Great e-cards, and other (zombie?) recommendations

Web

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Does anyone send e-cards anymore? Even typing “e-cards” feels slightly shameful, out of date, is it the “e” hyphen….? Anyway, although this takes any pleasant surprise out of any future “digital salutations” I’ll send to you, I enjoy someecards so much I thought I’d share it.

Books

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Just finished Brave New World (read BNW online if you’re that way inclined) by Aldous Huxley. This is an awesome book, which I would shout about more but for the disgusted cries of “What? You’ve only just read it..!?” that are hailing down on me.
Next.

Film

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Revisited Cronenberg’s Scanners (was gifted the trilogy and more cult DVD goodness by the lovely people at Sci-Fi London, they keep on giving!) which I had forgotten about bar the exploding head scene which, nerdy child that I was, I freeze framed on my VHS to find the spot where the real guy is switched for the pumpkin head of gore.

Needless to say, there are plenty more goodies in this movie, the freaky, 80’s synth sound design, grimacingly tense telepath mind battles, some great stunts (when the school bus busts slo-mo into the record store!) and the ever eerie Michael Ironside playing the Bad Scanner Darryl Revok. Gripping!

For more gore check out an ace short Zombie film, made by our beer crazed Dutch neighbours, Zombeer! It was produced by a very cool friend of mine, and the film was one of six official nominations for the Shocking Shorts Awards, organised by Sci-Fi Channel and NBC/Universal.
Zombeer on Vimeo
Zombeer at Myspace

Dead Set the E4, Halloween Zombie 5 parter. I am just getting to watch on download (no TV and Channel 4 On Demand does not respect the Mac. Arse). Episode One was great. There is a little aside by a housemate in the fictional Big Brother house,“That’s the public for you, they’re animals” as outside, the eager BB fans are ripping each other apart in zombie fervour. Dead Set at PirateBay

Music

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Something sweetly 90’s about 4AD’s release from Deerhunter “Microcastle”. Swirly guitars, echoey fx’d vocals. Pleasing.

Fleet Foxes sound like a sentimental, harmonious, sixties memory that none of us are old enough to remember, but by God, weren’t we having a good time?

Johnny Flynn is barely 25, and strangely is related to one of Robson and Jerome.. but he makes nice jangly folk pop. A bit like a boy Laura Marling. Cardigan Kids.

WIRESPOTTING - LATE UPDATE!!

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I am about 2 weeks late on this nugget but it’s Bubbles! Everyones favourite, lovable junkie becomes someone (er, not watched them yet) in Heroes!!