Whilst digging around the internet, thinking about my next show, I discovered interesting (and potentially exciting or distressing) information. Philip K. Dick’s novels and short stories have been adapted into films, sometimes with relative success (Blade Runner, A Scanner Darkly, Minority Report), and some…not so much (Next, Paycheck, Screamers).  There are a few Dick-inspired films currently in [...]

Joel Bauer wants to help you. It’s too bad you’re probably too much of a pansy loser to appreciate and impliment the wisdom he’s graciously handing you. FYI: My own lazy research indicates that this guy is serious; this is not satire.

So, every once in a while, Twitter lights up with ridiculous hashtag games.  People tweet jokes (usually puns) and label them with the appropriate hashtag.  Over the weekend, I kind of went overboard with #tvbandnames, and I apologize to anyone who was following me.  People were making portmanteaus of a TV show and a band [...]

The poster has been unveiled for Workhaus Collective’s 800 Words: The Transmigration of Philip K. Dick.  And thanks to the arrangement of images, it looks a lot like I’m eyeing Phil’s crotch.*  Click the image above to enlarge.  The image, not the…oh, never mind. Visit www.workhauscollective.org for info about the play. *”Dick” pun successfully avoided.

Not long ago, Boing Boing posted a link to a PDF scan of an old Rolling Stone interview with Philip K. Dick.  From philipkdickfans.com: A pivotal point in Phil Dick’s career and his first taste of national publicity, this 6-page article speculates on the 1971 break-in of Philip K. Dick’s apartment, among other things. Written [...]

Speaking of Philip K. Dick and my next show, 800 Words, Boing Boing Gadgets coincidentally posted an entry today displaying some Blade Runner props. Deckard’s gun:   There’s also a great Voight-Kampff manual.  Check ’em out here: http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2009/04/14/props.html

As Galileo nears the end of its run, here’s something related to my next show, 800 Words: The Transmigration of Philip K. Dick. BOOM! Studios is creating a 24-part comic book version of the Philip K. Dick novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (the novel upon which Blade Runner was based).  More than an [...]

Happy Easter, folks!  In observance of the holiday, I have risen today and shall perform in The Life of Galileo once again. Fellow cast member Julie Ann Nevill forwarded this to the rest of the group: PROCEEDINGS OF THE TRIAL AGAINST GALILEO GALILEI It’s from the Vatican archives online, and you can see scans of [...]

Quinton Skinner’s review of The Life of Galileo is online and in this week’s City Pages. He says it’s “Brecht at his wordy, preachy, idea-a-minute best,” and regarding Noë Tallen’s performance, he says, “to her considerable credit, one quickly forgets she is a woman playing a man.” Click here to read the review. Visit http://www.theatreprorata.org [...]

The Life of Galileo opened Saturday to a sold-out house!  Thanks to everyone who came out and made it a wonderful night.  Check out our reviews! Minneapolis Star Tribune, Lisa Brock …director Carin Bratlie uses her ensemble of actors to good effect to convey the controversy this scientist ignited with his simple telescope. Noë Tallen, [...]