Hi. I’m Mouse. (Also called “Ben McShane,” since birth.) I am a freelance writer, amateur music blogger, and aspiring screenwriter. None of those things pay all my bills (yet) so I’m also an entertainment assistant. I like nerdy shit.
My meatworld occupation is in overdrive this week as we gear-up to tape an awards show. A combination of visiting high school buddy, preseason football (Curtis Painter… yeesh) and The Expendables (outstanding!) this past weekend kept me from pre-programming the blog for this week.
So go play some Crush the Castle until I come back.
So, I’m still getting the hang of this consarned WordPress thing. A few items that are currently glitchy on CGT…
From the same creative duo that brought you the mirror-read Have You No Shame? t-shirt comes the finest armor available to rockists and 90′s indie nerds wishing for reasonably listenable music…
Ho there, Classical Geek Thespians! Welcome to my shiny new palace of splendor!
This relaunch of CGT is a year in the making. Now the site can truly serve its intended purpose, to be the online home of myself as a writer. With the new design, and with the tools WordPress affords me, I can now deliver to you the same great Classical Geek Theatre content in a more streamlined, more manageable (for me) format.
Ho there, Classical Geek Thespians! Big things in Mouseland going on…
If everything works, I’ll be moving to WordPress before the middle of July. CGT is going to get a serious visual makeover. The colors will be less grotesque and gone will be the traditional giant-ass logo and yawning avatar.
Oh, stop, don’t cry. You know I hate it when you cry like that.
Since its rebirth as a blog in 2007 I’ve considered Classical Geek Theatre to be first and foremost the homebase for my voice as a writer. The new wordpress theme you’ll be seeing will reflect that. The blogging and music coverage will still be the central feature, but other parts of the site will market myself a little better. I’ve gotten my hustle on this month and it’s time to do this “get paid to make sentences” thing for real.
This show is a no-brainer, right? The Henry Clay People (whom I regard to be the Best Band in LA) will be celebrating the release of their new record Somewhere on the Golden Coast next Tuesday at Spaceland.
Plebeians and Untouchables will pay $8 advance or $10 day of show a head to attend. But you, Classical Geek Thespians, may become one of The Chosen Few, One Who Is On The List.
Email me with YOUR FULL NAME in the body of the email and “HCP TICKETS” in the subject line. I’ll randomly draw one tomorrow morning. The winner gets a pair of free tickets to the show.
And if you don’t win, make sure to come. It’ll be the best show of the month. And bring some extra scratch to buy the record, you’re gonna want to have that one.
(Oh, hey, anyone want to give me a ride home after the show?)
Somewhere on the Golden Coast release party
The Henry Clay People
Olin and the Moon
The Hectors
Spaceland
1717 Silverlake Blvd.
Silverlake, CA 90027
$7 ADV, $10 DOS
21+
Hey all, I’ve just been busy with Meatworld stuff. I finished the third draft of my screenplay and have been working on a new one. (It’s sci-fi, for fans of Minority Report or Enemy of the State.)
Anyways, I’ve been neglecting blog-related emails, etc. Sorry. Will try to get to them by the weekend.
Iron Man 2 was pretty great.
My cousin and I collaborated on this t-shirt. You can buy it here.
“You pull on your shirt from last night in the harsh morning glare. As you stagger into the unfamiliar bathroom, you look in the mirror and feel – remorse? Dude – HAVE YOU NO SHAME?”
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