- Apparently someone is betting that the gayest show on tv is a good premise for a straight porn parody. http://bit.ly/c2bdht #
- Hey, another map of the TARDIS, just in case you get lost in it… http://bit.ly/alXHQS #
- We're with @io9 on this one… http://bit.ly/aL9386 #
- RT @CopyrightLaw: Boing Boing: "Why the absence of copyright is good for fashion" http://bit.ly/9QcKz6 #
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bkI Twitter Round-up for 2010-05-28
Gogol Bordello’s Trans-Continental Release Extraviganza Enkore!
bkI favorite Gogol Bordello is re-running their Brooklyn Bowl Blowout webcast all weekend for FREE. The caravan is coming folks, get aboard. Familia Undestructable!
The Coolest Version of “Owner of A Lonely Heart” You’ll see Today
George Hrab once again proving he is more talented than you.
TNP: Update for 5/28/10
Well, I got good news and bad news.
Good news: We have something big coming down the pipe. Like really big. BIG I tell you.
Bad news: I can’t tell you yet. Believe me, I really wanna talk about it, but 1) I don’t have enough info to feel comfortable gabbing about it and 2) I don’t want to jinx it.
Yeah, I know, I’m being a cryptic tool, but trust me, big things are coming down the Texas Noir Project pipeline. Stay tuned.
Check out bkI’s New Look
We’ve launched the redesign of the bkI site. Tell us what you think.
Quick Review: The Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus
Terry Gillium is a mad genius that you either love or hate with very few people in between, but if you are in the “love” category, The Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus is probably the most Terry Gillium of all the Terry Gillium films.
The movie, in it’s own way, is a weird retelling of Job. Christopher Plummer, as the title character, is an old, forgotten god that has found that the world no longer needs him. He passes the time constantly making bets with Mr. Nick, e.g. the devil, played by Tom Waits, and the film revolves around their latest bet.
The film is filled with Gillium’s trademark imagery and film style, which is usually the hurdle for most folks when it comes to his films, so unless you are already a fan, or want to see the last film of Heath Ledger (brilliant performance as always), you may want to skip it. 1
- Side note: Ledger is ALWAYS great in conjunction with Gillium. See The Brothers Grim. [↩]
bkI Twitter Round-up for 2010-05-21
- Want your kid to grow up as a geek? Start with the alphabet. Via @io9 http://bit.ly/c2E74f #
- Support Practical Monsters: via @io9 http://bit.ly/9dgghU #
- In case you missed it, check out @joeyar's Wonderful Wizard of Oz post. http://bit.ly/azJWEi #
- Now REALY excited for the new season. RT @BurnNotice_USA: guest star Burt Reynolds on set with Jeffrey and Bruce: http://ow.ly/i/1DMl #
- And in Facebook news… http://bit.ly/bxt3Bb #
Free for All: Of Wizards and Copyright
Don’t know if you noticed, but three paragraphs in to Joanna’s post was L. Frank Baum’s intro to the first addition of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz in it’s entirety. The reason we could do that was two-fold. First, it was only three paragraphs, but secondly, and most important, is because of something called Public Domain.
Public domain isn’t something that most people think about in their daily lives. Hell, I’m willing to bet that that most of you don’t think about it at all, yet, without it, we’d probably still be living in caves.
The idea behind public domain is a simple one: no one owns it, therefore everyone owns it. In practice though, it’s far from simple. In fact, it’s fucking complicated. Hell, lawyers specialize in it, and those bastards only specialize in esoteric complex monstrosities like eating souls, summoning demons, and tax law.
But we’re getting ahead of ourselves.
Pat’s Entropy Field Strikes Again
Me and my buddy Evans at one point in time decided that I have an entropy field, as evidenced by the fact that all I would have to do is walk into his room and his computer (a 486 DX2 I believe it was) would crash. Things around me tend to fall apart, get broken, or otherwise fail at a larger rate than most folks.
Unfortunately my nice long article that I was planning on posting today has fallen victim to my entropy field. In an effort to get something out, I’ve started re-working it, breaking it up into multiple posts. The first one is written, but doesn’t have all the markup done yet. Sorry for the inconvenience and please stay tuned.
Dio, Can You Hear Me?
Yesterday, during lunch at work, I mentioned that I was going to go write an article when I get home. The two co-workers sitting with me seemed intrigued and asked what medium I was writing for. I gave a quick description of the bkI website and told them I was a regular contributer.
Then, I was asked what I was going to write about this week. I mentioned that I was going to do a tribute piece on Ronnie James Dio. The following reaction I got from that remark caused me some shock and even more desire to write.
Both people looked up, turned to me, and said the exact same thing.
“Ronnie who??”
Now, I realize that not everyone is into hard rock music. However, I cannot, in good conscience, let this week go by without paying respect to one of the most powerful and distinctive singers in heavy metal. An artist that was the voice of some of the most influential bands in rock history. A fighter who unfortunately lost his battle against stomach cancer on May 16th, 2010, after nearly 6 months.
So, without further ado, let us celebrate the musical genius that is Ronnie James Dio.
