frank episale

My current plan is to move this blog, with a slightly more focused purpose, to the new toofrank.com

I will maintain the LJ primarily for the purpose of viewing and commenting on the posts of the friends I've made here.

Ultimately, I'd like toofrank.com to be a multi-author blog with an agressive posting schedule, but that might just be today's pipe dream. We'll see.

In my nascent blogroll area, I haven't linked to individual LJs but to my LJ friends page as a whole. If you'd prefer I link to you specifically, let me know. Or if you have a non-LJ blog and would like me to link to that.

I hope most of you will join me there, reading and commenting on whatever catches your interest.

xo
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too frank?

frankepi@gmail.com — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 23:40:16 GMT

Coming soon.

toofrank.com : Notes on Arts, Culture, Politics, and the Academy

The Cenci

frankepi@gmail.com — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 18:25:51 GMT

My review of Hotel Savant's production of Artaud's The Cenci.

photo by Dixie Sheridan

[F]or theatre history enthusiasts, Hotel Savant’s production represents a unique opportunity. It is unlikely that another rendition of Artaud’s play will pass our way any time soon. It is well-worth the $18 price of admission to witness a skilled and enthusiastic ensemble grappling with one of theatre’s most ambitious failures.

full review here.

fuck mitt romney

frankepi@gmail.com — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 22:04:02 GMT

Testing The Daily Show's embedding feature.

And joining Jon in saying "Fuck you!" to Romney's opportunistic and intellectually bankrupt use of the "conservative speech MadLibs book."

Deep Trance Behavior in Potatoland

frankepi@gmail.com — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 11:28:32 GMT

My review of Richard Foreman's Deep Trance Behavior in Potatoland.

For the first several minutes of the performance came the signature Foreman audience response: knowing smiles and uncomfortable giggles coupled with furrowed brows; few attendees at Foreman’s shows pretend to “understand” the work, with its densely layered philosophical references and its aversion to both narrative and character. Still, there is generally something fun about the experience. Tonight, though, the laughter died down fairly quickly, the furrowed brows accompanied more by shuffling feet than knowing smiles. Foreman was up to something different this time, and not everyone was sure they liked it.

Full review here.

Fabrik

frankepi@gmail.com — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 09:31:06 GMT

my review of Wakka Wakka's Fabrik.

photo credit: Nordland Visual Theatre

The spin on this iteration of the Holocaust tale, aside from its Norwegian setting, is the medium of the performance. Wakka Wakka’s inventive staging techniques, built around their Henson-ish puppets, supply a great deal of the charm of the production. The playfulness and virtuosity with which they explore the aesthetic and technical tools at their disposal make the story itself seem more unique than it otherwise might.

Full review here.

testing hulu

frankepi@gmail.com — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 10:21:01 GMT

Hulu will come out of beta soon. Thought I'd test the embed function before it does. Here's the first episode of Morgan Spurlock's short-lived series 30 Days, in which he and his girlfriend try to live for a month making minimum wage (plus a little).

Barack Obama for President

frankepi@gmail.com — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 04:09:34 GMT

teeth

frankepi@gmail.com — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 01:58:51 GMT

Hey look, I can smile after all.

(forgive the hunched shoulders; and yeah, I know, I need a haircut.)

PS3

frankepi@gmail.com — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 20:15:28 GMT

If it really does drop to $299, I'll buy one in the next couple of months.

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Barack Obama for President

teeth

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