Slog - Comments on A Q&A with the guy who's out there painting the exterior of Annex Theatre's new digs... http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/a_qa_with_the_guy_whos_out_there_paintin ...who, it turns out, happens to be Chris Comte, a frequent Slog commenter. We'd never met. He's the facilities manager and communication coordinator for Annex. Annex was sort of homeless there for a while. How does it feel not to be homeless anymore? Well, we've been at CHAC for the last two years... Yeah, but as a theater company you've been sort of couch surfing. Is it nice to have a place all your own? It's a bigger space and we'll have more control over it. We can do more programming. Our schedule can be more flexible. The opportunity came... Copyright 2008 Wed, 29 Aug 2007 16:15:36 -0800 Thu, 30 Aug 2007 19:05:22 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by flamingbanjo You forgot to mention "patron of the arts and all-around stand-up guy."

]]> flamingbanjo http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/a_qa_with_the_guy_whos_out_there_paintin#c793282 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/a_qa_with_the_guy_whos_out_there_paintin#c793282 Arts Wed, 29 Aug 2007 16:26:17 -0800 Comment by Katelyn Comte!!! I dream of the day when I run into other Slog commenters and get to have an awkward conversation about it.

In other news though, Wear Sunscreen. Skin cancer is gross.

]]> Katelyn http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/a_qa_with_the_guy_whos_out_there_paintin#c793284 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/a_qa_with_the_guy_whos_out_there_paintin#c793284 Arts Wed, 29 Aug 2007 16:27:23 -0800 Comment by COMTE Fortunately, my mongrelized genetic make-up gives me pretty good protection from most cancers, including melanomas. Heart disease, however, is a different matter entirely.

And didn't we-all talk about doing a SLOG Meet-Up a while back? Nothing ever came of it, but I still think it's a good idea.

And thanks for the props FB.

]]> COMTE http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/a_qa_with_the_guy_whos_out_there_paintin#c793353 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/a_qa_with_the_guy_whos_out_there_paintin#c793353 Arts Wed, 29 Aug 2007 18:08:05 -0800 Comment by David B. Check out Annex's upcoming season at www.annextheatre.org!

]]> David B. http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/a_qa_with_the_guy_whos_out_there_paintin#c793400 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/a_qa_with_the_guy_whos_out_there_paintin#c793400 Arts Wed, 29 Aug 2007 20:27:06 -0800 Comment by longball COMTE - I remember that! It was about to go off, at Kincora or something, and i went under the knife and was OUT for a while and assumed i had missed it. Let's fire that up again if for no other reason than we can ALL MEET FNARF! C'mon folks, you know you want to.

]]> longball http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/a_qa_with_the_guy_whos_out_there_paintin#c793428 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/a_qa_with_the_guy_whos_out_there_paintin#c793428 Arts Wed, 29 Aug 2007 22:23:56 -0800 Comment by longball I nominate Mr. Poe to put it together since he seems to have a lot of free time on his hands. Come to think of it, if we had Poe and Fnarf in the same room there might be a spontaneous supernova.

]]> longball http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/a_qa_with_the_guy_whos_out_there_paintin#c793429 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/a_qa_with_the_guy_whos_out_there_paintin#c793429 Arts Wed, 29 Aug 2007 22:29:00 -0800 Comment by COMTE And BTW, here's what the building looks like now.

A definite improvement.

]]> COMTE http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/a_qa_with_the_guy_whos_out_there_paintin#c793452 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/a_qa_with_the_guy_whos_out_there_paintin#c793452 Arts Wed, 29 Aug 2007 23:51:42 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle So, if the Annex was homeless, does that mean it was in Fremont for a while, like the rest who were kicked out of Downtown by the Mayor?

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/a_qa_with_the_guy_whos_out_there_paintin#c793596 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/a_qa_with_the_guy_whos_out_there_paintin#c793596 Arts Thu, 30 Aug 2007 10:10:54 -0800 Comment by COMTE In fact Will, we did do a show, Paul Mullin's "An American Book Of The Dead: The Gameshow", along with a late-night "Principia Discordia" in Fremont at the old Empty Space Theatre back in 2004.

Before moving into CHAC in 2005, we also did shows at Theatre Off Jackson, at The Rendezvous, at the now-defunct Union Garage, at Seattle Mime Theatre, and at Richard Hugo House, hence Mr. Frizzelle's reference to "couch surfing".

]]> COMTE http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/a_qa_with_the_guy_whos_out_there_paintin#c793677 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/a_qa_with_the_guy_whos_out_there_paintin#c793677 Arts Thu, 30 Aug 2007 11:39:52 -0800 Comment by Jimbo When I moved here from Pittsburgh I heard there's a lot of alternative theatre and the freak scene is alive and well at places like Pony.


Lucky for me my condo is about four blocks from this cool nightlife. I'm going to check out the Annex with the guys from my software project carpool!

]]> Jimbo http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/a_qa_with_the_guy_whos_out_there_paintin#c794130 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/a_qa_with_the_guy_whos_out_there_paintin#c794130 Arts Thu, 30 Aug 2007 19:05:22 -0800