City of Roses

In which my need to work on the whole marketing thing is discussed

Kip Manley — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 00:24:15 GMT

Facebook is not a marketing plan, I realize. But it’s something.

Wordle!

Kip Manley — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 03:46:10 GMT

I wordled it.

The contractual obligation post

Kip Manley — Thu, 08 May 2008 04:02:34 GMT

Regarding a special appearance this weekend only.

Things to keep in mind (The secret of clichés)

Kip Manley — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 03:47:22 GMT

Made haphazardly, it probably made itself, if not actually against the will of its authors and actors, then at least beyond their control. And this is the reason it works, in spite of æsthetic theories and theories of filmmaking. For in it there unfolds with almost telluric force the power of Narrative in its natural state, without Art intervening to discipline it. And so we can accept it when characters change mood, morality, and psychology from one moment to the next, when conspirators cough to interrupt the conversation if a spy is approaching, when whores weep at the sound of “La Marseillaise.” When all the archetypes burst in shamelessly, we reach Homeric depths. Two clichés make us laugh. A hundred clichés move us. For we sense dimly that the clichés are talking among themselves, and celebrating a reunion. Just as the height of pain may encounter sensual pleasure, and the height of perversion border on mystical energy, so too the height of banality allows us to catch a glimpse of the sublime. Something has spoken in place of the director. If nothing else, it is a phenomenon worthy of awe.

—Umberto Eco

Things to keep in mind (The secret of evidence)

Kip Manley — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 04:29:28 GMT

As the subject exited the bus, he did not comply with at least 3 loud demands for him to put his hands in the air. He kept his hands in his chest area and looked disoriented and stared off into space. Officer Park tazed the subject who was then handcuffed after the sword was removed from his person…prior to transport, [he] said bizarre things like he was just pickling mushrooms and I was just hit by a meteorite. [He] knew he was in Portland but couldn’t tell us where… The sword was taken as evidence.

—Ofc. Harris

A rather limited edition

Kip Manley — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 06:23:07 GMT

A spectacular gift.