Holidays are always tough. It’s tough tying up loose ends while shopping for that special someone or someones, tough getting those last minute details together on who will be visiting whom for the holidays, tough when you can’t get that last minute item framed. But for many folk out there the holidays are tough because… Read More »Worthy Charity
Animation Insider fills us in on the Grammy Award-winning alternative rock band They Might Be Giants (John Flansburgh and John Linnell) who will be performing in a series of original music videos designed to teach preschoolers the letters of the alphabet through music. They’ve already debuted the title music for Playhouse Disney’s Higglytown Heroes (which… Read More »They Might Be Disney Giants
Apparently someone at the Twin Cities Pioneer Press was not all that impressed with the travelling musical Disney’s On the Record.
One myth deeply entrenched in our language is that of the "Lemming Suicide Plunge" – where lemmings, apparently overcome by deep-rooted impulses, deliberately run over a cliff in their millions, to be dashed to their deaths on the rocks below, or to drown in the raging ocean. Indeed, this myth is now a metaphor for… Read More »Lemming Suicide Myth
J.M. Barrie was inspired to write the play after he developed a friendship with he Llewelyn-Davies family. Peter Lewelelyn-Davies referred to Peter Pan as "that terrible masterpiece." He later threw himself in front of a London Underground train at the age of 63. Brian at The State I’m In, writes a nice review and history,… Read More »Peter Pan Post
The Walt Disney World marathon is approaching quickly. On January 9th 2005 thousands of crazy folk will run 26.2 miles through the swampland that the Disney World Resort is built upon. Of course (pun intended), part of the allure of the course is that it winds through the 4 themeparks. 1HickRunning26 is the blog of… Read More »Disney Marathon – Jan 9th
You probably have heard about Napster, eMule, Kazaa, and other filesharing or peer-to-peer (P2P) software. There are many who claim these services are used illegally, but there is no denying their popularity. Many have thought that instead of trying to shut these huge markets of information down the powers that be should have embraced them… Read More »MPAA seals its doom?
I live in Las Vegas right now and the moment I heard that a Cuban dance show would be opening up on The Strip I knew we were in for another round of defections. That prediction came true and now the dancers are seeking asylum for them and their families. As part of the asylum… Read More »Cuban Asylum Seekers visit Disneyland