May 2008

In the White Hot Room

Sigh. I’m dead.

Beat the drums of tragedy for me,
Beat the drums of tragedy and death.
And let the choir sing a stormy song
To drown the rattle of my dying breath.
Beat the drums of tragedy for me,
And let the white violins whir thin and slow,
But blow one trumpet note of sun
     To go with me
           To the darkness
                     Where I [...]

Pretenders to the throne

Much has been and will be made of the fact that Brian Eno produced Coldplay’s new album, Viva La Vida, because Brian Eno is perhaps best known for having produced, with Daniel Lanois, the bulk of U2’s hits. Already, I’ve heard comparisons to Achtung Baby bandied about.
So let me say for the record that [...]

It’s not just a magazine on a screen

From time to time, if I find myself at Andrew Sullivan’s blog and there’s nothing new on Gawker or io9 (the Internet is not that big for me), I look to see what’s up on Marc Ambinder’s blog, which is more or less next door to Andrew’s. It’s not a bad place to go for [...]

Live-blogging watching Ang Lee’s “Hulk”

Monday, May 19, 2008 11:58 p.m. I am 27 min, 40 sec in and decide I am going to live-blog this stupid, stupid movie which I am giving another chance, as a courtesy to stevens, Nicka, and others at Gawker and io9. Six minutes ago, I looked at the time remaining on the DVD player [...]