Charlie Huston's Blog, page 76

theparisreview:“I had this feeling that privilege was given to...

theparisreview:

“I had this feeling that privilege was given to the athletes, like in the days of Rome. Whether it’s Circus Maximus or the Stanley Cup, they’re like gladiators leaving the arena. The players are so exalted for their skill and for surviving.”

James Hughes on the 1975 film Rollerball and the increasing violence in American sport culture.

A lovely distopian dissection of modern sport culture employs one of my favorite movies as the scalpel.

Also, Norman Jewison makes an appearance.

"Rosalind always maintains that the best thing about doing close protection for a movie star is the..."

“"Rosalind always maintains that the best thing about doing close protection for a movie star is the simply astounding number of opportunities it gives one to kick paparazzi in the balls."”

- First line of the new book.

kateordie:hairymouthfuls:Edward Gorey in his library.My...

kateordie:

hairymouthfuls:

Edward Gorey in his library.

My king.

Finally I understand the endgame goal for Warren Ellis' personal esthetics.

China Is Tied to Spying on European Diplomats

China Is Tied to Spying on European Diplomats:

The foreign ministries of five countries were reportedly breached by Chinese hackers using emails as bait.

It is a sign of the times that when I read this headline I felt a brief moment of confusion over the fact that it said China rather than U.S.

C’mon, China, keep up!

new-aesthetic:green data center | MISFITS’...

new-aesthetic:

green data center | MISFITS’ ARCHITECTURE

People, listen! Our world is being reshaped by these buildings, not by shopping malls, culture centres and opera houses – as architects might like to have us believe. Functional connectivity and function fields are just quaint ideas from the past. Finding new architectural representations for “can you bring me that file please, Miss Jones?” or “come over here and look, feel and buy this!” are concepts as outdated as Miss Jones bringing it...

As evening comes, the writer takes his leisure.

As evening comes, the writer takes his leisure.

David Simon: 'There are now two Americas. My country is a horror show'

David Simon: 'There are now two Americas. My country is a horror show':

It’s a long piece of political speech from a guy who knows how to write.

The takeaway: “…there’s always the brick.”

Spies’ Dragnet Reaches a Playing Field of Elves and Trolls

Spies’ Dragnet Reaches a Playing Field of Elves and Trolls:

American and British spies have infiltrated online fantasy games, fearing that militants could use them to communicate, move money or plot attacks, documents show.

There are so man levels upon which to be amused/horrified by this. Most of my horror continues to be evoked by the sheerbanalitythe Snowden documents continue to reveal within the NSA culture. ”…come hear Cory tell you why!” My mental vision of the US intelligence apparatus...

Hey Ken!

Meant to send this to you privately, but I messed something up so here it is out in the clear.

Sorry it’s taken me so long to get back to you. Thanks for thinking of me, but I’m not going to be able to join in. Two guys you might reach out to: Josh Stallings and Christopher Farnsworth. They both seem to always have new short stories looking for a home. Both wonderful writers.

Early 2014 resolution: More evenings like this.

Early 2014 resolution: More evenings like this.