Richard Dansky's Blog, page 55

That Was Surprising

Watched Speed Racer last night over at Badgerhaus with Badger, Merrie, Luna and the late-arriving Melinda. And...it was good. Really good.

Get past the fact that it's Speed Racer , and the trailer was awful, and it's the Wachowski brothers, and there's a chimp whose poo-flinging actually turns into a pertinent plot point. In terms of interwoven flashbacks and a non-linear narrative, it's got one of the most complicated narrative structures I've seen in ages, and it pulls it off seamlessly. (Ser...

If Video Games Were Realistic...

Thank you, Cracked.com....

Happy Hanukkah, All and Sundry

Because the Festival of Lights is @#$#@ing metal!


Yes, I have been playing too much Brutal Legend. Why do you ask?

Closet Cases

Interesting things found in the guest room closet during a recent round of cleaning:

1 Everclear CD
4 candlesticks shaped like pineapples
1 random car part (looks like the passenger-side visor from a Camry, complete with mirror)
1 die cast 1/64th scale NASCAR replica (The #12 car, in case you're interested)
6 socks (none matching, not mine)
34 clothes hangers
5 yarmulkes (mine)
2 pairs of pants (not mine)
200+ pages of sheet music
16 remaining prom pictures, junior and senior
1 small calico cat
1 empty b...

rdansky @ 2009-12-10T17:55:00

Interesting things found in the guest room closet during a recent round of cleaning:

1 Everclear CD
4 candlesticks shaped like pineapples
1 random car part (looks like the passenger-side visor from a Camry, complete with mirror)
1 die cast 1/64th scale NASCAR replica (The #12 car, in case you're interested)
6 socks (none matching, not mine)
34 clothes hangers
5 yarmulkes (mine)
2 pairs of pants (not mine)
200+ pages of sheet music
16 remaining prom pictures, junior and senior
1 small calico cat
1 empty b...

Interview time

Here's one I did with a Brazilian magazine - it apparently just went up. The fact that they asked about SoAF makes me grin.

Melinda's Quote of the Day

"Thundarr wears Zardoz pants."

Never has a guilty childhood pleasure been so effectively destroyed with one simple sentence.

Things I Look For In a Bar

Is it dark?Can you hear yourself think?Are the furnishings largely comprised of pieces of wood?Is there a good scotch selection?Do the drinks cost less than a mortgage payment?Do the bartenders know their stuff?Whiskey, in downtown Durham hits 4 out of 6. M and I visited on Friday, and while it was crowded and loud, it wasn't unpleasant. From the vaguely irritated looks on the faces of the nerdlier patrons, I'm guessing the influx of cool people only happens on the weekend, and the rest of th...

Dark Faith anthology table of contents announced...

...and I appear to be sitting smack dab in the middle of it with my story "The Mad Eyes of the Heron King". There's some good company in there, including fellow BSoMCs J.C. Hay and Lucien Soulban (fourth BSoMC Maurice Broaddus is one of the editors of this shindig), and folks like Brian Keene, Linda Addison, Gary Braunbeck, Chesya Burke, Lucy Snyder, and, well, click on the link and find out for yourselves.

(Or you could just wait until May, when the book comes out. It's up to you.)

Look! More Reviews!

Where the Wild Things Are and Lovecraft Unbound . Yes, it was an odd week for reviews. The cognitive dissonance was impressive.