The Weekly for 10 April
- "The President [Reagan] was mentioning my name the other day, and I kind of got to wondering what his favorite album must have been. I don’t think it was the Nebraska album." Revisiting Springsteen's Nebraska.
- Are you a zombie? Or would you like to be one? At least briefly? In Columbus, Ohio? Then I think the Zombie Walk Columbus might be for you.
- I would probably mention this charity auction for a meal with Don Draper himself no matter what (because I really can't think of a better way to spend a few hundred dollars than that), but it's especially awesome because the charity it's to benefit is one of my favorites - the Adrienne Shelley Foundation, which provides grants to women filmmakers. Win all around.
- It's always worth reading another piece on John Waters.
- 5 reasons the recession is good for your filmmaking career.
- Girls Read Comics has the perfect take on the new line of Marvel merchandise for girls.
- Brilliant: the unofficial female film canon. (Via Bright Lights Film.)
- Liveblogging Inland Empire. And, no, they still don't come up with a definitive explanation for the damn rabbits.
- 8 simple ways to improve typography in your designs, from designer Antonio Carusone.
- Highlighting the mid-century modern idealist design in The Incredibles.
- 25 animation Twitterers, from Cartoon Brew. I would also add to the list Pixar's Lee Unkrich.
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