Saturday, May 31, 2008

PKD at the movies

http://entertainment.slashdot.org/entertainment/08/05/31/015213.shtml

whoa. Probably my favorite PKD novel dramatized. Hrm. Consider that all of stuff that's been movie-ized has so far been from short stories (the one exception being "A Scanner Darkly", which Linklater got so fucking spot-on that it's amazingly scary and gorgeous. I mean he even got the paranoia feeling down. It's amazing.)

Sunday, May 04, 2008

also also, modest mouse is coming!

Joseph Palmer: Perscuted For Wearing The Beard - Jon Dyer’s Blog. Now that's a man with commitment to facial hair.

Cupid's getting kinkier every fucking year

"makes you feel pleasure" is surprisingly not in the top 10.

I have long been both a lecherous pervert and fascinated with the brain and mind, so naturally this article on the orgasmic mind was fascinating stuff to me. Scientific American also has a buncha jawsome articles that are semi-related, e.g. Why We Kiss, which when you think about it, has got to be the most amazing caveman discover ever ("...so...if we put our food/noise/biting holes together but don't bite...it feels good?" I've heard it theorized before that it started as a feeding ritual for those unable to feed themselves.)

Life's mysteries explained