My longtime theatrical collaborator, David Dower, is far away, in Washington, D.C. So as we collaborate on our new piece, Andy Warhol: Good for the Jews?, we are experimenting with communicating via Twitter (among other methods, like the old-fashioned telephone call). If, for some reason, you’d like to join us on our continuing journey (which, admittedly, … Read more
A few months ago I received an email from someone at the U.S. Consulate in India, inviting me to submit my solo show Citizen Josh for inclusion in a theater festival there. I was shocked and delighted to get this message, instantly replying that I’d love to apply. In the succeeding weeks, after I didn’t … Read more
… is a small person I’ve been visualizing each time I think of Tiny Url. Use of the latter, in turn, seems key to maximizing the communication powers of Twitter. Let’s say I want to Twitter (“tweet”?) that a live set by the Norwegian rocker Ida (pronounced “EE-da”) Maria on KCRW.com has given me and … Read more
I’m learning that Twitter might be very attractive to people, like me, who compulsively think little thoughts throughout the day. In the past, those thoughts might have died a near-instantaneous death, like muons or something, but now they can be flicked into Twitter instead. You can find me there under the clever, mysterious handle of … Read more