Comments Off | Posted: February 29th, 2008 | Filed under:Uncategorized
This go-around, I’ve stayed away from Friday Night Fights, letting others bring the thunder to the dome, as it were. However, this week’s issue of The Greatest Comic Ever Published By Man stirred something deep within me, and I felt an urge to post. Unfortunately, the conversation between me and Bahlactus went like this:
Me: Wow, that fight scene with Robin in All-Star Batman was brutal. Maybe I’ll use that for–
Bahlactus: HOLD, HUMAN! YOU KNOW THE RULES FOR THE FRIDAY NIGHT FIGHTS! NO ONE SHALL POST IMAGES FROM THIS WEEK’S TITLES! BAHLACTUS HAS SPOKEN!
Me: Look, I just want to–
Bahlactus: THE FUNK COSMIC SHALL RAIN HORROR DOWN ON YOU LIKE THE SWEET SCIENCE OF ALI IF YOU VIOLATE THIS RULE! BAHLACTUS HAS SPOKEN!
Me: OK, OK. I’ve been reading the Showcase Presents: Robin in the bathroom anyway, and that’s got a lot of punching and so forth. I figure that’ll work nicely.
Bahlactus: A FINE IDEA! ARE YOU GOING TO EAT THAT LAST CURLY FRY? I HUNGER! BAHLACTUS HAS SPOKEN!
Me: Do you have to do that every time you say something?
Bahlactus: YES! BAHLACTUS HAS SPOKEN!
And, that’s why we’re here now. Take it away, Boy Wonder!
Comments Off | Posted: February 28th, 2008 | Filed under:Uncategorized
Apparently, I enjoyed making that last post a lot. I just started a group blog at GetOffTheInternet.org. You can send tips and tricks to kevin(at)getofftheinternet(dot)org if you find anything particularly mockworthy.
Comments Off | Posted: February 27th, 2008 | Filed under:Uncategorized
All-Star Batman And Robin The Boy Wonder #9 – I think you all know how I feel about this series, don’t you?
Batman #674 – It’s nice to know that Morrison knows what he’s doing, even if editorial seemed determined to make sure readers have no clue thanks to the Ra’s Al Ghul crossover that derailed this story for two long, long months.
Blue Beetle #24 – John Rogers, man. It’s like he reaches into my monkey brain and hits my joy buttons. Albuquerque’s art is just plain perfection on this title, a refreshing, cartoonish change from the majority of mainstream art.
Criminal Volume 2 #1 – From the spectacular, cinematic opening page to the brutal, emotional denouement, I was enthralled. A comic I honestly feel I can’t praise enough by two creators who seem deeply invested in the vein they’re mining.
Daredevil #105 – 1. Matt Murdock can not catch a break, can he? 2. Bendis should look at this take on The Hood and gaze in awe.
Kick-Ass #1 – A 22-page infomercial for Marvel Comics and cursing. Pass.
Nexus #100 – What I liked: fantastic art, a main story that’s a return to form. What I disliked: the backup story’s cheap shots at Ted Kennedy and Hillary Clinton and the history piece that told the readers that Jack Kirby would totally approve of Baron and Rude’s work on the title.
“I used to read it every year on my birthday,” he says. “It’s 99 pages long. Perfect for birthday reading.”
Ethan Frome. On his birthday. Every year.
“As setting, it can’t be beat,” he continues. “It expresses everything about how horrible New England is.”
I attempt to protest, because too much here is truly not enough. For the moral of Ethan Frome instructs that if you yearn for more, you will end up crippled (quite literally, if you own a sleigh) for the rest of your life.
“Yeah,” Merritt says, near-giddy with misanthropic glee. “For the rest of your life.”
Comments Off | Posted: February 27th, 2008 | Filed under:Uncategorized
This one’s different: broader, more vocal, more beaty. Records from the early 90s through last week. A bit of pop here, a bit of ambient wash there, but consistent in a way I can’t quite quantify. You’ll understand.
It’s best served on a couch with a nice bottle of red wine and proper headphones or speakers, so burn it to a CD or stick it in your iPod and get away from the computer.
Comments Off | Posted: February 27th, 2008 | Filed under:Uncategorized
…when Solomon Grundy would threaten to beat Green Lantern to death with an insensate Superman and we would all laugh because, hey, there’s no way that they’re actually going to let Solomon Grundy do something like that, right?
Man, those times, they were halcyon, were they not?
Comments Off | Posted: February 26th, 2008 | Filed under:Uncategorized
The first time I heard “Planet E” was on a cassette slid to me over the counter at Wax N Facts in Atlanta. Victoria noticed I was buying electronic and acid house records in truly irrational amounts and offered this mixtape from a local DJ as a bonus. I got back into my car and popped it into the deck. “Planet E” was the first track, a loopy, funny bit of acid house-rap and I was smitten immediately. I don’t remember much else about the cassette – I’m pretty sure the ubiquitous “Voodoo Ray” was on there, though – but KC Flightt’s masterwork has stuck in my head for years between listens. I never bought it on vinyl, oddly enough, but the age of YouTube means I get to share it with you all.
Is it cheesy? As if it were constructed from Brie and Gouda.
Is the rapping fairly horrible? Oh, my yes.
Does it ever, ever fail to make me happy? No, it does not.
You can download the “Acid Drop” remix of the track here if you’d like. (Thanks to bitterandrew for his assistance in this matter.)
Comments Off | Posted: February 25th, 2008 | Filed under:Uncategorized
This is exactly why I can never have children. You all understand that, right? “Now, tell the camera the plot of David Mamet’s Spartan and then after that, you can dance to Pet Shop Boys!”
“It is my policy to encourage freelancers to use the free Getty photo images as reference points & we also use sketches from the Japanese free clip art books, which have inanimate objects with cute faces & legs etc. which are also very similar to the soap. Also, a couple million mall goths buying our shit means we can afford insanely evil lawyers, so back the fuck off.”
The Foo Fighters are suing Marvel Entertainment for the unauthorized use of two songs in a trailer for the forthcoming Wolverine and the X-Men animated series. The songs “Best of You” and “Free Me” served as the soundtrack for a 3-minute-and-change-clip featuring scenes from the new series. In related news, Marvel Editor in Chief Joe Quesada discovered this morning that his Limewire account has been shut down by the RIAA and his hard drives seized.
