May 2008 Archives

A few weeks ago, 700 people gathered on the Brooklyn Bridge in New York to create an Improv Everywhere happening. The idea was to create a camera flash "wave" back and forth across the span. In theory, it should have worked. But the cold, rainy, noisy reality cause the project to morph just a bit.

Nevertheless, the edited version of the mission turned out pretty well. The full description of the project is on the website. As Improv Everywhere picks up notoriety — and as the weather gets better — these gigs are probably going to get bigger.

"Iron Man" rocked. Totally. So much so that I'm tempted to see it again.

It's part of my procrastination strategy. Really, I should be writing, shooting, recording and studying, but hey, there's always Sunday.

There is a 6 o'clock deadline today for dinner with a dozen strangers, but give me two hours and there'll be no problems. Fortunately, I'm only responsible for appetizers.

So as has become my Saturday morning habit, I've been doing some computer reading. Which brings me back to "Iron Man" and this fantastic review by Mark Kermode from BBC Radio 5:

With thanks to Fake Steve Jobs.