Fishwick Papers: The "May the 25th be with you" Edition

Weekend greetings, Fishwick Paper Readers!I write to you from a place of deep satisfaction, as I've just handed in my first draft of labels for my upcoming exhibition, which let me tell you felt GREAT. It's always a wonderful feeling to see a project come together. The difference between theatre and museums though seems to be that in theatre things can be changed until right up to the last minute, but that's harder in museums, as a lot needs to be prepared in advance. Label copy is one of those things that's gladly out of the way. I can now relax with a weekend of two full days of the Freeplay Festival conference, at which I'll be speaking, and doing two shows with Impro Melbourne. No sweat.

Really it should be called 'Stars War'

• Ska Wars. Ska. Wars. Ska Wars.

• How the franchise continues to reinvent itself

• What are prequels doing to narrative structure?

• A history of Han Solo/Lando Calrissian fanfiction

• The original Star Wars film reedited as a grindhouse flick

Music is Music is Music

• Slow trailers for The Gardens Between are full of calming music

• Superorganism's Tiny Desk Concert is a tonne of funne

• Brian David Gilbert has shingles

How we express ourselves

• The lesbian pulp fiction that saved lives

• Why does everything have to be a brand?

• Rebecca Shaw on whether 'political correctness' is killing comedy

Online Culture

• A technical breakdown of curation, acquisition and preservation of gifs

• What would go in the canon of greatest internet writing?

• A thesis on the nature and role of Shitposting

R.I.P. Vine of the Week

• Enjoying Art

Okey dee, that shall do it for now. Thank you for reading these, that's real nice of you. You can send me any feedback or suggestions for things to include by replying to this email (and please do, I always love to know whether I'm hitting the mark). If you like this you can let your friends know to subscribe by sending them to tinyletter.com/fimjishwick, where you'll also find an archive of all past papers.

Have a great weekend, be good to each other, I love you.BYEEEEE