- I got a kick out of this: Four labels from the Bruce Campbell’s Soup Company. [via]
- Paranormal Activity was scarier and more effective than it had any right to be. The teaser trailer for the sequel makes it look like more of the same, only less so.
- I do, however, like Shane Carruth’s description of his planned follow-up to Primer: “an abstract arthouse take on Pokémon.” [via]
- How can you not want to see a movie about a tire that kills humans using telepathic powers? [via]
- And finally, if movies have followed their original casting. [via]
Month: July 2010
“If what you seek is strangeness…”
I neglected to mention yesterday that the April 2010 issue of Kaleidotrope was recently reviewed. (I’ve been sending out electronic copies of the July issue, but it’s much too soon for anything to have come of that yet.) It’s a mixed review, with some genuine criticisms, but overall it’s very positive. I think so far it’s my favorite of the three reviews they’ve posted of past issues.
It’s probably a good thing I forgot to mention it yesterday, though, since there’s precious little to write about today. Mostly just your average (albeit still much too hot) Wednesday.
Song of the day
Today, as you might be aware, is the seventieth birthday of a certain Mr. Starkey.
Happy birthday, Ringo.
Wednesday various
- It’s as I always suspected: Twilight will kill you.
- Heaven knows Kaleidotrope contributor Genevieve Valentine isn’t a fan:
The good news is that if you are seeing a Twilight movie to mock it, you’ll feast every time.
- The Fab Faux’s live cover of Abbey Road raises a really interesting question: what is the difference between a really great cover band and a classical orchestra? [via]
- Meanwhile, Janis Ian covers herself (with a few tweaks) for this year’s Nebula Awards. [via]
- And finally, also meanwhile, all those covers on Glee would probably get the school in a lot of trouble [via]:
These worlds don’t match. Both Glee and the RIAA can’t be right. It’s hard to imagine glee club coach Will Schuester giving his students a tough speech on how they can’t do mash-ups anymore because of copyright law (but if he did, it might make people rethink the law). Instead, copyright violations are rewarded in Glee — after Sue’s Physical video goes viral, Olivia Newton-John contacts Sue so they can film a new, improved video together.
Summer in the city
My father had a doctor’s appointment this evening, so my mother and I picked him up afterward, and then the three of us went to our neighbor’s wake. I didn’t know too many of the people there, beyond recognizing his sons and other family who’d been visiting lately, but it was lovely to see the large turnout, including many of his fellow veterans. After we’d paid our respects, we grabbed a bite to eat at the nearby Azerbaijani restaurant we’ve ordered from often but never actually eaten in.
And that’s about all the excitement I had today. Mostly it was just back to work and skipping a whole bunch of not mandatory (and probably not useful for me) sales meetings.
I am reassured that, though today felt a whole lot like Monday, it was actually Tuesday, and the week is almost half over. At least, that’s what I’m going to keep telling myself until the second half is done with, too.
Though, if this awful heat keeps up — hottest day in NYC since August of 2001, apparently, well around 100°F all day — that could be tougher than advertised.