Venal Scene

Friday, August 01, 2003

Michael Reisman is a funny bastard, who is also about to become my brother-in-law. Though he's been writing for years, he's written his first "real" scene. I guess that means a scene that's not for a sketch comedy show.

Would somebody please pay this guy to be funny, so he doesn't have to work in IT anymore? Pretty please?

posted by Dan 2:04 PM
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Thursday, July 31, 2003

Maggeh was recently forced -- no doubt at PDA-point -- to be a reader for play auditions. She reenacts the pain in her 7-28 entry (no permalinks, scroll).

I should also say that Maggie and I once spent six and a half hours together in a truck, on a drive that should have taken two hours. She was a charming and good-humored traveling companion. However, she still has my copy of Las Vegas Grind Volume 1. Do the right thing Maggeh. Give me back my CD, so I can once again have visions of Sugarplum Shirley Dancing the Naked Rumba in my head.

posted by Dan 1:19 PM
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Wednesday, July 30, 2003

Let God Sort Them Out

(A prison day room. JOHNNY, a grizzled old country star, wearing ragged denim, entertains the convicts with a song on guitar.)

JOHNNY
There�s blue skies beyond these prison bars,
But I can�t see any sky from cell block number nine.
Oh there�s blue blue skies beyond these bars,
But I�m stuck here in prison, servin� out a lifetime.

I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die
But he didn�t die, �cause the ambulance came
Oh there�s blue blue skies beyond these bars
The man didn�t die, the ambulance came

So I shot another man, and just to make sure
I could watch him die, I shot the ambulance driver.
There�s blue blue skies beyond these bars,
Watchin� �em die, the man and the ambulance driver.

But they didn�t die, the man or the ambulance driver.
I guess I�m really not what you�d call a good shot.
There�s blue blue skies beyond these bars
Shoulda spent more time at the target range, and less time smokin� pot.

MORE THAN A SONG, I PROMISE...

CNN, July 21, 2003: Music industry wins approval of 871 subpoenas
Rolling Stone, July 29th, 2003: RIAA Hires New Chief
The Inquirer, July 29th, 2003: RIAA will take 2191.78 years to sue everyone

posted by Dan 1:52 PM
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