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Posted on 07.21.14 by Widge @ 2:24 am
 Not a convention we plan to attend this year. Random bits of things I wanted to share. Because I can. Coming to you post-weekend because the weekend was crazy. More on that shortly. 1) Sound engineer, philanthropist and friend to the animals Jon Boutelle has fired up 50 Days of DragonCon once more. Photos, info and scads of interviews with people associated with the Con. Recent entries have included a chat with: Grim, the video games track director and Dan Carroll, head of media relations. It is co-hosted by Leigh with guest appearances from many familiar voices and/or faces. Find it here. Enjoy. |
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Posted on 07.17.14 by Widge @ 4:47 am
It's Episode #178 for Maleficent, in which our protagonist is willing to turn the original story on its head, creates an extended metaphor about a cheese allergy and really wants to strangle some pixies. File Under: Reviews and Video Podcasts and Wayhomers
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Posted on 07.14.14 by Widge @ 9:02 am
 Okay, first: what is this? Am I mental? Have I forgotten what year it is? Answer: sometimes, but not today. So. Here's something that's always bothered me. Every time I compiled a list of "The Best" of some year, it nagged at me: well, I haven't seen every movie or listened to every song or read every book...how the hell can I honestly say this is what I consider to be the best, when it's really "the best of what I managed to consume"? And when you do that for a given year, you're screwing some stuff that came out in December, or some stuff that didn't rise high enough to make it on your radar. |
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Posted on 07.13.14 by Widge @ 10:46 pm
 It's Weekend Justice: the Internet's #1 audio trainwreck, the podcast that is microwave safe, machine washable and mostly biodegradable. Or at least biodegrading. Note: For some reason, there's some weird distortion that comes and goes every so often. No idea. Sorry about that. I've already blamed myself, so join me. File Under: Podcasts and Weekend Justice
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Posted on 07.07.14 by Widge @ 12:15 pm
It's Episode #177 for Snowpiercer, in which our protagonist has taken a ride on the crazy train, keeps thinking about just how well structured it is, and likens it all to a dystopian Jenga. File Under: Reviews and Video Podcasts and Wayhomers
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Posted on 07.04.14 by Widge @ 8:09 pm
It's Episode #176 for Godzilla, in which our protagonist discusses how his expectations might have done him in, gives some tips for a kaiju apocalypse, and advises you to take Ken Watanabe's advice. File Under: Reviews and Video Podcasts and Wayhomers
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Posted on 07.03.14 by Wolven @ 11:53 pm
 So, the pilot for Constantine--NBC's live-action adaption of DC Comics' HellBlazer--leaked to the internet, as was bound to happen, and it is…certainly a pilot. The bad notes aren't insurmountable, and the good will hopefully be built-upon, because the sooner they recognise and correct their issues as well as reinforce their strengths, the better off we'll all be. Story starts with John Constantine having checked himself into Ravenscar Sanitarium after having caused the gruesome death of a young girl named Astra. He's ranting and railing at the head psych there, talking about a girl's soul being damned to Hell and dragged off by a demon. And so of course the lead doctor tells him "There's no such thing as demons!" Our John's reply? "So you keep telling me. Now make me believe it!" |
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Posted on 07.01.14 by Wolven @ 5:50 pm
 In the words of Wednesday, "All is well, and all is well, and all shall be well." But I don't know, maybe you just didn't hear me when I said that Bryan Fuller is working on the American Gods production team. The Hollywood Reporter has it that Bryan Fuller (Hannibal, Pushing Daisies, 1313 Mockingbird Lane, Dead Like Me) is working with the network Starz on the adaptation of The Neil's sprawling and lush roadtrip through the American mythscape--the resonant and divisive opus that is American Gods. File Under: Stuff You Need to Know
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Posted on 06.27.14 by Widge @ 10:04 pm
 Rox of Spazhouse at the American Museum of Natural History, planning a caper Random bits of things I wanted to share. Because I love you. Yes, you. 1) The Rox of Spazhouse North American Tour rolls on. If you want to see photos from her ongoing journeys (and believe me, you do), you can check out her Flickr, her Instagram, and she's also started a Facebook page for the tour itself. |
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Posted on 06.27.14 by Widge @ 1:19 am
 It's Weekend Justice: the Internet's #1 audio trainwreck, the podcast that's had all its shots. So it's all good, okay? File Under: Podcasts and Weekend Justice
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