#1: "let's do this"
Welcome to issue zero of THIS NEWSLETTER CANNOT SAVE YOU. It's probable Buttondown will call this issue one, but we'll know the truth, just you and me.
Tidbits from Scottoworld
Let's do this. (I love saying that, as though the other options include "let's not do this" or "let's give up all hope" or whatever.)
I got a starred review from Publishers Weekly for my forthcoming novel, BATTLE OF THE LINGUIST MAGES! They write: "Moore takes readers on a roller coaster of weird in this wildly entertaining gonzo adventure.... Moore’s tale, adapted from several of his earlier plays, is audacious, ambitious, and metatextual.... Readers will love it as much for the outlandish ideas as for the narrative complexity and sense of fun."
Pre-order if you can before supply chain demons strike! It's out in January.
Scottovision
We'll keep this section short for issue zero, saving our precious pool of content for future installments when I theoretically have subscribers. (It could happen!)
Here are some recent finds you might enjoy:
"Incredible Art of 3D Projection Mapping by Limelight Academy Artists" - a collection of visual artists and sound designers take turns lighting up the side of the Tropicana Hotel in Vegas with some of the finest projection mapping I've yet seen. Unlike a lot of similar videos, you get alternate POVs besides simply straight on, giving you a perspective on the spectacle against the skyline of the city. Really creative and magnetic stuff.
"Convergence Station | GET OUT AND SEE THE WORLDS" - the crew at Meow Wolf Denver have created an apparently wild environmental installation, and this short film is a madcap announcement that the place is open. When the pandemic subsides in approximately never years, I intend to make the jaunt there. Buy tickets here.
Fleet Foxes - Featherweight (Official Music Video) - a gorgeous, bittersweet fable, told through the magic of animated papercraft as this behind the scenes video illustrates. Written and directed by Sean Pecknold, brother of the band's Robin Pecknold.
(Pictured above: the Kuba Komet entertainment center, manufactured in West Germany between 1957 and 1962.)
Spicing Up Your Slide Decks The Matmos Way
Here are a few screencaps from a recent Matmos video, I'm Fine I'm Fine/Adepts, which you can drop into any slide deck to bring a little spark to your presentation.
Closing Remarks
Naturally the format here is going to expand and contract based mostly on whim and available content to share. But the goal will be to keep it relatively concise - hey, I've got legitimate writing to do, no really.
Until next time, I remain your friendly correspondent, thinking of you,
-Scotto