My Sullied Flesh

J. Michael Dolan's "The Box" Are you in or out?

This post called "The Box" comes from J. Michael Dolan's blog for Artists and Entrepreneurs. Living outside the box can be scary but, living inside the box can be death. Are you in or out? 

http://www.jmichaeldolan.com

The Box (Read time 0:33) Inside The Box: where the “known” lives. Outside The Box: where “uncertainty” lurks.  Inside The Box: the “right way to go.” Outside The Box: frowned upon by the others.    Inside The Box: common sense at work. Outside The Box: nonsense at play.  Inside The Box: withheld expression. Outside The Box: full self-expression. Inside The Box: requires conformity. Outside The Box: requires courage. Inside The Box: incarcerated. Outside The Box: liberated. Inside The Box: where the Caterpillar dwells. Outside The Box: where the Butterfly soars. While others insist on “tried & true,” artist & entrepreneurs get anxious and antsy when confined to any kind of regular routine. And while it’s the destiny of the others to maintain the status quo, it’s the destiny of artist & entrepreneurs to climb out of the box and report back to us what they find—through their lyrics, screenplays, art, books, music, movies, websites and extraordinary products and services. So, are you in or out?

 

You’ve Arrived When You Realize the Journey Never Ends

Another good article about the ups and downs of being a musician/Artist/creative.

Musical Mastery: You've Arrived When You Realize the Journey ...

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Push through those periods that are difficult, learn what gets you going again, and keep applying that to your life and routine. Above all, never, ever give up. You may just wake up one day feeling like you have arrived. But I'm ...

Goodbye Leslie Nielsen. Thanks for the Laughs.

The Imgur Gallery.

Spinal Tap on Jazz.

 

 

Went to MacGruber last night. Crude, adolescent, gory, silly and stupid. I Loved It!!!

I went to see MacGruber last night at my girlfriends request. Yes guys, she is that cool.

I found it crude, gory, adolescent, silly and stupid. I loved it!!!! My girlfriend suggested 

we see it again and buy the DVD. Yeah, I know, pinch me, I must be dreaming and yes 

she is real and not inflatable. I had read several reviews before going to see MacGruber. 

All were negative. The NY Times asked "why does this film exist?" Indeed the MacGruber 

film does exist. It exists because some of "us" don't have a problem turning the serious 

switch off every now and again. Clearly the long success of SNL would prove that there 

are many more of "us" out there. The R rating is well deserved for it's language and nudity.  

I think if you are old enough to be familiar with MacGyver and TV, movies and music of that 

era it adds to the level of comedy. Also you should be old enough and worldly enough to truly 

appreciate all the levels of social and personal etiquette that are being violated, i.e.. the sex 

scene which had the entire middle aged audience on the theatre floor in laughter. I didn't go 

to this movie with great expectations, I just really like the MacGurber skit on SNL and like I

said she wanted to see it and who am I to argue with a woman who wants to see a a silly 

guy film. Not this guy! So MacGruber over delivered on my expectations and kept me laughing 

the entire movie. 

 So "why does this film exist?"  I think that in a world where our news is constantly inundated with serious situations of great complexities. A world of environmentally catastrophic oil leaks, two unpopular wars, a politically divided country, global economic turmoil and just general gloom and doom. I think "we" all would feel much better if only once, at the end of a Diane Sawyer newscast filled with such gloom and doom, she would turn to George Stephanopoulos and say, "pull my finger".

That is why MacGruber exist. "We" need MacGruber!