Category: Essays
Longer form pieces.
Fashion “Design”
OnI’m not a person who is interested in fashion at all. I just don’t get it. This is most likely obvious if you’ve ever seen me. If I had to actually dress in a style that wasn’t just “Band-shirts-and-dockers-or-jeans-that-cover-body”, it’d probably be…
Discussing Movies: The Cult of Taste
OnCover of Dune (Widescreen) There are two ways to talk about movies: in absolutes/closed conversation, and in discussion/dialogue. In the first instance, for example, someone says ‘I hate The New Barbarians, it is such a terrible movie’ which closes the conversation. It…
Old and Young; a Conversation
OnTwo guys, a 20-something and a 70-something, e-mail about the differences, and the alikes.
A Bit More On Steve Young
OnFor those who are interested, here’s R&R’s coverage (Radio & Records is a radio industry trade, for those not in the know), a short video of Steve, and a Facebook tribute (with some great photos and remembrances. The mood at work has…
I'm A Wound And A Sword; A Victim And Executioner
OnImage via Wikipedia It’s time for another hypothetical mix CD! Like the most of them, this is another themed compilation — none of these songs were, as far as I could research, originally released in the US. Mostly, they’re from Japan-only and…
Doing A Brody
OnWhen Warren mentioned the shared dislike he and DFW had for The Professional Smile, I did not realize that this was specifically in the context of cruise ships, and that DFW had, in fact, taken a cruise run by the same company[1]…
Sarah Palin’s Unamericanism
OnTypically, I shy away from politics here — I can think of exactly one post I made, and that was solely based around a bad, old joke. My reasoning for avoiding politics (at least, outside of how Everything Is Political, I suppose)…
The Talent Succubus
OnImage by RevMe via Flickr If you are in a band, you must beware the Talent Succubus. The Talent Succubus will offer you many things, and even appear to deliver on those promises, but at great cost — such a cost that…