LATEness

B(L)ACK
I'm back from Chicago, post tv catchup and a nice afternoon nap. Was angling to go into the city for TOUCH. Though I'm more curious to see more of PRISON BREAK, catch up on news/blogging, and otherwise have fun in my apartment. Not sure if i'm being too pragmatic in staying home, or going with the groove of goodness. Will keep with the productivity tip and see what's what. TOUCH goes each Monday eve from 6 to 2 so I could still go... Notting bet either way.

KATTIE CORNER
From an initial breeze-through, it would seem more energy emerges in the blame game, esp. among the agencies and offices themselves, rather than additional impactful solutions to further curb the severe lateness of fools, er, folks.

*Partial (radio chat) transcript of New Orleans Mayor from Friday 2nd
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/02/national/nationalspecial/02TEXT-NAGIN.html?pagewanted=all

*Mayor & police heads think outside the box to retain officers
http://nytimes.com/2005/09/05/national/nationalspecial/05vegas.html?hp&ex=1125979200&en=b7296264ca796265&ei=5094&partner=homepage

*Sounds like re-dunce-city to me
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/05/national/nationalspecial/05medical.html

*Getting youth into school somewhere by partnering with all major educational groups (!) and loosening up laws for homeless youth
http://nytimes.com/2005/09/03/national/nationalspecial/03school.html

*Rescuing the final few ain't easy as it would seems - some are reluctant to leave their property and few untouched belongings
http://nytimes.com/2005/09/05/national/nationalspecial/05scene.html?hp&ex=1125979200&en=70e09f5962b32775&ei=5094&partner=homepage

*Celine gets candid, and shares her gift/prayer of song, on CNN's Larry King Live (media clip)
http://www.cnn.com/video/player/player.html?url=/video/bestoftv/2005/09/03/lkl.celine.dion.cnn

*A Failure of Leadership - well stated and tempered memo to Mr. [sic] President
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/05/opinion/05herbert.html?incamp=article_popular

*Maureen Dowd: United States of Shame - wonderfully on point to skewer and! stay brief
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/03/opinion/03dowd.html?incamp=article_popular

*David Brooks: The Bursting Point - seems cut VERY short if wonderfully riled up
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/04/opinion/04brooks.html?incamp=article_popular

*Oh, I love Amanda's heart here! Starfish Project premise
http://amandaowen.com/starfish_project.htm

*Kanye gets loud about bushwuss & blacks in NewO/USA 2005
http://news.yahoo.com/s/eo/20050906/en_tv_eo/17294

HOW LATE DO U HAV 2B B4 UR ABSENT?
New George Michael, er, Clinton release isn't received well by NYT. I find the title particular ironic in light of Not so New Orleans.

I'm enjoying Fox's PRISON BREAK, and expect it will last the season. Alas, I won't necessarily watch every week. It's not as sharp as I feel it needs to be; it seems to miss the mark on being urgent, taut and intelligent like it's older brother 24. It is in fact more like that one show, not original FUGITIVE, but the other one with the spy. This is mixed with mafia, families, brothers, and more. (Also, is Lincoln truthful with his brother in that he doesn't know what happened around this murder? And why would a USA VP's brother need to be killed and/or get killed? The backstory (or front, if that's how it unfolds) intrigues me, yet it's too blobular, diluted... better described as a thin soup with very good flavor, that will succeed better thickened like a great split pea, or perhaps even over towards stew territoty.

DIRECTING AS SCRIPT + CAST IMPROVs + DIRECTORIAL EDITING
this Viewpoints nine-point method in this director's hands sounds like band jams and then orchestrating in ways from/with those jams' organic & germane moments
http://nytimes.com/2005/09/04/theater/newsandfeatures/04domi.html?pagewanted=all

Comments

[Peter]

On the HERO side of the equation:

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/front/3340752