As God is My Witness ...
Grubb Street is going dark in preparation for Thanksgiving Day, but wishes everyone and their families a safe, sane, and happy Thanksgiving. Happy Thanksgiving - WKRP Turkey Drop - kewego (Interestingly, I could not find this on YouTube. The Internet, she is being settled quickly).More later,

Play: Magnum
Opus, written by Michael Hollinger, directed by Braden Abraham, through 6 December, 2009, Seattle Repertory Theatre.This is an ideal Rep play. Small company (five actors) engaged is a brisk, well-written, well-directed performance. And most important of all for a theater that claims "Repertory" in its name, the actors are all local or have local experience. Most of them I've seen before, and am glad to see again. One-woman road shows and original New York cast performances are all well and good, but Seattle has excellent home-grown talent, and it is a pleasure to see it shown off here.The five actors are members of the famous Lazaro Quartet, and with five acto

Artifact
Forty-Six Years ago, President Kennedy was shot in Dallas.I first encountered the above document, I think, in William Manchester's The Glory and the Dream, which was a history of the "swing generation", from 1932 to 1972. Excellent book, and it was the first ti

King of the Monsters
So the Monkey King has asked me to serve as a judge for the new contest from Kobold Quarterly King of the Monsters, a (you guessed it) monster design contest.Now normally, I take this sort of thing with a great amount of scholarly stoicism and professionalism, but at the moment, I'm instead viewing it all with a bit of bemusement. You want ME, the guy that helped bring about the MODRONS, to judge monsters? OK, but you know what you're getting yourself into.And I'm getting this w

Mashup - Video Gaga
So apparently they still make rock videos - who knew? (surely no one who watching MTV in these later, benighted days) And the latest chanteunatrix is named Lady Gaga, resplendent in her slick hooks, sexy lyrics and fetishwear like a Later Day Madonna (Madge, not Mary). So what would raise all this to the attention of Grubb Street? Add Christopher Walken.And how do you make it still MORE awesome? Add the Fatboy Slim "Weapons of Choice) video for good measure. More later.