Archive for March, 2007
Perils of Translation
Economist Steve Levitt is an economist and author of Freakonomics, a bestseller in the U.S. and in the process of being published in myriad countries and languages all over the world. From his recent post Levit and Dabner?.
The second thing I noticed is that it was written by Stiven D. Levit and Stiven Dz. Dabner. […]
Rest in Peace, Skidboot, Good Boy
It is with great sadness that we learn the remarkable Skidboot has died.
Houston Chronicle: Skidboot, a working ranch dog and celebrity, dies at 14
This American Life, Now with 100% More Visuals
As the NY Times reports, Ira Glass has taken his popular public radio show ‘This American Life,’ fancied it up with some moving pictures and sold it to Show Time, so no one like me will ever see it. :-(
The good ole radio show is available for free online, with archives. My personal favorite, Kevin […]
The poet Derek Walcott on NPR
Derek Walcott has been one of my favorite poets for a very long time. This was only confirmed when I saw Walcott speak at the Margaret Brown Root reading series some years ago. His reading of his poems is at once the most elegant and most natural I’ve ever heard. Audio on the NPR website. […]
Now with 110% More Twittering
Once again my best laid plans to attend SXSW Interactive festival were foiled, this time by some gaping research holes in my appellate brief for my Legal Research & Writing class. Ah, the joys of lawstudentdom.
I hear Twitter was all the rage, however, and have consoled myself in its willing arms. As updating your status […]
French Beat Box: Joseph de la Nouvelle Star 2007
Czech Filmmaker Jan Svankmajer Retrospective in Wired Magazine
Jason Silverman has a great article on the great Czech animator and filmmaker Jan Svankmajer in yesterday’s Wired - The Best Auteur You Never Saw. (photos)Is he as unknown as Silverman seems to think? I suppose. When I was there Emerson’s film program had an exchange program in Prague. The connection made Czech filmmakers […]
New Yorker, Adventures in film narrative past and present
In this upcoming New Yorker, David Denby has an interesting in-depth article on the use of time in film narrative, covering the recent popularity of non-traditional narrative structures and some of the significant events in film history. Very comprehensive and a great read.
The New Yorker: The New Disorder: Adventures in film narrative.