Bagpipes for a Lennon tune? Almost... |
I was both touched and saddened to read (on the handwritten production notes displayed in the NYC Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Lennon exhibit) that John Lennon wanted bagpipes scored on "Grow Old With...
Posted by on Tue, 28 Jul 2009 22:04:00 GMT |
TSR Hobbies interview |
Grognardia
Interview Online now!My two-part interview about the good ol' days at
TSR Hobbies is up now at James Maliszewski's gaming blog Grognardia,
but you'll have to scroll down to June 27 and 2...
Posted by on Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:29:00 GMT |
Keeping the Celtic vision a healthy one |
I was saddened to read this today in a reader's comment to a Salon article on white supremacist groups in the military:******@DalivusD said:<"Soon after he had another white power symbol, a Celtic ...
Posted by on Mon, 15 Jun 2009 11:24:00 GMT |
"Women at war face sexual violence" |
Stories like this (and they have been many in recent years) make me very angry.http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8005198.stm I think the military culture in the US armed forces is in bad need of an...
Posted by on Fri, 17 Apr 2009 14:27:00 GMT |
OF MICE AND WATCHMEN -- a Silly Story |
Fiendish inspiration struck at lunchtime today, and here's what resulted. Apologies to Allan Moore and John Steinbeck.*****OF MICE AND (WATCH)MENChapter IRorschachs Journal. July 10, 1934. 4 PM:Dead...
Posted by on Thu, 02 Apr 2009 17:13:00 GMT |
"America Is in need of a Moral Bailout" |
Terrific essay by Chris Hedges:.."America Is in need of a Moral Bailout"Sampling: "We live in an age of moral nihilism. We have trashed our universities,turning them into vocational factories that pro...
Posted by on Mon, 30 Mar 2009 09:53:00 GMT |
Manager Achieves Full Mastery of Pointless Managerial Jargon |
Perfectly apt.http://www.theonion.com/content/news/manager_achieves_fu
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Posted by on Fri, 27 Mar 2009 11:20:00 GMT |
"The Hand" short film and "Toys" |
I saw these in school over 30 years ago and never forgot them. The first is a wonderful allegorical film in stop-action animation from Czechoslovakia. Now on YouTube!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xf...
Posted by on Thu, 26 Mar 2009 06:13:00 GMT |
Adrian Mitchell, Gone but not Forgotten |
The recent passing of English beat poet Adrian Mitchell was not widely noted in the US at least, but I reckon him a great loss to the literary world, if for nothing else than for the visceral Sixties...
Posted by on Sun, 22 Mar 2009 13:51:00 GMT |
Snake gods owe me favors! |
A neighbor called this afternoon seeking help with a young snake she spotted in her flower beds. Turned out to be a baby rattler. I managed to corral him into a pillow case and took him far away in...
Posted by on Sun, 08 Mar 2009 13:20:00 GMT |
