The New Abnormal
Regularity
I'm back, so here's what I wrote the first time:
When do you give up on a bad movie? As soon as you think, "oh, I see. This is total crap", or do you wait a minute and keep watching. To study the form. To consider the relative merits. To gawk at the wreckage and ask yourself, "Where did they go wrong?" Except, maybe it rots your brain a little bit, each time and probably you're better off just cutting your losses and moving on. Which o' deez, Charlie Partannan?
I've decided that, instead of sending thank you notes to every new networker; I'll just follow everybody back and send a newsletter to everyone, all at once. I'll include a song in each one and attempt to explain my actions regarding it, to the rest of the class.
In this newsletter, I've attached 'Mary Woronov' which is taken from quotes she actually gave about being a 'Chelsea Girl' at Andy Warhol's Factory, plus some of my own words I thought were cheeky enough, w/which to waste your time. The 'Chelsea' being a New York hotel many women who hung out at the Factory, all lived at. Mary is an actress who made movies with her husband Paul Bartel, like 'Eating Raoul'. Here's what Wikipedia says, "an American actress, published author and figurative painter. She is primarily known as a 'cult star' because of her work with Andy Warhol and her roles in Roger Corman's cult films."
I'm backed on this record by the Milwaukee band MAKI, which includes Jeff Buckley on guitar and vocals. I sing it and play guitar. I wrote it. Al Weatherhead played drums and also recorded, mixed and produced a great version; but the DAT got lost in Jack Koshack's office at The Rave (a Milwaukee music venue), by my dead buddy Kurt (who we all miss and love). Bill Stace took the masters and produced the version we have here today, which is nice, b/c he recovered Don Turner's keyboard part, that had been left out of the original mix. Well, I do go on. I'll redo the text for the first newsletter tonight or tomorrow.
