Greetings from the far side...

Here's a quick one for today folks, enjoy!

Fish! It's what's for dinner....or not:

And now gracing the stage for a limited time, but coming to a theatre near you:

or version:
That last one's for my wife; she gets it.

It's wet, it's wild, it's Liquid Television!?

Bonus Post today:

As I was laying restless in bed last night trying in vain to sleep, my mind kept buzzing with thought after thought.
One of those thoughts included the little-respected gem of a show that was featured on MTV in the mid-90's:

Yes, Liquid Television, the show so weird, ground-breaking, and ahead of its time that even if it came back, it'd still go over current TV viewer's heads. If you still don't remember this show, this might help jog your memory:

I discovered LT around '95, and couldn't believe how weird and wonderful it all was! It's one of many shows around that era/time-frame to scar and corrupt my poor little brain, and cause me to turn out like the well-adjusted adult I am today. Kidding.

Also around this time, MTV's Oddities was on, featuring The Head and Sam Keith's The Maxx from Image Comics.
These were all little various animated shorts that sometime had a theme, but mostly didn't. I've heard the show described as perfect for stoners, and that sounds about right.

Don't forget pople, there's actual dvd sets/volumes of the show still out there, so go get 'em.

I'll leave with some of the more popular shorts so you can get a small taste of the wonderful weirdness that just permated from the show.

Your welcome.

"Video killed the radio star"

Happy Hump Day people,

today's post is titled "Video killed the radio star, or in today's modern terms, Reality TV killed the Music channel.

Ah, MTV. What a difference 30 years makes huh?
You wouldn't know it by looking at us, but MTV and I were born 3 days apart, which makes us brothers/siblings from another mother....I think.

• Yessir, MTV was born Aug 1, 1981, and while I was born Aug 4, 1981.

• Like MTV, we both hooked up to machines by cables, cords, and plugs.
• Like MTV, we were both deemed "failures", and not given much hope to survive through the year.
• MTV's first weeks' progress were made public(but only if you could find it on your TV) featuring a non-stop,  24-hr marathon of Rod Stewart videos because they had nothing else to fill the time. My 1st few weeks weren't as newsworthy, but were eventful enough. Sadly MTV beats me though since they at least had Rod Stewart videos to look at. Hey stop laughing, Rod was the still the man back in '81.
• We both changed radically the day we turned 15. MTV fully embraced the Reality era before it even knew it existed, continuing to produce hit reality shows like "Real World" and "Road Rules". I discovered porn....lots of it. Thanks HBO!
• When MTV turned 19, Boy bands were all the rage, while all the Jonas Brothers and Justin Biebers of the world were still enjoying their nap times and juice boxes. When I turned 19, I graduated from High School and met the love of my life.....while occasionally missing those same nap times and juice boxes oddly enough.
• We were both officially legal when we turned 21, even though I know MTV probably got to drink alcohol before I did. Bitch. Not to mention I turned 21 on a Sunday, in a town that's a dry county on Sunday. MTV turned 21 on a Thrusday, thus got to drink before I did....yet again.
• MTV and I both turned the big 3-0 this year. We've both changed physically over the years; I've lost a little of the top and gained some in the middle, while MTV just looks younger and younger every year, but also loses something as valuable as my hair is to me:  actual music videos.

What happened MTV? You went from VJ's, Michael Jackson's Thriller, Madonna and make-shift game shows in the 80's to Extreme sports, Rap, the Real World, Beavis and Butt-head, Kurt Loader, Jesse and Matt Pinfield in the 90's, to uber craptastic boy bands, Brittany Spears, and Carson Daily in the 00's, to the present with hardly any music/music videos that are decent and and a shit-load of Reality TV that features pregnant teens, rich, young snobs that have chosen the Paris Hilton way of life, and New Jersey caricatures of Italians. WTH!? When did MTV become all about that, and less about the music?

Remember when MTV 2 was brand new? How that channel was supposed to be what MTV even back then, used to be? If you watch MTV 2 now, it's like MTV cloned itself, and now you have 2 channels that hardly show music anymore, just talking, if you can call it that.

Sad really. Oh MTV, how you've let yourself go.....
I'll check back with you when we both hit the big 4-0.

So there, that's the tale of two (almost, kinda')siblings that were born 3 days apart....

On a more serious note, please send your thoughts and prayers to those that were killed and/or wounded by a crazed gunman named  Eduardo Sencion at a Carson City, Nevada IHOP.  Included in the senseless killings were 3 National Guardsmen.

"Wake up, wake up, 'cause it's the 1st of the month"

Hey people,
Guess what today is? It's the of the month Muthafuckas!
Sorry, just had to say that.

Yes folks, it's that time of the month when most working people get paid and it either blow it all on a Friday and/or Saturday night, or be responsible and pay their damn bills. Or as famously said by Chuck D of Public Enemy, "All my money's spent on the goddamn rent!"

Well, in honor of this popular time of the month, let me offer up this (should be)well-known ode to the 1st of the month by the 90's rap group Bone Thugs-N-Harmony. Take it away gentlemen:

 Alright people, have a safe weekend and a happy Labor Day!

"In August moon's surrender"

"The wild boys are calling
On their way back from the fire
In august moon's surrender to
A dust cloud on the rise
Wild boys fallen far from glory
Reckless and so hungered
On the razors edge you trail
Because there's murder by the roadside
In a sore afraid new world

They tried to break us,
Looks like they'll try again

Wild boys never lose it
Wild boys never chose this way
Wild boys never close your eyes
Wild boys always shine"
-Wild boys by Duran Duran

Hey People,

Thought I'd squeeze one last post in for this month, and what a month it's been huh?
This month of August has been very crazy! Hurricane Irene, my 30th birthday, The Government almost defaulting in their loans, Beyonce getting knocked up, turning 30, the major earthquake on the East Coast, the violent riots in Britain, did I mention I turned 30?, and lots of other crazy shit all occurred during this month alone. Oh, and Ed O' Neil(Al Bundy) got a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. See not all bad I guess.

Here's the link to a funny video I recently saw over at Bleedingcool.com. This video is made as a tongue-in-cheek response to all those comic book fans who are disshartened over the whole DCU reboot thing. It's actually not that bad, and as for the the attitude of the girl in the made up video, that's extactly the type of reaction I'd get from my wife if I tried to explain the whole thing. Love how the chick asks "What about Batman?" "Oh he's staying the same." See, women just love Batman!

Anyway, here's the link:
http://www.bleedingcool.com/2011/08/30/is-this-the-best-dc-new-52-ad-ever/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+BleedingCool+%28Bleeding+Cool+Comic+News+%26+Rumors%29

 Now bear in mind, today is the actual, official day that Flashpoint#5 and the new Justice League#1 ship. Of course that means that there's already spoilers/people who've already read the damn thing, so how did they do?
*Spoiler Alert*

The whole Flashpoint event is revealed to be all Barry Allen(The Flash)'s fault. What!?
It seems in a genuine moment of weakness, he attempted to go back in time to keep his mother from being killed by Prof. Zoom, the reverse flash.  He uses the Speed Force and his trusty Time Treadmill to do this, but messes up when he uses the full power of the Speed Force to go back in time. This causes time to go haywire, and thus, Barry inadvertently created the FP world, thus Barry, not Zoom was the real villain of the story. Crazy I know. And if you don't believe me, chech this out:

In the end Barry attempts to fix the world one more time, but finds out the universe was split into 3. Huh? He merges the 3 as per the advice of a mysterious cloaked woman, and that's how we have the new DCU. Yeah, that's what basically happened. I'm glad I didn't buy any of the issues though.

The only nice thing I read to have happened at the end, was when Barry gives Batman a letter from his father from the FP world. It basically says that he'll always love him, and this makes Batman cry. Awwwww.

As for JL#1, it's mostly 20 or so pages of a Batman/Green Lantern team-up, as they search for evil aliens. No WW, Aquaman, or Flash appearances, but Cyborg(pre-Cyborg I guess) shows up. Superman appears at the very end after pwning Hal, and prepares to face off w/Batman. Again. Remember this is a new world though, and all of these guys haven't met yet. Oh and the big evil threat the JL are created to fight? It's Darkseid.
Yeah I know, "but he's dead." I guess reboots really freshen up a guy.

So there, if you didn't already know, now you know.

And that's me, I'm outta' here.......

"Here comes the story of the Hurricane...."

"Here comes the story of the Hurricane
The man the authorities came to blame
For something that he never done
Put him in a prison cell but one time he could-a been
The champion of the world."
-Bob Dylan

So, even as I speak Hurricane Irene is headed straight for the outer coast of NC and further up north to NJ, NY, and any other state unfortunate enough to be in it's way.
I believe I'll(SC) be alright, but you never know; Irene could be a cruel bitch and make a sharp right turn, and then we're fucked. But I think we'll be okay, so save your prayers for NC and everyone else north of the Mason-Dixon Line.

Oddly enough, this isn't the 1st time a devastating hurricane named Irene rolled into town.
Back around Oct. 15, 1999, there was another hurricane named Irene that hit South Florida. Ask them, they probably still remember. The storm produced 10 to 20 inches of rain and caused severe widespread flooding, while more than 700,000 homes and businesses lost power.
Not to mention that eight people were killed. Five were electrocuted and three drove vehicles into canals. Additionally, tornadoes injured three people in Broward County.
Irene came as a surprise to many residents because they weren't expecting a hurricane, even though they knew a storm was approaching. Crazy.

Finally, since I am Mr. Morbid, here's your not-so moment of the day, in a little ditty I like to call "Aquaman's Revenge."
Enjoy!

"Why's everybody always picking on me?"

Hey guys,

Well with the threat of Hurricane Irene looming on the East coast, at least for the poor bastards in NC, I figured I'd post another blog.

As a continuation from my last post, we saw Catman and Deadshot break out of prison. They were on the run, and looking to recruit more guys to rebuild the Secret Six. Let's see what they've been up to since.

Oh, and why do they call themselves the Secret Six if everybody knows who they are? Yeah I know technically they can't and probably won't use the Suicide Squad name, but still.....

Those crazy guys! What'll they do next?