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ELI JAMES is an actor, writer, songwriter and standup in New York.

His Broadway credits include the National Theatre of Great Britain's "One Man, Two Guvnors," directed by Nicholas Hytner, and Alex Timbers's and Michael Friedman's "Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson." His solo show "William and the Tradesmen" has been performed at Ars Nova, La Mama, and The Drilling Company. Further stage credits include "Rutherford and Son" and "Temporal Powers" at The Mint, "The Four of Us" at Manhattan Theatre Club, "Becky Shaw" at Boston’s Huntington Theater, and the world premiere of Jason Grote’s "Maria/Stuart," directed by Pam McKinnon. His TV credits include "Gossip Girl," "Lights Out," and "Murder in Manhattan." He co-founded, wrote and performed with the sketch comedy group Quiet Library at The Upright Citizens Brigade Theater, and currently performs with improv team Pleading Softly. His essay "Finding the Beat" was published in the Random House collection "Twentysomething Essays by Twentysomething Writers," a Boston Globe Bestseller.

Friday, October 8, 2010

PUT IT IN A SONG!



Guys - I totally figured out what you should all do with your sincere soul-bearing Facebook status updates! Put them into a song.

Seriously. That way you won't come off completely self-indulgent and desperate for attention when you ask the entire internet to pray for your parent, when you reveal that your boss just yelled at you, when you describe your last date, or relate the severity of your premenstrual symptoms.

You can get away with a lot if you put all those things into a song. You don't even have to change the wording. Seriously, you can write about anything in any way you want as long as there's a beat going underneath.

And, believe me, I understand the urge to post about every hour of your day. It's the age we live in. We are lonely lonely creatures. All human beings are, deep down, good and lonely, even when surrounded by loved ones. And when we describe our deepest, sincerest anxieties, we know someone on the internet will read it - and maybe even comment on it. And we won't be left alone, unheeded and misunderstood, for any stretch of time.

But truth is - most of what we think elicits sympathy from our Facebook friends is actually just earning grimaces, cringes, and utter disbelief that we actually had the balls to write "RIP Mom 1948-2010" for our Facebook status.

I must include myself in that race of offenders. I put my most personal self-indulgent thoughts in a god-damned BLOG! So, from now on - mournful self-obsessed brooding shall only be written in song form. Songs you may or may not hear. Songs that might be written on a rubber band.

Congratulations, my friends. The way forward is clear. I'm so excited about this. Music is COOL!

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