So, I’m in another spot trying to write and unfortunately, I have to spotlight the word TRYING. Oh Yoda! Why do you have to be so right. Anyways, hopefully this will be a little fruitful and this little time is put to good use just to get things literally out of my head to start…
Author: Conrad
Conrad's a San Francisco Bay Area Playwright. He loves long walks upon the concrete and rainy days. Aside from writing words for actors to regurgitate into an audience's ears and eyes, he loves sports, 90's R&B, and learning.
Jewel – Straight to the Vein – Blog
Being a songwriter is such a bizarre job in so many ways. You are trying to take something that does not exist and has never existed, and pull something beautiful and real out of thin air. The process is everything. Learning to let it flow through you quickly before it can be too tainted by…
‘The Normal Heart’ on Broadway – Theater Review – NYTimes.com
‘The Normal Heart’ on Broadway – Theater Review – NYTimes.com. This is a review of ‘The Normal Heart’. The review has a lot of the things which I hope, one day, a play of mine can become. So I’ll just post this here as a premonition of what I hope to accomplish as a playwright.
Sadness, anger in Alameda after apparent suicide
Sadness, anger in Alameda after apparent suicide.
Finding Redemption
I guess the genesis for the post is Plaxico Burris. And maybe LeBron James. I might not be able to read this for some time, but the theme of Redemption keeps popping up over and over again in my noggin. Something about a person who “falls from grace” and is tremendously alone and at the…
Alameda Suicide
Te story of the man who killed himself while others watched – Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone
One Bad Knight
Interesting twist on a title. hmmm…
Band of Frustration
“I don’t understand it. I’ve called everyone and they said they be here. This is the second straight dead weekend.” Overheard with a duo singing at a small cafe today. Honestly, they weren’t that good and all they played were folk stuff from the 70’s and 80’s. But the frustration is human. – Posted using…
E:60 — Paco Rodriguez will always be a hero to the people who received a gift of life from the Golden Gloves champion – ESPN Chicago
E:60 — Paco Rodriguez will always be a hero to the people who received a gift of life from the Golden Gloves champion – ESPN Chicago. I first saw this story this morning on TV. It reminded me of the genesis for the short play I wrote called, The Gift. The play was about how…
Truth in Being
Truth in Being. What would happen when people if people no longer thought about the consequences of things and just did? I think it would be a disaster, because people wouldn’t think about the consequences of things that happen, but at the same time, things would just happen and possibly things would be very peaceful….