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Monthly Archives: October 2007
Flash Gordon, Ming the Merciless, and Me
I recently received a year-long subscription to FilmFax as a present from my special lady friend. The gift came with a photocopied insert, making the pleasures of this package two-fold: 1) receiving my favorite magazine on a regular basis and … Continue reading
Klaus Kinski Rocks
I happened upon Andreas Krennmair’s post that talks about the possessed German actor and internationally recognized eccentric Klaus Kinski. I’ve been a fan of Kinski ever since 1986 when I stumbled upon his first US film (I think I am … Continue reading
The de-evolution of DEVO
I just found an interview with Jerry Casale and Mark Mothersbaugh of Devo on the Channel 5 news in NYC circa October, 1981. This interview coincides with two shows at Radio City Music Hall and the immense popularity of their … Continue reading
Monster bava
Click for full version I am monsterized, and so can you! Thanks for this Zach! Update: Just found the Boing Boing post about the Monster Sticker here.
Do you need to see the Star Wars films to actually enjoy them?
Thirty years ago I would have laughed at this question. Silly rabbit, of course you have to see the movies to enjoy them. How else would you know what to do with all those awesome Kenner action figures you wanted … Continue reading
Not a damn human thinks that 50,000 or 100,000 or a 150,000 is going to end that war…
Another gem from UMW Blogs. Professor Mara Scanlon’s Asian American Literature class is currently reading lê thi diem thuy’s novel The Gangster We Are All Looking For–a tale about a Vietnamese family that moves to the U.S. soon after the … Continue reading
Who cares if Tarantino loves movies?
I recently saw Quentin Tarantino’s Death Proof. Let me first say that I haven’t, until now, really considered myself a Tarantino fan. Checking out his Wikipedia article I realized that he did far fewer features than I originally thought. And … Continue reading
Stephen King’s “The Mist”
Through the latest Fangoria on the stands I discovered that Stephen King’s short story/novella “The Mist” has been made into a film, and is currently in post-production and should be out in theaters November 21st, 2007. The trailer is a … Continue reading
The UMW Blogs Twilight Zone
I guess I have been having too much fun on UMW Blogs featuring faculty and students blogs. But this evening something happened to me, something so strange it invokes the smoke smooth voice of the great Rod Serling, “Next stop, … Continue reading
WPMu Tutorials (Week 2)
This one’s a little late, and fortunately I didn’t have to do much work to bring the following resource to you. Keeping in line with a philosophy that Scott, D’Arcy, and Brian were promoting at Open Ed 2007, why create … Continue reading