Comments on: As slow as a 1999 modem

By: Lerren

Lerren — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 17:24:55 +0000

*cough*… you’ve never heard of everything gone green?…. yeah, that kinda figures. stupid canadian cinema. It’s a full length feature film written by coupland. linky linky – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0461946/

Souvenir of canada, which might make the Canuckistans in your office giggle, is here – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0439820/

It was at the University of Toronto and yes he did – either nearly all or all of “glove pond”, (the novel-in-a-novel from gum thief), and talked about Jpod the Tv Show (airs on CBC starting January).

http://www.cbc.ca/arts/tv/story/2007/07/16/jpod-series.html

By the way – i’m actually writing this from the Bombshelter at the University of Waterloo.

By: Jodi

Jodi — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 15:57:29 +0000

I acutally liked Jpod quite a bit more then I liked Eleanor Rigby (the ending was just too pat and coincidental for me).

By: david

david — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 15:55:26 +0000

Coupland novels are big hits or misses with me. I was disappointed with Jpod, but am hoping Gum Thief is a return to form.

By: Jodi

Jodi — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 15:16:17 +0000

What is Everything Gone Green? Also where was the CCE? Did he do a reading from Gum Thief?

By: Lerren

Lerren — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 15:04:18 +0000

Microserfs and eleanor rigby are close ties for me – if you have not seen Everything Gone Green, GO NOW. Similarly, souvenir of canada (the documentary).

(ps: I had my own Coupland Close Encounter last monday. God, he’s nice.)