Alabama Man

Whoops!

Well, Muslims. It turns out that it was really Santa Claus in the bear costume and not Muhammed. And you spent the past week threatening to kill Trey Parker and Matt Stone. I bet you feel silly now.

Book of the Week

3-17-10

The penultimate issue of this book is another reason why I hate events. Like many of these things, The Siege book itself has been kind of, "OK. This is happening." I haven't been reading many of the spinoffs, but Dark Avengers has had some really cool stuff going on. It seems like this story really could have happened in Bendis' Avengers books and been a pretty strong story. On a similar note, I probably would have really enjoyed Blackest Night if it was just a four or five issue Green Lantern arc. Now, I understand that Marvel and DC are businesses and that profits do take precedence over storytelling, so I'll stop complaining. Anyway, you should read this book, even if you're not buying The Siege. I think it stands up pretty well on its own.

15W

OK. I can breathe again.

Everything Dies

All joking aside, I always loved Type O Negative, and am sad to to hear that Peter Steele died yesterday from heart failure. RIP.

I've culled through a ton (TON, get it?) and live footage and put together a tribute or something. It's a couple of my favorite songs, including a performance from 19 years ago which doesn't have the best audio/video quality, but is still pretty cool. I also found a lot clips from the last time I saw them play at the Nokia Theatre in NYC last year. I only posted the high quality ones, but there are others if you feel like looking around.











Searching through videos, I also found this. It's one of the opening bands i missed that night:

Book of the Week

3-10-10

I realize that, in recent weeks, my page has turned into posts of funny videos, esoteric pictures, terse sentences, and a lot of swearing at sports teams. I'm totally behind with this column, and will try to catch up in the next week or so.

Anyway, I don't think I've mentioned it on this page, but Micheal Avon Oeming is one of my favorite artists (and a really good writer, too) out there. This issue is a prime example of why.

After the To Be Continued:

"Holy Lord. We took it all the way to the back cover. Why? Because Mike drew this one big."

This comic has 41 pages of art (including the inside back- cover) and no ads. For a story that is usually told through many panels and dense dialogue, this issue is very sparse with huge panels. Oeming created a very cool and unique layout that really captures the essence of Noir in what is essentially an issue long, very exciting car chase.

16W

Playoffs start in a couple of days, and I wanted to take this opportunity to mention that I miss the whole 16W thing, and am going to bring it back. For anyone who doesn't know, in their old arena, the Devils were exit 16W off of the Turnpike. During the playoffs, this fact would always be brought up, because you need 16 wins (16W, get it?) to get the Stanley Cup. I know it doesn't make sense to keep this because the new arena isn't really by the Turnpike (I think it's Exit 140something from the Parkway), but that doesn't matter to me, because tickets are to God damned much money and I won't be going near the arena anyway (unless I happen to be in Newark for an unrelated reason), so fuck it. I'm taking it back.



Also, don't think that I forgot to take this opportunity to say: Rangers suck dicks in Hell! Enjoy the golf courses, Douchebags!

Mondo Cane

I'm listening to Mike Patton's long awaited Mondo Cane album. It's really cool. If you haven't heard about this, it's a cover album of Italian compositions and pop songs. It sounds a lot like the songs he used to cover with Bungle, but with an orchestra instead of a rock band. Release date is May 4th. Check it out. I'll get a full review up at www.comfortcomes.com in a few days.

Weird

"Weird: The Al Yankovic Story" from Aaron Paul

Opening Day, Fuckers

Suck it, Yankees!

Book of the Week

4-1-10

Blackest Night concluded yesterday with issue 8, and I can't believe that its only been thirteen months since the story began. Geoff Johns packed this thrill ride with non-stop dialogue. To me it didn't come any bigger than the reveal half way through the series that the whole thing was masterminded by Nekkron, a villain that no one suspected or even heard of. Villains and heroes team up! I've never seen that EVER! I did find it a little strange that they need a White Lantern to keep those uppity Black Lanterns in check. And although I'm sad to see Blackest Night go, I'm looking forward to the 26 issue (plus xover issues) Brightest Day. Huzzah and kudos to DC!