Felt pen and scoring (scissors) on coaster, 3.5 x 3.5 inches, 3/11/12.
Saturday, March 31, 2012
Friday, March 30, 2012
Thursday, March 29, 2012
A Brief Anecdote Regarding Lyle Lovett...
...from a New Yorker feature a couple of years back. The writer spent a fair amount of time with Lovett in and around his home in Texas, and reading the article one couldn't help but see that LL is a very smart, gentle, and humble man.
At one point, Lyle and the writer go to a specialty boot store to pick up a pair of boots for LL. While they are in the shop, the owner gets a phone call from a friend and happens to mention that Lyle Lovett is in the shop. So the friend asks the owner to ask Lyle a question - "If I should buy one Lyle Lovett album and only one, what should it be?" The owner obliges and asks the question of Lyle.
Mr. Lovett pauses for a moment and then answers, "Red Headed Stranger by Willie Nelson."
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At one point, Lyle and the writer go to a specialty boot store to pick up a pair of boots for LL. While they are in the shop, the owner gets a phone call from a friend and happens to mention that Lyle Lovett is in the shop. So the friend asks the owner to ask Lyle a question - "If I should buy one Lyle Lovett album and only one, what should it be?" The owner obliges and asks the question of Lyle.
Mr. Lovett pauses for a moment and then answers, "Red Headed Stranger by Willie Nelson."
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Monday, March 26, 2012
(Untitled Photograph by Lynn Charles Riser)
Mr. Riser fashioned this image in his studio (The Fletcher) in Tacoma, Washington. I thought it fit nicely with some of the other recent IBL materiel.(Courtesy of the artist.)
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Sunday, March 25, 2012
"Black Sheets of Rain"
Original IBL art - pen and felt pen on discarded photograph fragment , 4 x 3 inches, 2/7/12.
Saturday, March 24, 2012
"Arrested Development", Created by Mitchell Hurwitz
Perhaps you've all seen the Fox comedy Arrested Development which ran for three seasons from 2003 to 2005, picking up a boat load of Emmys along the way. Watching it then, I thought it was the smartest live-action comedy I'd ever seen on American network television. Well, seven years down the road, Danielle and I are re-watching it (all of the episodes are on Netflix, of course, and streaming no less), and I have to say that my initial assessment still stands (and I believe Danielle is in agreement on this (also, for the record, in case you were about to ask, we very much enjoy Parks and Recreation, yes; 2.5 Men not so much)).
First of all, the writing is amazing in general, from the outlandishly complex plots to the recurring jokes/gestures that are intricately woven into the stories and often times jump characters (Gob's "I've made a big mistake" being appropriated by both Marta and Michael in later episodes of Season 1, for example). Second, and I think this is key, the editing is dynamite. A comedic moment is never held too long; often, in fact, they are shorter than you might expect, and it's off to the next one. And, finally, the performances are uniformly fantastic, perfect in timing and delivery. I find myself torn as to my favorite character - as soon as I settle on Jason Bateman as Michael, the son trying to keep the family business afloat, Jeffrey Tambor shows up as his criminal, philandering father and I think, well, maybe ... and then Tony Hale shows up as Buster, Michael's younger brother who is pretty much afraid of everything and I think, well, maybe ... and then David Cross (Tobias, Michael's SO NOT GAY brother-in-law) or Wil Arnett (Gob, Michael's older, selfish and fairly untalented magician brother) do some great physical comedy and I think, well, maybe...
(Also, there is a character named Maebe, which may well have fueled my use of the word above...)
In any event, just a quick word to say that if you've never seen Arrested Development I couldn't recommend it highly enough. As the episodes clock in at no more than 22 minutes, you can gobble up quite a few in one sitting...
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First of all, the writing is amazing in general, from the outlandishly complex plots to the recurring jokes/gestures that are intricately woven into the stories and often times jump characters (Gob's "I've made a big mistake" being appropriated by both Marta and Michael in later episodes of Season 1, for example). Second, and I think this is key, the editing is dynamite. A comedic moment is never held too long; often, in fact, they are shorter than you might expect, and it's off to the next one. And, finally, the performances are uniformly fantastic, perfect in timing and delivery. I find myself torn as to my favorite character - as soon as I settle on Jason Bateman as Michael, the son trying to keep the family business afloat, Jeffrey Tambor shows up as his criminal, philandering father and I think, well, maybe ... and then Tony Hale shows up as Buster, Michael's younger brother who is pretty much afraid of everything and I think, well, maybe ... and then David Cross (Tobias, Michael's SO NOT GAY brother-in-law) or Wil Arnett (Gob, Michael's older, selfish and fairly untalented magician brother) do some great physical comedy and I think, well, maybe...
(Also, there is a character named Maebe, which may well have fueled my use of the word above...)
In any event, just a quick word to say that if you've never seen Arrested Development I couldn't recommend it highly enough. As the episodes clock in at no more than 22 minutes, you can gobble up quite a few in one sitting...
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