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Lost in La Mancha
Just when you think the earthquake’s over, the city bursts into flames. Isn’t that right, Mr. Gilliam? Read more…
Sloppy Storyboarding
Well folks, we gotta cut corners somewhere, so rather than pouring the same inordinate amount of time into our storyboards as we have into all the other aspects of this protracted production, we’ve opted to bang them out quick and sloppy, like the war in Iraq. What? The war’s still going on… well, that certainly doesn’t bode well. For a lot of things. Read more…
Getting a Swagger On
Posted by Andy on Aug 20, 2010 in Characters | Subscribe
Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa. We beg you, internet, forgive us for our prolonged absence from the sublime world of bloggery. We have cool stuff to show you. Read more…
Glass Onion
Posted by Steve on Jul 27, 2010 in Characters | Subscribe
Frown Town is a patchwork quilt of secondhand garbage. Not only are the puppets physically constructed from used gear, but the characters and ideas that underpin it all are cobbled together from quirks and fragments collected elsewhere. Does that paint us as a pair of pernicious plagiarists? That depends on your poetics. T.S. Elliot, for one, has got our back: “The poet’s mind is in fact a receptacle for seizing and storing up numberless feelings, phrases, images, which remain there until all the particles which can unite to form a new compound are present together.” True for poets, true for puppeteers. Read more…
Kickin’ It
Posted by Andy on Jul 19, 2010 in Production | Subscribe
Magic is real, unicorns exist, and the internet believes in puppets. This past Friday we not only successfully met our Kickstarter funding goal, but exceeded it. After a year of uncertain labor on an insanely outlandish project in a room with no windows, it feels incredible to finally wander out into the light and find that we are loved. Read more…
The Setup
Apologies for the long delay between our last post and this one. We’ve been tackling some fundamental issues concerning the execution of the show, reconsidering the underpinning of the entire production. Ok. Mostly we’ve just been watching entirely too much of The Wire. That show shoulda been called Frown Town, for real. Now, here’s some work we did detailing the sets. Read more…
Step into the Puppet Womb
Being one of 6 to 9 young adults cohabiting in a huge ramshackle house has its ups and downs. The dishes don’t get done and someone keeps shattering the wineglasses, but at least we’ve got a whole spare room to make puppets in. Read more…
Set Building on the Sabbath
Posted by Andy on Jun 15, 2010 in Production | Subscribe
Sunday ain’t no kinda day of rest when puppets are involved. We broke that Sabbath, we broke it good. Read more…
Made of Mission
Posted by Steve on Jun 9, 2010 in Production | Subscribe
Times is tough all over. It’s not like the old days when any schlub in a smock could pick up a foam injection mold making rig for a sawbuck. High-voltage electric flocking fields don’t grow on trees, and an animatronics workshop can’t be scrounged off Craigslist for a fiver. That’s why our puppets are made of Mission. Read more…
Kickstarting the Show
Posted by Andy on Jun 7, 2010 in Production | Subscribe
Our shoes have run out of string, help us fund the freaky puppet show that haunts our dreams. Read more…