Showing posts with label Mark Brown. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mark Brown. Show all posts

Saturday, January 4, 2014

New Year's Resolutions

 
Another year is upon us and that means another round of resolutions are made. I read somewhere that only 8% of New Year Resolutions are successful. That's not a great statistic but it might not be the worst thing in the world. Think of the stress relief when you no longer have to succeed at a resolution. Take my resolution to write a post every day in 2014. Already broken. Boom. I now have 362 stress-free days.

There are, however, some really wonderful resolutions for the new year.  Here are some I found. Mashable has an article 7 New Year's Resolutions That Take 5 Seconds Each. I particularly like:
  • Keep in Touch With Your Parents. I have one left so I plan on keeping in touch with my mom as much as possible. She now has an iPhone so it's easy to text when we can't talk.
  • Learn Something New Every Day. The coldest temperature ever recorded is -135.8F. FYI: a witch's tit is warmer.
  • Help Someone Achieve Their Dreams. Crowdfunding sites, like Kickstarter and Indiegogo are hot. My friend Jane Lui did a Kickstarter campaign so she could record a kick-ass version of Waterfall. She met her goal in about an hour. Awesome.
The Daily Beast has 15 Achievable New Year's Resolutions. I fancy:
  • If you want to quit smoking: This year, no smoking and pooping at the same time!
  • If you want to eat better food: no meals from gas stations.
  • If you are someone who struggles,who messes up, who dwells on past mistakes, who tries to do right, who imagines they are a sham, and not the person they can and should be: Yes, me too, and every single other human being in the world. This year, just try to be 4 percent nicer and carry around antibacterial gel.
And here's the video my friend Jane made.

Thursday, January 2, 2014

Happy New Year

Happy New Year. May 2014 bring you happiness beyond belief.

Here are some images of New Year celebrations from around the world.

WPTV-New-Years-Eve-2014-London_20140101070817_640_480New Year's Eve, London


cKXzSLdNew Year's Eve, Scotland


5-new-year-2014New Year's Eve, Moscow


kuala-lumpur-layasia-fireworks-2014New Year's Eve, Kuala Lumpur


victoria-harbor-hong-kong-2014New Year's Eve, Victoria Harbor, Hong Kong


new-year-eve-fireworks-2014-new-yorkNew Year's Eve, New York


_h0_w628_m6_otrue_lfalseNew Year's Eve, Great Wall, China


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New Year's Eve, Taipei

Sunday, October 11, 2009

MOST PRODUCED PLAYS


Time for me to dust off the old horn and do a little tooting. One of my plays made the Top Ten most produced plays this year.

Most-Produced Plays

American Theatre magazine published Theatre Communications Group’s annual Top Ten list of the most-produced titles of the current fall-to-spring regional theatre season.

The most-produced plays in TCG member theatres nationwide follow. Because of several ties, there are actually 14 plays in the Top Ten List of 2009-10, which does not include Shakespearean works or holiday-themed shows.

boom (9)
 by Peter Sinn Nachtrieb

The Seafarer (8) 
by Conor McPherson

Speech & Debate (8) 
by Stephen Karam

Dead Man’s Cell Phone (8)
 by Sarah Ruhl

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (7) 
by Rachel Sheinkin (book) and William Finn (music and lyrics)

Around the World in 80 Days (7)
 adapted by Mark Brown from Jules Verne

The Glass Menagerie (7)
 by Tennessee Williams

Opus (7) 
by Michael Hollinger

Our Town (6)
 by Thornton Wilder

Shipwrecked! An Entertainment (6)
 by Donald Margulies

Souvenir (6)
 by Stephen Temperley

Yankee Tavern (6) 
by Steven Dietz

Black Pearl Sings! (6) 
by Frank Higgins

Boeing-Boeing (6) 
translated by Beverly Cross from Marc Camoletti (6)

Saturday, March 28, 2009

#1 RATED IMIX



I found out tonight that my Songs For the Soul imix is the #1 rated imix on itunes. I have no idea how long this will last but the mix features some of my favorite musicians, including my good friend Jeffrey Dean Foster, and me.

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

SIR IMIX ALOT

BRING ME BACK HOME ON ITUNES


My song, Bring Me Back Home, is now available on itunes!

If you can spare the $0.99, please download it. If you could also rate it (ooo, 5 stars would be fantastic) and write a short review I'll be eternally thankful.

All of this will help me get on the itunes radar and hopefully be a featured artist.

Thanks so much. And if you can help me spread the word that would be great.

You can use the lame link below to go right to the song. Seriously, can't Apple come up with a better link?

Mark Brown

Saturday, January 5, 2008

CELEBRITY SHORTAGE


Bay Ridge is facing a celebrity shortage. How do I know this? Because I'm in the current edition of The Brooklyn Paper, talking about my resolutions alongside Marty Markowitz, Marty Golden, Vito Fossella, and Vincent Gentile. The paper lists me as an actor, which I was full-time until our daughter arrived and we moved east. Now I'm just a lazy layabout in The Ridge. But it's pretty cool to be alongside that company! Thank you, Brooklyn Paper!