Comments on: Episode 113: Tracy Marie Taylor/ Front Forty Press

By: Christopher

Christopher — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 05:46:46 +0000

Here is a last minute post a week late since I have been busy but I noticed the Squid growth in line with the popularity of the Spaghetti Monster. Some people did it and like viral ads or anything else it just spreads. The deer in many ways seemed simular out of a growth from the depiction of a shot Bambi as a sympathetic visual trope. It seemed to me to start there then get generalized to the point they just turned into silhouettes to frame a different image? Sneeking this in at the 11th hour will most likely get no discussion... muhahaha.

By: Richard

Richard — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 14:02:00 +0000

Why aren’t they up?

By: Mark Staff Brandl

Mark Staff Brandl — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 19:28:09 +0000

Tracy — since the name drops/links are slow in going up here, could you put your website URL here and/or that of the show, if there is one? I can’t find you by googling and would love to see your work, even if only in on-line documentation.

By: Mark Staff Brandl

Mark Staff Brandl — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 21:01:46 +0000

I finally listened to the show. GREAT idea for an exhibition Tracy! I wish I was there to see it. It is interesting That David Reed is in it. He and I discussed something along your lines of thought a while back, we agreed that painting is the “great absorber” — able to, and usually in the practice of, assimilating other influences, which is something the various waves of “painting is dead” folks always failed to realize — usually knowing too little art history, I suppose. David thinks that his work is assimilating — NOT copying as photo-copists do — he thinks his work is absorbing technicolor and cinematic inspiration in a painterly way, and that mine is absorbing installation as well as sequential art/comics. I agree. And your work sounds exciting too. As soon as BAS has the links up, I’ll be happy to go check out your site (I hope you have one!)

Good luck with the show and your work. Very exciting and inspirational. (The Front Forty press too! But I’ll get to them in another comment — I want to get to their website first and it is late here.)

By: Richard

Richard — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 17:29:15 +0000

I can only take a tiny portion of the credit. That is the nice thing about a group project where everyone pitches in, if someone is unable to carry their weight for some reason everyone else can compensate.

Thanks for the well wishes.

By: Tracy

Tracy — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 16:45:21 +0000

Richard,
Congrats on Maximillian and thank you for your dedication on getting the show up. Wow, very impressive! And the Happy Birthday song has been haunting me for three days now- great, thanks a lot! Best of luck with the new munchkin.

By: Richard

Richard — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 16:36:12 +0000

Did you like the Birthday theme…

By: canadan

canadan — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 15:05:21 +0000

(Ok well fine, congrats on the critter R and S.Show us something when its not purple any more) kids, bah..who needs’em…!

…especially when you have people doing KICK ASS interviews on books n stuff.
WTG joanna and terri.
A very intelligent and inspiring interview. Good looking corpses indeed.

Here’s to the newly living and the dead, then, and weird trailers at the end of shows.

By: Richard

Richard — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 00:41:09 +0000

One last baby comment from me, we could not possibly have put off the naming decision any longer than we did, we literally got scolded by the birth certificate people at Prentice Hospital (which is amazing BTW). They weren’t supposed to let us leave without a name and we decided minutes before we left.

It took us 30 minutes to pick a girl’s name and 8 1/2 months to pick a boys. Sheesh.

By: duncan.

duncan. — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 00:38:09 +0000

You can keep your dirty diapers. Don’t send them here. We have been together so long I KNOW WHAT YOU’RE THINKING!!!!

By: Richard

Richard — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 00:33:47 +0000

Thanks everyone. I appreciate all of the well wishing from those who posted comments and those who e-mailed, you are all very kind and it reminds me once again what a nice community we have here in Chicago and with Bad at Sports.

Sarah is doing well, we are home now and despite a spot of baby jaundice, everything is going swimmingly. Sleep is in short supply as apparently the first few days can be extra fussy, I think I was up most of the night. We’ll see what gets run as a show this week! I would like to point out I literally finished posting this weeks show after Sarah went into labor, although we weren’t sure at the time. Ah the dedication of the BAS crew (KB did the name drop list hours after giving birth)

The best part about the diapers is now I can start mailing them anonymously in retribution or as critical commentary, does anyone have Damien Hirst’s home address?

By: Lisa Caccioppoli

Lisa Caccioppoli — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 18:58:47 +0000

Congrats Richard

By: Mark Staff Brandl

Mark Staff Brandl — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 18:35:03 +0000

Except if you are in the “school” of Paul McCarthy.

By: Nora

Nora — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 18:10:49 +0000

Welcome, Max, and congrats, Sarah and Richard! Even if you are sleep-deprived, please remember that used diapers are never an appropriate medium for “found art”.

By: tom burtonwood

tom burtonwood — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 17:45:12 +0000

awesome. i voted for Max.
Max Holland, sounds like politician of the phuture….
(maybe i’ll vote for max in the future too, (….if it all goes well next week that is))

congrats to all….

love from Holly and me

By: Teena

Teena — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 17:32:38 +0000

http://www.sonyclassics.com/mykidcouldpaintthat/

is this next?

By: Teena

Teena — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 17:29:20 +0000

or Max Power? GO team! making babies!

By: steve hamann

steve hamann — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 14:32:36 +0000

Congrats!

I was secretly hoping the name would be Harrison Ford Holland.

By: Michael Workman

Michael Workman — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 19:48:40 +0000

So we have to stop referring to him as “Blob-Thing” now? Awww.

By: Richard

Richard — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 17:21:46 +0000

Named finally:

Maximilian Ford Holland

By: Kathryn

Kathryn — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 15:23:01 +0000

Congratulations!!!

4 hours of sleep as the minimum, ohmigod, that’s hilarious. The first couple weeks I got two, NOW I’m up to 4.

I liked the name “Ford”.

9 pounds! Yikes! Kudos to Sarah!!!

Kathryn

By: Michael Workman

Michael Workman — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 07:14:26 +0000

Colic’s tough, ugh. I remember the piles of tubes and jars and bottles. There’s such a huge baby industry out there, and all entirely, shamelessly predatory. All kinds of lovely new words will enter the lexicon, too. My most recent favorite is “croup.” Learned that one again since yesterday.

Sleep’s always at a premium for parents. Tristan still gets up at 6:30ish every day. Ah, how I eagerly await his early teens, when hopefully he’ll become a brooding moody boy who only wants to sleep in all day.

By: Brian Andrews

Brian Andrews — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 03:42:54 +0000

Here’s to the new Holland!
*clink*

By: Richard

Richard — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 22:01:13 +0000

I agree about the poll, I think the range should be cranked back from 2-6 hours instead of 5-9, I only got 4-5 before the baby.

By: Richard

Richard — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 22:00:30 +0000

Wesley, you are very kind, I think we are covered.

Duncan, *sigh* still not named. We have until tomorrow morning to decide.

By: Mark Staff Brandl

Mark Staff Brandl — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 20:18:39 +0000

But Richard, the poll may be way off. From my experiences from my friends — one or two got to sleep well every night. Most tell me, though, that new parents should not expect to sleep AT ALL for one year.

By: Mark Staff Brandl

Mark Staff Brandl — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 19:54:42 +0000

Hi Richard and super congratualtions to your wife and you! You could use the German phrase for Untitled, “O.T.” ( “O.T.” = ohne Titel; Like “O.J.”, “J.R.”, etc. — “O.T. Holland”).

By: duncan.

duncan. — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 17:20:11 +0000

…but what is his name?????

By: TheShark

TheShark — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 15:23:10 +0000

Hey Richard -I have a fancy bassinet in pristine condition over here at the sharkpit if you are in need of one- congrats

By: coyle

coyle — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 15:21:48 +0000

wow, congratulations richard.

By: David Roth

David Roth — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 11:40:25 +0000

Congrats! Welcome to the club.

By: Christopher

Christopher — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 07:00:53 +0000

Congratulations Richard, take care of your family. I am glad everything worked out well and Sarah and the baby are healthy.

By: tony fitzpatrick

tony fitzpatrick — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 03:00:23 +0000

Now you’re a grown-up….. Congratulations pal.

By: Richard

Richard — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 02:46:01 +0000

Hey all,

Untitled (child), a boy, was born on October 28, 2007 at 12:42 a.m. and weighed 9 pounds 1 ounce and was 22 inches long.

Thanks to everyone who sent along their well wishes, prayers, chants, etc.

We all appreciate it.

Pictures and hopefully a name announcement forthcoming.

Richard