<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" ><channel><title>Newsvine - Gary Kemble's Column - Articles and Seeds</title><link>http://garykemble.newsvine.com/</link><description>Newsvine - Gary Kemble's Column - Articles and Seeds</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2009</copyright><lastBuildDate>Sun, 16 Dec 2007 00:45:10 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 21:27:12 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Cat recovering from snake collar</title><description><![CDATA[A Tasmanian cat is recovering after a copperhead snake curled itself around the cat's neck like a necklace.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gary Kemble]]></dc:creator><link>http://garykemble.newsvine.com/_news/2007/12/15/1166521-cat-recovering-from-snake-collar</link><guid>http://garykemble.newsvine.com/_news/2007/12/15/1166521-cat-recovering-from-snake-collar</guid><category>odd-news</category><category>offbeat</category><category>cat</category><category>snake</category><pubDate>Sun, 16 Dec 2007 00:45:10 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>The Dvorak Conspiracy</title><description><![CDATA[Johnno tried to peer out onto Lygon Street through the dusty windows of Joe's Bazaar, but the failing Melbourne sun wasn't having anything to do with it. Shapes devoid of definition slid past, like a living expressionist painting.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gary Kemble]]></dc:creator><link>http://garykemble.newsvine.com/_news/2007/11/11/1089875-the-dvorak-conspiracy</link><guid>http://garykemble.newsvine.com/_news/2007/11/11/1089875-the-dvorak-conspiracy</guid><category>arts</category><category>short-story</category><category>the-dvorak-conspiracy</category><category>typewriter</category><category>qwerty</category><category>joes-bazaar</category><category>gary-kemble</category><category>conspiracy</category><pubDate>Sun, 11 Nov 2007 22:55:37 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Zombie fan lobbies for undead</title><description><![CDATA[Zombie advocate Xavier Ricebury is aiming to mobilise the undead vote during the upcoming Australian election with with ZOMBIE07 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Kemble]]></dc:creator><link>http://garykemble.newsvine.com/_news/2007/09/04/941276-endnotes-lunar-park-2005</link><guid>http://garykemble.newsvine.com/_news/2007/09/04/941276-endnotes-lunar-park-2005</guid><category>arts</category><category>bret-easton-ellis</category><category>lunar-park</category><category>articulate</category><category>graffiti</category><category>endnotes</category><category>books</category><category>writing</category><category>horror</category><pubDate>Tue, 4 Sep 2007 22:28:03 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Polish man builds upside-down house</title><description><![CDATA[Polish businessman and philanthropist Daniel Czapiewski has built an upside-down house to remind people of wrong-doings against humanity.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gary Kemble]]></dc:creator><link>http://garykemble.newsvine.com/_news/2007/09/02/937891-polish-man-builds-upside-down-house</link><guid>http://garykemble.newsvine.com/_news/2007/09/02/937891-polish-man-builds-upside-down-house</guid><category>odd-news</category><category>vivien-cuttle</category><category>articulate</category><category>art</category><category>daniel-czapiewski</category><category>offbeat</category><category>graffiti</category><pubDate>Mon, 3 Sep 2007 03:10:08 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Changing the world, one day at a time</title><description><![CDATA[Sydney writer David Kowalski's debut novel The Company of the Dead is the result of a short story that he couldn't let go of, a short story that took him on a 10-year odyssey that included an encounter with prominent historian Geoffrey Blainey and warnings from intelligence agent&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gary Kemble]]></dc:creator><link>http://garykemble.newsvine.com/_news/2007/09/01/936496-changing-the-world-one-day-at-a-time</link><guid>http://garykemble.newsvine.com/_news/2007/09/01/936496-changing-the-world-one-day-at-a-time</guid><category>arts</category><category>david-kowalski</category><category>company-of-the-dead</category><category>alternative-history</category><category>science-fiction</category><category>articulate</category><category>graffiti</category><pubDate>Sun, 2 Sep 2007 02:23:16 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Movie Minutiae: Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986)</title><description><![CDATA[There's a close correlation between humour and horror - although the gags in Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 may be lost on those with weak stomachs. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gary Kemble]]></dc:creator><link>http://garykemble.newsvine.com/_news/2007/08/30/932234-movie-minutiae-texas-chainsaw-massacre-2-1986</link><guid>http://garykemble.newsvine.com/_news/2007/08/30/932234-movie-minutiae-texas-chainsaw-massacre-2-1986</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>tobe-hooper</category><category>movie-minutiae</category><category>articulate</category><category>texas-chainsaw-massacre-2</category><pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2007 20:03:33 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Endnotes: All About H Hatterr (1948)</title><description><![CDATA[The subject of this week's Endnotes could be one of the most influential out-of-print works in modern literature.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gary Kemble]]></dc:creator><link>http://garykemble.newsvine.com/_news/2007/08/28/928113-endnotes-all-about-h-hatterr-1948</link><guid>http://garykemble.newsvine.com/_news/2007/08/28/928113-endnotes-all-about-h-hatterr-1948</guid><category>arts</category><category>endnotes</category><category>articulate</category><category>all-about-h-hatterr</category><category>books</category><category>reading</category><category>ben-atherton</category><category>g-v-desani</category><category>graffiti</category><pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2007 01:26:53 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Taking a fresh look at horror</title><description><![CDATA[Tasmanian independent publisher Tasmaniac Publications is asking readers to set aside their preconceptions and take a fresh look at horror.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gary Kemble]]></dc:creator><link>http://garykemble.newsvine.com/_news/2007/08/27/924611-taking-a-fresh-look-at-horror</link><guid>http://garykemble.newsvine.com/_news/2007/08/27/924611-taking-a-fresh-look-at-horror</guid><category>arts</category><category>tasmaniac-publications</category><category>steve-clark</category><category>graffiti</category><category>horror</category><category>paul-kane</category><category>the-lazarus-condition</category><pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2007 20:40:45 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Endnotes: Rage (1977)</title><description><![CDATA[A look back at Richard Bachman's 1977 novel Rage.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gary Kemble]]></dc:creator><link>http://garykemble.newsvine.com/_news/2007/08/22/913216-endnotes-rage-1977</link><guid>http://garykemble.newsvine.com/_news/2007/08/22/913216-endnotes-rage-1977</guid><category>arts</category><category>rocky-wood</category><category>gary-kemble</category><category>rage</category><category>endnotes</category><category>stephen-king</category><category>richard-bachman</category><pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2007 20:00:20 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Break in transmission...</title><description><![CDATA[We're having enough trouble finding time to blog, let alone maintain our Newsvine feed. So, please, in the meantime, head on over to Articulate!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gary Kemble]]></dc:creator><link>http://garykemble.newsvine.com/_news/2007/08/17/903278-break-in-transmission</link><guid>http://garykemble.newsvine.com/_news/2007/08/17/903278-break-in-transmission</guid><category>arts</category><category>articulate</category><pubDate>Fri, 17 Aug 2007 21:33:39 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Aust sf fan discovers 'new planet'</title><description><![CDATA[Australian speculative fiction writer and editor Alisa Krasnostein is inviting space pioneers to help populate the far-off world of New Ceres.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gary Kemble]]></dc:creator><link>http://garykemble.newsvine.com/_news/2007/08/03/876242-aust-sf-fan-discovers-new-planet</link><guid>http://garykemble.newsvine.com/_news/2007/08/03/876242-aust-sf-fan-discovers-new-planet</guid><category>arts</category><category>science-fiction</category><category>alisa-krasnostein</category><category>new-ceres</category><category>books</category><category>writing</category><category>graffiti</category><pubDate>Fri, 3 Aug 2007 19:55:41 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Articulate: Movie Minutiae: Alien (1979)</title><description><![CDATA[I can't believe Alien was once destined to be named Star Beast, starring Tom Skerritt! Read on for more Movie Minutiae madness.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gary Kemble]]></dc:creator><link>http://garykemble.newsvine.com/_news/2007/08/02/874129-articulate-movie-minutiae-alien-1979</link><guid>http://garykemble.newsvine.com/_news/2007/08/02/874129-articulate-movie-minutiae-alien-1979</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>sigorney-weaver</category><category>dan-obannon</category><category>film</category><category>movies</category><category>movie-minutiae</category><category>gary-kemble</category><category>articulate</category><category>graffiti</category><category>horror</category><category>science-fiction</category><pubDate>Thu, 2 Aug 2007 20:09:47 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Horror flick prompted teen's shark attack bravery: Mum</title><description><![CDATA[An Australian woman has attributed her son's bravery after a suspected shark attack to a recent horror movie he watched.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gary Kemble]]></dc:creator><link>http://garykemble.newsvine.com/_news/2007/07/21/850878-horror-flick-prompted-teens-shark-attack-bravery-mum</link><guid>http://garykemble.newsvine.com/_news/2007/07/21/850878-horror-flick-prompted-teens-shark-attack-bravery-mum</guid><category>odd-news</category><category>horror</category><category>film</category><category>movies</category><category>offbeat</category><category>shark-attack</category><category>angus-chapman</category><category>roz-chapman</category><pubDate>Sun, 22 Jul 2007 02:41:41 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Movie Minutiae: Magnolia (1999)</title><description><![CDATA[A movie that links the Bible, the Freemasons and Tom Cruise? I'd buy that for a dollar!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gary Kemble]]></dc:creator><link>http://garykemble.newsvine.com/_news/2007/07/19/846752-movie-minutiae-magnolia-1999</link><guid>http://garykemble.newsvine.com/_news/2007/07/19/846752-movie-minutiae-magnolia-1999</guid><category>arts</category><category>what-do-kids-know</category><category>charles-fort</category><category>articulate</category><category>graffiti</category><category>film</category><category>movies</category><category>trivia</category><category>movie-minutiae</category><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2007 21:34:30 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Meg Rosoff: Love, War, and really intelligent babies</title><description><![CDATA[Meg Rosoff would never walk under a ladder. Not because she thinks something bad would happen, but she doesn't want to risk it, just in case. The London-based author's third novel, 'What I Was', will be published later this year.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gary Kemble]]></dc:creator><link>http://garykemble.newsvine.com/_news/2007/07/13/835819-meg-rosoff-love-war-and-really-intelligent-babies</link><guid>http://garykemble.newsvine.com/_news/2007/07/13/835819-meg-rosoff-love-war-and-really-intelligent-babies</guid><category>arts</category><category>meg-rosoff</category><category>books</category><category>writing</category><category>articulate</category><category>graffiti</category><category>what-i-was</category><pubDate>Sat, 14 Jul 2007 03:03:36 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Movie Minutiae: The Adventures of Milo and Otis (1989)</title><description><![CDATA[This week's Movie Minutiae takes a look at 'The Adventures of Milo and Otis' and if there is any truth in the rumours of animal cruelty.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gary Kemble]]></dc:creator><link>http://garykemble.newsvine.com/_news/2007/07/13/834076-movie-minutiae-the-adventures-of-milo-and-otis-1989</link><guid>http://garykemble.newsvine.com/_news/2007/07/13/834076-movie-minutiae-the-adventures-of-milo-and-otis-1989</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>movie-minutiae</category><category>articulate</category><category>masanori-hata</category><category>milo-and-otis</category><category>film</category><category>movies</category><category>animal-cruelty</category><pubDate>Fri, 13 Jul 2007 05:47:34 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Adelaide author delves into Cthulhu Mythos</title><description><![CDATA[Adelaide-based writer David Conyers is following in the footsteps of H P Lovecraft, in the process becoming the first Australian author to publish a novel based on the Cthulhu Mythos.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gary Kemble]]></dc:creator><link>http://garykemble.newsvine.com/_news/2007/07/08/825489-adelaide-author-delves-into-cthulhu-mythos</link><guid>http://garykemble.newsvine.com/_news/2007/07/08/825489-adelaide-author-delves-into-cthulhu-mythos</guid><category>arts</category><category>cthulhu-mythos</category><category>david-conyers</category><category>horror</category><category>science-fiction</category><category>books</category><category>h-p-lovecraft</category><category>john-sunseri</category><pubDate>Mon, 9 Jul 2007 03:52:46 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Orbit to back Australian sf writers</title><description><![CDATA[In response to Articulate's recent blog post on reaction to Orbit's plans to launch in Australia, Orbit Australia publisher Bernadette Foley has reaffirmed Hachette Livre's commitment to supporting local writers.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gary Kemble]]></dc:creator><link>http://garykemble.newsvine.com/_news/2007/07/05/820829-orbit-to-back-australian-sf-writers</link><guid>http://garykemble.newsvine.com/_news/2007/07/05/820829-orbit-to-back-australian-sf-writers</guid><category>arts</category><category>hachette-livre</category><category>orbit-australia</category><category>bernadette-foley</category><category>science-fiction</category><category>books</category><category>writing</category><category>fantasy</category><category>horror</category><pubDate>Fri, 6 Jul 2007 04:01:11 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item></channel></rss>