Daily Archives: August 27, 2010
The Swell Season Ensure that Their Fans are Not Left ‘Alone Apart’
Posted on August 27, 2010 7 Comments
As if their abundant talent as artists weren’t admirable enough, in the wake of tragedy, Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova, who perform together as the Swell Season, yesterday provided another reason to admire and respect them. Perhaps you may have heard that tragedy befell the band a week ago when, in the midst of their […]
Thought experiment: How do you react when you witness bigotry?
Posted on August 27, 2010 177 Comments
ABC’s show “What Would You Do” staged an experiment. They had an actor dressed as a Muslim woman enter a convenience store and had the clerk, another actor, refuse to serve her. Then they talked to the customers in the store. My hat is off to the gentleman close to the end. While I’d like to think […]
The Big Idea: Mike Shevdon
Posted on August 27, 2010 17 Comments
If you want to tell a story in a modern setting, you often have to look at the past to figure out how you got here and now — even if, in the here and now, you want to write a fantasy story. Mike Shevdon learned this in the course of writing Sixty-One Nails, in […]
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