"glee" a la whedon - via jAneDD - Snapshots of Attention

from a joss whedon fan page, words from the skilled sculptor of skewed cliches like dollhouse, firefly and buffy the vampire slayer on his agreeing to direct an episode of glee:

 

No, this doesn't mean Dollhouse definitely won't get a back nine. Our numbers mean that! But I kid. Okay, we're not exactly saving all the good stuff for 14-22, but nobody's closed the door. If D'House suddenly busts wide, huzzah, we'll still bring it, and I'll still go and direct an episode of Glee, because of my love of cops. These realities can co-exist. And possibly cross over, at least in fiction that I have wri - read. About.

What can we expect from a 'Joss Whedon' epsiode of Glee? An episode of Glee. God willin' and the crik don't rise, a good one. A television director's job is, on some level, to be anonymous; to find the most compelling way to present a story without calling attention to himself. I had a wonderful time doing just that on The Office, and hope to again. A guest director can bring a huge amount to the party (we've had CRAZY talent on Dollhouse), but the party isn't his. I just want to work with good people on a show that I like enough to have watched every episode several times. (I lied: I HAVE watched the show. And seriously, when do the cops show up?)

Read the whole thing here.

-- Denise Martin

via janequigley.posterous.com

jane's not a glee fan, but I am! and a joss whedon fan too. now if they could just get adrian lynne (flashdance) or sir alan parker (original fame) to take the chair for a few...

I wanna live forever.

how the web should work (and did in this case)

I love music. I enjoy a wide if somewhat arbitrary variety of genres and bands. in my wild younger days I got out frequently to haunts like the middle east and tt the bears in central square. I must be slowing down though because I find that I'm just not getting out the way I used to. that changed a bit in the last few weeks, thanks to social media. a while back I saw a tweet from twitter buddy @schneidermike about an upcoming show with dinosaur jr. superb. and just this weekend, i got charged up about a few new bands through word of mouth (subject of another post) and some great online marketing.

it started online at blip.fm, a free-form music streaming site where members "blip" their favorite songs from the site's humongous supply of tunes (I miss the ability to upload my own, but maybe I just haven't figured that out yet).

I was ignoring project deadlines in order to share my fondness for the low anthem, a providence-based band. here's where it gets cool. blip.fm saw that I was sharing a particular band and popped up a notification from jambase.com, a site I hadn't heard of

low anthem playing near me? excellent! so I click through...

jambase.com turns out to be an amazing source for information on bands playing near me. I can choose bands to track, so I get alerts when robyn hitchcock will be in town, for example. I can plot favorites out on a calendar, buy tickets, email alerts to friends who might be interested - very cool. but back to web magic. right beside the schedule for the low anthem, I see an ad for another band.

trampled by turtles purports to play "bluegrass like you've never heard it before." I click through, listen to a few tunes on their site, see that it's an $8 ticket - I'm there!

takeaways -
  • online marketing makes things happen
  • trampled by turtles is an awesome band name
  • and a great band!

 

18 and Under - Texting, Surfing, Studying? - NYTimes.com

As an immigrant, I will always lack a certain fluency when it comes to the digital world. And learning how we learn, the overarching assignment that Dr. Cooper described, is one that we parents can’t complete for our children — no, not even the most hopelessly overinvolved parents, the ones who stay up all night putting together the seventh-grade biology poster. (You know who you are.)

The advice my older son gave me about my younger son was, “Don’t worry about it till there’s something to worry about. If he’s doing well in his classes and his homework, fine!” And that was also Dr. Cooper’s advice to parents: “If they’re doing well, permitting them to have some choice permits them to find their own style.”

via nytimes.com