everything but the girl

Supernatural and (omg what am I doing?) RPS!

Yes, you heard me. AI!RPS at that.

No! Don't run away! There's a reason I'm reccing it!

jlh has recently started posting a set-in-1962 Chris/Blake fic entitled Radio Friendly. Now, those of you who've read this LJ over the last x-number of years know that in my life, I've maybe watched one ep of AI. I only know who Chris and Blake are by reading the LJs of those on my flist who watched AI last year.

But I love stories set at the Brill building - I read my first one back in the 80s and it was a really bad, cheesy novel that I stole from my mom and clearly didn't understand all of, but since then, there's been the film Grace of My Heart and a few nonfiction articles, so it's a setup that I'm naturally drawn to, and it's jlh whose writing I generally enjoy, so sure I'll give this a try.

I'm reading this story as if it's an ebook, without giving much of any thought to the fact that it's actually RPS, and it's off to a terrific start! As jlh's author note says,

Radio Friendly is an AU set in 1962, when New York was the center of pop music and the Brill Building was where it all happened, when a group of talented songwriters and producers crafted perfect pop hits for artists whose every move was controlled by their label.

Basically, Blake and Chris are newly paired writing partners, and the story takes it from there. Even if you never read RPS, even if you never watch AI - this is a good story, and I recommend taking a peek at it.

And the SPN rec - Levels of Achievement by gwendolyngrace (Gen.). Dean Winchester vs the SAT's. Now, I love smart!Dean, and Gwen's done a wonderful job of showcasing this, in tandem with Dean's very mixed up sense of self-esteem and self-worth.

ETA And just after I posted this, sabaceanbabe posted the first part of a long-form Heroes fic that I just had to give a quick squee about because it presupposes a family-relationship theory that I love, regardless of whether it turns out to be Heroes-canon or not. Take a peek at Lord of the Rats.


In non-fiction news, I posted to fandom_lawyers this morning about an interesting article in the NY Times that quoted a VP at Viacom as saying, “Our audiences can creatively mash video from our content as much and as often as they like..." Analysis and discussion of mash, fair use, vidding etc. over on F_L, so please join in!