Category Archives: Great Performances

The LSD No-No

Written by Keith. Posted on February 10, 2010. Filed under Great Performances. Tagged , , . No comments.
Now this is one hell of a story…

Mel Blanc

Written by Keith. Posted on January 7, 2010. Filed under Great Performances. Tagged . No comments.
Genius.

Goin’ to Acapulco

Written by Keith. Posted on January 2, 2010. Filed under Cinemanets, Great Performances. Tagged , , , , , , . No comments.
Here’s a quick video of a sequence from “I’m Not There” which moved the hell out of me. It’s a narrative imagining of the “essence” of Bob Dylan. The director used several characters portraying various personas and inspirations from Dylan’s life. I tried to watch the film but found most of it [...]

The Wire 100 Best Lines

Written by Keith. Posted on December 29, 2009. Filed under Acting, Cinemanets, Great Performances. Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , . No comments.

Da Honky Shot Me!

Written by Keith. Posted on November 10, 2009. Filed under Great Performances. Tagged , , , , . No comments.
When I saw this on Ta-Nehisi Coates’ blog I knew I was gonna post it immediately. It’s also prompting me to add a new category, “Great Performances”. Enjoy.

Mighty Mouse & Elvis

Written by Keith. Posted on October 31, 2009. Filed under Acting, Great Performances. Tagged , , , . No comments.
I’m gonna file this one under great performances. Awkward is always funny. And these two are classics, thanks Andy. BTW, this is way before the term “Epic Fail”. Andy Kaufman performs Mighty Mouse – watch more funny videos Andy Kaufman Elvis Impresion – watch more funny videos

More Than Rain

Written by Keith. Posted on October 25, 2009. Filed under Great Performances, No Reason. Tagged . No comments.
If you live in NYC you know… it just rained all day today. And I mean all day. Really. All of it. And hard too. A friend of mine (thank you MHR) directed me towards this lovely little performance… about another kind of rain. “Eh this is about all the bad days in [...]

The Good Actor

Written by Keith. Posted on October 6, 2009. Filed under Acting, Great Performances, Inspiration, Personal. Tagged , , , . No comments.
John Douglas Thompson photo from Damon Winter/The New York Times
Good acting doesn’t always have to be that serious. When I was performing in Julius Caesar I had one brief scene alone with Denzel Washington. This was just before the “tent scene” between Brutus (Denzel) and Cassius. I was Cassius’ attendant, Pindarus and came in before him “to do salutations from him“. Got [...]