Waiter, There’s a Soup In My Fly
There’s an old adage that goes something like this: the only two creatures on the planet who will survive a nuclear holocaust are cockroaches… and Keith Richards. The good news […]
2013
Jelly Roll Blues and Antigravity
So the facts are out, and the news is devastating. If you’ve been living in a cave and haven’t heard, brace yourself: Jellyfish born in space have “massive vertigo” when […]
Hurry Up Right Now Too Late You Missed it!
Anyone else getting the sinking feeling that no matter what you achieve in life it’ll be quickly lost in the spiraling eddy of data-overload that now engrosses every aspect of […]
Notes From The Underground: LA vs NYC subways
Yeah, LA’s got a subway. Make all the jokes you want. Skip riding it. Inhale gridlock fumes while inching forward at 2 miles an hour instead. We’ll be thrilled to […]
The World Is My Recliner
We’ve all seen Wall-E, right? It’s starting to feel like if the film wasn’t animated it could be a documentary about the near future. The floating fatsos in their all encompassing […]
Epic America, Happy 273rd
There’s nothing more patriotic than a July 4th roadtrip up Rt. 1 along the literal edge of America to put all the miniscule bullshit of your life into immediate perspective. […]
Human Exceptionalism And The Zombie Apocalypse
Now that we’ve Zombified ourselves to death in tv and film– Wikipedia lists 641 individual titles– let us pause and contemplate our fascination with the denigration of the human race […]
Five For A Buck
There used to be a bar I loved. There have been many over the years. Almost all of them were dives and there ain’t an ounce of irony in that […]
The Agony/Ecstasy of a Solo Show
The most disheartening question you will ever hear from an actor friend is “Will you come see my solo show?” We’ve all cringed in our seats, eyeing the cell phone […]
Talking Timbuktu
You have to marvel at a culture that prides itself on intolerance, denial and annihilation. No, this is not another rant on our gridlocked, be-uncooperative-at-any-cost US Senate, though they do […]
Here’s the (Sandy) Hook
Why is it easier for a teenager to get a semi-automatic weapon and enough bullets to level a school full of children than it is to get a case of […]