And it seems this week we are in the mood for classics. Anil Menon is exploring Lilavati, a 1000-year-old classic. He makes me want to rush out to buy a copy.
From Editor Gordon Hauptfleisch:
Well, Prince, so Genoa and Lucca are now just family estates of the Buonapartes. But I warn you, if you don't tell me that this means... Zzzzzzzz... It was the best of tomes, it was the worst of tomes... but it was definitely one of the best and most entertaining of Mayank Austen Soofi's writings.
TV/FILM
From Film Editor Lisa McKay:
Instead of a film review, we got a film! Aaron McMullan (Duke de Mondo in these parts, in case you're new) presents Cliddyplomp — his award-winning student film. Watch it. Right now.
As a parent, I always found the MPAA movie ratings to be completely worthless. After reading Steve Carlson's review of This Film Is Not Yet Rated, I'm beginning to understand why. Check out the review and you'll probably want to check out the film afterwards.
From Film Editor Erin McMaster:
Joan Hunt's article on Steve Irwin can't be missed. Not only does it touch on the untimely passing of the Crocodile Hunter, but gives some much needed hope for the future of Steve Irwin's cause.
El Bicho takes on Ultraman in a review that is perhaps proof that El Bicho is still a child after all.
From Asst. Music Editor A.L. Harper:
The Duke De Mondo tickles our funny bones with the introductory waffle to his award winning film Cliddyplomp. The film is pretty fabulous, too.
From Editor Gordon Hauptfleisch:
I saw World Trade Center a couple days before Alan Dale's seamlessly incisive analysis, and while I was relieved the movie wasn't the typical Oliver Stone kitchen-sink crackpot-conspiracy onslaught, I was still bothered by certain aspects. Alan deftly discerned and articulated the flaws amid the flourishes in a comprehensive and cohesive fashion.
CULTURE
From Culture Editor Diana Hartman:Dave Nalle takes an intense and concise look at the quickly changing face, force, and challenges of labor in the well-written Working In A New America.
Article comments
1 - Mat Brewster
Thanks for the pick, Connie.
2 - Steve C.
Ooh, cool! Danke!
3 - Howard Dratch
Thanks. My ego needed some massaging. I was feeling like holding my face and screaming. An honor is more fun.
4 - sujatha
Thanks Diana!
5 - Mayank Austen Soofi
Thanks. The selection has made me feel nice.
6 - Duke De Mondo
Lisa and Ms Harper, thank you no end. and thanks to the various editor folks and so on who were so unspeakably wonderful when it came to the matter of promoting said article / flick about the place.