Lance Eaton is a writer, college instructor, and instructional designer in the Greater Boston area. He has taught courses on comics, monsters, literature, history, and popular culture. He collects advance degrees and jobs. He has reviewed audiobooks for nearly a decade and is quickly approaching his 1000th review of various media. His musings can be found at his blog, By Any Other Nerd: http://byanyothernerd.blogspot.com Sound Disruptions: Sound Thoughts About Audiobooks…Please? By Lance Eaton I’ve been an avid fan of audiobooks since I was about fifteen and stumbled upon Star Wars abridgements in my local library. I had already read the books, but that I could listen to them, brought …
FOR THE HELL OF IT VOL. 3 NO. 7 RANDOM THOUGHTS And Musings ON MOVIES AND ENTERTAINMENT There’s a new movie out called Expendables 2. It is the sequel to the stunningly boring Expendables 1. I am certain the film will make money—certainly in France where films like this are considered art – as the French can’t conceive that a film so stupid could be anything but art. Having said that – having come out and opined that this is fatuous mind-numbingly vacuous crap not worth the price of even a free ticket, I can’t wait! Are you kidding me?! Stallone! Arnold! Willis! Stratham! And Chuck Freakin’ Norris! OMG – …
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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