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1. Review: The Sun is God by Adrian McKinty

9781846689833This is a seemingly dramatic departure from Adrian McKinty’s usual books but he pulls it off marvelously. Based on a true story McKinty heads to the South Pacific circa 1906 to tell a tale of mad Germans, sun worship and possible murder.

Will Prior, is an ex-English lieutenant who finds himself in German New Guinea after the horrors of the Boer War. As an ex-military policeman he is asked by local authorities to investigate the strange death of a man from a neighbouring island where a new, cultish society is trying to establish itself. Calling themselves ‘cocovores’ they believe that sun worship and a diet of coconuts will lead to immortality. Will’s investigation is quickly stonewalled by a group under the influence of more than just the sun and tropical fruit and he must tread carefully if he wishes to ever leave the island in one piece.

McKinty has obvious fun telling this story. Coming off the brilliant Sean Duffy series was always going to be a challenge and going outside his usual zone is a stroke of brilliance. There is a real 19th century flare to McKinty’s writing and characters in this novel and the atmosphere he creates on the island of Kabakon, which the ‘cocovores’ inhabit, bubbles away nicely with a sinister air never too far away. The combinations of malarial fever and heroin induced dreams also means the lines between sanity and insanity intertwine until the truth of what really happened on Kabakon is possibly indeterminable.

This may not appeal to all the Adrian McKinty fans but I think it is going to win him a few new ones.

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2. I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Out Of My Hair




A special note to my readers at the end of the post~

I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Out Of My Hair!  


I looked in the mirror after showering today, and saw the first few strands of old lady hair, well actually, white grays that used to be blond. I think of things out of the ordinary in the shower and today wasn’t any different. Today, I sang the song, I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Out Of My Hair, from the movie South Pacific, and thought about my past. And my past includes my ex-husband, who I think about every time I hear that song. I imagine washing him out of my hair, then watching him swirl down the bathtub drain in circular motion.

I considered other song titles that would also work nicely, such as, "I ’m gonna cram that man right down the tub drain," or "toss his bags right out the front door"...but I didn’t want to bore anyone with them....

This morning, I contemplated how joyful it would be to have magical powers, like Samantha (Elizabeth Montgomery) Stevens had on the Bewitched Show. A few minutes with super power is all the time I need to shrink my ex. to the size of Stuart Little, like "Endora" (Sam’s mother) did to Darin (Dick York) on the Bewitched show. I laughed to myself at the thought of my downsized ex-husband.

                                                


Whose name I can’t use, by the way, because it's redundant and he may sue me for Simon. (My cat) (Or worse,  my money.) Hence, I will also call my ex "Dagwood," but I'll give him a name before the end of this post, I promise. .

I loved the Bewitched Show because it was a show about a woman witch. Anyway, I hope you are familiar with the comedy. If you're not, the leading characters mother referred to her son- in -law as "Dagwood" instead of calling him by his real name, which was "Darin," and I always loved that.

Moving on, today I thought about my "Dagwood" as I looked in the mirror at my "new" grays. You see, I blame him for them. Yep, it's his fault I have gray hair. Oh, I wish I could magically twinkle him into a tiny little man and watch him go down the drain.

I would love to see him swirling in a tiny tub tornado. But, that's not the best part. The best part is the thought of him calling out to me in a small voice...."Help me Annie, hon----ey, wha...in-the... Annie?"

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3. The Oxford Comment: Episode 3 – DRAMA!


This time around, Lauren and Michelle deal with drama! They talk with the Toy Box Theatre Company, learn about politics in musical theater, and go behind-the-scenes on the set of Bloody, Bloody Andrew Jackson. ALSO: You have a chance to win* free tickets to Woyzeck or a copy of Danton’s Death, Leonce and Lena, and Woyzeck by Georg Büchner!

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*To enter to win free tickets or a copy of Georg Büchner’s theatrical works, send an email to [email protected] with the subject line “Toy Box” by 5pm ET on October 26. Two tickets will be awarded at random to the October 31, 3pm showing of Woyzeck (at the Choicirciati Cultural Center in New York City). Admission includes a champagne toast and talkback with the cast and crew. A second lucky entrant will win a copy of the Oxford World’s Classics edition of Danton’s Death, Leonce and Lena, and Woyzeck.

Featured in this Podcast:

TOY BOX THEATRE COMPANY

(About this Production of Woyzeck)

Thanks to Jonathan Barsness, Ryan Colwell, David Michael Holmes, Sarah Hankins, Elisabeth Motley, James Sparber, and Colonna Sonora


Norm Hirschy, Associate Editor for Theater & Music

James Lovensheimer

Assistant Professor in Music, History and Literature at Vanterbilt University

Author of South Pacific, Paradise Rewritten


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4. Niue, South Pacific

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Niue, South Pacific

Coordinates: 19 2 S 169 52 W

Population: 1,444 (2008 est.)

With an area slightly larger than Washington DC (about 260 square kilometers) Niue has the distinction of being one of, if not the largest coral island in the world. Located in the South Pacific east of Tonga and the International Date Line, it also has a unique tradition pertaining to the nut from which it takes its name. When a stranger of note first visits a Niuean village, it’s customary to present him or her with coconuts—a rather civilized and courteous gesture for a place formerly known as Savage Island. Niue relies heavily on economic aid from New Zealand and may well be the only territory in the world whose chief export is coconut cream. Unfortunately for the shrinking population though, neither this nor the other commodities sold to neighboring countries come close to offsetting the cost of importing over $9 million in food, manufactured goods, machinery, and fuel.


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Ben Keene is the editor of Oxford Atlas of the World. Check out some of his previous places of the week.

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5. A Really Really Brief History of Donkey Kong

This is a short film I directed for the King Of Kong DVD.




I don't know if you're familiar with this movie, but it is great. It's an epic battle of good and evil. It's about Steve Wiebe vs. Billy Mitchell for the highest score on Donkey Kong. The movie is really more about the players.

After watching this movie, I think that Weibe deserves the title, BUT I also think the Billy Mitchell is an AMAZING gamer! One of the top of our lifetime. He's portrayed as the villian, but he is still deserves the recognition for his gaming feats. Just to put it into perspective, there probably wouldn't even be competative arcade gaming if it wasn't for Billy Mitchell.

Jon felt that the movie needed some kind of historical perspective of the actual Donkey Kong game, so the short was born.

I sure didn't do this short alone! We were under the gun for this one. We turned it around in 2 weeks--and that's all after hours work! It was a huge labor of love for everyone that worked on it at I Am 8bit Studios:

Written and Produced by Jon M. Gibson
Told by Eric Bauza
Music by 8 Bit Weapon
Designed by Steve Lambe and I
Animated by Tony Mora and I
After Effects by Matt Gadbois

Here's my animatic, just be warned, the whole thing is rough and on yellow post-its.



Every short starts with what is called a color script. This is a way to keep and overview of the whole film's color. It's a way to plan out the intensity and relationships of all the colors in all the scenes in order. Color is SUPER imporant. It basically dictates the emotions in the film--all following the story that is.

"Shiggy" Shigeru Miyamoto. I hope I've done him proud!


I loved designing DK. I must say that I despise the new DK design--ruined by RARE.


Here's some of Steve's Nintendo businessmen:

Thanks again everyone for such a fine job, and especially New Line for paying for it!

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