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Greg

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About Me

I really don't come to this site anymore. Visit gklandgr.blogspot.com for my general blog, trademagrag.blogspot.com for the Trade Mag Rag, a parody of insipid business-to-business publications (Think The Onion for trade magazines), youtube.com/threeleggedrace for my videos with three legged race, and youtube.com/gklandgr for my personal videos.

My Interests

Improvisation, comedy, writing, bicycling, libraries, inventing words, magazines, collecting bad magazine submissions

Music:

Beatles, Barenaked Ladies, Jill Sobule, Boiled in Lead, Weird Al Yankovic, They Might Be Giants, Flogging Molly

Television:

Arrested Development, Malcolm in the Middle, Red Dwarf, Animaniacs

Books:

Steven Brust, Nick Hornby, Bill Bryson, Douglas Adams, Shel Silverstein, J.K. Rowling

Heroes:

Florence Foster Jenkins, Drew Carey

My Blog

Redirect

I'm really not here much anymore. Here's where you can (and should!) keep up with me:gklandgr.blogspot.com: My main blog: Mediocre Chicago Improvisor. It's about improv, and specifically, surviving as...
Posted by Greg on Sun, 28 Oct 2007 01:39:00 PST

Recapitulation & YouTubery

Happy happy promo time:* Recapitulation opened "________: The Improvised Musical" yesterday, and holy crucifixes made of petrified poo, it was good. That it was anything but a clusterfrick is amazing-...
Posted by Greg on Sat, 08 Sep 2007 08:05:00 PST

Promo time!

I've got a new series of comedy videos on the way. The mysterious, trenchcoat-clad Sur Fickal, is bringing SonnetBack with Sonnets about Mundane Things.In Sonnet 1, "Purple Metal Wyrm of Hate" Sur Fic...
Posted by Greg on Tue, 21 Aug 2007 05:12:00 PST

A very special video for all...

Uncle Bastard's Child Disappointment ServiceWe disappoint your kids, so you don't have to.Enjoy!
Posted by Greg on Wed, 04 Jul 2007 02:48:00 PST

Success...

"Real success is if you never have to be around assholes." -- John Waters.I believe I have a new life philosophy.(He spoke at a library conference recently, and they podcast an interview with him, whi...
Posted by Greg on Wed, 04 Apr 2007 01:27:00 PST

Home-work is much better than job-work

I realized today just how soul-crushing my job is.I think it has to do with the juxtaposition of job-work, at which I act as receptacle for petty complaints of all sorts; process mind-numbing, detaile...
Posted by Greg on Tue, 03 Apr 2007 06:46:00 PST

It would be pretentious to start referring to myself as a "playwright" now...

... but I'm gonna.For a little while, at least.Yes, Faceplant is open, which is the reason for the recent silence here, and probably for a bit more. Friday night was opening night, and now I'm sort of...
Posted by Greg on Mon, 02 Apr 2007 04:50:00 PST

Postcards!

I got a kick-ass surprise today at work. The postcards that I ordered for Faceplant on Tuesday and was expecting next Tuesday (I sprang for 7-day shipping), came today. 2 days! Vistaprint, you done go...
Posted by Greg on Fri, 16 Mar 2007 05:29:00 PST

With the utmost of respect

ComedySportz Chicago: Your 2008 audition is my bitch.Just declaring my intent. Thank you for understanding.Love, Greg
Posted by Greg on Sat, 10 Mar 2007 10:29:00 PST

The start of a very long year

ComedySportz is one of the biggest improv auditions of the year. They only hire new people once a year, and the standards are quite high and the acceptance rate is quite low. Monday, I auditioned for ...
Posted by Greg on Fri, 09 Mar 2007 05:41:00 PST