emerged…dated 10/5/93."

I'm downloading it now...
can't wait to hear it.

drunk blogging

not even last call
wondering what
why and where
and everyone I know is crazy
spent more on whiskey
in the last two days than
I've spent on groceries
in a month
if I see the light
at the end of the tunnel
it's cause I can see
the end of the tunnel
and I ain't so sure
that's good
so for what it's worth
I do what I can
and I try
to do it right
but till these particular
clouds lift
it's all I can do
to lift my head
so if I manage a smile
try not to judge
too harsh
it really don't
mean so much
it's just that
sometimes maybe
I'm not so quite
out of touch
no reason to
get out of bed
till the sun goes
down
we'll see
how it all turns out


show I did sound design for opening
Friday...

www.mildredsumbrella.com

M

whooohoooo!

so, went to an IBP meeting last night (stategic planning comittee, company development) and then came home and started reading "the fervent years"...

gonna get some thoughts down on a couple of things...

are musicans theater artists? When they are performing or recording for the theater, then undoubtedly they are. Does just knowing how to play a guitar make you a theater artist? No. However, making music for the theater implies/requires a different set of concerns than just "rockin' out" or most any variation thereof. Inasmuch as and when a musician is involved in making theater, and they are taking the concerns of theater seriously, they are theater artists.

that's obvious, right?



What are the particular concerns of our times? How do we portray them in a way that they also address universal concerns? Are particular concerns always an example of at least a class of universal concerns? I have no idea.

I few years ago I got all hot and bothered about the idea of street theater,
and for a short while tried to get some things going on that front...
some of those ideas still threaten to resurface from time to time.
I still love the idea of an update of "the king play".

Technology, Magic and Systems of Control - The Cell Phone Piece (a composition for actors)

One of the first plays mentioned in "The Fervent Years" is "The Adding Machine" -

"Plays about the nullity of the average man, like Elmer Rice's Adding Machine, were high-brow amusement."
pg. 18

and the more I think about that comment and the script and my take on it,
the more I think I am preparing to subvert the author's intention.
I'm o.k. with that, as long as it results in a good show, and not mush...
I know I want the audience to see the shades around what appears to be so much
black and white. We'll see.

that's all for now...

Guardian Unlimited Books | By genre | Laughter in the dark

YAY! Beckett!!
Guardian Unlimited Books | By genre | Laughter in the dark: "Many people met Beckett and inevitably drank with him. It is true that he drank quite a lot and is almost certainly truer that he needed to drink, both to vivify a spirit that had 'little talent for happiness' and to lessen the barrage of fellow imbibers. All his works are littered with non-stop talkers, the quaquaquas."

2nd Law: The Oscars: Looking through a gold-plated statuette onion - research material - that's entertainment

2nd Law: The Oscars: Looking through a gold-plated statuette onion: "Which points back to my initial question: what do award ceremonies that parade spectacular stories about marginalized voices have to do with the existence in reality of political and economic marginalization? The Oscars, historically resistant to union politics, epitomize American capitalist traditions of financial opportunism and their dubious ethics, while simultaneously literalizing our culture’s profound need for the escapist fantasy of the Oscar ceremony.

Will the crew members, technicians, acting extras, janitors, and catering staff for Brokeback Mountain be attending this year’s awards festival? I would venture not. "