Review, Not Askew

So second week on this as I search for lightning in a bottle.


First, what I intended to do with this blog, I still wish to do.  I like to comment on movies, television, music, books, and sports.  Sometimes I tend to loose the ability to rationalize and sound like a baby so I should have gotten a better grip on reality.  I hope a few of you can give me a good reality check. 


Now it's more supporting those who I am meeting on twitter and the plethora of literature, art, and music that can be found that not many people know.  That being said, I hope to get Kindle in the next couple of weeks so it can be easier for me to buy books and read them without breaking my checking account.


Second, this blog is about reviewing, and those few reviewers who I follow, and believe me it's like rule 34 but for reviewing.  If it exists as in pop culture, there's a reviewer for it.


A couple of years ago I supported a friend of mine who was trying to get with the website "That Guy With the Glasses" who has loads of pop culture reviewers.  Nash, @Nash076, was eventually accepted and now is a premier member of the site with his "WTFIWWY" segments and his weekly "Radio Dead Air" webcasts.


There's also the Nostalgia Critic, who started it all.  Linkara, @Linkara19, reviewer of horrible comics.  Film Brain, @FB_BMB, who "dissects" films apart.  Obscurus Lupa, @Obsurus_Lupa, who reviews the really cheesy, bad acting films that are so terrible they're funny and just begged to be mocked.  Todd in the Shadows, @ShadowTodd, reviews pop songs and actually plays them, sometimes better than the song itself.  Also, Diamanda Hagan, @Diamandahagan, is another reviewer I tend to enjoy.  This reviewer is more of the guilty pleasure type.


Another reviewer who is not a part of TGWTG is Derek the Bard, @derekthebard, who does his Chasing the Muse reviews. (http://blip.tv/chasingthemuse).  He's done a lot of reviews of cartoons and shows that I grew up with and also enjoyed while in college.  (I'm pretty old guys)  I encourage you all to give these folks a try, especially Derek and Nash.... not just because I've known them, but because they are pretty entertaining.


And lastly, the list of writers on my twitter is getting larger so my reading list is going to get huge as well as the blogs I follow.  Gonna be hard but I hope rewarding too.  Keeping myself busy is a good thing.


TTFN

You'd Think It was a Sabbatical

It's been long.  It's been four years.  But the reason for the huge layoff is obvious from past posts (some that I deleted).  This blog became "Wah wah waaaaah.  Me me me."


That's not what a blog should be about.


Lately I applied for a residency on Amtrak.  I sure a few of you have seen this either through facebook or twitter.  The problem was in order to apply for a residency I had to create a twitter account.  While naturally I was against create such a thing I couldn't even turn in an application without said account.  So I created one, reluctantly, and let it sit.


Obviously that didn't last long as I started to gain "followers" who I in turn "followed" back.  There is one big thing I have found out about twitter and that is to create a sort of "community" of professionals who can somehow support you and in kind you support back.  That what I have so far figured out a way Twitter can work.  If I know this was a possibility I would have joined Twitter much earlier than now.


Now that being said, there are two things that I feel need to be established here.  First, it's time I should do at least one entry per week, and two, I have a lot of books to read and review.  The first one is going to be Luca Rossi's _Galactic Energies_.  That said, I encourage you guys to at least look into this author.


Next, another blogger I've started to read is Charley Daveler, http://worsethanwas.blogspot.com  .  She's pretty good and I'd advise you all give her a chance read.


And now, I tend to also comment on music as well, normally best this, best that, worst, so on and so forth, but this time is to give someone a listen who's not well known yet.  Julie Gibb with her album "All My Yesterdays."  I currently have "Call Me, Baby" and "Cleveland" on my MP3 player along with "Woe is Me" where you can get for free when you sign up for her mailing address.  www.juliegibb.com


So I'm starting again kids.  Lets see how this stint turns out. 


One last thing; I've settled down to trying to finish what should be my next novel _Blood Water_.  The target is to get it done by the end of the year before I head to MagFest in January.  Self published of course.


So, TTFN