I think we’ve reached, or more likely passed, a tipping point. Netflix is now advertising itself as a way to save money on gas.
Month: June 2008
Random 10, 9, 8…
Last week. This week:
- “Stick With Me Baby” by Robert Plant and Alison Krauss
They say our love wasn’t real - “Back in the U.S.S.R.” by the Beatles, guessed by Thud
Man I had a dreadful flight - “Sympathy for the Devil” by the Rolling Stones, guessed by Generik
’cause I’m in need of some restraint - “Free to Go” by the Folk Implosion
I had seven good years ’til they noticed they were looking at me - “The Engine Driver” by the Decemberists, guessed by Betty
There are power lines in our bloodlines - “All This Useless Beauty” by Elvis Costello, guessed by Chris McLaren
Grace and virtue turn into stupidity - “Call and Answer” by Barenaked Ladies, guessed by Betty
I promise you I’ll be the first to crucify you - “Dogs” by the Who, guessed by Kim
A kiss and a cuddle, a hot meat pie - “A Hazy Shade of Winter” by Simon and Garfunkel, guessed by Generik
Funny how my memory slips while looking over manuscripts - “High Time” by the Grateful Dead
The wheels are muddy, got a ton of hay
You’ll work the rest out, I’m sure. Best of luck as always.
Well that’s one way of putting it
James McAvoy = “Bud Cort-with-sex appeal“?
From the review, it sounds like like the movie drops most of the plot but keeps the uncomfortably repellent power fantasy of Mark Millar’s original graphic novel.
Security state
My favorite line from Jon Armstrong’s weirdly inventive and terrifically fun new novel Grey:
“…if you’re selling a solution…you gotta make sure there’s plenty of problems to go with it.”
Armstrong reads the novel himself at his website, if you’re interested.
NASA Cool Ranch?
“When deep space exploration ramps up, it will be corporations that name everything. The IBM Stellar Sphere. The Microsoft Galaxy. Planet Starbucks.” — Fight Club
Apparently, Chuck Palahniuk was right*:
It could be the longest commercial break in history. Over a six-hour period this morning, high-powered radars in the Arctic Circle broadcast an advertisement into space for the first time.The advertisement, for Doritos tortilla chips, was being directed towards a solar system in the Ursa Major constellation, just 42 light years from Earth. The solar system contains a habitable zone, and could host an Earth-like planet and extraterrestrial life.
Via Warren Ellis, who’s none too pleased with the idea.
* Lucy Ellmann must be hating that.