Last night I scared my wife telling her about the horror movie I’m outlining. She couldn’t sleep; I felt bad. But that’s not the scariest story I… Read more “History’s Scariest Story”
Tag: art
5 Pitfalls of John Cusack’s Rush Project
As in Rush Limbaugh. Script not done – well see what it’s looks like – could be good hollywoodreporter.com/news/john-cusa… — John Cusack (@johncusack) November 4, 2012 I… Read more “5 Pitfalls of John Cusack’s Rush Project”
What’s New in Hollywood
Rarely is very much new. Of the 45 films Warner Brothers released in 1940, 15 of them were remakes including Bette Davis’ The Letter and Errol Flynn’s… Read more “What’s New in Hollywood”
That Jeff Buckley Movie Thing
This one hurts. It’s not that they’re making a Jeff Buckley movie, nor that they’re making two – but it’s that one of them is the movie… Read more “That Jeff Buckley Movie Thing”
We’re On To Something
A few years ago I wrote a 10 minute play with Chris from my old improv group that The Dare Project in NYC was kind enough to… Read more “We’re On To Something”
“Do I dare?” and, “Do I dare?”
Time to turn back and descend the stair… A nice image in that line. Which, since reading A Lover’s Discourse: Fragments by Roland Barthes, has made me… Read more ““Do I dare?” and, “Do I dare?””
#OWS as a Judd Apatow Movie
What if Occupy Wall Street incorporated as an investment bank and an attached savings bank? And what if at #Occupy demonstrations around the country, protestors could walk… Read more “#OWS as a Judd Apatow Movie”
The Heart of Catch-22
“And don’t tell me God works in mysterious ways,” Yossarian continued, hurtling over her objections. “There’s nothing so mysterious about it. He’s not working at all. He’s… Read more “The Heart of Catch-22”
Tech and Self
Fun art installation idea about how technology can obfuscate one’s projection of self: Cinemagram makes moving gifs of a few frames. There’s this feature where you can… Read more “Tech and Self”
Ira Glass and David Foster Wallace
I immediately thought of itsasickness when I read this: “Almost anything you pay close, direct attention to becomes interesting” – David Foster Wallace, ‘The Pale King’ Similarly,… Read more “Ira Glass and David Foster Wallace”
Slavoj Žižek on WikiLeaks
Every lefty’s favorite Slovak philosopher looks into the WikiLeaks story and knocks it out of the park. First he dissects The Dark Knight movie in a way… Read more “Slavoj Žižek on WikiLeaks”
Against Ambient Awareness
“Our suffering comes from the fact that we are attached to the outer form that something assumes in a given instant rather than the movable conversation that… Read more “Against Ambient Awareness”
“Litany” by Billy Collins
You are the bread and the knife, the crystal goblet and the wine. You are the dew on the morning grass and the burning wheel of the… Read more ““Litany” by Billy Collins”
Sociopathic Tendencies
When I see a bankster shilling on the teevee for his crime boss overlords’ right to break laws, I think about Robert Penn Warren’s image of the… Read more “Sociopathic Tendencies”
Performance
The ‘Do It For The Fat Lady’ scene from Franny & Zooey by J.D. Salinger
“I’ll tell you a terrible secret — Are you listening to me? There isn’t anyone out there who isn’t Seymour’s Fat Lady. That includes your Professor Tupper, buddy. And all his goddam cousins by the dozens. There isn’t anyone anywhere that isn’t Seymour’s Fat Lady. Don’t you know that? Don’t you know that goddam secret yet?”
Tim Sheridan is obsessed with Doctor Who
I used to watch this show on PBS with my big brother in the early 80s. Tim Sheridan is obsessed with Doctor Who on itsasickness.com.
With Apologies to The Onion
this is something i keep wanting to quote: Soulless Cultural Wasteland ‘On The Grow’ In Southern California Desert Los Angeles to Be Hellish Megalopolis by 1950 LOS… Read more “With Apologies to The Onion”
The Thicket of the Law
Something about Alberto Gonzalez and James Comey made me think of this scene from A Man for All Seasons. Who would Sir Thomas More be? ALICE –… Read more “The Thicket of the Law”
Paul Newman, 1925 – 2008. My hero.
Thank you, Paul.