Most people know of Nabokov from Lolita, a book bearing a title now synonymous with guileless jailbaiting teenage girls. Pale Fire was published after Lolita and hasn’t enjoyed its household word status, probably because it’s significantly more difficult to read and far less prurient. If you can successfully wade through his complicated narrative and strange … Book Review: Pale Fire
Saturday and Sunday were pretty busy for me, as it was Art All Night in Pittsburgh. I checked my “art” in (I goofed the process up a few times. Apparently I can’t follow simple written directions…) with Marcia and her husband Travis, came back to my place for some food, then hit up the actual … Art All Night All Done
I registered to be a part of Art All Night in the Lawrenceville neighborhood of Pittsburgh. I won’t go into details about what it is, but basically anyone can submit a piece of art for it. I don’t qualify as a real artist but I am passable at graphic design — I’ll be submitting a … Art All Night, Falling Out My Pants
Her Fearful Symmetry is the followup to unfortunately-surnamed Niffennegger’s The Time Traveler’s Wife (which, I have been told, is slightly more enjoyable and popular). The story revolves around twin sisters, Julia and Valentina, who inherit a flat in London, from a recently-deceased aunt’s. It’s located directly adjacent to the large, historic Highgate Cemetery, where their … Book Review: Her Fearful Symmetry
The Devil Wears Prada recently released the video for ‘Assistant to the Regional Manager’. I covered the video shoot for Noisecreep, so it was nice to see the finished product emerge. I only witnessed a fraction of the gruntwork, organization, and creativity that went into it, but I know that the entire videographic process is … The Devil’s Assistant
Tiffany Cooper, a good friend of mine and one half of the Hot Metal Studio duo, recently let loose with a blog post containing photos of the interview I did with Iwrestledabearonce and their set at Diesel in Pittsburgh’s South Side. I’m not super into photos of myself but she did a great job. One … Iinterviewedabearonce
I have a recent post over at Noisecreep on a video of a death metal version of Louis Armstrong’s “What A Wonderful World”. It’s probably one of the only pop standards I really like, especially the elegance of the lyrics (“elegance” in the sense but “brief but meaningful”). My favorite line is the “dark, sacred … Louis Armstrong Goes Death Metal
Come and see the place where he lay. -Matthew 28:6 I thought about writing another scripture-based story, like how I did with A Native’s Story, but the idea came to me about ten minutes ago and it’s already Easter. Maybe next year, if someone cares enough to remind me. EDIT on 4/5: My conscience/muse has … He Is Not Here
I’m interviewing Iwrestledabearonce tonight. Their new album is called It’s All Happening, and their vocalist may become a focus of furries if they get big enough. Do they know the convention is in Pittsburgh? Time is in front of my face and burning up quick. The ashes are getting in my eyes.
Dr. Alaniz’ Beyond Future Shock is a triple combo romance-sci-fi-war novel that takes place over the span of a few millennia, though most of it is in the 20th and 21st centuries. The amount of quality reading material is cut about 50-50 with some drek that required an editor’s literary filtering to make a less … Book Review: Beyond Future Shock
Head on over to Noisecreep to read the second post from my interview with Cory Brandan from Norma Jean, about his graphic design work. We met in a venue’s smoky side room with an unused bar. There was a flossing pick on the couch on which we sat. Not sure if it was also unused; … Norma Jean Interview, Part 2
It’s a boy. It was born with a switchblade in one hand, and in the other hand a slip of paper with your name and address on it.
Pastor Joe spoke about the many messiahs and he used the Powerpoint to his great advantage. There were many of them, splendidly arrayed in their dopey spiritual regalia. The slides flew by one after another like a disjointed flipbook of crazies. Later that day I dozed somewhere and dreamed of being at work, on 38. … The Sharp Hills
Maria Solheim’s “Train Underwater” slinks through the ear buds, introducing itself with a series of muddled swishes and string scrapes that barely step over into tonal territory; just before the simple, clean vocals and compressed low-end jabs. “At tiny ray of light sneaks up…” The Franktuary (formerly Hot Dogma) is on Oliver and 3rd. Reflecting … Listen and Learn