MST3K and RiffTrax
Don’t forget that every Monday, RiffTrax releases a new MST3K episode!
And since Thanksgiving used to be MST3K Turkey Day, you can now run your own marathon of bad movies.
The next RiffTrax Live show is December 3 – Santa and the Ice Cream Bunny! Doesn’t that just sound awful?
IPad Pro Review
The good news:
The work area is large and the screen gorgeous.
Working with two apps at the same time in split screen is a big plus.
It’s very, very fast.
The bad news:
This is where being an early adopter sucks. I haven’t found an app yet that measures up to what this device is capable of doing. They just aren’t taking advantage of the bigger screen yet.
I really like it, but until I get a pen and more apps become available for the iPad Pro, it’s just a really big iPad.
But yeah, it’s still really cool! And I have been doodling with a regular iPad pen. The creative applications will be incredible once I get the official iPad Pro pen.
Cassa Animation!
One of my very best blogger buddies, Jeremy Hawkins, made this awesome animation for my trilogy. Jeremy, you rock!!!
Ninja News
Don’t forget, Wednesday, December 1 is the last post day for the Insecure Writer’s Support Group this year!
New Releases:
The Vig by Amy Brook
Available at Amazon in paperback and eBook
Pat Hatt has three more books out!
Find them at Amazon:
Profanity Granny's Crime Fighting
Ready Eddie’s Confessions
Happy Humper’s Confessions
Under the Willow by John Boswell (Jack Lewis Baillot)
Find it at Createspace
It's An Adventure by Kenneth Lynch (Al Penwasser)
Find it on Amazon
Ella is a cover girl!
Her article made the front cover of Green Craft magazine.
The very first volume of the Charleston Anvil is out!
Featuring Making Her by John Wiswell
School of Rock and Monday’s Music Moves Me
Monday’s Music Moves Me hosted by Xmas Dolly.
I’m going to introduce you to two prog rock bands you’ve probably never heard of. I picked one from each end of the spectrum, just to show you the diversity.
First, we have the band Evergrey, formed in 1995 in Gothenburg, Sweden. This prog song is very melodic. Title – Black Undertow.
Next, we have the band Scar Symmetry, another Swedish band formed in 2004. This one is very heavy. Title – Limits to Infinity.
You’ve now been schooled on Swedish prog rock!
In honor of MST3K, today’s trivia revolves around movies they have riffed. Name the classically bad monster film from the clues!
1 – 1975, eight legged creatures, Alan Hale Jr. in the cast
2 – 1955, sequel to fish man hit, Clint Eastwood’s first role
3 – 1959, starring James Best of Dukes of Hazzard fame, featuring giant rodents that were actually just dogs with carpets draped over their backs
4 – 1957, directed by Bert I. Gordon, and featuring a really big bald guy
5 – 1965, first in a series of many, this Japanese monster gave Godzilla a run for his money
6 – 1957, another Bert I. Gordon classic, starred Peter Graves, featured really large insects
Answers on Wednesday, December 2!
Ready for some MST3K? Anyone else pick up the iPad Pro? What did you think of the Cassa animation? Picking up some new books? Familiar with either prog rock band? And do you know any of the trivia questions?
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Happy Thanksgiving to my American friends! I’ll be gone the end of this week and won’t be back to posting until next Wednesday.