planing lakesnews and links on books music artR.I.P. Thomas M Disch- July 6, 2008 R.I.P. Thomas M Disch i remember reading his work, most likely short stories, back in the late 60s to early 70s, when i devoured SF of all kinds. but i don't remember titles, and none of the books which are highly respected ring a bell. i do remember reading about The Dreams Our Stuff is Made Of: How Science Fiction Conquered the World, and thinking i should check it out. sounds like a troubled guy and not easy to be around. but his work seems worth the trouble to hunt down. Wiki entry...http://www.blogstudio.com/SearchResults.php?Mode=G&Action=BL_Blog&Method=searchPos... review of k kurosawa'a new film- July 6, 2008 after wondering about Retribution, not sure if i liked it or not, i'm pleased to read Tom Mes' review of his new Tokyo Sonata, which sounds like the Kurosawa film i've been waiting for...http://www.blogstudio.com/SearchResults.php?Mode=G&Action=BL_Blog&Method=searchPos... Belmar "safe" now- July 5, 2008 ah fascist NJ, i remember it well i'd stopped going to the beach by the time the party really got started in Belmar (80s90s), but apparently the nazis really dug in, with tickets doled out for giving the finger and beer kegs needing to be registered; now gentrification has allowed "relaxation" of some of these -- blatantly unconstitutional -- laws I guess you can attribute the sudden tearing off of the swatikas to the encroaching demise of shrubco. I always go back to my high school histo...http://www.blogstudio.com/SearchResults.php?Mode=G&Action=BL_Blog&Method=searchPos... painter andrew brandou- July 4, 2008 i like some of Andrew Brandou's paintings, particularly the Jonestown series boing boing...http://www.blogstudio.com/SearchResults.php?Mode=G&Action=BL_Blog&Method=searchPos... opus for july 4th- July 4, 2008 happy july 4th!...http://www.blogstudio.com/SearchResults.php?Mode=G&Action=BL_Blog&Method=searchPos... Hatfill exonerated- July 4, 2008 your tax dollars at work file remember that guy the feds were after for doing the anthrax attacks years ago the government exonerated him and awarded him $4.6 million of your taxes&8220;The good news is that we still live in a country where a guy who&8217;s been horribly abused can go to a judge and say &8216;I need your help,&8217; and maybe it takes a while, but he gets justice,&8221; Mr. Grannis said. The settlement, Mr. Grannis said, &8220;means that Steven Hatfill is finally an...http://www.blogstudio.com/SearchResults.php?Mode=G&Action=BL_Blog&Method=searchPos... Metropolis- July 4, 2008 "lost" scenes of Lang's Metropolis discovered...http://www.blogstudio.com/SearchResults.php?Mode=G&Action=BL_Blog&Method=searchPos... rosenbaum & holden- July 4, 2008 back again jonathan rosenbaum has retired from The Reader, and so is reprinting his work over time at his new site, with pieces like this short musing on Jia Zhang-ke, and a catalogue essay for a recent Italian festival honoring John Cassavetes also, nice piece on William Holden by Michael AtkinsonSuch is the nature of our intimate, carking, rueful relationship with William Holden, on the surface one of the Hollywood century's typical all-purpose leading men, but beneath it the keeper of...http://www.blogstudio.com/SearchResults.php?Mode=G&Action=BL_Blog&Method=searchPos... |