Cocksuckers.
Police procedure has changed since I was little.
Wash ,'The Message'
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Juliebird - Mar 24, 2010 1:12:37 pm PDT #7385 of 30000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
Steph L. - Mar 24, 2010 2:05:11 pm PDT #7386 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I love Mamet mostly, but I did get to tell him face to face that his version of Faustus was a crock of shit.
Ooooh! What shade of purple did he turn?
javachik - Mar 24, 2010 2:17:30 pm PDT #7387 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
He took it very well. It's a funny story - I met the artistic director of the Magic Theatre (Chris) at the Mechanics Institute Library, and he invited me to see Mamet's production of Faustus (Chris knew I was studying Doctor Faustus).
I went, and ended up at a bar with Mamet, Chris, and the lead, David Rasche, afterwards. Only, I am stupid and didn't know what Mamet looked like. Rasche asked me how I liked the play, and I said that it didn't work because in this version, Faustus never actually gets to make a decision or strike a deal (he is tricked into it), thereby completely undoing the point of the Marlowe and Goethe's original.
Mamet: "I'll take that into consideration before we take it to New York."
Me: "......"
javachik - Mar 24, 2010 2:21:45 pm PDT #7388 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
Cereal:
I should add that we all had many, many drinks in us by this time. But it didn't cover my embarrassment. I wasn't embarrassed by what I said, but I was a little embarrassed that I didn't know it was Mamet.
Liese S. - Mar 24, 2010 2:31:35 pm PDT #7389 of 30000
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
This is an awesome story.
tommyrot - Mar 24, 2010 2:32:27 pm PDT #7390 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
A friend of mine was working at a record store when she called Jerry Harrison (of Talking Heads) an idiot. He was right behind her. (He was doing an in-store. Of course she knew he was doing the in-store, but didn't know he was right behind her when she said that.)
Kathy A - Mar 24, 2010 2:41:53 pm PDT #7391 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
My favorite Talking Heads story was told to me by a bookstore manager I worked with. She saw them before they hit it big, when they were playing a rather small venue in Chicago. After their set wrapped up, she went over and started chatting with them (that's how small the place was), especially Tina Weymouth, and she and Tina hit it off so well she was invited to join them clubbing that night. The group partying was mostly guys, so she and Tina bonded and spent the rest of the night dancing.
Jesse - Mar 24, 2010 2:42:07 pm PDT #7392 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
This fucking idea for a blog-to-book deal post is relevant: [link]
§ ita § - Mar 24, 2010 2:43:22 pm PDT #7393 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'm the sort of person that would tell a strange comedian "Nice set, but that's not a Quebecois accent." I find if you frame it right (and, um, are wearing the right clothes) it goes over decently.
tommyrot - Mar 24, 2010 2:49:02 pm PDT #7394 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
This fucking idea for a blog-to-book deal post is relevant: [link]
With Extra Added Bonus Hairless Cat!