AbeBooks' Weird Book Room
31.12.09
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Frozen trailer
Että joku on viitsinyt kirjoittaa tämän leffan ja vielä kuvata sen talviolosuhteissa. Respektiä.
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Nanofictionary
Nanofictionary by Looney Labs, is a story-telling game in three rounds. The first round involves the construction of the stories, in which players race to collect the four plot elements of setting, characters, problem, and resolution. In the next round, the players tell their stories. After that, the players vote on which were the best stories, with additional votes being added by judges on the sidelines.
4.12.09
3.12.09
puzzle-box murder mysteries
An interviewer once asked the elderly Agatha Christie how she got her her puzzle-box murder mysteries to hang together so elegantly. To paraphrase her: "first I write nine-tenths of the book. I put in lots of clues, and many suspects, and hapless detectives. But I don't know who did the deed! When I reach the nine-tenths point, I go back through the manuscript and make notes, until I know who the murderer is. I then go back again and take out all the contradictory clues — except for obvious red herrings — and write the climax, in which the killer is unmasked."
http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2009/12/its_a_crime.html
http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2009/12/its_a_crime.html
2.12.09
30.11.09
Kirjoituskuukauden päätös
Kirjoitin 19000 sanaa, mutta kirja venyi vain 13000 sanaa, koska keksin idean toiseen tarinaan ja kirjoitin välissä sitä. Yhteensä koossa 133000 sanaa ja doorstopper paria uudelleenkirjoitusta vaille valmis.
29.11.09
Why Do Fiction Publishers Get So Uptight About Self-Publishing?
So we have a paradox – in science, a set of fields that purport to rigorously seek truth and prize quality above anything else, self-publishing initiatives are going over with nary a whisper of criticism. In fact, if anything, such approaches are proliferating, and are being embraced by librarians, scholars, and researchers alike. Yet in commercial publishing of fiction (aka, made-up stories), there is a major backlash. Why Do Fiction Publishers Get So Uptight About Self-Publishing?
28.11.09
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12.11.09
Gaga + Melvins
Sain juuri vision. Laita Lady Gagan Bad Romance -video pyörimään volumet nollilla ja kuuntele samaan aikaan Melvinsin Laughing with Lucifer at Satan's Sideshow. Sopivasti ajoitettuna tanssit sopivat hauskasti yhteen.
11.11.09
10.11.09
Firework Drawings
"Pyrotechnics" Firework Drawings 2009 These large works on paper are made by exploding and containing live fireworks
9.11.09
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7.11.09
J.C. Hutchins - Personal Effects: Dark art
Personal Effect: Dark Art combines the experience of a traditional thriller novel with a multimedia-fueled “out of book” narrative. Clues in the novel — and items that come with the novel, such as ID cards and photos — propel readers into an online experience where they become protagonists themselves….* Call the phone numbers: You’ll get a character’s voicemail.
* Google the characters and institutions in the text: You’ll find real websites.
* Examine the art and other printed artifacts included inside the cover: If you pay attention, you’ll find more information than the characters themselves discover.
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Kansainvälinen varmuuskopiopäivä
Muista ottaa varmuuskopiot kaikista tärkeistä tiedostoistasi. Tee se tänään.
2.11.09
1.11.09
NaNoWriMo
Kirjoituskuukausi on alkanut. 2000 sanaa päivässä, määrä korvaa laadun, edellisen päivän tekstiä ei katsota, joulukuu on editointia varten.
www.nanowrimo.org
www.nanowrimo.org
29.10.09
Light novels
Light novels are a kind of popular literature, read purely for entertainment by non-demanding audiences, so the writing style utilized in them is adequate, very different from the one used for adult fiction. They frequently have very short paragraphs, containing 1-3 sentences and are dialogue-heavy. Writers also restrain the role of form in the literary work in order to contain a maximum amount of pure, concrete content. Light novel authors use literary minimalism, mainly to increase reading speed, so they can be read at a pace only slightly lower than when reading manga. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_novellight novel blog: ranobecafe.wordpress.com
28.10.09
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23.10.09
120k sanaa
Tilannekatsaus: 120k sanaa kirjaa kasassa, 100k oli 14.9. Hidasta tahtia, 500 sanaa per päivä.
Vielä 20k sanaa lisää, mutta editoinnin jälkeen 120-130k voi olla lähellä lopullista pituutta. Tavoitteena nyt: ensimmäinen versio valmiiksi Nanowrimon aikana.
Vielä 20k sanaa lisää, mutta editoinnin jälkeen 120-130k voi olla lähellä lopullista pituutta. Tavoitteena nyt: ensimmäinen versio valmiiksi Nanowrimon aikana.
22.10.09
CAPS LOCK DAY
BEST KNOWN FOR WRITING THE PERPETUALLY BOOK-REPORTED RED BADGE OF COURAGE, STEPHEN CRANE ALSO WROTE SOME PRETTY ALL CAPS POETRY. AND BY ALL CAPS, I MEAN LITERALLY ALL CAPS. CRANE'S COLLECTION OF POETRY, THE BLACK RIDERS AND OTHER LINES [1896], WAS ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN ALL CAPS, THOUGH LATER EDITIONS HAD NORMAL CAPS, WHICH SUCKS.
http://bmackie.blogspot.com/2009/04/brief-survey-of-all-caps-literature.html
http://bmackie.blogspot.com/2009/04/brief-survey-of-all-caps-literature.html
21.10.09
Absoluuttinen Nollapiste: Musta Hiekka
Nollapisteen uusin ilmestyi tänään. Arvio ensimmäisen kuuntelun jälkeen: ihan okei. Progempi kuin edellinen Iiris, mutta popimpi kuin sitä edellinen Mahlanjuoksuttaja.Liimatan sanoitukset eivät ole yhtä napakoita kuin aikaisemmin, ei löydy Pyhää Nynnyä tai Irene Kaktusta tältä. Loppuun katseltu kukkanen ja Elämä paristojen varassa piti kuunnella heti uudelleen, mutta harvassa alkavat kunnon sanasävelyhdistelmät olla.
Seuraavaa odotellessa.
20.10.09
Doctorow's Project: With a Little Help
Here's the pitch: the book is called With a Little Help. It's a short story collection, and like my last two collections, it's a book of reprints from various magazines and other places (with one exception, more about which later). Like my other collections, it will be available for free on the day it is released. And like my last collection, Overclocked, it won't have a traditional publisher.
http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6702526.html
http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6702526.html
19.10.09
Laser print on silver paper scrolled onto bolt with nut
Book Syntax: In Conversation with Sally Alatalowww.sararanchouse.com
2008; 2 2/4"x5/8"; 2"x17" unrolled; laser print on silver paper scrolled onto bolt with nut
17.10.09
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15.10.09
The Search for Philip K. Dick
Anne began work on her memoir, The Search for Philip K Dick, more than two decades ago, but until recently the book was only available in an extremely rare and pricey edition costing more than a hundred dollars. Now, given the ease of self-publishing, Anne has revised the book and made it easily available for the first time ever. Anne is currently publicizing the release of her revised memoir, a book that may allow many of Phil Dick's readers to discover anew that the author's most outlandish worlds were in fact inner landscapes.
http://io9.com/5352943/anne-dick-talks-about-the-search-for-philip-k-dick
http://io9.com/5352943/anne-dick-talks-about-the-search-for-philip-k-dick
13.10.09
12.10.09
Utagawa Hiroshige ja Vincent van Gogh
Utagawa Hiroshigen ukiyo-e (kuvia kelluvasta maailmasta) puupiirros ja Vincent van Goghin faniversio siitä.
Think of all the paintings van Gogh could have sold with social networking!
Think of all the paintings van Gogh could have sold with social networking!
8.10.09
Ern Malley
McAuley and Stewart, it turned out, had invented Ern and Ethel Malley out of thin air. They had written the whole of The Darkening Ecliptic in an afternoon, writing down the first thing that came into their heads, lifting words and phrases from the Concise Oxford Dictionary, a Collected Shakespeare and a Dictionary of Quotations: "We opened books at random, choosing a word or phrase haphazardly. We made lists of these and wove them in nonsensical sentences. We misquoted and made false allusions. We deliberately perpetrated bad verse, and selected awkward rhymes from a Ripman's Rhyming Dictionary."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ern_Malley
Ern Malley: The Darkening Ecliptic
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ern_Malley
Ern Malley: The Darkening Ecliptic
7.10.09
Godkiller
Pizzolo developed the concept of an illustrated film with his producing partner Brian Giberson, mixing elements of anime, radio drama, video games, and motion comics. Utilizing the original artwork from the comic book, the illustrated film adds motion animation, visual effects, elaborate sound design, music, and voice-acting performances.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godkiller_%28series%29
6.10.09
42 Essential 3rd Act Twists
Swords replace feelings.
dresdencodak.com/2009/05/11/42-essential-3rd-act-twists/
dresdencodak.com/2009/05/11/42-essential-3rd-act-twists/
5.10.09
Leverage: "Competence porn"
Ironically, this episode arrived just as we were collating feedback off the 'net and found, stunningly, you people love the briefing scenes. For we writers, it was always X pages of pipe we tried to make as entertaining as possible and move past to get into the plot. For the audience, watching competent people banter and plan was a big part of the appeal. "Competence porn" as we started calling it.
http://kfmonkey.blogspot.com/2009/08/leverage-204-fairy-godparents-job-post.html
http://kfmonkey.blogspot.com/2009/08/leverage-204-fairy-godparents-job-post.html
3.10.09
2.10.09
Warhammer 40k elokuvaksi
Ultramarines is a 70-minute sci-fi thriller that will use CGI and state-of-the-art animation production techniques. Games Workshop is delighted to be working with UK-based production company Codex Pictures, who have the momentous task of bringing the Warhammer 40,000 universe to the screen.
www.ultramarinesthemovie.com
www.ultramarinesthemovie.com
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24.9.09
Does absurdist literature make you smarter? Giraffe carpet cleaner, it does!
So it appears Viktor Frankl was right: Man is perpetually in search of meaning, and if a Kafkaesque work of literature seems strange on the surface, our brains amp up to dig deeper and discover its underlying design. Which, all things considered, is a hell of a lot better than waking up and discovering you've turned into a giant cockroach.
http://www.miller-mccune.com/news/this-is-your-brain-on-kafka-1474
http://www.miller-mccune.com/news/this-is-your-brain-on-kafka-1474
23.9.09
Genre Fiction Generator 2000
In a post-apocalyptic Aztec empire a young wisecracking mercenary stumbles across an alien artifact which spurs him into conflict with a megalomaniacal dictator
with the help of a leather-clad female in shades and her closet full of assault rifles
culminating in a cliffhanger for the sake of prompting a series
Your title is: The Blackmancers
Genre Fiction Generator 2000
with the help of a leather-clad female in shades and her closet full of assault rifles
culminating in a cliffhanger for the sake of prompting a series
Your title is: The Blackmancers
Genre Fiction Generator 2000
20.9.09
June and Jennifer Gibbons
June and Jennifer Gibbons (born April 11, 1963; Jennifer died in 1993), identical twins who grew up in Britain, are a curious case involving psychology and language.
When they were reunited, the two spent a couple of years isolating themselves in their bedroom, engaged in elaborate play with dolls. They created many plays and stories in a sort of soap opera style, reading some of them aloud on tape as gifts for their little sister. Inspired by a pair of gift diaries at Christmas 1979, they began their writing careers. They sent away for a mail order course in creative writing, and each wrote several novels.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_and_Jennifer_Gibbons
Ever since I first heard about their novels (The Pepsi-Cola Addict; The Pugilist and Discomania) they have fascinated me. Unfortunately they are virtually impossible to track down. Over the years I've ransacked second-hand bookshops and charity outlets in search of them but to no avail. Even the internet has drawn a blank - these books are cult-fictional gold-dust.
http://babylonwales.blogspot.com/2007/02/pepsi-cola-addict.html
When they were reunited, the two spent a couple of years isolating themselves in their bedroom, engaged in elaborate play with dolls. They created many plays and stories in a sort of soap opera style, reading some of them aloud on tape as gifts for their little sister. Inspired by a pair of gift diaries at Christmas 1979, they began their writing careers. They sent away for a mail order course in creative writing, and each wrote several novels.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_and_Jennifer_Gibbons
Ever since I first heard about their novels (The Pepsi-Cola Addict; The Pugilist and Discomania) they have fascinated me. Unfortunately they are virtually impossible to track down. Over the years I've ransacked second-hand bookshops and charity outlets in search of them but to no avail. Even the internet has drawn a blank - these books are cult-fictional gold-dust.
http://babylonwales.blogspot.com/2007/02/pepsi-cola-addict.html
19.9.09
The Jet-Propelled Couch
There also were a glossary of names and terms that ran to more than 100 pages; 82 full-color maps carefully drawn to scale, 23 of planetary bodies in four projections, 31 of land masses on these planets, 14 labeled “Kirk Allen’s Expedition to —,” the remainder of cities on the various planets; 161 architectural sketches and elevations, all carefully scaled and annotated; 12 genealogical tables; an 18-page description of the galactic system in which Kirk Allen’s home planet was contained, with four astronomical charts, one for each of the seasons, and nine star-maps of the skies from observatories on other planets in the system; a 200-page history of the empire Kirk Allen ruled, with a three-page table of dates and names of battles or outstanding historical events; a series of 44 folders containing from 2 to 20 pages apiece, each dealing with some aspect–social, economic, or scientific–of the planet over which Kirk Allen ruled. Finally, there were 306 drawings of people, animals, plants, insects, weapons, utensils, machines, articles of clothing, vehicles, instruments, and furniture.
The Jet-Propelled Couch: true story of a physicist who thought he was a science fiction hero on another planet
The Jet-Propelled Couch: true story of a physicist who thought he was a science fiction hero on another planet
18.9.09
StarShipSofa Stories Volume 1
StarShipSofa-podcastin valituista ääninovelleista koottu antologia.Ilmainen ebook tai print on demand Lulun tai Blurbin kautta.
16.9.09
Atom & His Package
Yhden miehen synthpunkyhtye.
"I'm Downright Amazed (At What I Can Destroy With Just a Hammer)"
"I'm Downright Amazed (At What I Can Destroy With Just a Hammer)"
15.9.09
Facts, Errors and Kindle
It would be impossible to quantify the extent of error in books—indeed, unhinged even to try. Suffice it to say that “Unfortunately, the work is marred by several factual mistakes” is probably the most frequently used sentence in book reviews. Every scholar has a list of his favourite printed bloopers, and even fans of “Harry Potter” can find many websites listing narrative inconsistencies in the works of J.K. Rowling. In 2001 an analysis of the physical-science textbooks most commonly used in American middle-schools found that they were riddled with errors.
http://moreintelligentlife.com/content/anthony-gottlieb/facts-errors-and-kindle
http://moreintelligentlife.com/content/anthony-gottlieb/facts-errors-and-kindle
14.9.09
13.9.09
House of Leaves
House of Leaves is the debut novel by the American author Mark Z. Danielewski, published by Pantheon Books. The novel quickly became a bestseller following its March 7, 2000 release, having already developed a cult following through gradual release over the Internet. It was followed by a companion piece, The Whalestoe Letters.One feature of some paperback editions of the book is that the cover of the book is slightly smaller than the pages themselves, causing the edges of the pages to peek out of the side of the black cover.
While characters are navigating claustrophobic labyrinthine sections of the house's interior, the text is densely, confusingly packed into small corners of each page; later, while a character is running desperately from an unseen enemy, there are only a few words on each page for almost 25 pages, causing the reader's pace to quicken as he flips page after page to learn what will happen next.
Continuing the ergodic nature of text-reflecting-tale, the chapter in which Navidson, Karen, and Reston hear a knocking from somewhere deep inside the house, a knocking patterned after the Morse code emergency signal SOS - three short, three long, three short - the text itself is broken into a similar pattern. The breaks are often arbitrary, sometimes even in mid-sentence, and done seemingly for the sole purpose of imitating the SOS signal.It has been noted that the font used for the narratives of different people is relevant. Johnny's font is Courier, Zampanò's font is Times, the Editors' font is Bookman, and Pelafina's font is Dante.
Throughout the entirety of House of Leaves (even including the cover and publishing information), the word house is colored blue (grey for non-color editions of the book and light grey for red editions)
12.9.09
Why He Will Not Read Your Fucking Script
So. I read the thing. And it hurt, man. It really hurt. I was dying to find something positive to say, and there was nothing. And the truth is, saying something positive about this thing would be the nastiest, meanest and most dishonest thing I could do. Because here's the thing: not only is it cruel to encourage the hopeless, but you cannot discourage a writer. If someone can talk you out of being a writer, you're not a writer. If I can talk you out of being a writer, I've done you a favor, because now you'll be free to pursue your real talent, whatever that may be. And, for the record, everybody has one. The lucky ones figure out what that is. The unlucky ones keep on writing shitty screenplays and asking me to read them. I will not read your fucking script.
11.9.09
Self Publishing 2.0: Viral Book Promotion
The funny thing is that I launched my viral book promotion blitz SIX YEARS AGO, in 2003! And over the last six years, around 200,000 people downloaded that poster, and I don’t know how many printed it. But it didn’t become “news” until September 1st, 2009, when Steve Leckart included a miniature image of the poster in a BoingBoing post about the collection of flowcharts on my website. And ironically, Steve’s original source for the story wasn’t my website at all, but another blog that had made pretty free with the graphics, though I can’t get too angry with them after the unexpected publicity.
Viral Book Promotion Is Eye Catching
Viral Book Promotion Is Eye Catching
10.9.09
Tulevaisuuden työelämä -kirjoituskilpailu
Tulevaisuuden työelämä -kirjoituskilpailu "Kerro oma näkemyksiesi siitä millaista on tulevaisuuden työelämä Suomessa vuonna 2030."
Olin juuri kirjoittamassa fantasianovellia avolouhoksella työskentelevistä orjista, pitäisiköhän lähettää se kilpailuun.
Olin juuri kirjoittamassa fantasianovellia avolouhoksella työskentelevistä orjista, pitäisiköhän lähettää se kilpailuun.
Archive Binge
At Archive Binge you can create a custom RSS news feed for a webcomic, which will take you through the archive, at a rate faster than the new comics update.
9.9.09
8.9.09
7.9.09
Uni-idis
Näin unta, että harvinaisia kirjoja myyvä antikvariaatti oli naamioitu kampaamoksi.
Koska silloin sisään tulee vain oikeita asiakkaita.
Unessa se tuntui jostain syystä toimivalta bisnesidealta.
Koska silloin sisään tulee vain oikeita asiakkaita.
Unessa se tuntui jostain syystä toimivalta bisnesidealta.
6.9.09
5.9.09
Cory Doctorow: Special Pleading
The Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom experiment really pissed people off. It was denounced as a breaking of ranks with authors as a class, and as a stunt that I could only afford because I had so little to lose, being such a nobody in the field with my handful of short story sales and my tiny print run — at least when compared to the big guys. Free samples were good news if no one had heard of you, but for successful writers, free downloads were poison.
Now, I'm too successful, someone whose name is so widely known that I am uniquely situated to benefit from open publishing, since the micro net-fame I enjoy provides the vital push necessary to wrest sales from freebies. Hilariously, some of the people who say this go back in time and revise history, claiming that I was only able to sell as many copies of Down and Out as I have over the years (nine printings and still selling great!) because I was such a big shot famous writer in 2003, on the strength of a dozen short story sales.
Cory Doctorow: Special Pleading
Now, I'm too successful, someone whose name is so widely known that I am uniquely situated to benefit from open publishing, since the micro net-fame I enjoy provides the vital push necessary to wrest sales from freebies. Hilariously, some of the people who say this go back in time and revise history, claiming that I was only able to sell as many copies of Down and Out as I have over the years (nine printings and still selling great!) because I was such a big shot famous writer in 2003, on the strength of a dozen short story sales.
Cory Doctorow: Special Pleading
3.9.09
Oulun Muusajuhlat 2009
Huutomerkki-kirjoittajayhdistyksen vuotuiset Muusajuhlat ovat menossa Oulussa nyt kuudetta kertaa.Ohjelmanumerot ovat aina hälläväliä-osastoa, mutta jos pari-kolme yllättävää runoa taikka laulua tulee vastaan niin sitä voi sanoa jo riehakkaaksi festariksi sanataiteen asteikolla.
2.9.09
Writing for a living: a joy or a chore?
Will Self: I even enjoy the mechanics of writing, the dull timpani of the typewriter keys, the making of notes – many notes – and most seducttive of all: the buying of stationery. That the transmogrification of my beautiful thoughts into a grossly imperfect prose is always the end result doesn't faze me: all novels are only a version- there is no Platonic ideal.
Writing for a living: a joy or a chore?
Writing for a living: a joy or a chore?
31.8.09
Good Books Don't Have to Be Hard
From a hieratic, hermetic art object the novel is blooming into something more casual and open: a literature of pleasure. The critics will have to catch up. This new breed of novel resists interpretation, but not the way the Modernists did. These books require a different set of tools, and a basic belief that plot and literary intelligence aren't mutually exclusive.
In fact the true postmodern novel is here, hiding in plain sight. We just haven't noticed it because we're looking in the wrong aisle. We were trained—by the Modernists, who else—to expect a literary revolution to be a revolution of the avant-garde: typographically altered, grammatically shattered, rhetorically obscure. Difficult, in a word. This is different. It's a revolution from below, up from the supermarket racks.
Good Books Don't Have to Be Hard
In fact the true postmodern novel is here, hiding in plain sight. We just haven't noticed it because we're looking in the wrong aisle. We were trained—by the Modernists, who else—to expect a literary revolution to be a revolution of the avant-garde: typographically altered, grammatically shattered, rhetorically obscure. Difficult, in a word. This is different. It's a revolution from below, up from the supermarket racks.
Good Books Don't Have to Be Hard
29.8.09
Clive Thompson on the New Literacy
We think of writing as either good or bad. What today's young people know is that knowing who you're writing for and why you're writing might be the most crucial factor of all.
Clive Thompson on the New Literacy
Clive Thompson on the New Literacy
28.8.09
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24.8.09
Grit
Some writers like to make a show of their struggle, thereby demonstrating just how great their own grit is. Perhaps the most famous among them was Gustave Flaubert, who wrote letter after letter to his mistress Louise Colet, groaning about the difficulties he encountered in composition: struggling all day over a paragraph, achieving no more than a single page after a full week at his desk.
My own preference is for those artists who try to make it all look easy. Maurice Ravel, who said that he got more for his art out of a few hours of joy than out of a month of suffering, is exemplary in this regard.
Blood, Sweat, and Words
My own preference is for those artists who try to make it all look easy. Maurice Ravel, who said that he got more for his art out of a few hours of joy than out of a month of suffering, is exemplary in this regard.
Blood, Sweat, and Words
23.8.09
22.8.09
Musiikkivideofestarit 2009 oma Top 3
Heikko yleistaso oli kisavideoissa tänäkin vuonna, mutta minusta parhaita kuvan ja musiikin yhdistelmiä olivat:
1. Déclassé - Days Of Confusion
2. Medeia - Cold Embrace
3. Eleanoora Rosenholm - Tammen varjossa
Löin vetoa, että valinnat eivät osu yksiin pumpelituomariston kanssa.
1. Déclassé - Days Of Confusion
2. Medeia - Cold Embrace
3. Eleanoora Rosenholm - Tammen varjossa
Löin vetoa, että valinnat eivät osu yksiin pumpelituomariston kanssa.
21.8.09
Teippi Tuomanen & Bombay Boys - Köyhät ja Rohkeat kohtaavat seikkailuja
Poiminta musavideofestareilta. Alkaa tyhjänpäiväisenä, mutta kumuloituu lopulta aika kummalliseksi keitokseksi.
20.8.09
Oulun Musiikkivideofestivaalit ja Oulun Taiteiden Yö
Se on taas Oulun Musiikkivideofestivaalien ja 
Oulun Taiteiden Yön aika.
Silmät punaisina musiikkivideoita ja korvat sinisinä runoutta.
Oulun Taiteiden Yön aika.Silmät punaisina musiikkivideoita ja korvat sinisinä runoutta.
19.8.09
Vuosiprojektin välikatsaus
Vuosiprojekti: julkaise 10 kirjaa tai ainakin hieman kirjaa muistuttavaa teosta. Seitsemän tehty, kolme jäljellä.
Teoksessa numero kahdeksan on nyt reilut 80k sanaa, mutta tarina vasta puolivälissä. Mammuttitauti iski, mutta editissä löysät pois.
Täytyy ehkä laskea kahdeksi kirjaksi, jos ei valmistu ennen NaNoWriMoa.
Kävi kuitenkin mielessä, että jos venytän trilogiaksi niin vuosiprojekti on kerralla purkissa. Ha.
Teoksessa numero kahdeksan on nyt reilut 80k sanaa, mutta tarina vasta puolivälissä. Mammuttitauti iski, mutta editissä löysät pois.
Täytyy ehkä laskea kahdeksi kirjaksi, jos ei valmistu ennen NaNoWriMoa.
Kävi kuitenkin mielessä, että jos venytän trilogiaksi niin vuosiprojekti on kerralla purkissa. Ha.
18.8.09
Why free ebooks should be part of the plot for writers
The internet's attention span is about five minutes, so unless the reader can do something affirmative to acquire the book within five minutes of being enticed by the ebook, there's a good chance they never will.
Why free ebooks should be part of the plot for writers
Why free ebooks should be part of the plot for writers
17.8.09
John Dies at the End
John Dies at the End is a comedic horror novel written by David Wong that was first published online as a webserial beginning in 2001, then as an edited manuscript in 2004 and printed paperback in 2007 via Permuted Press. An estimated 70 000 people read the free online versions before they were removed in September 2008. Thomas Dunne Books will publish the story with additional material as a trade paperback on September 29th, 2009Director Don Coscarelli announced in February 2008 he will direct a movie adaptation of the book.
16.8.09
15.8.09
Suomalaiset eivät koskaan anna periksi, minä annan aina periksi
Piti tehdä video juutuubiin, mutta annoin periksi.
Ergo Phizmiz
Ysäridancea ja Aphex Twiniä lelusoittimilla kuin Ahkerat Simpanssit.
Now That's What We Pump At The Party
Ergo Phizmiz & his Orchestra plays Aphex Twin
Now That's What We Pump At The Party
Ergo Phizmiz & his Orchestra plays Aphex Twin
14.8.09
Pilvikirjoittaminen
Kirja hajotetaan lauseiksi ja lauseet jaetaan satunnaisesti satunnaisille lukijoille korjattavaksi.
Bookoven.com
Bookoven.com
13.8.09
How to Handcraft an Achingly Self-Referential Virtual Commodity Fetish Object (For Fun and Profit!)
In this easy-to-follow seven-step Instructable, you will learn how to turn a weightless virtual commodity into a lovingly handmade piece of artisanal craftwork fated to collapse into its own meta-indexical core like the semiotic black hole it is.
How to Handcraft an Achingly Self-Referential Virtual Commodity Fetish Object (For Fun and Profit!)
How to Handcraft an Achingly Self-Referential Virtual Commodity Fetish Object (For Fun and Profit!)
Yle: Nick Cave ja Iain Banks ovat kumouksellisimmat sähkökirjailijat
Yle: Nick Cave ja Iain Banks ovat kumouksellisimmat sähkökirjailijat
Banksin Transition iTunesissa, Caven The Death of Bunny Munro iPhonelle.
Paulo Coelho on kumouksellinen muuten vaan jakaessaan mp3sia omista kirjoistaan ilmaisina käännöksinä useissa tiedostonjakosysteemeissä.
Banksin Transition iTunesissa, Caven The Death of Bunny Munro iPhonelle.
Paulo Coelho on kumouksellinen muuten vaan jakaessaan mp3sia omista kirjoistaan ilmaisina käännöksinä useissa tiedostonjakosysteemeissä.
12.8.09
Terra Incognita
Kevin J. Andersonin The Edge of The Worldiin on progebändi Roswell Six tehnyt soundtrack-albumin Terra Incognita: Beyond the Horizon, kirjailijan lyriikoilla. Retroprogelta kuulostaa.
In an innovative crossover project, Kevin and Rebecca have written the lyrics for all songs on a new CD with music by accomplished keyboardist/composer Erik Norlander (Rocket Scientists). Vocals by rock legends James LaBrie (DREAM THEATER), Michael Sadler (ex-SAGA), John Payne (ASIA Featuring John Payne), and Lana Lane (the Queen of Symphonic Rock). Performers include David Ragsdale (KANSAS), Gary Wehrkamp (SHADOW GALLERY), Kurt Barabas (AMARAN'S PLIGHT), Chris Brown (GHOST CIRCUS), Chris Quirarte (PRYMARY), and Mike Alvarez.
In an innovative crossover project, Kevin and Rebecca have written the lyrics for all songs on a new CD with music by accomplished keyboardist/composer Erik Norlander (Rocket Scientists). Vocals by rock legends James LaBrie (DREAM THEATER), Michael Sadler (ex-SAGA), John Payne (ASIA Featuring John Payne), and Lana Lane (the Queen of Symphonic Rock). Performers include David Ragsdale (KANSAS), Gary Wehrkamp (SHADOW GALLERY), Kurt Barabas (AMARAN'S PLIGHT), Chris Brown (GHOST CIRCUS), Chris Quirarte (PRYMARY), and Mike Alvarez.
Sketsi-idis: Navigaattorienkeli
Navigaattori sekoaa kesken automatkan. Naisilla on outo tunne siitä, että takapenkillä istuu joku. He pysähtyvät huoltoasemalle kahville ja katsovat ikkunasta parkkipaikalle. Auton takapenkillä istuu tumma hahmo. Kun he palaavat autoon, siellä ei ole ketään.
Esittely: mystinen hahmo on ilkeä enkeli, joka kiertää sotkemassa ihmisten navigaattoreita, hyppien huoltoasemilla autosta toiseen ja nauraen räkäisesti, kun ihmiset ajavat vääriin osoitteisiin.
Eräänä päivänä navigaattorienkeli sotkee Hannu Karpon navigaattorin. BIG MISTAKE. Karpo painaa kaasun pohjaan ja navigaattorienkeli on jumissa autossa, koska Karpo ei pysähdy huoltoasemille, koska sellainen on Karpo. Karpo huutaa mielipuolisesti, ajaa väärällä kaistalla ja laittaa Veikko Lavin soimaan.
Navigaattorienkeli kiljuu kauhusta ja yrittää ohjata Karpon umpikujaan sotkemalla navigaattorin ohjeet, mutta Karpo ei seuraa navigaattoria, koska sellainen on Karpo. Poliisit ajavat perässä, mutta Karpo kiihdyttää karkuun kuin Lost Highwayn lopussa. Lopulta Karpo saapuu satamaan, ajaa auton laiturilta mereen ja hyppää ulos juuri ennen reunaa. Navigaattorienkeli painuu auton mukana pohjaan kirouksia ladellen.
Karpo seisoo laiturilla, tuijottaa uppoavaa autoa ja toteaa: "Jos rottaa potkasee, se yrittää purra."
Esittely: mystinen hahmo on ilkeä enkeli, joka kiertää sotkemassa ihmisten navigaattoreita, hyppien huoltoasemilla autosta toiseen ja nauraen räkäisesti, kun ihmiset ajavat vääriin osoitteisiin.
Eräänä päivänä navigaattorienkeli sotkee Hannu Karpon navigaattorin. BIG MISTAKE. Karpo painaa kaasun pohjaan ja navigaattorienkeli on jumissa autossa, koska Karpo ei pysähdy huoltoasemille, koska sellainen on Karpo. Karpo huutaa mielipuolisesti, ajaa väärällä kaistalla ja laittaa Veikko Lavin soimaan.
Navigaattorienkeli kiljuu kauhusta ja yrittää ohjata Karpon umpikujaan sotkemalla navigaattorin ohjeet, mutta Karpo ei seuraa navigaattoria, koska sellainen on Karpo. Poliisit ajavat perässä, mutta Karpo kiihdyttää karkuun kuin Lost Highwayn lopussa. Lopulta Karpo saapuu satamaan, ajaa auton laiturilta mereen ja hyppää ulos juuri ennen reunaa. Navigaattorienkeli painuu auton mukana pohjaan kirouksia ladellen.
Karpo seisoo laiturilla, tuijottaa uppoavaa autoa ja toteaa: "Jos rottaa potkasee, se yrittää purra."
11.8.09
10.8.09
Kirja-arvostelu: This Is Me, Jack Vance!
Jack Vance: This Is Me, Jack Vance! (Or, More Properly, This Is "I")Subterranean Press 2009, 200 sivua.
I went to visit him at his house, rang the door. He opened the door, looked at me with a look of mild inquiry--but evidently no recognition--on his face.
"I'm Jack," I said awkwardly. "We were neighbours on Ibiza."
"Oh, yes," he said. "That was a long time ago. Well, it was nice to have seen you again. Goodbye."
And that was that.
(sivulta 110)
Jack Vance on ollut käytännössä sokea vuosikymmeniä ja kirjoittanut monet parhaista teoksistaan tietokoneella, joka näyttää vain 10 sanaa kerrallaan tai kuuntelemalla tekstiään puhesyntetisaattorin robottiäänellä. Tämän luultavasti (ja murheellisesti) viimeiseksi jäävän muistelmateoksensa 98-vuotias Vance on sanellut avustajalleen Jeremy Cavaterralle.
Vance on aina vältellyt julkisuutta, eikä etäisen itseironisista muistelmistakaan voi sensaatiomaisia paljastuksia tai suuria tunnepurkauksia odottaa. Muistelmat keskittyvät matkailuun, vanhan jazzin kehumiseen ja kauan sitten lopettaneiden ravintoloiden arvosteluihin, joten teosta ei voi suoranaisesti suositella muille kuin Vancen faneille. Kirjassa toki vilahtaa monia scifikirjailijoita kuten Frank Herbert ja Poul Anderson, mutta Vance muistelee heitä lähinnä apureinaan veneenrakennuksessa.
Sivuilta hyppää kuitenkin jatkuvasti esiin todellisia tapahtumia, jotka ovat kuin arkisempia toisintoja kohtauksista Vancen fiktiossa. Vanhan kartanon purkutyö ja asuntolaivan rakennus, seikkailut kauppalaivastossa ja pikavierailut vieraissa kulttuureissa, etäiset kaunottaret ja eksentriset akateemikot... pieniä jyviä, joita Vance on käyttänyt hyväkseen rakentaessaan fantastisia maailmoja päässään kuin The Eyes of the Overworldin henkilöt katsellessaan ylimaailmaa violettien linssien läpi (tai kuin hipit psykedeelisten lasien läpi Vancen syntymäkaupungissa San Franciscossa).
Mutta siinä missä fiktiossa jännite kiristyisi, muistelmissa tapahtumat ottavat varaslähtöjä ja päättyvät ilman punchlinea. Arkielämä on täynnä varaslähtöjä ja äkkipysähdyksiä, joten muistelmat ovat karusti sen mukaiset.
Oikeastaan Vancen fiktiokin on täynnä varaslähtöjä ja äkkipysäyksiä, nyt kun tarkemmin ajattelen. Cugelin tavalla liueta viekkaasti paikalta tai tarttua tilaisuuksiin näyttää olevan paljon yhteistä siinä miten Vance esimerkiksi huijaa itsensä sisään kauppalaivastoon opettelemalla näkötestin ulkoa tai hankkii yliolkaisesti työpaikan ja potkut ensimmäisenä työpäivänä kerta toisensa jälkeen.
Kirjoitustyöstä Vance kertoo vasta lyhyesti lopussa, mutta tietysti yksityiskohtiin menemättä ja enemmän kysymyksiä jättäen kuin vastauksia toimittaen. Kotonaan hän kirjoitti erivärisillä musteilla ja matkoilla mustalla kirjoitusalusta sylissään (viime vuonna kuollut Norma-vaimo kirjoitti tekstit puhtaaksi), mutta hitaan sokeutumisen vuoksi hän hyppäsi kirjoituskoneiden yli suoraan tietokoneisiin.
Vance on minulle Ozric Tentaclesin kirjallinen vastine, joten runsaat maininnat musiikista tuntuvat luontevilta. Tekstin pitää swingata ja nimien täytyy kuulostaa miellyttäviltä korvissa.
Lisävihje ehkä sekin, että Vance opiskeli nuoruudessaan Japania ja ihailee japanilaisten kaunista kirjoitustapaa. Vancen pyrkimyksessä luoda koristeellisia kokonaisuuksia on samaa huolellisuutta kuin japanilaisten kirjoitusmerkkien siroissa siveltimenvedoissa. Vaikka kirjoittaisi pulppia tai soittaisi tuhannetta kertaa samaa reggaekomppia, sen voi aina tehdä tyylillä tai ainakin jättää jälkeensä tyylikkyyden vaikutelman.
Kirjan lopussa on myös pieni kokoelma mustavalkokuvia perheen maailmanympärimatkoilta.
Lisälukemiseksi kirjan oheen sopii David B. Williamsin Biographical Sketch:
Part 1
Part 2
8.8.09
Snacks and Shit
This blog is about rap and hip-hop lyrics that are absolutely absurd, ludicrous, nonsensical, ridiculous, basic, basically stupid, basically bad, basically basic, or preposterous.
snacksandshit and other ridiculous rap lyrics.
"R.I.P. to my motherfuckin' mother."
- Z-Ro, Mo City Don
Priest: "Does anyone want to say anything about the dearly departed?"
Z-Ro "Fuck, yeah. I do."
Priest: "No, not you Z-Ro."
Filed under: Worst eulogizer ever / unnecessary swearing
snacksandshit and other ridiculous rap lyrics.
"R.I.P. to my motherfuckin' mother."
- Z-Ro, Mo City Don
Priest: "Does anyone want to say anything about the dearly departed?"
Z-Ro "Fuck, yeah. I do."
Priest: "No, not you Z-Ro."
Filed under: Worst eulogizer ever / unnecessary swearing
Sekalaista, musiikki
Näin unta, että Glenn Danzig nukkui sohvalla harmaassa verkka-asussa. Kysyin, että onko uutta levyä tekemässä. Glenn oli että "I dunno" ja pomppi yhdellä jalalla vessaan.
Oikeasti taitaa olla tekemässä uutta levyä.
Melvinsiltä tulossa remix-albumi Chicken Switch. Yhden kappaleen sijaan remiksaajille on annettu kokonainen Melvins-albumi lähdemateriaaliksi. Viimeisimmät levyt eivät ole olleet mitään maata kaatavia, yksittäisiä hyviä biisejä kyllä. Melvinsin Atlantic-ajan levyt Houdini, Stoner Witch ja Stag ovat parasta.
Aural Vampiren seuraavaa levyä odotan, paras naisvokalisti sitten Jun Togawan
Oikeasti taitaa olla tekemässä uutta levyä.
Melvinsiltä tulossa remix-albumi Chicken Switch. Yhden kappaleen sijaan remiksaajille on annettu kokonainen Melvins-albumi lähdemateriaaliksi. Viimeisimmät levyt eivät ole olleet mitään maata kaatavia, yksittäisiä hyviä biisejä kyllä. Melvinsin Atlantic-ajan levyt Houdini, Stoner Witch ja Stag ovat parasta.Aural Vampiren seuraavaa levyä odotan, paras naisvokalisti sitten Jun Togawan
7.8.09
6.8.09
Newsweek's Top 100 Books: The Meta-List
Declaring the best book ever written is tricky business. Who's to say what the best is? We went one step further: we crunched the numbers from 10 top books lists (Modern Library, the New York Public Library, St. John's College reading list, Oprah's, and more) to come up with The Top 100 Books of All Time.
Newsweek's Top 100 Books: The Meta-List
Newsweek's Top 100 Books: The Meta-List
5.8.09
LOLcat Wasteland - im in ur handfull of dust, showing ur fear.
TS Eliot’s the wasteland, rewritten in the LOLCat
1. IM IN UR WASTELAND BURYING UR DEAD
april hates u, makes lilacs, u no can has. (1)
april in ur memoriez, making ur desire.
spring rain in ur dull rootzes.
earth in ur winter, covered in snow
can has potato. PO-TA-TO.
INVISIBLE SUMMER! RAININGZES!
im in ur hofgarden, drinking ur coffeez.
1. IM IN UR WASTELAND BURYING UR DEAD
april hates u, makes lilacs, u no can has. (1)
april in ur memoriez, making ur desire.
spring rain in ur dull rootzes.
earth in ur winter, covered in snow
can has potato. PO-TA-TO.
INVISIBLE SUMMER! RAININGZES!
im in ur hofgarden, drinking ur coffeez.
4.8.09
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1.8.09
Big Lebowski
30.7.09
29.7.09
Ransom Stephens
The only thing that keeps self-publishing from overwhelming the industry is the “vanity press” stigma; a stigma that is reinforced by both the publishing industry and by writers. I think this is great irony! Writers, generally a rebellious, independent-thinking group truly value whether or not a massive corporation has blessed their work – weird.
Ransom Stephens on The God Patent and the Future of Publishing
Ransom Stephens on The God Patent and the Future of Publishing
26.7.09
Zen Pulp
Matt Zoller Seitzin viisiosainen videoessee Michael Mannin tuotannosta. Collateral ja Miami Vice.
Zen Pulp, Pt 1
Zen Pulp, Pt 2
Zen Pulp, Pt 3
Zen Pulp, Pt 4
Zen Pulp, Pt 5
I don't believe in lifetime subscriptions.
Zen Pulp, Pt 1
Zen Pulp, Pt 2
Zen Pulp, Pt 3
Zen Pulp, Pt 4
Zen Pulp, Pt 5
I don't believe in lifetime subscriptions.
24.7.09
Gangstafiktiota - gettofiktiota - katukirjoja
Improvisoidusta oraalisesta tarinankerronnasta luku- ja kirjoitustaitoon.WP: Urban fiction
streetfiction.org
,said the shotgun to the head.Väärän värinen kansikuva
Valkoinen tyttö kannessa, vaikka kirja kertoo mustasta tytöstä, koska valkoisuus kuulemma myy.There is, in fact, a large audience for “black books” but they weren’t discovered until African American authors started self-publishing and selling their books on the subway and on the street and directly into schools. And, yet, the publishing industry still doesn’t seem to get it. Perhaps the whole “black books don’t sell” thing is a self-fulfilling prophecy?
http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2009/07/23/aint-that-a-shame/
23.7.09
22.7.09
Qstock ja Naamat
Films that might get made
Deadline: Postman, Ewan Mcgregor, is the last but one man on Earth and about to face his toughest assignment yet; deliver a package to the last man on Earth (Mel Gibson) before a deadly virus wipes out all mankind.
Rock-E: In the distant future, Rocky Balboa is more machine than man and he's the last boxer on Earth. Who will fight him? Nobody.
Batteries Feel Included
Rock-E: In the distant future, Rocky Balboa is more machine than man and he's the last boxer on Earth. Who will fight him? Nobody.
Batteries Feel Included
21.7.09
Interfictions 2
Interfictions 2: a New Anthology of Interstitial Writing, edited by Delia Sherman & Christopher Barzak.interstitial art: literature, music, visual and performance art found in between categories and genres — art that crosses borders.
Borne on the wind, Interstitial Art is incredibly hard to explain and define, precisely because it’s all about the indefinable, the ever-shifting borders that current commerce and current public fashion force upon the distribution and consumption of that most intangible of “products,” creative art.
This drives some people crazy. They want rules, clear definitions — to be a real movement with recognized leaders… but that’s the antithesis of life and work on the border.
http://www.interstitialarts.org/wordpress/?page_id=8
20.7.09
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