"I got locked into the eyes of this woman and could not get out."
April 16, 2014 5:50 PM   Subscribe

 
Good stuff, Maynard.
posted by mr. digits at 7:01 PM on April 16, 2014


Can we have Swimming To Cambodia next?
posted by Tell Me No Lies at 7:24 PM on April 16, 2014 [1 favorite]


If you can find it on Youtube...
posted by Going To Maine at 7:26 PM on April 16, 2014


It's not YouTube, but here's Monster In A Box (1992) and And Everything Is Going Fine (2010) [not a monologue, a biopic from Soderbergh] from a website called VideoBash.
posted by hippybear at 7:36 PM on April 16, 2014 [2 favorites]


Heck, I'll take 'em.
posted by Going To Maine at 7:40 PM on April 16, 2014


Damn I miss this man.
posted by spikeleemajortomdickandharryconnickjrmints at 7:46 PM on April 16, 2014 [6 favorites]


This is the one I got to see him do live. I wish we could have had him with us longer.
posted by putzface_dickman at 7:46 PM on April 16, 2014


Saw him twice in Boston, and it was electric.
posted by wenestvedt at 8:00 PM on April 16, 2014


"And I realized I was still the child who had to act on his most immediate fears."

*goosebumps*
posted by hippybear at 8:42 PM on April 16, 2014


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posted by bokane at 8:54 PM on April 16, 2014


I miss Spaulding Gray a great deal. He lived for pleasure. He lived his art.
posted by Hennimore at 8:57 PM on April 16, 2014


I'm not sure "He lived for pleasure" really describes Spalding Gray.

He certainly lived his art. Without his life, his art would not exist.
posted by hippybear at 9:00 PM on April 16, 2014 [2 favorites]


Everything Is Going Fine is amazing, for anyone who hasn't seen it and loves Spalding.

Really, watch it. So much footage of his early career, and a clear line of story about his life.

I really need to just buy all his filmed material. He's a minor god to me. If I could do what he did and find an audience for it, I would.
posted by hippybear at 10:13 PM on April 16, 2014 [2 favorites]


Every time I think about Spalding Gray, I think the same three things in one short burst:

1 -- Goddammit, why did he have to go?

2 -- How did he manage to break through as the apex monologuist and make a living at it?

3 -- He elevated the speechifying of people playing opposite him.

Just amazing.
posted by Etrigan at 4:13 AM on April 17, 2014


swimming to cambodia
posted by ouke at 5:31 AM on April 17, 2014 [2 favorites]


ouke, you are a god.
posted by Tell Me No Lies at 8:02 AM on April 17, 2014


Awesome. I am currently re-reading Morning, Noon and Night, had just recently rewatched And everything is going fine, but was lamenting not being able to find more. I, too , saw Grey's Anatomy live back in the day. He is missed.
posted by OHenryPacey at 8:54 AM on April 17, 2014


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