2.27.04
From the Guardian
On the first anniversary of
Spalding Gray's disappearance, Gaby Wood tells his final story. On the
night of 10 January 2004, Spalding Gray disappeared.
http://film.guardian.co.uk/features/featurepages/0,4120,1379764,00.html
08.20.04
Upcoming projects include
fan remembrances:
BRUSHES
WITH SPALDING
1) I understand that a person
close to Spalding is writing a biography. I therefore am no longer involved
with such thoughts and aspirations. However, we do encourage people to
submit what I call Brushes on Spalding or Brushes with Spalding - stories
of how Spalding brightened or changed people's lives.
2) I also understand that a large
NY publisher plans to release all Spalding's unpublished works sometime
in early new year. I hope Life Interrupted is part of it.
May 28th, 2004 - Larry
King has just released a book called Remember Me When I'm Gone (Doubleday
2004). It is a collection of epithaphs by famous people. Spalding had written
the following: (quote will be removed by request of publisher):
"Spalding Gray was born in 1941
in Providence, Road Island. He was a loving and devoted father to
his two sons, Forrest and Theo, and his stepdaughter, Marissa Maier. He
loved and cherished his wife, Kathleen Russo.
Most of all, Spalding will be
remembered for his autobiographical monologues at which he would sit on
stage at a table with a glass of water and talk for more than an hour and
a half, telling true stories from his life. He was like a talking everyman
because his life, although a little eccentric, was not that different from
all of ours. Only he would be able to capture in such vivid detail, and
highlight it with such humor, that it caused audiences both to laugh and
relate.
Spalding Gray was an American
original and the "Talking Man" will be dearly missed.
May 25, 2004 - NYC Diary
(Swimming to Manhattan) is now finished and posted as a hyperlink
on this site. Enjoy. Soon to be available in hard copy as well as on CD,
as read by author. Sold at cost, ALL proceeds go to the Spalding Gray Memorial
Scholarship. Email
me for details.
May 15, 2004 - Yes, I
was at the NYC Memorial which you can see has it's own link. Today,
is the Memorial in Sag Harbor. This is what I write:
to spalding:
it is a spring day
at the sag harbor church
we both aren't there...
IMPORTANT UPDATE - April 2004:
As a result of attending the Memorial for Spalding in NYC on April
13th, 2004, I have added information on the Memorial Scholarship Fund that
has been created. I am copying the text from the back cover of the program
from Remembering Spalding which has the details for contributing to the
Scholarship fund. Please also remember to read my donation section which
follows the scholarship info:
In honor of Spalding Gray, a
Memorial Scholarship Fund has been established at the Ross School in East
Hampton, New York. This scholarship will support middle school and high
school students with a talent in writing who are in financial need. To
make a donation, please mail a check payable to 'The Ross School' to:
Spalding Gray Memorial Scholarship
Fund
c/o The Ross School
18 Goodfriend Drive
East Hampton, NY 11937
For more information, please
call 631- 907 - 5118
I don't like this part
too much but this site has been put together by myself with the knowledge
and approval of Spalding (or at least Kathie)...
The (my) costs have been:
1) Domain registration and hosting:
Spaldinggray.com was taken awhile
back by an 'internet prospector' who has kept it as a blatant commercial
site for a period of time but of course that 'eventually' a site for spalding
was to be put up... and of course, it just happens to be for sale for a
price - well the price we are offering is his real costs for the year -
about twenty bucks - so i assume he will say no because he doesn't realize
that with recent court decisions, the days of internet prospectors are
over... and then I'll take him to the International Internet Fraud folks
and others and eventualy get the domain back to it's intellectual owner
- that being Spalding.
April 9, 2004 - www.spaldinggray.com
LIVES!
www.spaldinggray.net is taken
by the Mexican punkish/electronic music group - hey and that's cool
- good music (translation from Spanish is needed please...)
So that is why I have used the
domain I did...
I did it the cheapest way in
the long run - www.doteasy.com has a special on domains and hosting together
- I may have been able to save $2 a year by going separate, but for convenience,
I went this way - also, I check out their on line support - A+++
COST: ($25 one year
domain and hosting - one could get each separately (www.budgethostingweb.com
+ www.godaddy.com for $20) - also 2nd year of doteasy is $35) - I
am switching totally to doteasy due to very good price and excellent support!
And I've checked EVERY cheap one!
2) Search engine placement
This is important - I am currently
looking at programs that do this. I have yet to determine the cost - a
program like web position gold is far to expensive.
Note that one of the best ways
to get on engines like google are to increase your links from other sites.
So I will gladly link exchange links with other sites.
COST: $40/year +
cost of search engine placement
TOTAL COST PER YEAR : $65 + -
now down to $45
March 20, 2004 - It appears
that the Memorial service has been rescheduled to Tuesday, April
13th, at 4:30 to 6 pm at the Lincoln Center, Vivian Beaumont Theatre. At
the moment it appears to be by invitation only but that is not clear. I
suppose one could call the Theatre and inquire. Please let me know if you
find out any details.
As far as I know, the Memorial
in Sag Harbor is still May 15th but it maybe a private affair only.
March 10, 2004 - Two memorial
services have been planned for Spalding:
The first service will be April
13 at the Vivian Beaumont Theatre at Lincoln Center, at a time yet to be
determined.
The second service is scheduled
for 5 p.m. on May 15 at the First Presbyterian Church - also known as the
Old Whaler's Church - in Sag Harbor.
March 8, 2004 - Today
they found the body of Spalding Gray in the East River (where the Staten
Island ferry crosses).
February 26, 2004 - A
benefactor has helped us purchase the domain www.spaldinggray.com
- it is not up yet but it will be the site - spalding recovers his property!!!
February 10, 2004 - Our
campaign is about to move into high gear to retrieve the intellectual property
of Spalding Gray's - spaldinggray.com after negotiations broke down - I
am adding a hyperlink called 'boycott' - stay tuned - we will win Spud
no matter where you are...
February 10, 2004 - For
the anonymous donation of $20 - thank you.
January 17, 04 : I first
found Spalding when he was on Letterman flogging his book Sex
and Death to Age 14. I immediately went out and bought it and have
been buying everything since. So perhaps I wasn't the first spud head,
but I'd like to think I was one of the first. He spoke my language, and
my heart and mind both understood.
As I write this, Spalding is
still missing and even in New York he is considered missing after being
gone the required 7 days. There has been a flurry of misinformation that
must have been upsetting to Kathie and his/her family. The best write
up I have read so far is: http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/story.jsp?story=482019
I will not refer to Spalding
in the past and I never will. He is always present in what I write myself
and he is always in my heart...When I had just finished this web page and
just phoned Seattle for a front row seat for his performance in March,
my spouse got me out of bed and said 'CNN just reported that Spalding is
missing'...And yet, now I've decided to put this up on the web because
as I said, Spalding Lives (in same voice as Che Lives)...
Spud... please call home...
January 17th, 2004 -
John
Boland
