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PORKSTOCK
March
kicks off one the greatest meat festivals of the year;
far better than any bratwurst convention. Dutch &
Belgium immigrants started the month-long “Tastes
of Pork Festival” in 1912. It was originally designed
to drive up the market price of pigs after the traditional
post-Christmas decline in meat sales. Pig farmers often
refer to January and February as 'the mill' or 'deadzone'.
One out of every five pig farms fail during these months
and most pig ranchers are hard-pressed to make enough
money to cover their expenses. New years resolutions,
debt, and oversaturated meat pallets are often blamed
for the consumption decline every new year. . . .
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"ENEMIES" RECEIVES NATIONAL
ATTENTION
Local
playwright receives national attention as “Enemies”
surpasses almost 700 other entries, being chosen as a
semi-final candidate for consideration in the July 2006
Eugene O’Neill Playwrights Conference in Waterford,
CT.
"The
Eugene O'Neill Theater Center has a more than 40
year history in discovering and developing new work
for the American theater. Almost every original
and exciting new voice in the American theater has
come to the O'Neill at some point in his or her
career, including Edward Albee, Lee Blessing, Kia
Corthran, John Guare, Bill Irwin, Melanie Marnich,
Keith Reddin, John Patrick Shanley, and, of course,
the late August Wilson and our much loved Wendy
Wasserstein. To be a semi-finalist is to be in very
good company." |
In November of 2005, Joseph
Horst’s theatrical masterpiece, and Masters
Thesis, “Enemies” was premiered in Greenville,
North Carolina with a live reading by many talented and
well renowned area theatrical talents. Receiving rave
reviews from the audience and your very own Axis of Stevil,
“Enemies” proved to be a well-written, well-performed
composition of the troubled life of a burnt out beat cop.
Eight to Ten plays will be chosen in mid-March to be worked
on in the Conference in July. If "Enemies" is
chosen, Joe
will be in residence in Connecticut from June 30th until
July 31st. When readings of the play are held at the Conference,
agents from New York and other major theatre markets will
attend; offering “Enemies” a chance of being
performed in New York or other markets as agents pick
it up.
When asked about the news, Joe
said,
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I am very excited about the recognition of my work.
Thanks to everyone for all their support and kind
words throughout the creation of the play and including
the reading that was held in November of 2005. I
will keep everyone apprised of what happens; however,
if this is as far as it goes, it more than surpasses
where I thought my play might go.” |
Joe
teaches English at East Carolina University and has many
years of experience in Theatre performance and production.
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information on the Eugene O’Neill Playwrights Conference
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ASK
STEVIL
Responses
Why
don't ginger kids have souls?
-Algernon
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Dearest Algernon::
You
should be commended for your knowledge of such folklore;
however you have been slightly misled. You see, this
anomaly is not in regard to ginger kids and their
eternal spirit, but more toward ginger people and
their shoes. As “souls” and “soles”
are common homophones, this mistake is perfectly normal.
There is an age-old suburban legend that The Axis
of Stevil discovered that may very well answer your
query more directly and may offer further explanation
to this mistake.
In 1893, there was a small German village where an
elderly baker had dwelled. He had been a baker his
entire life and was considered the best the entire
country. People from far away villages and cities
traveled in order to purchase this man’s delectable
delights. In fact, this very baker had invented the
very first Gingerbread Man. Believe it or not, the
Gingerbread Man that this baker had created was actually
brought to life by his wife, who so happened to practice
witchcraft. Quite the odd couple, wouldn’t you
agree?
The Gingerbread Man gained the elderly baker even
more fame and his business soared. Day and night he
baked. When he wasn’t baking, he was sleeping.
His bakery remained packed full of people ready to
acquire his masterpieces and to see the Gingerbread
Man, live and in person -er cookie. The baker loved
having an extremely successful business, but all of
that hard work soon took its toll on the poor fellow.
He complained that the bottoms of his feet ached constantly
due to the amount of work he had accomplished within
the past few weeks. His wife was not pleased.
“Ever
since you made that Gingerbread Man, your work load
has tripled!” she exclaimed. “All of this
excruciating labor is wearing you out. You toil day
and night and I seldom see my dear old husband. This
entire debacle is to blame on that Gingerbread Man!”
That night, the baker’s wife snuck into the
Gingerbread Man’s room and cast a spell upon
him.
“Since
you were born
Our job has been tougher.
Now like my husband,
Your kind shall suffer!”
The
curse that the witch cast upon the Gingerbread Man
had taken the soles out of his shoes, causing his
feet to ache terribly. The same horrible fate was
placed on the Gingerbread Man’s offspring, as
well.
And
from that day forward, Ginger-kids never had soles.
Regards,
The Axis of Stevil |
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FEATURED ARTIST: Katharsis
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WHO IS KATHARSIS:
Based in Greenville, North Carolina, Katharsis’s
highly melodic and entertaining rock broke through
the music scene in 2005. The band was originally
formed in 2000 by Garret Bissonnette, who had moved
to Greenville for education, and Patrick Spohr.
Bissonnette and Spohr were later joined by drummer
Cory Granger, and bassist Eric Pyburn. They began
a non-stop gigging schedule on the local rock circuit.
While
appearing in the “Battle of The Bands”
August 2005 Katharsis found front man Ean Hirst.
Just after three months of writing, the band’s
self-released single “Climb The World”
hit the streets. The band’s popularity continues
to grow, owing to support slots with several leading
musicians. The band developed a reputation for being
respectable with a very professional manner while
producing a steady flow of new material.
Ean
Hirst - Vocals
Garett Bissonnette - Guitar/Vocals
Patrick Spohr - Guitar
Eric Pyburn - Bass
Cory Granger - Drums
>Thurston
Z. Pig reports a show with Katharsis. Read
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