Author Archives: Will

Friday Trailer: Sleuth (x2)

This is high on my list o’ stuff to see. The original was quite good. And I love the fact that Michael Caine has come full circle from playing the role of the youngster to taking over the role that Olivier played in the original. And that Kenneth Branagh is in charge (whose theatrical upbringing […]

WGA Gets Tough

The last time there was a full-fledged Writer’s Guild strike, I wasn’t in the Writer’s Guild. That was many many years ago. I remember hearing about the strike and then all of a sudden, Dark Shadows with Ben Cross was on TV. And while I’m in the Guild now, I haven’t actually been an active […]

The Monster Is Born

The monster is the novel. It’s time I stopped planning to write it. It’s time I stopped talking about writing it. It’s time I stopped pondering what to write about. I have options. There are so many things I could write. So many stories to put down into prose. It’s time to get going. But […]

Twenty Years Ago: Hold Your Fire

Rush - Hold Your Fire

Enon: Grass Geysers…Carbon Clouds

Enon - Grass Geysers…Glass Clouds

Jens Lekman – Night Falls Over Kortedala

Jens Lekman - Night Falls Over Kortedala

Tunng: Good Arrows

Tunng  -Good Arrows

Late To The Party: Gwyneth Herbert

Gwyneth Herbert

Jesca Hoop – Kismet

Jesca Hoop - Kismet

Band Of Horses: Cease To Begin

Band Of Horses: Cease To Begin

The Onion: Pitchfork Gives Music 6.8

The Onion manages to nail what it is that I love and hate about Pitchfork. The music review site is informative and musically aware, but they can certainly get verbose and elitist. They’re, on the whole, better writers than Harry Knowles and his crew, but I still skip down lower in the review and begin […]

After Insomnia

From this morning’s dream log: “His combination of social humor, gallows humor and towering, lizard-man humor seemed inappropriate at the hospital bedside. Especially this morning.” I can’t help but wonder what it is about that morning that makes towering lizard-man humor less acceptable than others.