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I've been recharging, planning out some of next year's shows, and wondering what I have to say here. I've absented myself from a lot of the theatrical discussions this blog was originally created to address, in part. And I'm aware no one reads me here much anymore, anyway (my Facebook presence has become far more active and taking up more time).
The conversation in the theatrical blogosphere has gotten both more interesting and more frustrating to me, as the issues discussed have been both "coming closer to home" and also "non-essential" to me and my work. I have things to say in the discussion, but have to watch getting sidetracked into annoyance and invective -- obvious things are being belabored, stupid, untrue things are being stated as fact by people who don't know any better (and often should), and while good points about problems are being made, no one seems to have any constructive, solution-based ideas.
And in any case, I'm here and making theatre that I'm happy with and proud of, both my own and others that I help supervise at The Brick, so much of the discussion is entirely beside the point to me. Problem, what problem? We make theatre. We're here, and we're not going away, and we're getting bigger audiences and financial support constantly.
But I'll probably have something to say about the discussion (as much as within the discussion) soon -- I'm going up to Maine to work for a while in a while, and my longer thoughts on THEATRE always seem to occur while I'm up there recharging my batteries. In the meantime, the more interesting facets of the discussion are going on over at the blogs of Isaac Butler, Matthew Freeman, and the newly-non-pseudonymous J. Holtham. Many good thoughts there (and quite a few stupid ones, in the comments, at least).
And, back again, here's a Random Ten from the iPod for this week (with associated links):
1. "Ban Deodorant Spot" - The Repulsives - Psychedelic Promos & Radio Spots, vol. 6
2. "Don't Get Your Hopes Up" - Jacqueline Humbert - Dust
3. "Il Giorno Del Cobra" - Paolo Vasile - Roma Violenta: la Cinevox si incazza
4. "Afraid of Losing You" - Mashmakhan - CherryStones: Hidden Charms
5. "Decepticon" - Le Tigre - Mix Disk - Devon
6. "'I Got Dem Ol' Cosmic Blues Again' LP Ad" - Janis Joplin - Psychedelic Promos & Radio Spots, vol. 3
7. "We Got A Long Way To Go" - Stained Glass - Mindrocker 60's USA Punk Anthology Vol. 9
8. "Right On Jody" - Bobby Patterson - Devil's Blues - New Edition
9. "10. "Studio Blues" - Link Wray & The Wraymen - Walkin' With Link
Hey, we got a camera for Xmas to replace the stolen one! So we're back to cat pictures. Here's Moni upset with Berit for playing with her new iPod Touch instead of her:
Hooker curled up happy at Berit's feet:
And the two of them, quite happy on the couch:
Time to have my pre-show nap now (Ninja Cherry Orchard tonight). More soon. Really.
