!Archive: February 19, 2007
Portrait captures pain behind comic genius
Without pain, we would have no art for audiences to examine, internalize, claim as inspiration or blithely reject.
And I suppose if one factor separates my comedy music from the artistically disposable Demento crowd at one extreme and the scatologically unconstrained Howard Stern scene at the other, it would be my painfully ironic view of love and romance.
That’s the way I would paint my self-portrait, anyway. Besides, it’s easier to paint a heart than an outsized ego. But don’t take my word for it. Continue reading
Posted in: at 11:43 pm Mon, Feb 19, 2007.
The Gamma Knife of love
It’s Valentine’s Day, and following tradition, Schnauzer Logic’s Robin Diane Goldstein marks the occasion by previewing her upcoming brain surgery, two days hence.
(Editor’s note: “The radiation never came anywhere near a vital organ,” Robin reports following the event. “The (operation) took about six hours, including the scaffolding and drywall, x-rays and Homeland Security check and the actual Gamma Knife procedure.”)
Fortunately, the only vital organ of concern for me this bitter holiday season was a broken heart. Accordingly, I shared a particularly offensive story about my neurotic ex-girlfriend with the giddy panel of regulars, including Sheri Stevens, Sean Meehan and Parviz Fathali. Continue reading
Posted in: at 1:57 am Mon, Feb 19, 2007.
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