Lathed vs. Laved
The Smart Bitches beg us all, “FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT IS TURGID, STOP USING THE WORD LATHE” because it’s “NOT SOMETHING ANY MAN WANTS DONE TO HIS MANJUNK.” They have woodworking videos, too.
Carol
Carol Borden was editor of and a writer for the Toronto International Film Festival’s official Midnight Madness and Vanguard program blogs. She is currently an editor at and evil overlord for The Cultural Gutter, a website dedicated to thoughtful writing about disreputable art. She has written for Mezzanotte, Teleport City, Die Danger Die Die Kill, Popshifter and she has a bunch of short stories published by Fox Spirit Books including: Godzilla detective fiction, femme fatale mermaids, an adventurous translator/poet, and an x-ray tech having a bad day. Read and listen to her other shenanigans at Monstrous Industry. For her particular take on gutter culture, check out, “In the Sewer with the Alligators.”
Alan Moore Knows The Score
“It’s nice to hear all the old songs, isn’t it?”–the Devil, The Black Rider I was surprised to hear the old songs in Alan Moore and Kevin O’Neill’s The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Century: 1910 (Top Shelf, 2009). I probably shouldn’t have been. The chapter title, “What Keeps […]
NYAFF 2009 Video
Sad you couldn’t make the New York Asian Film Festival this year with all its pink films, Minoru Kawasaki and Wai Ka-Fai? It’s time to do something about it. Something sedentary, like watch the Q&A and festival fun from the comfort of your sofa or at your desk.
NYAFF 2009 and Hypnotic Escapism
The New York Asian Film Festival wants to help you escape joblessness, global pandemics and despair. Why don’t you let it? (Info here).
45 Ways of Looking at the Mario Bros.
The Design Inspiration collects 45 portraits of the Mushroom Kingdom’s favorite heroes, Mario and Luigi.
Yuen Woo-Ping’s True Legend
Beggar So is back, laying out some drunken style justice. And this time he’s Chiu Man-Chuk (aka, Vincent Zhao Wen-Zhou) in Yuen Woo-Ping’s True Legend. Wanna look?
The Cultural Gutter 