No Shame Iowa City 10/8/10
Man, I had a blast last night. Order in the comments, everybody. I love you guys.
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posted by Katy Baggs at 3:58 PM
Saturday, October 09, 2010
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7 Comments:
1. Friday Night Tales with Mark by Mark Smolyar
Totally true story about submarine destruction and bedding a traitorous Russian woman.
2. Elevator Theater by Asher Stuhlmanator
Sublime rhymes chime in time!
3. Dearest Journal by Jon Garfield
Florid prose from a man who can't get rid of his boner.
4. I Was Walkin' by Taylor Cook
moar liek I Was Bangin' a 13-Year-Old amirite?
5. Fucking Son-of-a-Bitch Ladybug Asian Beetle Things by Molly Middleton
Molly really hates those things! And tells us why.
6. Whiskey Town by Dirty Wheat and Barley
Dirty Wheat, Barley, and a saxophone player tell us what goes down in Whiskey Town ("where the women are rude and the men are nude...")
7. A Song about Discrimination by Eric Jesteadt
A more serious piece from Eric Jesteadt. Because I was bi, because I was bi, because I was bi...
8. Poems about Butts and Fucking Them by Some 17th-century Arabs
Exactly What It Says On The Tin. Ottoman Empire insult poetry involving buttfucking.
9. What That Thang Smell Like? by Tim Martin
Two young men are girl-watching. Spoiler: they were ogling shoes!
10. The Tales of Horseman and Cardinal by Kyle Lefeber
Two superheroes and a villain (Venomous Vine!) have a scene involving Batman fighting ("Pow!"), turns out to be a movie.
11. Attempt #2 by Alaynna
More stand-up from Alaynna, about dating this time. She touches her earrings and parts of her body, and is in a serious relationship with herself.
12. Let Sleeping Leopards Lie by Bryan McIntyre
A story about an African safari, an angry leopard, and a cameraman named Chip. Go Chip!
13. Bringing it at an 8 by evn skenk and Katy Baggs
A man gets furious over an absent dessert pizza and Evan pops in to talk about his book on the ten levels of aggression. Also, SPENCER CRACKS UP AGAIN YES SO FUNNY
14. Words from the Psyentist by Psyentist
A stage, a dude, and some rhymes. This is all you need! Some more poetry closes out the show. Welcome back.
Good evening, everyone!
I only have the stack of light pieces and not the order, but I remember there being 15 pieces listed on the whiteboard (I think??%?). Am I missing something?
The missing piece is "Dry Tounges" (I remember it was misspelled) by Kjai Block. He took his light booth copy to read from. I can't remember when it went down, though.
Thank you, dear. I liked that one.
2. This was fun to do.
3. This was... interesting. Like a lesser Dr. Mondo.
4. This is an amazing song and will go onto my pedophilia mix CD alongside Oingo Boingo's "Little Girls" as soon as I get the studio recording.
5. Eh. I'm still not feeling your pieces. You do an exaggerated frustration that really doesn't convey your frustration; it feels like you're just being silly, and not in that way.
6. Another song I'd love the studio recording of.
7. This really needs to get recorded, too.
8. Does this count as original?
9. I have no idea what the guy who stood in the back was doing, and I have no idea what his role in the piece was. I think something went over my head here.
10. Meh.
11. I continue to love Alaynna's autobiographical pieces.
12. I wasn't really drawn into this one.
13. "What's 10?" "9 is when you stop using words. 10 is when you sing the song that ends the earth."
14. This guy needs a beat.
bestofs: 4, 7,
1. Friday Night Tales with Mark by Mark Smolyar
This was laugh out loud fantastic. The lines that really hit me, "It was so dark, when I put my hands in front of my face, all I could see were my hands" and the one revealing the Russian woman had a mustache.
2. Elevator Theater by Asher Stuhlmanator
I feel there was some sort of story or point or logical thought behind the arrangement of rhymes, but some gestures or slower pace or more variation in the timing and vocal emotion would have made it more obvious. Still funny though.
3. Dearest Journal by Jon Garfield
This was a rollercoaster of being amused or slighty nauseated, pretty much par for the course.
4. I Was Walkin' by Taylor Cook
I was waiting for some punch line that made it obvious there wasn't actually anything statuatory going on. I'm not sure if there was. Maybe I missed it, I couldn't understand some of the words. But songs about pedophilia are always fun, in any case.
5. Fucking Son-of-a-Bitch Ladybug Asian Beetle Things by Molly Middleton
While I can't stand the little bastards either, I'm not sure this is a piece that works in the arena of No Shame.
6. Whiskey Town by Dirty Wheat and Barley
If this song played in Whiskey Town, I would go there everyday. Talented musicians and singer, music made me move, and the one line I understood made me laugh every time.
7. A Song about Discrimination by Eric Jesteadt
A timely piece. Sad, which of course means I giggled at terrible times, but I really liked the intent behind this, it was moving in a different way than whiskey town.
8. Poems about Butts and Fucking Them by Some 17th-century Arabs
I feel Dr. Mondo Buttplug Esq. must be immortal and have been writing under different pseudonyms since the dawn of time.
9. What That Thang Smell Like? by Tim Martin
To answer about the guy against the wall, this piece was mostly improvisation from what I understand, and it never made sense for him to jump in, but him walking offstage made me laugh for a good minute afterwards, and the rest was hilarious too.
10. The Tales of Horseman and Cardinal by Kyle Lefeber
This was alright, but unfortunately placed behind a piece where they were all funnier, which took away from it.
11. Attempt #2 by Alaynna
It gets better with each attempt.
12. Let Sleeping Leopards Lie by Bryan McIntyre
A departure from what Bryan normally brings, more subtle humor mixed in a deeper story, it was good.
13. Bringing it at an 8 by evn skenk and Katy Baggs
I'm convinced that we need to give Spencer a ridiculous script he's not allowed to read beforehand each week. This piece was bringing it to an 8 on the hilarity scale as it was, but Spencer's rage into laughter pushed it up to a 10.
14. Words from the Psyentist by Psyentist
I hate reading poetry. About the only time I like poetry is when it is performed well. This man is a poet, and I like his poetry.
?. Dry Tongues by Kjai
See above.
Passing along a tidbit that may entertain:
Working Group Theatre (in Residence at Riverside Theatre) continues its Northside Sundays series with the following shows:
Prompt Play
by John Kaufmann
October 10th @8pm
Riverside Theatre
Tickets $5
In Prompt Play, the audience creates the show. Performers are drawn at random from willing attendees. Once on stage, performers follow simple theatrical prompts to the best of their ability. Lines and actions are on cue cards or planted directly into ears, and the floor is color coded for easy stage directions. John Kaufmann hosts the action, and each "volunteer" actor will have his or her own "guardian angel" for personal guidance. It's part lottery, part storytelling, part karaoke, part Kabuki with a little bit of twister thrown in. And all generated by the courageous audience, working together and taking risks to create an unforgettable evening.
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