September 28, 2007

A Caterwaul of Sound

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Tonight should be pretty fun. Me and the droogs are getting together for an old fashioned jam session. And by jam, I mean loud and sloppy renditions of some of our favorites. The addition of vodka and beer and who knows what else should add to the festivities, if not the musicianship!

But, hey, it's Punk Rawk... so the intoxicants are a requirement!
For those of you playing at home, here's some of the the songs we'll be mangling!
Toonage:

September 24, 2007

More Brains!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It has been established that persons who have recently died have been returning to life and committing acts of murder. A widespread investigation of funeral homes, morgues, and hospitals has concluded that the unburied dead have been returning to life and seeking human victims. It's hard for us here to be reporting this to you, but it does seem to be a fact.

Yeah, they're dead. They're all messed up.

Zombies fukkin' rule. I absolutely love Zombie flicks, books and comics. Whether it's the "Romero Rules" zombies; or the revisionist "speed demon" types; most of the films are fun.



I'm psyched that Romero is coming out with the 5th of his "Dead" films "Diary Of The Dead". And the "I Am Legend" big budget movie with Will Smith looks cool too (OK- they're not officially Zombies, but it's close enough for rock n roll)!

If you haven't seen all of the following, get yer bad selves to your local vid shop immediately!


And highly recommended is "World War Z- An Oral History". Read recollections from survivors of the Zombie War.

and remember...



They're coming to get you Barbara!



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Comics - The Sequel

Since last weeks comic post was well received and some great suggestions were made, I've decided to create a sequel. That's in the best traditions of comics anyway! This movie is getting some good press, but the proof will be in the pudding. Having a substance abuser in the title role of Iron Man is interesting casting, at the very least.

And if the Batman Begins sequel The Dark Knight continues the fine work of the original, than the stench of George Clooney's portrayal of Batman might be eliminated forever.



Toonage:

The Replacements - Iron Man (live)
The Avengers - Second To None
The DirtBombs - Underdog
Rancid - Sidekick
Dan Bern - Superman
Latterman - If Batman Was Real, He Would Have Beaten The Crap Out Of My Friends
Paramore - My Hero (Foo Fighters cover)
Ani DiFranco - Superhero
The Bad Plus - Iron Man

September 18, 2007

Make Mine Marvel!

When I was a kid, you could either be a DC Comics loyalist or a Marvel Comics true believer. We were all firmly entrenched in the Marvel camp.

I absolutely loved the old EC comics like Tales From The Crypt and Haunt Of Fear. But they were collector's items by the time I was a kid. The reprints are great however.


Spiderman, The Avengers, X-Men, Fantastic Four and The Silver Surfer had it all over the DC stable. Besides, Superman was a giant pussy and never killed anyone. And this was before Batman became "The Dark Knight" and became more of a vigilante. But Marvel had The Punisher and he was actually looking to shoot the bad guys. And Marvel wasn't afraid to kill off characters like Spiderman's girlfriend Gwen Stacy. Of course, then they had to clone her and Aunt May must have almost died about 300 times, but still; Marvel kicked ass. And Doctor Strange was THE acid comic. He's even on the cover of Pink Floyd's Saucerful Of Secrets


And, the girls in Marvel comics were ridiculously hot (yeah- I know they weren't real; but when you're 14 years old...)


I like the current threads in Spiderman alot... he absolutely kicked the shit out of Kingpin a few issues back and seems to be going into a "vengeful retribution" phase.


Now that I have kids, I get to relive my old comics plus check out the new stuff. The Marvel Zombies line is bad-ass, if a bit silly. Some of the Marvel character movies have been disappointing as well. But, all in all:


MAKE MINE MARVEL!