Archive for May, 2007
Today on the way to work I saw a man who must have been over 65 wearing a tight sleeveless grey t-shirt. A muscle T, I believe they’re called. He was pretty muscular, but he mostly looked too old to be sporting the “let’s get in a bar fight” look. It was like someone hit a thuggish dock worker with an insta-aging ray.
Still, I admired the old man’s gumption.
I see that phrase a fair amount: “a rare and beautiful thing.” Most recently in an ESPN baseball article.
Is that phrase part of a quote? Did it definitely originate somewhere?
I keep just linking things mentioned in Journalista, but they’re too good to pass up. Today, a PSA from an old issue of Wonder Woman in which Bob Hope talks about how the Golden Rule (”do unto others…”) exists in all major religions. Strange. Click the thumbnail for a full view, or go to the page where it’s being hosted to also see a contest to win a huge prototype of a rocket shuttle.
Tonight, I watched the Red Sox-Yankees game while sitting in the front row of Yankee Stadium, DIRECTLY BEHIND the stairs to the Sox dugout. Matt Pack had gotten these tickets very last-minute but had no idea how good they were. He called around to a bunch of people to see who could go. He finally got to me, and so at 7:15pm (yes, late) I was stepping out of the D train to meet Pack, James Eason and Aaron Bergeron (all rooting for the Sox) for the game.
When the usher sat us in the very front row, we were so dumbfounded we didn’t even realize at first that we were in [...]
Last night after stand-up, a guy in the audience told me I reminded him of some other comedian. He then proceeded to name every bald comedian I have ever heard of: “David Cross! No, wait, not him… Todd Barry! No, no… Dave Atell? Hmm, let me think…”
I don’t really mind, but I do forget that as I lose more and more hair that my lack of it becomes my defining physical characteristic. I become “the bald guy” the way that Hurley on Lost is “the fat guy” or the only black guy on a show is “the black guy.” (I was trying to come up with a specific example for that, but all I could think of was [...]
Hello. I am performing a set of stand-up comedy at the following show Monday night:
Monday Evening Stand-Up at Pete’s
Monday, May 21st
Pete’s Candy Store, 709 Lorimer St. in Williamsburg
(L train to Lorimer, or see petescandystore.com for directions)
7:30-8:45pm, starts on time
Free candy, no cover
Featuring Ray DeVito, Calvin Cato, Cody Hess, Will Hines, and Geoff Jackson.
Pete’s Candy Store is pictured above.
There you go!
- Two years after the fact, there’s a fan site for The Fun Squad.
- When I get home from work, the first thing my cats seem to do is run to the litter box and squeeze out a severely rank tube of poop. Are they trying to drive me away, or is it just that they don’t feel safe doing that unless I’m stomping around?
- I just finished watching the six episodes of The Sarah Silverman Program and I think it’s genius.
- The coffee shop episode of Stella is good, too. I just saw that as well.
- Have a fine Friday.
- We still need extras for Sunday if anyone’s around.
- Joe Jackson’s second album I’m The Man is a great example [...]
Hey all. I’m directing a film this Sunday starring Sue Galloway and Danielle Cook. It’s about 2 girls at a party who get jealous of a baby for getting all the attention. We need extras to be people at the party. We’ll be shooting from 1pm-6pm in Williamsburg. If you can help out, let me know and I’ll send you the details! Thanks.
Alan Moore, author of Watchmen, League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and Swamp Thing, got married this weekend. The author of Sandman took those pics. I would like to believe that the couple consummated the union by growing pear-shaped fruits out of their shoulder blades and exchanging them.
Here’s the first page of Watchmen for those who have never read it. And a page from Sandman while we’re at it. Both of those links are from Stephen Frug’s analysis of 100 great comics pages. All of these links via Journalista.
Curtis and John’s Adult Swim show “Fat Guy Stuck in Internet” premiered last night. That’s pretty fun, right? The whole show is hilarious, with my favorite moments [...]
Two acronym-dependent plugs:
Tonight: The Channel 102 hit SIAS (Sexual Intercourse: American Style)
All 8 episodes (five minutes each), including the never-been-seen finale
Thursday at 9pm
Union Hall, Park Slope Brooklyn
702 Union Street at 5th Ave.
Tomorrow night: Terry Jinn presents: ENORMOUS TELEVISION (ETV)
Terry rocks the guitar while all his friends join in on various instruments and songs.
Galapagos Art Space
70 North 6th Street - b/t Kent & Wythe
(L to Bedford Ave, exit N 7th St and Bedford Ave)
Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY
Starts at 7p FOR FREE!
Have a good day.
On my iTunes now:
Child Star by The Unicorns from "Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone?"
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