Here's a little tune I wrote about that really unhealthy relationship you had with that vampire guy:
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Thom Dunn is a Boston-based writer, musician, and utterly terrible dancer. He is the singer/guitarist for the indie rock/power-pop the Roland High Life, as well as a staff writer for the New York Times’ Wirecutter and a regular contributor at BoingBoing.net. Thom enjoys Oxford commas, metaphysics, and romantic clichés (especially when they involve whiskey), and he firmly believes that Journey's "Don't Stop Believing" is the single greatest atrocity committed against mankind. He is a graduate of Clarion Writer's Workshop at UCSD ('13) & Emerson College ('08).
Disney Princesses Singing to the DEATH! (And Also Kevin Sorbo)
This is Zach (the dude, not the velociraptor. Or the girl). Zach was one of my roommates at Clarion last summer. If the stars align right, you will someday revere him as the author of the Turnbuckle Jack series. In the meantime, you probably know him as The Guy Who Wrote This:
He's got a new wacky web series coming out called Muzzled the Musical, which is about a magical not-Disney kingdom where singing the greatest power. Did I mention that the cast includes Kevin Sorbo (aka Hercules of "The Legendary Journeys" fame) and Juliet Landau (aka Drusilla from Buffy / Angel)
I feel like most people who know me or are interested in the things I do have interests that fit somewhere in the Venn Diagram overlap between "Hercules" and "Disney parody" and "Death by singing." If you're one of those people, Muzzled is raising money to complete its first season, and if the above video is any indication, that's something that you're going to want to be a part of. Check out their (insanely elaborate) Kickstarter video below:
Like most smart Kickstarters, this independent team is essentially using this campaign as a pre-order of sorts, with "rewards" like a soundtrack and a download of the complete first season. But I mean, c'mon: who doesn't want a musical TV show about badass singing princesses?
An America / Universe / 12 Colonies / Other Fictional World That We Can Believe In
Judging by Facebook feed, we are now officially in the throes of Election Season. Which is kind of like mating season for most animals, but with more blood, and more assholes. And so to lighten to the mood (read: FURTHER contribute to the orgy of political posts that are currently consuming all of your various news outlets and social feeds), I've compiled a list for Tor Dot Com of my preferred third party options in the 2012 Presidential Election. This whole two-party system is whack, anyway; when do I get to vote for the Jedi Council?
"Ten Great Alternative (Fictional) Political Leaders" on Tor Dot Com
BONUS: This is the single greatest speech ever written in cinematic history. Oh man. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l31UUl5SyXk]
Rock N Roll High School
My newest article for Quirk Books is now live, a breakdown of fictional schools to both increase and decrease the impact of your own September woes. Did I mention that it starts with an epigraph from the greatest television show of all time (also known as The Adventures of Pete & Pete)? 'Cause it does. Now enough dilly-dallying. Go check it out!
"The Best & Worst Fictional Schools Of All Time" at Quirk Books
Thom Dunn the Buffy Slayer
I recently did some blogging for Dark Horse Comics in anticipation of the upcoming Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 9 comic book / Angel & Faith comic book, both continuing off of the original Buffy TV universe (because as anyone who knows me knows, I am fairly-to-extremely obsessed with the entirety of Joss Whedon's creative output. Man is the most brilliant dramatist of our time, no exaggeration). Check out the link for more of my thoughts on the Buffyverse as a whole — and, oh yeah, a brief anecdote about that time I armwrestled Joss Whedon (and won!).
#MyBuffyLife Guest Blog at DarkHorseComics.com
Me, totally armwrestling Joss Whedon. THAT'S WHAT
YOU GET FOR KILLING WASH, YOU BIG STUPID JERK!