FOR THE HELL OF IT VOL. 3 No. 6 MEANDERINGS, MUSINGS AND BALDERDASH Administrator’s Note: The following column contains explicit language that may not be suitable for all readers. Every iconic symbol has been used to mediate this language, but, hey, if you are reading this, and came here of your own volition, you get what you get. *I’m just saying…) *(that one’s for Tavia) ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT NEWS….. There’s a new film out – well it may have already come and gone actually – about who actually wrote the plays credited to William Shakespeare. The film is called Anonymous and it opened to tepid reviews – not …
FOR THE HELL OF IT Vol. 3 No. 5 APAC EDITION…Sorta… For those of you coming to the APA convention in New York City, I thought it best to dedicate this blog to introducing you to New York City: “New York, these are actors, producers, engineers and other artistically gifted people.” “Restaurant workers?” “Some of them, yeah. Lots of them are actually making a living in the industry.” “Really?” “Well not a living that would work here – but in say…Lansing or Des Moines.” “Ah. Well nice to meetcha. Enjoy me.” Okay that’s it for the intro. Now let’s learn a few things about this fascinating city that thinks it’s …
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April 27th, 2012 / By Jo Anna Perrin /
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Hardcover: The Technologists by Matthew Pearl Published February 2012 by Random House Publishing Note: This is both a review of the hardcover edition of The Technologists by Matthew Pearl, self-purchased copy, and a review of the Audiobook, also self-purchased. The Book: I admit, freely and wholeheartedly from the get go, and in the interest of full disclosure, that I have a full-on literary crush on Matthew Pearl. He had me at “The.” However, that being said, if I’d never been lucky enough to be familiar with Mr. Pearl’s work prior to The Technologists, I’d make it my goal to become familiar now. In the aftermath of the recently climaxed Civil …
FOR THE HELL OF IT Vol. 3 No. 3 Where’s Cockup? Being A Celebration of the Life and Times of An Unsung Audiobook Pioneer. It is easy for we lucky few in the Audio Narration business to forget our forebears. Why, in these heady days that social pundits are already calling the golden era of audiobook narration, what care we for those whose hard work and dedication to the craft of not spitting while speaking made our magical lives possible? Sadly, it is too easy for us to forget the early pioneers of our industry. Yet who can blame us? We get invited to the best parties where hosts lure …
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