So I’m a bit bummed out. I discovered that one of my favorite bands of all time, Riverside, is coming to Pittsburgh. And I would love to go. The timing works out great. They probably even have parking at the venue. But I checked one important thing: standing room. A few years ago I attendedContinue reading “Concert? Oh Well…”
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Friendships #2
BFFs? I know a guy! In fact, five of them. I mention them in Audio Chimera Episode #61: the friend group that grew out of a theatre production. Early in my teaching career at Penn State Hazleton (1993 to be exact), I directed Joe Orton’s What the Butler Saw—with the production being an outgrowth ofContinue reading “Friendships #2”
Faust: Ever Striving
My encounters with literature, whether dramatic or narrative, have been wide-ranging. From the briefest (the poems of Richard Brautigan, as tightly constructed as any haiku) to the epic works of Neal Stephenson and Thomas Pynchon (I read Gravity’s Rainbow three times), my reading list has been extensive. Of course I’ve only scratched the surface ofContinue reading “Faust: Ever Striving”
On Friendships
My first podcast of the new year and of the new season (#6) will be on friendship. It will contain some musings on how to make friends, as well as some specific friendships that I had over the years. And I should mention, all three have ended. Having friends is very important, especially if youContinue reading “On Friendships”
The Tale of Sherry Gale
Here’s a blog post that’s an attempt to drive up viewership of one of my YouTube videos. So: please watch! Backstory: I entered Second Life, the 3D interactive world, in 2006. A couple of colleagues mentioned it at a conference, saying it might be good for theatre performance. I checked it out, was quickly hooked,Continue reading “The Tale of Sherry Gale”
That 10-Year Old Boy Inside Me
It intrigues me that events which occur to us when we’re young can affect us for the rest of our lives. I guess Freud made a pretty good living with this theory. And it is a recurring theme in my memoir, Immaculate Misconceptions: Tales of Catholic School. This idea also forms the basis for myContinue reading “That 10-Year Old Boy Inside Me”
Karaoke? Kara-okay!
In a previous blog post, I promised to talk about karaoke. So here we are. My first encounter with karaoke occurred in a bar in Japantown, Seattle. I was visiting friends, and they thought it might be fun to go there. No one in our party sang because we would have been embarrassed to doContinue reading “Karaoke? Kara-okay!”
Reduce, At Least
Years ago, I read a very cool article about making New Year’s resolutions. I may still have the article in my archive somewhere; that would be an interesting find. Anyway, the author said that instead of adding more things to do during the year with our New Year’s resolutions, we should resolve to reduce theContinue reading “Reduce, At Least”
Concert or Karaoke?
When did live music performances and concerts become sing-along events? A few years back I attended two of the annual ROSfest events. ROSfest is the Rites of Spring progressive rock festival, formerly held in Gettysburg, PA in the excellent Majestic Theater. This was the first time I attended an event where the line for theContinue reading “Concert or Karaoke?”
Christmas E = mc2
Because it’s all about the relatives! Actually I wanted to write about some memorable Midnight Mass stories. As Catholics we sometimes had a few options, such as going to Mass at 5:30 PM Saturday evenings instead of Sunday mornings, and of course, Christmas Midnight Mass on Christmas Eve. One time we were preparing to goContinue reading “Christmas E = mc2”
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