What I've Been Reading: October 2021
October 26, 2021, 10:41 AM Halloween, Horror, Originality, Reading, Review PermalinkStephen Graham Jones's The Only Good Indian has kept popping
up, algorithmically recommended to me on Amazon, Goodreads, social media, and
you name it. However, anytime I considered it, mixed reviews pushed me in
another direction. However, after the book won Horror Writers Association's
Bram Stoker Award for best novel earlier this year, I decided I'd give it a try. I, for one,
enjoyed the book
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What I've Been Watching: June 2020
June 30, 2020, 02:34 PM Originality, Watching PermalinkI recently binged an unconventional series from amazon prime video called Hunters, and it was an odd delight. On the one hand, with a talent like Al Pacino, the series has respectability. But on the other, the series does bizarre things like breaking the narrative, and even the fourth wall to throw in a two-minute mock, antisemitic gameshow clip.The premise: a teen, working in a comic book store, gets
What I've Been Listening to: February 2020
March 9, 2020, 03:19 PM Listening, Originality PermalinkI saw an article about a unique concept album from Harry Nilsson called The Point! which was turning 50 years old. It was released in 1970. I'd never heard of it, but its release preceded my arrival on the planet by more than ten years. Still, it sounded odd and interesting, so I found it on iTunes and gave it a listen or ten. I love it.It's sort of a mini-musical with both songs and narration, telling
What I've Been Watching: Dec 2019
January 6, 2020, 04:30 PM Conflict, Originality, Review, Watching PermalinkI started watching the new Watchmen series on HBO when it debut, however the Netflix age of binging may have gotten to me because I found waiting a week for a new episode lent to distractions. Thus, after a couple of episodes, I slipped away and came back when the season finished. Then I watched it in a couple of evenings. If you're at all familiar, you'll know that the series ties into the Watchmen
What I've been Reading: Aug 2019
September 4, 2019, 12:15 PM Originality, Reading, Sci-fi PermalinkSomeone recently compared my writing to that of David Mitchell. It's always flattering to be classified with a mainstream and successful author. However, I was only familiar with Mitchell to the extent of the movie adaptation of his novel, Cloud Atlas. Thus I decided to start there to acquaint myself better. It was a good choice.Cloud Atlas interweaves six storylines, each from a different period spanning
What I've been Watching: Aug 2019
September 4, 2019, 12:13 PM Adaptation, Originality, Sci-fi, Watching PermalinkI saw the movie adaptation of Cloud Atlas back when it was in theaters. I found parts interesting but wasn't totally impressed. After reading the book recently, I decided to give the movie another look. It was worth it. I'm not sure if I simply missed a few important details which undermined my first viewing. I consider myself an attentive viewer, but I actually watched Cloud Atlas the first time at