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Delhi gang rape victim’s father says he wants her named – Times of India

Posted: January 6, 2013 at 5:28 am

Delhi gang rape victim's father says he wants her named
Times of India
LONDON: The father of a girl woman whose brutal rape and torture provoked international outrage said in an interview published on Sunday that he wanted her name to be made public so she could be an inspiration to other victims of sexual assault.
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Sundance Channel to Hold Discussions in The Writers Room

Posted: January 5, 2013 at 10:34 pm

Simply put, count us in for The Writers Room.

The Sundance Channel announced today that it has ordered this unscripted program to series, explaining in a press release:

“We know that much of today’s best entertainment is on television, but Sundance Channel and Entertainment Weekly want to know - who, what, when, where and why?! Social media has given us a lot of information about what our audience is craving - and we are listening. They want insider knowledge and a deeper perspective - this show will deliver that.”

Sundance Channel

None of the show's participants have been announced, but the six half-hour episodes will “spotlight an array of scripted television shows - from today’s pioneering cable dramas to the most critically acclaimed and popular network sitcoms," according to the statement.

In other words: Breaking Bad, Mad Men, Homeland and more.

In other words, to reiterate: count us in.

Source:
http://www.tvfanatic.com/2013/01/sundance-channel-to-hold-discussions-in-the-writers-room/

Recommendation and review posted by G. Smith

Spectropia – Mirage and Ghost Stories at the Morbid Anatomy Library: Guest Post by Laetitia Barbier

Posted: January 5, 2013 at 6:49 pm

I am very pleased to introduce the first of what I hope will be many guest posts by Morbid Anatomy Library intern Laetitia Barbier; she has been working with us on and off over the past few years, and has just returned to America to finish her dissertation for The Sorbonne on painter Joe Coleman.

Laeti will be writing a series of short articles for this blog based on her favorite books in the Morbid Anatomy Library; following is her first:

While helping Joanna with the post-Hurricane Sandy library unpacking, I recently stumbled upon this incredible book. Squeezed between larger volumes of the vast “Death and Art” section, this amethyst-colored booklet was so thin that its title was almost impossible to read. “Spectropia or the Surprising Spectral Illusions Showing Ghosts Everywhere and of any Colors” - A rather theatrical headline, rendered on the front cover in a multiple typography layout evoking 19^thcentury entertainment posters. The pamphlet cover is also illustrated with a silver, almost invisible hooked nose ghoul, pointing an accusative finger at an even more invisible target. In good condition, the book is in fact a recent facsimile of a Victorian era manual. Its author, J.H. Brown, a complete stranger to me, published it 1864 both in England and in America.
Spetropia- What does it mean? I was both amused by this obscure neologism, and by the idea that the ghosts mentioned in the title did, apparently, not suffer any constraints of space, time or even hue - 'everywhere and of any colors. ' If omnipresence could be a common aspect of spirit's nature, the concept of their polychromatic manifestations was obviously something very new to me and so far incredibly bizarre. It is only by reading the texts and shuffling through the pages of this book that the magical aspect of this treasure item revealed itself to me.

Spetropia is no necromancy handbook, neither an history of Phantasmagoria spectacles as its macabre iconography might have suggested. It is, instead, an optical illusion manual, a toy book, a pure product of rational amusement. Spectropia in fact suggests that there is no need for a magic lantern operator to create frightening apparitions; your own eyes can serve as a substitute.
Dividing his book in several sections, Mr. Brown explains in his introduction a few simple facts about eye anatomy and their physiological specificities, and also on optic and chromatic learning, so that even young readers could understand that the experiment he proposes is not a metaphysical one, but truly rooted in science.
As he explains, the first step in this intriguing visual path is to pick out your own ghost from the sixteen large lithography plates--a pretty complex dilemma, as those Santa Muerte-like figures vie with each other in terms of amiable whimsicality, reflecting the minimal, almost naïve aesthetic preferred by Brown himself for practical purposes; at one point in the book, he apologies profusely for “the apparent disregard of taste and fine art” of his illustrations. Once your spooky companion is chosen, stare at it for about “a quarter of minute” and then move your eyes to a neutral, preferably white surface: a wall, a sheet of paper or, in my case, the ceiling of the Morbid Anatomy Library. Subsequently, the monochromatic monsters will appear, floating in the air like phosphorescent silhouette, an afterimage produced by the persistence of vision for only few seconds on the retina. As Brown explains it, the illusion will be produced in the complementary color of its original paper doppelganger. For instance, if you were to select the purple hand image (5th down), you will be haunted by a yellow ghost whereas an extended focus on a green one (3rd down) will manifest into a flamingo pink apparition… Spectres, or so it would seem, are true dandies.

But beyond this fantastic imagery, Spectropia has another quite surprising particularity. Brown's main interest was, in fact, not to amuse a young audience; instead, very alarmed by what he called a “mental epidemic” and the superstitious zeitgeist of his era, Mr. Brown was an anti-spiritualist crusader, and his aim was to bring belief in communication with the deceased to an end. By showing through playful optical experiments how ghosts could be seeneverywhere and of any colors, and according to demonstrable scientific principles, Brown's object was to demonstrate how the human mind could so easily and predictably be tricked by deceiving the senses.
A true scientific mind himself, who denies legitimacy to ''the follies of spiritualism,” Brown eventually offers a quiet poetic vision of the limits of his own rationalism when, in his anatomical expose, he describe the eye as “the most wonderful example of the infinite skill of the Creator.”

You can find out more about Laetitia Barbier by clicking here; you can read some of her articles about Parisian curiosities for Atlas Obscura by clicking here. You can find out more about this book--and order a copy of your own!--by clicking here. Very big thanks, also, to my sister Donna Ebenstein for gifting this book to me a number of years back.

All images are scanned from the book; click on image to see larger, more detailed versions.

Source:
http://morbidanatomy.blogspot.com/2013/01/spectropia-mirage-and-ghost-stories-at.html

Recommendation and review posted by G. Smith

Cougar Town Season 4: Nudity to Come!

Posted: January 5, 2013 at 2:09 pm

We're just days away from the Cougar Town Season 4 premiere and the cast informed reporters at this week's Television Critics Association press tour:

That means more nudity than ever before!

With the beloved sitcom moving to TBS, creator Bill Lawrence joked at yesterday's panel discussion that the cable network means a major change for Courteney Cox and company:

“One difference is Courteney did declare this year the year of her cleavage."

The star concurred: "You will not see one scene where I don’t show my boobs."

As for what fans can actually expect from Season 4 (sorry, fellas), the cast and crew teased the following storylines:

Laurie’s boyfriend will return from Afghanistan.
But, by the end of the year, Lawrence teased, the focus will return to the budding romance between Laurie and Travis.
And, okay, there will be some PG-rated nudity, as Jules and Grayson attempt to keep the spark alive in their marriage via "naked day." Lawrence said the idea stemmed from a writer on staff attempted this week his wife. The results? “It was sexy for about five minutes and then it was just two middle aged people standing around naked."

Cougar Town (yes, the name is staying) kicks off on TBS January 8 at 10/9c.

Source:
http://www.tvfanatic.com/2013/01/cougar-town-season-4-nudity-to-come/

Recommendation and review posted by G. Smith

Blue Bloods Review: The Highway Hitman

Posted: January 5, 2013 at 9:40 am

When do major crimes detectives investigate car accidents? When they're not accidents.

Which is why a vehicle taking a header through the guard rail of the BQE (Brooklyn Queens Expressway, for those of you not from NYC) led to the hunt for a serial killer. And a particularly green one at that.

Not only was our environmentally conscious killer eating vegan black bean burritos and probably wearing hemp clothing, he took the time to track down environmentally friendly, lead free bullets. How thoughtful. It's nice to know he was trying to protect the Earth while blowing people's brains out while they drove.

Is it wrong of me to admit that I'd gladly burn a few extra gallons to be able to drive that Porsche 911?

But back to the case. I knew the ex-military man hadn't committed suicide because there were still 20 minutes left in the show. However, I did love the clerk who couldn't stop calling Danny "Dude." The word was so ingrained in his vocabulary that I doubt Danny could have beat it out of him…and it looked like he really wanted to.

And how fitting having the killer be hit by an SUV. Hopefully there was a hybrid ambulance available.

Once again, Detective Kate Lansing won me over as she made bets with Danny over grammar issues, although my dictionary says it can be pronounced both ways. Forte as fort or fortey, so perhaps she shouldn't have handed that twenty bucks over quite so quickly.

The "Fathers and Sons" theme of the show came when poor Sean got bumped off his bicycle and suffered a head injury. I was surprised that Nicky urged her mother to scoop the kid up and go. She's always seemed so smart that I was a bit shocked she didn't know not to move an accident victim, especially one with a possible head, neck or back injury. Then again, it's nice to see that she's just a kid and prone to panic like everyone else.

Everyone but Erin that is who was calm and in control. No less than I expected.

Linda was stoic as Danny struggled to hold it together. There was nothing to do but wait and patience certainly is one of Danny's virtues.

Back at One Police Plaza, Frank worried about his family, handled the PR about the city's latest serial killer and gave the mayor fits. I do wonder how long Frank and the mayor can do this dance. I hope indefinitely but every time Frank steps on the Mayor's toes I wonder what the end of the season will bring.

We didn't get a real Reagan family dinner, just Chinese takeout at the hospital and a heartfelt prayer. But Sean waking up to the rising sun with both Danny and Frank at his bedside almost made up for it.

Almost. Because as good as this episode was, I don't want to go another week with Sunday dinner with the Reagans.

Source:
http://www.tvfanatic.com/2013/01/blue-bloods-review-the-highway-hitman/

Recommendation and review posted by G. Smith

FRACTAL ARTIFACT – Transhuman – Video

Posted: January 5, 2013 at 6:41 am

FRACTAL ARTIFACT - Transhuman
"Transhuman" is the debut single from our debut album "Manifestations of the Abyss". Please check us out on Facebook! The tuning for this song is: Eb Ab Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb. Check out our other album teasers on the channel! This track will be available for download from Bandcamp. http://www.facebook.com Artwork produced for Fractal Artifact by Rickard Westman. fractalartifactonline.bandcamp.com

By: Christian Kirkpatrick

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FRACTAL ARTIFACT - Transhuman - Video

Recommendation and review posted by G. Smith