Marty Barrett: Refenestration Consultant, Aerialist, Raconteur, Tycoon

Lynne Rosetto Kaspar tells me to trust my instincts, for some reason

Marty Barrett — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:38:50 +0000

I was ashamed to tell her that it was my common sense that suggested I just put the whole lemon rind in there in the first [...]

My windshield is anointed by God

Marty Barrett — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:55:17 +0000

God showed His face to my windshield, and by extension, me, today, indicating that He has great plans for us both.

I have not received a parking ticket in the City of Los Angeles since January 12, 2009. It was Chinatown. I didn’t contest it.

“Forget it, Marty,” I said, echoing Boz Scaggs. “It’s Chi-town.”

But that does [...]

Random Phone Call: Can Mime Save Haiti?

Marty Barrett — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 05:19:12 +0000

Does altruism exist? Often, when asked to help, we try to control how our help will be received or how it will be utilized, if the recipient will be grateful, if we will be acknowledged, if the results will be beneficial to us, personally, before we agree, rather than giving with eyes closed and arms [...]

The Many Colors of Angus Scrimm or: You Can Learn A Lot from a Tall Man

Marty Barrett — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:18:38 +0000

Because I travel in elite circles, I managed to get Angus Scrimm to write something appropriate on my copy of “Phantasm.”

Scrimm, born Rory Guy, is the multitalented “Tall Man” of the “Phantasm” series, but before those movies enjoyed a successful and Grammy-winning career as the crafter of liner notes for, among other things, Beatles, Peggy [...]

Nothing’s gonna change my world

Marty Barrett — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 22:55:09 +0000

Today, a month and 30 days after my fortieth birthday, I realize that, when I go, it is getting more unlikely that people will say, "He was too young." Instead, they will say, "I guess it was about goddamn [...]

Soggy Notes from the Storm of the Century

Marty Barrett — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 01:29:44 +0000

Marty Barrett speaks truth to the Storm of the [...]

Horror in Norway

Marty Barrett — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 01:06:22 +0000

"She would watch while her dogs ate our [...]

The End Times Are At Hand

Marty Barrett — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 20:30:00 +0000

I will be dismantling and rebooting MartyBarrett.com in the next few weeks. What does that mean to you?

Having maintained a personal site for more than ten years (as well as operating several others), it’s clear that the blog format has become obsolete (or, at least, insufficient for my purposes, which include falconry, dismemberment, cheese velocity [...]

Fogelfoot at Fais Do Do

Marty Barrett — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:47:00 +0000

For my upcoming extra large birthday party at Los Angeles’ Club Fais Do Do on Sunday, November 22, I have enlisted the services of Fogelfoot, the only band listed on the Periodic Table of the Elements and the only band to fully utilize the potential of the Baritone Horn in a rock setting.

The event is [...]

O Captain Trips, My Captain Trips

Marty Barrett — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:57:00 +0000

Standing in line with a thousand other people this morning for my Swine Flu (It’s Not Just for Pigs AnymoreTM) shot, I was struck by how, if only the public health system had been as advanced during the time of “The Stand,” Las Vegas would not have been destroyed by the Trashcan Man’s atom bomb, [...]