“If in the first act you have hung a pistol on the wall, then in the following one it should be fired. Otherwise don’t put it there.” Who said it? Full Story »
Author Archive“If in the first act you have hung a pistol on the wall, then in the following one it should be fired. Otherwise don’t put it there.” Who said it? Full Story » “I am ready to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter.” Who said it? Full Story » “Working for a major studio can be like trying to have sex with a porcupine. It’s one prick against thousands.” Who said it? Full Story » “When all you are becomes defined as the amount of information traceable to you, what are we then? What have we become, in a world where there is no separation, no door, no filter beyond which we can say, ‘No. This is my personal space. Not yours. Here I am alone with my thoughts and free of any outside influence or control. This, you cannot have.’ I don’t know, but I don’t want to find out.” Who said it? Full Story » Large Marge sent me: Nota Bene #2010-06Posted on February 13, 2010 by Mike Sheehan under Nota Bene [ Comments: 3 ]
“Everything is changing. People are taking the comedians seriously and the politicians as a joke.” Who said it? Full Story » “To take people from the music world and give them the same kind of credibility that you give me, Morgan Freeman, Laurence Fishburne, Forest Whitaker—that’s like an aberration. I know there’s some young actor sitting in New York or L.A. who’s spent half of his life learning how to act and sacrificing to learn his craft but isn’t going to get his opportunity because of some ‘actor’ who’s been created.” Who said it? Full Story » “What they really want to see is, they want you to chop your fucking arm off, hold up your arm, wave it around spewing blood, and believe me, if you did that, the crowd would go fucking ballistic. You only get four good shows like that, though. Four good shows, and then you’re just a torso and a head, trying to get one of your band mates to give you one last hurrah and chop your head off. Which they probably wouldn’t do, which would really be hell.” Who said it? Full Story » Your pal, Mike S.: Nota Bene #2010-03Posted on January 27, 2010 by Mike Sheehan under Nota Bene [ Comments: none ]
“The guys who are shooting films now are technically brilliant, but there’s no content in their films. I marvel at what I see and wish I could have done a shot like that. But shots are secondary for my films, and with some of these films, it’s all about the shots. What’s the point? I’m not sure people know what points to make.” Who said it? Full Story » ArtSunday: AmalgamPosted on January 24, 2010 by Mike Sheehan under Africa, African-Americans, ArtSunday, Arts, Literature & Culture, Comics & Graphic Novels, Latinos, Nature, Photography, art, culture, philosophy, popular culture, women [ Comments: 8 ]
Here follow many of my favorite painters, illustrators and photographers. This comprehensive list Il Planetario di Figaro: Nota Bene #2010-02Posted on January 16, 2010 by Mike Sheehan under Nota Bene [ Comments: none ]
“What splendid buildings our architects would be able to execute if only they could finally be less obedient to gravity!” Who said it? Full Story » Heed the Peace Gnome: Nota Bene #2010-01Posted on January 7, 2010 by Mike Sheehan under Scholars & Rogues [ Comments: 2 ]
“You just pick up a chord, go twang, and you’ve got music.” Who said it? Full Story » A more glorious dawn awaits: Nota Bene #2009-47Posted on December 31, 2009 by Mike Sheehan under Nota Bene [ Comments: 4 ]
“The man who never looks into a newspaper is better informed than he who reads them; inasmuch as he who knows nothing is nearer to truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors.” Who said it? Full Story » toDwI’ma’ qoS yItIvqu’!: Nota Bene #2009-46Posted on December 25, 2009 by Mike Sheehan under Nota Bene [ Comments: 3 ]
“To be truly free, and truly to appreciate its freedom, a society must be literate.” Full Story » Saturn’s Hexagon and the Bulava Spiral: Nota Bene #2009-45Posted on December 17, 2009 by Mike Sheehan under Nota Bene [ Comments: 3 ]
“Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.” Full Story » STFU: Nota Bene #2009-44Posted on December 11, 2009 by Mike Sheehan under Nota Bene [ Comments: 3 ]
Gonna try something different Full Story » Bear vs. Ninja: Nota Bene #2009-43Posted on December 3, 2009 by Mike Sheehan under Nota Bene [ Comments: 3 ]
“Overture, curtain, lights Full Story » Linksgiving: Nota Bene #2009-42Posted on November 26, 2009 by Mike Sheehan under Nota Bene [ Comments: none ]
Welcome to my home Full Story » Echoblowcation: Nota Bene #2009-41Posted on November 18, 2009 by Mike Sheehan under Scholars & Rogues [ Comments: 1 ]
A few things for you NB readers: Full Story » No Joke: Nota Bene for 9 November 2009Posted on November 9, 2009 by Mike Sheehan under Nota Bene [ Comments: 2 ]
Well I figured I’d give you all a break Full Story » Monkey Business: Nota Bene for 2 November 2009Posted on November 2, 2009 by Mike Sheehan under Nota Bene [ Comments: none ]
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