[Austin-ghetto-list] Re: Au Contraire mes amis-

[Roger Baker]

Michael Eisenstadt wrote:
> 
> I 4 1 miss not having TRivers subscribed, likewise Gerry Storm.
> I'd give a Jon Ford and a Roger any day of the week for a blast
> of insanity from Travis. The beauty of this list is that we
> know/knew one another in REAL LIFE. Travis Rivers sitting on Tary's
> porch drinking and smoking and being himself at one of the recent
> parties as I sat next to him and listened... I tried as it were
> to script for him a Travisism in my mind even as he spoke but of
> course I could not. Only he could let fly and yet stay in perfect
> character, perfectly true to himself.
> 
> Ed Guinn wrote:
> >
> > Just as I suspected. He will blame it on dyslexia but I know better. Travis
> > is not from here. This planet that is....


I think the way Travis does it is by having his exaggeration knob turned up all 
the way through long practice so that in order to compensate you have to view the 
things he says through the wrong end of the telescope, so to speak, to restore 
them to their proper dimensions. 

Much harder is to never be yourself; some have managed to con their shrink into 
thinking that their mind is inhabited by dozens of distinct personalities, but 
it drives you crazy to do that for very long at any given time.