Show #13 H A L L O W E E N
(including selections from the soundtracks of Carnival of Souls, The Exorcist, Halloween, The Thing, The Shining, Psycho and Vincent Price's Withcraft and Magic album.)
Bedbugs LIII
Click here for an explanation of how Bedbugs is created.
Click here for the last chapter of Bedbugs Cycle One.
CYCLE TWO
The cycle ended. Where will my spirit wake next?
I wanted to believe you, but you left before I could
grow to trust you. Waiting for my turn to speak, I contemplate
in the park. Fall has finally arrived. Oscillations of
twlight thought and energy are accessible as I plan my next move.
Do I know that person across the way staring at me?
Natural serenity interrupted by her stare.
Pleasant but enigmatic. Someone made her that sweater.
She beckons me and smiles, getting up to seven won't be an issue.
She then motions like she's putting a needle on a record.
And gets up and walks away.
Don't waste time with temptations of routine, dig a new path and
only venture on it if it's your own choice. I turn and
look elsewhere for my story. Glancing back, she's gone.
As expected. What now? Compelling conclusions await.
Next week's seven phrases/groups of words:
-hat trick
-too large a space between
-keep my ears ringing
-not realizing who owns it
-broken before it got to me
-a pleasant way to understand
-not since high school
Adam Barnick
Show# 12: "JAZZ 101". Brian reads from Wynton Marsalis' new book Moving to Higher Ground and plays musical examples culled from the book.
Minimalist situation comedy/radio play.
Episode 9 "Tommy"
Cast:
Samantha: Melissa King
George: Peter Rinaldi
Setting:
The Upper West Side of Manhattan
Six Word Theater
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Inspired by the challenge Hemingway undertook to tell a story
in six words("For Sale: baby shoes. Never worn."), I attempt
to polish my skills by telling a six-word story or phrase each
Wednesday..or every other Wednesday.
Feel free to "continue the story" or start your own.
Today's Entry:
I don't visit Dad's cellblock anymore.
-Adam
Every episode will have a different person sit in front of the camera as I announce their character name and a brief description of them as if they were a guest on my program via satellite, except the person has absolutely no idea who they are playing or what I am going to ask until the words come out of my mouth. At which point they have to, simply, Start Talking.
Guest: Jeremy Frost
Watch other Episodes of Start Talking:
Timmy Cassese
Jonathan Roumie
Melissa King
Bedbugs LII
Click here for an explanation of how Bedbugs is created.
Click here for last week's Bedbugs.
It's warmer in the basement than I thought it'd be.
At first, nothing, on a cold day in March I'm searching
for meaning in a ruin. Suddenly the scratchy song kicks
in. Memories as she throws sticks at me, worker drones filing
in, empty classrooms that were full is the language of spies
even though it's quiet, my ears hurt! Only way
out of this is when I move forward, realizing
the record repeating is a manifestation of my bad habits.
Automaticity. Stuck in an endless pattern, down in
a forgotten basement. Euphoric, I am scared..the
problem is too deep under bridges, the problem
is the solution.
A wind picks up in a room that has no windows.
Am I being followed? Am I the shadow while
the real me didn't arrive yet? Emotion pours forth as
I make my way in near-dark to a room that has
faded paint, green ribbons on the floor
with another color mixed in THAT DOES NOT EXIST.
The song is habits, neuroses, fears,
drones and worker tendencies, she wanted to be
in the mountains while I stayed downstairs..
The deepest breath is taken. Spirits are coming for me.
I reach into the ether where the sound originates
and imagine pulling a rusted needle
off a living phonograph.
The cycle is broken. No longer downstairs,
I am home. I am new. I can decide my fate.
What I forgot to say was...
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Bedbugs has run once a week for 52 weeks, beginning
October 11, 2007. I expect cycle two to climax in its
100th week. After that, the future is unknown.
thank you,
Adam Barnick
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