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Monthly Archives: June 2011
Great Story Songs of Yore
Is it just me or is the melodramatic story song a lost art? Here are some gems from the long-ago time before “niche programming” made pop songs about cannibalism all but impossible to pull off. Run, Joey, Run Thank you, … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Pop Culture
Tagged cannibalism, Glee, Run Joey Run, Rupert Holmes, Story Songs, Timothy, Vicki Lawrence
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Some Thoughts on Book Signings (while they still exist)
Though the days of extended book tours at brick-and-mortar stores might be fading fast, good self-promotional skills never die. So if you’re lucky enough to find yourself in front of an audience of potential buyers at an event, here are … Continue reading
Posted in Marketing, Self-Promotion
Tagged book signings, bookstores, brick-and-mortar stores, promoting yourself
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Summer TV; Not an Oxymoron Anymore
Just when you thought it was safe to turn off your TV and go outside for awhile, the cable networks come along and make sure you keep power-lounging. Here’s what I’m programming into the DVR this summer:
Posted in Pop Culture, Reviews, TV
Tagged Alphas, Covert Affairs, Falling Skies, Haven, Nine Lives of Chloe King, Suits, Teen Wolf, The Closer, Wilfred
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Some of the Loudest Movies Ever
Ever notice the sound effects editors seem to work overtime on some films? From explosions to machines to screaming to music, and all combinations of the above, have your remote handy so you can keep adjusting the volume for these … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, Pop Culture, Reviews
Tagged Aladdin, Die Hard, District 9, Five Million Years to Earth, Lethal Weapon, Norma Rae, SFX, Shane Black, Starship Troopers
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Websites That Fail
Previously, I highlighted some websites and blogs that I found to be awesome. In the yin to that yang, here’s the awesome-not-so-much. I won’t pick on anyone specific, but there were some booboos I noticed over and over that really … Continue reading
Websites That Win
When I was surfing the web, as the techies say, trying to envision my own website, I checked out seemingly millions of blogs and websites. I discovered something: some of them suck. I decided I didn’t want to have one … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Marketing, New Media, Pop Culture
Tagged apod, best websites, bloodredpencil, futuristic, i09, sci-fi, smartbitchestrashybooks, web critique
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Twitterpated
Twitterpated: adj., confused by affection or infatuation. I hear you, Twitterers. Tweeters? Twits? I know you think people must join you or they will waste away in the new media landscape like zombies with no brains to eat. I hear … Continue reading
Another Writer Jumps on the Blogwagon.
I’m an aspiring novelist and decided after years of waffling to merge onto the information highway. (This is back when the internet was still called that.) First exit: Stop calling it the information highway, there, 1995.
Posted in Blogging, New Media
Tagged Beatles, blogging, Luddite, new media, novelist, social media
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Huck Finn: An Alternate Take
When Alan Gribben, a Mark Twain scholar from Montgomery, decided to put out an edited version of Huck Finn minus the racial slurs, the blogosphere and the newsosphere went nuts. Bloggers, columnists, writers, academics–all jumped on the topic, most to … Continue reading →