Good ideas are often very simple.
A good classic ghost story, a simple video set-up, and a whispering voice…
Enjoy!
Category Archives: Media
Nineveh!
Two for the price of one…
I just found out this piece of music, which works great as an ideal part of a soundtrack for my Acueleo & Amunet stories.
And the video serves as research for my next story, currently being outlined.
The next Aculeo & Amunet story will be called All the Roads to Nineveh, and despite an echo of Zelazny, the title comes from an observation from my editrix, Marina (Thanks! 😉 )
In the meantime, enjoy the music!
The Adventures of Jane
Today’s media-related post requires a little bit of introduction.
Jane‘s Journal, Or the Diary of a Bright Young Thing was a pretty risque British comic strip in the thirties, designed by Norman Pett.
Basically, stories about an ingenue that would be shown as often as possible in her underwear.
The author used his wife as a model for the character.
But, with the Second World War, Jane took a more active role in the conflict, and was now based on Crystabel Leighton-Porter (who would later reprise the role, live, for a quite popular… strip show). Continue reading
Swordfighting done right
Saw this again last night and…
OK, you judge for yourself.
Danny Kaye, in The Court Jester, 1955.
Raiders from 1981
PBS on Raiders of the Lost Ark, 1981.
The overall quality is very low, but the content is gold.
Just what I needed upon learmning that the Cult of the Rat God just acquired the rights to the Indiana Jones franchise (shudder).
Related articles
- Paramount gives Disney control of “Indiana Jones” franchise (panarmenian.net)
- Disney Gets Full Rights To Future ‘Indiana Jones’ Pics In Deal With Paramount (deadline.com)
- Disney secures rights for future ‘Indiana Jones’ films (reuters.com)
- Disney Gains Control of INDIANA JONES Franchise! (geektyrant.com)
Traveling without money
A mixed post today – both book review and media-rich.
Now, How to Travel the World for Free has nothing to do with the Silk Road or with pulp fiction, or fantasy – but it has a lot to do with travel.
That, and it being a good, fun read, are enough for me to point it out.
In a nutshell: German journalist Michael Wigge wanted to visit Antarctica, but did not feel like spending 15.000 dollars in tickets.
So he planned for one full year a long trip – through Europe, North and South America.
A trip he would make without money.
The book details his adventures on the road, and despite the title this is not a how-to book.
It does provide a lot of information, but it is still a travelogue at heart.
It’s a fast read, and highly entertaining.
For more details, let’s hear from the author himself (don’t be distracted by gorgeous Katy Perry)
Related articles
- How To Prepare Adequately For Extended Travel (pariislandnewscenter.wordpress.com)
- How to Save Money to Travel the World (1stforeverything.wordpress.com)
- My travel confessions (ontheluce.com)
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