When they burn books, they will, in the end, burn human beings
With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion.
The good life, as I conceive it, is a happy life. I do not mean that if you are good you will be happy - I mean that if you are happy you will be good.
Too much sanity may be madness and the maddest of all, to see life as it is and not as it should be.
July 20, 2008 - 10:57 a.m.
I am not dead. I am pressed for time. So just a quick recap of my birthday.
As I think I told you Carey took me out for my birthday. He and Barbara took me out to see a matinee performance of The 39 Steps. I had heard it was the best adaptation of a film for Broadway ever. It is based on the classic Hitchcock film. The film is a spy drama with Hitch's usual doses of humor. The play is a broad comedy. The humor comes not from the characters, not from the plot, but from playing with the conventions and limitations of live theater. The four actors play a myriad of roles. Often one actor will play two parts in the same scene. At first he'd run off the stage and come right back on as another character. Then he'd just put a hat on or take it off to designate the different characters, and eventually one actor would have a conversation with himself. Part of the fun is catching the references to Hitchcock's other films. I am not giving anything away by telling you the best is North by Northwest. And yes as is tradition Hitchcock makes an appearance himself.
I would have liked to have had dinner with Carey and Barbara after the show but they couldn't make it. I went home and got on the computer and took care of Budgiedome business. I'm still busy doing that. The two biggest acts, The Strangelings and Red Molly cancelled. Jack Hardy and David Massengill told me they wanted to play. That worked out well.
Last night I went to see Hungrytown aka Rebecca Hall and Ken Anderson at a new venue for me Jalopy, in Brooklyn. It was a late show, scheduled for 9:30. When I got there I found out that somebody was on before them and he started closer to 10:00. They seemed to know everybody in the audience. I listened to them on the radio on the way there. They were Vin Scelsa's guest on Idiot's Delight. He raved over them. This was the first time I saw a full set by them. They deserve raves. I also love them as people. You can tell they are friends with The Kennedys.
Now I have to go see the Kennedys then come back here and run around like a chicken with my head cut off. How did FRFF get here so quick?
Anyone need a ticket? A few friends of mine are trying to sell theirs.
Another friend in Manhattan is looking for a ride on Wednesday. She is too far out of the way for me. I have to get there early to set up the WFUV booth. Look for me there around lunch time. I often relieve the staff then. I really like sitting there and having the world come to me.
OK now I really have to run.
The Adventures with Pete and Pete - September 18, 2008
Catch the Reference - September 17, 2008
I have a date to get waterco-op boarded. - September 15, 2008
A Festival of Festivals - September 14, 2008
The Kennedy Residence (Not Hyaniss Port) - September 12, 2008
Email me: GordonLew at gmail
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