After a back-to-back Drupal projects at work, I think I now have a better idea how this system works. In the process, I have updated the design of my Nonagon site and reworked the theme of this site. You may not notice any major differences, but now things are much more organized under the hood. However, I am guessing that I broke a few things, so if you notice any pages not rendering decently, please let me know in the comments.
If you are feeling up for a little aggressive, loud music this weekend, please consider checking out Nonagon, Maple Stave and Mayor for Life at Quenchers Saloon this Saturday, Sept. 25th.
This is an absolutely perfect compilation of Ennio Morricone songs all of which feature the theremin-esque vocals of Edda Dell’Orso. This a double CD set with over two hours of stirring melodies and lush arrangements, most of which come from the 70s or late 60s—Morricone’s finest period. If you collect Morricone, chances are you already have most of these songs, but this is a great starting point for the uninitiated.
oor Carl Perkins. You know most of these songs, but mostly you will know version performed by other artists like Elvis. Perkins doesn’t quite have the awesome presence of Elvis. That said, this is a really good mix of your standard rockabilly faire.
The Pebbles are a fun, all-girl garage band from Japan. They are no where near as frantic as The 5.6.7.8.s but what they lack in aggression they make up for in their amateurish DIY charm. Many of their songs are inspired by early Beatles recordings, and, in case your ears couldn’t pick up on this, they drive the point home with the cover art and their song, “We Love the Beatles.” Not the most memorable garage rock out there but definately worth a listen.
Yet another superhero movie to bore me. I admit, this one was more watchable than Ironman. I guess I am more attracted to the underdog, “man on the run” plot. As usual the movie is pretty good until they interject the ridiculous CGI superhero crap. Why not just make this entire film an animated feature rather than subject us to these unnatural CGI creatures?
For a movie that is so infamous for its gore, there certainly isn’t much to see here. The shock moments aren’t really that shocking once you see them. For the most part I found myself bored, especially with the overly long first act. There are a few moments of nice 80s cheese, but that’s about it.
My family and I just spent a weekend in LaGrange, Georgia visiting with relatives. Among the highlights of the trip, aside from the obligatory breakfasts at Waffle House, was an evening spent roller skating at Red’s Roller Rink. When we walked in the place they were blasting “Ice Ice Baby” so I knew this was going to be a fun time. I hadn’t been roller skating since the late eighties and it took quite some time to get my roller disco legs back in action, but once I got going, it was hard to stop… literally. Anyhow, I also enjoyed the Jesus mural at the far end of the hall. Here’s a full view:
I am sick of superhero movies. Robert Downey Jr. gives a lively performance as Tony Stark, but, other than that, this is a bland, predictable and cliched film with dancing Poser model CGI effects like the Spiderman movies had. Yawn.
Get Lamp is a documentary about text adventure games from Jason Scott, the director of BBS: The Documentary. Both of these films cover some rather geeky areas of computing, but, having read Twisty Little Passages, I was much better acquainted with the world of interactive fiction.The film is based almost entirely on interviews with various I.F. luminaries. These interviews focus more on the individuals’ personal connections with interactive fiction rather than a more direct history of the genre. Of all the types of video games, text adventures are about as close as a game can get to being an art form, and the film explores this notion in quite some depth. Personally, I think preferred the bonus footage (which fills an entire second DVD) to the main feature because these went a little more off into more niche areas of the topic with which I was less familiar. For the main film, I guess I would have liked to see more historical material and less talking heads. Throughout the interviews Scott has a habit of dropping to a black screen while the audio continues. Why not throw up some old photos, game art , or anything to make the film more visually interesting. Well, I suppose talking is the cinematic equivalent of text output. So, I guess this isn’t a huge complaint.
