Meddling

Here’s the clipping.  I’ll transcribe the text below for those who don’t feel like enlarging it to read (if you need to): Thus: Kung fu was no hit LONDON: A pub singer has been arrested on suspicion of promoting racism for singing the pop classic chart hit Kung Fu Fighting within earshot of two Chinese [...]

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Facepalm

I have not hitherto seen fit to pass comment on the Rebecca Black situation, but the urgings of an anxious nation have not fallen on deaf ears. So, then, definitively: Yes, the song is pretty vacuous. Yes, it’s also an interesting indictment of the current state of the industry and perhaps a meta-comment of some [...]

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Vexation and blame

The last two days have been something of an annoying roller-coaster for fans of the works of H.P. Lovecraft.  First it was announced that the long-awaited adaptation of HPL’s At the Mountains of Madness – considered by many to be his finest work – was to begin shooting in June.  Guillermo del Toro (Pan’s Labyrinth, [...]

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