Bloggernacle A&E
The upcoming release of Deseret Book’s entry into the youth fantasy market created a minor trend in the Bloggernacle this week. LDS Review actually reviewed Leven Thumps and the Journey to Foo; whereas A Motley Vision, as usual, preferred to just sit back and criticize DB’s marketing plan (while giving props where props are due). Okay, so that’s only two posts, but until the rest of you all start making arts and culture posts, two will equal a trend here at Bloggernacle A&E (not that I mind the lack of competition).
In other news:
1. An article on avant garde composer La Monte Young by inactive Bloggernaclite Jeremy Grimshaw was recently published in the Spring 2005 issue of Dialogue. A Motley Vision has the scoop.
2. David discusses HBO’s hopes that their fall series will receive Martha Beck-level outrage over at A Soft Answer.
3. Lines from Bach’s St. Matthew Passion leads kris to thoughts of Mary Magdalene over at Feminist Mormon Housewives.
4. Greg also finds inspiration in non-Mormon sources for his Times & Seasons Easter tribute — a poem by John Updike.
5. Speaking of poetry … Kim has posted a poem called The Wise Man over at Our Thoughts. I’m not sure why, but my favorite line is: “I felt the angels pry the locks.”
6. And Clark tries to embarrass himself over at Mormon Metaphysics by participating in the Faranheit 451 meme, but, as usual, leaves the rest of us scratching our heads. The short version seems to be, I think, that in addition to all the philosophy stuff he likes Stephen King and the Bionic Woman. And what’s that about a gourmet chocolate factory?
And two I missed last week that still deserve mention:
1. J. Stapley posts some thoughts on exile and shares two songs he wrote 10 years ago — and by share, I mean that he has posted the lyrics and is allowing free downloads of MP3 versions of the songs.
2. Stephen Carter posts the funniest so far of his The Sugar Beet updates — a riff on the erstwhile-LDS Terry Tempest Williams’, ummm, intense relationship with the red rock areas of Utah. It includes the classic line: “Williams was caught in a compromising position with the Gobi Desert.”
Actually I usually dislike Stephen King. I just feel obliged to finish the Dark Tower series, which actually is rather better than his usual fare. It just coincidentally happened to be the last book I finished.
But yes, if you like fine artisan chocolate, hopefully you’ll be able to buy it from us by the end of the summer.
Comment by Clark Goble — March 28, 2005 @ 11:27 pm
I’ve only read The Stand, Eyes of the Dragon and the Dark Tower series.
I also felt obligated to finish reading the Dark Tower series. It was worth it, but I completely agree with you that the original version of Dark Tower I [he later rewrote it to make it more like the other novels in the series] is very, very good and that in general, although on the whole I like them and there are moments of brilliance in the later novels, the rest of the novels don’t quite live up to the promise of the first one.
And let me know when you finish the series, I’ve been wanting to have a brief chat with someone about how the whole things ends.
Comment by William Morris — March 29, 2005 @ 9:03 am
Clark:
If you want any (free) insights into the confectionery industry, materials sourcing or development tips drop me a line – I’ve spent several years consulting to those folks.
Comment by J. Stapley — March 29, 2005 @ 11:08 am
With the release of Leven Thumps and the Gateway To Foo, a new site has been created to allow us, Leven Thumps’ fans, to exchange in discourse with each other and the opportunity to communicate directly with Shadow Mountain and the producers of Leven Thumps. Shadow Mountain and Obert Skye are aware of the new blog site and will drop in from time to time. For any questions or comments, the site is leventhumps.blogspot.com
Comment by Mex — April 4, 2005 @ 4:01 pm
Thanks for the info. Not much content there now, but if you do indeed get participation from the publisher and author, that’s very cool.
As a follow up to my analysis of Shadow Mountain’s marketing of the book — I’ve been impressed with how savvy they are in terms of using the Web and reaching out to bloggers [as evidenced by the fact that LDS Review received an advance copy].
Comment by William Morris — April 5, 2005 @ 3:19 pm