Internal News: 12-22-12

Greetings, all. We're headed into Christmas, and should you need some reading material, here's what I've written lately in places that weren't here:

Persephone Magazine:

• What I Watched Last Night: Classic Doctor Who! More specifically, 1975's "Pyramids of Mars" and  "The Ark in Space."
• A History of Doctor Who Christmas Specials: Why yes I do enjoy having a venue to talk about my various obsessions.
• Torchwood Series 2: Love, Loss, and Our Humanity: Speaking of which, I have another essay about Torchwood up now. Getting all existential up in here.
• 30 Years of Music: 1986: featuring Public Image Ltd., Queen, Peter Gabriel, The Smiths, Madonna, The Housemartins, They Might Be Giants, Run DMC, Salt n Pepa, and Janet Jackson
• 30 Years of Music: 1987: featuring Fleetwood Mac, U2, Elton John, Los Lobos, Guns n Roses, Aerosmith, Jane's Addiction, George Michael, REM and Michael Jackson.
• 30 Years of Music: 1988: featuring Leonard Cohen, The Pixies, Joan Jett and The Blackhearts, Tracy Chapman, Public Enemy, Danzig, Sonic Youth, Roxette, Traveling Wilburys and REM.
• Dinner: Thinking Ahead on Busy Days: I sing my love for the crock pot.
• Rereading The Classics: My Top 5: Classic books that I mean to read again sometime.
• Book Review: The Tiny Book of Tiny Stories Vol.2 by hitRECord, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and wirrow.

Notes From Elsewhere at Word Riot:

• 12-4-12: among other things, lots of Word Riot author updates, thoughts from both Anthony Bourdain and Warren Ellis, and the Bibliomat!
• 12-7-12: free ebooks, Spokane represents on the NYT Notable list, bad sex writing
• 12-22-12: featuring lots of good "Best of" Lists, including one from a hedgehog, plus a great poem, and calling out some classist shit.

Finally, Pajiba recently published my review of Caitlin Moran's How to Be a Woman. Cannonball Read 5 will be upon us soon, friends.