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November 2011
6 posts
The Hero's Journey - Mythic Structure of Joseph... →
Nice description of “The 12 Stages of The Hero’s Journey,” especially as it applies to story structure.
Early in the morning, on November 21, 2006, John...
Battle Of The Books: Genre Vs. Literary →
An attempt to struggle with what defines the difference between literature and genre works. Stephen Graham Jones knocks down a lot of the false distinctions and seems to offer a few possible signposts:
“Literary” may be That Which Subscribes to No Conventions. (Although some “literary” works are conventional.)
Literature may be fiction of sufficient depth that it can be...
Inside Baseball: Michael Lewis and Billy Beane... →
This part really resonated with me:
“There’s this horrible thing that happens with fancy educations, that some incurious people will go to Princeton, Harvard, Yale, Stanford and come out and think they know everything. It’s a huge advantage to him [Billy Beane] that he has some slight anxiety left that he didn’t go to Stanford.”
“I would agree,” adds Beane quietly.
Lewis says, “It keeps him...
A Brief Rant on the Future of Interaction Design →
Or “The Problems with Hands and Pictures Under Glass.”
wearedelasoul:
De La new work, snippet…enjoy!...
October 2011
14 posts
It’s useful to remember that the reason you hate a certain TV character is probably because the part is badly written or poorly acted.
Climate Change Deniers Abandon ‘Befuddled Warmist’... →
This is what actual skepticism looks like.
RT @wilzmak (Will Zmak): The Walking Dead is best when it sticks to the suspense of the banal (hiding under a car, reassemble a gun) and worst when it tries to talk.
The real shocking break-up. RT @THR: Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore and Kim Gordon Announce Split http://t.co/FjlypnyH
My granddaughter Violet has chosen to be a vampire princess for Halloween this year. http://t.co/MJNk6IMb
Horror Movies on Netflix
It’s almost Halloween and people are looking for scary movies to watch. One popular place to watch movies these days is via Netflix, especially their Instant Streaming fare. But finding good scary movies, as opposed to direct-to-DVD movies you’ve never heard of, can be difficult.
Partly it’s because availability can shift, with movies becoming available and then disappearing....
Now that How to Be a Gentleman has been shut down, can someone put Dave Foley on a better show?
I’ve now seen all 3 of this year’s Ryan Gosling movies: Crazy Stupid Love, Drive & The Ides of March. He’s good in all of them.
Charlie Kaufman: why I wrote Being John Malkovich →
Kaufman on how to tell a story:
Storytelling is inherently dangerous. Consider a traumatic event in your life. Think about how you experienced it. Now think about how you told it to someone a year later. Now think about how you told it for the hundredth time. It’s not the same thing. Most people think perspective is a good thing: you can figure out characters arcs, you can apply a moral,...
10 Things DJ Shadow Hates About the Music Industry →
The Q&A: DJ Shadow, musician [The Economist] →
I would love to hear Paolo Conte do a cover version of “Guns of Brixton.”
September 2011
11 posts
Seriously? Are we still arguing about Lost?
Remix of “Powerhouse.” http://t.co/wjjs2HKD P0W3RH0U$E by @clebmurderparty via #soundcloud
The 1994 film Backbeat portrays the early days of...
Saul Bass: A Life in Film & Design →
Animated GIFs Capture Stanley Kubrick's Most... →
Comics continuity kills new readership →
Mike Sterling analyzes the new DC Comics retail... →
The xenophobia of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom & Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull never made sense to me, given Dr. Jones’ profession.
August 2011
14 posts
You can never tell how long it will take you, as a personal listener, to “discover” a performer.
Roger's Rib Shack →
My friend Dave tells me “Great meat, great sauce, and I came *that* close to ordering another side of mac & cheese.” Located in Northridge, CA.
RT @JonHuntsman: I wonder if a tweet where I admit how much I like Captain Beefheart will make the followers skyrocket even more! http:/ …
WatchThe Hip Hop Years is a 3-part series of one hour television documentaries made for Channel 4 in 1999.
WatchFeist covers “Femme Fatale,” from The Velvet Underground & Nico.
Barbara Ehrenreich, On Americans (Not) Getting By... →
TV Executive Roundtable →
The Hollywood Reporter roundtable with FX, AMC, HBO, Showtime, 20th Cent/Fox execs.
Anyone who calls their posse “White Girl Mob” might want to crack open a history book and take another shot at it.
Vote For Top-100 Science Fiction, Fantasy Titles →
NPR is asking people to vote for the Top-100 Science Fiction, Fantasy Titles. I used to read such material voraciously, but not so much in the past 20 years. Still, I’d read about 16% of the works, and you’re only allowed to pick ten titles, so I gave it a shot. When you’re limiting yourself this way, it comes down to sentimental favorites and selectings things that aren’t...
July 2011
9 posts
The Psychology of Kubrick’s “The Shining” →
A look at the impossible architecture of the Overlook Hotel.
A collection of drawn Netflix envelopes →
Photos from Walt Disney's Apartment at Disneyland →