Fandom Lounge's Journal - Day
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
11:57AM
Libba Bray, author of A Great and Terrible Beauty (and its two sequels), shares her thoughts on fan fiction.
8:24PM - random bit of fan history
Alright, this was going to be a request post, but since I found what I was looking for I'll just share:
Back in the 80's Marie Osmond was made co-host of Ripley's Believe It Or Not. In their episode on sound poetry, she was expected to simply introduce the topic and read a few lines of Hugo Ball's "Karawane" from a cue card. Instead she looked away from the card, straight into the camera, and kicked ass.
From a website hosting a sound clip:
"It blew everybody away, and I think they only needed that one take. A year or so after it was broadcast, Greil Marcus approached me, wanting to use Marie Osmond's rendition of Hugo Ball for a cd produced in England as sonic companion to his book Lipstick Traces; so I was delighted to be able to arrange that."
The video: http://tinyurl.com/2ctlvo
And a sound clip (number 8): http://www.ubu.com/sound/ball.html
9:00PM
Posted on behalf of someone that doesn't have a journal here:
Greetings everyone.
Melissa Kern, a very well-known organizer in the Lord of the Rings fandom in Atlanta has been diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease, or ALS.
Her husband has started a petition to have her cast in the upcoming Hobbit movies as an extra, since the typical ALS survival rate beyond a few years is very low.
Information can be found here.
There are already 1,000 signatures on the petition, including some people very well-known in Tolkien fandom, such as Ted Nasmith, Daniel Falconer, and Peter S. Beagle.
Thanks everyone for looking.
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