Thursday, July 22, 2010

Moby Dick is prevalent

It absolutely astonishes me how much Moby Dick is in the news and out there in the public.

I kid you not--tonight--
http://www.exploreli.com/events/alec-baldwin-reads-moby-dick-1.2023863#&

Event Date(s)
Thursday, July 22 at 8:00 PM.

Location
BookHampton

41 Main St.
East Hampton, NY 11937
Phone: 631-324-4939
Website: http://bookhampton.com
Email: info@bookhampton.com
Description: Alec Baldwin reads "Moby Dick"
Reading from Herman
Melville's, "Moby Dick," with Alec Baldwin


Why the heck is Alec Baldwin reading from Moby Dick? I don't have anything against Alec Baldwin. He's fine. The event is fine, a public reading. But why is Alec Baldwin reading from the book? Is there a movie coming out?

Turns out that Baldwin has also been interviewed about it recently. http://www.newsday.com/lifestyle/books/talking-with-alec-baldwin-about-moby-dick-1.2107441
Just on July 15 of this year, 2010, he talks about the book on the Newsday.com site but I can't access the article because I don't subscribe (what a load of malarkey that is--subscribing to a site where I can't read any articles to see if I would like it...)
I found a blog site of a person going to this reading and I have emailed the blogger for more information. Can't wait to find out more.

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