Honestly, it’s a treat when the postal kiosk is down and I buy stamps at the counter because they have all the pictures. I went with the generationally obvious choice (which was not the other generationally obvious choice, William F. Buckley- just go watch Best of Enemies (2015) IYKYK). Also, watch 30 for 30: Be Water on ESPN for a great Bruce Lee doc
Mark Braam discovered this hiding in his home. I started this improv group, Is It In? with Leslee Warren, Scott Clevenger, Ruth Rosenbaum, Jerry Kernion and others. This was our debut, I believe. And we did comedy improv for 3 hours… for 50 cents a head and we packed this Irish pub. Before the last set, Mark even gave us a big introduction with that huge beautiful voice of his (which was one reason I cast him as Peter in JC Superstar). Our troupe name came from a dirty joke (did you think otherwise?) told by Ruth or Scott during a rehearsal break. I tried resurrecting the group in Boston, but different people made for different chemistry. We had a couple gigs (improv in theater in the round is tricky), but those college crowds and especially those first partners- great memories.
Now available! It contains so many phenomenal contributions plus three of my poems! Published by Barrio Blues Press – edited by Jesú Estrada – cover by Phrique !
Time to reopen the basement laboratory and hire an Igor.
Five years ago at a Turkey Blaster Omega gig. Suzanne is sporting their latest shirt at the time. Photo by Al Brundage.
Walked over to watch the fireworks on Saturday night. Just everyone else in the city and us. A bit smoky so you had to concentrate a little harder to see the celebration.
One of these photos is from today and the other five years ago. I choose to believe that Merlin and Archimedes rearrange things on their own.
The ocean waited deep inside the fog. The circus tent, however, had appeared overnight… the heavy mist smelled of buttered popcorn and elephants and clown makeup…
Random photos from Japan. From temples to underground music clubs, illuminated art to love motels, we saw a lot.
