Man Man - Feathers

...what?

This, apparently, is a real thing.

The Seedy Seeds - Drive Me To The Center

Interactive Game!

Let's play, "Find what's wrong with this passage from Final Crisis Aftermath Ink #5 of 5." Go:

"That corruption is being carried out in a variety of fashions: offers sedation to the troubled masses in the form of crystal meth comfort packages as a way to sleep easier for those who've decided it's impossible to love they neighbor and relief to worried citizens who feel overwhelmed by the burden of anonyminty."

This isn't very hard.

DC Comics Halloween Special 2009~!

BOO!

No Halloween holiday season is complete without the DC Comics Halloween Special. I should've received it last week, but I got shorted. Fortunately, my good friends at Collectibles, Etc. righted the situation in time for Halloween!

I wish it weren't six bucks an issue. If it were cheaper, I'd buy a stack to hand out to trick or treaters.

Treats:

* Ibraim Roberson's beautiful illustrations of Bizarro World.

* Kilowog dressed as the Anti-Monitor. (see above)

* Mirror Master versus Bloody Mary (you know the Bloody Mary from when you were in first grade and your friends wanted you turn out the lights in the bathroom and call her through the mirror but then you were [rightly] too afraid).

* The second most cogent Tim Drake story since his taking on the Red Robin mantle.

* young Dick Grayson's Halloween costume.

* Damian's Halloween hijinks.

* Amy Wolfram's Ravager strip.

* Wonder Woman getting punked by the Teen Titans.

* Billy Tucci's Flash v Superman race story.

* Lois & Clark as Daphne & Freddie.

Tricks:

* the poorly placed, disturbing segway into Guy Gardner's troubled childhood in an otherwise funny and happy story.

* the Outsiders story in which writer Michael Siglain and artist Kelley Jones tried to out do each other with bad writing and bad art. Everybody lost.

I don't know if it was worth the six dollars, but I do know that it was fun and that Halloween wouldn't have felt like Halloween without it. Good job, DC!

The notes all bend and reach above the trees

I know I already posted some Sunday Afternoon Jams, but I forgot how much of an October weather sort of song this is (and as it is the last Sunday in October) and since it's been a year since I accidentally got kicked in the butt by the guy who plays the saw in this band at the Elephant 6 surprise holiday show- we should listen to some NMH.

Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea




Hope you had a great weekend.

p.s. Will and I watched Blacula the other night.



Cinematic genius. Lots of fun.

"A freaky permutation, something like Voltron"

I've been going through my music collection tonight and I'm listening to Of Montreal's album that came out around this time last year (or at least, I remember first listening to it on the drive up to visit Morgan for Birthweek)
It's really weird to be nostalgic about last year, but Skeletal Lamping makes me nostalgic about last year...

Of Montreal's An Eluardian Instance:


makes me think of faraway friends (cough, Sarah, cough). So An Eluardian Instance is for you, babe.
A photo from their concert in Covington. Where one of the stage dancer people FELL ON Sarah. hehe.

Id Engager:


Everyone seemed to pick on Skeletal Lamping when it came out, but I think that was only because Of Montreal's previous album, Hissing Fauna You Are Not The Destroyer, is just so good. I really like SL, it has it's merits. Great to dance to. Some really neat noises. Catchy lyrics. Oddly filthy.

Live version of For Our Elegant Caste:


Most vivid memory of this album: taking photo, being alone in the dark room and making a fool of myself dancing my ass off to For Our Elegant Caste and Id Engager.