BOOM, REVIEW! Yes, I have reviewed twice in one month! I'm back, baby.
...okay, yes, technically today is the first of July, but I finished this review last night and just fell asleep before I remembered I hadn't posted it yet. So I'm calling it a win.
I'm heading off on a long journey into the annals of popular self-pubs now, and I can hardly wait to see what they have in store. Wish me luck!
Monday, July 1, 2013
Thursday, June 6, 2013
Aww, snap, new review time. See, I told you I'd make up for lost time! I am a reviewing dynamo!
I'll be doing another movie sent in by yet another awesome fan before my return to the Valleys of the Self-Published, so watch this space. I am not yet done being excellent.
I'll be doing another movie sent in by yet another awesome fan before my return to the Valleys of the Self-Published, so watch this space. I am not yet done being excellent.
Thursday, May 30, 2013
Did you guys have a funeral for me yet? Can I dramatically ruin it?
Okay, so that took way too long and I do not even have a marginally good excuse, so please forgive me for the tardiness of the new review. Feel free to be embarrassed to follow my reviews, because I am plenty embarrassed of myself right now. Three months? You suck, me.
So, to prevent that from happening again, I'm taking a quick break from the swamps of published fanfiction to watch an Italian horror movie. That should get my blood pumping again!
(Man, do you guys remember when I used to be able to get a book review out ever week, but movies took me forever? How the worm has turned.)
Okay, so that took way too long and I do not even have a marginally good excuse, so please forgive me for the tardiness of the new review. Feel free to be embarrassed to follow my reviews, because I am plenty embarrassed of myself right now. Three months? You suck, me.
So, to prevent that from happening again, I'm taking a quick break from the swamps of published fanfiction to watch an Italian horror movie. That should get my blood pumping again!
(Man, do you guys remember when I used to be able to get a book review out ever week, but movies took me forever? How the worm has turned.)
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Review! Review! Reviewwww!
That book took a long time, but the next one looks slim and I'm hopeful. I've been flagging on pace a little lately, and I'm considering skipping around to different kinds of materials a bit to help keep things fresh. I don't want to do it too much - one of the main points is to review things in order so I can see how they influence each other, after all - but sometimes the impenetrable Forest of Self-Publishing is too deep and dark even for me. I don't need to end up in a Joseph Conrad story.
Happy Valentine's day a week late and two days short to all you beautiful people. If you didn't have a sufficiently romantic time, I suggest marathoning the sappiest Phantom versions!
That book took a long time, but the next one looks slim and I'm hopeful. I've been flagging on pace a little lately, and I'm considering skipping around to different kinds of materials a bit to help keep things fresh. I don't want to do it too much - one of the main points is to review things in order so I can see how they influence each other, after all - but sometimes the impenetrable Forest of Self-Publishing is too deep and dark even for me. I don't need to end up in a Joseph Conrad story.
Happy Valentine's day a week late and two days short to all you beautiful people. If you didn't have a sufficiently romantic time, I suggest marathoning the sappiest Phantom versions!
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Aha! A new year, a new book, a new review. Also tons of new Phantom books coming out. Sheesh, don't you guys ever rest? Think of my nerves!
Which are OF STEEL, so it's off to the next book I go!
Which are OF STEEL, so it's off to the next book I go!
Monday, December 3, 2012
Hey, everybody, gather 'round: I learned new information today!
Thanks to the Joyce Agency that currently tours the show, I was contacted with a bunch of new information about the Phantom of the Opera musical by Ivan Jacobs, which I reviewed a while back. It was one of my more frustrating reviews, since I didn't have any information on the show other than the cast recording and spent most of my time wondering what was going on, so it's great to find out a little bit more about what was going on in there. In no particular order (also, spoilers, y'all!):
1) The baritone singing the part of Didot in the opening scene appears to be Chester Ludgin, a famous opera singer.
2) Raoul does not actually mysteriously vanish after his fight with Christine at the masquerade; he just doesn't have any more big numbers, so I couldn't tell if he was still there from the recording.
3) Erik totally does not die at the end.
4) In fact, he does not die so much that Christine chooses to stay with him instead of leaving with Raoul. Quite different from the more gloomy ending I had reconstructed!
5) There is real cover art and now you can see it.
I'll add more information if and when I find some, but until then, join me in being enlightened. In addition, if anybody wants to see some excerpts from the show (which I know you are all dying to do since it's so hard to get hold of, right?), you can check out this quick montage of several songs, including the hilarious "Break a Leg". I'd embed, but I figure you guys will want the opportunity to see this video in its natural habitat.
Back to reading... which I will finish someday, honest. Not even the holidays can stop me.
Thanks to the Joyce Agency that currently tours the show, I was contacted with a bunch of new information about the Phantom of the Opera musical by Ivan Jacobs, which I reviewed a while back. It was one of my more frustrating reviews, since I didn't have any information on the show other than the cast recording and spent most of my time wondering what was going on, so it's great to find out a little bit more about what was going on in there. In no particular order (also, spoilers, y'all!):
1) The baritone singing the part of Didot in the opening scene appears to be Chester Ludgin, a famous opera singer.
2) Raoul does not actually mysteriously vanish after his fight with Christine at the masquerade; he just doesn't have any more big numbers, so I couldn't tell if he was still there from the recording.
3) Erik totally does not die at the end.
4) In fact, he does not die so much that Christine chooses to stay with him instead of leaving with Raoul. Quite different from the more gloomy ending I had reconstructed!
5) There is real cover art and now you can see it.
I'll add more information if and when I find some, but until then, join me in being enlightened. In addition, if anybody wants to see some excerpts from the show (which I know you are all dying to do since it's so hard to get hold of, right?), you can check out this quick montage of several songs, including the hilarious "Break a Leg". I'd embed, but I figure you guys will want the opportunity to see this video in its natural habitat.
Back to reading... which I will finish someday, honest. Not even the holidays can stop me.
Sunday, November 11, 2012
Guys! Guys! In the spirit of the recently-past Halloween festivities, I tried to review a creepy game and somehow managed to do it all wrong. Nevertheless, I still have a review of it, because that's how I roll.
This also seemed like a good time to move games to their own section on the site; there are only three right now, but there are a lot more in the future of reviewing, so they've got their own little playground.
Onward!
This also seemed like a good time to move games to their own section on the site; there are only three right now, but there are a lot more in the future of reviewing, so they've got their own little playground.
Onward!
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