by guest blogger Corey DargelIn September 2007, my piece Removable Parts premiered at HERE Arts Center in New York City.  (A brief synopsis:  Removable Parts is an hour-long music-theater piece that utilizes the real-life phenomenon of self-amputation as a metaphor for the desire to escape physical, emotional, and psychological pain.)The reason I mention it here is to talk about something that happened in one of the post-performance discussions with the audience.  Two people in … [Read more...]

by guest blogger Corey DargelA couple of friends of mine did voice-over work for Grand Theft Auto IV, so I've been playing it quite a bit lately.  Apparently, they played very minor characters which means that in order to find them I'll probably have to explore every nook and cranny of Liberty City.In my most recent round of gaming, I managed to chase down and murder two drug dealers while Terry Riley's "A Rainbow in Curved Air" was playing on the radio station in the car I stole.  … [Read more...]