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p.s. Hey. As always, sorry for the slow page load. ** Tosh Berman, Thanks a ton, Tosh! ** Nicki, Thanks. Ha ha, I'm sure there are innumerable queer theorists who would find the idea of queer theory being me a highly controversial opinion, but I'm touched. ** David Ehrenstein, Thank you kindly, sir. 'So lucky when actors have been born with a face that's already a performance': So true and beautiful. Thanks for the Leaud/'Out 1' link. Everyone, Mr. E. recommends this piece on the Senses of Cinema site called '“Thirteen Others Formed a Strange Crew”: Jean-Pierre Léaud’s Performance in Out 1 by Jacques Rivette', and so do I ** Keaton, The bow is all mine in your direction, man. Killer. 'Working too much to party': me too! Much love right back. ** Sypha, You haven't seen 'Barry Lyndon' or 'The Devils'? You really should. What was it about the subject matter that you found so grim and depressing? Well, that press is kind of famous for its weird slowness in some cases and weird high speed in others, no? I understand your frustration. Sorry, man. I hope they've come to their senses and will let you know soon. ** Jeffrey Coleman, Hi, Jeff. Yeah, it was cool, right? ** Bill, You must know that 'coding these unspooling tentacle-y things' sounds like an unbelievably exciting activity to the likes of me. Yum. Yeah, the bunker scene went spectacularly. Hopefully when we shoot the control room framing scene tomorrow, our luck will follow suit. Have a lovely weekend. ** Kier, Hi, K! It does feel decadent, right? Weird. I hope the visit to your old job is the blast you anticipate it to be. Goats are cool. Their vocal cords are one of the true wonders of the world. What else are/were you up to this weekend? I hope it stays cool all around you. Temperature-wise. We're still rain rain rain here. ** _Black_Acrylic, Cos Ahment's work looks very curious and interesting.I don't know that work at all. I hope Art101 has de-stalled. Is it that your collaborator is overly busy with other stuff or what? Wow, coke. I haven't done coke in so long, and I still get these intensive little cravings that I seem to be able to successfully ignore. Coke can leave an emotional dump in its wake. Maybe that's a bit of it? I sure hope your trip to Leeds is a refresher and that whichever team you hope will win the WC wins. ** Aaron Mirkin, Hi, Aaron! Really good to see you, man! Here's heavily hoping the music video proposals get the warmest welcome. No, we'll be shooting our film until the first week of September. After the shoot tomorrow, we have a few weeks 'break' that will not really be a break since there's a ton to figure out and organize. I saw your email. Thanks! I'm excited to read it, probably after Sunday when I start to get a relative breather. Yeah, thanks for coming in, Aaron! ** Torn porter, Hi! Cool you saw that good production of 'AToH'. I forgot it was a play first. You're in Oakland now. Were the in-between travels fun? Where's Ratty? What exactly happens on Monday to make your film become the epitome of seriousness. Obviously, high five and hugs on the film thing from your filmmaking comrade. Things are great with me, really great. Oh, this is such a boring opinion, but I do think 'Twin Peaks' is probably the highest manifestation of the TV series form ever managed. So, yeah, I think it's genius. Talk to you too soon, I hope. ** HyeMin Kim, Yes, sad about On Kawara. There's a huge retrospective of his work opening and touring next year that I guess he was working on when he passed. ** Steevee, Hi, Steve. Really excellent interview and piece on 'Boyhood'. Kudos. ** Magick mike, Hi, Mike! Oh, man, I was so happy to read that you won the CCM thing. That's really exciting. That press is just insanely on fire these days, and it seems like a great and even best possible home for a book. Sweet about that show that Dean is in. Shit, wish I could be there. Benjamin Weissman is a genius, and a really, really great old friend. Let me pass along the stuff ... Everyone, the great Magick Mike aka author supreme Mike Kitchell popped in yesterday and alerted me to alert everyone within the sight of these words who happens to be within the massive confines of the Los Angeles area that there's an art exhibition opening tonight at Marc Selwyn Gallery featuring work by the artist who also happens to be Mike's squeeze, Dean Smith, as well as the ultra-great writer/artist Benjamin Weissman and the artist Nancy Grossman. It's from 6 to 8 pm, and he and I most highly recommend that you hit the opening, if you can, and, at the very least, see the show while it's up. Go here to the Marc Selwyn site for the gallery's address, etc. Have huge fun, Mike. Congrats to Dean! Say hi to Benjamin for me if you feel like it. Take care, maestro. ** Okay. This weekend is Goth Night here at DC's. Indulge, please. See you on Monday.