January 2012
8 posts
Things Are Happening →
toyns:
Hey everyone, a good replacement for Wikipedia today is this new topical comedy podcast, Things Are Happening. Each week I assemble some of my favorite writers to make fun of things that are happening in the news.
The first episode features Eddie Brawley, Ramsey Ess, and Kevin Hines, and it’s not even a day old — if you had a bagel for breakfast this morning, the content is fresher...
Brian and Walter
My younger brother’s cat Walter had to be put to sleep today.
Brian was the first Hines brother to adopt a cat (I was the last) and he got a pretty amazing guy. Walter (named after UCONN’s Ray Allen) was friendly, relaxed, and ridiculous.
I believe Brian was told about Walter by a friend of his. He was a neighborhood stray that people wanted to find a good home for. Brian decided to...
WatchTime Travel Cloak
This video and this link is mostly for Sal Gentile.
I don’t understand any of it.
This cloak allows someone hide in time, rather then location. I read an entire article about it on Scientific American’s Blog and watched the above video and I still can’t come close to comprehending any of it. Manipulating time is super abstract to my mind. And I took some...
Know Everything!
improvnonsense:
I get in trouble for saying that because I deliberately say it in a jerk manner. KNOW EVERYTHING. When someone says “I didn’t know the movie my partner was mentioning” I’ll sometimes say “Well, you don’t HAVE to know it but it would be easier if you knew it.”
And then people are like “Why do I have to like Star Wars?”
And I say “Who said anything about Star Wars?”
“All these...
The Anthony King: The 2011 Totals →
anthonyking:
For the last three years, I have tracked my consumption and opinions of movies, plays and books on this blog. Here are the 2011 totals!
In 2011: (2008, 2009, & 2010 numbers in parentheses)
I watched 5 movies in the theater. (20,20,9)
I watched 59 movies on DVD/DVR/Cable. (67,47,56)
I saw…
But Antony if you don’t blog about this then how will I know how much...
December 2011
10 posts
Improv Observer: Tues., November 29th - A.C.S.:... →
This is a wonderful write-up of the first Macroscene show (2 weeks ago). One thing I love about this is that it mentions “…there seemed to be a natural/organic flow to it. ” which is exactly what we try to achieve with the Macroscene, and I can’t think of a more exciting compliment than this “Connections were made that i’d never have seen coming, ever.”
...
Overheard at the Post Office
A guy pushes a Priority Mail envelope through the window and demands “I need this to get there TOMORROW.”
The postal worker responds and he looks furious “Why Not?”
He gets a answer to his question and then says “Well, I don’t want to go put this in a different envelope.”
He listens again. “Well when would this envelope arrive?”
After...
November 2011
14 posts
food, parker, and other stuff: 9 days/Happy... →
parkerkemp-hines:
I woke up at 5am this morning, with to do lists running through my head. Finally at 5:45 I just got up, since it was clear I was just going to toss and turn and worry if I stayed in bed. But once I got up, the anxiety subsided. Parker started playing with a couple of toys; hopping and running and…
I’m thankful for the same things. In addition I’m thankful...
New Podcast Episode Up →
I keep reblogging these.
But this one has the best ending of a podcast ever.
toyns:
Anthony Atamanuik and I discuss:
casinos
New Orleans
vacationing by yourself
the Cat Museum
Chicago
Frank Lloyd Wright
Ernest Hemingway
getting hosed
preventative hellos
All in 10 minutes! We enjoy the conversation so much that we run out of time before we get to discuss sex scandals, which we’ll...
Half the Cops on Halloween are a-holes (based on...
On Halloween I was trying to get across the city via 17th street. I then realized that all the cross streets between 6th and 7th avenue were blocked off for the parade. So I stopped to ask a cop a question.
I should point out that I wasn’t yelling, or in mind asking in a rude tone at any point in this conversation. Uh… until the last line.
Me: “Do you know if 16th street is...
Who is more crazy? The crazy person, or the guy...
A few weeks back I was riding on the subway and a guy next to me was cursing and grumbling under his breath.
Not sure why, but I decided to respond to him.
Him: “Fucking disgusting city. You’re all disgusting.”
Me: “Hey man, what’s the problem”
He was stunned. Why was I talking to him. Didn’t I realize he was crazy?
Him: “This city is...
New Podcast features Kevin Hines →
Pat Cameron starts out unaware of Steve Jobs, and ends up just plain dumb.
This was fun to do. Thanks Erik. (and only 6 minutes to listen to!)
toyns:
He portrays befuddled book reviewer Pat Cameron, who just read the Steve Jobs biography.
You can listen to it here.
This episode is less than six minutes long.
mrscottdavis asked: Will you put any of your sketches from September up on stage or video? Or was it strictly for the practice/discipline?
October 2011
10 posts
Podcast Episode 2 →
not enough Mandolin talk.
Otherwise great.
toyns:
Anthony Atamanuik returns for a second episode and tells me, “There are no heroes anymore.”
We discuss:
NYPD corruption charges
Shakespearean authorship controversy
Viennese cafe culture
the sensitivity of American men
getting high with Elijah Wood
the shitty films of Roland Emmerich
You can subscribe or download here!
Oops I made a podcast →
It sounds like Anthony was just a guest on Erik’s podcast, but I think I would love it if ever episode was just these two guys talking for ten minutes. That would be favorite ten minutes on the internet.
toyns:
Anthony Atamanuik was kind enough to join me for the inaugural episode of my podcast. We talk about death, crazy videos, Qaddafi, the Knights Templar, and my attempt to learn to...
Help: success!
Such quick response! I still can’t import into my Final Cut program, but I was able to import into iMovie and after a quick test it looks like I can move that footage into Final Cut. Or maybe I should just edit in iMovie because it likes me more?
I can worry about that after all this damn importing, right?
Thanks everyone with such quick responses!
1 am Internet Community saves the day!
Help me: HDV Camera Importing Issue
Hey Internet, I’ve been having issues importing footage using my SONY miniDV camera.
It’s been a long while since I tried to import anything.
I have my camera on, and plugged in.
I have a tape in my camera.
I have a firewire running from my camera to the computer (iMAC)
I have FinalCut set to East Setup HDV-1080i60
When I click setup I get the message “Unable to locate the...
Josh Patten: Why Improv? →
joshpatten:
(I normally don’t say things like this while coaching improv, but I loosely said the following to a group I coached today (Dos Mimosas, a young and extremely talented group—they have a show at Triple Crown this Sunday at 8PM—go to it!) and it strikes me as true and I needed to jot it down before…
You ever watch Josh Patten improvise? It’s clear how much fun he is having...
Sketch Month - 30 Sketches! By Me!
For the third year in a row I wrote 30 sketches in September. And I’m proud because I kept pace pretty well all month. Last year I had to keep writing 3 or 4 in a day to make up for days when I fell behind. And last year I had to finish one day into October. But not this year. Other then the first weekend (when I was out of town) I was never more then 1 sketch behind, and most of the time I...
Team Chemistry Redux
A few days ago I posted a quote from Red Sox Manager (now former manager) Terry Francona where he said “Ultimately, you don’t need to have a team that wants to go out to dinner together, but you need to have a team that wants to protect each other on the field, and be fiercely loyal to each other on the field. That’s what ultimately is really important”
The more I think about this quote...
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Too Much Moneyball - Movie Trailer
The story of the New York Yankees and their strategy for success.
Here’s an incredible video I had nothing to do with. It’s from CollegeHumor’s brand new sister site called Jest. Enjoy it and congrats to all who worked on it.
not to mention the AWESOME/HILARIOUS Matt Moses as Cashman.
Matt Moses does rock this part!...
September 2011
7 posts
Team Chemistry
“Ultimately, you don’t need to have a team that wants to go out to dinner together, but you need to have a team that wants to protect each other on the field, and be fiercely loyal to each other on the field. That’s what ultimately is really important”
-Terry Francona on Team Chemistry (via the Boston Globe)
He’s talking about baseball teams, but I think this...
Anthony King and Kate Spencer
Anthony and Kate (and daughter Eleanor) are heading out to LA tomorrow.
They both performed with The Curfew for the last time Saturday night.
I am not sure when I met Anthony, but I do know when I first had a conversation with him. He had come to see a show that Kate was in. It was an improv group that I coached called Esto. And Anthony came out to the bar afterwards with the group and so did I....
August 2011
15 posts
WatchI know a lot of folks talked about how over-hyped Hurricane Irene was (in New York) or how the media played it up. I don’t want to get into that.
But watching this video of the majority of Irene’s lifespan, I sort of can see why it scared people, and why folks were being genuine in there reporting of it. That thing was HUGE. It takes up the entire East Coast of the US. I don’t...