Category Archives: entertainment

Important Question? podcast

Posted on December 18, 2014 by Gordon

What would convince you to eat another human being? This is our first topic on a new must-listen podcast: Important Question? where we explore and debate such taboos with the profundity and absurdity and hilarity they warrant. Ensuing episodes will … Continue reading →

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Favorite Reads of 2013

Posted on December 30, 2013 by Gordon

I managed to consume 32 books this year. Most came from small presses, and were quite good. Plenty has already been said about the big titles, so I focus on reviewing the underserved authors worthy of your attention. Because I’m … Continue reading →

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Gas Up the Stair Car

Posted on May 15, 2013 by Gordon

I was gonna do this whole post about evolving media distribution, and how I dig the new Netflix model because it allows me to shotgun series the way I prefer. But I already pretty much covered that with my House … Continue reading →

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Books and Booze interview

Posted on August 16, 2012 by Gordon

Combining two of my favorite things into one of my favorite new podcasts. Sensing that some of their former guests (though entertaining and knowledgeable) had been far too sober given its namesake, for my appearance this week, I took it … Continue reading →

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Telecine column at ManArchy

Posted on August 8, 2012 by Gordon

I’m contributing semi-regularly to a new column at ManArchy Magazine called Telecine. The term itself describes the process of transferring film to tape or disk. Of course, it also sounds like a cool amalgamation of “television” and “cinema,” which will … Continue reading →

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Video: Winebox and fiction reading

Posted on May 29, 2012 by Gordon

Czar Bar, Kansas City, 5/24/12 (“$@!# Authors Say” event). To warm things up, Winebox performed our very first show. I already had a camera set up for the readings, so I thought we should go ahead and record a live … Continue reading →

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The Velvet Podcast 006

Posted on July 6, 2010 by Gordon

Episode 6: Jennifer’s Lost Overboard Body: Cinemuck Boogaloo, part of The Velvet Podcast series is now live for your enjoyment. I handle the hosting duties, featuring panelists Stephen Graham Jones, Logan Rapp, and Jesse Lawrence in a conversation about the … Continue reading →

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TV By the Numbers

Posted on February 5, 2010 by Gordon

The Hawthorne effect suggests that a subject that’s aware it’s being observed will alter its behavior accordingly, that the act of study itself can taint results. When I was contacted by Nielsen to participate in an eight-day study of television … Continue reading →

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Trite Tropes

Posted on June 1, 2009 by Gordon

Cinema is a language with its own conventions. The audience must be familiar with certain patterns, even unconsciously, for the transfer of visuals to register properly. Establishing a scene with a wide shot to get our bearings, not crossing the … Continue reading →

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Promo Copy Cats

Posted on October 19, 2008 by Gordon

Cutting through network promotions clichéd hyperbole. What they say. What they mean. The show everyone’s talking about.Everyone being those in our programming department whose jobs are on the line. It’s been a ratings disappointment despite the buzz cash we poured … Continue reading →

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