I'm a proponent of weird fiction [neat list of recent examples] and I wish there was more weird rap. By stepping outside of verse / chorus / verse and focusing on bars and hooks, there's a whole lot more room for spoken word style narratives and tonal shifts that communicate atmosphere. Yet it's slim pickings. (The reason I listen to rap is the ( Read more... )

I just want to apologize to Mike's mom and Josh's mom and my mom and I'm sorry to everyone. I was very naive.

(looks away from camera, scared)

I was very naive and very stupid and I shouldn't have put other people in danger for something that was all about me and my selfish motives. I'm so sorry for everything that has happened because in spite of ( Read more... )

Originally posted by kylecassidy at On the set, day 3
Day two on the set was lots of crazy big shoots with people underwater and danger and tourists and naked people, a lot of the stuff that I was most worried about and that was the most grueling on the actors, which makes it grueling on me. Actually, day one was pretty intense too. Day three is our character ( Read more... )

A death-obsessed shaman, a polygamist and a Satanist walk into a bar…

“People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.” (Elisabeth Kubler-Ross)

“The dumber people think you are, the more surprised they're going to be ( Read more... )

I was totally going to friendslock this because it's something that has been prattling through my head and is half-formed. I'm trying to process it and that's what lots of people use blogs for. I bet there are spelling atrocities and all sorts of problems because I'm exhausted and bewildered by how I even got to typing these thoughts in this space ( Read more... )

A giant digger is consuming the parking garage next door ( Read more... )