The Internet is set to overtake television as the largest medium by 2010. Which makes me wonder why the NBCC doesn’t form a strategic alliance, Survivor-style, with the television medium to take out all these online upstarts who are apparently responsible for the crisis in book reviewing. A few strategically thrown grenades and Ciabattari and Freeman can take out Newton, Esposito, Asher, and that obnoxious Ed Champion guy in a few hours. Terrorism, you say? Not at all. This is the only way to resolve a crisis.
Now here’s a fragrance that will really make you want to go down on something. (via Smart Bitches)
Was Robert Altman’s Popeyeunfairly maligned? (And for what it’s worth, I like Popeye. Not the least or the greatest film, but enjoyable on its own merits. If you want to talk nadir of Altman’s career, try Ready to Wear.)
John Rickards has a few choice words about Second Life author appearances. And I have to agree. Unless you’ve written Flying Dolphin Cock and Other Virtual Fiction, you have no business making an author appearance in Second Life.
The 1950s issues of Playboy will be released as a DVD archive on November 2. Persona Non Data talks with Bondi Digital Publishing about how this happened. Bondi is also responsible for the New Yorker DVD-ROMs. Hopefully, they have improved the clunky interface.
Stage lights flashing / The feeling’s smashing / My heart and soul belong to you / And I’m here now, singing / All bells are ringing / My dream has finally come true
I wasn’t able to make it to last night’s panel, for I had a far more important conversation to participate in. But Levi has a report on the seventieth discussion this month on the crisis in book reviewing. For what it’s worth, I don’t believe you’ll be finding a lot of serious criticism in the NYTBR so long as a humorless and condescending tool like Sam Tanenhaus is editor.
Yo, NPR, how about a little fucking headline clarity? Exit Ghost ain’t the last Roth novel, but the last Zuckerman novel. Unless this was a skillful ploy to get us to click over.
PFD and ivory. Work together in perfect disharmony.
I have a theory that Norman Mailer really died after his first novel, but somehow BIzarro World Mailer swapped places with our world’s Mailer and that’s who we’re stuck with now.
At least, that’s the only way I can live in the same world with someone like Mailer without wanting to flush my eyes out with astringent.
Y’know, if I had the time I’d almost be tempted to write “Flying Dolphin Cock and Other Virtual Fiction”…
It goes without saying, but I’ll say it anyway: those DVD menus had damned well better be specifically designed for one-handed navigation.
Leave Norman Mailer ALONE! Waaa!
Just kidding.
I used to say that you could build a philosophy based on lines from only two sources: The Godfather trilogy and Seinfeld (mostly the middle four years). Recently, I added Popeye (the old cartoon show).
I mean really:
1. I will gladly pay you on Tuesday … for a hamburger today.
And better:
2. I stands all I can stands, and I can’t stands no more!
Eh, what?
I saw Altman’s POPEYE as a kid, and you can’t fool a kid into believing he’s not bored. It was boring.
Only Robin Williams impressed, as a pitch-perfect Popeye. Arf, arf, arf!
I have a theory that Norman Mailer really died after his first novel, but somehow BIzarro World Mailer swapped places with our world’s Mailer and that’s who we’re stuck with now.
At least, that’s the only way I can live in the same world with someone like Mailer without wanting to flush my eyes out with astringent.
Y’know, if I had the time I’d almost be tempted to write “Flying Dolphin Cock and Other Virtual Fiction”…
It goes without saying, but I’ll say it anyway: those DVD menus had damned well better be specifically designed for one-handed navigation.
Leave Norman Mailer ALONE! Waaa!
Just kidding.
I used to say that you could build a philosophy based on lines from only two sources: The Godfather trilogy and Seinfeld (mostly the middle four years). Recently, I added Popeye (the old cartoon show).
I mean really:
1. I will gladly pay you on Tuesday … for a hamburger today.
And better:
2. I stands all I can stands, and I can’t stands no more!
Eh, what?
I saw Altman’s POPEYE as a kid, and you can’t fool a kid into believing he’s not bored. It was boring.
Only Robin Williams impressed, as a pitch-perfect Popeye. Arf, arf, arf!