About raptnrent: I got the name from my keys - R Apt and R Ent for the back door to my apartment and the back door to the house. I liked that they were also words: Rapt, meaning enthralled, riveted, captivated, and Rent, meaning torn asunder, violently wrenched. I thought it made for an interesting juxtaposition, open to all kinds of interpretations.
Tag Archives: ds106tales
Your showcase of showcases
We’ve had a few Weekly Showcases come in and I like the creativity and personality in them. One was a collaboration between Repsag, Mama Tavia and the Death Whisperer. It was good to see people working together. It makes the … Continue reading
Tales from ds106 tweet-along, round one: Crawling hands and gripping snakes
For our first ds106radio listen-along, we heard a couple of ancient episodes of The Witch’s Tale: “Four Fingers and a Thumb” and “The Boa Goddess.” Both of these come from 1937, when people were a bit more primitive. Is the … Continue reading
Thoughts on thoughts on cinematography
I enjoyed reading people’s analyses of cinematography. A few people picked The Shining. The director, Stanley Kubrick, was a master photographer, so that movie bears repeated watching for the camerawork alone. The thing that jumped out at me the first … Continue reading
Tales from ds106: Last Respects discussion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xM1OZqtC7LY Here Jim and I have fun talking about Last Respects by Al Feldstein and Graham Ingels as we delve into issues of class, changing times and mores, and survival skills. Hats off to Cherish for examining the mathematical side … Continue reading
Doll talk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rK1WyAIvps In this video, we discuss the Twilight Zone episode “Living Doll” and the Trilogy of Terror segment “Amelia.” The green screen function wasn’t being cooperative today, so I’m posting the raw recording, with network connectivity issues and all. Despite … Continue reading
Spooky suggestions
Here are the examples of horror suggested by our ds106ers, along with what they had to say about each of them: Film The Ring This was the first rated R horror movie I ever watched and it still chills me … Continue reading
Beyond the Wall(s) of Sleep
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cl4Y6kp–aw Below I’m taking a look at how one story went through several iterations across media. The text of Lovecraft’s story is in the public domain and available online. Here is an audio version: Translating stories across media is risky business. … Continue reading
Talk of the Hook
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_X7pnJBoljc Here Jim and I discuss “Tales of the Hook,” from Stephen King’s Danse Macabre, and the movie Creepshow. As you can see, I got tired of editing about 40 seconds into the discussion, so the green screen goes to … Continue reading
Of tweets and tentacles
I saw this tweet from ds106 master Bill Genereux: Ok, today’s #dailycreate is a lot of fun. If you’re in #ds106 you might want to do this one. http://t.co/mHaU1eYylb — Bill Genereux (@billgx) August 29, 2015 and this image on … Continue reading
What is scary?
I remember my father told me that the scariest movie he ever saw was The Wrong Man, an old Alfred Hitchcock movie in which Henry Fonda is arrested and tried for a crime he didn’t commit. What my father found … Continue reading