Yesterday I had a chance to watch the Shining on a big screen and I noticed a couple of interesting things about it. First of all, it had been a few years since I first saw it, and I have watched a lot of horror between then and now, but it struck me how [...]
I made the above image on befunky (hit “Get Started Now”, and then “Cartoonizer”) , one of no-doubt countless sites that give you the opportunity to create a cartoon based on a photo. I think it worked surprisingly well, looks like something from Waking Life. It’s nice to see how the program actually included [...]
I saw Animal Collective play for a sold-out House Blues in Boston a few days ago. It has been suggested that Merriweather Post Pavillon, their latest release, can be considered their “pop” album, and this was certainly confirmed by the venue and the crowd. But when they started playing, I was struck by the disconnect [...]
… was great! I presented on the second day of the conference, and it was probably the most gratifying thing I have done in academia so far. It was my first time presenting anything at an academic conference, but after the first couple of people, my nervousness disappeared. Everyone was extremely nice, and I got [...]
Good advice. And also a line spoken by Willem Dafoe in the second trailer for Antichrist. This is of course the new Lars von Trier movie, which will be shown at the Cannes film festival in less than two weeks. Now, I am a big Lars von Trier-fan: Not only is he my favourite Danish [...]
23-year old Bob Dylan plays Chimes of Freedom at the Newport Folk Festival, I think. This is one of my favorite Bob Dylan songs, and this is probably the best version of the song I have ever heard.