i apologize for the sound quality, there's only so much a phone can do.
fun fact: part of my head is in this picture.
fun fact: part of my head is in this picture.
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Saturday, April 25, 2009
comics shomics
so i've been burned out on comics lately.
i think a large part of this came from two series i was following.
nyx: no way home
el diablo
i think a large part of this came from two series i was following.
nyx: no way home
i loved the first nyx story, high school kids with mutant powers and all the hate, misunderstanding. it was nice to see something with mutants that didn't involve super hero acts and plots to destroy famous monuments... or whatever. i was hoping for more of the same in this series, but mostly it was just a lot of "wtf?"
okay so first off, i figured out lil' bro had mutant powers in the first book. i assumed kiden's ghost dad was a manifestation of this, and this later seem confirmed when lil' bro used his power to make dragons and other such monsters appear, they were the exact same colour as dear old daddy. but no, it couldn't have been that simple, instead it really was the ghost of her father, the time traveling ghost of her father who decided to put her through hell as it was the only path she wouldn't die.... oy.
then there also appears to be some evil version of xavier collecting mutant kids, and was really interested in lil' bros powers, that's fine, could've been interesting, it was lame however that his main operative was "immune" to kiden's power. that doesn't make any sense! kiden's power is all about time relative to her, she speeds up as everything around her nearly comes to a stand still, this is how she broke that kids arm by poking him in the original series. so either this chick is stuck in "no time" everytime kiden phases out, or this chick has the same power and phases out when she sees kiden disappear, but even by then kiden would be long gone at the that point.
yes, yes, i realize this is just a comic book, but suspension of disbelief only takes me so far.
would've been so much better without ghost dad's epic woes and impossible chick's powers.
okay so first off, i figured out lil' bro had mutant powers in the first book. i assumed kiden's ghost dad was a manifestation of this, and this later seem confirmed when lil' bro used his power to make dragons and other such monsters appear, they were the exact same colour as dear old daddy. but no, it couldn't have been that simple, instead it really was the ghost of her father, the time traveling ghost of her father who decided to put her through hell as it was the only path she wouldn't die.... oy.
then there also appears to be some evil version of xavier collecting mutant kids, and was really interested in lil' bros powers, that's fine, could've been interesting, it was lame however that his main operative was "immune" to kiden's power. that doesn't make any sense! kiden's power is all about time relative to her, she speeds up as everything around her nearly comes to a stand still, this is how she broke that kids arm by poking him in the original series. so either this chick is stuck in "no time" everytime kiden phases out, or this chick has the same power and phases out when she sees kiden disappear, but even by then kiden would be long gone at the that point.
yes, yes, i realize this is just a comic book, but suspension of disbelief only takes me so far.
would've been so much better without ghost dad's epic woes and impossible chick's powers.
el diablo
i picked up the first issue of this mostly because i liked the art, and the idea of hells assassin. i ended up being pleasantly surprised. it started out great, a gangster betrayed by his second in command, this happens during a bust, he gets crippled and ends up in a hospital room with a comatose cursed cowboy. obviously the cowboy passes the curse onto the gangster and now he's determined to get vengeance on his old buddy. and as a great bit of info that comes later, it turns out his second in command was a corrupt undercover cop. of course it doesn't that stay that simple or interesting, they throw this random insane killer "vorpal" in the mix, and he's a demon too! and then some random story about sumerian gods.... if this were a video game i believe yahtzee would say it has indigo prophecy syndrome.
seeing him fight uncle sam and co was fairly entertaining, the whole demon babe wanting to devour the world however, was not. it should've been skipped, and the focus should have remained on his ex partner and figuring out his powers.
i think that's my main complaint about comics, they take a simple idea and make it far too condiluted.
i mean lets face it, most superhero stories are worse than day time soap operas.
not all is bad in comic land, i might as well do my latest pull list for the hell of it.
icognito
great series about a "rehabilitated" supervillain. basically he's stuck in a crappy office job after being forced to take drugs to dampen his powers. he starts doing illegal drugs because his life sucks, and this somehow counters the government drugs. so now he gets his kicks by running around at night beating the shit out of thugs and would be rapists. i haven't read the latest issue yet but at the end of issues two his old bosses found out he's still active, and likely the one that squealed to put them behind bars.
kick-ass
fun series. can't say i didn't see the latest twist coming, but the back story on hit-girl and big daddy was interesting, must be fun to right a crazy right wing killer.
echo
interesting dream sequince in the latest issue, it's a great ongoing series, but nothing much to talk about with this issue, harlots, zealots and the golden ratio.
air
this is probably my favourite series now that i kill giants has ended. at first i was a bit worried when this went away from realism and into fantasy, but it's been handled beautifully, it's one the best written and fascinating comics out there.
whatever happened to the caped crusader?
this was wacky, and i loved it. if i understand it correctly gaiman is saying that there are endless versions of batman out there, all depending on who is telling the story. the common thread of course is that they're all batman for the same reason, the death of his parents, and he will always be killed by doing what he needs to do, batman will never retire. i know some people sort of wtf'd at the end, but to paraphrase the beginning of batman r.i.p. "batman will never die!" as a reward for a life of torment, he gets a few years of happiness in being a kid before being made into a whole new version of batman again.
black lightning: year one
now this is a superhero miniseries done right. not knowing anything about black lightning i was worried when it appeared his nemsis was going to be a demon, i was relieved when it turned out to be a somewhat immortal wizard with connections to ra's al ghul. apparnetly that's good enough for my willful suspension of disbelief. fun story though, definetly made black lightning one of my favourite superheroes.
comics i have yet to read:
criminal: a wolf among wolves
another brubaker title. blair bulter called this comic the best stand alone issue of last year, and she has yet to lead me astray, i'm realling digging incognito, so i figure if i like this , i'll eventually get around to the rest of the series.
pax romana
ah hickman, another author blair bulter has turned me on to. basically it's a story about the vatican of the future sending an army back in time to save the roman empire from collapsing, and making the world a better catholic one. sounds interesting, i'm quite glad i finally got a hold of the first two issues of this.
comics that need their next issue out already
rasl & red mass for mars
seeing him fight uncle sam and co was fairly entertaining, the whole demon babe wanting to devour the world however, was not. it should've been skipped, and the focus should have remained on his ex partner and figuring out his powers.
i think that's my main complaint about comics, they take a simple idea and make it far too condiluted.
i mean lets face it, most superhero stories are worse than day time soap operas.
not all is bad in comic land, i might as well do my latest pull list for the hell of it.
icognito
great series about a "rehabilitated" supervillain. basically he's stuck in a crappy office job after being forced to take drugs to dampen his powers. he starts doing illegal drugs because his life sucks, and this somehow counters the government drugs. so now he gets his kicks by running around at night beating the shit out of thugs and would be rapists. i haven't read the latest issue yet but at the end of issues two his old bosses found out he's still active, and likely the one that squealed to put them behind bars.
kick-ass
fun series. can't say i didn't see the latest twist coming, but the back story on hit-girl and big daddy was interesting, must be fun to right a crazy right wing killer.
echo
interesting dream sequince in the latest issue, it's a great ongoing series, but nothing much to talk about with this issue, harlots, zealots and the golden ratio.
air
this is probably my favourite series now that i kill giants has ended. at first i was a bit worried when this went away from realism and into fantasy, but it's been handled beautifully, it's one the best written and fascinating comics out there.
whatever happened to the caped crusader?
this was wacky, and i loved it. if i understand it correctly gaiman is saying that there are endless versions of batman out there, all depending on who is telling the story. the common thread of course is that they're all batman for the same reason, the death of his parents, and he will always be killed by doing what he needs to do, batman will never retire. i know some people sort of wtf'd at the end, but to paraphrase the beginning of batman r.i.p. "batman will never die!" as a reward for a life of torment, he gets a few years of happiness in being a kid before being made into a whole new version of batman again.
black lightning: year one
now this is a superhero miniseries done right. not knowing anything about black lightning i was worried when it appeared his nemsis was going to be a demon, i was relieved when it turned out to be a somewhat immortal wizard with connections to ra's al ghul. apparnetly that's good enough for my willful suspension of disbelief. fun story though, definetly made black lightning one of my favourite superheroes.
comics i have yet to read:
criminal: a wolf among wolves
another brubaker title. blair bulter called this comic the best stand alone issue of last year, and she has yet to lead me astray, i'm realling digging incognito, so i figure if i like this , i'll eventually get around to the rest of the series.
pax romana
ah hickman, another author blair bulter has turned me on to. basically it's a story about the vatican of the future sending an army back in time to save the roman empire from collapsing, and making the world a better catholic one. sounds interesting, i'm quite glad i finally got a hold of the first two issues of this.
comics that need their next issue out already
rasl & red mass for mars
Saturday, April 18, 2009
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
explode into colors
is a fun band from portland i saw this past weekend at the cherry city music fest.
here's some videos i took with my phone
here's some videos i took with my phone
seeing them made me long for the crazy shows i used to go to.
i really need to get back into the music scene.
be sure to check them out; explode into colors
really fun band, and they seem like groovy chicks.
their tape has been my driving soundtrack since the show.
i really need to get back into the music scene.
be sure to check them out; explode into colors
really fun band, and they seem like groovy chicks.
their tape has been my driving soundtrack since the show.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
a song about coraline
i meant to post this over a month ago.
coraline is a really fun story, the movie has beautiful visuals, a haunting soundtrack, and this random appearance of they might be giants.
seeing it in 3D was completely worth it.
if you haven't seen it yet i recommend going a sap.
bless your odd heart mr. gaiman, yours too mr. selick.
it also makes me quite happy this film was made in portland.
Friday, March 13, 2009
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
you know what?
forget jack
forget heath as well
you know who should've played the joker?
this guy right here:
hugo blick, played the young jack napier in tim burton's batman.
look at that fucking grin.
that's the stuff nightmares are made of.
speaking of batman related things that will never happen, you know who would've been perfect for the joker in a musical version?
forget jack
forget heath as well
you know who should've played the joker?
this guy right here:
hugo blick, played the young jack napier in tim burton's batman.
look at that fucking grin.
that's the stuff nightmares are made of.
speaking of batman related things that will never happen, you know who would've been perfect for the joker in a musical version?
i'm sure i've said that before, but it doesn't make it any less true.
love is a battlefield... and so is the parking lot
so i had a recent post about obtaining one of my musical holy grails.
listening through it a number of times i've noticed something quite interesting.
namely the first song "crimewave to your heart" and the last song "backseat sleeper"
now "crimewave to your heart" is the end of bonnie and clyde romance.
and it's got some amazing lyrics "our affection breeds insurrection"
that's just beautiful.
however i found it interesting to start the album on a song about an ending.
"this is what forever meant", indeed. i love it.
the last song on this album however seems to be the start of this relationship.
backseat sleeper
so it does seem to be a story of things going wrong and leading to a crime spree.
the thing that's interesting is that this then makes the album an infinite loop, the same couple getting killed and starting over and over again.
the rest of the songs on the album just seem to be about teen love, unrequited love, and general angst.
the last bit of "backseat sleeper" however wasn't in the lyrics, and it's always been a favourite verse of mine, a bit of a pirate theme if you will.
listening through it a number of times i've noticed something quite interesting.
namely the first song "crimewave to your heart" and the last song "backseat sleeper"
now "crimewave to your heart" is the end of bonnie and clyde romance.
and it's got some amazing lyrics "our affection breeds insurrection"
that's just beautiful.
however i found it interesting to start the album on a song about an ending.
crimewave to your heart
young and crushed at each others touch
it is a battle plan
your hair brushed my face as we took the place
pulled guns and made our demands
our affection breeds insurrection
it's a simple shot so let's go, go, go
it's the 5th of may you could call it fate
destiny
our love written in blood
without a sound you shot the clerk down after he tripped the alarm
we moved too slow look out the window, it's twenty-5 cop cars
came out shooting and ducked behind your car
had enough time to put a new clip in as a hail of bullets flew overhead
already 5 cops dead
before we started firing again
no matter what we win
we're the closest that we've ever been
i've been dead 5 years
i think i should know
can still feel the bullet
that tore out my throat
you held my hand
behind your black sedan and said
i will always be yours and you will always be mine
now it's crime
you stood up to run across the parking lot
and got shot 5 times i looked into your dead eyes
and knew i'd never get out alive
our blood mixes on the pavement
we knew this is what forever meant forever
it is a battle plan
your hair brushed my face as we took the place
pulled guns and made our demands
our affection breeds insurrection
it's a simple shot so let's go, go, go
it's the 5th of may you could call it fate
destiny
our love written in blood
without a sound you shot the clerk down after he tripped the alarm
we moved too slow look out the window, it's twenty-5 cop cars
came out shooting and ducked behind your car
had enough time to put a new clip in as a hail of bullets flew overhead
already 5 cops dead
before we started firing again
no matter what we win
we're the closest that we've ever been
i've been dead 5 years
i think i should know
can still feel the bullet
that tore out my throat
you held my hand
behind your black sedan and said
i will always be yours and you will always be mine
now it's crime
you stood up to run across the parking lot
and got shot 5 times i looked into your dead eyes
and knew i'd never get out alive
our blood mixes on the pavement
we knew this is what forever meant forever
"this is what forever meant", indeed. i love it.
the last song on this album however seems to be the start of this relationship.
backseat sleeper
the steering wheel is melting in my hands
and i think you understand that we've abandoned all our plans
the gun is still warm
the blood is not yours
but it's all over your shirt so ditch it in the dirt
faster faster hit the gas left lane is ours
everybody else gets passed
my pure sweet adariana and i will never die
true and two (truant two) stay awake
have not slept for a thousand hours
you can take a nap in the back
hold me now, sweeten the heart attack
salvation might come in many forms
i hope that ours an engine so let's drive up to the shore
this is too say anything to be true
when the movie comes out who do you want to play you
burn burning asphalt blurring
peals of laughter hit the ceiling
now i'm reeling
revealing two teens turned into a great team
do you know what i mean
yeah yeah you and me
let's sleep for days
then drive down to the ocean's waves
this hotel room is getting old
but your kisses refuses to turn cold
crustaceans and the fish awake
it's an imaginary chase
salt water
i will love you this summer
we'll have a really good time
while i'm a total wreck inside
and then with one quick spin
she explodes behind my grin
i can't do anything without your state of being
i can't feel anything except your eyes on me
and i think you understand that we've abandoned all our plans
the gun is still warm
the blood is not yours
but it's all over your shirt so ditch it in the dirt
faster faster hit the gas left lane is ours
everybody else gets passed
my pure sweet adariana and i will never die
true and two (truant two) stay awake
have not slept for a thousand hours
you can take a nap in the back
hold me now, sweeten the heart attack
salvation might come in many forms
i hope that ours an engine so let's drive up to the shore
this is too say anything to be true
when the movie comes out who do you want to play you
burn burning asphalt blurring
peals of laughter hit the ceiling
now i'm reeling
revealing two teens turned into a great team
do you know what i mean
yeah yeah you and me
let's sleep for days
then drive down to the ocean's waves
this hotel room is getting old
but your kisses refuses to turn cold
crustaceans and the fish awake
it's an imaginary chase
salt water
i will love you this summer
we'll have a really good time
while i'm a total wreck inside
and then with one quick spin
she explodes behind my grin
i can't do anything without your state of being
i can't feel anything except your eyes on me
so it does seem to be a story of things going wrong and leading to a crime spree.
the thing that's interesting is that this then makes the album an infinite loop, the same couple getting killed and starting over and over again.
the rest of the songs on the album just seem to be about teen love, unrequited love, and general angst.
the last bit of "backseat sleeper" however wasn't in the lyrics, and it's always been a favourite verse of mine, a bit of a pirate theme if you will.
i sailed a ship, across the sea
on a foreign shore, that's where you'll find me
leading a life of crime, i'll be happy there until the day that i die
on the floor, or did i love you more
it's a simple debt, that i simply can't ignore
so if a thought must be kept
remember that one summer when we never slept
and if the sun rises
then the sun must set
on a foreign shore, that's where you'll find me
leading a life of crime, i'll be happy there until the day that i die
on the floor, or did i love you more
it's a simple debt, that i simply can't ignore
so if a thought must be kept
remember that one summer when we never slept
and if the sun rises
then the sun must set
so yes, if you want to check out the band algebra one i highly recommend "the keep tryst ep"
as it's an amazing piece of music, their other ep "conscious pilot" is worth checking out as well. it was the last thing they did, so it's more refined and the eleven minute "reverb" is just art.
i'm not sure what happend after this band, the leadsinger went on to form the costal drag, who put out one great ep and then disappeared.
back in the 90's they were just teenages singing about teenage dreams, and i often wonder this music would mean as much to me if i hadn't discovered it as a teen.
ah well, good music is good music, and it should be shared.
as it's an amazing piece of music, their other ep "conscious pilot" is worth checking out as well. it was the last thing they did, so it's more refined and the eleven minute "reverb" is just art.
i'm not sure what happend after this band, the leadsinger went on to form the costal drag, who put out one great ep and then disappeared.
back in the 90's they were just teenages singing about teenage dreams, and i often wonder this music would mean as much to me if i hadn't discovered it as a teen.
ah well, good music is good music, and it should be shared.
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