monologues ISO conversations

outside mah haus in Oaktown

mt — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 01:09:11 GMT

truth is stranger than fiction

Stoooopid!

mt — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 16:25:34 GMT

See you there, unless yer dum an went ta werk...

New images up!

mt — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 19:35:39 GMT

http://templetonvariety.tribe.net

Off to AZ

mt — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 10:03:09 GMT

We're performing the Gem and Mineral Show in Tuscon this Monday, It's looking like a fantastic gig! The event is Monday if you're in town, msg 4 deets Looking forward to seeing you! MT

Talented couple seek mature community residency in sf/east bay

mt — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 01:23:02 GMT

Hey friends! Tserefina and I are seeking a new residence after riding the dramatic merry-go-round of Langton through its rough build out. The time has come for us to be surrounded by a like minded community into crafting/building art, yoga, dance, circus, and production. Tserefina is a stiltdancer and tissue aerialist from Vancouver, prefers to eat veg, and like many Canadians spends a lot of time at home. MT is a stiltdancer and juggler who spends long hours as theater technician (carp, electrics, rigging) and frequently has creative projects on the side burner during periods of touring and production. Our ideal scenario would have natural afternoon sun in our room, an area for a small woodworking shop, space to rig aerial for tissue, a rooftop garden to tend lovingly, and mature co-habitants who are motivated to clean after themselves in projects as well as domestic ways. We would prefer a density of 6 people or less. We'd love to stay in the city, and will happily take a space without all above ammenities (ie rigging height ceilings) if located near the gym we coach at in the Inner Sunset/Haight/Inner Richmond area so we can train. A single garage, even if an additional rent fee, would do just fine for my woodshop. On the other hand, we are also open to the possibility of an amazing community in the East Bay with the right mix of people. Many thanks for any leads in making our dream abode manifest! MT

Sagittarian Cabaret 12/07/07

mt — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 07:25:58 GMT

Oh boy! Have I had a lot to be thankful this year, and it's time to pull out the stops for this year's Sagittarian Cabaret! That's right, another year has passed since our last raucous installment of the Sag Cabaret! This year we celebrate both Mike Templeton and Colin Blackshear with a soiree to tantalize your senses. This year's cabaret is benefiting Langton Labs, a brand spanking new warehouse community in the heart of SOMA. Gallery: Suspended fabric installation: callibug Art by Colin Blackshear The Show! Tim Barsky- www.timbarsky.com Langton Labrats present the finest in song and dance Tobias of Yard Dogs Road Show http://www.yarddogsroadshow.com/ Artistry of Tserefina Comedy and Juggling by Mike Templeton Stilt Dancers SF www.stiltdancers.com Pumpkin Samurai Kenrom Nepalese dance by Rupa Upadyay, Miss Nepal Talent and Photogenic winner 2003 http://www.nepalisite.com/missnepal2003_profile.cfm?number=15&counter=16 Dancing Bear Eugene Zigzag and Templeton throwing unusual things at one another and we'll probably set something on fire while we're at it. Come be the first to enjoy the beautiful Art Deco theater seating from the Balboa Theater in Santa Barbara that we are installing at Xenodrome just for this one show! Please buy your tickets in advance at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/24690 click 'Begin Order' and suddenly you, my lucky friend, just snagged one of the theater seats for your behind! There are limited seats in the theater, presale tickets will be given priority seating Come down and party with the clown, your presence is your present, and help support the amazing endeavor of cementing an art space in the heart of SOMA for the next 10 years! www.langtonlabs.org

driving out of the fire...

mt — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 10:55:03 GMT

We're about to leave LA and come back north, wish us luck with the wildfires we have to pass before we clear the grapevine...

Langton wants to borrow your scaffolding!

mt — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 17:41:02 GMT

Hey there, I'm involved in the build out of a new arts space in SOMA, Langton Labs / Machine. Our mainspace has a thin, nonstructural roof with an opening between levels we'd like to close before the winter progresses... but it's 20' in the air! That's where the scaffold comes in. We'd like to store your scaffolding for the next few months, using it to close the roof, patch the walls and repaint. We're offering beer on visitation periods, a home cooked meal or two, and the undying love of True Prophet. We can arrange transport via pickup truck, or cover your gas if you've got a bigger truck to schlep them in one shot. We promise to use the mainspace to the betterment of the arts community of soma over the next half decade at least, and you can say you helped make it happen by loaning us your scaffold... and you can say it here without the mist of San Francisco dropping on you like dew!

Man burns, first year business center suffers damage

mt — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 23:21:52 GMT

http://www.burningman.com/environment/pavilion_invitation.html http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/08/28/burning-man-comes-early-this-year/index.html?ex=1345953600&en=b4efdbcf3f48e0ae&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/08/28/BA2ARQRFI.DTL http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/archive/2007/August/28/breaking/stories/03breaking.htm http://laughingsquid.com/burning-man-set-on-fire-early-arson-is-to-blame http://www.flickr.com/photos/10111/1259649389/

Laughing Squid Paradise Lost event

mt — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 17:57:10 GMT

http://laughingsquid.com/squidlist/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=80094&year=2007&month=07

SF Mime Troupe at Delores Park - today!

mt — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 17:31:26 GMT

C'mon down! Music starts at 1:30pm, show at two and it's FREE! I've got a 9x12 canvas tarp staked out (just got back from Delores!) front and center for your viewing pleasure.... Come down and join us! Today will be a scorcher, so bring a sun hat and wear your shorts! If you're joining us, please bring along some picnic snackies and beverages to share, we'll do the same. See you at Delores Park, right next to the tennis courts! MT

Is your blog module on the home page working?

mt — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 21:37:37 GMT

Mine's down... has been for a bit.

Hands Around Lake Tahoe

mt — Wed, 09 May 2007 19:13:35 GMT

This is a lovely event in Tahoe for the summer solstice. The goal is to make a human chain around the lake. If you could use an escape from your city life, and are interested in meeting amazing folks from around the world, please consider this for midsummer.

Stiltjam this monday/ pre Dustfish meet and greet/ repair clinic

mt — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 02:45:52 GMT

Hey SF Stilters, Dustfish is throwing a massive in Oakland, and we're invited! Last episode was epic, stilters dancing on trucks kinda epic, and Lord claims to have the last one topped! Since there's a bunch of new stilters in the family, and the rest of us haven't been tearing it up as of late, I'd like to invite ya'll down to my warehouse in SOMA for a stilt jam and repair nite! Tire tips finally worn out? We can fix 'em. Crappy straps? I'll have some top of the line web/velcro straps for sale. Unfixable? Maybe, but we'll talk about designs so your next pair are ideal. Repairs on a sliding scale $5-30 donation. monday 3/5/07 6-8 PM Inspection and repair clinic 8-11 PM stilt jam We're centrally located 4 blocks from Powell BART, please send me a private message for directions. New tips are a must for the Massive! See ya high! MT

How Weird festival permit appeal- 10am on Thu 2/22/07 1 South Van Ness Avenue

mt — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 05:25:14 GMT

This is one of my favorite events in SF! Join me in helping it become a tradition! From Orange: someone just notified me that there are only 59 signatures on the on-line petition so far. that's nonsense. this takes 30 seconds--go to the website and put in your name. www.howweird.org/petition/ pS. if you live in the neighborhood, be sure to check that box. it's the triple-bonus-points box, essentially. full circulating spiel below. *********************************************** The How Weird Street Fair needs your help! www.howweird.org/ On Febuary 8th, the How Weird Street Fair, a 10,000 person festival celebrating the art and culture of San Francisco, appeared before ISCOTT to renew its permit for this year's fair to be held on May 6, 2007. This request was rejected despite the 100% safety record of the event. The reasons cited were neighborhood opposition, and a small group of neighbors have registered complaints about the fair. We are committed to reaching out to this small group of neighbors, but we also are deeply committed to this fair and the vast majority of local neighbors who support it. There is an appeal hearing at 10am on Thursday Feb. 22, 2007 at 1 South Van Ness Avenue on the 7th Floor. The public is invited to attend. Here's how you can help: Attached is a draft letter that you can use to write the Department of Parking and Traffic, the appeal body for the How Weird Street Fair permit. Please sign, date, and email or fax the letter to Cindy Shamban no later than Tuesday, February 20th. The contact info is... EMAIL = Cindy.Shamban@sfmta.com + SaveHowWeird@gmail.com FAX = (415) 701-4769 Cindy Shamban Deptartment of Parking & Traffic 1 South Van Ness Avenue, 7th Floor San Francisco, CA 94103-5417 The How Weird Street Faire thanks you for taking time to help us keep San Francsico art and culture alive. Sincerely, The Organizers of the How Weird Street Faire www.HowWeird.org ~we'll still see you dancing on the pavement again~ ----------------------------------------------------------- RE: SUPPORT FOR THE 8TH ANNUAL HOW WEIRD STREET FAIRE It has come to my attention that the How Weird Street Faire (scheduled for May 6, 2007) is in critical danger of being cancelled due to the denial of its street permits by ISCOTT, in spite of a perfect safety record. As the appeal authority for ISCOTT, I urge you to reconsider this decision and issue the permit for this fair. The How Weird Street Faire is a unique cultural event that makes San Francisco a special place to live and work. 10,000 San Franciscans attend and support this event that celebrates the city?s avant guard music, fashion and ideals. The How Weird Street Faire contributes to San Francisco as a benefit for the non-profit World Peace Through Technology Organization, which inspires peace through benevolent uses of technology; and the Arc, a local non-profit that provides jobs and training to disabled people. I urge you to recognize the critical value of this event to citywide residents, the fair's non-profit beneficiaries, the arts community, and an overwhelming number of local neighbors who strongly support the fair, by issuing its requested permits. Sincerely, (Name, Date, Address, Signature)

...let me tell you something.

mt — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 06:44:01 GMT

The whole world is a circus if you know how to look at it. The way the sun goes down when you're tired, comes up when you want to be on the move. That's real magic. The way a leaf grows. The song of the birds. The way the desert looks at night, with the moon embracing it. Oh, my boy, that's... that's circus enough for anyone. Every time you watch a rainbow and feel wonder in your heart. Every time you pick up a handful of dust, and see not the dust, but a mystery, a marvel, there in your hand. Every time you stop and think, "I'm alive, and being alive is fantastic!" Every time such a thing happens, you're part of the Circus .... Thank you, Dr. Lao.

Circo Romani Review from San Jose Metro

mt — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 17:31:47 GMT

There's more than this in the article, where the writer digs on larger scale circuses Ringling and Cirque, and even mentions the Jim Rose Circus Sideshow... I think this one even tops the Pee Wee's Playhose reference of the SF Weekly review! "I would have entirely missed Circo Romani the Sunday before last had I not heard its musical director, Zhenya Rock, performing earlier in the day on John Sandidge's live music show, Please Stand By (KPIG-FM 107.5). The founding guitarist/vocalist of the Red Elvises, Zhenya is based in Austin these days and touring with one lone drummer under the name Zeegrass. I'd always been a sucker for the Red Elvises, ever since they made their film debut in the cult favorite, Six String Samurai. So hearing Zhenya playing what sounded suspiciously like demented art rock on his live-looped guitar and obligatory balalaika (a traditional Russian stringed instrument, though not the giant red one that the Elvises used to tour with), I couldn't resist a trip up to Felton to see them. The promise of a Gypsy circus complete with dancing bear sealed the deal. The evening did not disappoint. The opposite of the high-tech entertainments to which we've all become so accustomed, the half-dozen members of Circo Romani got more mileage out of basic juggling, clowning and acrobatics than they had any right to, not least because of a wide-eyed exuberance that gave any weaknesses a folksy charm. Particularly impressive were the acrobatics and Stan Laurel-like theatrics of Mike Templeton as the Gadjo clown. It turns out that anyone who isn't a Gypsy is known as a Gadjo, although, as ringmaster Nick da-Creature points out, we can all have fun together regardless. And that's just what happened by show's end as the troupe busted open a case of bear and invited the audience to dance with them. It takes a truly cold heart to turn down the opportunity to dance with a bear (OK, not a real bear, but he was on rollerskates). It's the kind of thing you can tell the grandkids about, that is, if you end up having grandkids and don't particularly care what they think about you. ... They might not be quite as traditional as those wandering bands of vaguely unsavory characters who would set up camp on the outskirts of town and stir up childhood dreams of running away with the circus, but they're the next best thing." ...And that was a case of beer, not bear... http://www.metroactive.com/metro-santa-cruz/08.30.06/muz-0635.html

Free range human

mt — Sat, 17 Jun 2006 00:02:00 GMT

I don't respond well to tags. I've had plenty of attempts to tag me, thanks for the thought... but if I don't even have the time or inclination to blog about what's up in my life, why would I respond to a chain blog game? If it were not narcissticin focus, but rather calling out the qualities of another who has impressed you, I may be more interested. As it is, I choose to share what I share online when I choose to share it... otherwise you might have to <gasp> catch me IRL or at least send me a personal message.

perspective and motivation

mt — Tue, 30 May 2006 15:05:49 GMT

If I am not for others, who am I? If I am not for myself, who will be for me? If not now, when? -author unknown to me

always remember...

mt — Sun, 21 May 2006 20:28:29 GMT

you are unique, individual and special, just like everyone else. There is no other you, no doppelganger of your self has led your life, therefore comparison is an illusion, status levels an ego stroke or self criticism, your abilities combined are a recipie for a dish served daily from one source never to be copied. draw inspiration from the strengths of those around you, learn from the challenges that face you and those around you and cherish those you are similar to as much as those who are unlike self as part of the symphony of the whole. Blessed are all parts of the song... even the dischord that allows us to find joy in the melodious.

Your Other Tribemail Box, from Darian...

mt — Thu, 04 May 2006 07:03:23 GMT

"Also, I've noticed a number of the Nigerian-type...s on the site. Since these people don't have friends.... we're working furiously to get them off." Good to know Tribe is still a lovingly inclusive place! Key to this edit: If your mind went to the gutter, move over and make some room... there's still alot of us to fit in there. If you immediately thought white exclusivity, ask yourself if racism is all pervasively unconscious or perversely interpreted for injustice sake? a cliff bar for thought...

SF residents and burn visitors- check it out!

mt — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 02:48:55 GMT

Take 5 Minutes to save out rights to burn fires on Ocean Beach! We have untill May 31st on the proposed Bonfire Ban San Francisco, we have untill May 31st on the proposed Bonfire Ban Please Copy and paste this info to EVERYONE you know.... to comment: A) Call the comment line..........@415.561.4723 B)Send an email...........rudy_evenson@nps.gov C) Send a Letter to...........ATTN: Beach Fires Golden Gate National Recreation Area Building 201, Fort Mason San Francisco, CA 94123

SUN!!!

mt — Fri, 14 Apr 2006 00:56:53 GMT

It's glorious... I'm off to the beach tomorrow for some tan line free sunnin.. Vita D fresh from the source... MMmmmmm....

I love my Rumi tribe

mt — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 17:27:08 GMT

http://rumi.tribe.net/thread/ecc6a35a-913e-4c76-8f94-d812d1894dea

pranking noobs on tribe

mt — Sun, 02 Apr 2006 01:34:54 GMT

Bwahahaha! The annual tribe name reversal caught some good fish! Buskers complained ( as should be expected ), Cabaret almost lost members due to "must see TV" as a title, and "fidgeters anonymous" baffled Contact Juggling But the catch of the day, as it usually is, was from the ULC Ministers tribe I moderate. I was ordained back in the days of the postcard (...oooooooh!) before the church went online and still sent monthly newsletters printed in the basement of the church. So it was one of the tribes I started way back in the day, to see who showed up and meet other ministers. It's kinda quiet, but when a question pertaining to utlization of one's ordination it lights up... and April 1st. Every year, it's reliably the best knee jerk reaction for someone to flip out when I change the name to "Minions of Satan" for your pleasure... http://ulcministers.tribe.net/