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My fellow Scatterers: the state of the blog

Monday, February 8th, 2010

On this very day two years ago — on February 8, 2008 — a fine strapping lad was loosed upon the world, and immediately started yawping. Yes, its name was Art Scatter, and it was born right here in river city: in Puddletown, Oregon, brave bubble of liberality, Do It Yourself center of the universe, [...]

Art Scatter’s new look: We have a winner

Monday, February 8th, 2010

As you may have noticed, here at Art Scatter we’ve been stressing out lately about the way we look. We were feeling … frumpy. We wanted something fresh, something new, and came up with three possible visual themes to replace Artsemerging, the theme we’ve been using since the blog began two years ago.
We asked for [...]

Watching paint dry? Taking my Foote out of my mouth

Monday, February 8th, 2010

Here’s a story about the playwright Horton Foote, told by his daughter Daisy Foote and reprinted in the program for Profile Theatre’s new production of his play The Carpetbagger’s Children, which opened Saturday night:
A few years ago a playwright friend and I were having dinner with my father. My friend had just seen “The Carpetbagger’s [...]

A gay old time on Super Globe Sunday

Sunday, February 7th, 2010

Mr. Scatter understands an American football match of some importance is to take place this very afternoon. Squadrons from the midsized cities of Indianapolis, Indiana, and New Orleans, Louisiana will battle it out on a field called a gridiron to claim rights of municipal supremacy for the coming year.
All very manly. But Mr. Scatter would [...]

Art Scatter redesign: a look at the candidates

Sunday, February 7th, 2010

Thanks to Charles Noble, maestro of the terrific blog Noble Viola, and music writer extraordinaire Brett Campbell, for teaching Mr. Scatter how to take a screenshot on his Mac. (It’s easy!) This allows us to show you samples of how Art Scatter would look using the Web themes Veryplaintext 3.0 (the top series of photos) [...]

Art Scatter new looks: a fuzzy stab at comparison

Saturday, February 6th, 2010

Try as he might, Mr. Scatter can’t figure out a good way to let you look at the three redesign possibilities we’re considering for Art Scatter.
Regulars Brett and Charles have both asked for such a thing, and it’s not just a reasonable request, it’s a no-brainer. Unfortunately Mr. Scatter’s brain just says no when he [...]

This ‘Cosi’ is a farce. You got a problem with that?

Saturday, February 6th, 2010

Chatting with a friend in the lobby of Keller Auditorium during halftime of Portland Opera’s Cosi fan Tutte on Friday night, Mr. Scatter became aware of a controversy he hadn’t realized existed.
“Audiences tend to love this production,” my friend, an exceptionally knowledgeable follower of the opera world, sighed. “And critics tend to hate it.”
Up to [...]

Art Scatter’s new look, Variation 3

Saturday, February 6th, 2010

Call us vain, but here at Art Scatter World Headquarters we’re still obsessing over the way we look.
Does this typeface go with our headline style? Should we go Friday casual, sober-suited, country corduroy or maybe uptown funk? Do we want to look reliable, or available, or maybe flirtatious but with strict limits?
Today we’re feeling sleek. [...]

Friday link: Discovering Updike country in verse

Friday, February 5th, 2010

Today in Scatterville we’re taken with Dwight Garner’s review in the New York Times of Tony Hoagland’s new book of poetry, Unincorporated Persons in the Late Honda Dynasty.
For one thing, that’s just a terrific title, even better than the review’s zinger of a headline (based on a quoted poem set in a grocery store), The [...]

Art Scatter’s new look, Variation 2

Friday, February 5th, 2010

As regular readers know, here at Art Scatter World Headquarters we’re contemplating a visual overhaul.
A facelift, if you will. A little cosmetic plastic surgery to bring the fresh bloom of youth back to our chubby literary cheeks.
After an online lifetime of presenting ourselves in the guise of the Artsemerging Web design, we’re ready to move [...]

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