In <I>FilmMaker</I>, Scott Macauley has written a spirited preview/interview of Richard Linklater's <I>A Scanner Darkly</I>, which he says is the first faithful film based on a Philip K. Dick novel. I hope so, because the early trailer I saw had an overly-rotoscoped look that I didn't simply hate, I detested. Macauley makes me want to see the movie anyway.
Chet Raymo argues that George Herriman's love struck cat and brick-tossing mouse "turned the deterministic world of Newtonian physics upside down."
I guess I lied when I said "More tomorrow." That should teach me something about making promises during "Recommended Components" time. I'm sorry.
Because you get websites like <I>Paul's Boutique Samples and References List</I>, which, of course, attempts to codify every sample, quote, and homage from the Beastie Boys album <I>Paul's Boutique</I>. Probably more than you ever wanted to know, but (IMO) that's what makes it so cool: It was done out of love, pure and simple.
Science meets art and I'm transfixed. These are gorgeous photos.
Published in <I>The Atlantic</I> in 2000. What a great piece of writing. Long, but I'd have hung in even longer for anything this masterful.
This is just wrong on so many levels.
I'm not a member of the games generation—well, I kind of miss <I>Zork!</I> and <I>Adventure</I>, but other than <I>Myst</I>, most of them require hand/eye coordination that I simply lack—which is not to say that I'm immune to the levels of complexity and artistry that many games exhibit, simply that I don't get 'em, most of the time.
Have you tried to buy graph paper recently? Those 16-year-old clerks at Staples have no clue what you're talking about. If you really want to see their eyes glaze over, tell'em when you went to school you had to carry your own hand-powered computer called a slide rule.
Readers often complain that high-end audio products are priced too high for the typical enthusiast to afford. But good audiophile gear does exist. In your opinion, what's the best audio deal out there?