I'm really amazed
how much "The Journey" plugs away. It once seemed an
impossible feat to keep this puppy going because of
the normal flow of life. It can become rather
repetitive if you're forced to write as much as I do
within this. Yet that isn't the case. Of course some
periods are more exciting than others, but for the
most part it's always different, new, and somehow
shares a tiny insight to what it's really like to go
through all this. 207 entries...
Well this entry is
nothing like what I just described. This entry
sucks. You've heard it/read it a dozen times and I
can't add a whole helluva lot more to it than I have
before. I write it only because I had a show, and
that just has to equal an entry. Trinitron shows are
so few and far between, and when I'm 70 I'll like to
read about them.
I downplay this
entry so much, not because the show was bad, but
because it was good. And here comes the deja vous:
Great show, great reaction, I really need to do this
show more often, reminds me of just what it is I'm
fighting for - yadd yadda. Pretty much the foundation
of every show entry I've done. But the bottom line is,
I can't do it more often. I simply don't have the
resources, the contacts, or the...why does there
always have to be 3? I don't have the resources and
contacts to do it more often. There. LOL. As well, I'm
working on more shows. It's what I would need a
manager or agent for. I'll make that push when I've
finished the new 4tvs show. Which is becoming stranger
and stranger by the minute. But I'll get to that in a
moment. For now the show.
Wednesday night,
the Improviders 2 year Anniversary show. Though I'm
not in the group anymore, I said I'd be happy to help
'em out whenver they have a big show and want a final
act of the night. So this was just one of those
nights. Had a killer opening musical guy with a guitar
that everyone kept talking over. I seriously wanted to
tape people's mouths shut. People were drunk when they
walked in and had beer with them - that's a really
nice way to support the theater (sigh). Anyway - the
Improviders went on and kicked ass. There is some
great talent in the group. Unfortunately it seemed to
run a bit long, and I could tell the audience was
getting antsy. Then of course, they have no idea my
show is another 30 minutes. My biggest problem with
Adam & The Trinitrons has always been the audience
not expecting 30 minutes. You never want an audience
to think "When is this going to end?". It's like when
I would go on after stand up comics that had 8
minutes. Then with no warning - POW 30 minutes? No
matter how good the audience is totally caught off
guard.
Then again, the
audience was hammered. So it didn't matter - lol. They
laughed a bunch.
For the first
time, I taped the audience with night vision.
Something I always wanted to do, but never wanted to
miss me performing a new opening or what not. Well
now, since the show has "picture-lock", I can
start to do strange shit. And man, I gotta tell you -
there's not a more interesting 30 minutes of film on
this planet to me right now. You can make out a good
7-8 people with the shot I made - and it's so very
very cool. My dad got a glimpse of it at The Comedy
Store, and I was always a bit envious that he could
watch it from that angle. He was off to the left side
with almost his entire right side parallel with the
stage facing the audience so he could watch them as
much as me. Now I have a tiny idea of what he
saw.
It's
amazing to watch people laugh and point at
various TVs. I think my favorite moments
are "the
pointing".
Something I never noticed before, but it's
such a sincere, almost subconscious
reaction to something you find funny. What
has to happen in your head to make you
laugh and then point to what you're
laughing at so the dude sitting next to
you doesn't miss it has to be part of a
psychology class somewhere. It's something
you do without even thinking. So I guess
THAT is a new spin on this entry that I
never had before. LOL.
No, it isn't.
Y'all could've read the May show entry and been fine.
It went well, people liked it, came up to me
afterwards and talked. May have even gotten a contact
out of it with a guy from the Wolper Organization.
We'll see. It left me with the feeling of "Man, I need
to do this more often" and "Oh yeah, this show is
really good" LOL. There ya go.
Now as I said
before, the writing of "The Journey" 4tvs show is
becoming a bit strange. It's got all the elements
except one: Funny. What should be the heart of the
show, even a serious show, is sorely missing. I have a
feeling that once I start acting the show out, the
humor will come simply in the storytelling. As well,
I'm getting more and more ideas about the "words"
shorts like the last one I showed you. I think
I'm gonna have about 6 of em for the show. That and
some of the DV Therapy songs should be the thread to
piece "The Journey" together. I think the most humor
will come from a true spotlight on just what a dork I
am for taping these moments of my life. The problem
is, strangers don't always think that. My friends give
me shit, but I don't believe strangers will find that
appropriate. And I have nothing "glaringly" funny as
far as things I've taped of myself. I think most
people assume I will make it, and that recording all
of the events throught this website is actually a
smart move - so constantly poking fun at myself may
come off as stupid? Anyone catching my drift here? If
I had a handful of videos that were obviously out of
the ordinary, yes - then I could piece to gether a
show with the foundation being: "I'm obsessed with
myself and constantly videotape everything." There
just ain't a whole lot of that on the site. But
there's still some humor to be had there somewhere. Of
course the biggest problem is that the crux of the
entire story is how "The Journey" brought me to the
brink of suicide, and that I have the lowest moment of
my life sitting there on tape. It's so powerful that I
don't want to cheapen it. Either way - I have all the
elements, it's just a matter of finding the pacing and
rhythm.
As well, the
Trinitrons DVD should be done by late summer. I
finally figured out how I'm gonna put it together.
There'll be a little piece of every show I've done on
the DVD. It'll play like one Trinitrons show, it'll
just fade in and out of time and location throughout.
That way you get a little piece of everything along
with the show. It'll be "slightly" distracting to a
first-time viewer, but I have a feeling I'm
underestimating the audience. You'll all be fine.
There will also be all the "Trinitron Chronicles" as
well as a few bloopers and extra shit. Should be a
nice set.
Oh, and
TELL ME WHAT YOU THOUGHT OF THE SHORT PEOPLE!
Remember I'm one of those needy artistic types.
I crave feedback! LOL. Love me! Love me!
