Damo Suzuki’s Network

Just saw Damo Suzuki in Brooklyn, in a room the size of my living room. Rhythmic, melodic, hypnotic, meditative, loud, constant, varying, alive, awesome.

More about Ms. Jackson

I’ve only seen Ms. Jackson twice but they are kicking my ass! Go see them (Fridays at the Magnet Theater in NYC.)

The last show was merely 3 of the 5 women, and each one of them was in nearly every skit- 45 minutes of continuous improv, and amazing… Such a thrill to watch them, slowly, stare at each other, size the other one up, and then start something. Last show featured:

• a weird, possibly adulterous situation with a math teacher losing his edge
• Don Rickles’ ex-wife
• a trio of mobsters, the main mobster who is afraid of technology
• a 9 year old girl who had been waiting that long for a name from her mom.

I’m sorry - should go on, but what is really amazing is the slowness of them. The deliberateness and the drawn-out-ness. These scenes go on for 5-10 minutes and get deeper and deeper and funnier and funnier… Amazing!

Best line:
“Why are you hesitating?”
“…I always hesitate before the best decision of my life…”

Ok, go see them!

My 101 improv show, Thursday Oct 18

Gang, my 101 improv class with the AMAZING teaching genius, Tara Copeland (Above, far right, with Ms. Jackson.Go see them Fridays at Magnet!) this Thursday at the Magnet Theater.

Where/When:
Thurs, Oct 18, 7 pm
Free
Magnet Theater, 29th Street between 7th and 8th Avenue.

Nora leaves the planet

This was one of those fun stories that you start to understand as you’re creating it. Leela left for Turkey a few weeks back, and I dug out a strip I had started a few weeks prior. Nora blames the planet’s ills on mankind (not womankind) and takes off. Leaves the planet.

When I created a subsequent strip (see image), I realized I was making a strip about Leela being gone. From there, I had fun with it. Keep coming back. This lasts for two weeks.