Happy New Year!
Welcome to 2020, the year in which, according to Hollywood
we should be racing to Mars on a desperate mission to rescue some floating
M&Ms, fighting Kaiju and finding true love in our Jaegers, or hiding from
dragons while teaching children about Star Wars.
I know. So disappointing when reality doesn’t match up to the movies.
I've almost finished Netflix so I’m looking forward to leaving the house and discovering some new experiences in 2020. My plans include getting to London Comic-Con and also trying some immersive science-fiction theatre – will report back if I survive.
I’m also looking at all the movies coming out this year and I have no idea what
to think. Ghostbusters, Top Gun and Bill and Ted are all coming back – any of which could be epic or catastrophic. On the other hand there are some originals in
the line-up too, including the mysterious Chris Nolan movie Tenet, and while I don't always approve of re-makes I will probably still see the new adaptation of Dune, and I'm genuinely interested to see what Jordan Peele does with his re-imagining of Candyman.
2020 is also the 100th anniversary of the
theremin, that most science-fictiony of electronic instruments. The theremin
was invented by Leon Theremin in either 1919 or 1920 – the theremin community are
hedging their bets on this. I’ve continued practicing my Open Theremin, working through Carolina Eyck's book, and I’ll post
some more thoughts and videos for your amusement shortly.
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