Songwriter in a Dangerous Time
Bruce Cockburn, one of my favorite songwriters and guitarists, is writing his memoir!Read more
Should Civil War Southerners be compared to Nazis? Andy Whitman responds.
My favorite music reviewer/columnist Andy Whitman writes about other things too, with just as much passion and insight. Read more
A Beginner's Guide to the Films of Jim Jarmusch
I've meant to write about the films of Jim Jarmusch for a long time. Read more
Name Your Elephant
Do you like chase scenes?
This is a story about a chase. It's a pursuit that's lasted for years. It involves a mysterious red elephant.Read more
What moment from The Hobbit are you most eager to see on the big screen?
Moviefone's "exclusive" is going to spread like wildfire, stoking the fires of expectation in Tolkien fans everywhere. <i>The Hobbit</i> screenplays (yes, plural) are written!
And yet, these two projects have yet to get the green light.
What moment from The Hobbit are you most eager to see on the big screen?Read more
Your Fantasy-Novel Pet Peeves... and Auralia's Colors.
What are your fantasy novel pet peeves?
The fantasy writer at Badgerish.net begins a post with this: Read more
Name That Upcoming Movie
"It's this little tiny story of a kid growing up in the 50s with a mother who's grace incarnate and a father who's oppressive in nature. So he is negotiating his way through it, defining who he's gonna be when he grows up. And that is juxtaposed with a little, tiny micro-story of the cosmos, from the beginning of the cosmos to the death of the cosmos."
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