The homepage for Don Bassingthwaite, Writer
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It seems vaguely wrong (marketing exploiting artists, yada-yada) but more and more I’m hearing songs used in commercials that want to make me go out and buy — not the product, but the song. Huzzah for the web for making it easy to find song names, at least!
My latest obsession is in a Christmas ad [...]
Eos Books is holding a roundtable discussion with John Crowley, Jeff Ford, James Morrow, and Tim Powers on their blog. The title/theme is “Secret Histories and Con-Artists” and it’s pretty interesting.
I saw Casino Royale on the weekend — okay, I actually saw it opening night. What can I say? I’m a Bond fan. The original Bond novels were some of the first adult books I read when I ventured out of the children’s section at the library.
I can’t believe people had difficulty with the idea [...]
Hey howdy. If you’re stopping by for the first time, congratulations.
I just got my very first copy of The Killing Song recently and decided the time had come to buy my own domain and revamp my static website in the form of a blog. Just what the world needs, I know, but it’s easier to [...]