Thursday, March 31, 2011
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Oh look, a new movie about Agatha Christie's Miss Marple... STARRING JENNIFER GARNER?????
In an apparent effort to make Jane Marple younger and less of a singleton, news has emerged that Disney is recasting the quintessentially English crime fighter as an attractive American in her 30s....
(Recommended Review) 1,000 MISSPENT HOURS ponders 'MANOS' THE HANDS OF FATE as outsider art...
I no longer remember where or when I first encountered the phrase “outsider art,” but given my tastes, it quickly became a very useful addition to my conceptual toolkit. Also known as intuitive art, visionary art, naïve art, and an inevitable constellation of borrowed French terminology, outsider art is exactly what it sounds like: art created by people operating in deep isolation from the mainstream of their chosen field. Outsider artists have little or no formal training, receive little or no support from the culture industries, and enjoy little or no prospect of achieving financial prosperity or critical approbation through their work (unless they’re dead, of course— then the critics start fawning and the sales to galleries and well-heeled private collectors commence). They may use improvised media, strange techniques of their own devising, or subject matter so particular to their own psyches as to be nearly (or indeed completely) incomprehensible to anyone else. Not infrequently, outsider artists are markedly eccentric if not downright crazy...
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And be sure to spend some time perusing 1,000 MISSPENT HOURS, it is a fun and well written site.
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Do I count as an 'Outsider Artist'?
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
THE HORROR DIGEST talks about one of my favorite films - BASKET CASE!!!
I really had no clue though that Basket Case was about separated siamese twins. Actually, I had no clue about anything happening in Basket Case at all. Funny? Bloody? Ridiculous? All of the above---and all this time I thought it was just about some monster stuck in a basket....
Monday, March 28, 2011
Don't forget to keep circulating the blog!
(Recommended Reads) THE WELL by Kari Fay
The city was renowned for its beauty. It was said that no man could leave it without weeping, for its magnificence would be so burned upon his heart that he would never be able to appreciate any lesser sight.
The buildings were made of sparkling white stone, with soaring columns and stained glass windows that gleamed like jewels. They stood upon wide, straight streets, avenues lined with green trees, and on spacious, elegant courtyards. Statues and sculptures adorned the city; wherever you turned you would see another awe-inspiring piece of art.
Except in one courtyard...