Cirque de Soleil today released a new video for the performance of “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” from their The Beatles LOVE show. While I don’t care much about that music video — I never really “got” music videos, as I like to experience music as music — the Beatles released another video today, thisContinue reading “The Making of LOVE’s “While My Guitar Gently Weeps””
Monthly Archives: June 2016
Evening in Dallastown
Just after dusk I carried a laundry basket up the stairs in the parking lot, on thecway back to my apartment from the laundry facility. There, hovering over my building was Jupiter, shining brightly in thr sky just after sunset when few stars had emerged from the glow. To the east, furious and incandescent, wasContinue reading “Evening in Dallastown”
James Bond: Vargr
James Bond: Vargr Published by Dynamite Entertainment Written by Warren Ellis Art by Jason Masters I saw my first James Bond movie before I was ten. I have no idea, at the span of decades, which film it was, but it was almost certainly a presentation of the ABC Sunday Night Movie, back when thatContinue reading “James Bond: Vargr”
Brexit and the Scottish Independence Question
This morning at work I listened to BBC Radio 4’s The World at One program. It’s a news program I’ve never listened to — usually, I listen to the BBC World Service’s Newshour — but I wanted to get a feel for what was happening on the ground in the wake of the Brexit voteContinue reading “Brexit and the Scottish Independence Question”
Replacing the Beetle — Starting Up a GoFundMe Fundraiser
My friend and companion through many adventures over eleven years, my Volkswagen Beetle made its last ride the week of Memorial Day. Now I need to replace it, and for help with that, I’ve started a GoFundMe campaign. Who are you? I’m Allyn Gibson, a writer. I’ve published some short fiction over the years, includingContinue reading “Replacing the Beetle — Starting Up a GoFundMe Fundraiser”
Life in Dallastown
Last weekend I ran into one of my neighbors in my apartment complex’s laundry facility; she was taking her laundry out, I was taking mine in. She and her husband live in the building across from mine. Two winters ago, I helped them dig their cars out after a particularly nasty blizzard. Otherwise, I’ve neverContinue reading “Life in Dallastown”
The Non-Faith of Christopher Hitchens
Several years ago, riding Baltimore’s Light Rail to work, I was reading Christopher Hitchens’ God Is Not Great. A group of black teenagers boarded the train and took seats near me. One asked what I was reading. I handed him the book. He almost physically recoiled at the title, black block letters on the yellowContinue reading “The Non-Faith of Christopher Hitchens”
Bernie Sanders in Twilight
Bernie Sanders is pushing back against media reports that Hillary Clinton will claim victory as the presumptive nominee in the Democratic primary on Tuesday, after the New Jersey primary and before the polls close in California. “There will be a contested convention,” says Sanders. Neither candidate will have an outright majority of all delegates, bothContinue reading “Bernie Sanders in Twilight”
The Shapes of Clouds
Even the clouds are Game of Thrones fans; this one is a map of Westeros. A few months ago at work, I had to write a description of a Game of Thrones map. It’s something I’ve seen many times before, and for the first time it struck me that the map must be a MercatorContinue reading “The Shapes of Clouds”