improv is good for you

*a simultaneous action with a spontaneous reaction. kurt’s camera captures a lot of them.

Via AndreaHarner.com
Via nycmstar
My earliest images of Brooklyn can be found within this music video. And, oh yes, because it’s Friday we are returning the key that you sent (authenticity notwithstanding).

Two years ago, The Big Sleep played my house party in Brooklyn. I know Gabe the Drummer Boy via my best mate Bailey, who recently had a baby girl, Jane. Hello, Jane! Gabe also told me at the record release show that he and Jen are expecting twins. Twins! Two years later, and The Big Sleep are blowing up. Seriously. About a month ago, I made a prediction that in 2007 they would play a certain ginormous gig in Brooklyn. The Big Sleep are taking the act on the road and when they get back, I’m sure they will be even stronger, louder, better, Big Sleepier.
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Brandi is the original article. Her photos of late have made me laugh a lot. I’m hoping the next time she treks through Chi-town she hooks up with the ladies of The Bastion to shoot some comedy-scene photos. Regardless, it pleases me to no end that these children are the recipients of her creativity and humor. And for whatever reasons, this particular photo reminds me of my 2nd favorite scene in Uncle Buck where John Candy chews out Maisy’s principal: “I don’t think I want to know a six-year-old who isn’t a dreamer or a sillyheart. And I sure don’t want to know one who takes their student career seriously. I don’t have a college degree — I don’t even have a job. But I know a good kid when I see one. Because they’re ALL good kids, until dried-out, brain-dead skags like you drag them down and convince them they’re no good. If you so much as scowl at my niece — or any other kid in this school — and I hear about it, I’m coming looking for you! Take this quarter, go downtown, and have a rat gnaw that thing off your face! Good day to you, Madam.”
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