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commonpeople

Old Poet Gives Birth to Vampire Actress

Jul 20, 2009 22:26

I took a creative writing workshop with Allen Ginsberg yesterday from the comfort of my bed. It was through an audio recording made in July 24th, 1982, at the Jack Kerouac conference in Boulder, Colorado. Four days from now, that will be 27 years ago ( Read more... )

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commonpeople July 20 2009, 21:42:24 UTC

What were you doing on that day, I wonder?! :-)

Would your parents have attended any of those conferences?

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commonpeople July 21 2009, 13:15:50 UTC

The recording is actually thanks to the Naropa Institute - I think the conference might have been organised by them back in the day.

I also went to a Peter Pan kindergarden! :-)

idioticpoet July 20 2009, 21:54:24 UTC

thanks for the link.

commonpeople July 21 2009, 14:51:54 UTC

You're welcome girlfriend.

sushidog July 20 2009, 22:03:03 UTC

What did you think of True Blood? I think it looks promising!

commonpeople July 21 2009, 14:53:10 UTC

It's promising in a pervy soap kinda way (I like the waitress' brother being half-naked most of the time!) I've heard the second season has gathered high praise so I'm going to give it a go... maybe it's one of those shows (*cough*Buffy*cough*) that hits its stride later on.

naturalbornkaos July 20 2009, 22:36:57 UTC

I was really looking forward to "True Blood" but only lasted four episodes. I hate the whole 'paranormal romance' schtick and no matter how much they try to dress it up with the odd flash of post-modern black comedy, it's still basically just "Twilight" with loads of sex.

In fact, I found "Twilight" easier to digest since at least that's aimed at teenagers. To market the same kind of story to adults just struck me as creepy and wrong.

A shame because the production design is grrrrrreat (and I love that credits sequence).

king_prawn July 20 2009, 23:29:08 UTC

I'm 2.5 episodes in and pretty disappointed too.

desayuno_ingles July 21 2009, 11:18:53 UTC

just wait, you guys! Lafayette is the best gay character on television today.

amanda_mary July 21 2009, 14:04:26 UTC

Yes!

Everyone: I was not instantly taken with the series, but now, half way through the second season, it has its hooks (er, fangs?) in me. The tone takes a while to get used to, but it's really pretty hilarious, and the over-the-top pulp aesthetic is just spot-on.

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desayuno_ingles July 21 2009, 11:17:08 UTC

Remember, you have to ignore the black chick in the first episode, she's terrible and the next Tara is much better. It's cheesy and some of the acting is cringe-worthy but other performances and the storyline in general so far make up for all that.

commonpeople July 21 2009, 14:55:12 UTC

I'm looking forward to enjoying it!

desayuno_ingles July 21 2009, 14:58:11 UTC

I'm totally current, the next time I come to your house remind me to bring my external. And it looks like thepiratebay.org has all of both seasons (well, so far, on the second).

commonpeople July 21 2009, 15:00:00 UTC

Orkut.com is still the place for my shopping needs. We gotta hang soon!

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