I’m at a terminal bar in MSP – The Minneapolis/St. Paul Airport, a few stools down from me is a woman who has an astounding resemblance to Catherine Tate. And her personality is like one of Tate’s characters from her old show...
Read moreJames Kopta – Gone Six Years
His massive body of work in music, video and art continues to trickle out to the world like he never stopped. The Frank Budgen record has been available from Specific Recordings for a few months now. The Exploding Corpse Action LP should be out...
Read moreCriswell Predicts – Comics on iTunes
OK, I’m not Criswell (although my grandmother was an actual psychic) But I have a strong sense (hell, a tingling of a spider sense) that in the near future we will see comic book downloads on Apple’s iTunes. I have a strong feeling...
Read moreIf you can nail together two things that have never been nailed together before, some dumb schmuck will buy it from you
We’ll miss you George.
Read moreWonderful news: Steven Kurtz Cleared of all Charges
I have written about this case a couple times before, and a banner to the CAE Defense Fund has been up on Wow Cool for a bit (must remember to take it down now). It had been announced that charges were dismissed, but now that the appeal option...
Read moreI So Want To See This Movie
Here is an excerpt from the most brilliantly scathing review of anything I have ever seen: This is the most torturous, pretentious, incompetent mess of a movie I have ever seen. Don’t believe the reviews that suggest this film is visionary...
Read moreBest Digital Reissue Ever – Thrillington on iTunes
The Percy Thrills Thrillington masterpiece, Thrillington, is now available in the DRM-free Plus format on iTunes for just 9.99USD. Awesome arrangements, super smooth bass by session legend Herbie ‘Walk on the Wild Side’ Flowers, Easy...
Read moreGuiltcology – the Wow Cool Word of the Day
Guiltcology. A cute little portmanteau neologism that stabs right at the heart of the green zeitgeist. Long overdue, I think. Has that same beautiful illogical quality as Irangate and chocoholic. Coined this day by Marc Arsenault. Guiltcology can...
Read moreGeorge W. Bush admits to being “Furry-Curious”
Pere Ubu at the Pilot Light – Knoxville, TN
It was amazing. Pere Ubu tore it up. I am in fucking awe. They did Sonic Reducer and I completely went fucking mental. It was all a million times better then I deserved to expect. Best damn Easter basket ever. See my choicest shots here.
Read moreHappy Easter
Happy Easter and Equinox from Optiplex the Divine, protector of the universe, eater of gamma rays and organizer of the sublime dark matter.
Read moreStrange Tales of the Unusual
The other day, there was a link in the Random News Round Up section of Tom Spurgeon’s always great The Comics Reporter to an essay in the New Yorker by art spiegelman on revered EC Comics artist Bernard Krigstein. I came to a total stop in...
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