AARON LANDSMAN

Practices of Belonging

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  • Liver Lady And Anything Man, part 6

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    “Liver Lady was there at her usual 9PM. When I informed her that we had run out of liver, she didn’t take it well, but she did her best to put on her game face; her game face with wrong-colored lipstick, and her hair about to explode and her quilted too-warm blue, fraying jacket. She…

  • Liver Lady And Anything Man, part 5

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    “You can picture the city. 1996: there was no Time Out New York; there was no solo show about a restaurant that was so popular they needed a special reservation line; there was no internet, really, to speak of, and no 9-11. Giuliani was in his first term as Mussolini. Neighborhoods in Manhattan had unmarked…

  • Liver Lady And Anything Man, part 4

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    “There was another regular at Nick & Eddie, that last summer it was open, who we called Anything Man, and he came on Tuesdays. At first we had wondered about him but we quickly stopped. Anything Man was just another weeknight eccentric, and not a very interesting one; another lonely character the city used to…

  • Liver Lady And Anything Man, Part 3

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    “The Liver Lady came in on one of those Wednesdays, because she came in every Wednesday, because Wednesday was the day we ran the liver special. The liver was always on the menu, but on Wednesday it was two dollars cheaper than usual and the Liver Lady was thrifty. She told one of the waiters,…

  • Liver Lady and Anything Man, Pt. 2

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    “Nick & Eddie was a pioneer in a long line of Soho restaurants that served fancy comfort food made with a lot of fuss, at inflated prices. If you know the original Blue Ribbon, this was started by one of those guys, and occupied the corner of Spring and Sullivan Streets for about eight years.…

  • Patient Boy

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    Mallory Catlett and I are working on a piece that involves abandoned malls. Right now it’s called Patient Boy Can anyone tell me how to perform a piece in one? Like, this one? http://www.flickr.com/photos/lookinthetunk/176615260/in/set-167023/

  • Liver Lady and Anything Man, Pt. 1

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    Here is part of a new essay or monologue I’m working on, about my last restaurant job: “My most successful blunder as a table-waiter happened on a June Wednesday and involved a woman we called “The Liver Lady.” This was in 1996, not long before the restaurant closed for good. The Liver Lady came in…

  • Bismark, ND

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    Bismark, North Dakota has a city council meeting scheduled on June 22nd. I may attend. http://www.bismarck.org/

  • Ozen Yula

    Ozen Yula

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    My friend and colleague Ozen Yula is the victim of a smear campaign in Istanbul.Ozen and I met working with Free Theater Belarus a couple years ago, and I really think his plays are amazing – brutal, hilarious, subtle, and fearless. His most recent is called Yala Ama Yutma, translated roughly as, “Lick But Don’t…

  • David Smith’s questions for students of art

    David Smith’s questions for students of art

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    While researching for a freelance job, I came across this series of questions posed by David Smith (1906-1965), a sculptor: Questions to Students The following series of questions appears in an undated typescript among the David Smith Papers. It was probably written about 1953-54. 1. Do you make art your life, that which always comes…