Saturday, August 6, 2011
H/T to Cynthia CastiglioniFollowing up a bit on the "Who Needs a Theater" post (and discussion tomorrow at Theatre Wit), the idea that art has to be housed in a specific traditional setting …
SOURCE: Don Hall at 07:11AMFriday, August 5, 2011
****I Couldn't Say This Better If I Tried...So we’re all in on austerity and drowning the government in the bathtub, and the public has gotten the message, even if it is bullshit. I’m to…
SOURCE: Don Hall at 06:18AMThursday, August 4, 2011
From 1992 until 2000, I produced theater exclusively by renting venues. WNEP started off in the back room of the Beaumont Bar and, while no rent was paid directly, it was a weekly negotiati…
SOURCE: Don Hall at 06:12AMWednesday, August 3, 2011
...that few things in life can do better than a grilled meal with your honey on a Sunday night after mowing the lawn in the blistering heat, followed by a quick 40 minute dip in the pool and…
SOURCE: Don Hall at 06:04AMTuesday, August 2, 2011
Subject: WILL YOU SELL YOUR HOUSE AFTER 2012 National Association of REALTORS is all over this and working to get it repealed, before it takes effect. But, I am very pleased we aren't t…
SOURCE: Don Hall at 06:09AMMonday, August 1, 2011
This past weekend, WNEP Theater presented the Maelstrom (improvised stories) and SKALD competitions at the fabulous Acorn Theater in Three Oaks, MI.It's been a couple of years since I've bee…
SOURCE: Don Hall at 06:24AMSaturday, July 30, 2011
"Daniel Craig is my bitch, now!"Harrison Ford is the embodiment of badass for my generation.No one else even comes close...
SOURCE: Don Hall at 07:13AMFriday, July 29, 2011
Zippo Spy Gun4mm, the "Zippo" brand lighter, the firing mechanism disquised as a normal lighter, the barrel occupying the place of the wick, the flint striking wheel acting as the trigger. S…
SOURCE: Don Hall at 06:13AMThursday, July 28, 2011
To start announcing your own preferences for old values when your world is collapsing and everything is changing at a furious pitch: this is not the act of a serious person. It is frivolous,…
SOURCE: Don Hall at 06:10AMWednesday, July 27, 2011
...that, with the final installment of the Harry Potter franchise complete, I'm pleased to say that, as a 45-year old man, I'm excited about the three Hunger Games movies now......that it ca…
SOURCE: Don Hall at 06:03AMTuesday, July 26, 2011
The economy is still suckin'.People are finding all sorts of ways to get by.Major national theatrical institutions are closing down and you can get a ticket to a Broadway show for just shy o…
SOURCE: Don Hall at 06:11AMMonday, July 25, 2011
Saturday, July 23, 2011
Midway police bust none other than a lemonade stand, because the three girls running it didn't have a business license. The three girls thought if they sold enough lemonade, they could make…
SOURCE: Don Hall at 07:07AMFriday, July 22, 2011
****Quote of the Last Century as Applied to This Week“To divide fairly among the people the obligation to pay for these benefits has been a major part of our struggle to maintain Democracy…
SOURCE: Don Hall at 06:02AMThursday, July 21, 2011
...Or You Gotta Get Hit in the Face by the Ball to Be a Really Good Catcher...It's the subject of many a Hollywood comedy about growing up. The Less Than Athletic Kid can't catch a fly ball…
SOURCE: Don Hall at 06:09AMWednesday, July 20, 2011
...that every relationship comes with its bag of weasels.(attributed to a friend of Joe's and paraphrased)...that among the worst parts of Navy Pier is that tourists walk around the place li…
SOURCE: Don Hall at 06:03AMTuesday, July 19, 2011
I saw Star Wars when it came out in 1977. I was 11 years old and it was the pop culture event of my childhood. I grew up with the images and stories of Luke Skywalker and Han Sol…
SOURCE: Don Hall at 06:05AMMonday, July 18, 2011
5AM. The alarm goes of in its familiar “Sonar” beeping and I hit snooze twice. Down to the office. I weigh myself (same time every morning), make a pot of coffee. Out on the back porch f…
SOURCE: Don Hall at 06:07AMSaturday, July 16, 2011
Tree of LifeWritten and Directed by Terrence MalickFirst - if you are completely married to the idea of a traditional narrative or have a hard time looking at paintings for any extended peri…
SOURCE: Don Hall at 07:12AMFriday, July 15, 2011
Quote of the Week"There are no class divisions in the party scene in Berlin because it’s not about money, it’s about change. No nostalgia zone. People expect to see freaks. Freaks expect…
SOURCE: Don Hall at 06:07AMWednesday, July 13, 2011
...that, when I was a fat guy, I kind of hated the Summer. Hot, gross, and no matter what, I couldn't ever get comfortable. Without the comforting sheath of fat surrounding me, I find that…
SOURCE: Don Hall at 06:05AMTuesday, July 12, 2011
...or The Wild-eyed Hypocrisy of Great America and How Marginalization WorksOn the Fifth of July, in the eleventh year of the New Century, I spent the day at Six Flags Great America. The na…
SOURCE: Don Hall at 06:01AMMonday, July 11, 2011
...You Know...From His Wormy, Musty Unmarked Grave or from the Bowels of Hell...The Undefeated Teaser Trailer from Dain Valverde on Vimeo.GOEBBELS' PRINCIPLES OF PROPAGANDA1. Propagandist mu…
SOURCE: Don Hall at 06:02AMSaturday, July 9, 2011
I'll admit it.Even as a devoted practitioner of live theater, even as the (as Justin Kaufman once described me) Art for Art's Sake Asshole of Chicago, I have pulled out my iPhone in the midd…
SOURCE: Don Hall at 07:06AMFriday, July 8, 2011
****You Do NOT Represent ALL of Anybody or Anything...There's a lot of times when I let myself channel bad ideas as a way to do comedy. I think it's something that's a healthy thing to do, h…
SOURCE: Don Hall at 06:09AMThursday, July 7, 2011
Barbara lives in a rural area in the center of the country. She went to high school in the same town she currently lives in. In her graduating class of 98, there were four black students, …
SOURCE: Don Hall at 06:06AMWednesday, July 6, 2011
...that it seems to me a crime to spend millions of dollars - MILLIONS - on making a movie that takes the supremely cool Optimus Prime and makes him a petty dick....that it is inconceivable …
SOURCE: Don Hall at 06:11AMTuesday, July 5, 2011
"I'm not supposed to say this but what keeps me going is hate. Every morning I wake up and feel a moment of hate for those who tortured me and enjoyed it. That hate fuels me."His brutal hon…
SOURCE: Don Hall at 06:02AMMonday, July 4, 2011
Let's face it.Being an American in the current civilization is like being white in most of America. The catbird seat. We have more than anyone else, we eat more than anyone else, we own mo…
SOURCE: Don Hall at 06:08AMSaturday, July 2, 2011
Coupla thoughts on the State of Things:THE GOP is so lead by the Christianist "Control Our Behavior" Freaks That They Do Not Give A Shit About Doing Their Jobs:Minnesota state government has…
SOURCE: Don Hall at 07:31AMFriday, July 1, 2011
VO: Someone Lost the Toys and There Will Be HELL TO PAY...SOURCE****A Quick Wrap-up on 50 Plays by Joe JanesYes. We did it again. I like to characterize these forays into t…
SOURCE: Don Hall at 06:01AM 
