It's come to this . . .Corporations selling us minutes. cc captioning mistypings on tv tonight:mod rat republicans. Look at you! livin' in your white castle. In The Band Or Not In The Band? take a photo of a local band with two other people in the shot..all album covery looking. viewers job to decide . .. who is or is not in the band. Ben Gazzara the 69 Mets Man Ray. The thing about autobiographies is you can only do it on one person. a cinema on the spot...little or no graphics...probably a bad name for your graphics firm ..when your receptionist answers the phone "Little or No Graphics. How may i direct your call? " To Catch a Predator - ..these sad, F-ed up men and their lives crumbling apart in someone's kitchen. like watching a car wreck. that rabbi the best so far for my money. watching people plead...i dunno picking the right religion .. they make it all important..it's just a crapshoot..where you are born. Church of God the Verb. Think. all the religions say they are The One. if that's so then all the rest are null and void regarding the afterlife. (talk about positive spin...reruns now an "encore presentation" and death is "afterlife") God is hope repackaged. Now that we know this . .Let's just bring back hope! favorite quote from the bible to use against them : "The truth will set you free". SockRay Blue!! Shawn tonight . . . a few too many cocktails gave him a headful of thunder. words are just agreed upon. Don't Fuck with Wendy Testaburger! when your eyes are shut, you can see to infinity . Earth: Making It Up As We Go Along. each finished film is ultimately the answer. when you started it was still just a question - to play with and take on down a path of your own choosing. character name: Tao Jones. Go with God..... Just go! The Fag That Broke the Camels Back. Consciousness: the continuous situation. When your planet gets filled with martyrs . .it doesn't bode well. character in film: Rapper who has a panda bear named Bling Bling. good comedy club name: Hilarity & Sue's. No boogieman is an island.character in the story goes into a store to buy some context. good documentary idea . . .The History of Tomorrow. It's actually pretty wonderful that the universe always remains this constant mystery . .keeps us forever curious.
Friday, October 19, 2007
Saturday, October 6, 2007
Bill Paxton is a National Treasure!
Ok last night i watched a film none of you have ever seen. The Dark Backward. see? i told you.
Judd Nelson and Bill Paxton play garbage collectors in a world filled with garbage. in one scene they walk behind the garbage truck tossing in random crap they pick up off the street which is COVERED in trash. some of the tosses make it into the truck, some don't. whatever. (for those who know me it's like me cleaning my apartment. enough said. that would be for another blog entry.)
Oh, and along the way in this film, Judd Nelson grows an arm out of his back, which seems to help his career as the worst stand up comic ever. Every time he takes the stage he is COVERED in flopsweat. "Comics with two arms are a dime a dozen", says Wayne Newton at one point as the slimy talent agent, Jackie Chrome.
But back to Mr. Paxton. His portrayal of Gus the accordian playing sidekick is Amazing, Disgusting and WAY over the top. Bill Paxton. Who IS this guy? a genius? or just another guy from Texas? Both, i say!!
a couple years ago he directed and starred in Frailty. a twisted film with religious overtones and subtle humor. In the theater I was in tears laughing at some shit while the rest of the audience looked at me like i was a freak. (It's happened before - I'm used to it.)
anyway, Bill Paxton. Wow. Keep an eye on this guy.
OK, i have important stuff to do as far as you know . . . .
Judd Nelson and Bill Paxton play garbage collectors in a world filled with garbage. in one scene they walk behind the garbage truck tossing in random crap they pick up off the street which is COVERED in trash. some of the tosses make it into the truck, some don't. whatever. (for those who know me it's like me cleaning my apartment. enough said. that would be for another blog entry.)
Oh, and along the way in this film, Judd Nelson grows an arm out of his back, which seems to help his career as the worst stand up comic ever. Every time he takes the stage he is COVERED in flopsweat. "Comics with two arms are a dime a dozen", says Wayne Newton at one point as the slimy talent agent, Jackie Chrome.
But back to Mr. Paxton. His portrayal of Gus the accordian playing sidekick is Amazing, Disgusting and WAY over the top. Bill Paxton. Who IS this guy? a genius? or just another guy from Texas? Both, i say!!
a couple years ago he directed and starred in Frailty. a twisted film with religious overtones and subtle humor. In the theater I was in tears laughing at some shit while the rest of the audience looked at me like i was a freak. (It's happened before - I'm used to it.)
anyway, Bill Paxton. Wow. Keep an eye on this guy.
OK, i have important stuff to do as far as you know . . . .
Saturday, September 29, 2007
Thursday, September 27, 2007
kaleidotest
I'm putting up a quicktime test here just to see how it plays online. it looks great on Final Cut Pro while i'm editing, but here it loses all it's detail. damn. more coming but this is a little disconcerting. maybe i should just go back to 16mm.
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Thursday, September 13, 2007
you wore judgment volcanoes over me
here's an old exercise in making up sentences...
click to enlarge, i think . . . .
click to enlarge, i think . . . .
Monday, September 3, 2007
Is This a Test?
Please answer to the best of your ability.
1. Which of the following best describes your feelings about this first question?
a. Confusion
1. Which of the following best describes your feelings about this first question?
a. Confusion
b. Annoyance
c. Laughter
d. Scorn
2. When taking tests regarding things and stuff, do answers come easy to you?
a. yes
b. no
3. When answering the previous question, if there had been a third option, 'sometimes" would you have checked that instead?
a. yes
b. no
c. sometimes
4. If you were a test, which of the following would you be?
a. Drivers
b. I.Q.
c. Breathalyzer
d. Rorschach
5. Looking back, would you say your life has been:
a. easy
b. difficult
c. sometimes
6. What word or phrase would best describe this question?
a. yes
b. no
c. only in an emergency
d. is this some kind of a joke?
(if you answered "D", please go to question 6a.)
6A. If this is some kind of joke, who or what is the joke 'on' ?
a. the status quo
b. test taking in general
c. yourself
d. them
(if you answered "C", please go to question 6B)
6B Oh come on! We're just having fun here, OK?
a. OK.
b. not OK.
(If you answered "B", go to 6c, for chrissakes)
6C. What's your fucking problem?
a. little or no sense of humor.
b. questionable upbringing.
c. Republican.
d. just not that into this kind of stuff.
7. Would you say you are more of an answer or more of a question?
a. answer.
b. question.
8. Would your friends say you are more of a blueprint or a haiku?
a. blueprint
b. haiku.
9. If your life is a baseball game, what inning are you in?
a. 1st
b. 2nd
c. 3rd
d. 4th
e. 5th
f. 6th
g. 7th
h. 8th
i. 9th
j. extra innings
k. one out in the bottom of the fifth, with the score tied. men on first and third and Derek Lee up.
l. I'm more into football.
10. Would you rather have pizza or sex?
a. pizza.
b. sex.
c. sometimes.
d. I'm more into football.
11. Is this test almost over?
a. yes
c. Laughter
d. Scorn
2. When taking tests regarding things and stuff, do answers come easy to you?
a. yes
b. no
3. When answering the previous question, if there had been a third option, 'sometimes" would you have checked that instead?
a. yes
b. no
c. sometimes
4. If you were a test, which of the following would you be?
a. Drivers
b. I.Q.
c. Breathalyzer
d. Rorschach
5. Looking back, would you say your life has been:
a. easy
b. difficult
c. sometimes
6. What word or phrase would best describe this question?
a. yes
b. no
c. only in an emergency
d. is this some kind of a joke?
(if you answered "D", please go to question 6a.)
6A. If this is some kind of joke, who or what is the joke 'on' ?
a. the status quo
b. test taking in general
c. yourself
d. them
(if you answered "C", please go to question 6B)
6B Oh come on! We're just having fun here, OK?
a. OK.
b. not OK.
(If you answered "B", go to 6c, for chrissakes)
6C. What's your fucking problem?
a. little or no sense of humor.
b. questionable upbringing.
c. Republican.
d. just not that into this kind of stuff.
7. Would you say you are more of an answer or more of a question?
a. answer.
b. question.
8. Would your friends say you are more of a blueprint or a haiku?
a. blueprint
b. haiku.
9. If your life is a baseball game, what inning are you in?
a. 1st
b. 2nd
c. 3rd
d. 4th
e. 5th
f. 6th
g. 7th
h. 8th
i. 9th
j. extra innings
k. one out in the bottom of the fifth, with the score tied. men on first and third and Derek Lee up.
l. I'm more into football.
10. Would you rather have pizza or sex?
a. pizza.
b. sex.
c. sometimes.
d. I'm more into football.
11. Is this test almost over?
a. yes
Thursday, August 23, 2007
Alphabet prose #1
Another beautiful camera describes everything.
Fail-safe gumbo heads issue jumbled knowledge like manmade normalcy.
Oysters panic quietly, repressing sarcasm.
Tiny unpaid volunteers wash x-rated yucky zippers.
Fail-safe gumbo heads issue jumbled knowledge like manmade normalcy.
Oysters panic quietly, repressing sarcasm.
Tiny unpaid volunteers wash x-rated yucky zippers.
woof world
I've been reading the dictionary again lately and have found some more interesting things. Yes there are the descriptions, meanings, pronunciations and all those other facts we crave and adore. But if you step back, metaphorically speaking, and really explore the book with a naïve curiosity you can find those beautiful things you weren't looking for in the first place. It all started for me with the Guide Words. Those two words linked together randomly and forever at the top of each page, telling us exactly where we're at, alphabetically. The first pair of these that caught my eye was:
Hmmm. That's kind of an interesting find. Not only does it roll off the tongue but it conjures up boisterous images of excitable pasta.
I wondered if there were more of these two word chance poems so I dug further:
The place was nuts with 'em! Elf emancipation?! I love this book. Now go find some of your own.
Next I realized the book was smothered with fiction. The dictionary!? This holy reference book of all that is factual? That's right. Somewhere in the bowels of the dictionary company there are men and women writing fiction for our literary edification. I'm talking here of the usage sentences. Those short italicized sentences with our word used in them.
My old Thornton Barnhart Junior Dictionary copyright 1965 is full of the shortest pieces of fiction written. For starters, there's this woman Mary and she is all over this book:
They named the baby Mary.
Mary knows all her chickens by name.
Mary abhors snakes.
Mary loitered along the street, looking into all the shopwindows.
Mary held the baby.
Mary seems to be a popular name in 1965. There were a few references to Ruth, a couple to Helen but Mary seems to be the girl of choice here. Of course like most good books there were a variety of characters:
In a fit of abstraction Ed forgot to eat.
It was a lifeless party until Tony came.
Senator Tompkins is sure he will get support from the grass roots.
John's room was a chaotic mess of clothes, books and toys.
James married Ida.
It was time for some heavier artillery. The grade school dictionary has a simple beauty but I was ready for my Webster's Unabridged. This is where it got scary. Did I mention it was a hot day? And humid? It was. And so I opened her up and looked for the first italicized sentence I could find:
Time just seems to creep along on these hot summer days.
OK. So it's going to be like that, huh? This dictionary meant business. None of this windowshopping and chicken naming stuff.
macaroni madhouse
Hmmm. That's kind of an interesting find. Not only does it roll off the tongue but it conjures up boisterous images of excitable pasta.
I wondered if there were more of these two word chance poems so I dug further:
insane inspiration
monosyllabic moon
let's liberalize
tuneful turf
homosexual hooray
externally Ezra
hallucinatory handicap
arrogant articulation
Newtonian night
elf emancipation
llama lockup
flirtation floss
island itch
woof world
monosyllabic moon
let's liberalize
tuneful turf
homosexual hooray
externally Ezra
hallucinatory handicap
arrogant articulation
Newtonian night
elf emancipation
llama lockup
flirtation floss
island itch
woof world
The place was nuts with 'em! Elf emancipation?! I love this book. Now go find some of your own.
Next I realized the book was smothered with fiction. The dictionary!? This holy reference book of all that is factual? That's right. Somewhere in the bowels of the dictionary company there are men and women writing fiction for our literary edification. I'm talking here of the usage sentences. Those short italicized sentences with our word used in them.
My old Thornton Barnhart Junior Dictionary copyright 1965 is full of the shortest pieces of fiction written. For starters, there's this woman Mary and she is all over this book:
They named the baby Mary.
Mary knows all her chickens by name.
Mary abhors snakes.
Mary loitered along the street, looking into all the shopwindows.
Mary held the baby.
Mary seems to be a popular name in 1965. There were a few references to Ruth, a couple to Helen but Mary seems to be the girl of choice here. Of course like most good books there were a variety of characters:
In a fit of abstraction Ed forgot to eat.
It was a lifeless party until Tony came.
Senator Tompkins is sure he will get support from the grass roots.
John's room was a chaotic mess of clothes, books and toys.
James married Ida.
Time just seems to creep along on these hot summer days.
OK. So it's going to be like that, huh? This dictionary meant business. None of this windowshopping and chicken naming stuff.
Don't build your future on dreams.
The misery of his loneliness was now compounded by his poverty.
I hope to be myself again soon.
and so it goes . . .
The misery of his loneliness was now compounded by his poverty.
I hope to be myself again soon.
and so it goes . . .
Her Lucid Medusa
Like a shady imposter, her lawn tennis was secondary to his rising jalopy.
His hasty timber a shadowy Portugal.
Fragrant rules like suddenly mythical.
To is of means is a one of just really.
Clumsy fur come running face.
His methodical sensibility sprang open like a brokenhearted epiphany.
them words was just angular and curvy
doodles with and without meaning.
Her lucid medusa danced a ferocious geometry.
Dirty filthy lucidity, a narrow adornment unnoticed.
The davenport spelled trouble.
His hasty timber a shadowy Portugal.
Fragrant rules like suddenly mythical.
To is of means is a one of just really.
In regards to edible pirouettes, she delivered.
Mr. Jones' God is almost a treasure!
Mr. Jones' God is almost a treasure!
Clumsy fur come running face.
His methodical sensibility sprang open like a brokenhearted epiphany.
them words was just angular and curvy
doodles with and without meaning.
Her lucid medusa danced a ferocious geometry.
Monday, July 9, 2007
Saturday, June 23, 2007
fashion statement
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sometimes in life your elders will dress you in clothes you might not have picked yourself if you had been able to fully comunicate your ideas of fashion in an articulate manner. In this photo, Grandma Coleman and i enjoy each others company at 714 Augusta Avenue. i'm guessing they picked up this outfit on one of their trips to florida.
Sunday, May 20, 2007
I'm a copywriter, I think
Hey get me ! I'm a copywriter. Since no one will hire me to write copy (not enough experience) i figured i could start from the ground up. I was paid a cigarette and a long pull on a bottle of Thunderbird. I'm on my way!!
Saturday, May 19, 2007
twelve classmates
here's a picture of me and eleven of my class mates circa 1972. (If you're reading this you probably weren't born yet) but here is another test in spilling images onto this page.
from upper left: Timmy Johnson, Charlie Knowles, Scott Miller, Bob Nelson, Jeff Wisser, Mike Thompson, Jeff Phillips, Marianne Mosiman, Jo Ann Selin, Yolanda Tamayo, Keith Rauschenberger, Steve Izatt.
girl, sweeping
here's a test I'm doing with putting up images. This is a picture of me cleaning my apartment. HA! trick answer . .apartments don't need cleaning. sheesh.
Hey Shawn!! Thanks for setting me up on this blogshit. still lots to do before i "go public" - getting my blogchops down.
Friday, May 18, 2007
Questions and answers.
Evites are for E-holes.
If “they” are right then 3 heads must be better than 2.
In regards to the finer things in life . . .Who says?
Is the universe provable?
Warren Moon has no effect on the earth’s tides, as far as we know.
If you believe in God . . . Lookout!! There’s a vampire behind you!!
Barden’s Ping Pong roommate turned out not to be.
The answer to life is unspellable.
Ways to not spend money….Stop going into stores.
Leave it to Jesus.
Don’t believe everything you read.
If “they” are right then 3 heads must be better than 2.
In regards to the finer things in life . . .Who says?
Is the universe provable?
Warren Moon has no effect on the earth’s tides, as far as we know.
If you believe in God . . . Lookout!! There’s a vampire behind you!!
Barden’s Ping Pong roommate turned out not to be.
The answer to life is unspellable.
Ways to not spend money….Stop going into stores.
Leave it to Jesus.
Don’t believe everything you read.
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