Finals week is hitting at the same time as preparation for my move and for teaching summer school. Did I mention that I also have an out-of-town family reunion this month and that I had to take my car in for servicing? Aarrgh!
In the interests of my sanity, let me point you at some cool things to distract you from noticing that I do not really have an article for this Mythopoeic Monday.
STEVEN BRUST. You know I recently finished the first three books of the Vlad Taltos series (collected as The Book of Jhereg) and I mentioned there were rumors of something involving. That something ended up being an interview of Brust by Rone and Ed on a special episode of Atomic Array. You will want to get over there and give it a listen, then check back because Brust is posting in the comments section! Very cool.
In podcast land, when I haven't been listening to AA, I've been catching up StarShipSofa. There's a new feature in the series by David Raiklen on cinematic music that I highly recommend. In the same vein, I caught something on TV about Thomas Golubic that looked interesting, but Google insists that his site is harmful. Does anyone know how one can hear or see his work rescoring film soundtracks other than living in LA and going to a performance?
And man oh man, the reviewers are being harsh to The Raven. I think this is a case where they are being overly harsh. Critics might talk me into lowering my review to a B-, but I still had fun. Yes, we could have wished for more imaginative drawing on Poe's oeuvre, yes the author-solving-crimes-he's-inspired-trick has been used before, no, Cusak is not the best actor money could have bought for this project, but I still think it has some things going for it, as I noted yesterday. They'll probably tell me that I'm being a sucker for a period piece, but I stand by saying it's worth seeing and given a fair chance.
