gdp's Comments

USS Rock 'N Roll : Freestyle Friday!!!!!

Sat, 27 Mar 2010 17:42:29 +0000

did you make this pic on picnik? If so I am very proud.

USS Rock 'N Roll : Crew

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:24:03 +0000

short for LIE-brary. Don't trust this mutha f(shut your mouth)

USS Rock 'N Roll : You Tell Me

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 01:39:23 +0000

I love it! I think a great improv teacher makes you feel like you are safe.

USS Rock 'N Roll : Marketing: the basics... website

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 20:15:09 +0000

Thanks to Brady O'Callahan for reposting us! http://bradyocallahan.tumblr.com/

USS Rock 'N Roll : Our first tour - why and how to

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 19:58:55 +0000

Thanks Drew, it was really fun!

USS Rock 'N Roll : Improv Everywhere does it again!

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:03:03 +0000

Actually guys, a lot of their earlier stunts were largely improvised. The idea was to create a public scenario and then improvise within it. As time goes by their stunts become more and more scripted, but lots of previous events were not. A good example is the little league game. If you're an agent on that event, you don't get a script. You just know who your character is and then you improvise the part; ie hot dog vendor, or fan. Same with the Rock Concert they swarmed down upon. You don't show up with a script, you just show up to the show as a major fan of the band and then improvise the role. I agree that lots of their events are choreographed (the mobius and this musical grocery store) but lots aren't. (subway birthday party, tour of NYC water fountain) The end.

USS Rock 'N Roll : Marketing: the basics... website

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:23:25 +0000

what I'm saying is... if you walk yourself through the site, and your designer is - implementing/setting up a tailored header/and cleaning up a few codes.... that's about 200$. What I'm saying is, you the improviser will have to do a little research. You will have to google a few things. You will have to ask "wootheme" for help, and check out some youtube tutorials... but you will figure it out. I did and I'm a stupid face.

USS Rock 'N Roll : Family Guy spoofs improv troupes

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:32:42 +0000

You know Hawkins... I totally hear what you're saying on this one. I guess I think it's really funny because every improv team starts out this way. We're all a little green and anxious the first couple of years. I know a guy who used to come into EVERY scene as his "cousin Vinny who worked for Streets and Sans." We need to be able to laugh at ourselves. We almost called my troupe in college the "The Fun Police." They ended up using it for a sketch team instead. That's ridiculous! Why we won't be offended by this episode is because we know that our work has matured way passed these early stages. That we're growing as artists and we can recognize our own weaknesses. The one thing that Family Guy and improv have in common is that sometimes they're both really funny and sometimes they both really suck. At least we have the excuse of "we're making it up on the spot."

USS Rock 'N Roll : Staying True To Harold Form by Breaking It - 10.6.09 - "Tuxedo"

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:45:19 +0000

The situation Riki is referring to is this: Bryan accidentally kicked a chair into the audience which hit a gentleman sitting in the front row. Without a losing a beat, he apologized to the gentleman, made sure everyone was okay, got the audience back on his side and then snapped right back into the show without dropping a beat. It was amazing.

USS Rock 'N Roll : Love Improv? Get a Life! by: Jill Alexander

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 23:11:02 +0000

fair enough ladies. also... don't be too hard on improvisers who don't know how to talk about anything but improv and do bits. these kind of improvisers are usually young and excited, nervous around people, like being the funny guy, might be socially awkward, or any number of things. Be easy with these types by simply asking them about another phase of their life. Conversations rest on us as much as they rest on the ones we are talking to.

USS Rock 'N Roll : Love Improv? Get a Life! by: Jill Alexander

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:36:13 +0000

also.. this is literally the 4th entry that mentions "Outliers" the book on this improv blog. ha! marketing books making it into the pop culture... funny.

USS Rock 'N Roll : Love Improv? Get a Life! by: Jill Alexander

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:20:37 +0000

As someone who has an improv tattoo, let me attempt to persuade you that assuming geeks of this nature need to get a life, aren't really as connected to their teams as they think they are, aren't as educated/ in touch with the rest of the world as they should be... might also be a stale conviction that could use some revamping. First of all, my team that the tattoo hails from isn't together anymore, they got broken up... after 5 years. I had already left for LA at that time, but I can say this, the team must have wanted to get broken up... otherwise they would still be playing somewhere... anywhere. So, in general, it was time for the team to go. I recently heard that a member of my old team got inked a couple of weeks ago with the team logo. More than a year after the team's demise... so this team must have still meant something to him. I can see why. We were a great team. We didn't always have AMAZING shows... but we were a unique group of people that supported each other in extreme and soulful ways. I will never regret my tattoo because it stands for a period of my life when I was finding out who I was. When I became engaged to a world of people that were and will continue to be my support system until the day I die (hopefully) and when I learned how to be the best performer/writer I could be. We wouldn't say that a person who plays pro football needs to get a life... that people who do community theater, are starting their own restaurant, or play in a rock band need to get some other interests. It's possible these people ONLY hang out with people who have like interests; other restaurant owners, their team mates or band mates. Someone who goes home after working a 40 hr week in an office may have few other friends besides the people they see at work. Lots of people live like this without ever having a group of people who they think "gets them," allows them to play and be silly while at the same time making art. So if improvisers, in general, are not good at keeping up with current events, doing community service, having lives outside of improv... well that's probably the nature of the person, not necessarily the nature of the art form. I would never look down my nose at someone who found real excitement by surrounding themselves with old cars, people who rebuild old cars and talked a lot about old cars. I may not be able to talk to them all night long because I don't have a lot of interest in this... but I wouldn't tell them that this was somehow their problem. I think too, improvisers by nature are kind of awkward. For a lot of young improvisers, their clubhouse is the one place they feel kind of safe. And improv is the one thing that makes them feel kind of cool. So they probably talk about it a lot with other people who feel the same way. I don't blame them. I love it too. I personally know when I'm alienating my audience. I go out of my way to make the significant others of improvisers feel good, to ask them about their lives and to treat them like decent human beings... but I speak for myself. Yes, improvisers need to get a life to have something to say onstage. But I'd rather hang out at iO with Tony Lewellen than a homeless guy any day. Did you know Tony has a collection of old view finders from the turn of the century? He does. Once while hanging out with Riki Kalil and Annie Hoff I watched as Riki talked Annie through a life breakthrough. At the end of the night we were all crying and Annie had a new outlook on her life. One might be able to see why after this night, we all felt really close to each other. Like a family. We take vacations together, we might even be starting a business together.... some day. I'm okay with this. If someone else thinks it's lame... that's okay too. My life is a journey and I'm just figuring it out by what feels best in one moment to the next.

USS Rock 'N Roll : I\'m No Actor... I\'m an Improviser

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:54:15 +0000

can I be a floutist?

USS Rock 'N Roll : The Worst...

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 19:55:16 +0000

At first I thought this corn was sort of offputting... but then I watched all the way through and now I am kind of turned on.

USS Rock 'N Roll : Still More Lessons from Burning Man

Sat, 12 Sep 2009 18:39:08 +0000

You are.

USS Rock 'N Roll : Lessons from Burning Man

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 00:03:12 +0000

Agreed JoAnna. How CAN they see you?

USS Rock 'N Roll : Quality vs Quantity

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 21:04:17 +0000

Group mind posting. Holla, sista soldier. Holla.

USS Rock 'N Roll : Swimming When Wet

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 21:01:36 +0000

you forgot Jimmy Hoffa... total hider.

USS Rock 'N Roll : Question and Answer

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:56:31 +0000

I just wanted to add 2 cents here. I feel like a lot of time young improvisers blame their teams for a lot of things. See if your team gets better if you change your attitude about the people on your team, give in more, say yes more to the group and relax with your expectations of what the team should be. By just leading by example with a good attitude, tons of support and taking on some basic marketing duties... I bet the work will follow. Being a great team does not happen over night. I think it takes about 2 years.

USS Rock 'N Roll : We\'re Going Steady But We\'re Not In Love

Sat, 29 Aug 2009 07:02:07 +0000

Annie, Molly Hawkey and I just had a conversation today over beers at 2pm about the nature of improv. We were talking about one of the reasons we love it so much being that you can't ever win at it. There's no end in sight. You'll never be the best improviser or the best that you can be. You'll always just be as good as you are right now. You're only satisfaction is the knowledge that you might be slightly better at it today than you were yesterday. But that you can always get better and there is no end for eternity. Playing for playing's sake is the reward. Like most relationships it takes daily upkeep and tending. Like most relationships the love of it is what makes it worth all the bad times. Improv may be a bitch, but she's the bitch I love.