January 2012
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The Listening Room: Sunday 5th January: Lake... →
thelisteningroom:
A real gem of a feature act this Sunday, we’re excited! Lake is an outstanding singer/songwriter and performer about whom we could easily wax lyrical, but we’d much rather let her tell you about herself. Seriously though, this is one you really don’t want miss.
IN HER OWN WORDS: My name…
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Dog On A Swing, 05/02/12
I’ll be playing a two-song set at the Blue Blazer open mic, on Sunday 5th February in Edinburgh.
It’ll start around 8, and I’ll be on anytime before 9 [the order is picked on the night]. More details on their site- http://thelisteningroom.org.uk/
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“Make good stuff, then make it easy for people to buy it. There’s your...”
– Jonathan Coulton is wise.
http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2012/01/21/megaupload/
(via neil-gaiman)
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“The world is like a ride in an amusement park, and when you choose to go on it...”
– Bill Hicks (via nedhepburn)
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Louis CK deals with improvising kid
timesunion:
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Beware of improvising 6-year-old actors. That’s a warning from comic Louis C.K., who said Sunday that acting with Ursula Parker is one of the hardest parts of his job. Parker plays one of his two daughters on the FX show “Louie.” C.K. says Parker likes to improvise and even though he tells her not to, she does it because she knows it bugs him. The comic joked:...
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Note to self:
Turns out the cure for absurdly disproportionate blues and elementary existentialism is the following:
2 viewings of ‘How To Be Alone’ [I’ve reblogged it at least three times, but here’s the link- http://youtu.be/k7X7sZzSXYs ]
2 viewings of ‘It’s Just A Ride’ [ http://youtu.be/7criyE09uy0 ]
17 plays of Jeff Buckley songs
“When all of this music sounds like you know what you want to say, then it will...”
– Jeff Buckley (8/25/96)
Whenever God Closes A Door...
jonaspolsky:
WINDOOOOOOWWWWWWW
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Kuntian philosophy
shitmystudentswrite:
If your girlfriend were to ask Kant how she looked, Kant would be a cunt and say ‘You do not look good’ instead of lying.
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Dog On A Swing will play for food.
Hello, my name is Ed and I play music under the name of Dog On A Swing.
Here’s the deal-
1) Contact me via dogonaswing AT gmail DOT COM to arrange a date/time.
2) I will show up at your house/flat/venue and play a set of four songs (lasts 15-20 minutes).* 3) In exchange, give me food. I am the least difficult person to feed, seriously. I’m based in Edinburgh, but totally up for...
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“Honesty is so important in creating art for people. In creating anything. We’re...”
– Achewood creator Chris Onstad’s interview with Comics Alliance helps crystallize so much of why I love comics and sharing them online. Achewood is one of the few comics that makes me feel like I’m transported somewhere else when I read it, and Onstad really inspired a lot of what I make and how I...
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“Yeah, yeah, yeah. So you fucked up somewhere along the way. Who gives a donkey’s...”
– 25 Things Writers Should Stop Doing
(also applies to things that are not writing)
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Jonas Polsky: Comedy Audiences And Taping →
jonaspolsky:
This evening there was a dust-up about how a young Patton Oswalt handled an audience member videotaping his set. Patton asked if she was taping and the woman responded, “You’re going to want that whole chunk on tape, it was perfect!” I wasn’t there, but that quote underscores a larger issue with comedy shows:
THE AUDIENCE HAS NO IDEA WHAT’S GOING ON.
Definitely worth a read.
“When you’re young, you always feel that life hasn’t yet begun — that “life” is...”
– Douglas Coupland, Life After God (via -wwhiskers)
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