Archive for May, 2012

Howard Waldrop and I Review The Avengers

Sunday, May 6th, 2012

In a new land speed record, Mark Kelly had our review up at Locus Online about thirty minutes after I mailed it to him.

And anything that pushes The Hasslehoff Recursion further down the page is a blessing for the sanity of others…

David Hasselhoff IS Nick Fury

Sunday, May 6th, 2012

Oh. My. God.

I’m finishing Howard and I’s review of The Avengers, and I stumbled across this: a TV movie starring The Hoff as Nick Fury.

How bad is? IMDB gives it a 3.5. And the footage looks even worse:

How bad is it? Hasslehoff may be the least sucky part of the film.

Yeah. That bad.

And speaking of things involving Hasslehoff that are painful to view—

No! You wouldn’t!

Yes. I would.

Shoegazer Sunday: Sway’s “Fall”

Sunday, May 6th, 2012

Here’s the California Shoegazer band Sway with “Fall” (which is available on iTunes):

Not only are there six bands named Sway, there’s another Shoegazer band named Sway out of New South Wales, Australia!

Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys RIP (Plus Robot Hell)

Friday, May 4th, 2012

Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys has died of cancer at the deeply untimely age of 47. Dwight pretty much expressed my thoughts, except I didn’t care for “Rock Hard” either. But I did love “Sabotage,” as well as one other song where the Beasties make a guest appearance:

That’s One Hell of a Kick

Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012

Back when I moved into my house in 2004, Steve Jackson was one of the people helping tote those hundreds of boxes of books. I used to contribute pieces to The Space Gamer, and helped playtest Shockwave, and we bumped into each other at various SF events around Austin. He also generously agreed to proof read Nova Express back when it was a going concern, and did an excellent job.

Steve decided to go the Kickstarter route to fund the “Designer Edition” of Ogre. His initial funding goal was $20,000. Actual amount pulled in? As of this writing, $422,719 (and no doubt it will have gone up by the time you click that link).

Congrats Steve!

The May 2012 Ansible is Up

Tuesday, May 1st, 2012

For your skiffy reading pleasure.