The Wellington Skellington (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Kahu, Pākehā). He/him/ia. Biscuit Tin Enthusiast. Aotearoa New Zealand.
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Honestly a bit disappointed I can't fly up to Auckland this afternoon to go see him again. But instead I'll just watch videos from the tour all day and relive it that way. youtu.be/vISrvGmWUNo
So on a rainy, miserable Monday night I trudged to San Fran and experienced a life-changing 90 minutes of radical decolonial politics delivered via spoken word poetry and sick jazz.
If you're in Auckland, go see him at the Tuning Fork tomorrow.
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And the Nebula Award for Novella goes to... 👀
The River Has Roots, by Amal El-Mohtar (Tordotcom; Arcadia) 🥳
Congratulations to ALL our novella-writers. Your work moves mountains in genre!
#61stNebulas #SFWA
Nobody in this musical knows what the word "genetics" means, and that is what makes it transcendent.
I picked up the rerelease of Pokemon Fire Red over the weekend, and have been having quite a bit of fun with it. But it's also extremely funny to me that by trying to play "properly" (that is, levelling all my dudes and swapping new mons in regularly)...
My other favourite weird fact about Repo! is that Poe has a cameo in the movie (and I think does a bunch of backing vocals), which means there is only one degree of creator separation between Repo! And House of Leaves. Which simultaneously feels very weird and also EXTREMELY correct.
...the game is way harder than it was when I was an 8 year old just using my hideously over-levelled starter to sweep everything in my path.
"There is a responsibility that comes with bearing witness." Saul Williams & Carlos Niño & Friends were radically, shatteringly, unimaginably good. Saul Williams has been my favourite rapper for over a decade, and I only found out a few days ago he was playing his first ever Aotearoa gig tonight.
He also did a great interview on Music 101 on Saturday too.
