Mormon cinema was the hottest A&E topic of the week in the Bloggernacle. Rosalynde Welch has the lowdown on Richard Dutcher’s address to the Miller-Eccles group.

And speaking of Dutcher, Kim Siever over at Our Thoughts reminds us that is has been five years since the release of “God’s Army” and asks people to weigh in on the health of Mormon cinema. Meanwhile, Bryce I. asks if Napoleon Dynamite is a Mormon film over at Kulturblog.

1. Mark Hansen has a review of Songs of Seers by the Arizona Mormon Choir and Orchestra.

2. Ronan has the scoop on Brigham “Don’t Call Me Gielgud” Young.

3. A Motley Vision has a fascinating, hard-hitting interview with writer/poet Darlene Young. Young answers the eternal question for the writer of faithful-Mormon-themed-literary-fiction: do you submit your stuff to Sunstone?

Look what Google News dragged in
Like all good Bloggers, in addition to my network of spies and tipsters, I rely on G-news alerts to help keep me find stuff to blog about. I often get alerts to articles that are hilarious or just plain weird, but didn’t have quite enough to make for a decent post. Until now. So here it is:

Look what G-news dragged in …

1. “Napolean Dynamite” has caused an influx of tourists to Preston, Idaho. According to the AP article, “some residents worry the movie makes them look nerdy.” Right. It’s the movie.

2. According to a columnist at The Saratogian, not only can you be a Scientologist and a Mormon, but that also explains the Osmonds.

3. Literary darling J.T. Leroy writes what I think is a review of the new Zwan album for a hip New Zealand mag. Apparently the album was recorded in Salt Lake City — or at least it was in Leroy’s fictitious account/possibly a review.

According to Leroy, “the Mormons knew something majestic was afoot and camped outside of the newly acquired double-wide practice space that floated in the lake much like the car in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Mormons threw coke cans at the double-wide, which they perceived in their righteousness as a marker of rebellious redemption.” [WARNING: the review(?) contains harsh language and is not entirely intelligible].

4. Rolling Stone is confused about whether the fact that the lead singer of the Killers is Mormon is cool or not. The relevant quote:

“We already knew we didn’t like that Brandon Flowers, but sheesh — a Mormon? Wearing the sacred underwear is sooooooo not rock & roll.”

“Or wait, maybe it is.”

Ah, the dilemma of being an ultra-hip, erstwhile rock critic at a magazine that was last relevant circa 1982.