Day: July 7, 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.

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.