Stroking My Sci-Fi Itch

Gave the geek thing a good shot this weekend by attending Star Wars Celebration IV at the Convention Center. I thought it would be a total crack-up for a mega SW-head like me, but I guess I’m not as big a geek as I’d suspected: I found myself utterly bored with the exhibits and costumed masses. Lots and lots of 40-year-old virgins hawking their unopened 30-year-old toys. Yawn.

To my surprise, though, the one interesting aspect of the show was the collection of artisans selling their creative interpretations of the series. I bought the following limited edition, artist-signed lithograph – its cheekiness did succeed in cracking me up:


In other sci-fi-related news, The Strokes strangely enough have a new video for the opening song from their wonderful 2006 album, “First Impressions”. I have no idea what the space theme has to do with The Strokes or this song, “You Only Live Once”, but it’s exceedingly amazing in terms of CGI execution, and it’s evocative (to say the least) of the Kubrick classic “2001”, which makes it’s an instant classic in my book. Take a peek: