Rules of the Game #11: Toothpaste and Coffee

[koganbot]

More Ashlee. I try to do right by the craftsmanship and the poetry. (Thanks to Nia for inspiration.) I also pose a question that I suppose is really "Why do we care about artistry?" Any thoughts?

The Rules of the Game No. 11: Toothpaste and Coffee

EDIT: Here are links to all but three of my other Rules Of The Game columns (LVW's search results for "Rules of the Game"). Links for the other three (which for some reason didn't get "Rules Of The Game" in their titles), are here: #4, #5, and #8.

UPDATE: I've got all the links here now:

http://koganbot.livejournal.com/179531.html

Comments

[skyecaptain.livejournal.com]

Just a thought, but next time you have an assignment and you're stuck, you should try starting up a convo, grammar and main point etc. be damned, with someone and literally editing the responses together, then using it as a rough draft (at least then you'll have words on a page).

That's apparently how Xhuxk stitched together a few of Metal Mike Saunders' best pieces, like his great Britney one "Dear Diary" -- about half off-the-cuff emails and half "this is my Britney piece for the Voice."

[koganbot]

I think Xhuxk even went and found some old messageboard postings (though maybe not; I think Mike tries to avoid message boards).

[skyecaptain.livejournal.com]

If you can follow where he posts on MySpace (which is basically at random), you can find some really great stuff. But it's impossible to track.