The Vonnegut

Asaf · Post by **Asaf** » December 16th, 2006, 5:41 pm

Which, of course, I would not eat.

The Frightful Turpentine · December 17th, 2006, 6:38 pm

The Great Improv Theater of Oklahoma.

Miggy · Post by **Miggy** » December 19th, 2006, 11:22 am

I'm not smart enough to do real quotations, but Mr. Allen wrote:

"I can understand if you went to business school and spent your time crunching numbers"

I did go to business school and I do crunch numbers for a living. I initially went in for Architectural Engineering and did it for three years and then switched out because I couldn't stand how artless my fellow students and even my teachers were. You give the example of there being more architects than just Frank Lloyd Wright. Some of these folks wouldn't have even known his name - and they didn't have to do their job well. It was deeply frustrating for me since we were in such a related field. I was less frustrated by business folks who also didn't know the same information.

I doubt it would make for a good improv show but I highly recommend reading the essays of Lionel Trilling. You couldn't find a more snobbish title, but he specifically argues against the 'ignorance is bliss' concept in 'The Moral Obligation to be Intelligent' and it was quite compelling. I read it around the time I was O.D.'ing on news post 9/11 and getting very depressed by the state of the world. I was really considering disconnecting from the wider world, but that brought me back to reading the paper every day / caring about politics, etc....

For a good improv show? hmmm.... I once saw Jason Vines get stuck in a 'Thomas Pynchon vortex' as a part of a DarkBloodLords show. That was pretty funny.

vine311 · Post by **vine311** » December 19th, 2006, 11:27 am

Miggy wrote: For a good improv show? hmmm.... I once saw Jason Vines get stuck in a 'Thomas Pynchon vortex' as a part of a DarkBloodLords show. That was pretty funny.

I barely made it out alive.

Miggy · Post by **Miggy** » December 20th, 2006, 5:28 pm

vine311 wrote:
Miggy wrote: For a good improv show? hmmm.... I once saw Jason Vines get stuck in a 'Thomas Pynchon vortex' as a part of a DarkBloodLords show. That was pretty funny.
I barely made it out alive.

show off! Ok - now I know how to do it.

Thanks!

The Frightful Turpentine · April 12th, 2007, 7:49 am

The end of an era.

http://edition.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/boo ... index.html

HerrHerr · Post by **HerrHerr** » April 12th, 2007, 11:10 am

Sadness. First Altman and now dear old Kurt...

kbadr · Post by **kbadr** » April 12th, 2007, 11:16 am

I will raise a glass and get unstuck in time for Kurt tonight.

exquisitezombie · Post by **exquisitezombie** » April 12th, 2007, 2:54 pm

The end of an era.

Sigh. No more Vonnegut books. I miss him already. Liberal Arts Honors at UT is putting on a Vonnegut play right now. Isn't that strange?

http://onegoodmove.org/1gm/1gmarchive/2 ... t_o_1.html

beardedlamb · Post by **beardedlamb** » April 14th, 2007, 1:05 pm

i read one vonnegut book that joplin made me read. it was a series he did for npr in new york. he would go to huntsville and jack kevorkian would use the lethal injection machines to induce near death experiences where he would interview famous and non-famous people who had passed over to the other side. it was quite good.
and he was good in 'back to school.'