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Pay some attention to the man behind the curtain…

By Eric Hill • May 4th, 2010 • Category: Coincidence?, Editorial Notes, Feature Post

So let’s be clear: the primary motivation for this self-exposé is neither ego nor the desire for absolution for some wrongdoing about to be discovered. I have not sinned against y’all. Purely and simply I don’t have a Feature Post to go to right now. Since early May is a transitional time for many lit types, what with finishing school terms or the commitments that go along with new books, spring deadlines and the like, tossing together something for Branta is no one’s top priority. Except for mine, of course. Although that’s not entirely true for reasons to be revealed.


Time Traveler Caught in Museum Photo?

By the Branta Webcrawler • Apr 20th, 2010 • Category: Coincidence?, Editor's Picks, From the Interweb

time traveller


Synchronicity III

By Eric Hill • Nov 10th, 2009 • Category: Coincidence?, Essays, Feature Post, In Brief

It’s been a little while since my David Lynch / David Foster Wallace and my Beck / Korgis / Stackridge brushes with cosmic coincidence, so I though the Jungian subconscious roadway had been closed for upgrades (like simultaneously repairing all the bridges into some New Brunswick towns). Turns out that a few of the bypasses were still open for traffic. Check this post for the latest.


Synchronicity II

By Eric Hill • Jun 26th, 2009 • Category: Coincidence?, Editorial Notes, Essays

I had a few days to organize the article, and in the meantime I had been saving an episode of Joss Whedon’s Dollhouse to watch since Friday. You can find out about the show if you care to, but most important to this little narrative was the pre-end-credit segment of the program. As is the style of many current hour long dramas the last few minutes of the show was a montage of scenes that interconnected the isolated characters of the story with a mournful song to drive home the underlying emotional state (usually sadness). The song used for this closing montage: “Everybody’s Got to Learn Sometime.”


With one breath, with one flow…

By Eric Hill • Apr 21st, 2009 • Category: Coincidence?, Essays, Feature Post

Now I have to clarify… I did not research the book’s contents before ordering it, beyond knowing it was a collection of essays… ok? So halfway into it the book has an essay entitled “David Lynch Keeps His Head,” a lengthy piece originally written for Premiere magazine dealing with Lynch’s Lost Highway. So there’s that.