You can write lines like that. Here's how: Get out of your own head, and imagine dialogue being spoken by real people. Cynics, warm friendly people, people with addiction issues, people who want something. Doesn't matter who. If you need to, go to a neighborhood bar you've never been to and listen to people talk. You absolutely can write those lines.
Thanks. I haven't been on a comedy stage in a while. I miss it all the time but I need a new five minutes.
The Abrasions could not have been better than The Toy Dolls when I saw em at The MAB in 84. That's a top 5 show all time. They opened with Spiders in the Dressing Room and the pit was chaos immediately.
This seems like the most entertaining funeral procession. I’d love to be a part of it.
The vibe of this reminds me of Jamaican Nine-Nights. Nine-Night is basically a party (or a series of parties) held before a person’s funeral. It’s supposed to just be for family and friends, but lots of random people tend to show up for the free food and fun atmosphere.
Small town cops. Gotta love them.
I don't " gotta" 🤡
Long live The Abrasions! Sounds like a fabulous procession. Wish I could have been there. I also wish I could write lines like these:
"Abrasions fans came of voting age and Kurtain wound up running a walleye charter out of Bayville."
“Nilphin had a heart attack yanking the knob on the Kiwanis gumball machine in the lobby,” .
You are a very funny man, Jimmy.
You can write lines like that. Here's how: Get out of your own head, and imagine dialogue being spoken by real people. Cynics, warm friendly people, people with addiction issues, people who want something. Doesn't matter who. If you need to, go to a neighborhood bar you've never been to and listen to people talk. You absolutely can write those lines.
Thanks. I haven't been on a comedy stage in a while. I miss it all the time but I need a new five minutes.
Here you go, Jimmy. Your reply encouraged me. I wrote this especially for you : (a three-minute read)
Fahrenheit 32
https://sharronbassano.substack.com/p/fahrenheit-32
I'm at work but I promise I'll read it soon, tonight.
Not sure if this was a parade or a funeral or both but contempt comes from many displaced thoughts.
Definitely a funeral procession that the deceased wished to make more like a parade
"theme song to the most popular reality show in Norway"
How randomly hilarious!
Love it Jimmy
Not entirely random. One of my favorite punk bands of all time, Turbonegro, is from Norway
Coolest name for a band! The Abrasions!
I do good band names. George Carlin published a list in one of his books too.
I love the search for an ice cream bar.
My whole life feels like a metaphorical search for an ice cream bar. 😎
I enjoyed the narration perspective.
It came off as real.
Every other narration perspective I could think of just sounded conceited.
And that's why I let you write 'em.
I think I heard The Abrasions, with Flipper, at the Mab in S.F. They were good! :) I really enjoyed this story, Jimmy.
The Abrasions could not have been better than The Toy Dolls when I saw em at The MAB in 84. That's a top 5 show all time. They opened with Spiders in the Dressing Room and the pit was chaos immediately.
What a great mash-up of surrealism and realism.
This seems like the most entertaining funeral procession. I’d love to be a part of it.
The vibe of this reminds me of Jamaican Nine-Nights. Nine-Night is basically a party (or a series of parties) held before a person’s funeral. It’s supposed to just be for family and friends, but lots of random people tend to show up for the free food and fun atmosphere.
I hope mine is fun
Wow no shit you get paid for this kind of stuff? 😑
Sorry you hated it. Other people love it. And there are 980+ more stories all over different topics. What do you write?
I write about my experiences in our self governance. 😐