Kyte hails from Leicestershire, UK. Here’s “Planet,” which sounds a bit like M83 with a dash of Sigur Ros thrown in.
Shoegazer Sunday: Kyte’s “Planet”
May 5th, 2013High Concept
May 2nd, 2013“He’s the Pope. He’s the Ex-Pope. They’re private detectives.”
Benny: “It will take a miracle to solve this case!”
Francis: “Good thing they called us in!”
“Pope and Pope, Thursdays at 8, on Fox!”
Alternately, Benedict XVI was secretly studying forensic pathology in his spare time, and resigned to follow his true calling, in which case it gets named CSI: Vatican City.
I could have gone with the “Popes by day, superheros by night!” angle, but you don’t want to strain plausibility.
Library Additions: Jack Vance’s To Live Forever
April 30th, 2013I continue to close in on my complete Jack Vance hardback first edition collection.
Vance, Jack. To Live Forever. Ballantine books, 1956. First edition hardback, a Fine- copy in a Near Fine- dust jacket with slight spine fading and tiny (1/32″) chipping at head and heel. Signed by Vance. Currey (1978), page 500, A1 (dark blue) binding. Hewett, A4ab.
Very nice copy of this early Jack Vance novel, and a middling difficult Ballantine hardcover.
Library Additions: Signed True First of Lauren Beukes’ The Shining Girls
April 29th, 2013From the “Distant Stations Heard From department, here’s something that might be hard to come by in the future:
Buekes, Lauren. The Shining Girls. Umuzi (South Africa), 2013. First edition hardback, #224 of 1000 copies signed and numbered by the author, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket, new and unread. Precedes both UK and U.S. editions.
A few notes:
I think this is the first South African book I have in SF library. Not sure how many of those thousand will make it up and over across the pond…
Shoegazer Sunday: Slowdive’s “Summer Daze”
April 28th, 2013Better late than never, here’s the mellow Slowdive demo “Summer Daze.”
The Infowars Dating Service
April 25th, 2013But what I want to know is: How can you be absolutely sure that they won’t set you up with a Reptoid?
(Hat tip: Dwight.)
LANDBOAT!
April 24th, 2013Or should I say, L.A.N.D.B.O.A.T. Imagine someone entering the Bulwer Lytton contest trying to win the Men’s Adventure category, but instead of a single sentence, you get an entire chapter.
Grid sat backwards on the bike, slinging Lily onto the seat in front of him like a sack of hamburger meat. Brick grimaced. He knew she was a prime cut of USDA Choice Angus steak. He wanted to put her in his mouth and taste her juices. But the steak would have to be for desert, because the main course was revenge. And that meal was about to be served. Cold. Like a chef salad or some other cold entrée.
It’s pretty much all like that. It comes from Blood & Tacos, a site that celebrates Men’s Adventure.
(Hat tip: Karl Rehn.)
Shoegazer Sunday: Lúna’s “Leggöng Tunglsins”
April 21st, 2013It’s been an eventful week out in the real world, so here’s some pretty, mellow, noodly Shoegaze in the form of Lúna’s “Leggöng Tunglsins.” I think they’re Icelandic.
West Explosion: Small Mercies
April 18th, 2013When I went to bed, they were estimating 45-60 deaths, but now the estimates are down to 5-15. Which is something.
Video footage of the aftermath:
The explosion evidently registered 2.1 on the Richter scale…
Fertilizer Plant Blows Up in West, Texas
April 17th, 2013Crap. Supposedly leveled portions of the town.
I have relatives in West, albeit it ones I haven’t seen in over 30 years.
Very brief video:
Updated: Explosion caught on video (might take a few minutes to load). Holy crap…
Update 2: Now embeddable video of explosion