Dec 4, 1999 21:35 from Friskee
I am in awe of all of this......*has virtual orgasm*
r-i-g-h-t
Really, I am excited for BONS Friday....I haven't seen all of the pieces
performed *YET*
Is seating really crazy for BONS or what??  Should I camp out starting Thursday
night to get in??
Love ya all.....
*whistles*
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Dec 5, 1999 04:52 from Crotch Monkey
BONS.  that's it.  at least i said something.
BONS
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Dec 5, 1999 23:19 from Analretentive
Mike Cassady RULES!!!!!
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Dec 6, 1999 01:49 from GAP Boy
Is this another stalker?!?!
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Dec 6, 1999 14:28 from Crotch Monkey
why am i so damn popular.
*ladies walk in*
well hello ladies....
see ya later ISCA!!!
(god what would my life be like withou asterisks)
*wink*
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Dec 6, 1999 17:23 from Ender
 
Also posted by Chris Okiishi:
 
The Order for 12/3/99, as best I can get it.
 
      1.  Joseph A. Burton is a Liar/Joseph A. Burton is a Thief by
      Adam Hahn
      2.  I Left Jesus in My Other Pants by Sachar "Keeper of the
      Hamster" Robertson
      3.  Santa Claus is a Prick Part 3: The Yul Brynner Monologue by
      Nick Clark
      4.  [Arlen re-titled his piece and didn't change it on his
      script, so he'll have to fill us in...] by Arlen Lawson
      4.5 Melodica Monologua by Mark J. Hansen
      5.  Ken's [not sure on that name.  A little help, James? ]
      Adventure by James Erwin
      6.  The Key to Happiness is at the End of the Chorus by Aprille
      Clarke
      7.  The First Thing I've Done by Jessica Ahrendt
      8.  The Worst Thing Ever by Jamal River
      9.  Coming Clean by Jonathan Sawyer
      10. I've Always Been Close To You by Kehry Anson Lane
      10.5  Joseph A. Burton Must Die/Joseph A. Burton is One of the
      Nicest People I Know by Adam Hahn
      11.  Girls Who Crave Kant by Allison McCabe and Merideth Nepstad
      12.  An Existential Love Story, or We got Stoned! by John Hague
      and Peter Rugg
      13.5 Titles Are For Pussies by Mike Cassady and Neil "Balls"
      Campbell
      14. The Houdini Virus slight of hand by Chris Stangl
 
      15. Big Angry by Dan Brooks (not actually performed, for reasons
      obvious to all present)
 
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Dec 6, 1999 18:54 from Prufrock
The title of my piece was actually "Ham's Adventure; A Tale of Outer Space and
Masturbation". Grazie, signor.
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Dec 6, 1999 23:29 from Evil Chick
Adam, but #15 got performed, all right!
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Dec 7, 1999 01:49 from Analretentive
Friskee we should start a Mike Cassady fan club!!!!!!!
Mike Cassady rocks!!!
We love you Mike!!!!
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Dec 10, 1999 09:00 from Ender
 
So, it's the big day...
 
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Dec 10, 1999 11:19 from Crotch Monkey
YEEEEEEEHAAAAA!!!!!!
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Dec 10, 1999 17:51 from Garbage
Cassady, If I were you, I'd be afraid to post ANYTHING here.  Even just
YEEEEEEEHAAAAAA!!!!!!!  cause of all the creepy people that post something
gushy with lots of annoying actions inside asterixes every time you say a durn
thing.
*gushes*  That Mike Cassady is the most erotic thing since *makes quote marks
with fingers* sliced bread. *giggles* I can't stop gushing everytime Mike
Cassady posts any random piece of crapola on ISCA *winks*.  He is so masculine
I get hot everytime I have any reason to think of him whatsoever. *gets
hot**plans stalking schedule**attempts to feed deceased rabbit in
handbag**checks ISCA again in the hopes that Mike Cassady has posted something,
ANYTHING**collects own urine in mason jars**applies dab of paint to 3x
life size Cassady portrait on ceiling**clings to ceiling, embracing
portrait**prepares ether and chloroform*
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Dec 11, 1999 14:57 from Crotch Monkey
ahhhh....i survived the best of without one assassination attempt (atleast not
one successful one?)
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Dec 11, 1999 15:07 from Teez
Well, well, well... Friskee has been revealed.  I am sad to see the stalking
end.  And anyone who thinks that it was anything but a fun time is just
GARBAGE!!
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Dec 11, 1999 19:54 from Subotai
Maybe the whole stalking Cassady thing was harmless, but it was pretty annoying
too. Sort of like people who shout the names of other pieces right before
someone else is about to perform. Not that it happened last night...
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Dec 12, 1999 16:40 from Nichol Bolas
I personally liked the stalking thing.  It added a whole new aura to the
semesters otherwise ordinary line-up.  You keep the audience on edge, why can't
the audience keep the performers on edge??  Good job folks!!
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Dec 12, 1999 18:23 from Ender
 
I thought it was a cool bit o' showman(person)ship too, though it's easy to
think that way when you're not the recipient of such attentions. :)
 
Perhaps some of those folks will make it to the stage yet..
 
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Dec 12, 1999 21:23 from Teez
Perhaps we will make it on stage next semester... until then, believe me, we
will maintain the level of audience participation in some way
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Dec 14, 1999 01:20 from Prufrock
It's tough to maintain a high level of audience participation in the absence of
either an audience or performers, so you may have to settle for stoking the
fires of fandom until January. Either that or we could hold a cripplingly
feeble "virtual No Shame" by sending Dan mail at 10:30 on Friday night, and
then letting him post the order at 11 and then all typing in scripts really
fast.
 
Let it be known ahead of time that I disown and rebuke anyone who wants to
actually do that.
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Dec 14, 1999 18:41 from Garbage
it sounds like a great idea until you think about it even a little.
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Dec 15, 1999 12:44 from Prufrock
Exactly. I say that we tell everyone it happened once, it was magical, and none
of us want to sully the moment by trying again.
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Dec 21, 1999 18:48 from Skweetis
ahh, this off time is giving me plaenty of inspiration.  prepare to be
bewildered next semester.  you all have been warned.  no shame will never be
the same.
 
BWAAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHHHH ack *cough cough hack spew*
 
gotta quit smoking.
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Dec 21, 1999 21:10 from Skweetis
oh, and also, on the new performers thread, i have a horror story to share with
all y'all.
i was talking with a friend of mine who had once this semester tried to get
into no shame.  he prepared a script, which was pretty funny, and brought it to
the student lounge, as per protocol.  upon arriving, shortly before 10:30, he
found a large mass of regulars within said lounge.  the line formed quickly
when whoever was taking scripts that night came in, and my friend got in at the
back of it.  knowing that he was at the end of the line, he asked the
script-taker how many scripts would be taken that night.  aforementioned
script-taker said that he would take as many as he wanted.  when my friend
reached the front of the line, the script taker said "no more tonight, sorry."
My friend asked the person why, adding that the person had said that he would
take as many as he wanted.  the script-taker replied "yep."  My friend
interpreted this as "yep, i don't want your contribution."  I don't know if
this is how it was intended, or even if this is an accurate representation of
the events of that night...
 
but if it is actually what happened, i think that all this talk about wanting
new performers needs to be backed up by actually accepting new performers.  my
friend also told me that there were a couple other new performers behind him.
he has not been back to no shame, as a performer or an audience member, since,
even though before this incident he was a regular attendee.  I believe
rightfully so, if this is how he was treated.
 
food for thought...
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Dec 21, 1999 21:56 from Dan
Well, speaking as the person who, statistically at least, was most likely
taking pieces that night (I think there were maybe three this semester when it
wasn't me) what an asshole I was. It doesn't sound like something I'd do, but
if it was, I owe your friend an apology. For reference, the standing rule is
that we take fifteen pieces a night, and while that rule is frequently bent, it
is at least officially the one we stand by. While the rule often boils down to
"As many as the script-taker wants," usually the script taker wants to take
fifteen, and if it'll get everybody in he might take as many as seventeen.
I have a hard time turning people away, but it has to be done. Everybody who
gets turned down one week gets to come to the front of the line the next; it's
a fairly crappy consolation prize, but it's the best we can offer. When twenty
pieces show up, some people get to perform and some don't. That's all there is
to it, and unfortunately, there's no truly fair way to go about it. I'd
encourage your friend to come back next semester if he/she still wants to do
his/her piece. Otherwise, sorry if someone was rude.
A meandering post which states the obvious. Oy.
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Dec 22, 1999 22:08 from Fanky Maloon
Another thought!!  I have an idea, and I think it's a goodie.
Let's get an _actual_ line starting place in the lounge, so that if someone
shows up at the front of the line before the script taker arrives, they're
still in the right place, not having to try to predict where said person will
be.  In other words, if there was a set point at which scripts would be taken
(say, directly under the clock, line forms clockwise or somesuch), people who
get there first could actually *gasp* be first in line!  Amazing, I know!
But I think a huge part of the problem is the whole "Oh, they're taking scripts
now?  I'd better go hop in line...though I thought I _was_ in line...ugh..."
phenomena.  Let's base this on how early someone gets to the lounge, not on how
quickly someone notices that the script taker is present and ready to roll.
Whatsay ye?
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Dec 23, 1999 13:58 from Skweetis
perhaps we could have a set number of new people move to the front of the line?
like, first three new people get a guaranteed spot...
and i like
fanky's suggestion of having a set start point, so that even newbies can figure
it out.  plus, this might help deal with the aforementioned "writing something
just to get in" dilemma, because, as someone who admittedly has written
something just to have something that night, i can tell ya, i'm printing it out
about 10:25 and speeding over to the other side of the river in order to make
it in time.
but i think the "letting newbies cut" idea would be a good one, and would be
much simpler than all the drawing out of a hat schemes.
all in all, though, the length of the order is ultimately up to the script
taker, and i generally trust dan/kyle/whoever's judgement.  they know when a
.5 is going to fit, and when to let someone in although the order is full.
(e.g. when ben schmidt has another awesome song to perform or when some old
person from the ancient times of no shame shows up)
 
$0.02
 
give or take a penny.
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Jan 3, 2000 11:38 from Garbage
Just don't take my pennies.
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Jan 3, 2000 13:26 from Thufir
Or any wooden nickels.
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Jan 7, 2000 12:21 from Ender
 
Call for scripts at Riverside Theatre!  It would be mega-cool to see
something(s) authored and/or performed there by folks we know and love from the
No Shame stage...
 
--------------------------------------------------------
 
WALKING THE WIRE:  Monologues at Riverside
 
Submission Guidelines:
-must be original and unpublished material
-no more than 10 minutes in length
-can range from dramatic character to personal memoir
-include the names of the actor/director if not
 performed/directed by the playwright
 
Details:
-Materials due by January 22
-Chosen playwrights will be notified on January 25
-Production meeting is January 29
-Riverside Theatre will provide rehearsal space, basic production
 support and the opportunity for two performances of each
 monologue
 
Send info to:
Riverside Theatre
PO Box 1651
Iowa City, IA  52244
ATTN:  Michael Sokoloff
 
 
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Jan 9, 2000 00:29 from Corvis
I have heard that No Shame has website.  Is this true? If so, what is the
address?
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Jan 9, 2000 00:40 from Manual Dexterity
www.noshame.org/index.htm  (http of course)
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Jan 9, 2000 00:49 from Corvis
Thank you.
 
So tell me, it's been about four or so years since I've been to or performed at
No Shame.  Is it still lots of angst ridden poetry combined with wacky
humourous stuff and an occasional real gem of a piece thrown in?  Mostly funny
stuff?  Mostly serious stuff?  Mostly just stuff?
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Jan 9, 2000 02:25 from Garbage
I can't think of any angst ridden poetry in the recent history of NS, unless
you count "Lovepoem" by yours truly, and maybe Al Angel's "the Bondage Poem",
but they were both more about confusion and feelings of alienation than angst.
Most of the stuff is undeniably stuff.  I have pledged not to submit any
low quality stuff next semester, which probably means that No Shame won't
see as much of me as it did last semester. -NC
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Jan 9, 2000 11:23 from Corvis
Really?  No angst ridden poetry anymore?  That's great.
My favorite stuff was the funny stuff like Naked Cops, Waiting for Godot to
Leave and others whose names I can't remember.
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Jan 9, 2000 12:27 from Ender
 
Someone who remembers Naked Cops!  (Naked Police?)  Anyway, I remember.  Except
the title.
 
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Jan 9, 2000 16:47 from Thufir
Naked Police.  Jeez, that really _was_ a long time ago.
 
I miss those guys.
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Jan 9, 2000 21:46 from Corvis
Yeah, Naked Police is right.  I think I just always wanted it to be called
Naked Cops. I also seem to remember something like "My Friend Eric" which was
also hilarious.  Anyway, when is the first No Shame of the new year?
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Jan 10, 2000 08:56 from Whitewolf
 
"My Friend Eric" remains one of my favorite all-time No Shame pieces. Pity
Shannon buggered off the continent before I could chain him to a wall in my
basement and force him to write more pieces like that for me.
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Jan 11, 2000 10:56 from Stubble
first no shame of the year will be january 28th.  love to see ya there old
timer!
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Jan 11, 2000 17:20 from Corvis
old timer?
 
ouch.
but i will be there.
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Jan 14, 2000 01:18 from Prufrock
I've been going to No Shame off and on since 1991.
Sweet Jesus.
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Jan 14, 2000 09:43 from Thufir
You too?
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Jan 14, 2000 10:33 from Whitewolf
 
Pah. Young whippernappers. Now back in MY day ...
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Jan 14, 2000 10:52 from Ender
 
Hey!  I remember your day.
 
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Jan 14, 2000 11:23 from Whitewolf
 
Oh. Do you remember my evening? The sunset was particularly lovely, as I
recall. But I didn't enjoy my night very much. There were too many hyper
drunken people running around, and I lost my keys.
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Jan 14, 2000 11:44 from Booster Gold
I and a few others kept going to No Shame solid for about 5 years even during
that one very lean semester when it was 5 people in the "audience" and 10
performers making up stuff and not charging the buck. I almost liked it better
than the packed house naked percussion era.
 
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Jan 14, 2000 16:59 from Corvis
And I thought since 1992 was pretty good.
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Jan 14, 2000 18:40 from Booster Gold
it's all pretty good considering you're getting good or excellent talent for
the price of a soda.
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Jan 19, 2000 00:53 from Crotch Monkey
you guys are making me feel so young......please continue....
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Jan 19, 2000 01:30 from Prufrock
I remember when No Shame only cost ten cents! OF course, back in those days the
Sauk Indians still controlled the area, and it wasn't safe to travel much, so
the few regulars at No Shame were really respected for their commitment to the
show. Back then, No Shame was sort of an all-day affair, the roads being a lot
worse, so people'd start out for the theater building at sunup and we started
performing at sundown, so's people could get to McTavish's Inn before the Sauk
raiding parties or bears started nosing around. Zeb Crane once actually ran
lights with a Sauk arrowhead sticking out of his cheek. Of course, after
Ezekiel and Seth and Prudence graduated, Zeb got typhus, Callie and Sue died of
consumption, and Theodore, Hannibal, Jethro and Marcus went to their final
reward that awful August day in the Roanoke Valley, No Shame was never the
same.
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Jan 19, 2000 08:40 from Whitewolf
 
 
Sure 'twas. Doncha remember the Great Reunion of ought-five, when Seth and
Prudence came back for one last performance of their comedy hit "Ow Leggo My
Scalp You Consarn Redskin," and Jethro and Lilly-Mae's son Jebediah reprised
both his parents' roles from their Beste Of Ye Notte Shamed skit "God Shall
Smite Thee, Infidels, For Thy Impertinent And Sinful Humour Of The Unshamed
Stage," using sock puppets? That was just like old times.
 
Actually, I've often thought that the 74 minutes of recitation from Leviticus
that went into the latter skit were the real reason for No Shame adopting the
original-material-only rule.
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Jan 19, 2000 18:11 from Prufrock
Man, that Seth. Even at 76, he still floored em in ought-five. "You an'
yer pertater-eatin Irish Copperhead pals kin go suck Valladingham blue!"
heehee.
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Jan 20, 2000 15:21 from Teez
Why I remember when I got stood up for no shame... and I bought that $176 dress
and I got my hair done... and did he show up?  No!!  He went with that trashy
whore he called an English teacher!!!  Oh wait... nevermind... that was senior
prom...
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Jan 22, 2000 01:14 from Dan Birchall
I only made it to No Shame once or twice, and it would have had to have
been in the 1993-94 academic year.  But considering I lived on the East
Coast, I guess I shouldn't be too awful ashame.  And yeah, I was there
for Naked Police - that's the only one I can remember by name.
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Jan 27, 2000 20:56 from Keef
I went last weekend and not a damn thing was happening.
 
Is No Shame gonna happen tomorrow night?
 
Anybody got a schedule?
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Jan 27, 2000 23:53 from Ender
 
Yep, it always starts on the second Friday of a new semester.  'cept summer,
when it doesn't usually start till Fall.
 
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Jan 28, 2000 03:03 from Prufrock
No Shame will be happening at 11 pm on Friday.
I tremble awaiting.
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Jan 29, 2000 02:43 from Crotch Monkey
wow.  i'm still not sure that just happened.  wow.  no shames to be found.
astounding use of common house-hold (ass-held) products.
wow.
awesome first show.
wow.
bye.
wow.
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Jan 30, 2000 16:42 from Ender
 
So...  how 'bout them Cubs?
 
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Jan 30, 2000 23:16 from Quicheo
1)  The Things We Do to Each Other by James Horak
2)  Venomous Snakes:  An Alphabetic Illustration by Nick "Clark
Nick" Clark
3)  Fellating America for Sustenacne by Adam Hahn
4)  A Song by Ben Schmidt
5)  Talk Show by Mark J. Hansen
6)  Arlen Lawson by "Has Switching the Title and Author Been
Done Before?  Yeah?  Well, Fuck You.  I Hate You...Mom?"
7)  Billy Machine by Willie Barbour
7.5)The Loco Joe's Reason by Dan Brooks
8)  Hugs and Kisses by Jonathan "Al Angel" Sawyer
9)  Rhetorical Demise by Christopher Okiishi
10) Dead Soldiers by Jacko
11) Peanut Butter Booger by Jamal River
12) Look!  There's a Spider on Your Catch Phrase by Aaron
Galbraith and Kehry Lane
13) It's My Life by Michael Rothschild
14) This is the Face of Erectile Dysfunction by Mike !Erectile
Cassady and James !Dysfunction! Erwin
15) The Sketch Where We Play Ourselves by Neil "Balls" Campbell
16) No Shame by Chris Stangl
 
So, there's the order.  Have at it...
 
(BTW--I really enjoyed the evevning, especially the Rev. Stangl.  As my friends
visiting from MN commented after his performance--if everything else in the
weekend sucked, his piece made in all worth it...   Thank you, Sir Chris.  You
complete me...)
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Jan 31, 2000 05:10 from Mortika
Just curious, all.  Does anyone know what became of Liken?  Am I spelling her
name right, even?
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Jan 31, 2000 08:50 from Ender
 
Lichen is currently doing stunts/stage combat on a swords-and-sorcery movie set
Down Under.  It's one of those things where she sent her resume and
application, was politely turned down, and bought the plane ticket anyway.  She
applied again in person, was turned down again, and then started calling around
to other movie companies in the area, making connections, renting an apartment
from someone with connections, stuff like that.  And now she's working (and
making income on the side thanks to a massage degree she picked up after she
left Iowa City).  Cool, eh?
 
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Feb 1, 2000 00:10 from Sparkychick
lichen june's so cool
she flips grown men down under
water swirls counterclockwise.
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Feb 1, 2000 15:08 from Trouble
 
  5-7-7?  What kind of Haiku is that?
 
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Feb 3, 2000 19:30 from Sparkychick
A lichen haiken.
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Feb 6, 2000 08:02 from Trouble
 
  You should have just said "water swirls clockwise".
 
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Feb 10, 2000 12:56 from BothHandz
Hi all....i was a little curious as to why No shame is listed in the Daily
Iowan things to do list? I don't remeber this from last semester and I was
wondering if that might have to do with the sudden increase of people. not that
having new people at No Shame is a bad thing but my friends and I have noticed
an increase in obnoxious and rude people since the semester started...I miss
last semesters No Shame's..
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Feb 10, 2000 18:21 from GAP Boy
re: increase in obnoxious and rude people
 
Yeah, especially if they bring signs like "Cassady 3:16"!
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Feb 10, 2000 18:37 from Carolyn
Do you mean rude people performing or rude people in the audience?
 
(NS used to be listed regularly in the DP.  Can't vouce for the last couple of
years, though.)
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Feb 10, 2000 22:58 from BothHandz
I meant in the audience...the performers have been awesome for the most part:)
Especially Stangl (sp?) and Willy... I think that's his name...
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Feb 11, 2000 10:23 from Fishcult
If by Willy you mean "Arlen Lawson, who is my absolute favorite of all time,
including times never," then I have no choice but to agree with you.  That
"Willy" is A-OK in my book.  Also in my screenplay.
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Feb 17, 2000 20:35 from Teez
Hey, doesn't that Arlen guy work in a porn store?  At least that is what I
heard from Balls...
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Feb 18, 2000 00:47 from Prufrock
A lot more than I do.
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Feb 18, 2000 03:04 from Crotch Monkey
i think so.
that is all.
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Feb 18, 2000 06:40 from Trouble
 
  I know that Stangl does...I have proof.
 
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Feb 18, 2000 14:31 from Prufrock
I find that unsettling.
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Feb 19, 2000 04:09 from Skweetis
i don't like no shames with tacklings in them.
 
not one bit.
 
i'd appreciate it if there were to be no more bagel-throwing, tackling,
screaming no shames.
 
thank you and goodnight.
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Feb 19, 2000 10:09 from Corvis
So I returned to No Shame two weeks ago.  And I found it to be pretty
entertaining.  The talent and writing were as they used to be - some funny and
some not so funny.  The chicken peice was wonderful.  There was only one
dramatic piece that I remember and it was okay.
 
The biggest change I noticed was the undiscriminating audience.  People laughed
at anything whether ot was funny or not.  Some buy behind me keep declaring
some of the most inane sketches as "brilliant, man, just brilliant."  He really
needed a dictionary.  I remember when the audience didn't laugh at everything.
Performers found out their stuff wasn't funny and reworked it.  Now people are
so excited about being at No Shame they laugh at anything.  Or at least that
was what happened the night I went.
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Feb 19, 2000 10:56 from Avenue Player
*shrug*
 
There are worse things, aren't there?  I go to No Shame to have fun, and it's
more fun when the audience is in a good mood and receptive.  I know full well
when my pieces aren't good, but I appreciate it when people have the low
standards/enthusiasm/sympathy to laugh anyway.  People still rework their
writing and try new things; Chris Stangl is an excellent example of someone who
has moved beyond his earlier, crowd-pleasingier style to come up with some very
well-thought-out stuff, and the audience appreciates that too, though perhaps
in a different way.
 
Mose Hayward loves to laugh.  So do I.
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Feb 19, 2000 13:04 from Ender
 
So I missed the show last night.  I called my good buddy Chris Okiishi and said
"What'd I miss??!?!?"  He said "I don't know, I wasn't there either!"
 
Then someone said something about tacklings.
 
What'd I miss??!?!?
 
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Feb 19, 2000 14:19 from Frackledart
what you missed was yet another staged fight. this one was kevin wall vs. the
returning champ, dan brooks. (why is dan involved in all the secret fight
plans? is he the only one who can be trusted not to spill the secret beans?) i
rank this one 2nd in believability, before al vs. guy, after chris vs. dan. of
course since this one came so soon after the other two, it didn't have much of
a chance of being too tricky.
hey avenue: i must disagree about stangl's earlier stuff being more crowd
pleasing. he used to intentionally antagonize the audience and purposely write
things that would displease them. remember how he used to always say, "no shame
is bunch of retards who will laugh at anything"? and then he'd eat a fake turd.
i think the crowd is more pleased with him now.
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Feb 19, 2000 16:56 from Mose
Why are there two discussions in web world of No Shame? It makes me icky. Since
this is the harder to access discussion I refer you hereby to my show review on
the no shame board room at the website. Love,
Mose Hayward
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Feb 19, 2000 18:28 from Fanky Maloon
Bah, not that old argument.
Long story short:  Isca takes longer to access initially (a day or two for
whatever verification process they have), the Website is the slowest damned
thing on the www.  I'd rather hop in here and get through the messages within
say, half an hour than to have to wait while "beseenandlooksmart.com" or
whatever pathetic server it's on loads its sorry ass for sixty years.
I like the website just fine for the media files.  But isca's the place to talk
about stuff if you don't have an extra 8 hours a day to wait for that website
to load.
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Feb 20, 2000 18:29 from Malice
Hey, greg, that's my pathetic company you're dissing there!  No Shame fans
are everywhere.  Even in silicon valley.
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Feb 20, 2000 18:56 from Ender
 
Greg's probably just scared to diss the ISCA "company" since they're a lot
closer...  ;)
 
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Feb 21, 2000 08:53 from Fanky Maloon
Not to mention...
that my attention span is that of an insect on fire.
But in any case - that really is one slooooow server - anything that could be
done about that?  I'd be a regular user of the site were it reasonably quick,
but as is, it takes me less time to read notes and compose a note like this
than it would for me to even be able to pull up the first message off the site.
Maybe I could buy a few bucks worth of Ram and ship them to y'all?  ;)
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Feb 21, 2000 11:43 from Dan
Not that I'm a big wise internet guru or nothin', but I think the page is slow
because we get it for pretty much free; which is to say that it's supported by
those refresh-hogging ads that float around up at the top of the screen. I find
it's best to drop by an ITC to use it, as their internet connection is at least
marginally faster.
Pussycat. Kill kill!
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Feb 22, 2000 14:29 from Patrick
 
For Carolyn: Time between slipping on a peel and smacking the pavement =
1 bananosecond.
 
As for isca v. web; i'm sure the web is all-that, but isca does have the
advantage of its non-tree linear thread style - and i like that.  But the isca
server, for the record, is being very slow right now.  It's all mp3's fault.
 
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Feb 23, 2000 13:15 from Calliope
 
My buddies are completely convinced that the last fight scene was real.  Even
after I confirmed that it was staged here, they still won't buy it.  *grins*  I
missed it, but it must have been decent.  Bravo, boys.
 
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Feb 26, 2000 15:26 from Ender
 
Here it is!  All pieces performed by author alone unless
otherwise noted.
 
1. Frahnglth, by Jamal River--performed by Jamal River, Neil Campbell, Mose
Hayward, and Chris Stangl
 
2. Three Stories Inspired by Daniil Kharms (or Why the Russians Hate the
French), by Aprille Clarke
 
3. Song, by Ben Schmidt
 
4. The Oreo, by Sabrina Taylor
 
5. Telephone, or Maybe something Else, by Jonathon Angel--
performed by Al "Jonathon" Angel, Chris Stangl, Arlen Lawson, Nick Clark, and
Mark Hansen
 
6. A Truth about Me, by Jessica Ahrendt (sounds like "aren't")
 
7. Shakespeare: As Chewed, Swallowed, and Pooped Out into the Toilet by Mithter
Jameth Horak, Ethquire--performed by James Horak, James Erwin, Mike Cassady,
Aprille Clarke, and Chris Stangl
 
8. Sylvia Plath and the Goofy Gas Leak, by Chris Stangl
 
9. The Soup Sketch, by Mary Fons
 
10. The Windfall Syndrome, by Arlen Lawson
 
10.5. Egg 2.0, by Adam Hahn
 
11. When a Renowned Poet Was a Lonely Depressed Teenager, He Went by "Angst'on
Hughes," by that guy who forgot to put his name on his script (anyone?)
 
12. Oi! Oi! Oi! Oi! Oi! Oi! Oi! by Michael Rothschild--performed by Michael
Rothschild, Aprille Clarke, and Neil "Balls" Campbell
 
13. Betty and Immanuel, by Mose Hayward--performed by Mose Hayward, Jamal
River, and Chris Stangl
 
14 & 15. Grace, by Dan Brooks, Bill Bungeroth, Justin Rose, Kevin Wall.  (This
was really multiple pieces by different authors woven together, two copies
turned in, one numbered "14" and the other numbered "15".)
 
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Feb 26, 2000 15:27 from Ender
 
A brief, partial review:
 
Frahnglth, by Jamal River
-This was a fun way of relieving any leftover tension from the shenanigans of
weeks gone by.  I didn't see the stuff from last week, but in context of what I
heard this was hilarious.  Especially the bit about calling out to Kehry Lane
for help.
 
The Oreo, by Sabrina Taylor
-Always good to see a new performer.  The delivery could have used a little
more punch, but practice makes perfect.  And for a first timer she was
admirably un-nervous.  Do more!
 
A Truth about Me, by Jessica Ahrendt
-I thought this was touching.  Simple, short (less than two pages
double-spaced!  watch and learn, folks) and still able to reach the audience.
Cool.
 
Shakespeare: As Chewed, Swallowed, and Pooped Out into the Toilet by Mithter
Jameth Horak, Ethquire
-Heh...  How many people are going to hell because of this skit?  Very very
funny.
 
The Soup Sketch, by Mary Fons
-"Oh my god.  I can't eat any more soup."  I love moments like this.
 
The Windfall Syndrome, by Arlen Lawson
-I'm glad there were no copycats in the audience...
 
Egg 2.0, by Adam Hahn
-This is called "comic timing."  Even if there was a large element of
serendipity.
 
Betty and Immanuel, by Mose Hayward
-I was particularly impressed with the dialogue.  That certain disconnectedness
of conversation one runs into sometimes with very old people or people who are
in some other manner disconnected is difficult to capture.
 
Yep.
 
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Feb 28, 2000 11:53 from Friskee
Ben Schmidt is beautiful.  He is enchanting and I hope he sees this.  Where is
his CD already?  Maybe he can do a "private" number for us.  Hmm.
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Feb 28, 2000 21:50 from Blarp
I agree, Ben I could listen to your music all night!  Keep submitting those
songs!!
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Feb 29, 2000 05:16 from Trouble
 
  Throwing up as performance art is just so unnecessary.  I'd just like to say
that for the record.  It's slightly better than shoving a plunger into your
rectum, but still.
  Everyone knows that Hollywood isn't real.  That's why we like it.  We don't
want to see reality, especially that which consists of puking in a glass jar.
 
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Feb 29, 2000 09:48 from Adam Warlock
Sylvia Plath and the Goofy Gas Leak was an extremely brutal and cruel example
of a writer / performer knowing just how funny he is and spending five minutes
toying with our oxygen supply.
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