Welcome to 2012.  According to the prophecies, this year will be the end of the Mayan Empire.  All things must end. Anthony Matt and I have recently restored some home movies by John Keel.  For updates on this project, check the tribute site that I maintain at www.johnkeel.com. I will be doing a show on […]

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Anthology Film Archives will show some of the videos I made with Michael Smith, on Monday, November 14, at 7 pm.  We’re part of a series about comedy; videos by Eric Bogosian will also be on the bill. I’ve been working lately at the Public Theater, as Ukulele Coach for their production of “King Lear,”  […]

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We haven’t mentioned it before, but there is an Ullage Group channel on YouTube.  So far, we’ve been posting some of the films of John Keel that we’ve been restoring.  The latest, a home movie of him performing magic tricks sometime in the ’60s, can be seen here.  And the tribute site continues at johnkeel.com. […]

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 Thanks to everyone who made the trip out this past Mother’s Day to attend our 10th Ullage Group event Unacceptable Flying Objects. A dedicated audience decided to reject the beautiful spring weather in favor of deepening their understanding of UFO’s under dim projector light. Anthony Matt performed the introduction and opened a customary alcoholic beverage, […]

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Doug Skinner will show some of his picture stories on the next “Carousel,” that long-running series devoted to projected images.  It’s curated by R. Sikoryak, and this installment also features Sam Henderson, Emily Flake, Matthew Thurber, Lauren Weinstein, and R. Sikoryak.  It’s at Brooklyn’s Brick Theater on June 4, at 9 pm, and the directions […]

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It’s time for the Ullage Group’s tenth mini-seminar!  In “Unacceptable Flying Objects,” we turn to one of our society’s most pervasive and stigmatized topics, UFOs.  We’re interested in it particularly as a cultural phenomenon, and in the social and religious impact of those pesky mandalas.  We’ll move beyond the dull ping-pong between believer and debunker, […]

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John Keel’s birthday is March 25; to mark the occasion, Anthony Matt and Doug Skinner will chat about his life and work on “In Other News,” hosted by Geoff Brady on WBAI, on Monday, March 28, at 10 pm.  WBAI is at 99.5 FM in NYC, or at wbai.org.  For more on John Keel, please […]

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Doug Skinner will be performing at the Fabulous Jalopy Theatre, in Brooklyn, on March 12 at 9 pm.  I’ll sing mostly Skinner songs, with perhaps a couple of covers.  I’ll be on uke and cuatro; David Gold will join me on viola. I’ve asked the incomparable Brian Dewan to share the evening with me.  He’ll […]

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Doug Skinner, one of your Ullage Group personalities, will present new picture stories on another edition of “Carousel,” due to be unveiled at Dixon Place on February 16.  More info can be scrutinized at the Dixon Place website. Mr. Skinner will also be performing his inimitable compositions with violist David Gold at Jalopy on March […]

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Our latest event attracted a small but Utopian audience.  Brooklyn was apparently a cornucopia of other forms of fun that weekend; still, a nice bunch gathered for a taste of an ideal society. Doug began by talking about Utopias as unattainable ideals; and segued into a picture story on the subject, “The Glorious Town.”  He […]

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