The Faculty @ The PIT

August 20, 2008

Starkey & Grace @ The PIT

August 19, 2008


July 29, 2008
Featuring special guests Ashley Ward & Kevin Cragg.
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Snacktime @ The UCB

August 18, 2008


July 10, 2008
Snacktime is Kevin DeBacker, Kelly Hudson, Johnny McNulty, Emily Strachan, Amber Nelson, Dan Black and Aaron Glaser.
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Level 4: Evente Grad Show @ The Magnet Theater

August 15, 2008

Vacation Island @ The PIT

August 14, 2008


June 18 & 25, 2008
Vacation Island is Eliza Bent, Elizabeth Blue, Andrew Burns, Matt Chesmore, Matt Garrett, Grace Helbig, Ben Masten, Nikhil Rao and Marshall York.
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Fancy Dragon @ The PIT

August 13, 2008

Death by Roo Roo @ The UCB

August 13, 2008


June 26, 2008
After this set, Death by Roo Roo’s Cagematch win record extends to 7-0.
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Enormous Television 7 @ Kenny’s Castaways

August 12, 2008


Aug. 8, 2008
Terry Jinn’s Enormous Television: Your favorite NYC improvisers sing rock songs accompanied by the ETV band. They chose the songs, we rehearse it extensively and present it to you in a genuine rock music venue.
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Del Close Marathon X @ The UCB, Hudson Guild & Urban Stages

August 11, 2008

Olympians

August 8, 2008


Peter Norman, Tommie Smith and John Carlos during the 200-meters medal presentation at the 1968 Summer Olympics (The Associated Press).

A while back, I interviewed John Carlos for my job. Here is that podcast. I guess I’ve always recognized this photograph, but I never really truly knew what it was about until I saw Spike Lee’s Bamboozled a few years ago. Since that interview, I know even more. For instance, Australian silver medalist Peter Norman supported Smith and Carlos’s decision to show the Black Power salute while receiving their medals. And years later, they supported him.

“This shit gotta be fuckin’ big, y’all. It’s gotta be some global blowout shit. This shit gotta have some symbolism to it — sustenance! This shit gotta be like fuckin’ John Carlos and Tommie Smith at the ‘68 Olympics, know what I’m saying? Put the fists up! Some big shit!”
-Excerpted from Spike Lee’s “Bamboozled”