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The meanest letter I ever received
The other day I found the meanest letter I’d ever received. It was dated February 1995. I dug it out of the basement by accident, where it had been lost in the wrong box; I’d given up on it years ago, and wasn’t looking for it this time. Reading it I was paralyzed by the…
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VHS Nostalgia, Part I
I don’t think you all realize how good tapes were. You’d have a tape. Big, wodgy thing. The size of a book, made of licorice. Inevitably noisy — predetermined to clatter, especially if you dropped one, which, don’t worry, they were basically indestructible, until they weren’t. The machines that handled them were noisy too: sound…
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Pitching woo at DOOM PATROL
Doom Patrol got me through* the pandemic — along with all the other things that got me through the pandemic. Roll20. Pumpkin enzyme face masks. Ten years’ worth of whiskey. “Downtime” for iOS. But yeah. Doom Patrol. *it’s not over
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Death and transformation at the Toronto International Film Festival
At some point during the 45th Toronto International Film Festival (our first hybrid digital/live event, and the latest in a stream of such styles of festival that will likely be the industry-dominant model for the foreseeable future), we passed the six month mark of Toronto’s pandemic isolation.
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Fury Road update #10
Some words about the death of Chadwick Boseman in this month’s update that is (at least theoretically) still about the book. Read more
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Resources, donation links, actions you can take
Sharing some of the resources I’ve collected in the past ten days. Wherever possible I’ve credited the creator of the resource. For donation links, I have made an effort to personally vet. I will continue to update these lists.
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The New World: Some Resources
When I wrote my most recent Kickstarter update I was slightly horrified to realize I… missed blogging? Except blogging doesn’t quite feel like the same thing as whatever that was. Maybe I ought to start a newsletter, Kelly Sue style. In the meantime:
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The Cinema of Survival: Mad Max Fury Road is available for order
I wrote a book. Now you can pre-order it. Final update is posted! All regular editions have been sold!