Venal Scene

Wednesday, April 18, 2007

Sydney Shards

I met Hong Kong/Australian writer Lynda Ng at the Last Frontier Theatre Conference in Valdez, Alaska. She�s started publishing a new internet fiction project, Sydney Shards, and it looks good. Check out the first chapter here. She'll be publishing the next eleven installements ever Wednesday through July 4th.
Labels: fiction, linkage

posted by Dan 4:56 PM
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Tuesday, April 17, 2007

Ghost Whistle

At work: From somewhere in the depths of the air shaft outside my desk window, or perhaps from the stairwell directly behind me, I keep hearing a whistle, over and over, the first two notes of the theme from "The Andy Griffith Show," in loop, over and over. Richard Foreman is playing tricks on me.
Labels: true confessions

posted by Dan 5:16 PM
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Ugh.

The Virginia Tech massacre just took an uncomfortable turn.

UPDATE: What I mean is: when Woody Allen got involved with Sun Yi, people started saying that you could see his perversity in his movies, and therefore you could find the perversity of any artist in their work, and therefore artists are perverted and their work should be monitored for deviancy. I'm afraid of another round of that.
Labels: linkage, news, theatre

posted by Dan 5:10 PM
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Monday, April 16, 2007

First Embedded Videos (Huzzah!)

In celebration of this technical milestone, let me introduce you to the rock goddess that is my wife, Julie, fronting her band of yore, Jerk Alert.

First, (I�m a) Werewolf, which is true:

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Next, a cover of GG Allin and the Jabbers� Don�t Talk to Me, with special guest vocals by Jimmy from Sweden. Video is after the intro.

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Did I mention she married me? I want a time machine so I can go back in time and show these to my 13-yr. old self to let him know everything�s going to be ok.

(h/t Francisco Daum, who I think took the videos. Thanks!)
Labels: linkage, music, true confessions, tv

posted by Dan 4:45 PM
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Quick NYC Plugs

Suburban Peepshow by James Comtois has been noted all around the interweb, so they don�t need my additional scrawl. But here it is anyway. Comtois promises you fun, like Hank Williams in a hot-rod Ford with a $2 bill. Info here.

George Hunka sets off in a new artistic direction with a reading of his work-in-progress States of Exception (along with an earlier short piece In Private) at manhattantheatresource, tonight and tomorrow night only. George got some great, game actors to explore his work, Jennifer Gordon Thomas, Jason Howard, and Abby Royle. George has burned a lot of biscuits (including mine) with his organums, but whether or not you agree with those, States of Exception does illuminate many of his principles. Info here.

By the way, George will be altering the text based on audience suggestions at the end of the evening.*

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Labels: theatre

posted by Dan 3:12 PM
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