Archive for the ‘ponderings’ Category:
Chip & the Block – The Art of Criticism
John: Here is another blog in the block. (laughs) Today, Jesse and I are going to be talking about the art, or rather the lack of art, (we can go [...]
Whatever You Do, Don’t “De-Jew”
Was guided by “professional Wrestler” aka LA Theatre Producer Rick Culbertson to this Cityfile, New York column on the exploits of this guy Mark Riedel. He’s been called ”the city’s most [...]
The Teaser
Remember this poster from “The Graduate”? Provocative.
Well they used to be called “teasers”. You know the “film trailer”? Remember that great one for Kubrick’s “The Shining”? The blood just [...]
Variety Lays off Chief Film and Theatre Critics
Yup. And on and on it goes.
Check out this story over at the LA Times. David Rooney, chief theatre critic for Variety and Todd McCarty, chief film critic are history. [...]
A Producer and a Critic Walk into a Bar…and Beat the Shit out of Each Other!
Whoa Nellie.
Guess I left the bar a little early cuz producer Rick Culbertson and LA Weekly critic Steven Leigh Morris have been wailing on each other since last we left [...]
The Monday Moment
Hey, this guy is a part of my cinematic education. And to be honest, I haven’t seen him since his sickness and surgeries. This video is so very sad and [...]
Oscar’s Evil Twins
Wow. I wish I could’ve seen these. Sounds kinda freaky. Big Giant Scary Bizzaro Oscars appearing overnight at two locations, Runyon Canyon and Mel’s Drive in by Artist D*Face. They [...]
Advice for Anchovies
I recently ran across this quote from an MFA candidate in playwriting who is attending one of our southerly UC campi. She wrote, “…we’re going to create something and who [...]
What’s the Real 411 on PLAYS411? – Part Two
This is the second part of a two part story on the Los Angeles Ticketing and Marketing Agency PLAYS411.
When last I left you I had just received an unsolicited phone [...]
Self Promotion Alert #2!
Hey, Lemon Heads, just wanted to give you a final heads up about the reading of my new play MISSION TO MATE tomorrow night at Ensemble Studio Theatre-LA’s Annual Winterfest.
It’s [...]
