Computer graphics can be gorgeous but I’ve never seen it used for an effect like this. This short film–less than half an hour–is gorgeous and spooky and the only adaptation of this classic you need.
I should warn you that there are brief moments of flashing lights.
I’ve tried to cut back on my Twitter time so I have an actual life, but I’ve also been neglecting my own spaces. So here goes. As you can guess from what’s below, these have been building up for a while now.
Let’s keep working backwards through the shows I’ve binged during the pandemic:
SHE-RA AND THE PRINCESSES OF POWER
Confession time: I knew nothing about She-Ra before watching this show. The original show came out when I was too old (and too young) for cartoons and all I knew was that The Usual Creeps we...
2020-09-30 18:21:17 +0000 UTC View Post
Fiery!
If I had any brains, I would have posted this much earlier, and started sending the announcement newsletter at midnight last night. Unfortunately, today is Blursday, and yesterday was Blursday, too, so I lost track of t...
2020-09-29 18:38:05 +0000 UTC View PostContinuing my Binge-demic posts, let me move backwards to the show I watched before Veronica Mars.
STRANGE LUCK
It’s weird that this show has a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
Not that it’s bad. It’s not. You could even call it pretty good. Still, a hundred percent? If I had to guess, it’s a distorti...
2020-09-26 23:28:36 +0000 UTC View PostContinuing my Binge-demic posts, let me move backwards to the show I watched before Korra.
BURN NOTICE
There was every reason for this show to be a forgettable one-and-done gunfight and bikini action series. It was on the USA network,...
2020-09-21 22:24:55 +0000 UTC View PostHere’s my COVID lifestyle: I wake at 9am, then stumble out of bed for coffee and breakfast. With any luck, this involves some sort of sandwich. I’m a big fan of sandwiches.
Then it’s chores and writing. I’m currently revising The Iron Gate, and if I hit my daily goal, I reward myself with a little writing on som...
2020-09-15 00:20:08 +0000 UTC View PostRest in peace, Chadwick Boseman.
It took the passing of movie star Chadwick Boseman at the young age of 43 to make me realize that I needed to cut way back on Twitter.
See, I wanted to write something on this blog about Boseman’s passing, about the work he’d done while he was sick, knowing that his life might ...
2020-08-31 23:53:40 +0000 UTC View PostThere's not much to say here, but it absolutely needs to be said.
Today, there's a new audiobook in the Twenty Palaces series: Game of Cages.
This is the first time the book will have appeared in audio form. Child of Fire was picked up years ago, but not the sequels. So, if you're an audiobook fa...
2020-08-25 17:22:01 +0000 UTC View PostLet’s make this short and sweet, so I can go back to revising The Iron Gate:
Today, the 2020-07-21 21:27:25 +0000 UTC View Post
How about we start off the day with Portuguese jazz?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTHuNASQACs
And, to make this a Sunday worth remembering, David Bowie ...
2020-05-11 15:30:08 +0000 UTC View PostDumb but catchy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LBnMRWeV-E
To increase general happiness, I offer this: 2020-05-08 17:10:25 +0000 UTC View Post
Let’s return to the Avalanches for one of the most persistent (but enjoyable) earworms of the pandemic:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjfspM5sDIA
And we jump from that upbeat song with the dark video to a site that’s straight...
2020-05-06 17:01:43 +0000 UTC View PostFor today's upbeat tune, I give you this:
https://www.youtube.com/embed/WhPvJOnHotE
There's an odd story behind this video, according to my son. The song is from 1978. The video is much more recent, and was created for a comple...
2020-05-02 19:29:29 +0000 UTC View PostOn May 19th, this will be available:
Yep, the folks at Tantor Media have signed on to make audiobooks of some of my work, starting with this one.
Then, in June through September, they’ll be releasing the four cor...
2020-04-27 15:24:35 +0000 UTC View PostThis video hit YouTube last October, but it looks like it was designed for self-quarantine. It’s:
a group of friends
having fun
in the beautiful outdoors
with drinks
recipe included
Plus, the song is upbeat and a lot of fun. Perfect for today.
Have some laid back tunes inspired by Thai Funk. I’m not sure about the guitarist’s wig, but the tunes are great.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWLJeqLPfSU
If you’re looking for a soothing Youtube channel to watch, I ...
2020-04-14 23:46:51 +0000 UTC View PostThere are lyrics here, but I can’t make heads nor tails of them. Still soothing, though, and the title fits.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ist5OQ9CA4w
For today, we have a special treat:
Again, no music video this time, because I’m posting Cirque du Soleil, and those guys are pretty much all music video.
First, from April 3:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=allVFq3P-48
Second, from April 10, which is t...
2020-04-11 01:37:44 +0000 UTC View PostNot sure why I get so much pleasure from music with samples, esp audio clips from movies, but I do. I really do.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_u4Md_aXVJE
Over the weekend, we finally got the chance to play the second half ...
2020-04-08 20:24:30 +0000 UTC View PostFirst, your musical interlude, which is Leon Redbone’s cover of Seduced:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bOjrl9Qxzg
RIP, dude.
It’s been longer than I planned since my previous QP post, mainly because I sat down for anot...
2020-04-06 16:54:17 +0000 UTC View Post
Cirque du Soleil has dropped an hour-long special on YouTube. It is pure delight.
No music video today, because this is a music video, sort of.
2020-03-31 17:33:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Siri, show me a dream hallucination with a mellow beat behind it.
If you’re a casual(ish) fan of Star Trek, you might enjoy this Filmjoy dive into the history of the original series, plus a second part about the show’s revival at the movies. I’m not really a fan at all (although I’ve watched most of what f...
2020-03-30 21:18:08 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor Mindy Klasky has been writing Coronavirus Diversion posts, highlighting interesting stuff on the internet for people stuck at home who need a pleasant diversion. I think that’s a brilliant idea...
2020-03-27 19:15:18 +0000 UTC View PostLots of folks are self-quarantining at the moment, and there’s a lot of tension and anxiety out there. My family feels it the same as anyone else.
There’s not much I can do about that, and I don’t have much to offer folks to make this difficult time easier. However, I can do this:
Until the end of Marc...
2020-03-19 17:12:15 +0000 UTC View Post
First, courtesy of Greg Van Eekhout, author extraordinaire, the perfect nine-second YouTube video for our times.
Second, if you’re one those good people who backed my Kickstarter for new Twenty Palaces novels, you’ve already seen the update with th...
2020-03-09 17:22:09 +0000 UTC View Post1. Remember the old days when a person would simply turn to their blog and record a bunch of thoughts, instead of giving them away to a profit-free social media company like Twitter? Man, those were the days.
2. I’ve reached a tricky part of The Iron Gate. That’s not a bad thing (the exact opposite, i...
2020-02-04 20:47:26 +0000 UTC View PostOne Man has been on sale for nearly two months, and while sales have not been life-changing, they’ve been holding fairly steady. And that’s mainly because of the reviews.
The reviews so far have been very positive, with a number of people saying One Man was the best fantasy they read all year. To whic...
2020-01-21 21:16:54 +0000 UTC View PostI scheduled this to post over the weekend while I was working, but forgot to copy and paste here. Sorry about that.
Spoilers for Star Wars and of Veronica Mars. FYI.
Before we get into the meat of this post, I want to point out that, four years ago, I made this awful prediction:
Beautiful and haunting. I love it.
2019-12-18 19:26:25 +0000 UTC View Post
