Author Archives: Lawrence Person

About Lawrence Person

Lawrence Person is a science fiction writer living in Austin, Texas. His short fiction has appeared in Asimov's, Analog, Postscripts, Jim Baen's Universe, Fear, and several anthologies. He also edits the Hugo-nominated SF critical magazine Nova Express, and runs the Turkey City Writer's Workshop. His non-fiction has appeared in National Review, Reason, Whole Earth Review, The Freeman, The World & I, Science Fiction Eye, The New York Review of Science Fiction, and Slashdot.org. He owns such a large library (mostly science fiction first editions) he had to buy a two-story house to put it in, and then adopted a golden retriever to drag him out of his house on a regular basis. He also makes a mean batch of salsa.

Shoegazer Sunday: Spokraket’s “Just Go Spit Out Another Lie”

Posted on April 20, 2014 by Lawrence Person

Danish band Spokraket offers garage band psychedelic surf rock married to Here Come the Warm Jets-era Brain Eno, offering plenty of distorted guitars and end up sounding like a low-fi version of Black Tambourine. “Just Go Spit Out Another Lie” … Continue reading →

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Another Insane Lego Ball Machine

Posted on April 18, 2014 by Lawrence Person

A while back I featured this Lego ball machine from Japan. Well, this one (also from Japan) is twice as insane. It may even be from the same guy. (Hat tip: Lou Anders‘ Facebook page.)

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Library Additions: Two Books, One Signed by Gilda Radner

Posted on April 17, 2014 by Lawrence Person

Every now and then you see an item outside your sphere of collecting interests at a good price and go “I want that!” This is one of those times. Radner, Gilda and Alan Zweibel. Roseanne Roseannadanna’s Hey, Get Back to … Continue reading →

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Trailer for Cold in July

Posted on April 16, 2014 by Lawrence Person

Here’s the official trailer for Cold in July, the film based on the Joe R. Lansdale novel starring Michael C. Hall, Sam Shepard and Don Johnston. I hear Joe himself is pleased with it, and his daughter Kasey has a … Continue reading →

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Shoegazer Sunday: Lights That Change’s “Beautiful Soul”

Posted on April 13, 2014 by Lawrence Person

Lights That Change is a neo-Shoegaze band out of the UK. With “Beautiful Soul” they offer up a bright, gauzy, floating slab of prettiness with some great female vocals. Sadly, it seems that vocalist Lisa VonH has already split with … Continue reading →

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PAX Coming to San Antonio in January 2015

Posted on April 12, 2014 by Lawrence Person

Penny Arcade Expo is coming to San Antonio January 23-25, 2015. No venue was announced, but I can’t imagine they can hold that monster in anything smaller than the convention center, since PAX Prime in Seattle has drawn as many … Continue reading →

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Mike Judge Has A New TV Show: Silicon Valley

Posted on April 9, 2014 by Lawrence Person

The creator of Office Space, Beavis and Butthead and King of the Hill has a new (live action) TV show on HBO called Silicon Valley. The first episode is up free: I’ve seen about half of it. It’s reasonably funny, … Continue reading →

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File Under: Technical Proficiency

Posted on April 7, 2014 by Lawrence Person

Given that 2Cellos‘s first video here already nearly 15,000,000 million hits, there’s a good chance that you’ve already seen the bad boys of Croatian classical music cover AC/DC’s “Thunderstruck.” If not, you’re in for a treat: But only about half … Continue reading →

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Shoegazer Sunday: Terminal Sound System’s “Lords Of The Living, Masters Of The Dead”

Posted on April 6, 2014 by Lawrence Person

Terminal Sound System is the latest incarnation of Skye Klein, who I first encountered A Beautiful Machine, whose “Breathe in Space” has been ensconced in my personal top 10 list ever since. On “Lords Of The Living, Masters Of The … Continue reading →

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Swell Documentary on the Making of Paul Simon’s Graceland

Posted on April 3, 2014 by Lawrence Person

Dwight’s linking of this piece on accordions got me listening to my favorite album featuring accordions, Paul Simon’s Graceland, one of the all time great albums. I was vaguely aware that a 25th Anniversary edition had come out, and poking … Continue reading →

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