May 27, 2004
Dirty Old Town
Posted by nerdling | May 27, 2004 12:57 PM
ALERT! Tonight at 9PM, The Way the Music Died will air on PBS.
A large chunk of the art collection of Charles Saatchi—known for his patronage of the Young British Artist movement—has been destroyed by fire in London. I can't claim to be that upset (as most art after 1960 makes me physically ill) but I think it is sad when anyone's work is destroyed, no matter what my feelings about it are.
RCA has released a new DVD player which allows the users to purchase filters that edit out objectionable material during viewing. Not to sound old-fashioned or anything, but my parents always managed to edit out anything they found objectionable in what I was watching. You could save the $70 price tag by spending some time parenting your children, rather than letting the television do it for you.
For the other geeks out there, here is the most complete incomplete map of Springfield. Yes, that Springfield.
And suddenly, all those annoying creative writing blogs are starting to make sense.
creative writing blogs.
a contradiction in terms if you've ever read one. not only are the many i have read not very creative, most of it hardly qualifies as writing. more like "pedantic post-modern exercises in written masturbation". I'm as DIY (since '77) as the next guy, but the ease of self-publishing mires the market down w/ reams of meandering, poorly crafted diary entries from autistic college kids and bored housewives who spend a lot of time scribbling the written equivalent of dogshit cupcakes.
but hey, what do i know? maybe publishing some of these charity cases will yield the next dave eggers.
Posted by: dan at May 27, 2004 03:20 PM
