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'The Titanic resort, 885 feet long, 11 stories high, weighing over 46,000 tons, and containing 1,200 rooms, would have been one of the most heavily themed fantasy resorts in Las Vegas. Our guests could have enjoyed the experience of staying aboard one of the ship's 800 state-rooms or at the adjoined Iceberg Hotel, which was to have included Ice Cave tunnels and an underwater glass people-mover to see the Iceberg's underbelly and shops. The concept was rejected by the Las Vegas City Council. This was proposed for the big lot across the strip from the Sahara.' -- collaged
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'There's no skimping on details of how the luxurious $5-billion, 10,000-room, five-star, five-diamond, 250-acre Moon resort would have looked. The complex included the Moon Casino, replete with multiple levels of gaming floors that culminate in the all-night party that is the Metropolis Discotheque. At the center of the Resort complex there was the Crater Wave Pool, with its surrounding private pools and spas. The 500-foot pool was to have lapped gently to the rhythm of a true ocean tide. Guests could have frolicked in the Sea of Serenity Aquatic Center then pour themselves directly into the Crater Pool via waterslides. The Lunar Lander Lounge at the center of the Pool would have been accessible via glass underwater walkways beneath the Pool's surface.' -- collaged
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'Jethro's Beverly Hillbillies Mansion & Casino is envisioned in this artist's rendering. Max Baer Jr., who played Jethro Bodine in the "Beverly Hillbillies" television series, proposed the casino/hotel complex in the 90s and wanted to build a 240-foot-high oil derrick with a 70-foot shooting flame to lure customers. After years of being in the works, the project never got off the ground and kind of sputtered out. On August 15, 2003, Max Baer Jr. was back. He announced that he and his partners had purchased a building to relaunch the project. The building they chose was formerly a Wal*Mart department store that had been abandoned.' -- collaged
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'The 3000-room The Palace of the Sea Resort and Casino looked very intriguing. The yachts in the harbor were to be high-roller suites. The Sky Wheel, would have been over 600 feet tall (another world record for Vegas). The casino/lobby building resembled the Sydney Opera House. The hotel weighed in at 60-floors and had a sail-like shape.' -- collaged
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'Aimed directly at the baby-boomer demographic, The Addams Family Resort and Casino was another really bad idea.' -- collaged
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'Although Vegas is known for its surreal architecture and mega-resorts, this hotel would have brought a fresh new look to a thriving city. JDS/Julien de Smedt Architects in collaboration with artist Olafur Eliasson designed the Mondri and Elano Hotel in Las Vegas. They wanted to create a genuine experience while extracting the identity of the Mondrian and the Delano Hotels without producing copycat versions. Another goal was to balance the project’s large scale with the need for intimacy on a smaller scale. The project was cancelled in 2012.' -- collaged
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'There have been two locations for the London Resort and Casino, and both of them have had a giant observation wheel (from the Giant Wheel Co.) The resort was to have included a Harrod's department store, Big Ben, the Tower Bridge, a Piccadilly Square shopping area and many other London themed attractions.' -- collaged
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'In 1993, the Desert Inn was purchased by ITT/Sheraton. The Desert Inn had a large surface parking lot to the south of the resort (which now holds Wynn Las Vegas). Their first plans were a Balinese Resort called Desert Kingdom.' -- collaged
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'Protests from nearby neighbors helped to block construction of the original 800-foot ride at the Stratosphere. This Dream was proposed back in 2002. If it had been built, I'm sure that the Ivana, Allure and Liberty Towers would have chosen a different neighborhood. The roller coaster would have dropped passengers from the hotel's tower and across Las Vegas Boulevard at top speeds of 93 mph. Residents said the roller coaster would discourage new residents from moving in and contributing to the revitalization of the area.' -- collaged
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'A knockoff of New York City's East Village in Las Vegas -- with its own version of the city's Meatpacking District and Washington Square was planned for 44 acres at the northwest corner of Tropicana Avenue and Paradise Road, converting the conspicuously idle acreage into a 1-million sq. ft. hotel-office-and-retail project. The 27-building, 959,645-square-foot, entertainment complex was being developed by Mark Advent, a developer of the New York-New York hotel-casino. "I've been hand-picking our tenants. I don't want it to look like a regional mall or life-style center that you'd see somewhere else", said Advent in 2007. The project was cancelled in 2011.' -- collaged
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'In 1982 architect Martin Stern Jr. (the designer of the International and Xanadu) was commissioned to design a huge expansion for the Landmark. However, Landmark's owner Ed Wolfram was convicted of embezzling $47 million from his brokerage firm, Bell & Beckwith. The Hotel was seized and put up for sale and we all know the rest (in peace).' -- collaged
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'A giant exhaust pipe shaped hotel. This rendering of the Harley Davidson Hotel and Casino uses the site directly east of The Palms on Flamingo Road.' -- collaged
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'Montreux Las Vegas was Phil Ruffin's proposed replacement for the soon to be demolished New Frontier. The project was expected to open in early 2009. Montreux would have been a 2,750-room "Swiss-themed" hotel with a 104,000-square-foot casino and massive shopping mall linked directly to the Fashion Show Mall. It would have hosted an array of restaurants, bars and nightclubs, and a 465-foot-tall observation wheel (similar to the London Eye), that scooped riders from the floor above the casino.' -- collaged
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'A massive, $5+ billion project—including what would be the largest casino on the Strip—bearing the Plaza's name was supposed to open in 2011, but there's been no construction on the massive lot since the hotel was put on hold in 2008. The plans include: Seven towers containing 6,700 keys (4,100 hotel rooms and 2,600 resort condominium units), 175,900 square feet of casino area (making it the largest casino on the strip), 134,500 square feet of restaurant area, 347,887 square feet of retail area, 539,607 square feet of convention space, a 50,000-square foot health club, a 1,500-seat theater, and 227,038 square feet of open space on the roof top of the podium that includes gardens and pool areas. The grand total for the project includes 3,317,400 square feet of parking garages and a total area of 15,080,846 square feet.' -- collaged
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'Entertainment designer Gary Goddard submitted an idea to the Las Vegas downtown redevelopment competition back in 1992 to build a full-scale USS Enterprise Resort. “My concept was to do something so large and so epic, it would fire the imaginations of people around the world," Goddard wrote. If it had actually happened, the Enterprise would have been immense. Goddard claims the $150 million attraction would have been made at full scale, and would have included all the “rooms, chambers, decks and corridors that we knew from the movie.” People would have gotten to dine in Starfleet comfort in its dining area, and some ideas for “interesting ride elements” were kicked around including “a high speed travelator that would whisk you from deck to deck.” Goddard put about five months of effort into the project and had the backing of the Paramount licensing team and the Las Vegas mayor and redevelopment crew, but ultimately it was studio chairman Stanley Jaffe who shot it down. “I don’t want to be the guy that approved this and then it’s a flop and sitting out there in Vegas forever,” Jaffe allegedly said.' -- collaged
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p.s. RIP: Richard Artschwager. ** Postitbreakup, Hi, Josh! Mega-thanks for the DFW post. It was/is phenomenal, and, yeah, I'm very grateful. And thank you too for giving your attention and mind over to the Butoh post. And yet one more thanks, buddy, for the kind words re: 'MLT'. Oh, yeah, maybe I could ask for guest-posts on FB, but I try not to do too much on there for whatever reason. If desperate measures end up being called for, though, I probably will. Movies-wise, as far as fairly imminent ones, I'm most looking forward to the new Harmony Korine and, of course, the new Malick. Really, really good luck on the follow up interview. Try not to put too much importance into it and get too stressed out or feel like it's some kind of giant make or break thing or that, if you get a negative outcome, which very hopefully you won't, it speaks to your worth or lack there of because, man, it so doesn't. ** David Ehrenstein, Hi, David. I think you know I was a friend and am still a fan of Jonathan's younger brother Danny, drummer extraordinaire with The Three O'Clock and The Quick. Well, I think most people of brains and note agree with you about 'Salo'. It's just one of those things. ** Cobaltfram, Really glad you got into the Butoh post. It's much harder to see that work performed now than it was back in the late 80s when it was 'hot' and 'trendy' in the theater/ performance world for a while. But, yeah, it's a very trippy, great theater form at its best. I don't really have strong feelings about Nicki Minaj one way or the other. I've liked her more eccentric stuff pretty well, and other stuff of her s just sounds like somewhat clever product to me. The pop/HH/flash genre she works in isn't really my thing as a general rule. Well, remember that I almost never reread my older books, so it could be that if I pulled 'Frisk or 'The Sluts' off the shelf and read them, I would like them more. Do ever write poetry? I often write poetry between fiction projects. ** Tosh, Hi, Tosh. Glad you enjoyed the DFW work, yeah. His passing was a very black day, both because I admire his work tremendously, and also because I had the privilege to know him personally a little. ** _Black_Acrylic, Obviously, great if you can get to Amsterdam for the Mike Kelley show. I'm heading up there on Friday. I hope you can work that out. That would be fantastic ** Sypha, Hi, James! I got your email/post, and it's really incredible! Thank you so much! I've put it together, and it'll launch here on Saturday, the 23rd. Yeah, it's a beautiful post, James, and I'm really grateful, as will be everybody here once they get their eyes on it. ** Grant maierhofer, Hi, Grant. Thank you a lot for emailing me the chapbooks and stuff! I really appreciate it, and I will try to overcome my emailing bad habits and get back to you asap. Did you go see Roggenbuck? I hope to get to see him be himself full frontal at some point. 'Bish Bosch', yeah, astounding. I haven't seen 'Bronson' yet. Have been meaning to for ages. I think your mention will be the trigger. Thanks for the link, man. I'll copy, paste, and click it when I get out of here. The best to you! ** Kyler, Hi Kyler! ** Bill, Hey. Thank you so much for your tremendous help re: the Butoh thing. I just put together said Ulli Lommel Day for, err, next week, I think. What a guy. Oh, I'm not sure if you saw my question the other day, but do you remember the name of that kind of kooky little museum in Amsterdam that I think you checked out when you were there last? I'm going up there this weekend, and I want to visit it, and I'm forgetting its name. Thanks. ** Steevee, Hi, Steve. Excited for your piece on 'Room 237', very. ** 5STRINGS, I have a pretty singing voice, apparently, but it's kind of fragile and weak, and it doesn't do me much good. Interesting family stuff. My family is weird, but they're pretty prim re: their bodies and stuff. Their brains are kind out of there though. Hm. Yeah, I'm sorry, but DFW was so incredibly not an ass either as a person or as a writer. I can't understand why you would say something like that about him, but life is life or something. ** Billy Lloyd, Love is the great deranger, god love it. Dude, you sound like an evil Monopoly genius, but in the good way, although you seem like you'd be scary to play the game with, but also in a good way. Thank you so much for posting the advice you gave to the twins. That was beautiful and kind (to them, to me) and so very wise through and through. I agreed with everything and felt lightbulbs turning on in my mind with every space break. Really, that was a total joy to read, Billy, and thank you so very much! ** David J. White, Hey again to you, David. No, that makes a lot of sense. Your approach and decisions, I mean. Thank you for explaining that. It's really interesting to be able to step outside the impulses I had and the decisions I made originally and see the source material differently. It's really cool. Yeah, thank you a lot! ** Scunnard, Life's good. Well, if you want to and can pull together a post, I'd be way chuffed and grateful, but only if it's fun and no problem for you. Sure, more project details, great, man. And a question is cool, of course. I'll try to get off my cyper-ass and answer it. ** Chelsea Kane, Hi, Chelsea! Thank you so much for coming in here! I remember meeting you in DUMBO. Cool. Sure, obviously, it would be very awesome to read that screenplay if you find it. You're coming over here? We should have a coffee or something if you want and have time. The Nouveau Festival will be happening at the Pompidou then, and that should have some cool stuff in it. I always recommend the Museum of Hunting 'cos it's genius and not at all like the name makes it sound. Hm, I'll have to check to see what else is happening here then. Anyway, yeah, great to see you! ** Thomas Moronic, Hi, T! Super great to see you! My weekend was okay. Got some snow, but it didn't stick to the earth. Hope yours ruled in some fashion. How are you? What's going on? ** Misanthrope, Sleep doofus, nice. Did you know that the word doofus was used for the first time in 1960? But they're not sure how it came about. I just looked that up. Oh, man, ugh, shit about your nephew getting arrested. And, obviously, about him doing the rock throwing thing. I mean, kids do random bad shit without the kind of developed conscience that you end up acquiring with age, etc., and hopefully the arrest shocked him into understanding how consequences work, at least. The follower thing, yeah. It's an awfully good thing that he has you to follow. Hopefully, he'll figure out that following you won't land him in the pokey. ** Paradigm, Hi, Scott! Thank you so very kindly about the in-progress post! That stalling going on in your writing right now is completely natural and part of the process, as I'm sure you know. The introduction and history of weeds in Australia ... that's a curious and very interesting thing right there. When were they introduced and why, if you can say? Talk about stalled: my novel is still very stalled out. I'm back in it mentally and thinking about it and trying to find the way forward, but I still can't seem to add much new writing to it. I don't know. I'm waiting for a breakthrough, and I assume it will come, or it won't, I guess. Thank you for asking. ** Rewritedept, Hi, Chris. That's a really intense and scary and moving story, man. Suicide is a tough one for me, so, yeah. I really appreciate that you feel okay to share that with me, and I'm, you know, touched and honored that you consider me to be a support system, and tears are okay. I felt some welling up when I read that. I did listen to it, but just once so far. I think it's pretty stunning, but, obviously, it needs to be listened to a lot for its greatness and gravity to get completely through, and at least I'm on my way. My weekend? Lowkeyish. It snowed a bit, which was nice. Was gonna meet up with Gisele, but she has the flu, poor thing. Worked some. Wandered about some. Finalized my upcoming trip to Amsterdam. Yury is very busy getting his fashion line ready for its upcoming launch, so I didn't see him much. Your story wasn't at a 'waah' thing, no, no way, and you aren't a whiny bitch either. No worries, and quite the opposite. Hope the shower was just the thing you needed. Oh, and I've got your hometown in the blog's spotlight today. How about that? ** Right. I've got a real 'never built' fetish, and Vegas's version of 'never built' has its own special something or other, so check it out, and see what you think. See you tomorrow.
'The Titanic resort, 885 feet long, 11 stories high, weighing over 46,000 tons, and containing 1,200 rooms, would have been one of the most heavily themed fantasy resorts in Las Vegas. Our guests could have enjoyed the experience of staying aboard one of the ship's 800 state-rooms or at the adjoined Iceberg Hotel, which was to have included Ice Cave tunnels and an underwater glass people-mover to see the Iceberg's underbelly and shops. The concept was rejected by the Las Vegas City Council. This was proposed for the big lot across the strip from the Sahara.' -- collaged
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'There's no skimping on details of how the luxurious $5-billion, 10,000-room, five-star, five-diamond, 250-acre Moon resort would have looked. The complex included the Moon Casino, replete with multiple levels of gaming floors that culminate in the all-night party that is the Metropolis Discotheque. At the center of the Resort complex there was the Crater Wave Pool, with its surrounding private pools and spas. The 500-foot pool was to have lapped gently to the rhythm of a true ocean tide. Guests could have frolicked in the Sea of Serenity Aquatic Center then pour themselves directly into the Crater Pool via waterslides. The Lunar Lander Lounge at the center of the Pool would have been accessible via glass underwater walkways beneath the Pool's surface.' -- collaged
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'Jethro's Beverly Hillbillies Mansion & Casino is envisioned in this artist's rendering. Max Baer Jr., who played Jethro Bodine in the "Beverly Hillbillies" television series, proposed the casino/hotel complex in the 90s and wanted to build a 240-foot-high oil derrick with a 70-foot shooting flame to lure customers. After years of being in the works, the project never got off the ground and kind of sputtered out. On August 15, 2003, Max Baer Jr. was back. He announced that he and his partners had purchased a building to relaunch the project. The building they chose was formerly a Wal*Mart department store that had been abandoned.' -- collaged
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'The 3000-room The Palace of the Sea Resort and Casino looked very intriguing. The yachts in the harbor were to be high-roller suites. The Sky Wheel, would have been over 600 feet tall (another world record for Vegas). The casino/lobby building resembled the Sydney Opera House. The hotel weighed in at 60-floors and had a sail-like shape.' -- collaged
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'Aimed directly at the baby-boomer demographic, The Addams Family Resort and Casino was another really bad idea.' -- collaged
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'Although Vegas is known for its surreal architecture and mega-resorts, this hotel would have brought a fresh new look to a thriving city. JDS/Julien de Smedt Architects in collaboration with artist Olafur Eliasson designed the Mondri and Elano Hotel in Las Vegas. They wanted to create a genuine experience while extracting the identity of the Mondrian and the Delano Hotels without producing copycat versions. Another goal was to balance the project’s large scale with the need for intimacy on a smaller scale. The project was cancelled in 2012.' -- collaged
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'There have been two locations for the London Resort and Casino, and both of them have had a giant observation wheel (from the Giant Wheel Co.) The resort was to have included a Harrod's department store, Big Ben, the Tower Bridge, a Piccadilly Square shopping area and many other London themed attractions.' -- collaged
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'In 1993, the Desert Inn was purchased by ITT/Sheraton. The Desert Inn had a large surface parking lot to the south of the resort (which now holds Wynn Las Vegas). Their first plans were a Balinese Resort called Desert Kingdom.' -- collaged
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'Protests from nearby neighbors helped to block construction of the original 800-foot ride at the Stratosphere. This Dream was proposed back in 2002. If it had been built, I'm sure that the Ivana, Allure and Liberty Towers would have chosen a different neighborhood. The roller coaster would have dropped passengers from the hotel's tower and across Las Vegas Boulevard at top speeds of 93 mph. Residents said the roller coaster would discourage new residents from moving in and contributing to the revitalization of the area.' -- collaged
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'A knockoff of New York City's East Village in Las Vegas -- with its own version of the city's Meatpacking District and Washington Square was planned for 44 acres at the northwest corner of Tropicana Avenue and Paradise Road, converting the conspicuously idle acreage into a 1-million sq. ft. hotel-office-and-retail project. The 27-building, 959,645-square-foot, entertainment complex was being developed by Mark Advent, a developer of the New York-New York hotel-casino. "I've been hand-picking our tenants. I don't want it to look like a regional mall or life-style center that you'd see somewhere else", said Advent in 2007. The project was cancelled in 2011.' -- collaged
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'In 1982 architect Martin Stern Jr. (the designer of the International and Xanadu) was commissioned to design a huge expansion for the Landmark. However, Landmark's owner Ed Wolfram was convicted of embezzling $47 million from his brokerage firm, Bell & Beckwith. The Hotel was seized and put up for sale and we all know the rest (in peace).' -- collaged
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'A giant exhaust pipe shaped hotel. This rendering of the Harley Davidson Hotel and Casino uses the site directly east of The Palms on Flamingo Road.' -- collaged
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'Montreux Las Vegas was Phil Ruffin's proposed replacement for the soon to be demolished New Frontier. The project was expected to open in early 2009. Montreux would have been a 2,750-room "Swiss-themed" hotel with a 104,000-square-foot casino and massive shopping mall linked directly to the Fashion Show Mall. It would have hosted an array of restaurants, bars and nightclubs, and a 465-foot-tall observation wheel (similar to the London Eye), that scooped riders from the floor above the casino.' -- collaged
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'A massive, $5+ billion project—including what would be the largest casino on the Strip—bearing the Plaza's name was supposed to open in 2011, but there's been no construction on the massive lot since the hotel was put on hold in 2008. The plans include: Seven towers containing 6,700 keys (4,100 hotel rooms and 2,600 resort condominium units), 175,900 square feet of casino area (making it the largest casino on the strip), 134,500 square feet of restaurant area, 347,887 square feet of retail area, 539,607 square feet of convention space, a 50,000-square foot health club, a 1,500-seat theater, and 227,038 square feet of open space on the roof top of the podium that includes gardens and pool areas. The grand total for the project includes 3,317,400 square feet of parking garages and a total area of 15,080,846 square feet.' -- collaged
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'Entertainment designer Gary Goddard submitted an idea to the Las Vegas downtown redevelopment competition back in 1992 to build a full-scale USS Enterprise Resort. “My concept was to do something so large and so epic, it would fire the imaginations of people around the world," Goddard wrote. If it had actually happened, the Enterprise would have been immense. Goddard claims the $150 million attraction would have been made at full scale, and would have included all the “rooms, chambers, decks and corridors that we knew from the movie.” People would have gotten to dine in Starfleet comfort in its dining area, and some ideas for “interesting ride elements” were kicked around including “a high speed travelator that would whisk you from deck to deck.” Goddard put about five months of effort into the project and had the backing of the Paramount licensing team and the Las Vegas mayor and redevelopment crew, but ultimately it was studio chairman Stanley Jaffe who shot it down. “I don’t want to be the guy that approved this and then it’s a flop and sitting out there in Vegas forever,” Jaffe allegedly said.' -- collaged
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p.s. RIP: Richard Artschwager. ** Postitbreakup, Hi, Josh! Mega-thanks for the DFW post. It was/is phenomenal, and, yeah, I'm very grateful. And thank you too for giving your attention and mind over to the Butoh post. And yet one more thanks, buddy, for the kind words re: 'MLT'. Oh, yeah, maybe I could ask for guest-posts on FB, but I try not to do too much on there for whatever reason. If desperate measures end up being called for, though, I probably will. Movies-wise, as far as fairly imminent ones, I'm most looking forward to the new Harmony Korine and, of course, the new Malick. Really, really good luck on the follow up interview. Try not to put too much importance into it and get too stressed out or feel like it's some kind of giant make or break thing or that, if you get a negative outcome, which very hopefully you won't, it speaks to your worth or lack there of because, man, it so doesn't. ** David Ehrenstein, Hi, David. I think you know I was a friend and am still a fan of Jonathan's younger brother Danny, drummer extraordinaire with The Three O'Clock and The Quick. Well, I think most people of brains and note agree with you about 'Salo'. It's just one of those things. ** Cobaltfram, Really glad you got into the Butoh post. It's much harder to see that work performed now than it was back in the late 80s when it was 'hot' and 'trendy' in the theater/ performance world for a while. But, yeah, it's a very trippy, great theater form at its best. I don't really have strong feelings about Nicki Minaj one way or the other. I've liked her more eccentric stuff pretty well, and other stuff of her s just sounds like somewhat clever product to me. The pop/HH/flash genre she works in isn't really my thing as a general rule. Well, remember that I almost never reread my older books, so it could be that if I pulled 'Frisk or 'The Sluts' off the shelf and read them, I would like them more. Do ever write poetry? I often write poetry between fiction projects. ** Tosh, Hi, Tosh. Glad you enjoyed the DFW work, yeah. His passing was a very black day, both because I admire his work tremendously, and also because I had the privilege to know him personally a little. ** _Black_Acrylic, Obviously, great if you can get to Amsterdam for the Mike Kelley show. I'm heading up there on Friday. I hope you can work that out. That would be fantastic ** Sypha, Hi, James! I got your email/post, and it's really incredible! Thank you so much! I've put it together, and it'll launch here on Saturday, the 23rd. Yeah, it's a beautiful post, James, and I'm really grateful, as will be everybody here once they get their eyes on it. ** Grant maierhofer, Hi, Grant. Thank you a lot for emailing me the chapbooks and stuff! I really appreciate it, and I will try to overcome my emailing bad habits and get back to you asap. Did you go see Roggenbuck? I hope to get to see him be himself full frontal at some point. 'Bish Bosch', yeah, astounding. I haven't seen 'Bronson' yet. Have been meaning to for ages. I think your mention will be the trigger. Thanks for the link, man. I'll copy, paste, and click it when I get out of here. The best to you! ** Kyler, Hi Kyler! ** Bill, Hey. Thank you so much for your tremendous help re: the Butoh thing. I just put together said Ulli Lommel Day for, err, next week, I think. What a guy. Oh, I'm not sure if you saw my question the other day, but do you remember the name of that kind of kooky little museum in Amsterdam that I think you checked out when you were there last? I'm going up there this weekend, and I want to visit it, and I'm forgetting its name. Thanks. ** Steevee, Hi, Steve. Excited for your piece on 'Room 237', very. ** 5STRINGS, I have a pretty singing voice, apparently, but it's kind of fragile and weak, and it doesn't do me much good. Interesting family stuff. My family is weird, but they're pretty prim re: their bodies and stuff. Their brains are kind out of there though. Hm. Yeah, I'm sorry, but DFW was so incredibly not an ass either as a person or as a writer. I can't understand why you would say something like that about him, but life is life or something. ** Billy Lloyd, Love is the great deranger, god love it. Dude, you sound like an evil Monopoly genius, but in the good way, although you seem like you'd be scary to play the game with, but also in a good way. Thank you so much for posting the advice you gave to the twins. That was beautiful and kind (to them, to me) and so very wise through and through. I agreed with everything and felt lightbulbs turning on in my mind with every space break. Really, that was a total joy to read, Billy, and thank you so very much! ** David J. White, Hey again to you, David. No, that makes a lot of sense. Your approach and decisions, I mean. Thank you for explaining that. It's really interesting to be able to step outside the impulses I had and the decisions I made originally and see the source material differently. It's really cool. Yeah, thank you a lot! ** Scunnard, Life's good. Well, if you want to and can pull together a post, I'd be way chuffed and grateful, but only if it's fun and no problem for you. Sure, more project details, great, man. And a question is cool, of course. I'll try to get off my cyper-ass and answer it. ** Chelsea Kane, Hi, Chelsea! Thank you so much for coming in here! I remember meeting you in DUMBO. Cool. Sure, obviously, it would be very awesome to read that screenplay if you find it. You're coming over here? We should have a coffee or something if you want and have time. The Nouveau Festival will be happening at the Pompidou then, and that should have some cool stuff in it. I always recommend the Museum of Hunting 'cos it's genius and not at all like the name makes it sound. Hm, I'll have to check to see what else is happening here then. Anyway, yeah, great to see you! ** Thomas Moronic, Hi, T! Super great to see you! My weekend was okay. Got some snow, but it didn't stick to the earth. Hope yours ruled in some fashion. How are you? What's going on? ** Misanthrope, Sleep doofus, nice. Did you know that the word doofus was used for the first time in 1960? But they're not sure how it came about. I just looked that up. Oh, man, ugh, shit about your nephew getting arrested. And, obviously, about him doing the rock throwing thing. I mean, kids do random bad shit without the kind of developed conscience that you end up acquiring with age, etc., and hopefully the arrest shocked him into understanding how consequences work, at least. The follower thing, yeah. It's an awfully good thing that he has you to follow. Hopefully, he'll figure out that following you won't land him in the pokey. ** Paradigm, Hi, Scott! Thank you so very kindly about the in-progress post! That stalling going on in your writing right now is completely natural and part of the process, as I'm sure you know. The introduction and history of weeds in Australia ... that's a curious and very interesting thing right there. When were they introduced and why, if you can say? Talk about stalled: my novel is still very stalled out. I'm back in it mentally and thinking about it and trying to find the way forward, but I still can't seem to add much new writing to it. I don't know. I'm waiting for a breakthrough, and I assume it will come, or it won't, I guess. Thank you for asking. ** Rewritedept, Hi, Chris. That's a really intense and scary and moving story, man. Suicide is a tough one for me, so, yeah. I really appreciate that you feel okay to share that with me, and I'm, you know, touched and honored that you consider me to be a support system, and tears are okay. I felt some welling up when I read that. I did listen to it, but just once so far. I think it's pretty stunning, but, obviously, it needs to be listened to a lot for its greatness and gravity to get completely through, and at least I'm on my way. My weekend? Lowkeyish. It snowed a bit, which was nice. Was gonna meet up with Gisele, but she has the flu, poor thing. Worked some. Wandered about some. Finalized my upcoming trip to Amsterdam. Yury is very busy getting his fashion line ready for its upcoming launch, so I didn't see him much. Your story wasn't at a 'waah' thing, no, no way, and you aren't a whiny bitch either. No worries, and quite the opposite. Hope the shower was just the thing you needed. Oh, and I've got your hometown in the blog's spotlight today. How about that? ** Right. I've got a real 'never built' fetish, and Vegas's version of 'never built' has its own special something or other, so check it out, and see what you think. See you tomorrow.