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Comment on yo, i’m lame! by dwyer

dwyer — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 00:55:38 +0000

i don’t trust your guestbook at d-land, so i came here. just wanted to say that your thing (close reading? explication?) about “technique” was so completely rad.

Comment on yo, i’m lame! by oldgreedy

oldgreedy — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 01:09:25 +0000

Good stuff pappazon. Congrats on the prominent placement.

Hope all is well!

Comment on trollwood by dwyer

dwyer — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 16:28:07 +0000

it doesn’t seem conceited to do a bust of yourself if you’re trying to work on the technique. i mean, wouldn’t it be worse to mess up somebody else’s face?

Comment on trollwood by pappazon

pappazon — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 17:22:56 +0000

thanks for the comment Jerk.
What’s challenging and interesting is trying to find a way to move your intentions to a consistently renewed and self-renewing place. what i mean is, you or i may assume that “A” is what we really want to show people, and at some original point it was. but it may become quickly didactic to stay with “A”, like the longer you stay with a plan of your show, the more you define it and it defines you. Being aware that it isn’t some refined irreducible jewel or grain that is the thing you are doing, but a day-to-day changing process, helps to focus on what is really going on, and focus it as a practice.
So as far as what people want, I’m happy to oblige, but just twist and tweak it enough to make it original. that would be a good aim i guess.

Comment on trollwood by jerknerd

jerknerd — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 16:32:45 +0000

Can I get a copy of your bust? I’d love to have one, really!

Yeah, community and youth theaters often have better budgets than a lot of the professional stuff here in Chicago. It’s helping to keep theater alive in the age of tv and movies, so I really appreciate it despite my personal minimalistic aesthetic (all you really need is a good actor, a good story, and an audience – everything else is frills), though it seems like only musicals do really well. It’s hard to make much money on straight plays.

But you don’t get to pick what the people want. For good or ill, the unseen hand of the marketplace offers you a limited set of options off of which to make money. If you just want a hobby, you can do whatever, but if you want to make a living, you either have to pick something they want to see or figure out a way to make them want to see what you like, which is almost impossible to do on a consistent basis. I’m guessing you come across that regularly, Pappa. Does it make you sad?

Comment on by kostrub

kostrub — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 22:14:27 +0000

Wouldn’t you say that this bunch of Democrats is more left-leaning than the last? After all, even Hillary is stepping back from Bill’s free trade positions. And all three have universal health care plans, albeit without eliminating insurance companies as Michael Moore would like to see. All three are likely to lead us to a carbon tax/cap and trade law.

But to get rid of the gloss and the special interest money… that is a lot to hope for. Everybody needs to take oldgreedy’s enlightenment pills maybe.

Comment on by pappazon

pappazon — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 16:09:04 +0000

the smoothies will be back some day…

Obama, Edwards, and Hillary are all good democrats, if you think that the democratic party is just fine as it is. It is my hope that all of the dejected, frustrated feelings of the voters can actually be made of use. Incorporating independent, 3rd party, green party ideas to renew the Democrat’s platform. yes we need someone who is good in the rhetoric department, but do they have to be so glossy, already bought off?

Comment on by Andy

Andy — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 14:19:37 +0000

What happened to the smoothies?

Comment on by jerknerd

jerknerd — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 05:40:47 +0000

Seems like it’s been a long fucking time since it was so wide open. Really, any of the guys you mentioned could catch a wave, as could one of the darkhorses. How big was Clinton at this point in his first campaign? He was relatively known and favored, wasn’t he?

How about that Alberto Gonzales, eh?

Comment on by oldgreedy

oldgreedy — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 03:49:16 +0000

I just caught a couple of clips. Found Hillary more interesting than I would have expected. I thought she would be annoying and canned, but she actually had some personality. That Oprah swagger.

I like Obama but he still seems a bit green, I want to see him more forceful in a debate before he’s ready to go up against the republican spin machine. He has big ears and lips, and he’s kind of feminine looking.

John Edwards was looking good. Not so much, Dodd and Richardson. No chance. Biden seems plausible at first, though his self-importance will probably wear on people.

I liked Edwards’ hair video.