The Esoteric Rabbit

The Esoteric Rabbit

I just stumbled upon a great blog this evening that's part film criticism, part art gallery, part cookbook and part kitchen sink. Not only does the blog author have a keen intellect and a lucid writing style, he finds and references some other great minds and writers.

I'm now reading, for example, Jonathan Rosenbaum's (of the Chicago Reader) essay on Jim Jarmusch's Dead Man. I hated the film, but Rosenbaum's essay is proving to be not only insightful but a pleasure to read, as well. I should admit here that Rosenbaum and J. Hoberman's (of the Village Voice) book, Midnight Movies isn't just one of my favorite books-about-film of all time, it's one of my favorite books, full stop.

But I digress. The blog is Esoteric Rabbit, and it's a must for those interested in culture but who just can't pick one artform.

Reading:

Kant and the Platypus: Essays on Language and Cognition, Umberto Eco

Mortal Engines, Stanislaw Lem

Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid, Douglas R. Hofstadter

New X-Men Vol. 4: Riot at Xavier's, Grant Morrison & Frank Quitely

Watching:

The Devil's Backbone

Fire and Ice

Wizards (With this movie and the previous one, I've learned that I absolutely despise Ralph Bakshi.)

"Freakazoid! - Season One"

Yokoo's 3 Animation Films: 1964-1965

Fighting Elegy (Yet another great Suzuki film. Nick, if you haven't seen this one yet, do.)

Yokuko

Aron Ranen's Power & Control: LSD in The Sixties (It's documentary-lite. More sight-seeing than penetrating.)

Watership Down

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I'm thinking preschool and college funds

I'm thinking preschool and college funds

I realized today that this blog just passed its three-year anniversary the other day. Crazy.

Happy birthday, blog. Like I do with all my friends' birthdays, I'll get you neither card nor gift. Also like I do with all my friends' birthday, I didn't realize you had one until it was several days past. I suppose I should mend my previous statement to say Happy belated birthday. Maybe I'll call you in a few days.

Watching:

Can't Hardly Wait (A guilty pleasure, yes. But a pleasure nonetheless.)

Out of Sight

LA Confidential

Memento

Wholly Communion

Reading:

Conan, Robert E. Howard (Finished.)

Kant and the Platypus: Essays on Language and Cognition, Umberto Eco

Mortal Engines, Stanislaw Lem

Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid, Douglas R. Hofstadter

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