“All my life has been a search for my highest self and a journey to the depths of spirit. Too often distracted by the competitive world, tripping over my own foolish ego feet, but driven by the beauty, I keep trying, and I stay the course, trying to let go and feel the truth of […]
Tag: Born Standing Up
This is a Book About The Kids in the Hall by John Semley (ECW Press, $19.95)
“Their namesake sketch series helped define Gen Xers, arresting their generational sensibility mid-eyeroll: sarcastic, sneering, derisive of authority and self-importance, yet also progressive, compassionate, wildly intelligent, and maybe more than a little self-indulgent.” -John Semley (from This is a Book About The Kids in the Hall) In the Late eighties SCTV was gone and although […]
The Girl With the Lower Back Tattoo by Amy Schumer (Gallery Books, $36.99)
“As it turns out, being OKAY ALL THE TIME as a child makes for a difficult entry into adulthood.” -Amy Schumer (from The Girl With the Lower Back Tattoo) I enjoy Amy Schumer’s stand-up and it’s always a treat to watch one of her many talk show appearances. I liked her movie Trainwreck, although my […]
Sick in the Head: Conversations About Life and Comedy by Judd Apatow (Random House, $32)
By Andreas Kessaris for Curtains Up! (@AKessaris) “Looking back, I was an angry kid who didn’t feel like the world made sense. My parents were not particularly spiritual people in those days, so they couldn’t help much in the existential angst department…This left a bit of a void in my life, and I looked to […]
So, Anyway…by John Cleese (Doubleday, $32.95)
By Andreas Kessaris for Curtains Up! (@AKessaris) “A good sense of humour is the sign of a healthy perspective, which is why people who are uncomfortable around humour are either pompous (inflated) or neurotic (oversensitive).” -John Cleese No matter what John Cleese achieves in his life, he will always be remembered for Monty Python (even […]



