Wednesday, December 09, 2009
enough to make you wish you were in Austin
This is one of the most interesting pieces of theater criticism I've seen in a while. It's a discussion of a one-man Henry V done in Austin, Texas:
On arriving at the OffCenter and receiving my complimentary champagne (apparently there was some sort of Federal holiday on) I was informed that I would be seated. This is odd for our fringe spaces, but what the hell… not my show. I waited. And Robert greeted me and showed me to a seat of his choosing.
On setting out to perform a one man version of Henry V, Mr. Faires wasn’t pacing out back trying to find his inner Dionysus, cramming scene 4, or opening his 4th chakra, he was personally greeting and seating all 60 of his guests.
Did he then run out back to compose himself 10 minutes before curtain? No. He simply stepped on stage, surrounded by 20 of those guests, adjusted his props and began when his lights shifted.
It was a piece that could have been told in a bar by as expert a storyteller as Mr. Faires. Simply a gathering of friends who asked for that one story about the time Harry went to France.
The unpretentiousness of what is described here...I could take a bath in it. The intimacy of it, the friendliness of it, dare I say the warmth of it? The author enjoins his readers to "Stop building a monolith to yourself in every production and performance". That's what we need: fewer monoliths, more warmth.
Tuesday, December 08, 2009
from the depths of the Interwebs
- Futuristic buildings Dubai had planned on but will never see. Schadenfreude anyone?
- Get the recorded view of the ride down from the top of the 10 tallest roller coasters.
- Now Kittycam can tell you what your cat does all day. Not so much sleeping, much looking out the window, it turns out.
- Get a bus tour of the stomping grounds of Los Angeles gangs.
- No, these are not from a movie. They are actual pics from the current Space Shuttle Atlantis mission.
- 15 Google interview questions that will make you feel really stupid.
- Watch where you click: 20 Years for Accidentally Downloading Child Porn
- Hermes scarves will blow you away
- If you are going to bash "teh gays", be ready for your choices of apparel to be scrutinized
- Ho, ho, ho! Let's hear it for creepy mall Santas
- Somehow, it's comforting to know that even wikipedia can get sued for propagating untruths.
Saturday, December 05, 2009
(virtual) points of interest
- A game show that shows what happened to all those unemployed people.
- The eco-future of the Christmas tree market.
- Let Beethoven accompany you on a timelapse photography tour of the Alps
- The only thing you really need to know about Twilight.
- John Mellencamp's son has started a Facebook Group to persuade his father to stop smoking.
- Find your evil twin with Facebook's new Facial Profiler
- What was Google missing? It's very own dictionary.
- Be ready for the 9 Silly Things People Say when you say you don't want children
- Don't miss out on the chance to get in on the ground floor of the Somalian pirate stock market
- Incredible hulk cake complete with green nipples
- Who know that smoldering, toxic fossil fuels could create such...beauty?
- Coming soon to a sushi restaurant near you.
- Move over Cirque due Soleil. now there's Circo Visuale Les Farfadais.
- Thanks to this new toilet paper with a twist, you can finally get rid of those pesky piles of Vanity Fairs in the bathroom.
- Tapestry spun entirely from golden spider silk.
- Woman accused of setting fire to husband's penis.
- One enterprising young man is using Google Street View to promote his rock band.
Friday, December 04, 2009
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