Reading this article about Midsomer Murders, I’m reminded of Neil Gaiman’s admonition to a letter writer that  George R.R. Martin is “not your bitch”. Bobbie and I have joked now and then about the whiteness of Midsomer, and it is a very artificial world that is portayed; somewhat of a bubble of 50’s country England, albeit with modern accouterments. Whatever you… Read more →
Seriously! Bad words never hurt anyone, and you don’t make reality go away by closing your eyes and ears (and other people’s mouths). Everybody fucks and shits and women have cunts. Interestingly, on The Daily Show last night, they replayed part of C-SPAN coverage from the Goldman Sachs interrogatories. “shitty” was bleeped out, but “crappy” and “crap” wasn’t. Oddly inconsistent,… Read more →
Bobbie just called me out to see a television piece on 9 news. The high school student who was involved in a school brawl has died. Apparently there have been organised fights, filmed and uploaded to YouTube, and talk of some sort of protest by students tomorrow over violence in the playground. The police media release is here, and there… Read more →
Bobbie just called me out to watch a segment on the news about the bushfire devastation in Marysville Victoria; it was pure disaster porn. The reporter went up to several survivors, who were obviously in shock, and asked them if they knew anyone who died, and how they felt about that – were they taking it badly… One of them… Read more →
The Stolen Earth – second last in Season 4, if I calculate correctly – screened last night. It was a fun romp and I enjoyed it as much as the rest of the new series, but something was missing. As I was watching it, I was wondering who the kid was with Sarah Jane, and what was the deal with… Read more →
I just came out from watching Hellboy 2 (which, by the way, I felt wasn’t as good as the first one). This however, is not a review but is instead a semblance of a mini-essay, or a rant, or a collection of semi-coherent and hopefully linked observations. As I watched the final act of the movie, it became more clear… Read more →
