Archives for April 2007
Art in Chunky Bits… “Prom Queen” & “Fledgling”
Grant McCracken, who I like immensely as both a blogger and a person, has written a lot about “chunky culture” and “chunky marketing” as evolutionary replacements for declining mass culture and mass marketing.
Two examples of this have recently hit the web, and both are pretty good.
First, Michael Eisner’s new company, Tornante, is the funding entity [...]
Yes, “October Road” is bad, but NOT for the usual reasons
If you’re the kind of person who delights in savage reviews, start Googling the reviews for “October Road” — the new ABC one-hour, post “Gray’s Anatomy” series. You can get a fair sample at Metacritic. I AM that kind of person, but the reviews seem wrong to me. Sure, the situations are unlikely and the [...]
Short Post: If you’ve ever doubted the relationship between food and sex…
… then check out this video featuring Rachel Ray.
It’s nearly erotic, and reminded me of how people on diets use cookbooks as a kind of pornography.
This is also a nifty example of how the internet lets anybody become a video editor, although in this case the creator is video artist Naomi Liebowitz.
“Blades of Glory” ain’t bad
In our first date in weeks, maybe months, and after a grueling work week for each of us, my wife and I managed to get a sitter and venture out into the world kidless for five whole hours.
We saw “Blades of Glory,” the new Will Ferrell movie with John Heder– precisely the kind of silly [...]
Short Post: DVD Region Encoding Can Kiss My…
Here’s a little story about the power of online community to solve simple problems.
My daughter turned six earlier this month to much fanfare. A late arrival present came from our British friends, complete with a pair of fairy dolls with matching DVD. We opened the box this morning and popped the DVD into our machine [...]
