The word from Wing-Kai in Shanghai is that blogs are still being blocked in China, making Fish's blog on his BSC study-tour a moot point. However, you just have to think that this could be the seed for a new media / int'l media policy senior-sem kind of paper, right? In the meantime, if anyone reading this knows Eric Fischer, and is looking for China blogs, you might be best served to check his facebook a/c instead for updates. We might get a deluge of stuff on the blog once he's back...
In the ever-growing "Things We Like About Toronto" file, let us now praise the 33 1/3 night bringing together readings and discussion on the series' books on Céline Dion and Elliot Smith. Those who took COMM 399 ("Popular Music, Communication & Culture") with me last fall are nodding knowingly--the rest of you need to check out Carl Wilson's book (subtitled A Journey to the End of Taste) now. If anyone has read Matt Lemay's book on XO, I'd love to hear what you thought...
Caught a charming little film called How to Steal a Million (1966) last night--Hepburn & O'Toole are solid together, and seeing Hepburn into any number of chic '60s outfits (the dresses! the hats! the sunglasses!--seriously!) and one hell of a red subcompact (see above) is worth a look...
And what would this week's blog entries be without yet another MJ reference? Mowing the lawn and listening to podcasts yesterday, I noted yet another King of Pop moment from left field. This time it was This American Life, which organized their show in four acts, each named by a Jackson song, topped by the "Man in the Mirror" outro. I believe the show was sent out on Saturday, so this must have been something of a last-second choice (unless they recycled this particular old show on the basis of the MJ organizational principle). It was understated, and more poignant for it...
