Closure

picking-up (i.e., stealing an idea) from Neil Gaiman's tab closing posts, i thought it would be a good way to 'bookmark' some interesting things for the weekend.

first is an interview with Chuck Palahniuk over at strangehorizons, with bits about his upcoming SF novel, Rant:

http://www.strangehorizons.com/2006/20061016/palahniuk-int-a.shtml

the first details of the book went-up on The Cult:

http://www.chuckpalahniuk.net/community/showthread.php?threadid=26460

a not-exactly-news bit on string theory i'm not sure i've posted before:

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1890340,00.html

got around to watching The Christmas Invasion through youtube during my lunchbreak, and i have to say, it was ok, had some uber cinematic pretty-if-cliched SF moments, but watching the Doctor pick-up a sword and duel with an alien doesn't quite sit well with me. however, the trailer for series 2 on the BBC site looks promising:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/check/doctorwho/ram/trail2006?size=16x9&bgc=CC0000&nbram=1&bbram=1&nbwm=1&bbwm=1

so yeah, i'll still be waiting for the DVDs to come out hereabouts.

and finally (no links, as i've really got to fly), i may have found my personal pick for best CD release for this year in The Mars Volta's Amputechture. the first two full albums didn't really catch my fancy, as i wasn't particularly drawn by the radio releases of those albums, and i had no other exposure to the band. but after hearing Viscera Eyes on the radio, i just knew i had to check the album out, and boy, i'm utterly sold.

more on the CD when i have more time, or when i feel like saying more.

ah, what the hell. here's the band's official site:

http://www.themarsvolta.com/

anyway, that's it for this week, unless i decide to pull overtime tomorrow. not an idea i exactly relish, but may be necessary given that i haven't exactly been at my most productive this week.

right. time to fly.