Blogs & Feeds

Reading this blog for a few minutes should make it obvious that I spend too much time watching TV and movies, but I also spend too much time on the internet. And sometimes those two hobbies combine in wonderful ways. In addition to the general interest blogs and sites I've put on the blogroll to the right, some of my favorite writers, actors, and comedians have been kind enough to keep blogs, and you can find a few I enjoy after the jump. And I'm sure there are hundreds more, so if your favorite entertainer or behind-the-scenes person keeps an interesting blog, let me know in the comments!


First, a little primer on the whole feed thing. The basic idea is that rather than having to go to every website you read one at a time to find new articles, you just look in one place (called an aggregator), and when new content is added to your favorite websites, it all appears there. Check out bloglines.com for a free, easy-to-use, web-based aggregator if you're interested. If not, then just ignore the feed links, since they won't realy do anything.

Silent Bob Speaks (site, feed): Kevin Smith does his usual Kevin Smith thing, but on the web.

Jane Espenson (site, feed): A cool blog if you fancy yourself a writer, or even if you don't. I'm just going to quote straight from her site to explain it all, "I'm a former writer for Buffy the Vampire Slayer and have written episodes for shows including: Angel, Firefly, Gilmore Girls, Ellen, The O.C., Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Dinosaurs, Andy Barker PI and others. I am currently under a development deal with NBC/Universal television while working as Co-Executive Producer on Battlestar Galactica. My blog is intended to help new writers tackle the job of writing those all-important spec scripts -- from picking the right show to spec, to developing an idea, to getting that dialogue exactly right, to giving the script that professional look. And then there's lunch."

Publick Nuisance (site, feed): Jackson Publick, the former The Tick writer who created The Venture Bros., directs every episode, and writes half of them, blogs with production news and occasional cool tidbits like links to special Christmas audio.

Soulbot (site, feed): The blog of Doc Hammer, the other half of the Venture Bros. writing team.

Patton Oswalt (site, feed): Stand up comedian (Comedians of Comedy), King of Queens co-star, lead voice in the upcoming Ratatouille, and all-around funny guy.

Brian Posehn (site, feed): Former Mr. Show player, Just Shoot Me regular, also a Comedian of Comedy, and one of the gay neighbors from The Sarah Silverman Program.