I wrote a list for McSweeney’s Internet Tendency called Shameful Plugs. It’s pretty funny. Especially the last one. But it’s only funny if you read them all in order. There’s something ascendant — or, perhaps, descendant — about the sequence. This is my second list published at McSweeney’s. The other is my rather popular list of … [Read more…]
In preparing for the paper I’m presenting at the Joss in June conference at the end of the month, I’ve run across a bit of a phenomenon. To wit, about 14 – 15 months ago there appears to have set upon the internet commentariat a desire to craft “top” lists of horror movies that featured cabin … [Read more…]
Okay, I know probably a lot of people are doing these right now, but I figure, what the hell. Without further ado (which is something the LOST writers never would write…): The island’s events were the imaginings of a boy gazing into a snowglobe. “Call my name, Bastian. Call my name!” Jack wakes up in … [Read more…]
I’m pretty stoked – I had a list published today at McSweeney’s Internet Tendency titled Common Sense Solutions to Alt-Pop Song Problems. I got the idea while listening to Matchbox 20’s song “3 AM” at 7 in the evening. I was eating the Chicago Classic at Uno’s. The line “the clock on the wall has … [Read more…]