#138 Chill air & cobalt skies
Leaves. Bread. Feathers. Silence.
30 OCTOBER 2024
Hello.
I hope that this email finds you well?
I’m good too, thanks for asking.
My ankle is healing, there are grand improv plans afoot and the leaves are falling, amber and gold.
I love the autumn. Give me chill air and cobalt skies over all of that summer nonsense, any day.
I might even have some hot, spiced apple juice after this.
Rule of three
[Movie] Michael Clayton
I don’t know how this Clooney-starrer passed me by at the time but it’s really impressive. Taut, exquisitely plotted and with a barnstorming performance by Tom Wilkinson. It’s written & directed by Tony Gilroy (who created the equally magnificent Andor for Disney) so that's probably why it’s so good.
[Sci-fi] Ursula K. Le Guin
I’m developing a new improv show with the incredible Jacob Banigan based on sci-fi short stories and have therefore been reading a fair few recently. Short stories are an art form unto themselves, there’s a real skill in creating something impactful within a limited word count. The absolute master of this kind of thing is Ursula K. Le Guin in my opinion. And if you don’t believe me - read The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas.
[Car] Corsa Electric Yes (And)
Did I buy an electric car because the specific edition was badged Yes? No, that would be idiotic. But maybe I did, a bit. Regardless, I am very chuffed with how quiet and fast and non-destructive to the planet it is.
Spotlight
If you’re reading this on the day I sent it (30th October 2024) then you have BUT ONE DAY to apply for my improv Ghost Quarters intensive in Karlsruhe, Germany, next January. This will be the world premiere of a new improv format I’m developing that combines grounded relationships with supernatural friendship and awesome historical costuming. Apply here without delay, for the deadline is (appropriately) Halloweeeeeeeeeeeeeen.
Longform thoughts
Bad audience suggestions
I’ve started with an easy one. With this costume you can basically wear your own clothes but hang a spatula, a whisk, a DVD of The Maltese Falcon and a dildo around your neck.
Read my ideas for Improv Halloween costumes.
Radio contact
Radio was not super into his spider costume this year.