So, I'm listening to the soundtrack for Les Miserables and I'm convinced that the guy who does Jean Valjean is one of the worst singers I've ever heard, with the proviso that I've never heard myself sing. That said, the music is pretty good, and the lyrics have a power which even this guy's voice can't efface.

It's like Bob Dylan and Tom Waits, ( Read more... )

If you like to take the sum total of creation, sort it on an arbitrarily value, and slice a line through it at an arbitrary point-and who doesn't-here's one for you. There are two kinds of creating people in the world. Steven Spielberg, and Michael Curtiz.

Who is Michael Curtiz, I hear you those of you who refuse to click links asking. An Oscar- ( Read more... )

So. Let's talk about literature ( Read more... )