Archive | June, 2005

A great play

30 June 2005

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Kate and I saw a wonderful play last weekend at the Trap Door theater here in Chicago, “Amerikafka,” directed by our friend Kate Hendrickson. Here’s the excellent, right-on-the-money review from the Sun Times: “Kafka’s worlds June 30, 2005 BY HEDY WEISS Theater Critic In 1912, Franz Kafka — an insurance claims adjuster by day, a [...]

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Moving Hell…

30 June 2005

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From now until forever, Kate and I are in moving hell. Any scraps of time are going to produce a version of Barry 3 for the US (coming in August) and Blarnia/US (coming in September)…I’m also thinking about doing a skeleton key/annotation to Barry 1–I get a lot of questions like, “Why is there a [...]

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Happy Birthday to Me!

15 June 2005

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Thirty-six. That’s kind of a blow, I don’t mind telling you. On the other hand, I got tons of lovely books: a Peter de Vries novel, a biography of Del Close, a “gear”-looking book about Swinging London, and The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions. This last is an out-of-print, incredibly exhaustive chronicle of the Fabs in [...]

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Stray thoughts about music (as if you care)

13 June 2005

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So I’m burning all my cds, so I can sell the originals (yes, I’m crazy, but you already knew that). This is taking only slightly longer than World War II. During this process, several thoughts have flitted through my brain. 1) John Lee Hooker only recorded one song–over and over, with different titles–but it was [...]

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Stuff on cats

11 June 2005

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Cat owners like myself will tell you that putting stuff on your cat while he/she is asleep is a neverending source of cheap fun. A soda can fits perfect on Willa’s head.

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You gotta see this photo

10 June 2005

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Barry Trotter: you’ll laugh, you’ll cry, it will become a part of you.

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USC movie list

1 June 2005

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As some of you know, my wife’s about to go to grad school at USC for Film/TV. Last night she received a list of the movies they expect incoming students to have seen. I have a mania for such stuff–my dream is to create a library containing only the BEST books/comic books/movies. In case you [...]

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