Sinister: oh how the mighty have fallen...

[brand new shoes]

hello all,

it is late friday night in pittsburgh and i have just come from a big bash 
after the opening reception for an graduation thesis exhibit. i must say 
that i am very unhappy with some of what i saw. one piece in particular that 
i thought maybe the list might like to hear about. this grad student that i 
am sort of friends with did a piece that involved putting on headphones and 
carrying a discman around that gave you directions and talked to you about 
what you were seeing. sound familiar? well, probably not, unless you saw 
Janet Cardiff's fantastic piece at the Carnegie International this year, 
which was almost exactly the same, only much better and with video cameras 
and headphones. the thing is, this kid was her assistant setting it up!
he helped her out and then ripped her off!!
i was so pissed i couldn't really even pay attention to the piece very much, 
even the tone of his voice was similar.
now i'm going to feel awkward when i see him, because i won't be able to say 
anything about his piece.
damn.

on a plus note my good friend riccardo, who left town last year to take up a 
faculty position near buffalo somewhere, came back to see the show (heart!). 
he's like the older hispanic brother i never had.

on a wierd note, my highly esteemed genius professor was at the party 
tonight, completely smashed, hitting on my friends a bit, and asking me to 
take part in this big party he is organizing for the rites of spring. it 
seems to involve temple whores, virgins, blood letting (followed by 
consumption, gross!) and other sorts of paganish things. he wants me to come 
up with an appropriately hedonistic ceremony/performance piece for the 
party, and i am feeling a little uncomfortable about it all, i must say.
oy!
oh! i played "is it wicked not to care", along with a few of my songs, 
tonight at the cmu women's center fundraiser, and i guess it was live on the 
radio, which is kind of neat, maybe.
ummm
i guess that's all. i hope that this was interesting enough to send to the 
whole list. i always end up going back and reading honey's advice on what's 
worth posting, and not being able to imagine 1200 people careing about 
anything that i would say ever. so i just end up posting whatever dull stuff 
is going on.
ohhh, oh oh oh!!! i almost forgot completely, SOMEONE GAVE ME A CRUSH 
VOTE!!! i am very excited. i am soo curious, but i would never ask someone 
to tell me. half the fun is being all goofy and trying to figure it out and 
giggling to yourself and feeling cool and lame at the same time.
okay, bed time for l'il sam
sweet dreams kids.
love
sam

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