Adding Up to 9
Tim Burton + Timur Bekmambetov + Shane Acker = 9. (thanks, boyo!)
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.”
Interview with Gail Simone
“I’m not interested in perfection, and I don’t think the readers are, either.” Gail Simone talks Wonder Woman, Hollywood, feminism and LGBT characters with After Ellen.
Kung Fu Singing
Learn Kung Fu the Connie Chan way, covertly in a seemingly harmless rendition of the solfège classic “Do Re Mi” from The Sound of Music. Translation just below the player.
Bohemian Computers
Old computer parts play a remarkably affecting “Bohemian Rhapsody.” You can even watch them do it. And why not click through to old computer parts playing Radiohead’s “Nude.”
Soundtracks for Your Awesomeness
Let J.G. Thirlwell’s Venture Bros. soundtrack bore into your skull until your every mundane mouse tap is explosions, necromancy and two-way wrist radios. Make your life more brutal than you’ve ever imagined with Dethklok.
Floral Stereoradiographs
The floral stereoradiographs of Albert G. Richards in non-stereo-optical but still gorgeous form. (Thanks Flusty!)
The Cultural Gutter 