Fame or Famine

November 29th, 2007

Guess I’m Glad I Missed It: Dancing with the Stars Finale

I’ve been hesitating to get too involved with the Dancing with the Stars blogosphere, mainly because I think that in the realm of manufactured drama, or worse, taking advantage of actual drama (such as the travails of Marie Osmond for the last few months) this is one of the worst offenders. I just want to […]

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November 24th, 2007

Thanks

Here in the states it is the time of year to talk about what we’re thankful for. And yes, I am thankful for a lot of things, not the least of which is this blog and the company, B5Media, that lets me write it.
While I do try and focus on performing arts, I come from […]

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November 22nd, 2007

A few tidbits for Turkey Day

Happy T-day, everyone. My own is spent in a weird kind of solitude (the family gathering is tomorrow, and my kids are off with their mother today). But here’s some tidbits that I’ve found amusing:

“For hardly any man dances when sober, unless he is insane. Nor does he dance while alone, nor at a respectable […]

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November 19th, 2007

Vegas Part 1: Review of the Fashionistas

NOTE:  the following blog entry is a review of the stage show “Fashionistas” which is based on the adult film of the same name. While not explicit, it deals with adult themes of sexuality and alternative lifestyles. If this offends you, please skip this blog entry.
Fact is, it was a ballet.
Really. Complete with the libretto […]

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November 16th, 2007

This Just In: Archana Kathak in Seattle…

Archana Kumar performs with Adam Hurst at the
Seattle Winter Fest Dec 1st & 2nd 2007
Venue: Seattle Center, Center Stage, 305 Harrison St, WA -98109
Date & Time: Dec 2nd 2007, Sunday, 2:55 PM
Artists’ Info
Adam Hurst
Archana Kumar
Exploring Confinement
Using various imagery, most recently inspired by ‘the veil’, this piece has been a yearlong exploration of confinement to the […]

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November 14th, 2007

Bill T. Jones & the Blogosphere

“…this company and, indeed, the entire organization is an informal federation of individuals who come in, make a contribution and, in most cases, move on. Secondly, I am reminded that this art form, like this federation, is fragile and ephemeral, dependant on human agreement and subtle affinities in a matrix of time and circumstance that […]

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November 12th, 2007

The Joys of Being a Rube, er, that is, Blogger

At the Blogworld expo the panel I spoke on dealt with ethics (as opposed to the panel next door, on blogging 101, where they apparently didn’t need ethics). One of the concerns had to do with credentials - the fact that typical journalists have the press credentials of a paper to back them up, whereas […]

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November 11th, 2007

How NOT to Treat a DJ

The party was wild, crazy, absolutely a fantastically good time!
Not.
It started out well enough - heck, part of the reason I went was because my friend Steve Boyett was going to be spinning. There was a great room, good food, and an open bar! What’s not to like? It was a little weird not to […]

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November 8th, 2007

Dinner with Jeremy

Here at Blogworld Expo I got to meet some of the staff and other bloggers from B5Media at the soiree they threw at the Fusia restaurant in the Luxor Hotel. Among other things I got to talk at length with B5Media’s CEO, and as my companion put it, “It’s really cool when the CEO is […]

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November 6th, 2007

Seasons of Grief

Let’s get serious for a bit.
About 11 months ago my wife and I separated, due to some irreconcilable differences. It was unexpected and it felt like my entire life had fallen apart - like everything that I’d thought I could count on was gone in a matter of weeks, leaving behind a ruined emotional landscape […]

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