In Poetry’s Defense
Letter of Philip Sidney, New Year’s Day, 1578
Thu, December 23 2010 » Poetry » No Comments
Notes on Kanye West and…Fleetwood Mac
What Kanye West’s new set of songs remind me most of–and this might be highly idiosyncratic on my part–is Fleetwood Mac’s 1979 classic album, Tusk. Easily their best in my opinion. It blends together the manicness of Lindsey Buckingham’s jangling pace and spooling intricacies with the serene, ethereal harmonies of Christie and Stevie. For Kanye, [...]
Sat, December 11 2010 » Music » No Comments
free story: Taiga, Taiga, Burning Bright
In the spirit of the season-well, kind of-I’ve put up on my site the closest thing that I’ve ever written to a Christmas story. Well, sort of. “Taiga, Taiga, Burning Bright” originally appeared in the great anthology Bandersnatch. Enjoy.
Tue, December 7 2010 » Fiction » No Comments
MMORPG Eschatology
What happens when a shared world dies? Witness the quiet, strange, unsettling end of The Matrix MMORPG. A grand finale was planned where all online players were to be crushed, however due to a server glitch, most players were disconnected before the final blow came. What had been envisioned as a last hurrah transpired as [...]
Thu, December 2 2010 » Games » No Comments
