One, highly astute, criticism about my personality is that I tend to view the world in black and white. Some days there isn't a heck of a lot shades of grey in how I see things. Clearly this can be a problem at times when two parties have wildly different viewpoints and a little empathy on my part would go a long way towards smoothings some things over.
But not today.
Today I am absolutely, 100% vindicated that my read of the situation was absolutely correct. Unfortunately I got overruled and now that the fit has hit the shan I'm the one who has to scramble around like a one armed paper hanger to make things right.
I have rage.
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Monday, February 25, 2008
Wedding Music
I've moved into a brief work lull , in a lead up to our big awards event at the end of this week. It's been pedal to the metal for the last couple of months. There's more than a couple posts in that, including a couple on "What will be different the next time out".
But what's on my mind right now is my upcoming wedding and some music related issues.
One of the few things that has been, almost completely, left up to me when it comes to planning this wedding is the music.
That includes...
1. Dancing music.
2. Music for the actual ceremony.
3. The first dance.
Right now now it's number three that has me stumped. I have a fiew pre-conditions that must be met for the first dance. It has to be semi-popular (so that if it ever comes on the radio we can have a 'moment'), not overly sappy, acceptable to both parties and not hackney and cliched.
For me the problem is all my sweepstake leaders sound great musically but are hideously innapropriate if you actually listen to their lyrics. For example my two faves are actually about a) a couple breaking up, b) a confused woman who gets into a series of bad relationships.
Not exactly prime wedding material. As pieces of music I find both songs to be powerful, even verging on haunting. But I'd hardly play them at my wedding for the guests to dance to, much less my future wife.
The reason that this all floated to the forefront of my hazy conscious today is that another song has leapt out as a possible contender.
Wheat Kings - The Tragically Hip.
Only to be beat down by actually listening to the lyrics.
The search continues. Stay tuned.
But what's on my mind right now is my upcoming wedding and some music related issues.
One of the few things that has been, almost completely, left up to me when it comes to planning this wedding is the music.
That includes...
1. Dancing music.
2. Music for the actual ceremony.
3. The first dance.
Right now now it's number three that has me stumped. I have a fiew pre-conditions that must be met for the first dance. It has to be semi-popular (so that if it ever comes on the radio we can have a 'moment'), not overly sappy, acceptable to both parties and not hackney and cliched.
For me the problem is all my sweepstake leaders sound great musically but are hideously innapropriate if you actually listen to their lyrics. For example my two faves are actually about a) a couple breaking up, b) a confused woman who gets into a series of bad relationships.
Not exactly prime wedding material. As pieces of music I find both songs to be powerful, even verging on haunting. But I'd hardly play them at my wedding for the guests to dance to, much less my future wife.
The reason that this all floated to the forefront of my hazy conscious today is that another song has leapt out as a possible contender.
Wheat Kings - The Tragically Hip.
Only to be beat down by actually listening to the lyrics.
The search continues. Stay tuned.
Monday, February 11, 2008
An open letter to Stuart Immonen
Stuart Immonen has gone and charted a timeline of his career over the roughly twenty or so years he’s been an artist in comic books.
A lot of it sounds like he views himself as sort of a forgotten artist type, who’s work people are only now starting to recognize despite the fact that he’s been in the business for so long.
The comments were turned off so I couldn’t throw in my two cents. I guess I’ll just have to say it here.
Stuart.
Your penciling on the Adventures of Superman in the late 90’s was one of the few things that kept me as a comic book reader at a time in my life where my discretionary funding could almost certainly have been spent in better places.
I’m not qualified enough to comment on your artistic skill, but I usually only follow writers to different projects, not artists. You are the rare exception to that rule.
I’m happy that you’ve found success now with Ultimate Spider-man and after twenty years in the business it’s a success hard earned.
But to me, you will always be the Superman penciller that managed to keep me interested in comics at an age where most kids pack it in.
In other words, you have a lot to answer for.
A lot of it sounds like he views himself as sort of a forgotten artist type, who’s work people are only now starting to recognize despite the fact that he’s been in the business for so long.
The comments were turned off so I couldn’t throw in my two cents. I guess I’ll just have to say it here.
Stuart.
Your penciling on the Adventures of Superman in the late 90’s was one of the few things that kept me as a comic book reader at a time in my life where my discretionary funding could almost certainly have been spent in better places.
I’m not qualified enough to comment on your artistic skill, but I usually only follow writers to different projects, not artists. You are the rare exception to that rule.
I’m happy that you’ve found success now with Ultimate Spider-man and after twenty years in the business it’s a success hard earned.
But to me, you will always be the Superman penciller that managed to keep me interested in comics at an age where most kids pack it in.
In other words, you have a lot to answer for.
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