"Get up off your knees. There's nothing to be ashamed of."
Neil Gaiman interviewing David Sedaris. It's like two separate universes in my mind have joined like soap bubbles.
I think there is an ingrained need to be read to. At least a comfort in it. The natural cadence of a voice, especially if it's the author's own, adds so much more to what's written. And maybe for some it fills a void that has been ( Read more... )
I think there is an ingrained need to be read to. At least a comfort in it. The natural cadence of a voice, especially if it's the author's own, adds so much more to what's written. And maybe for some it fills a void that has been ( Read more... )
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Seriously, I haven't spazzed like this since I found the YouTube clip of John Waters and Ralph Nader (although that was more surreal: at least Neil Gaiman and David Sedaris are both writers).
Agreed on everything said about audio books! I tend to think of The Bugle that way, as sure as I think Zaltziver would be horrified to hear.
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John Waters and Ralph Nader??? Together?? Wow, that is... weirder. What brought those two together? *goes to rifle through the mountain* And I guess Neil's and David's universes actually joined for me when Neil was on the Report and shared my opinion of Tom Bombadil.
And agreed on The Bugle! Aw, they would only be horrified on the surface. Deep down, they might maybe sometimes feel a tiny glint of embarrassed and unwitting accomplishment.
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Bless good ol' Ralph.
And Zaltziver have gotten some really sweet and kind feedback (judging from people that have written in to The Bugle) and they seem utterly perplexed. When _lady_vanilla_ met Zaltz, she said he seemed shocked that there were people waiting to meet him and he blushed when she told him I started a fanclub for him. XD
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