Impossible to work

I just got back from an afternoon spent watching the Goat Island Summer School performances at the SAIC. There were 7 performances total today, and they were all worth my time. There were obviously some I enjoyed more than others, but there was something in each that really struck me as interesting or beautiful. If […]

Last night was the 3rd annual Printers’ Ball, hosted by the Poetry Foundation at the Zhou B. Center. It was really awesome, until the cops shut it down (around 10:30 or so). This was the best possible event anyone could have hoped for. For my own part, I walked out with about 20 pounds worth […]

Don’t be so shocked that I’m back.
You might recall that Sarah and I were making a zine. That zine is called Try Less Hard, and if you haven’t gotten a copy, you’ll be able to pick one up (for free!) at the Printers’ Ball, which will be at the Zhou B. Art Center on the […]

I decided to go to the 9th experiment in the Red Rover Reading Series (co-curated by Jen Karmin and Amina Cain), Gnoetry, at the Spareroom’s new home, Locus, on Saturday night. I wish I could say that it was great (I was intrigued by their process and wanted to know more). Instead, it was a […]

So the other week Sarah sent out an email to some friends asking if anybody wanted to go see Tiny Ninja Hamlet on Monday. I (spending a great deal of my time online) was the first to respond, so I got to go see a bunch of tiny ninjas perform Hamlet. I did not realize […]

After a long and protracted illness (laziness), I have returned. Why? Because yesterday I saw a Punch and Judy Show (and a short play by Rachilde) in someone’s living room. It was a wee preview of what Xwing is going to be doing in the spring. I won’t say anymore, just stay on the lookout […]

Once upon a time, the members of Lucky Pierre came across a URL. That URL, no longer active, was a listing of the final meals of death row inmates in Texas. Here’s a cached version from The Memory Hole. This website spawned a rather large scale project of filming individuals (all volunteers) eating the last […]

So the Chicago Underground Library folks have sent out another update email. Being the sort of person who wants them to succeed, I’m going to tell you all about it.
First and foremost, CUL rocks. They’ve only been around for 6 months, but they are so cool (and so nice) that you should feel very small […]

I went to see Sara Wookey’s Love’s Geography: Revisited and Walking LA at Links Hall back in May. It was great. I’ll just be talking about the first of the two pieces in this post, saving Walking LA for another time. Peggy Phelan’s text supplied a very moving set of words for the performance. I […]

Did you come to this page by googling I feel so crazy? Here’s a post just for you.
I went to see Sonic Youth at the Cain’s. I have attempted to attend a Sonic Youth concert on at least 4 occasions in the past 5 years and have always had the bad luck of being out […]

A week or so ago Siara and Brad got married. Siara has been an important fixture in my life since my junior year of high school. While Brad has only been around for the past year or two, he has also become one of the more important people in my life.
The two of them came […]

Since there often isn’t much to do in Tulsa, when something truly bizarre comes to your attention, you must jump on it. When I heard that there was to be an air guitar contest at the Cain’s Ballroom and that it was going to be free, I couldn’t pass up the opportunity.
Ten or so […]

I’ve safely returned to Oklahoma. There’s a bit of road tar stuck to my car, but all in all, I’m in good shape. There was a microburst on Tuesday morning (that’s basically the opposite of a tornado) which turned a midtown neighborhood into a disaster area. Multiple houses razed. Multiple cars crushed.The ferris wheel at […]

I don’t think of myself as a car racing fan. I just like to drive cars. I know that gasoline is bad news for a variety of reasons, but I enjoy the whole process of starting out in 1st and working my way up to top gear. Especially if I’m on an open stretch of […]

Rachel Thorne Germond is a good choregrapher. I learned a bit about her background and process during the workshop taught by Karen Christopher and Litó Walkey at Links Hall back in the fall. I went to see her show “Wonder” at Links right around that time too. That particular show had some great moments, and […]

Wow, that was pretty.
Much gratitude to Sarah for giving me her extra ticket to the show.
I didn’t know if I was going to like Eiko and Koma’s new piece, but I did. The sort of movement that these Japanese-born New York artists use is slow”a1a” and sometimes” a2a” uncomfortable. There were definitely times during the […]

I went to see the WIP performance of Rock and Roll: Impatience at Lucky Pierre’s space at Damen and Fulton this weekend. I took tsk”a1a” with me. I brought him along because he’s not into performance art and I wanted to know what he thought. I thought he’d like LP because of their silliness. I […]

So I was on the phone with Jen from Anti Gravity Surprise earlier and she mentioned that she read my quote in this week’s New City. Intrigued, I promptly went and found the article. Sure enough, there I was. Not once, but twice. It’s a good piece written by a fresh faced cute little guy […]

A few photos are now up.

Take a look at that picture. When we started our durational performance/installation/creative playground on Saturday, there was no yarn. The volume of yarn that we went through indicates to me that Structures Without Integrity’s first piece “Simultaneous Landscapes” was a success.
If you were able to come and take one (or more) of our tours, I […]

Need something to do this weekend? There’s a lot going on I know, but why not fit in a trip to Version as well? In particular, the NFO XPO (pronounced info expo) at the Version Kunsthalle (aka Iron Studios Building) on Saturday from Noon-2AM and Sunday from Noon-7.
It’s just a hop skip and a short […]

The second session of the Lucky Pierre Workshop was dedicated to developing the work we produced in the first week. Karen started us off with some yoga. A vocalisation exercise followed as well as being handed copies of everyone’s writing exercise from the first session. Then came the real fun: everyone’s show and tell.
I can’t […]

For the last two saturdays I participated in a workshop taught by the members of Lucky Pierre at Links Hall. It was a good workshop, filled with a very diverse crowd. Well, as diverse of a crowd as one might expect to find in a performance workshop. It was a great experience. Primarily because I […]

Save the date! Thursday, April 27, 2006 at Sonotheque from 7PM-2AM is a Links Hall benefit. Entry is $25 from 7-10 and $5 after 10. Like any event with (free) booze, you have to be 21 to get in.
Show up early and you get to see performances by The Seldoms, Jessica Hudson, Deva Eveland, […]

I am excited about this weekend’s LinkUp Performances at Links Hall. This round of artists: Ayako Kato, Margaret Morris, and Brian Torrey Scott & Mary Walling Blackburn (who I believe was involved in Links Hall’s Driveby Performance series last fall) have some good work to show for the creative time they’ve had these past few […]

I am highly amused amused by this bracket. It’s sort of all over the place, much like the basketball tournament. When I saw it I wondered, and still do, how the seeds were selected. Still, it’s funny.
When I saw the original post, I called up Kath and Jen of Anti Gravity Surprise to […]