Category Archives: Entertainment
Shivering Sands by Warren Ellis
Warren Ellis has an interesting project in POD publishing. He’s self-published some of his choice essays through Lulu. He sold 400 copies in the first week, incl. one to me. Not bad. Personally, I think it would have done better if it’d been original instead of reprinted material from assorted articles he’s written. But I’m [...]
Do us all a favor, baseball, and go back on strike [MLB]
Congrats Yankees fans! I’m really happy you won your 27th championship. You’ve got a great franchise there that has dominated like no other franchise in the world of sport. But then if you hadn’t, you could be called the greatest bust in the history of sport. Because nobody else can field the players you can, right? So [...]
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Obscure music can be good too
I love obscure music. The stuff played in small-town dives. The original stuff, not the usual karaoke fare that most bands play. When a band steps out there and shows itself to be unique, that’s a gold mine for me. But I do love traditional music, too. I prefer zydeco and blues to bluegrass or [...]
[Re]Evolver
If you’ve read this blog for any length of time, you’ll know that sustainability is an important issue for me. The human propensity to waste natural resources has always rubbed me the wrong way. I’ve blogged about it often (here. Here. Here, too. And there’s lots more of them, just check the categories for environment and green [...]
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Wolverine [OVEREXPOSED]
Wolverine is, and has been, for many years, Marvel’s most popular character. Spider Man is up there with him, and maybe one or two others, but really it’s Wolverine’s house. It would be interesting to see what Wolverine’s popularity would be like if Marvel hadn’t tried their damndest to run him into the ground and [...]
Jack Kirby is BleedingCool
Via BleedingCool.com on Warren Ellis’s new column “Do Anything,” an anecdote told by Mark Evanier of “King” Jack Kirby:
Kirby liked to innovate, not follow. His attitude was best summed up a few years later when he read that some new artist would be taking over on Captain America and hoped “to do it in the [...]
Hollywood Faithfulness
Okay, you’ve got an immensely popular book that has a dedicated cult following on one side, and Hollywood on the other. Invariably, the story that was so popular in the book is re-written for the big screen. To me, this is utterly nonsensical. We all know they do it, we expect it, we just hope they don’t [...]
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Coolpedia
An encyclopedia is, by definition, a compendium of information. I would add that the information must read as dry as possible, presenting the facts without any meandering about trying to be overly interesting. You might say an encyclopedia reads like a technical manual for a digital watch. Even Wikipedia, that bastion of information written entirely [...]
You’ll Never Walk Alone [Gerry and the Pacemakers]
Here’s a nice bit of trivia for you: As the characters in The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy approach the ancient and presumed-abandoned planet of Magrathea, the automatic planetary defense system launches a pair of nuclear missiles at them and their fabulous ship the Heart of Gold. Eddie, the Heart of Gold’s onboard computer (imbued with GPP–Genuine People [...]
Castaway on a Desert Island… [Entertainment List]
Okay, so let’s presume I’m leaving. I’ve had it with society and I’m bound for a desert island where I can be alone, without all the distractions of “civilized” life. What should I take with me? Certainly a good sturdy knife and all the survival basics. Tools and fishing implements and such. But I’ll probably [...]
Labyrinth
The movie Labyrinth (1986) has a very powerful, but cryptic, plot device. It’s rarely ever realized, I imagine, because of the aura of Muppet ambiance that permeates the film. It seems like a children’s movie, and I don’t think grown ups will give it much attention, despite it’s more mature elements.
Take the dwarf-goblin Hoggle, who is [...]
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Brickbreaker = Doom!
That’s it, I’m deleting Brickbreaker from my Blackberry. I am a dysfunctional zombie when I play that stupid game. Let me tell you the problem: I play it because it requires no real effort, and because when I get bored (and I hate boredom more than anything) it’s something to keep me occupied. Problem is, [...]
Avengers
I watched The Incredible Hulk last night and I must say it was awesome. I don’t know what Ed Norton was complaining about, but it’s obvious to me that Marvel produced the best movie they could. It was true to the comics, Norton was perfectly suited to the role of Banner (much better than Eric [...]
Alabama’s Trophy Case Now Complete