Hello, and welcome to a very special Trash Report. I usually write this newsy gossip column for the internet, but the top brass at Mercury HQ let me out of the computer to write–in print–because, what is a free alt-monthly if not a report, that eventually becomes, how you say, trash? (Or recycling, obviously, but you know what I mean.) I’m qualified to write about art because as a writer, I technically am an artist, and lucky for all of you, my preferred medium is silliness on newsprint. Let’s get this art show on the road!
Film
Warner Bros. is officially working on a sequel to beloved local classic film The Goonies, a full 40 years after its initial release. Thus far, they’ve hired Potsy Ponciroli to write the script, so we know next to nothing about the plot, or if any of the stars from the original film will return, but there’s a lot of shitty news in the art world right now (keep reading to get depressed!), so this is a nice treat for all of us. It’s as if we are all chained up in a tiny room, and then someone throws a Baby Ruth at our head—this news is that metaphorical Baby Ruth.
