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Favorite drawing by Jean Cocteau.


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Favorite drawing from the Etruscan tombs at Tarquinia (500bc).

Favorite drawing from the Etruscan tombs at Tarquinia (500bc).

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Favorite drawing by Kay Nielsen.

Favorite drawing by Kay Nielsen.

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Favorite bookplate - it’s all Freud 24/7.

Favorite bookplate - it’s all Freud 24/7.

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Favorite bicycle poster - This was up on my bedroom wall throughout much of high school.

Favorite bicycle poster - This was up on my bedroom wall throughout much of high school.

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Favorite drawing by J. C. Leyendecker.

Favorite drawing by J. C. Leyendecker.

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heheheheheheheeheheheehehe: michael silverblatt interviewed me for kcrw’s bookworm Oh - there is a lot I have to say about Michael; he is a friend who lives about a mile down the street. Last time I saw him, I think, was when I was doing the rock show at The Coronet with Ken and Donovan Leitch. Michael was there not to see me actually, but to see Ken. Anyway, yes, I have a lot to say about Michael, and I can say none of it here. None of it. He is too private. This is a rather typical place I find myself here.

heheheheheheheeheheheehehe:

michael silverblatt interviewed me for kcrw’s bookworm

Oh - there is a lot I have to say about Michael; he is a friend who lives about a mile down the street. Last time I saw him, I think, was when I was doing the rock show at The Coronet with Ken and Donovan Leitch. Michael was there not to see me actually, but to see Ken. Anyway, yes, I have a lot to say about Michael, and I can say none of it here. None of it. He is too private. This is a rather typical place I find myself here.

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Unknown painting that I like - 1.

Unknown painting that I like - 1.

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Unknown painting that I like - 2.

Unknown painting that I like - 2.

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Music

November 27 I’ll be at The Mint to see PAUL STARLING perform. The band has an amazing presence, live.

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I see they’ve put the Cast List up for the Opera I start rehearsals for in January.

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"September 11 was important because America’s borders became less porous, which meant that some of the creative folk who might have settled there from abroad chose other countries and cities instead …. Among artists and writers there is a general sense of loss. Jeremiah Moss, who runs a blog called Vanishing New York, believes that the city has become not only sanitised but a sort of parody of what it once was. ‘I think the idea that New York is an edgy place has vanished almost entirely,’ he says. ‘It used to be immune to the tastes and sensibilities of middle brow America. Now that has taken over completely. It’s a nice town — safe and clean — for tourists and investment bankers. You used to come to New York to get away from Middle America, but now you show up here and there it is.’"

Stefanie Marsh, from The Times’ recent query, “Has New York Lost Its Edge?” (via ryanedwardmiller)

S. RUBIN needs to discuss this with me this week, as we peddle-to-the-floor to get more auditions and meetings in before Thanksgiving.

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"It is my belief, Watson, founded upon my experience, that the lowest and vilest alleys in London do not present a more dreadful record of sin than does the smiling and beautiful countryside."
Sherlock Holmes in “The Adventure of the Copper Beeches” (via bryanmckay)

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I wish this film was on tv right now. Or Sunday afternoon. IF directed by Lindsay Anderson.

I wish this film was on tv right now. Or Sunday afternoon. IF directed by Lindsay Anderson.

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Whence

The following was written several days ago (or last week), in the blur, as the start of a post. I never finished it; I believe I bi-located to my futon and sunk into sleep mid-sentence:

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At today’s callback auditions session, S. RUBIN brought me a croissant with melted white cheese inside (and a little sugar, I think - it was a sort of cheese danish, ultimately) which was delicious.

When she was discussing the effects of siliciben with one of the actors, I asked if they were referring to peyote, and both said No.

Later, when I was setting up an improv based upon one of the scenes with two of the actors, there was a discussion how paintings on the wall can be a sort of expression of one’s inner world following coitus. The use of space on the stage, especially between actors, which was my point, is often about power, or at least when used right, and that the