Jarmuschian Vampiricism

from The New York Times This Time, Jim Jarmusch Is Kissing Vampires By MELENA RYZIK The filmmaker Jim Jarmusch is old school. He writes all his scripts out by hand and then dictates them to a typist. Ideas are jotted down in small, color-coordinated notebooks and,...

Frankie Knuckles Gone

from The Chicago Tribune Frankie Knuckles, house music ‘godfather,’ dead at 59 by Greg Kot In Chicago, Frankie Knuckles was called the “godfather,” not because of any underworld connections, but because he helped build house – a style of Chicago dance...

Spec Script Alive

from The LA Times Hollywood ‘spec script’ is making a comeback By Daniel Miller Independent producer Lawrence Grey sold the screenplay for “Section 6” for $1 million after setting off a bidding war between the major studios. Six months later,...

Hobie (Cat) Alter Gone

from The NY Times Hobie Alter, Innovator of Sailing and Surfing, Dies at 80 By DENNIS HEVESI Mr. Alter created the Hobie Cat sailboat, which skims the water like a surfboard.CreditAbdullah Doma/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Hobie Alter, who was known as the...

Fahrenheit 1984

from BuzzFeed 9 Video Games Based On Classic Literature by Kevin Smokler 2. Fahrenheit 451 (1984) Via en.wikipedia.org Mostly text and a few graphics, and set five years after the novel concludes, protagonist Guy Montag is now an agent for the Literary Underground,...