the reason why we shouldn't circle the racial wagons...

...is because if I felt some misplaced tribal loyalty to another person simply because they looked like me, I couldn't call Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas a democracy-undermining self-interested loathsome little toad. But since I'm free of such fetters, I can.

Duke Snyder, 1926-2011

Something that's not really all that germane to COItc's pursuits is my undying love for a long-dead baseball team, the Brooklyn Dodgers. So it's especially tragic as we lose the surviving members of that team, as their ranks are never to be replenished, and saying goodbye to each player means saying goodbye to the team all over again. This one's an especially painful one.

Although he made his home in California, Snider retained emotional ties to Brooklyn.

He made that clear on Sept. 12, 1963, when the Mets gave him a “night” at their home in the Polo Grounds, where the Brooklyn Dodgers had long been the hated foe. Snider’s former Brooklyn teammates were introduced — Robinson, Campanella, Erskine, Furillo, Don Newcombe and Ralph Branca. And then Snider moved to the microphone.

“I look up into the stands and it looks like Ebbets Field,” he said. “The Mets are wonderful, but you can’t take the Dodger out of Brooklyn.”

[NYTimes]

money stuff

Hmm:

Any television executive knows that the big money is in reruns: Hit shows like “Seinfeld” and “Star Trek” keep raking it in long after the writers penned their last scripts. Now a group of theater producers is putting a twist on that business model, taking long-running Broadway hits and moving them Off Broadway to test if they can live on in rerun mode, where costs are lower and the profit potential is significant.

This is crap news in the big picture for performers. But given that Equity's all-or-nothing stance on any tier other than Broadway contracts, life below the elite level of contracts was crap, and they've done less than everything to give producers more options (cough -- showcase code -- cough). Now, the zero-sum game between producers and performers kicked into high gear, and there's no room for maneuver.

/end rant

[NYTimes]

kids, lawn, etc.

Goodness, I knew I was old, but if blogs like this one are becoming obsolete:

Blogs were once the outlet of choice for people who wanted to express themselves online. But with the rise of sites like Facebook and Twitter, they are losing their allure for many people — particularly the younger generation.

What does kind of dinosaur is our podcast?

[NYTimes]

JapJAP -- tomorrow

A new show to tell you about this week. Hope to see you there...

a Keep It Movin' Production of

JapJAP

written and performed by Una Aya Osato

directed by Moises Belizario

in the FRIGID NY Festival

Friday, February 25, 5:30PM
Saturday, February 26, 2:30PM
Tuesday, March 1, 10:30PM
Friday, March 4, 7:00PM
Sunday, March 6, 7:00PM

at The Kraine Theater
85 East 4th Street
(btwn. 2nd Ave & Bowery),
NY, NY, 10003

$15/$10 students/seniors/struggling artists
Buy your tickets now!
www.smarttix.com/show.aspx?EID=&showCode=JAP6&BundleCode=&GUID=

"JapJAP is trying to find out who she is, tearing down borders and
tearing off clothes. Her body is her only road map as she embarks on a
journey through identity, culture, and history. Join award-winning
team, performer/playwright Una Aya Osato and director Moises
Belizario, for the world premiere of Una's newest, freshest,
full-bodied one-woman show: JapJAP."

[Show Site]

great/horrible

You decide which.

all good things...

So there's apparently a clamor for more episodes of the COI podcast over at podomatic. Well, you're just going to gave to wait ... another week.

The next episode goes live on 1 March. It's coming, dear listeners! Succor is at hand.

(And thanks for listening.)

[the COI podcast]