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| Success! | | Date Created: Aug 09, 2004, 12:48 PM |
 FINALLY...I got the "What I'm Listening to" gadget to work on the blog. I'm diggin' the cool iPod-like picture.
Speaking of iPods, here's an amusing Consumer Reports style comparison of the iPod with a slightly older form of music storage system.
And, for the Star Trek geek in all of us, the Orignal Series is coming out on DVD. Take a look at the funky trailer here. (photo (C) Paramount)
OK. Book Reviews.
Finished "Looking for It" by Michael Thomas Ford. He also wrote "Last Summer." "Looking for It" is the story of a group of friends (accountant, couple of retail clerks, a chemistry teacher, an Episcopal priest, a bartender, an accountant) living in a small town in upstate New York. They're all looking for love.
The book was similar to "Last Summer"...in fact, a bit too similar. Instead of Provincetown, this book is set in New York, but otherwise is nearly the same story. There's the requisite gay-bashing, which seems to be required lately. However, it is nice to occasionally read a book that isn't set in Manhatten or LA. This book is all surface. If you're looking for a book that expounds on the deeper meanings of looking for love, look for it elsewhere.
Also finished "Blue Heaven" by James Keenen, the story of a couple of scheming, conniving money-grubbing people who decide to get married just for the presents. They rope their friends into helping them pull the stunt off, which involves a Duchess, the mob, and a shrewish fashion designer to name a few of the unlikely cast. Hilarity ensues -- think Lucy and Ethel.
Favorite Line: "She stared at him like a vampire watching a hemophiliac shave."
There is a sequel, "Puttin' on the Ritz" which I haven't read yet...it appears to be out of print, but still available on Amazon. Keenan was a Producer on Frasier and did some writing for the show as well, I believe.
A better book, in my opinion, if you're looking for gay slapstick farce is "Two Gentlemen Sharing" by William Corlett (who also wrote a very different book, "Now and Then."
Corlett's a great writer, but apparently just does kids books now. This book is set in a small village somewhere in the British countryside. Two gay Londeners buy a house there (hence the title) and get to mix with the neighbors.
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