Christmas Day is almost here, and the team at Voodoo Logic [1] are looking ahead to the joys that await families across the world, as they celebrate the one day of the year when peace and harmony and good-will to all men [2] are as sadly absent as they appear to be on every other [...]
Archive for December, 2006
Have Yourself A Murray Little Christmas…
Published by December 22nd, 2006 in Pins and Needles. 2 Comments
Re: Overrated or Overhyped. Yes and No.
Published by December 19th, 2006 in Pins and Needles. 0 CommentsThis post is part of a conversation
I admit - getting involved in a critical conversation about cinema with Mr Saturday feels something like I imagine David must have felt when he said out of the side of his mouth, “So, which one of these buggers is Goliath?”, only to have one of his generals say, [...]
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The Grape loves the sound of words that work the mouth and if spoken loudly enough, long enough, and with much gusto will draw quite a violent reaction from the poor unfortunate person sitting next to you.
Best done in public spaces like a cafe or a bus so [...]
The following came to me by email this morning and it’s not only an interesting read but also puts my daily working environment into better perspective. It’s a recruitment ad for Peel’s Police - circa 1839:
PEEL’S POLICE - WANT YOU!
You must be aged between 23-40 years of age
You will be paid the following [...]
Overrated or Overhyped. Yes and No.
Published by December 17th, 2006 in Pins and Needles. 0 CommentsThis post is part of a conversation
Geeze I just don’t know.
I think it’s way to simplistic to arbitrarily divide all films into those exhibiting ‘technical achievement’ and those that don’t being regarded flippantly as ‘cinematic wallpaper’. I mean it’s not that simple and the position kinda does away wholesale with what most films at some [...]
The Adventures Of Midnight And Saturday: The Kitty Litter Caper - Part 1
Published by December 16th, 2006 in Burnt Offerings. 0 CommentsIt was a quiet evening at Voodoo Logic Headquarters [1], and Darren Saturday and Murray @ Midnight were spending it much as they would any other week night - sipping on coffee strong enough that it could have been used as an industrial solvent, and killing time like it owed them money and was refusing [...]
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Note: thanks to Scott for pointing out that Premiere has removed the article from the link below. You can still access the article via the Google Cache: The 20 Most Overrated Movies Of All Time.
Premiere Magazine has an article up on its site in which it attempts to list [...]
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Funnily enough, I too have worked with someone who had ‘the glow’. He was the manager of an area I worked in for a couple of years, and he had a witty story and a charming smile suitable for every occasion.
I’ve never met anyone else who, for example, could [...]
One bullet. Back of the head, please.
Published by December 11th, 2006 in Pins and Needles. 1 CommentYou know what I hate about having a cold? I mean, what I hate about having a cold aside from the actual having of the cold? I hate having to tell people that I have a cold.
It never does justice to exactly how crap you’re feeling when you tell people that you have a cold. [...]
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His name was and is ‘The Professor’. I kinda like him but I hate myself for it. I’m not alone in this. I feel the same about Murray @ Midnight but that’s for another time, this is the time to share the legend of the ‘knowledge-glow’.
Many years ago [...]
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