All Consuming : hangingfire

Consuming "Labyrinths: Selected Stories & Other Writings (New Directions Paperbook)"

nobody@allconsuming.net (hangingfire) — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 14:19:05 GMT

Labyrinths: Selected Stories & Other Writings (New Directions Paperbook)

by Jorge Luis Borges

Consuming "The Dreamthief's Daughter: A Tale of the Albino"

nobody@allconsuming.net (hangingfire) — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 14:18:51 GMT

The Dreamthief's Daughter: A Tale of the Albino

by Michael Moorcock

Consumed "The Metatemporal Detective"

nobody@allconsuming.net (hangingfire) — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 14:18:23 GMT

The Metatemporal Detective

by Michael Moorcock

WORTH IT!

Consuming "Why I Write (Penguin Great Ideas)"

nobody@allconsuming.net (hangingfire) — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 14:18:05 GMT

Why I Write (Penguin Great Ideas)

by George Orwell

Consumed "LOOK To WINDWARD."

nobody@allconsuming.net (hangingfire) — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 14:17:52 GMT

LOOK To WINDWARD.

by Iain M. Banks

WORTH IT!

Consumed "White Chalk"

nobody@allconsuming.net (hangingfire) — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 22:15:21 GMT

White Chalk

by PJ Harvey

WORTH IT!

Consumed "The Elements of Cooking: Translating the Chef's Craft for Every Kitchen"

nobody@allconsuming.net (hangingfire) — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 22:14:51 GMT

The Elements of Cooking: Translating the Chef's Craft for Every Kitchen

by Michael Ruhlman

WORTH IT!

Consumed "Marry Me"

nobody@allconsuming.net (hangingfire) — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 22:14:33 GMT

Marry Me

by St Vincent

WORTH IT!

Consumed "Technique"

nobody@allconsuming.net (hangingfire) — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 22:14:27 GMT

Technique

by New Order

WORTH IT!

Consumed "Von Bek - omnibus of The War Hound and the World's Pain, The City in the Autumn Stars, The Dragon in the Sword and The Pleasure Garden of Felipe Sagittarius (Tale of the Eternal Champion, Volume 2)"

nobody@allconsuming.net (hangingfire) — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 22:13:55 GMT

Von Bek - omnibus of The War Hound and the World's Pain, The City in the Autumn Stars, The Dragon in the Sword and The Pleasure Garden of Felipe Sagittarius (Tale of the Eternal Champion, Volume 2)

by Michael Moorcock

WORTH IT!

Consumed "The Somnambulist"

nobody@allconsuming.net (hangingfire) — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 22:13:00 GMT

The Somnambulist

by Jonathan Barnes

WORTH IT!

Consumed "Live Free Or Die Hard [Blu-ray]"

nobody@allconsuming.net (hangingfire) — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 06:54:17 GMT

Live Free Or Die Hard [Blu-ray]

Consumed "The Gum Thief"

nobody@allconsuming.net (hangingfire) — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 04:25:14 GMT

The Gum Thief

by Douglas Coupland

WORTH IT!

Consumed "There Will be Blood"

nobody@allconsuming.net (hangingfire) — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 03:04:11 GMT

There Will be Blood

WORTH IT!

Consumed "In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto"

nobody@allconsuming.net (hangingfire) — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 19:49:57 GMT

In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto

by Michael Pollan

WORTH IT!

Consumed "Cloverfield"

nobody@allconsuming.net (hangingfire) — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 19:49:35 GMT

Cloverfield

by Matt Reeves

Consumed "Michael Moorcock's Multiverse"

nobody@allconsuming.net (hangingfire) — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 18:42:12 GMT

Michael Moorcock's Multiverse

by Michael Moorcock

WORTH IT!

Consuming "Service Included: Four-Star Secrets of an Eavesdropping Waiter"

nobody@allconsuming.net (hangingfire) — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 18:37:51 GMT

Service Included: Four-Star Secrets of an Eavesdropping Waiter

by Phoebe Damrosch

Consumed "Doctor Who - New Beginnings (The Keeper of Traken / Logopolis / Castrovalva)"

nobody@allconsuming.net (hangingfire) — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 18:37:10 GMT

Doctor Who - New Beginnings (The Keeper of Traken / Logopolis / Castrovalva)

WORTH IT!

Consumed "The White Wolf's Son: The Albino Underground"

nobody@allconsuming.net (hangingfire) — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 18:36:50 GMT

The White Wolf's Son: The Albino Underground

by Michael Moorcock

WORTH IT!

Informative but disorganized (rated 3 stars)

nobody@allconsuming.net (hangingfire) — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 15:12:55 GMT

8 Bit

by Marcin Ramocki and Justin Strawhand

There’s a definite theme in this film about “the art of the hack”, and the concept of hacking existing electronic media to make it do things it’s not supposed to, but it doesn’t quite cohere. The editing is a little spotty (there’s one extended shot of the top of a guy’s head, for no reason I could figure out), and there’s at least one interview that I felt was only there for the freakshow factor. That being said, there is a lot of really interesting information—the “cracking” culture of the 1980s, chip music, machinima, video games as art, and the ways in which (to paraphrase one of the interviewees) a previous generation’s limitations become a later generation’s aesthetic choice.