G-Chatting with Friends

Jocelyn: oh my face is bleeding
i'll see you later

me: oh good

Jocelyn: ok

Mine.

I'm in a play that opens this weekend. I play some songs and mess with some relationships and make some jokes and try not to be awkward. The other actors are wonderful and it should be a lovely little show...

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Slant Theater Project's website

Bekah Brunstetter's website

Shrimp Shack Shooters

There's something sad and eerily beautiful about wandering a beach town during the colder months of fall. While the lobster/shrimp/crab/general-seafood shacks are boarded up, there's some fine-ass foliage and a quiet hush and a wood-burning smell.

I'm here in Cape Cod doing a show called The Consequences (by Kyle Jarrow and Nathan Leigh) and we've got the entire Wellfleet Theatre building to ourselves, which has been kind of amazing. Also they put us up in a big, old rustic house where we can cook big dinners and make plans to watch shitty, leftover VHS tapes that have been stranded over the years.

It's nice to get outta NYC for a bit.

I like some songs these days

If you've been reading Boxing Metropolis for a long time (and google analytics tells me 2.63 of you have!) you might say, "Hey Lucas - what happened to all the songs you used to post on here? There used to be a weekly feature with songs you like." To which I would respond, "Maybe I'm busier now and don't have as much time, did you ever think of that?" To which you would reply, "Jesus, calm down, it's not that big a deal," to which I would say, "I'm sorry, I overreacted." And then we'd drink McFlurries and enjoy this post where I list a few songs I like right now.

Surfer Blood - Floating Vibes
Extremely young and precocious Floridians (pictured above) who record their catchy, riff-laden songs on breaks from classes. Their debut album will be out in January.

The Dodos - Small Deaths
One of my favorite albums from last year was the Dodos' "Visiter." Their new one doesn't blow me away, but there's a couple true gems - this opening track included.

Joe Pug - Hymn 101
I'm performing a bunch of Joe Pug songs for a play I'm doing this month and have had to listen to him nonstop, but this one still sticks with me every time I hear it. The man's got a voice on him like no other guy in his mid-twenties I've ever heard and he can surely spin a yarn or two...

Has everyone seen this? Is this something everyone has seen? I'm late to the party. This is brilliant.

They locked their friend, tripping on acid, in a bathroom, and recorded what he said. UPDATE: They did not lock their friend in the bathroom. Apparently it's just Dan Deacon speaking "absurdist poetry," and he's not on any kind of narcotics.

Rise against the demon monoculture

I interviewed the Reverend Billy, a performance artist running for mayor of New York. Though he definitely has no chance of winning, everything he said made sense, and his thoughts on community and neighborhoods and taking the power away from phantom "planners" who have no stake in the areas they're building and re-building were really spot on. I liked him a lot.

Weekend of Wonderment

Had an absolute blast at the PIT's Sketchprov extravaganza this past weekend...amazingly talented, nice, wonderful people everywhere, and just a general great energy at the PIT all around. So much fun, and so glad to be a part of it. And to win $1000. That was also fun. Because money makes the world go round, and is the sole reason that I do any of this. Here's Keith Huang's Apiary post on it.

On a more incredible and world-changing note, my good friends at 350.org made history this past Saturday with their day o' climate action. This amazing slide show from the NY Times says it all. And this video! 20,000 people marching in fuckin' Ethiopia! Amazing. So great to see them all and celebrate.

Also I ate a phenomenal bowl of Grape Nuts!!!!!

And then also tonight.

Swords won last night! Come see us in the second round of the Sketchprov competition tonight at 10pm!

The PIT's website.