#Inktober2018 Day 18 – #Bottle
Inktober rumbles on, and today’s Official Prompt is Bottle. Lots of genies (and various other entities) in or out of bottles, lots of moody pics of alcohol bottles… Here is…
Fiction (and poetry) update
It’s been a while since I posted a fiction update – Jan 2017 to be precise. The one before that was two years ago. Alas, the pattern of outlets I…
“Still on patrol”
I came across this call for submissions for an upcoming anthology by Otter Libris: There is a tradition in the United States Navy that no submarine is ever truly lost…
A silent Inferno from 1911 – “arguably the first ever blockbuster
Via the the twitter account of Ewan Morrison, I came across this gem. The oldest existing feature length film is none other than a 1911 silent version of Dante’s Inferno…
“Hugging the cactus”
I came across this phrase in a video of Robert Downey Jr receiving the American Cinematheque Award in 2011. Downey Jr had requested Mel Gibson present the award and went on…
In which I discover Mavis Beacon Isn’t Real
You can learn something new every day. Years ago, I learnt touch typing and sporadically honed what skill I have with Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing. I always vaguely assumed there was a real…
Dear Spotify, Please let me unlink my Facebook Account
I came across this via Y Combinator. I can only echo, pretty much word for word, Eduardo Garcia’s letter: Dear Spotify Please let me unlink my Facebook account Last updated: October 14,…
African Winds II – López López performed by Miquel Bernat
Recently I posted Bernat Vivancos’ Aeternam. Also from Neu Records here is the composer José Manuel López López’s piece African Winds II performed by the percussionist Miquel Bernat
Séamus Sweeney 