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Friday, November 6th, 2009
11:27 am	pigs! "Never wrestle a pig.  You just get dirty and the pig enjoys it." -G.B. Shaw (Comment on this)
Sunday, September 27th, 2009
11:28 am	Eva Marie Sweeney was born yesterday (so today she gets fooled) Eva Marie Sweeney, 7lbs 12oz and about 21" long. The result of two incredible graduates of ColdTowne Conservatory, Kyle Sweeney and Julia Kirchen. I feel like a proud poppa; the two of them met and fell in love under our roof. This is further proof that improv creates life!! This happened just minutes after the two most adorable improvisers this side of the Milky Way, , Roy Janik and Kaci Beeler,  were joined in marriage in one of the most beautiful and joyful celebrations I ever done seen! (Comment on this)
Thursday, September 3rd, 2009
12:14 am	I have conquered! Best Actor/Actress: Arthur Simone (Readers Poll, Arts & Entertainment, 2009) photo by Todd V. Wolfson Of course the winner of Austin's regional Air Guitar Championship and the Alamo Drafthouse's Air Sex World Championship can convincingly go through the motions of whatever you've got. But, as we've seen with Simone's work with the ColdTowne improv troupe and when his self-authored Dear Frailty series of twitchy monologues galvanizes a stage, the man's got big acting talent even when words are in the mix. www.arthursimone.com (7 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, August 27th, 2009
12:20 am	just sayin' Proud to be a liberal! (Comment on this)
Wednesday, July 29th, 2009
1:56 pm	some smatterings of 'new' Abstract #52, #51, and #50 (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, July 27th, 2009
12:38 pm	rolling kind of dirty, kind of clean This weekend I: -bombed an audition -got stung by a wasp in my own theater -jumped into the pool with my phone in my pocket because I'm stupid -gave up on love yet again but -had some good shows and audiences so there's that (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009
3:30 pm	review of Dear Frailty from the statesman Review: ‘Dear Fraility’ By Jeanne Claire van Ryzin | Tuesday, July 21, 2009, 02:48 PM No one is normal in ‘Dear Fraility’ Arthur Simone’s oddly compelling darkly humorous one-man, multi-character show playing Fridays through August at Coldtowne Theater. But it is nevertheless easy to sympathize with the eight not-normal characters Simone presents on Coldtowne’s miniscule stage no matter how absurd and grotesque the details of the lives may be. Perhaps that because Simone has carefully crafted each to be remotely believable. Forget the flat character parody. Instead, Simone delivers little jewel-like stories of strange but absorbing characters whose stories you want to hear. There’s the barely recovered pyromaniac fresh from rehab, an old woman with nary a fond memory of the past, a man still suffering from the bullying he was victim to in his childhood and a single woman unlucky in love even if she doesn’t quite realize it. With only minimal props, Simone performs each of their stories in short, neatly-paced monologues. And for good measure, Simone throws in a few absurdist presentations of his own, most humorously a rambling and ridiculous slide presentation on the future of capitalism. (The show clocks in a little less than one hour.) The lanky Simone is something of a naturally jittery performer but that only gives his characters more of a manic edge that grabs the attention. What sets ‘Dear Fraility’ apart from most other monologue line-ups is the quality of Simone’s story-telling. There’s no ad-libbing or improv here. Rather, the writing has a tight, literary quality that unfolds thoughtfully. Simone, one third of the trio of improvisational actors that founded Coldtowne Theater, delivers an odd odyssey that in the end remains sweet. “Dear Fraility” continues at 9 p.m. on Fridays through Aug. 28 at Coldtowne Theater, Airport Blvd. www.coldtownetheater.com (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, July 16th, 2009
11:04 am	first time! a rad Chronicle article about artists' eye-opening experiences including mine!  :) look! (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Wednesday, July 15th, 2009
4:33 pm	back and broke and burned! I'll write more later, but I got to Miami, did the casting call and got a polite 'no.' But it's ok. I put my best foot forward and tried my best, and at this point I'm more saddened for the contemporary art world this show will introduce to the tv public than for myself... I'm sunburned and utterly exhausted and spent $300 more than I thought I would and had zero time for anything fun, but all in all, I'm glad I went to the effort to try it. (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Saturday, July 11th, 2009
2:19 pm	trip! tickets to Miami booked! Thanks to everyone! (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Thursday, July 9th, 2009
11:16 am	buy a painting to help immediately increase my Bravo TV fame I learned about this: http://www.bravotv.com/casting and wanna make it possible to fly to one of the casting calls (the bastards don't take video submissions) it's going to be the new Bravo equivalent of Top Chef, but for artists. suffice it to say, this show was made for me. Help me with a plane ticket by buying some artwork today. Anything I have, any price you name! A year from now I could be selling these goddamn things for thousands. For real, yall! http://www.arthursimone.com/artwork.html (5 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, July 6th, 2009
2:52 am	blah blah women the older I get the more fears and conditions and sentiment/sediment and uncontrollable arbitrary rotten drama I hit my head against. boo to that. boo to that. I just want love. the moon is out and it always is out of reach. (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Saturday, July 4th, 2009
12:36 pm	4th! (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Wednesday, July 1st, 2009
1:51 am	warning warning! if neither this http://www.arthursimone.com/artwork/rock.html nor this http://www.arthursimone.com/artwork/pelican.html sell for $75 nor this http://www.arthursimone.com/artwork/weeper.html nor this http://www.arthursimone.com/artwork/footsore.html sell for $125 in the next day i'm a-gonna paint over them! such are the whims of a cash-strapped artist who believes in his creations but needs to consider the value of a frame, canvas, and pre-existing underpainting... :) (Comment on this)
Monday, June 1st, 2009
12:38 am	out of your hands Crutchfield: *Upon seeing Sherman Krader has a rifle at the ready and Ernest hasn't budged* Look out, Ernest! Get out of the way! *Krader takes aim at Ernest* Nurse St. Cloud's voice: If he had faith in the Great One, the knife would not cut him. *Krader fires, but it looks like he missed* Blatz: He missed. I can't believe he missed! *Krader moves forward a couple of steps, and takes aim again* Nurse St. Cloud's voice: If he had courage, true courage, the rock would not break him. *Krader fires again, but misses. He moves even closer and takes aim again* If the brave was pure of heart, the arrow could not catch him. *Krader fires again, but misses. He moves to point-blank range and takes aim - Ernest sticks his finger into the barrel of Krader's rifle* Ernest: Paper, rock, scissors. *Grins widely, Krader looks surprised* Blatz: Looks like this one's out of your hands, Krader. *Krader drops his rifle, Ernest laughs mockingly, then the Second Chance kids as well as Brooks and Pennington burst into cheers. Krader beats a hasty retreat to his car as Nurse St. Cloud comes driving up in the camp station wagon flanked by a couple of cop cars* Nurse St. Cloud: *Waves a piece of paper in the air* We got it! We got it! The judge issued a restraining order! (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Monday, May 11th, 2009
12:45 am	warm fuzzies my level 3 students brought me an "I love you" balloon on their last day of class priceless and lovely despite my penchant for a moody depressive nature, there's lots to put a smile on my face these days (Comment on this)
Thursday, May 7th, 2009
4:14 pm	zeitgeist shift tommy wiseau has changed everything art is futile art is transitory art is eternal (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, May 4th, 2009
10:56 pm	snap! I hate it when flies are inside my house and my room but it is worth it when Robin spends hours trying to chomp down on the little bugs he will never be fast enough but it is adorable (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009
11:08 am	woowoo "Ethical quandaries, considerations, and questions are often taken too seriously by society-at-large. We must endeavor to take a more chaotic view of ethics, and realize that, like Nature itself, they are constantly evolving and changing. Ethical questions can only be answered by a process we call "survival of the fittest", wherein each possible answer is thrown into a filthy, muddy pit in order to fight for their own correctness." - Susan Mongood (Comment on this)
Monday, April 20th, 2009
11:08 am	gulp! I've always shied away from trying to sell my artwork on ebay because of: a) the cheesy-ness of some of the work there b) the low sale price of most of the work there But I'm giving it a shot! And nervous as hell.  I put the starting price at $1 and offered free shipping.  Maybe I should revise it yet again. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290310903983 (Comment on this)