Comments on: Saturday Salon

By: Adrien

Adrien — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 08:27:57 +0000

Just like to say it's a shame that the immigration thread devolved as it did. There really wasn't any reason to get hot under the collar. Dagget might find this interesting. The question of immigration, world-management of resources, water depletion etc is an interesting, difficult and vital one. It would be good if one of the LP crew indulged us in a post sometime in the future.

By: nasking

nasking — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 07:57:41 +0000

ahhh…thnx for that info Fine. I wondered how he was fitting it in w/ Hellboy II: The Golden Army. A search reveals the director to be Juan Antonio Bayona. Well spotted.

By: Fine

Fine — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 07:48:13 +0000

The Orphanage is pretty good. But be aware, del Toro isn’t the director, just the EP.

By: nasking

nasking — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 07:02:16 +0000

Yes, I must see The Edge of Heaven…found HEAD ON insightful.

And My Brother is an Only Child. Darlene, two of the screenwriters of the fascinating The Best of Youth. Check it out on DVD if you haven’t already. From 2003. Good to see some Italian storytelling chronicling lives like Bertolucci’s 1900 again.

Has anyone seen The Orphanage?

My respect for Guillermo del Toro goes back a long way. Cronos (1993), Mimic (1997), The Devil’s Backbone (2001), Blade II (2002)…& you know the rest…some high & mighty critics luv to pan Mimic & Blade 2 but I reckon they had some brilliant moments. Sure, a bit Hollywood…but it’s amazing what you can find if you look below the surface.

The Orphanage looks creepy & out there.

http://www.abc.net.au/atthemovies/txt/s2230466.htm

It’s been announced Guillermo del Toro might direct At the Mountains of Madness to be released in 2010…fingers crossed. I luvs me H.P. Lovecraft.

By: Mark

Mark — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 05:56:11 +0000

Darlene at 32, Sunday post is up now, and I’m outta here for reasons explained therein!

http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/06/15/lazy-sunday-how-to-finish-a-phd-thesis-draft/

By: Pavlov's Cat

Pavlov's Cat — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 05:50:16 +0000

Seconded re The Edge of Heaven. On the other hand it's quite safe to give Sex and the City a miss, even if you are desperate for a couple of hours of mindless trash. We should have gone to Indiana Jones and the Diamond Python or whatever it is.

By: jonesy

jonesy — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 05:17:25 +0000

Sorry folks, here is the repaired link to the carbon cops site. Link

By: Darlene

Darlene — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 04:56:25 +0000

Thanks, Fine. Will give it a look.

By: Fine

Fine — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 04:43:39 +0000

Darlene, I really recommend ‘The Edge of Heaven’. Best film I’ve seen for a while.

By: Darlene

Darlene — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 04:28:42 +0000

Umm, we usually have a thread asking what we’ve been up to, but it’s not up yet (probably because Mark’s Phdding). I’ve just been to see a funny, touching, dramatic Italian film called My Brother is an Only Child:

http://www.abc.net.au/atthemovies/txt/s2259574.htm

Worth a look….

By: jonesy

jonesy — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 03:32:03 +0000

Looks like someone has hacked the carbon cops Website, Definitely not a good look for the ABC

By: nasking

nasking — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 03:26:39 +0000

This is worth reading…an awakening is happening all across the world…alternative voices w/ a spring in their step:

http://www.israelenews.com/view.asp?ID=2326

PEACE in

By: Graham Bell

Graham Bell — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 01:49:00 +0000

PinkyOz [26]:

Thanks a lot! Brilliant!

There’s a Nobel Prize For literature in there somewhere …. naturally, none of the blogs I visit fall into those categories. L=O=L

By: Youie

Youie — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 01:13:30 +0000

Just watching Stephen Smith on Insiders. While the Perth city backdrop, with moving cars on the roads, is lovely, it’s obviously a pre-record from a sunny late morning, rather than the 7am WST cloud and rain that Perthites have woken up to today. I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised though…

By: Lang Mack

Lang Mack — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 23:46:06 +0000

Caution notice on an engine/pump I purchased:
The drunk and the dizzy and the pregnant to the gasoline engine forbid to accelerate abruptly.
All clear..

By: PinkyOz

PinkyOz — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 23:38:09 +0000

Graham

Sorry about that, a bit lazy on my part, Here’s a link to a written version of the same thing on Wired …

Secrets of the 7 Basic Blog Posts

I’m glad everyone got a giggle out of that, I certainly did.

PinkyOz

By: j_p_z

j_p_z — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 15:15:03 +0000

Re the basic blog posts… this is paraphrased from “xkcd”…

VOICE (O.S.): Enough’s enough. Get off the computer and come to bed.
BLOGGER: I can’t, this is important! Someone on the internet is *wrong*!

… … …

nasking/Andrew E — I too have fond memories of reading the zany crackpot prose-poems on the back covers of old 60s Bob Dylan LPs. SECRET HINT: The key is Frank. (But seriously, don’t waste your time with Tarantula, unless you’re truly a connoisseur of chaos, I mean comedy.)

Hey, man. Bleecker Street and Saint Marks Place were, like, …like, hey, man… like… well, I guess, like, ya just had to be there, man. Like… hey.

Actually, I recommend the delightful work of Mark Alan Stamaty (esp. the hard to find MacDoodle Street, if you’re ever lucky enuf to come across it…)

By: Graham Bell

Graham Bell — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 12:20:58 +0000

Mark:

Best of luck for whatever academic strivings/challenges/deadlines you are tackling this weekend.

Pavlov’s Cat [19]:

Thanks for clarifying PinkyOz’ comment on The Seven Basic Blog Posts [no video, YouTube, etc. on this old valve-powered computer so was a bit in the dark over what was meant].

By: Aussie Oskar

Aussie Oskar — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 12:02:32 +0000

I, too, have a question about Kim’s post on Iguanagate (did someone leave it open and let ‘em out?) -

If Marn Ferguson can be called Marn, why can’t we call Christopher Parn Christopher Parn?

By: terangeree

terangeree — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 11:14:52 +0000

PC, aren’t they the seven basic USENET posts?