Filed by Lance at 9:04 pm under Fightin' Words, General, Love, The Arts
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What’s the value of a critic?
What’s the value of criticism?
They’re two completely separate things.
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Filed by Bil at 11:58 pm under General, Shameless Plugs, The Arts
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That’s right, world – I may be blogging, and I may be using a Mac, but I am not at Starbuck’s. Not anymore. I was there earlier, with my giant hipster headphones over my ears, typing thoughtfully with one hand and tapping mindlessly in time with the Grateful Dead with my other hand. Yeah, I was working on my novel, not blogging.
That’s when I was discovered by people I know, so I scrambled to look less like some pretentious English major and more like a professional something-or-other, but I’m pretty sure I failed. I’m just glad I didn’t spill (much) coffee on my precious white MacBook.
Whatever.
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Filed by Lance at 11:38 am under General
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This is a quick public thank you to Trevor for all of his hard work on last night’s Hatemail LIVE.
Bil has been in rehearsals for Dream Theatre’s Electra (opening this Thursday… hint hint), so Trevor and I said, “No problem! Bil’s making theater, so we make Hatemail!” As fate would have it, the past couple of days, I’ve been mostly bedridden with something that’s behaved sort of like the flu, sort of like a cold, and sort of like allergies.
So the vast majority of the planning and execution for last night’s success fell on Trevor’s shoulders, and he delivered. (Of course he did… in case you didn’t know, he’s a Joseph Jefferson Award nominated composer!)
When Bil and Trevor first told me about the Hatemail project, I was really skeptical about it. “Won’t it be sort of one-sided?” I wondered. I had no idea how funny some of the material could be.
I was a little skeptical about doing some of these live, too: lesson is, I need to stop being skeptical of things that Bil and Trevor say. We had a wonderful time last night, there were some amazing surprises, even though I’d heard most of the Hatemails before, and the live music by Zach Livingston and Trevor was so much fun!
There will be more coming soon about last night’s Hatemail LIVE, including video, audio, and whenabouts we plan on doing a Hatemail LIVE again, but for now, thanks again, Trevor, for saving the day!
Filed by Lance at 3:35 pm under General, Hatemail, Shameless Plugs, Stuff to Read, The Arts
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Here is every Hatemail we recorded last Sunday, presented in a slightly different format for your visual delight:
Filed by Lance at 2:11 pm under General
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If this doesn’t answer your questions about Hatemail, you’ll just have to come on Sunday to find out:
Filed by Lance at 11:43 pm under General, Love, Shameless Plugs, The Arts
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I’ve been fortunate enough to have some amazing mentors in my life, and I’m happy to say Lisa Canning is one of them (I don’t know if she likes or knows she’s wearing the name badge of “Lance’s Mentor,” but I’m sticking it on her, anyway). She’s taken my thinking in directions I didn’t know were there, and if I can get my feet out of the mud, the things she teaches have the potential to simply take my life somewhere I’ve always imagined it could go.
Filed by Lance at 5:23 pm under General, Love, Social Issues
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So after the success of our last Hatemail recording on 2/28, I felt inspired to Vlog about it.
Problem was, I felt a little like a zombie, and looked and sounded like one, too.
What to do?
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Filed by Lance at 2:36 pm under Fightin' Words, General, Hatemail, Shameless Plugs, The Arts
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Tip Your Waiter is hosting a recording session for our ongoing, collaborative project called Hatemail on the last Sunday of every month, and here’s what happening this time around:
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Filed by Lance at 10:41 pm under General, Love, Religion, Stuff to Read, The Arts
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I remember a story told about one of my favorite composers, Arvo Pärt, that when he was just beginning his career, he went to see a monk. He told the monk, “I would like to learn to write prayers, because I think it could help my music.”
The monk said, “No, no. Every prayer has already been written.”
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