After sticking to its claim that my video of A Trip to the Moon with original music violates their copyright, MK2 backed down when YouTube asked them to support the assertion. The video is safely back for the foreseeable future.
Several of my blog posts have criticized codes of conduct at fan-run conventions. Good ones, though, are valuable. A provision most of them have is that if people want you to leave them alone, you leave them alone.
I may have reason to remind someone of this provision in the near future, though I hope it won’t be necessary. That’s all I have to say.
Just to put it on the record: I have nothing to do with the Libertarian Party of New Hampshire (LPNH) under its current leadership and do not support it. It has ceased to be libertarian.
I’ve got a new video up of a classic silent film with my accompaniment: Barney Oldfield’s Race for a Life (1913). It’s a Mack Sennett sendup of already old melodrama clichés, complete with a damsel being tied to a railroad track. Real-life auto racing star Barney Oldfield outdistances a train to rescue her. Improvising music to go with it was a lot of fun.
July 16: Today’s the day for my silent movie showing, The Golem, at 8 PM Eastern time. I hope some of you will be there. If you can’t, you can replay it later.