Mitch Hedberg, one of my favourite comics, has apparently died. Those of us who were fans of Mitch should hang our heads and observe a moment of silence, wait for our frozen bananas to thaw, and eat regular bananas later.

i'm going to see queens of the stone age and then i'm going to hightail it out of this city for a much-needed week-long vacation. see you later, suckers!

this blog isn't really being updated right now.... i'm in love with my new blog over at http://www.jonathanball.blogspot.com -- so check it out instead.

I've had a few people ask me about the MPR, which has been delayed a few times... the deal with the MPR is this ... it's being launched at McNally-Robinson (Grant Park location) on June 6. Readers are being confirmed. I will be sending out press releases and review copies in May and will also post the press release on this blog and my other. The ( Read more... )

I love the LiveJournal Drama Generator!!!! It's right up my alley!! I just have a habit of making random statements that I don't even believe, just to rile people up! I love the drama! Go to http://triggur.org/ljdrama/index.php?uname=nexus_9 to generate your own drama ( Read more... )

Last night I went out with Pat to see his band play at the Label for Artists gallery. Great show, I love the new songs Pat is playing. He said they're recording two albums soon, they have so much material. He's moving today but I don't have enough time to help him out sadly ( Read more... )

lots has been going down, too busy to write much... tuesday (march 1) i defend my thesis. not too worried, hopefully i have no cause to be. been working on the martian press some. handed a few advance copies of "Film/making" out and working on "The Martian Press Review 01" and will soon book some launches/readings. going to get that on the go soon ( Read more... )

excited about two things. first, the most exciting thing is that i get to see M tomorrow, am going to visit for a week. which is fantastic. second, i'm going to work on Sol's new film, as AD. plus i developed the spoony b film and it looks great. so good things in the future. after a lousy january this feb is looking up.

I am a tired man. Drained. I think I'm fighting off a cold. Everyone around me is sick. I do not want to get sick. I am going to visit Mandy next Friday & the last thing I need is to be sick during my one week with her every two months (who knows when I'll get this much time again ( Read more... )

I read an interesting interview with 50 Cent where he claimed the key to his success has been consistency above all other things, even above talent. I thought that was an interesting thought. To consistently create quality work, and consistently put it out (on a regular basis) seems really to be the key to not only making a name for oneself as an ( Read more... )