January 2012
7 posts
Why you should donate to the Creek Kickstarter →
Nick Turner writes about what the Creek means to New York comedians:
I perform maybe a quarter of all of my NY stand up sets at The Creek. Way more than on any other stage, I have learned how to be a comedian at The Creek. No other full time comedy venue allows the freedom and the stage time together that this venue provides.
There’s are roughly 10 open mics a week on two stages. There is a...
Cagots, the Pointless Minority →
The Cagots were a persecuted minority in France and Spain from the Middle Ages to the Industrial Revolution. They were considered unclean and cretinous, were barred from most professions, and could only receive Holy Communion on the end of a stick — all of this despite the fact that there was no discernible difference between them and the rest of the population.
Cagots were shunned and...
Adam helps Raphael prepare for a commercial... →
Gotta say that this was a lot of fun. I’m shocked that over the two hours we were spamming Twitter with this nonsense, I somehow managed to gain three followers.
“You oughta knowsky, brosky! Let’s chomp into a clump of chewy pastries pronto.” Classic Sorkin dialogue!
Mr. Daisey and the Apple Factory →
The above This American Life piece on how Apple products are manufactured in Shenzhen, China, floored me, for the following reasons:
Mike Daisey, the storyteller to whom the bulk of the episode is dedicated, performs a piece of theatrical alchemy that’s absolutely amazing. He doesn’t justtell us about the bizarre, often awful working conditions under which our electronic devices are...
