To quote Chuck Palahniuk, Clown Girl is its own reality. Clown Girl author Monica Drake has created the story of Nita, a student of the art of clowning who has fallen on hard times. Her mentor and lover, Rex, has gone off to try to get into a prestigious clowning school leaving her living with a pot dealer and trying to scrape by doing corporate...
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ickegg:
I read Clown Girl and thought it was a wonderful book. Like life, full of contradictions. Some contradictions, like the romance between the clown and the cop, were adressed by the characters themselves. Others were maybe only my take on the book, but I found it funny and sad, exotic and yet very ordinary... There are so many great authors in the Portland area, of course, Chuck Palahniuk, but one of my very favorites is Katherine Dunn, who I believe is writing for the Willamette Weekly now. I want to thank Monica Drake for realizing that maybe she is a writer and I look forward to reading more of her work.
jennifer_:
This book looks interesting. I have now resolved to try and get hold of a copy.
Billy Ray is one of Hollywoods most respected screenwriters. With the release of 2003s Shattered Glass he became one of the most exciting directors as well. His sophomore directing project is Breach, which details the true story of the most dangerous spy in US history. Robert Hanssen [played by Chris Cooper] has always been known as one of the FBIs most renowned operatives. When fledging...
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zoetica:
Billy Ray is one of Hollywoods most respected screenwriters. With the release of 2003s Shattered Glass he became one of the most exciting directors as well. His sophomore directing project is Breach, which details the true story of the most dangerous spy in US history. Robert Hanssen [played by...
cineman:
Good interview. That Weston book is good (I'm trying to make time to get through the follow-up The Film Director's Intuition right now) and as good a book as any when it comes to examining the actor-director dialectic, I think. Nice work, DRE.
There is no word more versatile than fuck. Personally my favorite expression is motherfucking cocksucker. Its acidity rolls off the tongue like ripe pomegranate seeds. Steve Anderson knows the value of the word and thats why he directed the documentary Fuck which includes interviews with linguists, comedians such as a Bill Maher and conservatives like Pat Boone. The origins of the word is analyzed and...
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apesamongus:
I drew up a broad outline and I hoped to make a film that would take a populous look at the word.
Is that word supposed to be "populous" or "populist"?
societyspliers:
How can I see this fuckumentary? I recall a sound file circulating on the web a few years back where someone reviews the history and utility of the word. It was pretty fucking funny.
All of you people who attend events like MOCCA, snatch up any mini-comics from up and coming creators and are desperately trying to get their weird and offensive comics embraced by the cool people owe a huge debt to cartoonist Frank Stack. Frank Stack published what is considered by many to be the first underground comic book. Those books were The Adventures of Jesus...
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zoetica:
All of you people who attend events like MOCCA, snatch up any mini-comics from up and coming creators and are desperately trying to get their weird and offensive comics embraced by the cool people owe a huge debt to cartoonist Frank Stack. Frank Stack published...
ymonster:
I can't believe this interview went up the day after mine... I took a ton of classes from Frank in college. He's an amazing person, and a truly inspirational artist.
David Mamet is one of the greatest writers who ever lived. Hes had success in every medium hes worked in from theater to film and in the past year in television with The Unit, which he co-created with Shawn Ryan. The show has become a ratings success for CBS. But what people love the most about Mamet is his wit, his hilarious cynicism and his...
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anderswolleck:
Cigarette said:
If it were me, I'd probably ask him why he continues working on fair-to-middlin films when he could be producing groundbreaking drama.
But truth be told, I have an ax to grind when it comes to Mamet. Which is why I can never truly respect Mamet. 
I mean, it just seems to me that's like talking to Jon Stewart about Death to Smoochy and Half Baked and America the Book and Crossfire and never asking about the Daily Show.
that question you want to ask is a bad question and one that would insult him. i've seen mamet's work on stage and screen. this interview was about this new book which is about hollywood, therefore it makes sense to focus on that.
tohidemyhurt:
great interview! thanks.
from now on i want to be called original cindy
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aaronsrod:
HI original cindy 
ymonster:
That's rad. I haven't seen Frank in years, but I think about him often. He's rad.
Since the 1970s very few comic book characters have been able to stand the test of time. Certainly Mike Mignolas Hellboy Mike Mignolas Hellboy and Paul Chadwicks Concrete are cases which prove the rule (though I am sure to get a few emails telling me about others). One of the best examples is Madman created by Mike Allred. In the first Madman miniseries back...
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eisenheim:
for those not familiar with comics, this is one of the few genuine great characters. madman has been and will always be my favorite
spidersandarrows:
Drake said:
I would do anything for more X-STATIX.
I saw a few trades at a comic shop back home. I really wanted to buy them, but decided not to. I regret that. I had forgotten the name until now. X-Statix! yes 
Stan Lee was recently named the 26th most influential American by Atlantic Monthly, but if it was up to me I would have put him quite a bit higher. Lee is, of course, best known as the co-creator of Spider-Man, X-Men, Fantastic Four and dozens more, though controversy has always swirled around how big his real contributions might have been. But first and foremost Lee...
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fitzsimmons:
Very cool interview.
cptattitude:
Awesome interview!
Busdriver is a unique rapper much in the vein of ultra-talented rappers like RJD2 and Blueprint. His previous albums were low budget affairs that highlighted Busdrivers freestyle talent. But for his new album, Roadkill Overcoat, Busdriver wanted a cleaner more produced sound and thats why he recruited producers DJ Nobody, Boom Bip and Bianca Casady of CocoRosie to help him out.
Buy Roadkill Overcoat...
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silverado:
rjd2 isn't a rapper. these people need to do their homework
ohsoordinary:
I'm the fuckbuddy of the universe!
Greatness. Busdriver. You are.
Greatness. Busdriver. You are.
Even though Bryan Lee OMalley has been creating the Scott Pilgrim graphic novels for three years, I really only became aware of the book last year when a SuicideGirl emailed me how excited she was that Edgar Wright was going to adapt it. I had interviewed Wright for the US release of Shaun of the Dead and I was a big fan. I figured it...
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mck:
I love my Sex Bob-omb t-shirt.
skank_zero:
Zamuzel said:
If I have to wait any longer for book 4 my fragile mind will fall apart...
Right after I read 3 I was like, "ooh, when's 4 coming out??" Then I looked at the copyright dates and noticed that they average one book a year 
I'm excited at the prospect of the movie going beyond what's written too, kind of a glimpse into where the comic's heading. Plus I've really enjoyed all the Edgar Wright stuff I've seen so far.