I've been asked to make a study of a strange sickness

[sovay]

1. My essay "I Can Hardly Believe It Happened: Terence Fisher's The Brides of Dracula," in which I realize more fully a bunch of my thoughts on this splendidly strange film, is now online at Weird Fiction Review. Slowly, my nonfiction creeps through the world.

2. handful_ofdust has supplied me with another Turing song: Andrew Bird's "Not a Robot, But a Ghost."

I hear the clockwork in your core
Time strips the gears
Till you forget what they were for
I push the numbers through your pores
I crack the codes
I crack the codes that end the war

3. Good news: Mike Leigh's Mr. Turner (2014) is getting a U.S. release. Bad news: I have to wait until December?

Dentist today. Lots of work. Yesterday was still totally worth it.

Comments

[ashlyme.livejournal.com]

1. That's such a great essay.

2. This is a great song.

3. I didn't even *know* about this film until a couple of days ago! Thanks for the heads-up.

[sovay]

That's such a great essay.

Thank you! I'm really glad it has a home.

This is a great song.

I'd never heard it. My knowledge of Andrew Bird extends as far as his song "Sovay" (because everybody sent it to me) and the half-dozen mostly instrumental tracks that ended up on the director's mix for Theatre@First's The Lady's Not for Burning (because I ripped the CD from derspatchel in 2012). Apparently I should pay more attention to him.

I didn't even *know* about this film until a couple of days ago! Thanks for the heads-up.

You're very welcome! You'll see it sooner than me, so please report!