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The Year's Best Science Fiction, 12th Annual Collection

3.5 out of 5

A collection of twenty-three of 1994's best science fiction stories as selected by editor Gardner Dozois.

The book begins with Dozois' extensive summary of the year in science fiction and his concerns for the future of science fiction as a genre. Reading his 1994 observations in 2024, thirty years later, is both jarring and sad when you consider how many of the magazines mentioned no longer exist. I know most genre fiction (mystery, science fiction, fantasy in particular) go through moments where writers, critics, and anthologists are worried/predicting its destruction. I can remember hearing that worry in the late 1960s (science fiction), the 1970s (fantasy), and pretty much every decade for mystery. It never really happened, although there were always growing pains as the tropes changed. I've stopped worrying about it.

There's a fair mix of humor and angst, tragedy and farce within these pages, which I personally appreciate as it keeps the reading experience from becoming monotonous.

Contents

"Forgiveness Day" by Ursula K. Le Guin, 4 out of 5. "The Remoras" by Robert Reed, 4.5 out of 5. "Nekropolis" by Maureen F. McHugh, 3 out of 5. "Margin of Error" by Nancy Kress, 4.5 out of 5. "Cilia-of-Gold" by Stephen Baxter, 2.5 out of 5. "Going After Old Man Alabama" by William Sanders, 3.5 out of 5. "Melodies of the Heart" by Michael F. Flynn, 5 out of 5. "The Hole in the Hole" by Terry Bisson, 3.5 out of 5. "Paris in June" by Pat Cadigan, 2 out of 5. "Flowering Mandrake" by George Turner, 3 out of 5. "None So Blind" by Joe Haldeman, 3 out of 5. "Cocoon" by Greg Egan, 4 out of 5. "Seven Views of Olduvai Gorge" by Mike Resnick, 4.5 out of 5. "Dead Space for the Unexpected" by Geoff Ryman, 3 out of 5. "Cri de Coeur" by Michael Bishop, 3 out of 5. "The Sawing Boys" by Howard Waldrop, 2 out of 5. "The Matter of Seggri" by Ursula K. Le Guin, 4 out of 5. "Ylem" by Eliot Fintushel, 3 out of 5. "Asylum" by Katharine Kerr, 4.5 out of 5. "Red Elvis" by Walter Jon Williams, 3 out of 5. "California Dreamer" by Mary Rosenblum, 3 out of 5. "Split Light" by Lisa Goldenstein, 3 out of 5. "Les Fleurs du Mal" by Brian Stableford, 3 out of 5.

Some of my favorites include: "Margin of Error" which had a particularly satisfying revenge; "Melodies of the Heart" almost killed me emotionally; and "Asylum" which is frighteningly close to what we are facing in 2024.

A few of the stories disappointed me greatly, having such wonderful plots, terrific flow, and interesting characters, only to crash and burn the endings. No matter how great a story might be, if you can't stick the ending, it's all for nothing. Despite that, I'm still glad that I picked up this collection at the Friends of the Library store.

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Dark Academia: An Inspired Reading Recommendations List (Part 2)

Part one is here for anyone interested!

Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo

The Cloisters by Katy Hays

Dead Girls Society by Michelle Krys

The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater

Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte

Bunny by Mona Awad

Dracula by Bram Stoker

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

Babel: An Arcane History by R.F. Kuang

Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab

Maurice by E.M. Foster

The Society For Soulless Girls by Laura Steven

The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

The Sharp Edge of Silence by Cameron Kelly Rosenblum

The Muse by Jessie Burton

Persuasion by Jane Austen

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Alfred Sisley

Though he was born British and retained British citizenship all of his life, Alfred Sisley is identified now as a French painter of the Impressionist movement. Out of all of the Impressionist, Sisley was perhaps the most dedicated to the philosophy of painting his landscapes en plein air. Unlike even the most prominent Impressionists like Renoir and Monet, Sisley would remain a purist, only occasionally deviating from landscape painting.

Alfred Sisley, Resting by a Stream at the Edge of the Wood, 1878

Sisley's most famous works depict the River Themes, the Seine, and the commune Moret-sur-Loing c. 1874. His landscapes are recognizable for their especially dreamy feel from the use of pastel hues.

Alfred Sisley was born on October 30th, 1839, to art-loving parents. He would study art in Paris, where he would meet Pierre-August Renoir, Frédéric Bazille, and Claude Monet, after fleeing a finance degree program in London. The Impressionist painters introduced Sisley to painting en plein air, or outdoors, as a way of capturing the ephemerality of nature and sunlight. However, like most Impressionists, Sisley found it difficult to find an audience for his work in his own time and had to live by an allowance sent to him by his wealthy British father until 1870.

With the arrival of the Franco-Prussian War in 1870, Sisley was forced to subsist off of his own income as an artist. Sisley would spend his entire life as a 'starving artists' with only occasional revenue to travel back to London from the support of his patrons.

Alfred Sisley, Morning, 1874

While in England, Sisley would paint some of his most notable pictures, those of the River Thames, which have been described as "a perfect moment of Impressionism" by art historians.

10 years later, Sisley and his family would move to Moret-sur-Loing, an artistic commune that had been of previous art historical importance. There, "the gentle landscapes with their constantly changing atmosphere were perfectly attuned to his talents," said art historian Anne Poulet, "Unlike Monet, he never sought the drama of the rampaging ocean or the brilliantly colored scenery of the Côte d'Azur."

Pierre-August Renoir, Sisley and his Wife, 1868

In 1897, Sisley would finally marry his longtime partner, Eugénie (Marie) Lescouezec at a Registry in Wales. The two already had two children, Pierre and Marie who were by now 30 and 28. The trip would be Sisley's last time visiting Britain and there, he would paint six oils of the sea cliffs.

At the age of 59, Alfred Sisley would die of threat cancer. His wife Marie had died just months previously and, seemingly out of love, he joined her soon. Still at the time of his death, he was denied French citizenship.

Alfred Sisley, Avenue of Chestnut Trees near La Celle-Saint-Cloud, 1865

In his painting, it is known that Sisley's work was once far more sorrowful-looking than how it appears today, though these paintings have not survived. Art Historians have suggested that a young Sisley would have likely been influenced by his British forebears: John Constable and J. M. W. Turner, though this has never been confirmed. It wouldn't be until he formed his relationships with the Impressionists that his work literally began to "lighten up."

Alfred Sisley, La Seine au point du jour, 1877

Among the Impressionists though, Sisley would be described as "almost a generic character" by art historian Robert Rosenblum, "an impersonal textbook idea of a perfect Impressionist painting" with many of his works being misattributed to Monet.

An interesting fact is that one work by Sisley, The Lane of Poplars at Moret, has actually been stolen on three separate occasions. Perhaps due to his inconspicuousness in the Impressionist movement, Sisley paintings are also the most likely ones to be found as fakes during authentication investigations.

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New Young Adult Releases! (April 11th, 2023)

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Have I missed any new Young Adult releases? Have you added any of these books to your TBR? Let me know!

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New Standalones/First in a Series:

Bianca Torre is Afraid of Everything by Justine Pucella Winans

Ab(solutely) Normal by Various

The Sharp Edge of Silence by Cameron Kelly Rosenblum

The Making of Yolanda la Bruja by Lorraine Avila

Throwback by Maurene Goo

A Realm of Ash & Shadow by Lara Buckheit

The Hitherto Secret Experiments of Marie Curie by Various

Viva Lola Espinoza by Ella Cerón

New Sequels:

He Who Breaks the Earth (The Gods-Touched Duology #2) by Caitlin Sangster

Master of Souls (Kingdom of Souls #3) by Rena Barron

Promises Stronger than Darkness (Unstoppable #3) by Charlie Jane Anders

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Happy reading!

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✨WHAT'S POPPIN' THIS APRIL (Part 2)✨

The books are:

• Symphony of Secrets by Brendan Slocumb

• City of Dreams by Don Winslow

• Games and Rituals by Katherine Henry

• Secret Rules to Being a Rockstar by Jessamyn Violet

• No Place to Hide by J.S Monroe

• Someone is Always Watching by Kelley Armstrong

• Tenkill by Shannon Kirk

• Tauhou by Kotuku Tithula Nuttall

• Harvest House by Cynthia Leitich Smith

• The Recall Paradox by Julian Ray Vaca

• Chrysalis by Anna Metcalfe

• Old Flame by Molly Prentiss

• Pomegranate by Helen Elaine Lee

• The Words We Lost by Nicole Deese

• Advika and the Hollywood Wives by Kirthana Ramisetti

• The Hitherto Secret Experiments of Marie Curie by Various Authors

• Lewis Sinclair and the Gentlemen Cowboys by D.M.S Fick

• Master of Souls by Rena Barron

• The Sharp Edge of Silence by Cameron Kelly Rosenblum

• Bianca Torre Is Afraid of Everything by Justine Pucella Winans

• The House is on Fire by Rachel Beanland

• Cleaning Up by Leanne Lieberman

• Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld

• The Last Heir to Blackwood Library by Hester Fox

• Not Here to Stay Friends by Kaitlyn Hill

• First-Year Orientation by Various Authors

• Spell Bound by F.T. Lukens

• Blood Debts by Terry J. Benton-Walker

• Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross

• The Immeasurable Depth of You by Maria Ingrande Mora

• The House of Cotton by Monica Brashears

• The Golden Doves by Martha Hall Kelly

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When a bumbling New Yorker is dumped by his activist girlfriend, he travels to a tiny Latin American nation and becomes involved in its latest rebellion. Credits: TheMovieDb. Film Cast: Fielding Mellish: Woody Allen Nancy: Louise Lasser General Emilio M. Vargas: Carlos Montalbán Yolanda: Nati Abascal Esposito: Jacobo Morales Luis: Miguel Ángel Suárez Diaz: René Enríquez Arroyo: Jack Axelrod Himself: Howard Cosell Mrs. Ruth Mellish: Charlotte Rae Dr. Al Mellish: Stanley Ackerman J. Edgar Hoover: Dorothi Fox Paul: Eddie Barth Semple: Conrad Bain British Ambassador: Baron De Beer Man On Cross: Allen Garfield Himself: Roger Grimsby Himself: Don Dunphy Priest: Dan Frazer Dr. Feigen: Martha Greenhouse Man Tortured: Axel Anderson Perez: El Tigre Pérez Judge: Arthur Hughes Prosecutor: John Braden Policeman: Ted Chapman Sharon: Dagne Crane Douglas: Nicholas Saunders The Interpreter: Eulogio Peraza Senator: Norman Evans FBI Man #1: Bob O’Connell FBI Man #2: Robert Dudley Norma: Marilyn Hengst FBI Security: Ed Crowley FBI Security: Beeson Carroll Snake Bite Lady: Princess Fatosh Cigarette Commercial Man: Dick Callinan Patient in Operating Room: Hy Anzell Subway Thug #1 (uncredited): Sylvester Stallone Woman in Hotel Lobby Cheering Honeymoon (uncredited): Mary Jo Catlett …: Tino García Sanchez: David Ortiz Angleró Film Crew: Screenplay: Woody Allen Screenplay: Mickey Rose Producer: Axel Anderson Producer: Antonio Encarnacion Producer: Jack Grossberg Executive Producer: Charles H. Joffe Producer: Manolo Villamil Executive Producer: Jack Rollins Original Music Composer: Marvin Hamlisch Director of Photography: Andrew M. Costikyan Editor: Ron Kalish Associate Producer: Ralph Rosenblum Production Design: Ed Wittstein Orchestrator: Ralph Burns Music Supervisor: Felix Giglio Sound Effects Editor: John Strauss Unit Production Manager: Morton Gorowitz Production Secretary: Noni Rock Producer’s Assistant: Henry Polonsky First Assistant Director: Fred T. Gallo Script Supervisor: Barbara Robinson Location Manager: William Eustace Casting: Vicky Hernández Transportation Captain: Richard Augustine Transportation Captain: Harry J. Leavey Unit Publicist: Samuel D. Berns Title Designer: Norman Gorbaty Set Decoration: Herbert F. Mulligan Special Effects: Don B. Courtney Gaffer: Robert A. Hudecek Key Grip: Michael Mahony Property Master: Connie Brink Costume Design: Gene Coffin Wardrobe Supervisor: Martin Gaiptman Makeup Artist: Guy Del Russo Sound: Nathan Boxer Sound: James Sabat Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Al Gramaglia Assistant Editor: Susan Behr Still Photographer: Jack Stager Movie Reviews:

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Nonfiction Thursday: Photography Picks

The Beginner's Photography Guide by Chris Gatcum

In contrast to the jargon-filled manuals that come with most digital cameras, The Beginner's Photography Guide presents step-by-step digital slr camera basics, while introducing and demonstrating a wide variety of techniques that will inspire the novice digital photographer. Grouped together by themes — color, composition, natural light, framing, and more — each camera technique is broken down into an easy-to-follow step-by-step sequence, and features annotated photographs and suggestions on getting the best from digital slr cameras and taking eye-catching photos.

A World History of Photography by Naomi Rosenblum

Encompasses the entire range of the photographic medium, from the camera lucida to up-to-date computer technology, and from Europe and the Americas to the Far East. The text investigates all aspects of photography - aesthetic, documentary, commercial and technical - while placing it in historical context. It includes three technical sections with detailed information about equipment and processes. This edition also updates important new international work from the 1980s and 1990s.

How to Rule at Photography by Chronicle Books

How to Rule at Photography features 50 bite-size tips and tricks to help you improve your photo skills with your phone's camera. Creating brilliant photos with your phone isn't as hard as you might think, and the easy-to-follow advice in this book goes way beyond selfie help.

Let these deceptively simple tips help you unleash your inner creativity and upgrade your social media feed as you start snapping great shots using only your phone. You'll not only learn actionable tips to make your photos better—you'll learn how to develop your own personal style along the way.

• Simple and effective instructional content • Features tips for amateur documentarians and aspiring social media influencers • Advice on how to pose for a portrait, get the best lighting, and edit images like a pro using nothing but your smartphone

This book is the perfect easy-breezy volume for the person who wants to up their phone photography game.

100 Ideas That Changed Photography by Mary Warner Marien

This compelling book chronicles the most influential ideas that have shaped photography from the invention of the daguerreotype in the early 19th century up to the digital revolution and beyond. Entertaining and intelligent, it provides a fascinating resource to dip into.

Arranged in a broadly chronological order to show the development of photography, the ideas that comprise the book include innovative concepts, cultural and social incidents, technologies, and movements. Each idea is presented through lively text and arresting visuals, and explores when the idea first evolved and its subsequent impact on photography.

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Asimov’s Science Fiction (March 1998)

So I'm back from vacation. Blech.

Oh, this part's fine. I gripe about the books and stories I review, but I wouldn't be doing this if I didn't enjoy it. It's my day job I don’t like going back to. Although actually, one of the better things about my day job is that it's ok for me hate it. Before I gleefully dived into voluntary underemployment, it felt like the world expected me to be grateful for the miserable job that I hated and was consuming my life and ruining my health.

And why talk about soul-crushing misery in the intro to a review?

You did see that this was an Asimov's Science Fiction review right?

Three novelettes and five short stories this time.

Novelettes

The Eye of God, Mary Rosenblum

Humanity has access to other worlds. But there's a catch. Another species controls that access. That's apparently extremely demoralizing.

But the story's mostly about a lesbian woman working through the death of a former lover she'd grown estranged from because of a child and a man. In the process she falls in love with her lover's alien doppleganger, learns more than she was supposed to about alien biology, and makes casual assumptions about alien sex and gender like an anthropocentric bag of dicks.

Transit, Stephen Dedman

The story above was at least partly about a human reacting oddly to a species with non-binary sexual biology. This one hits similar notes in a completely different melody.

In a future where humans have access to other worlds, thanks to a method that's controlled by aliens, a young genetically engineered human hermaphrodite falls in love with a muslim girl who is passing through on the Hajj.

It's a shame both of these stories were in the same issue. There's both good, and not very similar at all, but bound together they invite comparison and in my opinion this one comes out ahead.

Getting to Know You, David Marusek

Oh, it's an early story about Alexa.

Not creepy enough.

Short Stories

The Here and Now, Steven Utley

What good is time travel if you can't change anything?

Well, it lets you drag tourists into old wars.

Radio Praha, Tony Daniel

Expats talk and drink with each other all the time. It's probably not that unusual for them to tell each other stories about magical time-freezing radios and ex-girlfriends who become technoghosts.

Datableed, Pat Cadigan

Apparently recursive virtual reality is addictive. Which sounds to me like a wonderful way for a game developer to cheaply leech even more money from their customers. I wonder if Blizzard has patented it yet.

Scientifiction, Howard Waldrop

Reviewing this from memory nearly a month after I read it, I'm not sure whether it's about sentient roaches dealing with the leftovers of nuclear war, or about sentient roaches dealing with cracks in the drywall.

Wild Child, S.N. Dyer

Oh good, I was worried that this issue of Asimov's wasn't horrific enough. A short story where a lack of access to birth control leads to feral children roaming the streets and being treated like stray cats, right up to the same kind of adoption.

Final Thoughts

Eh, not bad. Mostly decent stories. A few chances to look at the world from a different perspective.

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By Mary Rosenblum, on the SFWA website. Good, thoughtful, up-to-date piece, recommended reading.

Finishing the book can seem like such a step forward!  Pop the champagne!

But then the author sits down to contemplate publishing.  Oh, the thorny questions!  Try for a commercial publisher?  Do the self publishing route?  Bring it out as an ebook only?  Pay for print layout and an ISBN and bring it out as print?

So many questions!

It can raise anyone’s blood pressure!

The latest on authorearnings.com, a good source of ‘who’s making what’ information, is that the times they are a’changin’ for today’s authors.  Maybe that stubborn determination to find an agent and get picked up by a NY publisher so that your book ends up in Barnes and Noble isn’t really worth the (huge) effort.

Let’s see how the numbers shake out for authors here!

PRINT VERSUS EBOOK

Every genre has its own print-versus-ebook profile.  Some genres are populated by big ebook readers while others have readers who still go for print.  So there is no single answer for that question.  There can be a difference even within a genre, depending on the age and gender of your readers.  That’s always something I consider when I’m evaluating a book — who is the readership and what do they read?

PRINT PREJUDICE

Print books used to be purchased pretty exclusively in brick and mortar bookstores.  It is nearly impossible for small commercial publishers and self published authors to get books onto those bookstore shelves, and authors sometimes come out losing money when they do because of bookstore ‘return’ requirements.

But now?

In 2016, 43% of all traditionally published books were purchased online.  Now, THAT is a reason to break out the champagne!  Why?  Because most readers pay little to no attention to the publisher.  As long as the small press or self published book looks professional and has a professional looking cover,  it’s competitive with books from the ‘bookstore’ publishers.  If your ebook or print book includes those 5 critical elements for success and looks like the other professionally published books out there, readers don’t care who published it.  They��ll look at price.

Aha!  That might just be the reason that self publishing authors sell almost as many ebooks as the traditional publishers. They can usually price their books lower.

But what about print books?

2016 Self Published Print Book Sales

In 2016, 21,800,000 self published print books were sold, mostly published through Create Space.  The average price was $10.34.  Amazon imprints sold another 959,000 copies.

That’s a lot of print book money!

What does it mean for you?

Know whether your readers prefer print or ebooks.  While it’s good to have a print version out there for the many ebook readers who like to put their favorite books onto a real bookshelf, it can be critical to have that print book out there if most of your potential readers prefer print or simply don’t use an ereader at all!

If you are publishing traditionally with a small commercial publisher who brings your book out as an eboook, find out whether or not that publisher will bring your book out in print.  Many will not, although they’ll reserve the right to publish the books in print form, too, for a period of time, usually two years. They will spend the extra dollars to publish the book in print only if it sells well as an ebook.

You can negotiate to terminate the publisher’s option after that initial period is up, and you should do that if the publisher does not bring the book out in print, and your readership includes significant print-only readers.  Even if you pay for a new cover and for page layout, it will not take many sales to recoup your expenses and start making money if your ebook is selling at all well.  But again — just how many books sell depends on your genre, your readership, and also on whether or not your book includes those 5 key bestseller elements.

The Self Publishing Author’s Share

What are self publishing authors really selling?

A lot!  Here are the 2016 sales of all adult fiction ebooks, according to Authorearnings.com

Traditional publisher;  175,000,000 ebooks sold

Self published authors: 150,000,000 ebooks sold

Amazon imprints:  50,000,000 ebooks sold

What does this mean for you?  It means that  readers are buying  nearly as many self published ebooks as they are buying ebooks from small press and New York publishers.  If you’re an author looking at a career, the greater price and promotion control of self publishing are going to make it well worth your while to self publish.  You will undoubtedly make more money.

The print book picture is not so rosy!

While 141,351,000 adult fiction print books sold in 2016, the self published share s so small that it’s hard to even estimate it on the graph!

Ouch!

There can be many reasons for this poor showing.

Many publishers publish only ebooks in popular genres.

Print books are expensive, and first time authors may see poor print sales for that reason.  Readers will take a chance on a new author for a $3.99 ebook, maybe not for a $12.99 print book!

First impressions matter more — a non-standard cover or interior layout can make a reader think twice about shelling out that $12.99.

Book discounters and free book giveaways make it easier to market ebooks to large numbers of potential fans.

The bottom line is that you are probably better off self publishing your ebook, and print is worth your time if your book has those five key elements and is selling well.  You should easily pay for the cost of producing it and print copies are invaluable at readings, signings, and other author events, even if your readers prefer ebooks.

If your readership prefers print books, print is very important indeed!

Download my free pdf The Bestseller Bullseye to learn exactly what those five key elements of the bestseller are and make sure  your book includes them all before you publish it or market it to a commercial publisher!

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An award-winning author of New York published Science Fiction and mystery novels as well as dozens of short stories, Mary Rosenblum began teaching writing fifteen years ago, mentoring student authors through the writing and publishing process.  Now, as the Literary Midwife at New Writers Interface (where this post first appeared), she still helps new authors navigate safely through the process of publishing today, and teaches them how to promote their books effectively in today’s brave new publishing world.

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The Drylands, by Mary Rosenblum via CoolSciFiCovers

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Glenn Vilppu

Bill Viola

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Takumi Wada

Kara Walker

Corinne Wasmuht

Steve Wang

Jonathan Wateridge

Alison Watt

Jeff Watts

Robert Watts

Matthias Weischer

Morgan Weistling

Wendy White

Terryl Whitlatch

Richard Williams

Sue Williams

Christopher Wool

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Zhang Xiaogang

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Santiago Ydañez

Lynette Yiadom-Boakye

Yoh Yoshinari

Donglu Yu

Liang Yuanwei

Lisa Yuskavage

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Luiz Zerbini

Su Zhang

Feng Zhu

[scenearoundtown]

Reflecting back on Holiday time late last year there were several events following strict covid protocol at the beautiful Hollywood Museum owned by my pal Donelle Dadigan - Very memorable star studded tributes to Bob Hope, Ghostbusters, the 30th anniversary of Silence of the Lambs which included a funtastic visit in their scary Dungeon of Doom, publicist Roger Neal’s fantastic 60th birthday party & 40th anniversary in showbiz celebration, the museum’s lovely Celebrity Christmas Tree Trimming Party  which included beautiful trees by Dr. Christmas and there amazing Author Day! The Goddess Judy Tenuta said "Silence of the Lambs was special because it was my first public appearance since kicking cancer's ass in 6 months! I presented a gift to DonelIe and I felt the love and support from everyone at the Hollywood Museum.... And I had fun with friends at the Author's Forum... I laughed it up with Miss Ruta Lee and all the Authors and even made my school lunch money back!  Followers of Judyism can get my book "Full Frontal Tenudity" on Amazon .. the Goddess does not do mailings just Amazon.". Donelle, Steve and their hard working staff pulled out all the stops creating and hosting these spectacular events....  Meanwhile at the beautiful Catalina Bar & Grill on Sunset another holiday favorite was Ilene Graff’s super fun Christmas Show which included publicist Harlan Boll who has an amazing voice...  George Pennacchio my favorite entertainment reporter told me "We love seeing Ilene and Ben on stage. They are always devoted to giving us great music and a terrific show with surprise guests along the way. Ilene has a natural warmth and it goes perfectly with her welcoming personality. During this busy time of the year it was just really nice to just take a break and enjoy some holiday cheer from Ilene and company. Her show was a gift wrapped with talent and love. Ilene added extra talent to the show with her brother Todd Graff and friends Glen Rosenblum and Harlan Boll. They added the right note to an evening of music and smiles." Other great holiday season events included Brian Sikoff’s Halloween Hotness at Madam Tussauds which raised big bucks for St. Jude’s and The Thalians Christmas Party honoring our beloved late great Debbie Reynolds which raised big bucks for Operation Mend at UCLA....   These warm and fun events were full of good cheer, camaraderie, great people and delicious food and drink.  Jessica Sugar Kyper remarked "I'm so proud of Brian and friends raising so much money for St Jude's this year! $7,000 is nothing to shake a stick at! Way to go gang! I'm so happy to be part of Halloween Hotness for several years .. Let's keep it going!" I agree Sugar, I agree! I took the picture above of Debbie Reynolds above back in 2011 at The Paley  which is the nite I met Roger Neal on the red carpet!  Also kudos to the wonderful Writers & Illustrators Awards Dinner  at the Taglyan on Vine... Kate Linder star of The Young & Restless noted "The Writers & Illustrators event is always enjoyable and this year was no exception... since the 2020 awards were unable to be held because of covid they honored both year's recipients. This enabled the show to have great content and entertainment".  Photos from the event are included in a collage above -  thank you guest, the ever busy  director Christy Oldham for sharing your photo & thank you jcazali for all your help assembling them.

 Another wonderful and memorable  event was the Grand Opening of the luxury boutique Attic Koncept in West Hollywood which features rare finds from Saint Laurent, Fendu, Dolce, Hermes & trend setting European designers.  The beautiful boutique is owned by fashionistas Maria Golomb and Max Gor.  Opening night attracted lots of beautiful people, Hollywood Elite Stylists and influencers.  Amongst the VIP guests were Mary Aloe, Christina Englehardt, Vogue model Meredith Mickelson, Lilit Bush, Shaka Smith, Wilma Elles, Pinky Dillion, Tatiana Allen, Vince Kelvin, Talk Vincent, Mva.la, George Blodwell, Brian O’Rourke and  Arthur Chipman executive producer of Los Angeles fashion week.  Madonna, Miley Cyrus, Bella Hadid and Alicia Keys purchase many of their hats designed by Ukrainian designer Rusian Baginskiy at this unique store.   The concept behind the boutique is a concierge service that carries premium designers, selected pieces and very rare finds along with new designers new to the American market who present pret-a-porter collections as well as made to measure service and seasonal pre orders.  “The store is full of timeless luxury pieces hand picked by Maria Golumb and myself” notes Max Gor with Maria adding “Our concept is also unique because our team is able to source extraordinary pieces from established luxury brands that you’ll never find anywhere else!”   The lovely boutique is open by appointment and welcomes the public to book private sessions.  Visit www.attickoncept.com for more information and to book an appointment online!  Photos by HH Michael Bezjian William Kidston Tim Lydeen & Hollywood Hotness

I want to also add how much I enjoyed “A Journal of the Plague Year” by Willard Manus at Write Act in North Hollywood.  The powerful piece by Daniel Defoe about the great pandemic of 1664 attacking London was well adapted into a poignant  radio show eerily resonating the pandemic of our modern world.  Though times are different from the pandemic over three centuries ago I found the storyline very  relatable and moving and the material was well performed by the talented cast directed by Daniel E. Keough.   “I am alive, I am alive” shouted lead actor Charles Anteby  at the end of the piece -  words I echo gratefully every day.  Amen....   HH 

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@forgottencamelots​ sent             ❔ for list a couple muses that i’d like to throw at yours!

i tried to say other pairings than the one you said but i’m also down for those as well !! as you can see, i’m big on crossovers hahahah 

cassie osborn & mary jane osborn          morgan stark or penny lent

meredith baxter-dimly           heather mcnamara or fatin jadmani

lois lane            lucy quinzel

five           lance barrueco or magenta kawano

davina claire           yekaterina rosenblum or hisirdoux casperan

padme amidala & islene veruna           lance barrueco

quorra           lyrae lawson

[thevividgreenmoss]

What are you watching/reading/listening to these days?

Umm I just finished rewatching 30 rock again and I've been constantly cycling back through always sunny over the past few months also over the past couple of weeks I randomly went on a Paul Schrader kick after not having watched any movies in forever which was fun lol

It's been even more of a struggle than usual for me to get any reading done lately but most recently I've started Lucie Brock-Broido, Stay, Illusion, Marcel Proust, Guermantes Way, and Mehrnaz Saeed-Vafa & Jonathan Rosenblum's book on Abbas Kiarostami + picked back up with Adorno's Minima Moralia so that's loosely the main rotation rn

I've been replaying the hell out of both new Boldy James albums from this year and still haven't gotten over how staggeringly good they are honestly 😱🤯 alsoooo a lot of Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow, Chxpo - Emo Savage, Annette Peacock - I'm The One, U.S. Girls - In a Poem Unlimited, Moodymann - Sinner, Three 6 Mafia - The End plus my standard summer/all around go tos ie Pavement, Guided by Voices, Prince, Azealia Banks, Hop Along, Dinosaur Jr, all Mary Timony projects etc

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KFAM Transcript Guide

Note: My goal in creating these transcripts is to provide readers with as close an experience to listeners as I can. I make a lot of notes on tone and sound descriptions, and manipulate text (without messing with font family or color) in ways that I feel best convey how things are audibly expressed. Therefore, such things are very much subject to my own interpretation.

Things to know:

[these are sound effects, music, background noises]

[these refer to the tone people are speaking in]

*these are sounds people make, like sighs and laughs*

superscripts after words/phrases[1] mean there is an explanation of the reference being made at the end of the transcript

[1] unless it says “sic” instead of a number, which means the words are transcribed as said, even if they’re not said correctly

Any other punctuation or alteration in text is meant to be indication of how things are said.

Notes on frequent callers; most of these are noted upon the character’s first appearance, but left out after that. Anyone not on this list, I either haven’t gotten to or has no real distinctive tone overall. But if you ask I’ll do my best to describe them:

Emily Potter Generally, Emily sounds like sunshine

Troy Krieghauser Troy has a southern accent and sounds like friendship.

Herschel Baumgartner Herschel is a grumpy, old man. He sounds like a swear.

Cecil Sheffield [“Sessil” not “Seesil”] Cecil is also very old. His voice is often slightly shaky and confused, and slurred from drink.

Pete Myers Pete speaks very quickly and is permanently stuck between “It wasn’t me!” and “So there!”

Ron Begley Ron has a deep, gruff voice. He’s definitely a bear. (not the animal kind)

Archie Simmons Archie sounds like a Dramatic Gay™ Gossip with a southern accent and is always accompanied by the yapping of tiny dogs.

Doyle Bevins Doyle is a stoner. He sounds like a stoner.

Cynthia Higgenbaum Cynthia has a high-pitched, nasally, persistent “I want to speak to your manager” voice.

Riley Bevins I legit thought Riley was an automated message at first.

Mayor Steven Grisham Grisham is a smarmy politician. He sounds like a smarmy politician.

Finn Finn has never not been excited in his entire life. His volume suggests he’s always using speakerphone, but I’m not willing to bet on that. (Good for him if he is, though)

Dr. Jeffrey Rosenblum Dr. Rosenblum’s voice is measured and monotonous and mildly creepy at all times, especially when saying words/phrases meant to express any kind of feeling, like “Wowzers.”

Ernie Salcedo Ernie, or whatever he’s calling himself this time, has a heavy New York(-ish) accent. He sounds like the kind of person who says “whosie whatsies”

Howard Ford Beauregard III HFB3 has a “High Class-Better Than You” drawl at all times. Except “High Class” from 200 years ago.

Mary Jensen Mary has a southern accent. She sounds like your best friend’s mom calling you “honey” and asking if you want pie.

Tim Jensen Tim doesn’t have a notable accent/feel to his voice, though he often sounds nervous.

Reverend Xavier Hawthorne Hawthorne leads a for-profit, travelling mega-church. He sounds like it and over enunciates.

Chet Sebastian Chet has a deep, smooth, overly-suggestive voice. Good for jazz, bad for sexual harassment claims.

[CREDITS] King Falls AM is a production of the Make Believe Picture Company. For credits, as well as more information about King Falls AM, you can find us on Twitter @kingfallsam, on Facebook, and at kingfallsam.com. Thanks for listening to 660 on the radio dial.

[myvinespot]

On the menu this evening: grilled avocados stuffed with freshly made pico de gallo, lamb rib chops (sorry Mary), and parmesan cauliflower risotto. In the glass: Shauna Rosenblum’s delicious Rock Wall Wine Co. 2018 Maggie's Vineyard Reserve Zinfandel. She recommended the avocados during last Thursday’s FB-Live chat and the pairing was spot on. Cheers! #LegendaryZinVineyards #foodandwine #wine #winelover #avocados #lambchops #GMGNation https://www.instagram.com/p/CCzcPQmpVDA/?igshid=1of5xonnrpi90