WORDS from Everynone on Vimeo. Directed by Daniel Mercadante and Will Hoffman with a score by Keith Kenniff, Words is called a video poem, collage, and also seems to be an exercise in word association. It’s a neat idea, and very well executed. Spotted on BoingBoing.
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I’d originally meant to post this write-up after the event itself, but got rather busy, so here’s the truncated version. Luminato is a new arts festival in Toronto; this is its second year. Neil Gaiman headlined the literary program with an interview, reading, Q&A and, of course, a lengthy signing. Tickets were cheap (only $15) and when
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Comic writer and artist Neil Cameron is creating alphabetically themed image as suggested by fans on Facebook and Twitter. Pictured here is “I is for… Indiana Jones Inching Away from an Inebriated Iron Man“. (Kinda reminds me of Bender…) Highlights include “D is for… Doctor Who Defeating Doctor Doom in a Deadly Disco Dance-off” , “J is
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Matt Blind has written a disturbingly accurate light and humourous piece on the different types of customers who visit bookstores. Grazers Grazers don’t need a book, or want a book, but they love coming in to the bookstore, and love lingering leisurely over all the tables, racks, endcaps, promotional displays, and front-of-store placements. If they can do
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Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: The Classic Regency Romance – Now with Ultraviolent Zombie Mayhem!, by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith Quirk Classics 978-1-59474-344-4, 319 pp. (incl. Reader’s Discussion guide), 2009 Jane Austen’s works have recently come out of copyright, allowing anyone to republish the texts. Some have been a little more innovative. There’s a new film,
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How to Travel with a Salmon & Other Essays, by Umberto Eco Harcourt, 0-15-600235-X, 248 pp., 1992, 1994 I always feel behind in my reading: many of the classics, certain authors, certain works by certain authors. No matter often I remind myself that there’s only so much time to read in any given day, or that I’m
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