Entries from January 2005
January 16th, 2005 · 1 Comment
A true spectacle of rock and roll destruction, captured as I opened for The Creamsicles at the Grand Central Bar in Williamsburg. I saved the ukelele fragments. After my uke meltdown, birthday boy John Sully and the rest of The Creamsicles entranced the horde. The Creamsicles bassist, Craig Gottlieb, sported the fur as he schmoozed [...]
Tags: Performance
Tonight, Thursday, I’m gonna rock the stage at Grand Central Bar at 10:30 PM before my friends The Creamsicles serenade all comers with their gypsadelic stylings awash in projected endorphins created by light-smith Doctor Mojo. It’s gonna be $3 beers, free barbecue chicken, comedy, and liltingly wicked musical nectar. And no freakin’ cover. Directions: Grand [...]
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January 11th, 2005 · 2 Comments
Everything’s breaking. I broke my glasses yesterday playing soccer in a playground. The day before, my digital camera decided to stop working. The week before, my dentist told me my old fillings are breaking up and I need 3 grand worth of dental work. Break, break, break, equals broke, broke, broke, equals bitch, bitch, bitch.
Tags: personal meanderings
Co-hosted the first Erzsi and Jonny show tonight. It was great. We had four non-performing audience members, one videographer, five comics, Erzsi, and myself. The sound was good, we got a little crowd interaction w/the people at the bar, which was fun. And my Dad came, which was nice. Thanks for everyone for participating, and [...]
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Vlogs are video blogs, blogs which have links to (usually self produced) video. You may have seen the thing on ABC News about them, or you may have gone to vlogs to see tsunami footage on vlogs. The first ever Vlog conference will happen in NYC on Saturday, Jan 22. Anyway, I’m going, and you [...]
Tags: personal meanderings
January 7th, 2005 · 1 Comment
Jonny Goldstein Fortnight was such a blast, I’ve decided to make 2005 the Official Year of Jonny Goldstein. Come celebrate Jonny Goldstein year with me at one of these fine Jonny Goldstein events this week. The Erzsi and Jonny Show: Where You Are the Show. Erzsi pongo and I will host this comedy open mic [...]
Tags: Performance
Will Eisner died. Saw it in the Times today. I never met him, but was one of the scads of people who read his pioneering books on sequential art–That’s comics to you: The original multimedia. He took sequential visual art accompanied by words seriously, creating some of the most emotionally rich comics of the twentieth [...]
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Went up to New Hampshire where the beavers beavulate pro bono. Thought about how fractal it all was. The scenic beauty of Maine helped me spiritually reground myself. Connected with old friends in Boston. David, ‘Pocumentry’ Alpert, Beantown rock icon and creative director at Popstick who graciously made time in his hectic schedule to skip [...]
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