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\nIrish film critic Padraic Coffey (now based in Vancouver) runs a really fun series on his site Fan of Words<\/a> called “My Favourite Things<\/a>.” The gist is: Coffey asks a writer\/critic\/blogger to pick their Favorite album, their Favorite book, and their Favorite movie. And then, during a taped phone conversation the person pontificates on said album\/book\/movie. Coffey transcribes it and posts it. You feel like you are in the room with the person talking. You can scroll through the archive at the link above. These things are so much fun to read! Padraic reached out to me to do one of these things. I asked him if I could focus the whole thing on Elvis: favorite Elvis album, favorite book about Elvis, favorite Elvis movie. He was enthusiastic about the idea. We set up a phone conversation, and I launched into my monologue. (Padraic doesn’t run it as a QA. He doesn’t pepper you with questions. You just TALK.) <\/p>\n My Favourite Things: Elvis<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Irish film critic Padraic Coffey (now based in Vancouver) runs a really fun series on his site Fan of Words called “My Favourite Things.” The gist is: Coffey asks a writer\/critic\/blogger to pick their Favorite album, their Favorite book, and … Continue reading