Monday, November 24, 2008

Housecleaning

I have lots of new movie reviews to roll out in the next few days. I have a couple of things I'd like to get out of the way before the reviews start hitting the page.

  • I have a followers list now. Please sign up if you read my blog regularly. I don't want to look like a dork who has no readers.
  • Do you use keywords? I've been thinking about tagging my posts with them, but I never use them on other blogs. Let me know.
  • I am putting together a gallery of images of actor Brian Aherne. I'll be doing a whole post about it later this week, but if you have any images you want to include, please send me a note so it can be included in the gallery at the time of the posting.
  • After Shrewfest, I decided to come do a post about adaptations of Hamlet. I need a catchy title. Hamlet-orama? ; Something Rotten in the DVR? ; G'day Sweet Prince, G'day? (after the Mel Gibson Hamlet); Insane for the Dane? You decide. Or come up with your own title and I will consider all suggestions.
  • There is no Blogspot gadget for podcasts, but there should be. Here is the official CinemaOCD Podcast roll:

7 Days of Podcast

Monday
Galactica Water Cooler: Mostly about Battlestar Galactica, except when the show is on hiatus, which is 75% of the time, when it's just three geeks talking about sci fi cinema.

Tuesday
The Savage Lovecast: Don't listen at work if you don't have your own office, or when the kids are around. There will be adult content. Always entertaining sex/relationship advice by Dan Savage who frequently comments on politics and pop culture.

Wednesday
Film Junk: Forgive me, but these guys are the quintessential "fanboys" and I say that in the nicest possible way, cause I'm a rabid "fangirl."

Thursday
Ask Mick LaSalle: The highlight of my Podcast week. Movie critic and author Mick LaSalle and co-host Leba Hurtz chat about movies old and new. Like car talk for film nerds.

Friday
Cosmic Slop podcast: Though the format is the forgotten pop of the seventies, one of the hosts, Joel Stitzel, is a big film buff and had a side-project "Cinema Slop" which was the forgotten films of the seventies. I saw KISS versus the Phantom of the Park at a Cinema Slop event.

Saturday
Crap from the Past: Not technically a podcast, and not much about movies, but awesome none the less. You really have to listen to quite believe it actually.

Sunday
This American Life: Amazing stories, sometimes about regular people from great contributors. For film geeks, check out their special on the mob in the movies.

8 comments:

kda0121 said...

Good stuff coming up Jen. For the Hamlet name, I suggest "Ham-it-up"

kda0121 said...

BTW, I know I must sound like a complete ignoramus, but when you asked if we use keywords, I have no idea what that means. Can you clue me in?

Rose said...

That dude up there is a total ignoramus:)!

kda0121 said...

Yes, he is.

AbbyNormal said...

Jenny - since I am your loyal slobbering minion, I signed up officially as your follower.

No idea about Hamlet title. "Hamlet: Making Jerry Springer Guests Look Normal, One Act at a Time". It is too long though :-)

I already listen to several of your podcast suggestions and look forward to checking out the ones I have yet to discover.

Jennythenipper said...

OMG!!! Mick LaSalle just mentioned this in his podcast, that I called his podcast like Car Talk for film nerds. And I thought winning the Bob Dylan sound-a-like contest was the highlight of my life!

AbbyNormal said...

Jenny - Good golly that is exciting! Well done! :-)

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