Shutterbug Call:
JPG Magazine, the all-photo, all-visual-goodness magazine published right here in my neighborhood is
Natural Born Sucker:
So it appears as though the Yahoo-buys-Metroblogging-buys-SFist was an April Fools hoax. And I fell for it.
One born every minute and all that.
Song of the Week #9: “The Neverending Story”
I haven’t done a SOTW in a while but last week, Suzan and I rented 1984’s The Neverending Story which I highly recommend. I’m past the age when I scoff at “family films” as sanitized treacle for the little ones. At their best, they stir our childlike desires and melt away our adult inhibitions. They give us permission to wonder, to dream and fear irresponsible for doing so.
The Neverending Story does all of that. It begins and ends with a lovely whisp of an 80s pop tunes named simply “The Neverending Story.” The singer calls himself Limahl (aka Chris Hamill, former lead singer of Kajagoogoo) but that hardly matters. Focus on how the vocals match the hypnotic mist that opens the film and how the keyboard lines roll on just ahead of the beat. They ask you to look ahead, past the song, to stories that haven’t been told but can be imagined. And since it ends all too soon, it asks you to imagine afterward.
And try to listen without going “ahhh-ahhh-ahhh-ahh-ahhhh-ahhhh-ahhh-ahhhh-ahhh.” I dare you.
15 Blogger Pile-Up:
I’ve certainly had more dignified moments than this. But they weren’t nearly as much fun.
Side notes: This picture was taken at around 5:30 AM after a long last night of partying. James McNally, on the far left, accepted my invitation for a ride back to his hotel. He informed us that he was heading up to his room to shower, grab his bags and hop on a plane back to Toronto. Sleep was not an option. There wasn’t any time.
That was the kind of time we had.
Sunday Morning Shards #25:
On my mind and in the reading queue this week. The "headache" edition.
*The New York Times has devoted special coverage to the death of Pope John Paul II.
*Dot Com 2.0? The money continues to flow. Del.icio.us has taken an investment. Local city blog SFist has been bought by Metroblogging which has been purchased by Yahoo.
*Posterwire is a neat idea for a weblog on the art and effectiveness of movie posters (via Torrez).
*Radio Time has released an updated Mac client. It still sucks. I’m going to try Audio Hijack.
*Are colleges an endangered species?
*Determine your ecological footprint.
*I really like this trailer. And have surrendered my masculinity entirely.
*I’m speaking next week at The New Face of Publishing Workshop at Humber College in Toronto. While I’m super-excited about the gig, I’m equally juiced about seeing my friends James, Bret and Neil so soon after our time together in Austin.