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Dr Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog Teaser

Just sneaking this one in: the teaser trailer for Doctor Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog. And if you are thinking Bzuh?! (which is admittedly very likely), here’s an explanation:
During the WGA strike [’Buffy’ and ‘Firefly’ creator] Joss Whedon started writing a three part musical series for the internet. Each of the three episodes will be approximately ten […]

Posted 27 June 2008 † Karie § Popular Culture ‡ Comments (3)

Fantabulous Faber

Faber and Faber is sending me a proof copy of Andrew Sean Greer’s new novel, The Story of a Marriage. Greer’s The Confessions of Max Tivoli was excellent and I’m looking forward to see how his new novel compares.
Thank you, F&F. I hope this is the start of a beautiful friendship between TS Eliot’s […]

Posted 26 June 2008 † Karie § Bibliophilia ‡ Comments (2)

Five Things I Have Learned Recently

Don’t you just love lists? I do.
+ Mattel has made The Birds Barbie. It’s brilliant. (thank you Darth Ken)
+ Wordle is the greatest thing since sliced bread. It even makes Spandau Ballet seem cool.
+ I have finally found a food item that I simply cannot abide.

The falooda we bought at today’s Glasgow Mela […]

Posted 22 June 2008 † Karie § Personal § Popular Culture § Scotland ‡ Comments (0)

Spoils

Stephen Moffat does write the best Doctor Who episodes. A planet which is one giant library? Yes, please! And that is all I will say as I do not want to give away any spoilers..
Now, as some longterm readers/friends may know, I’m absolutely obsessed by paratexts and paratextuality: tables of content, indices, illustrations, prefaces, typefaces, […]

Posted 31 May 2008 † Karie § Alasdair Gray § Fandom § Literature § Print Culture ‡ Comments (0)

Happy Birthday, Neil.

I missed it by one day (oh dear!) but Happy 50th Birthday, Mr Neil Finn, soundtracker to the Ms Bookish life for a very, very long time.
Three youtube links:
+ Crowded House: Don’t Dream It’s Over
+ Crowded House: Nails in my Feet
+ Crowded House: Silent House (live ‘07)

Posted 28 May 2008 † Karie § Finn ‡ Comments (0)

The Open-Source What Project

Oh wow. Humankind at its slimiest. Just when I thought I had heard it all.
(via Ellie and a few others)

Posted 23 April 2008 † Karie § Popular Culture ‡ Comments (0)

You know you have a Dr Who problem when…

..you sit down on the sofa which bumps against the bookcase causing a Judoon figure to fall down on your head. You put the Judoon back on the shelf among the Doctor Who books (including the “Doctor Who & the Loch Ness Monster” book which you own because you live in Scotland). Then you rub […]

Posted 15 April 2008 † Karie § Personal § Popular Culture ‡ Comments (2)

They Used Wine Presses, You Know

Me mam’s apparently doing a bit better. It’s slightly strange to be in another country and not being able to rush to the hospital.
Somebody at BBC is my new friend. Stephen Fry & the Gutenberg Press is showing on BBC4 tonight so whoever greenlighted that show gets to be my friend. Yes I’ll sit there […]

Posted 14 April 2008 † Karie § Art § Bibliophilia § Personal § Print Culture ‡ Comments (3)

Novy Odense

The pilot gingerly untangled his fingers from the rope he’d been holding on to, worked out which way up he was, shifted the tool box off his legs, wiped the oily water out of his eyes, and hauled himself upright.
“Well, Hester, looks like we’re getting the hang of this,” he said.
His dæmon, who looked like […]

Posted 23 March 2008 † Karie § Literature ‡ Comments (0)