march 22 in idea barrages

The opposite of story is not silence. The opposite of story is spectacle. Don’t get me wrong, sometimes a mix of the two opposites is a glorious thing, but always story first and spectacle second at best. Spectacle dissipates. Story sticks.

The old sitcom MARTIN except with the priest turned occult conspiracy-theory wack-job Father Malachi Martin. Still Gina, still Shanaynay, the only character changed out being Martin for Martin. “Martin! Martin! How have you all been doing? Martin!”

How did I not before this very day realize that Aerosmith’s “Deuces Are Wild” and Bon Jovi’s “Wanted Dead or Alive” are pretty much the same song?

WHOSE HOUSE? FULL HOUSE. WHOSE HOUSE? FULL HOUSE.

Splitting the difference between “initial creative vision” and “what worked as you made it up as you went along” is the nearly-impossible balancing act inherent to effective long-form creative process. Tip too much to either side and you fall right in the water.

ROCKY but after he eats the raw eggs, he just dies slowly and painfully from the worst case of salmonella in modern history.

The best explanation of my psyche: I spend 5 to 10 dollars a week on the lottery but rarely ever check the tickets. If someone won a large prize locally, the papers would tell me. Winning three bucks for four numbers is so far beyond the point. I’m just swinging on the long odds.

A porno set in a jail called GUILTY PLEASURES.