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Wednesday, August 20, 2008

The Fall (2008) 

The Fall
(Is it real life? Or is it fantasy?)

Not since Julie Taymor's brilliant Titus way back in 1999 have I seen a film so overflowing with such rich, imaginative imagery. Titus tied for my favorite film of 1999 (with Jim Jarmusch's stunning Ghost Dog: Way of the Samurai). It's going to take a miracle of a film to top The Fall in 2008. [Read my full review here]

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Fools Play Rasslin' League - This Saturday! 

Do not forget to come and see FPRL this Saturday at the Midnight Sun in downtown Olympia! Also, the FPRL site has been conveniently re-designed and has info about all of the many, many new characters that we're planning on debuting.

Forgetful though you are, do not forget.

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Thursday, August 07, 2008

Garfield Minus Garfield 

I cannot believe how funny this is. Someone took a bunch of Garfield strips and then edited Garfield out of them so that Jon is talking completely to himself.


It makes the Garfield comic into this fascinating & hilarious portrait of a lonely, disturbed, horrifically sad man. I couldn't stop laughing for a long, long time after I started reading it. Just keep clicking "Previous Comic" because the effect is cumulative; the more you read, the funnier and more disturbing it gets.

I ♥ it. So very, very much.

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Friday, August 01, 2008

"Of the Month" August '08 

Link of the Month:
Pink Tentacle
A nice little blog site that updates with interesting news and strange tidbits of information about those exotic lands across the Pacific Ocean. No, farther north. I mean Asia, idiot.

Book of the Month:
When You Are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris
David Sedaris (Amy's brother) is a really great essayist, and this is his latest collection. Funny, funny, funny collection.

Album of the Month:
Ballzack: Yeah Indeed
Ballzack, an hilarious bounce rapper from N'Orleans. This album is one of his bounciest to date with lots of great call-and-response, commands (especially in "Wine Candy," which is basically just a series of commands to do a bunch of different, made-up, food-related dance styles), and full as usual with Ballzack's special brand of humor. Where most rappers write songs about (A) how good they are with the ladies and (B) how much prowess they have at rapping, Ballzack generally writes songs about (A) how horrible he is with the ladies (there's a great bit in one song where he tries to do a call and response with an audience and they play along until he tries to get them to say good things about him), and (B) how he can't really rap worth a damn. The songs are also full of references to specific New Orleans institutions, so they're a big hit with my Katrina evacuee friends. Yeah, indeed.

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Monday, July 28, 2008

Converse Freely 

I went and saw The Dark Knight earlier today with the Hudnell sisters. So now you can all talk about it around me. That is all.

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Sunday, July 27, 2008

Fools Play's Mariah Arts Finalé 

Yesterday (Saturday) was the final show of Fools Play at the Mariah Arts School. And what a show it was! Not only were 6/7 of the Fools in attendance (Taisha had some sorta family thing pop up at the last minute and so couldn't make it), but we also had three special guests:
  • Ed Gibbs the Red Fool of the New Fool Order!
  • Erik Melver, who performed with us about 9 years ago!
  • Joel Dale of Improsia and formerly a Fool!
  • John Griffin of Under the Mailbox Theater fame!

It was a free show, so it attracted a biggie audience, and it was a heckuva hoot. It was on the same day as Leah's bridal shower, so she came bedecked in a sari and a veil. It was also the day of someone's bachelorette party (we're not sure who's), so that was a strange coincidence.

I was very pleased at how well the show went, especially when you consider that there were an unprecedented 10 people on that li'l stage (though John was only in a couple of scenes; he co-hosted the night with Mike).

Towards the end of the night there was an exciting announcement. Look here:

We'll see you then!

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