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Acquisitions ahoy!
Among other things I bought today, along with the Edward Gorey illustrated version of H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds; Black God's Kiss, a collection of fiction from C.L. Moore, one of the very few pulp writers who was a woman, and whose stories about the 8th century Frenchwoman Jirel of Joiry has a reputation for a certain melancholic atmosphere ( Read more... ) -
Good morning.
Just a song that's great for a sunny Saturday morning, regardless of the temperature. It makes me feel the day is full of possibilities for excitement and that I should get and seize such chances. Of course, I'll probably get so distracted with stuff around the apartment that I fritter the hours away like I do most Saturdays, but I remain ever- ( Read more... ) -
Several Stray Thoughts
Well, local folk group The Wyrd Sisters are at it again, this time launching a 40 million dollar lawsuit against all things Harry Potter, due to alleged confusion over the Weird sisters band that appeared in the movies...I'll give the main woman behind the local that band credit for going all or nothing after being slapped down by a $140,000 ( Read more... ) -
On an unrelated note, a question:
We all know that we often associate certain music with certain times of our lives and hence certain memories. What I'm wondering about is the music we no longer listen to because of this ( Read more... ) -
It's my birthday and I'll watch youtube clips if I want to.
Funny, I don't have this on DVD yet. I think it's due to obsessing over this movie when I was 14 and watched and rewatched it to the point I could quote all the dialogue from it before the characters would say it. Once I hit that point I never watched it again. Until now. -
Something to whet your appetite for tomorrow.
It's weird. All my favourite Oscar memories seem to revolve around the ones that others loathe with a passion. When Dave Letterman hosted, I loved the fact he stopped the show dead for some honest-to-god Stupid Pet Tricks. With Tom Hanks as an unwilling assistant, bearing an expression on his face like "Um Dave, I know I usually like goofing off on ( Read more... ) -
Just to get it out of the way...
Still haven't seen it and not exactly in a rush to, but I do like how it's apparently the longest unofficial commercial for Atlantic Canada's Moosehead Beer that you can imagine. -
Kevin's Klassik Rock Konfessions III: Roky Erickson
Today I've going on a big Roky Erickson listening kick. I first heard his song "Burn the Flames" which was used on the Return of the Living Dead movie, played over sequence where a zombie who'd rather throw himself into a crematorium than go on er, existing. I liked it enough that I tried checking out more of Roky Erickson and found out the ( Read more... )
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