the joy and the pain

CD: Homogenic by Bjork

there is much joy and much pain in mudville today. well, mondo turned out to be "an incredibly inspiring and promising outlet for future artisitc endeavours," in ty's words. he said he enjoyed the company of like-thinking artists who were doing some pretty cool stuff. he also mentioned that his improv experience at the end of the evening was sticky at best.

i personally wasn't there but ty told me everything. there was word early on in the evening that the improv group that was slated to go last on the evening's bill was short for personnel. well ty being one of the greatest improvisers in georgia and here on a brief vacation to host mondo decided he would offer his services, if they should need more bodies on stage. and indeed they did.

the evenings events went long as expected. the experimental hyper-jazz duo that performed before the improv group was good but could not have ended sooner. ty was so excited about getting up to do improv. after being kicked out of the Wacky Monkey Players in October down in Athens, GA for being too "story-driven," he was ready to hop up with some old chicago improv veterans and cut loose with some flowy longform goodness.

after the band finished and cleared their gear it was on. the excitement of anticipation that preceded the actual improv was far more enjoyable than the improv itself. people were low-energy, low-brow, and low-committment. random audience members were hopping up to partake in the set. "hey, anybody can do this right? here i come. i'm improving."

and i'm crashing through walls, stories, and characters. why should it matter, i'm improvising. i'm also drunk, but i'm improving. this isn't hard at all."

(sigh) it was tough to survive. obviously, ty loved the fact that he was improvising and doing it on someone else's time, it was just not what he expected.

on the whole it was a very positive experience for ty. he was very inspired by the acts throughout the evening. he even got up and freestyled with 'the dialectics,' a rap group that performed. he battled a much more talented rapista and lost mightily. he also had to kiss a man in order to kill time in between acts. it was a pretty eventful evening from ty's standpoint. and i understand he even got paid which is so rare in this business we call indie show. a big thank you to the mondo crew from ty. he had a great time and would love to partake in the festivities again.

as for me, i'm just wondering why they didn't call. i mean, ty stayed with me. i don't know where the fault lies. is it that ty didn't recommened his little cousin as a performer to the mondo people? or did those pricks not bother to contact me about performing? either way i was passed over like a dark house on halloween and it kind of sticks in my craw a bit. i hear they're thinking about hiring POESIS to emcee the next mondo on february 11th. POESIS? how lame can they get?
his peoms don't even rhyme. what's the point of poems that don't rhyme?

anyway, all in all an amazing, inspiring experience for ty. he packs his things and leaves tomorrow for athens. i think he drank a little last night. he hasn't even gotten up yet. lazy prick. all i know is once he's gone, de bebe will be able to walk past him without him staring at her butt. how embarassing. sometimes family can be a real pain in the... nevermind.

cold today, cold tomorrow.
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