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I would like to see their webmaster’s face when he checks the referral logs

June 17, 2005 /

Oh man oh man. Neil Gaiman has discovered Jennifer Brummett.

This may not mean much to you, but it’s pretty glorious for those of us who endured her “reviews” for four years of DramaCentre (aka CentreDrama). Brummett is the Advocate-Messenger’s theatre “critic,” and the depth of research and literary acuity you see in that article was exactly what she applied to our work. I’m not trying to say we were de Sade at Arenton, but the things we did took time and thought and pain. Brummett could be replaced a rubber cup on the end of a stick.

It’s nice to have some validation that the woman has no business putting two words together, whether it has any practical effect or not. Dear Jennifer Brummett: Welcome to the interweb! I hope you like being the message boards’ new darling.

June 16, 2005 /

The first Anacrusis ad ever is running at Blank Label and its principal sites for the minimum of 20,000 pageviews. Judging by the run length of other ads I’ve seen on the site, they burn through that pretty quick.

The fact that I am paying to persuade people to come and look at something else I pay to make available is not lost on me. I always said I wouldn’t advertise for my work until I thought it was good enough for anyone to read it and like it. I held true to that.

June 16, 2005 /

OKAY SO. The first Sad And Happy Movie Day is tentatively scheduled for Saturday, June 25th, at… my apartment. Which needs to have a cool name for when it functions as a clubhouse. Maria, why don’t we have a cool clubhouse name for our apartment?

We hit play at 1 pm, so get there earlier if you want to kibitz. We will be watching (or, in Ian’s parlance, “reading”) City of God and Shaolin Soccer. Popcorn will be provided, but you’re on your own for drinks and candy. You may also want to bring one of those folding camp chairs, if you have one; as we discovered this past Tuesday, seating is limited.

You should come!

Possible lineup for the one after this: What’s Eating Gilbert Grape and Hackers?

June 15, 2005 /

Neko Case (and, presumably, Her Boyfriends) are playing the Southgate House in Newport, Kentucky, tomorrow night. Fifteen bucks.

Does anybody want to go with Maria and me to see Neko Case (and, presumably, Her Boyfriends) at the Southgate House in Newport, Kentucky, tomorrow night?

“It’s a black… tank!”

June 15, 2005 /

I have seen Batman Begins, and you most likely haven’t, so this recommendation holds some temporary value:

You need to see Batman Begins.

Operation Batman on the DAMN IMAX went off fairly hitchless last night, and I think all eleven (!) of my companions enjoyed the movie as much as I did. The tickets were a couple bucks more, and the screen wasn’t as big as your typical museum IMAX, but the sound was excellent and–this is huge–we only had to sit through one preview and no commercials, not even the one with those idiots from Two and a Half Men. I’d pay two dollars extra any day for that.

Go see Batman Begins.

Aikido Bishops

June 10, 2005 /

The problem with chess as the universal metaphor for conflict–you know, like in every movie ever–is that there’s no nonviolent way to play.