Monthly Archives: April 2005
Book Review: The Time Traveler’s Wife
by Allison
Summary: Recommended, but doesn’t quite live up to the hype. An entertaining page-turner that’s more of a guilty pleasure than great literature.
Spoilers follow.
The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger is basically a romance, and follows many romance novel conventions. Think Somewhere in Time with a punk rock soundtrack.
Friday radio.blog update: Robot songs
I don’t know many people who can resist a song about a robot. I made a mix of all robot songs and my kids and husband love it. At my new job, I put it up on the network as a shared playlist via iTunes and the company owner complimented me on it. It’s a big hit. Here’s a sampling.
Geekiness Run Amok
I can’t help it; I am looking forward to Episode III. What is wrong with me?
Well, I’ll tell you — I just read Kevin Smith’s review.
Spoilers ensue.
Whatever Happened to Woody?
I just recently read something that shed a lot of light on the work of a man who was at one time one of my favorite filmmakers, a writer-director-actor named Woody Allen. Maybe you’ve heard of him?
Heirs of Cervantes
This year is the 400th anniversary of the publication of Cervantes’ Don Quixote. At least it’s the anniversary of Part I (Part II was published ten years later after a fake Quixote sequel had been published in 1614).
The Spanish speaking world is awash in Quixote mania. The Venezuelan government has printed one million copies of the classic for free distribution and President Hugo Chavez has urged his fellow citizens to "feed ourselves once again with that spirit of a fighter who went out to undo injustices and fix the world". (link)
Madrid, among other celebrations, has hosted a 48 hour readathon, including various luminaries doing their part on the radio. (link)
Friday Radio.Blog Update: Trip Hop
…and electronica. I’m not an expert on the genre, but here’s some stuff I like.
Hate The Message, Love The Messenger
Last semester, before the election, a few people in my graduate class
decided to print a political "newspaper" and distribute it among
whomever we wanted.
The Greatest American Play?
Some have suggested Death of a Salesman. Others, A Streetcar Named Desire. And lest we forget, there’s also Long Day’s Journey Into Night.
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SIN CITY: Neo-noir or Not?
Some people say film noir is a genre unto itself, others argue it’s a sub-genre of the crime film, others say it’s really only a mood, but the one thing most people agree on is it’s pretty dang cool.
Food Nation
My mother flew into town this weekend. A few days before she came, she asked if I wanted her to bring anything from New York. I half-jokingly told her that I’d love it if she brought some bagels from the bagel shop in Scarsdale village (where I grew up). To my pleasant surprise, she carried a dozen bagels on the plane. They were a bit stale by the time she arrived, but still better than anything I can get in Utah. Pumpernickel – yes please.
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