The Stonecoast MFA residency in Maine begins today. Right now there are over a hundred people winging their way to Portland, ME for 10 days of intensive literary study and workshops.

I'm heading up to Maine for the day to attend the new student orientation since I signed up as a student ambassador. Then I'll be heading off to the residency in Dingle, Ireland on July 9. As part of my residency in Ireland, I'll be doing a 15 minute flash presentation on the Irish poet Thomas Moore. As part of my presentation, I put together this video so that people can hear one of Moore's Irish Melodies, "The Harp That Once Through Tara's Hall."



Once I arrive in Ireland, I'll try to post at least one video update per day for the residency.

Cheers!

Tags: ireland, thomas moore

Per his Huffington Post column:

""For more thoughts on the situation, tune in to the investor conference call I'm doing for Wachovia Capital Markets, tomorrow (Weds. - may be today by the time you read this) at 11:30 a.m. Pacific (2:30 p.m. Eastern). The call is open to the public and free of charge. Call in details below:

DATE: Wednesday, July 2, 2008

11:30 AM Pacific; 2:30 PM Eastern

PARTICIPANT DIAL-IN: (800) 374-1206 (domestic)

(706) 634-5796 (international)

Passcode: 54441528

REPLAY DIAL-IN: (800) 642-1687 (domestic)

(available for 1 week) (706) 645-9291 (intl)

Passcode: 54441528"

source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jonathan-handel/screen-actors-guild-whats_b_110365.html

If anyone can get a question to him on either

1) Why the conglomerates can legally get away with telling the talent there's no money in new media versus simultaneously telling shareholders that new media will be a cash cow

or

2) Just how much of shareholder funds AMPTP companies are wasting on the new "Lets Keep Working" trade ad campaign and associated PR film costs (especially given the inaccuracies in them...no actors union is on strike, the Milken Report figures they use are based on pretty thin conjectures, etc

I would be duly impressed

Current Location: on the phone
Current Mood: perplexed
Current Music: 'Talkin' Out The Side Of Your Neck' by Cameo

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Horror stories from the world of shared living spaces. EEK!

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Coming Together To Make A Difference

On Monday, July 7th at 2pm est, this auction site will go live in an attempt to raise money for the Actors Fund and the Writers Guild of America. Whether SAG strikes or is locked out or a deal is made is of course a concern, but regardless of whether there is additional labor turmoil, there remains a real need to help those that were adversely affected during the recent Writers Strike. Fans, actors, showrunners, writers, musicians, crew, etc. can work together to help make people financially whole again. Every week dozens of new donated items will be put up for auction. Open your hearts and your wallets for those that need it most and bid high. Open your closets and donate those items that some fan would love to own and you really don't need.

We're All In This Together......Still!

We have cool stuff pledged so far from shows such as Lost, Desperate Housewives, The West Wing, Criminal Minds, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, The Daily Show & The Colbert Report.

Bookmark it and be there July 7th 2008 :)

Current Location: the interwebz
Current Mood: upbeat
Current Music: 'Give A Little Bit' by Supertramp

...those discussions etc are moving here:
whywewatchljcom

I may do the occasional writer related update here but I expect what is going on with the actors to take up most of my time.

Current Location: the interwebz
Current Mood: happy 49th b-day Mr. D'Onofrio

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Check it out here: http://community.livejournal.com/whywewatchljcom/10653.html

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Current Mood: hey AMPTP do right by actors

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