tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26142433.post930751331974163031..comments2023-10-29T03:42:04.689-04:00Comments on Scrappy Jack's World-Wide Theatricals and Dime Museum: this business we call showJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02724666608588750757noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26142433.post-85876697750507481972008-01-20T04:14:00.000-05:002008-01-20T04:14:00.000-05:00"...the vice killing it's host or ritual giving th..."...the vice killing it's host or ritual giving the host strength?"<BR/><BR/>Or both and many things besides, like most things.<BR/><BR/>You can get deep on this riff, but honestly I came to it trying to explain to a bunch of young Columbia grad students what it actually feels like when you're out there running the game. Doesn't feel like business, even when you're making money.John Clancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02199578218621710154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26142433.post-80333051770104786072008-01-20T04:01:00.000-05:002008-01-20T04:01:00.000-05:00An important aspect of a vice is that it is giving...An important aspect of a vice is that it is giving you pleasure while killing you off. It is the vice killing it's host or ritual giving the host strength? Theater is a vice or it is a religion, and as we all know, churches and saloons are spiritually allways right across the street from one another.Sxip Shireyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10044896319355794122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26142433.post-50873481701756813852008-01-17T15:50:00.000-05:002008-01-17T15:50:00.000-05:00O man that could be great. Like a Forbidden Broadw...O man that could be great. Like a Forbidden Broadway, but on the business side.<BR/><BR/>I'm too busy to run with that, but someone, please steal it, just give me and Matt tickets to opening night.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02724666608588750757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26142433.post-26742146218256556702008-01-17T13:53:00.000-05:002008-01-17T13:53:00.000-05:00"benevolent pimps" and "bigshots swanning around" ..."benevolent pimps" and "bigshots swanning around" sounds like the spark of a really wild, large-scale (like HIPPODROME large-scale) burlesque. maybe i only think that because of the words "pimp" and "swanning," but in the end, it's probably better than other thoughts i could have about the words "pimp" and "swanning."<BR/><BR/>i only read this one post, but it was in between five other things. i'll be back to rifle through the archives soon - i hope the overlord thing goes swimmingly. or swanningly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com