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p.s. Hey. ** MyNeighbourJohnTurtorro, Hi. Yeah, I think limited is more fair. I can't really argue with the way she did her thing in, like, 'Beetlejuice', 'Heathers', 'Edward Scissorhands', and the very early stuff. I know, Vår in our film. I still feel like if they hadn't split up we could have schmoozed them into it somehow. Oh, yeah, questions for Mr. Elias, shit. I don't know why I'm so intimidated by that prospect. Let me try to force myself to automatic write some queries in the next couple of days. Eek. Well, the juxtaposition of sex with violence is the probable problem with our film. There's a scene where an electronic music/spoken word artist guy gets violently and graphically molested by two audience members in the midst of a gig. And another long sequence/scene where a guy tries to have sex with a dead boy. I think those will probably cook our film's UK goose. My Thursday was diligent but quiet. Today has the potential to be more eventful, I think. Have a great version of Friday! ** David Ehrenstein, Hi. Oh, you've actually heard of him. Well, of course you have. Very interesting, I think. Fans in high places are angling to revive his work and reputation here at the moment. Pansy Division are so charming and so dumb/literal. Yury is good, busy. He has his first showing of his fashion line coming up in a couple of weeks, so he's very busy and out and about getting that together. He's doing really well. I'll tell him you asked after him. He'll be pleased. ** Sweettomb, Trinie! Holy shit, hi pal! I miss you! Oh, I think it's likely that I'll be at the 'Kindertotenlieder' show on the 31st, but I don't know for sure, and it is Halloween night, so ... But you should get tickets anyway! It's my favorite work I've done with Gisele, and it's awesome, if I don't say so myself. If I don't make it to the 31st show, let's meet up in the evening while I'm there. I'll be in NYC five days, I think. Send me your cell number. Do you have my addy? It's dcooperweb@gmail.com. I'm excited to see you! ** Steevee, Hi. Very cool about your 'Love is Strange' review. Very curious about that thing. Everyone, go read Steve's thoughts/review of the new, highly acclaimed and buzzed about film 'Love is Strange' by Ira Sachs, director of the mostly very liked film 'Keep the Lights On'. Check it out, dudes. If you decide 'Showgirls' doesn't suck, I'd be curious to know why. I haven't read a single anti-suck article that has convinced me in the slightest so far. ** Dan, Hi, Dan! Really nice to see you! Sorry about my eternal slowness with email, I'll go look today. I don't think I'll be getting to the West Coast/LA until early next year, or that seems to be my fate re: getting 'home' at the moment. Oh, it would be nice to see Amanda if she gets to Paris. Anyway, I'll write back to you soon, and thank you again as always for everything. ** Thomas Moronic, Hi, T. Great finds are cool. And they're out there everywhere, which is cool too. If you changed 'Their' to 'Your' in your title, and I'm not suggesting that you do, we'd both have things named after Vår songs, or seemingly in your case. There was one, I think, scrapbook page whose text was taken from my early draft of one section of the novel. I can't remember which texts I used, but I think it's likely that at least most of those texts will end up in the novel. Thank you for finding them beautiful. Fingers crossed. ** Scunnard, Budster! I know, transude, I don't where that came from. I should use it all the time. Or you should. Or we both should. Do you have, like, a million Cure albums? I think back in my LA vinyl collection, I must have, mm, well, maybe only four? I think the last Cure album I actually bought was 'Pornography'. Wait, I think I have 'The Head on the Door'. I think I have a bunch of their 7" and 12" things, though. The only time I ever saw The Cure live was on their very first US tour for 'Three Imaginary Boys' when they are still a punk band. That seems weird for some reason. You did just use a boating metaphor, and more power to your refreshing self. ** Kier, Hi, King Kier! Oh, the too early 'God Jr' reading. It was weird for weird reasons. Obviously, it was a novel where I was trying something really different from what I'm known for doing or whatever. And what freaked me out, maybe weirdly, is that people liked it so much. They were really excited about it in this way that people aren't at my readings, and it was like they were saying something like, 'oh, we've secretly been hoping you would write something more wholesome and sexless all along', and that really confused me, and then, on top of that, amidst all the positivity, someone I really respect came up to me and told me what I read was shit and that I was selling out and how incredibly disappointed he was in me. So it was traumatic all the way around. Yeah, this'll be my third appearance in a JT Leroy doc. Jesus. I just googled Bardufoss. It looks so amazing there. Northern Norway must be insanely beautiful and forbidding in the winter and stuff. I want to go there. I haven't even been to Bergen yet, and I really want to go there. That machine you used is really pretty and, yeah, scary. Very Halloween, in fact. Smoking on the hay in the stables is turning on the fog machine in my daydreams. My day was kind of nothing-ish, I think. Work, mostly. Middling progress. Read a little. Did a blog post. Wrote to Zac. Texted with Kiddiepunk who's coming back to visit Paris today, hooray. Gosh, not much that I can remember really. But I think today will be better or more detailed or something. What did you do on Friday? ** Paul Curran, Hi, Paul! Quiet's okay, god knows. Interesting that you've laid aside the novel you were working on. I always think that's a really positive thing, I mean when you choose excitement over slogging. I would love to read a Tokyo specific novel by you! I mean, I did my Paris novel, and there must be no city more previously written about/inside than Paris. Anything you can say about the new novel yet? Our film's raw footage, all 80+ hours of it, is being organized by a guy right now because Zac's on holiday in the US, and we'll dig into it and start editing around October 9th or so. So, the film is on a short holiday. My novel is moving forward, not as swiftly as I would really like it to because I have a deadline to finish writing the new Gisele theater piece, but, when I work on it, I'm very happy. Please do transfer Tokyo Halloween to me by whatever means. Would be a balm, a salve, a you-name-it. ** Hyemin K, Hi. I'm sorry about how taxing that conference has become. Being jarred is the last thing you need for your writing. Ugh. Oh, if you make it to NYC/'Kindertotenlieder' do say hi please. I'll be busy with the production, and mostly chilling/exploring the city with Zac otherwise, but it would be cool to say hi. It was very interesting to read about your work and your thoughts and everything. No need to apologize. It was very interesting. ** Keaton, Hey, buddy! Good to see ya! Halloween rules! Rools! I definitely look forward to your daily October posts. Boon city. A 'nice, smooth' story. That sounds like a challenge. I wouldn't know where to start. There's a new Cannibal Corpse? What good timing. I'll overhear it, def. Love from here. ** Sypha, Hi, James. Glad you got to 'Enter the Void'. Yeah, most people seem to have mixed feelings about it. Oh, man, that Cat Band post is making my imagination's mouth water. That sounds so beautiful. Thank you, thank you! ** Misanthrope, Hi. Well, since Siratori's work works on me and others who like his stuff, I would say that means it works. It just seems like some kind of ultimate example of something being in the area of one's interest or not. Cool that you bought LPS a gift. Sounds like escape and pleasure are just what the doctor ordered. I'm with you on the 'reading is reading' front. But, yeah, things will be a lot better for him, obviously, if he can get the reading writing skills thing up to the par that lets you get ahead in life, job-wise and other-wise. ** Jose Osoria, Hi, Jose! Excellent to see you! Yes, thank you a million for that great tip and suggestion. No, I haven't gotten the DVD yet, but I plan to when I go to this great DVD store here soon. Yes, definitely, about the subtitles thing. How are you? Are you really good? What's going on? Thank you again! ** Jonathan, Hi, J-ster! Dude, the CDG train is no picnic even when your only luggage is your cellphone, so, yeah, bleah. You went to the first night of CRAK! Okay, huh, I'm glad I accidentally spaced on that. Your Irish pal's thing is tonight, right? I hope it's fun and that you brush against the people in the know in a fruitful way. If you want to go see Lust for Youth and Croatian Amor on Sunday, that would be super sweet. See how it goes and how you feel and let me know. Later, gator. ** Finis. It's Halloween on the blog again today. See you tomorrow.