Gleanings: Bookselling Codes, Cycling, Slapping Senators and Naked Cowboys.
- I’ve been asked a couple of times what I think about this exchange between author Barry Eisler and an independent bookstore. What I think: Eisler does not “owe” the bookstore a vow of exclusivity when he comes to town. They promise to host and promote his appearence, he promises to show up, talk about his book and be charming. Both sides fufilled their contract. There’s no implied addendum that Mr. Eisler is forbidden from setting foot in or even breathing a word about a visit to a chain bookseller.
- The Tour de’ France begins today. It appears that my favorite rider, Fabian Cancellara, will not be participating this year. Rats.
- No, No, No. The 2006 election is not a “Referendum on Bush” but about how the Democrats can do it better. “They suck” is not a party platform. Someone knock some sense into Senator Schumer before I have to fly to Washington and do it myself.
- When did On The Media host Bob Garfield start blogging? That rocks (via New Media Musings).
- Friends in Chicago, help me out here. I mourn the closing of any picture show but how much sympathy am I supposed to have for a movie theatre that owes $60,000 in taxes? The Roxie here in San Francisco tried to pull these shennanigans, refusing to pay filmmakers and distributors for years on end and then whining that Times are Tough and The Uncultured are Against Us.
This just in: Stealing in the name of art is still stealing. (via Cinema Treasures).
- Okay, when did the Naked Cowboy become the Naked Cowgirl? (via David Dylan Thomas).
- Apple appears to be eyeing the home entertainment market, a move I regard with some trepidation. iPod to computer and back again is a circular transaction. But what if I want my address book on my TV and my cellphone? Will I be updating firmware and buying the newest versions of each piece of equipment every six months? (via Tigerbeat).
- The first mandate of RSS Days should be “Please explain RSS to your grandmother without using the words “markup” or “format.” Then I’ll listen (via Waxy).
- Nice write up of LibraryThing.com in the Wall Street Journal. I’m a big fan as I can spy on and thank the folk who own my book. Pathetic. I admit that.
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I never visited the Three Penny Cinema, despite having lived near there for a couple of years, but Jennifer at The Place Where We Live apparently isn’t shedding any tears over the place’s demise:
http://theplacewherewelive.blogspot.com/2006/06/three-penny-cinema-is-spent.html
Not terribly surprised by the whole thing. Everybody, including trendy urbanites, seem to want ample parking and stadium seating in their cinema experience. The Three Penny obviously had neither, nor did it have old-fashioned retro charm. Doomed.
I never visited the Three Penny Cinema, despite having lived near there for a couple of years, but Jennifer at The Place Where We Live apparently isn’t shedding any tears over the place’s demise:
http://theplacewherewelive.blogspot.com/2006/06/three-penny-cinema-is-spent.html
Not terribly surprised by the whole thing. Everybody, including trendy urbanites, seem to want ample parking and stadium seating in their cinema experience. The Three Penny obviously had neither, nor did it have old-fashioned retro charm. Doomed.