Blinks
Monday, 22 October, 2007
- MadeIt: Aussie version of Etsy (via Di);
- Hope Street Markets: Markets where young designers sell their stuff. The next one is at the beginning of February;
- Wade Robson's official site: Includes video of his work on So You Think You Can Dance?—my favourites being:
- Ramalama (with the zombies);
- Sexy Back;
- Vagabond Cabaret;
- The Hummingbird and the Flower.
- Jackyll & hide: Knitty surprise pattern just in time for Halloween;
- The Dark Crystal prequel manga (and they also have a Labyrinth sequel. Here's me desperately hoping it does not suck!);
- Sentences: (via Greg) which contains this illuminating piece of advice:
When the “means” of art, its various instruments, become detached from the human world of moral action and spiritual meaning, the damage they can do is beyond estimation. And yet the world is also full of people who, in their eagerness to tell the truth they see, ignore those instruments or employ them carelessly. It's vital to attend to the world as it is, refusing to don the armor of aestheticism; it's vital to use the “means” with the utmost skill and care, to be as vivid and elegant as possible. This is why writing is hard.
- Red Room DVD: Get your DVD from an ATM-like machine 24/7;
- Neil Gaiman on fairy tales for adults in The Guardian (via Neil and also read his post to see how it was edited down). My favourite bit is where he writes,
Shortly after it was published, I wound up defending it to a journalist who had loved my previous novel, Neverwhere, particularly its social allegories. He had turned Stardust upside down and shaken it, looking for social allegories, and found absolutely nothing of any good purpose.
“What's it for?” he had asked, which is not a question you expect to be asked when you write fiction for a living.
“It's a fairytale,” I told him. “It's like an ice cream. It's to make you feel happy when you finish it.”
Current:
Bible: Isaiah (ESV) 28/09/2010
seen: Tropic Thunder 26/09/2010
seen: The Life of Mammals 24/09/2010
seen: What a Girl Wants 19/09/2010
seen: Jerry Maguire 19/09/2010
seen: The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 06/09/2010
seen: Tomorrow Never Dies 05/09/2010
seen: Nanny McPhee 28/08/2010
read: Mercury (Hope Larson) 27/08/2010
read: Spellcheckers Vol 1 (Jamie S Rich, Nicolas Hitori de, Joelle Jones) 16/08/2010
read: Solipsistic Pop Vol 2 (Solipsistic Pop) 16/08/2010
read: Chiggers (Hope Larson) 15/08/2010
seen: Josie and the Pussycats 14/08/2010
seen: Mr & Mrs Smith 14/08/2010
seen: Step Up 2 13/08/2010
Blinks:
How to recalibrate the home button on your iPhone.
Unsolicited manuscripts accepted by Pan Macmillan with certain conditions.
Thought Balloon is a group blog in which the writers tackle a new theme every week? month? with one-page scripts. This URL is for their Phonogram ones.
How to sew a zipper on a knitted garment.
Issues organised by tale.
Online magazine that publishes fairy tales that are not reworkings of old tales.
Journal that publishes fairy tale writing.
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Thanks for the Made it link…very helpful for charting the new sexy crafter across the world…
Just a quick note: The Labyrinth sequel manga is so very much not worth the time unfortunately. It’s about Toby, the script is basically a re-hash of the best bits from the film and the plot is extremely weak. I’ve only read the first in the series but I’m very much not bothering with the others. From someone who owns two copies of the film, two copies of the soundtrack, the screenplay, the novella based on the movie and Froud’s Goblin Book…. I may eb being too hard on it but I was uninspired by it. Just thought you’d like to know. ;p
Oh - I have one of those DVD stores round the corner from me called DVD Lounge. It is SO cool. In some ways, it doesn’t matter what DVD you get because the process is so interesting.
Rates are really cheap (only $1 for anything on Tuesdays!). Also you get to watch previews in cool futuristic looking pods.
If you find a free night to come round, we can go there and rent something.