Nollywood Calling
Nollywood, Nigeria’s booming film industry, is the world’s third largest producer of feature films. Unlike Hollywood and Bollywood, however, Nollywood movies are made on shoe-string budgets of...
WuXia versus Kung Fu
Recently I’ve been watching a lot old Shaw Brothers Kung Fu movies on Youtube, and it occurred to me that from the point of view of someone...
John Williams- Musical Plagerist?
So there I am in church for the Mother’s Day service, and we start singing a beautiful hymn called “I, the Lord of Sea and Sky” (aka...
Random things I learned at Podcamp London 2010
Here are some random things I learned while attending the very cool Podcamp London today: Search.Twitter.com can be used to find people with similar interests in your...
Sci-Fi London 48 Hour Film Challenge
Last Weekend Sci-Fi London (UK) held an event called the National 48 Hour Film Challenge where participant filmmakers were given obviously 48 hours to produce a 5...
To Free or Not to Free 2- The Revenge
Last night I was chatting with a friend and discussing the audiobooks conundrum mentioned earlier this week- if you give the audiobook away for free, will they...
To Free or not to Free, that is the Question.
One of the writers that a great many in the podcast novel world look up to is J.C. Hutchins, both because of the quality of his work...
Facial Reconstriction
What do Avatars, Actors and Porn Stars all have in common? All of them are looking for the perfect facial expression. The other week when listening to...
Wall Street Journal talks up Audio Drama
The Wall Street Journal this week had an article on Fine Rune Productions, one of the higher quality producers of Audio Drama on the net. It’s an...
Media Anxiety
One of my friends, Don, is always getting pissed off at the media for various reasons, but one of his big complaints (okay, besides that they’re outright...