tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50140812011-04-22T01:00:48.910-04:00The weblog equivalent to a really good bowel movement.Musashihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00305283203637269380noreply@blogger.comBlogger1301100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5014081.post-1094663535478002032004-09-08T13:11:00.000-04:002004-09-08T15:25:25.070-04:00

Return to Sanctuary!After posting about my weekend book find last night, I realized that I somehow neglected to buy book #11, Uneasy Alliances. I could have sworn I bought it...anyway, after getting home from work tonight, I headed back to the book store, figuring that nobody would touch it. After all...I nabbed the first ten books. Unless someone that was missing that precise volume from their

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Talkin' to RogI was pleased to note that film critic Roger Ebert addressed an e-mail I sent regarding Disney's Song of the South in last week's Movie Answer Man column. I should note that on the other two occasions I e-mailed Mr. Ebert, he didn't post my e-mail...but he did personally reply to my e-mails. Very cool chap, that Mr. Ebert...

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Sanctuary at last! While perusing my local used book store over the weekend (in search of a copy of Hockey For Dummies) I spied a great book in the bargain section...Lynne Abbey's stand-alone Thieve's World novel Sanctuary. Released in 2002, Sanctuary revived the great shared-world fantasy universe of Thieve's World which was immensely popular from the early-80's to the mid-90's. When I was but

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Radio...from BEYOND THE GRAVE!!!WOXY is back in action! Serge Gainsbourg and The Pixies in the last half hour...I'm in heaven.Why not check them out and see why 97x is by far one of the best underground rock stations in THE WORLD.

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When Morons Attack!This is funny. I ran across this little time-waster on Boing Boing...basically you just look up critically acclaimed media goodies and sort the reviews by 'lowest ranked to highest'. I'd like to think you can't judge people by their tastes, but some of these people are just plain morons. One of my favorite gems was from a goofball named 'Leonard Snerdly' (is that really his

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Spelunking in Cincy Just noticed this on Boing Boing. Yes, Cincinnati does have long-abandoned subway tunnels. And like BB's David Pescovich, I've been down there. Believe it or not, there used to be an access point at the football field on the U.C. campus. About 15 years ago, some college friends of mine and I went down there and poked around. It was very cool (and spooky). I'm surprised that

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Dusting off the furniture... Damn, where'd all these cobwebs come from? Well, since I haven't posted here in a damn long time, here's a questionnaire stolen from my buddy (and fellow DAM staffer) Greg at Planet Swank. First movie you can remember seeing? Star Wars. I was seven...there was a theater in Trolley Square in Salt Lake City that showed nothing but Lucas' masterpiece for a year

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Oh, yeah...that's where I remember all this from...I haven't commented much on this whole Abu Graib scandal, but as I was watching the first released video footage of the abuses, it suddenly dawned on me what this whole thing reminded me of. 'Nuff said.

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Anthony Ainley (aka Doctor Who's 'The Master') dead at 72I like to bring videos to work to help pass the time; for whatever reason, this week I decided to watch a batch of Doctor Who episodes I have catalogued on CD-R, including 'Logopolis', the last Tom Baker episode. Alas, when I visited the BBC's Official Doctor Who site, I learned that actor Anthony Ainley, who portrayed The Doctor's arch

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It's over... Well, I could scarcely believe my ears listening to 97x's 'Last Broadcast' last night...but it's true. They're gone. At the last minute I miked-up my PC speakers and used Sound Forge to record the last 3 hours for posterity. Unfortunately, the Streamcast died about 2 hours and 15 minutes in, so the last 45 minutes will be lost forever. Still, those three MP3 files will stay on my

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97x: 1983 - 2004Well, I'm just gonna say it. I'm goddamn depressed. A while back it was announced that our local indie radio station 97x was going internet-only; this was bad enough, but now it looks as if that plan has fallen through and that WOXY will be going silent for good tomorrow. Since this weekend, 97x has been broadcasting a big hella blowout sayonara saluting the best alternative/

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Neil Armstrong reports for Jury DutyI don't know what's wierder; that the first man to ever set foot on the moon lives a mere 15 minutes from my house, or that he recently walked into a Cincinnati courtroom to answer a Jury Duty summons.

Musashihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00305283203637269380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5014081.post-1083246347308444512004-04-29T09:45:00.000-04:002004-04-29T09:52:23.293-04:00

Hubert Selby, Jr. dead at 75Wow, I totally missed this. Author Hubert Selby, Jr. (Last Exit to Brooklyn, Requiem For A Dream) died monday of lung disease. If you're familiar with his bio, however, this shouldn't come as too much of a surprise...he began writing when he was basically left for dead in an infirmary after contracting tuberculosis while serving with the merchant marines. R.I.P.

Musashihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00305283203637269380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5014081.post-1082738638253079862004-04-23T12:43:00.000-04:002004-04-23T12:48:00.373-04:00

It's FRIIIIIIIDAAAAAYYYYYYY!!!!TGIF, courtesy of a dude who sounds like Brak and Tom Waits' love-child. (via Boing Boing)

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Alakazaam one! Alakazaam two! Alakazaam three---and poof!Gen-X'ers who grew up in the Cincinnati Tri-State area will probably have fond memories of the venerable Uncle Al (aka Al Lewis), a children's show broadcast out of Cincy from the 50's through the late 80's. While checking out the local weather reports (due to some bad storms that are due to roll into Cincinnati later this afternoon), I

Musashihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00305283203637269380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5014081.post-1082444322871516602004-04-20T02:58:00.000-04:002004-04-20T03:15:45.750-04:00

The joys of late-night televisionI'm up late tonight trying to avoid sleep (mainly because I hate my job, and my freedom is at an all-time premium). Anyway, my wife and I are watching a horrible early-90's flick called Ring of the Musketeers starring David Hasslehoff. Here's what the IMDB has to say about it: "Modern day "Musketeers" attempt to live the lives of protectors of the inocent. While

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Ryan Adams is a whiney little bitch...hear it for yourselfWhen Chicago Sun Times critic Jim DeRogatis wrote a scathing review of Ryan Adams' December 15th performance in the Windy City, he probably didn't expect Ryan to leave an equally scathing response on his office answering machine. Somehow, Adams didn't really help his case...if anything, he qualified everything DeRogatis wrote about him.

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Bombings...plain and simple, pleaseI'm sure anyone who's spent any time at all watching right-wing news outlet Fox News has heard them refer to suicide bombings as 'homicide bombings'. This is something that's really rubbed me the wrong way ever since I first heard the term (again, on Fox News) sometime last year. Aren't all bombings, by definition, 'homicide bombings'? What, then, is the impetus

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22 QuestionsThis is fun...I saw this over at Planet Swank. Figured it'd give me a good excuse to post to Destroy All Blogs, since I've left it fallow for a month. 1. Grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 18, find line 4. Write down what it says. Line 4 or sentence 4? Well, since line 4 is one word long, I'll give you the fourth sentence. From Gore Vidal's Creation: "This is a lot harder to

Musashihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00305283203637269380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5014081.post-1076701930721913602004-02-13T14:52:00.000-05:002004-02-28T00:05:08.890-05:00

Lydia Lunch rendered in sequential artI've had an unhealthy obsession with Lydia Lunch for about as long as I can remember (not that unhealthy...Ms. Lunch doesn't need to worry about me showing up on her doorstep unnanounced or anything :). I even interviewed her for my other website a while back, which was a blast... At any rate, I came across this fairly cool site of comic renderings of Lydia

Musashihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00305283203637269380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5014081.post-1076514266573588562004-02-11T10:44:00.000-05:002004-02-11T10:51:30.093-05:00

R.I.P. Julius 'Julie' SchwartzThe name 'Julie' Schwartz may not mean that much to some people, but to avid DC fanboys, Schwartz encapsulated much that was great about DC's Silver Age era. Sadly, it has come to my attention that 'Julie' Schwartz has passed away at the age of 89. Though they seem hopelessly quaint now, DC's Silver Age was a wonderful moment in the history of comics. It may seem

Musashihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00305283203637269380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5014081.post-1076513376539718562004-02-11T10:29:00.000-05:002004-02-11T10:32:03.576-05:00

Disney's woes continue unabatedThe next in a rapid succession of bad events for Disney CEO Michael Eisner took place this morning as Cable giant Comcast launched a hostile takeover bid of the ailing company. Combined with Roy Disney's recent wave of scathing attacks against Eisner and Pixar's decision last week to part company with Disney, it's now apparent that Disney is under an attack of

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From bad to worse...Man, this has just been a red-letter day for me...aside from the usual work related bullshit (including the fact that multiple transactions have now bounced from my checking account thanks to a rubber paycheck my boss issued me the week before last), I have just learned that the local college radio station has been absorbed by the Borglike dominion of corporate radio. Those of

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Stacking the Tarot DeckIf you've read this blog the last week or so, you'll notice I'm pretty fed up with my job. Well, I decided I'd employ a handy little bit of ceremonial magick called sigilisation to assist in my job search. I don't really have time to relate all the intricacies of sigilisation here, but the practice boils down to taking a phrase, boiling all the extraneous letters out of it

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The Onion's A.V. Club interviews Alex RossHere's a dandy interview with comic artiste Alex Ross. O: How comfortable are you with using the term "realism" to describe what you do? AR: I'll use any term. You've got to get used to your characterizations in this business. I get termed as the Norman Rockwell of comics, and if I really hated Rockwell, then I'd be stuck. O: That does come up in most

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Graphic Design woesJust wanted to comment that being a Graphic Designer is a really good way to foster a big, healthy dose of OCD. When even a minor typo can cost you thousands of dollars, you very quickly get paranoid that somewhere, something is wrong with the job you just spent 80 man hours completing. Waiting to get back final samples back is the worst job-related stress I've ever been under.

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Pixar and Disney Part WaysWell, it looks like the nails are starting to get hammered in Disney's coffin. Don't get me wrong; I love the Disney of old. But Michael Eisner's Disney is a far cry from the spunky, innovative animation studio of the 30's, 40's, and 50's. Eisner is a micromanaging corporate whore of the worst degree, and I can't wait until someone lights a funeral pyre under his ass.I

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I'm a dad!Well, I'd hoped to post a few reviews in the meantime, but hey, I guess this'll do...my first son, Manuel Alejandro Mayo, was born yesterday at 7:46 am at Christ Hospital here in Cincinnati, Ohio. My wife Natasha is one tough cookie; she was in labor for nearly 12 hours, and the baby turned out a healthy 8 lbs 2 ounces. No pic yet, but I'll post one shortly after we bring the little guy

Musashihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00305283203637269380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5014081.post-1073597328409511782004-01-08T16:28:00.000-05:002004-01-08T16:37:49.043-05:00

What happens when you Google a googol?Just for shits'n'giggles, I typed a 'googol' (a '1' followed by 100 zeros) into the Google search engine. Here's what comes up. (And actually, you'll notice I had to use a URL-condensing service to get Blogger to post the URL at all...)

Musashihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00305283203637269380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5014081.post-1073595915614904212004-01-08T16:05:00.000-05:002004-01-08T16:08:37.123-05:00

Long Time No BlogWell, after a (mostly) unintended hiatus from blogging, I decided to open the windows and air this place out. Why the delay? Well, let's just chalk it up to a long series of domestic crises (mostly involving flying out to New Jersey, picking up my dear wife, moving us both back to Ohio, and then dealing with the remaining two trimesters of her pregnancy). In any case, I'm glad

Musashihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00305283203637269380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5014081.post-1063678076173227182003-09-15T22:07:00.000-04:002003-09-15T23:18:55.553-04:00

About Bloody Time...Yeah, I'm one of those die-hard My Bloody Valentine fans who still hasn't given hope up for a new MBV album, even though their last effort Loveless was released in 1992. Still, I suppose I'll settle for new stuff from main-man Kevin Shields; Sofia Coppola's new film Lost in Translation features a number of new tracks by Shields, and NPR was cool enough to chat him up this

Musashihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00305283203637269380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5014081.post-1063322496207169042003-09-11T19:21:00.000-04:002003-09-11T22:20:12.506-04:00

Five Questions from Planet SwankMy bud Greg (aka Mazinga for you DAM readers) honored me by asking me to take part in a little mini-questionnaire being sent from Blog to Blog. 1. We've been seeing an increasing acceptance of Asian culture in the United States. But is there something about Asian popular culture you feel is unfairly overlooked, or misunderstood?Good question. In fact, I've often

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NPR remembers Keith MoonWhile I was expecting a nice piece on the passing of Warren Zevon, I was pleased to see that NPR broadcast a nice 13+ minute piece on the late Who drummer Keith Moon. When people ask me who I think the greatest rock band of all time is, I unhesitatingly declare The Who; while some may feel that The Beatles deserve the top spot, I feel The Who have a ferocity that embodies

Musashihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00305283203637269380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5014081.post-1062331555019317972003-08-31T08:05:00.000-04:002003-08-31T08:06:06.956-04:00

The secret of Irn BruMy mother used to own a store that imported all kinds of goodies from the U.K.; among my favorites were the wide selection of beverages. Whenever I'd visit I'd pick up a few bottles of Lucozade, blackcurrant concentrate...and my favorite, the Scottish soft drink Irn Bru. If you've never had it, it's almost impossible to explain. NPR broadcast a nice piece on Irn Bru the

Musashihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00305283203637269380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5014081.post-1060896314924015952003-08-14T17:25:00.000-04:002003-08-14T17:30:05.653-04:00

Blackout...I'm sure you've heard about the big blackout on the East Coast, by now. I'm a little antsy since I can't reach my wife, who is still in Newark, NJ...apparently the phones out there are all tied up, at least certain area codes are. I can reach her home phone, but not her cell phone. I'm sure she's fine (she's one tough cookie), but I'm worried nontheless.

Musashihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00305283203637269380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5014081.post-1060895067489825572003-08-14T17:04:00.000-04:002003-08-14T17:10:26.810-04:00

Scuze me while I get all rude for a moment...I typically don't go off on political rants, but this has me kinda pissed. I saw this on Fark.com a few minutes ago, and I'm annoyed.Unless Congress and President Bush take quick action when Congress returns after Labor Day, the uniformed Americans in Iraq and the 9,000 in Afghanistan will lose a pay increase approved last April of $75 a month in "

Musashihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00305283203637269380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5014081.post-1060220800673410512003-08-06T21:46:00.000-04:002003-08-06T21:46:40.510-04:00

WierdDon't ask why, but every once in a while I type odd URLs into IE and see what I come up with. Tonight's find was Fucknugget.com. Just take a look for yourself (and no, it's not porn...)

Musashihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00305283203637269380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5014081.post-1060196960838483432003-08-06T15:09:00.000-04:002003-08-06T15:11:23.880-04:00

The Seven Pillars of WisdomAnyone who wonders how the West became so uncomfortably entangled with the Arab nations of the Middle-East need look no further than T.E. Lawrence's wonderful tome Seven Pillars of Wisdom. I came across an HTML version of the book today...a highly suggested read, even if you have to do it from the (dis)comfort of your desk.

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More on that drug-addled Xterra ad...A few weeks back I'd mentioned a Nissan Xterra ad that used the Velvet Underground's 'Heroin'. Although I mistakenly identified the ad as a Subaru advertisement, I was most definitely not the only person who noted the seemingly odd pairing of an SUV ad with one of the most harrowing rock tunes ever written. Here are a few notes by others who had noticed the

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Happy Birthday to me!Today is my birthday! Here are a few significant dates in history for July 16th (courtesy of Dates in History). 1439 - Kissing is banned in England 1790 - The District of Columbia, or Washington, D.C., was established as the permanent seat of the United States Government 1918 - Nicholas II Russian tsar, and family are executed 1926 - The first underwater color photographs

Musashihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00305283203637269380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5014081.post-1058297758802230302003-07-15T15:35:00.000-04:002003-07-16T07:43:45.910-04:00

My new videogame-writin' gig...In case anybody cares, for the last few weeks, I've been writing reviews and news for Netjak.com, and independent videogame website. Up until October 2002, I was a News Editor for GameSpy subsidiary PlanetPS2, so I'm happy that this gives me a chance to dip my feet back in the videogame journalism field. One of the coolest aspects of this new gig is that my reviews

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Coil videos availableUK industrial/occult group Coil have made four of their music videos available in streaming Quicktime format at their official site; among the videos is the (in)famous video for Tainted Love, a reworking of the 80's Soft Cell classic. In case you've never heard Coil's version, now's a perfect time to check it out. It's brilliant...where the original was a jaunty bit of

Musashihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00305283203637269380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5014081.post-1058052651165554252003-07-12T19:30:00.000-04:002003-07-12T19:30:51.103-04:00

Wait, that song is called WHAT?!?Has anyone seen that Subaru TV ad, the one where those rock climbers use their Subaru SUV to illuminate their nocturnal climbing activites? I don't know if y'all remember, but originally, the song used in the ad was 'Heroin' by the Velvet Underground. I wonder how long it took Subaru execs to figure that out, because it's a different song in current versions of

Musashihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00305283203637269380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5014081.post-1057941499520297412003-07-11T12:38:00.000-04:002003-07-11T17:30:02.173-04:00

Where did it all go wrong...I've always been a fan of Liz Phair, and still give her stuff a regular listen; though her new album has recieved a well-deserved drubbing from the music press, her new site is a worthwhile diversion for longtime fans. It's interesting, though...I made a point of sitting down and viewing all her videos on the site from oldest to most recent, and it makes one wonder

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Alan Moore's League of Extraordinary Gentlemen as defenders of the public domainListening to this wonderful NPR interview with comic scribe Alan Moore this morning, it suddenly occured to me that if the copyright extension proponents of the world got their way, Moore's League of Extraordinary Gentlemen could not be possible. In a wierd way, Moore's Victorian superhero team, comprised entirely of

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The view from Casa Musashi Here's a small photo-essay of my environs here in Cincinnati. I'm staying at my father's while I try and scrape up some employment; in case you want to see what things look like on my side of the monitor, here you go. I took all these photos on a crappy webcam/digital camera my dad had lying around, so please excuse the horrible image quality. My temporary office...

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The Connection salutes Beethoven's 9thI don't think that mankind has produced another piece of music as lyrical, beautiful, and human as Beethoven's 9th Symphony. It is, in my mind, the greatest piece of muscial composition in the history of man.Boston's morning talk-show The Connection discussed Beethoven's masterpiece today, a program which you can listen to by visiting this page.

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24 Hours of Throbbing GristleDamn, has it really been over two weeks since I posted here?Anyway, I just saw this over at Boing Boing. Starting at 12:01 am tonight, and continuing through midnight tomorrow, KFJC 89.7 FM in San Francisco will be celebrating the career of esteemed industrial pioneers Throbbing Gristle, which founded the industrial movement, and spawned a number of my favorite music

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The urbane history of the NecronomiconWhat do Aleister Crowley, the Necronomicon, and X-Men scribe Chris Claremont have in common? Well, read this and find out...if you dare. (Cue sinister laugh and nefarious hand-wringing).Certain theories have it that even a bogus (or, to be kind, synthetic) grimoire will work if it is internally consistent, but that means following the rules to the letter.

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Cascading meme alert!!!The latest in a seemingly unending parade of joke Ebay items hit the scene yesterday with the 'Ghost in a Jar', a seemingly harmless specter trapped in a jar which is currently fetching $25,000. Not too long afterwards, a similar auction went online, this one for a 'Ghost in a Jar Vacation Home'. Now if you do a search for 'ghost in a jar' at Ebay, you'll uncover 40

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Pearl Jam beating recording industry at their own gameI must admit I have tremendous respect for Pearl Jam. This article from MSNBC outlines the recent demise of Pearl Jam's recording contract with Epic; while this might sound bad, it isn't. Pearl Jam has been harnessing the power of the internet with full force, and is seemingly ready to go label-free.“We are very excited about our freedom,”

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Lollapalooza returns!I don't know how excited to get about this; I was lucky enough to have attended the first Lollapalooza waaay back in 1991 (the Cleveland gig, incidentially...and my two brothers, our friend Shone, and I filmed a pseudo-documentary during the trip that we dubbed Flesh Machine: Under The Wheel. Highlight: my car battery giving up the ghost after sitting in the parking lot for

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Irish turn back on traditional black puddingAllow me, if you will, a moment to indulge the other 50% of my mixed-heritage. When I was a not-so-wee lad (about 12 years ago), my mom used to own a small shop that sold food and gift items from the U.K. Among other things, one of the products my mother carried was black pudding, a sort of breakfast sausage made with pig's blood. I know it sounds

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Keanu Reeves as John Constantine?Holy Christ, someone up there must hate diehard comic-book fans. While the latest crop of comic films are pretty damn good, all things considered, low-key characters like Hellblazer's main man John Constantine and The Punisher are getting fucked hard by fate. I mean, WTF...not only are they taking Constantine from his stomping grounds in London and dropping him in

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Basement ScreamsI've been inspired to drag my own remembrance of the last great punk movement out of the basement, so to speak. This was an essay published at DAM a couple of years ago, entitled 'Confessions of an 80's Punk Rock Survivor'. It's a little childish, I suppose, but I was in 'one of those moods' that day, when there seemed to be a lot more road behind me than ahead of me.I think

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Naked Raygun rememberedWell, its about goddamn time! Probably my favorite hardcore punk band of all time has largely gone unnoticed in the annals of history, but after tripping around looking for (what else) something else, I serendipitously came across this fine remembrance of Chicago's Finest.Read on, true believer.The traffic between Chicago and any given suburb is directly proportional to

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Note to selfChocolate chip cookies and milk at 2 am = acid reflux.Won't be doing that again :(

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Death to spammersYou know those annoying-as-hell Messenger Service pop-ups that spammers have begun using in the last year or so? I finally got fed up enough to take care of them once and for all today, and it's easier than you'd think. This page tells how, though the options are simple: you can either download Microsoft's WinXP Service Pack 1, or go through the following steps to shut off

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My new heroMaybe it's just me being an antisocial bastard, but this made me laugh. Back home in Ohio, there was this cute little house in the middle of a residential neighborhood that was a really garish shade of neon-orange with a purple window blinds. It stuck out like a sore thumb, and I frequently (and only half-jokingly) suggested to my wife that we buy it. I get so sick of those

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William Gibson - Young hippie at largeHere's a really surreal 1967 clip from a Canadian news program detailing the hippie subculture of Yorkville, Canada...featuring a 19-year-old William Gibson nearly 20 years before he would become the father of the Cyberpunk movement. The 14-minute clip only features a few minutes' worth of Gibson-footage, but it's a real hoot. The decidedly un-hip but

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I have been banished to the Fifth Circle of Hell!You mean New Jersey? Heh heh heh.The Dante's Inferno Test has banished you to the Fifth Level of Hell!Here is how you matched up against all the levels:LevelScorePurgatory (Repenting Believers)Very LowLevel 1 - Limbo (Virtuous Non-Believers)LowLevel 2 (Lustful)Very HighLevel 3 (Gluttonous)HighLevel 4 (Prodigal and Avaricious)HighLevel 5 (Wrathful

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Luther Arkwright headed to the big screen?Here's some good news...one of my all-time favorite graphic novels, Bryan Talbot's The Adventures of Luther Arkwright, is apparently being adapted for live-action.Bryan Talbot's "The Adventures of Luther Arkwright" may be heading to a theater near you (in this or other parallel realities) soon. KouKou Productions, an Australian, Melbourne-based film

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An addendum to the whole Middle-Eastern debacleWith his usual eloquence, Alan Moore expressed the whole struggle between Christianity and Islam (or West and East, if you prefer), in the pages of my favorite comic book, Promethea. Though it seems odd to turn to a superhero comic for insightful commentary on serious political issues, I strongly suggest you check this out.Simply brilliant.

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Gee, I didn't see this one comingSurprise, surprise.As the administration plotted to overthrow Hussein’s government, U.S. officials said this week, it failed to fully appreciate the force of Shiite aspirations and is now concerned that those sentiments could coalesce into a fundamentalist government. Some administration officials were dazzled by Ahmed Chalabi, the prominent Iraqi exile who is a

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Four KingsFrom the New York Post:FOUR sticky-fingered GIs have been arrested for trying to steal nearly $1 million of the $700 million in cold cash found hidden on the grounds of several estates in Baghdad, Army officials said yesterday.The four enlisted men, who all belong to the 4th Battalion of the 64th Armored Division, face court-martials, said Maj. Kent Rideout.The mountain of loot

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TOOL's Danny Carey on obtaining the Carfax MonographsOne of the things that attracted me to TOOL was their connections to hidden lore, and a recurring theme of exploring the dark crevices of our hidden nature. TOOL drummer Danny Carey has reproduced the elusive Carfax Monographs on his website. Well worth a look.In the brief introduction to "Hidden Lore" (a reprint of the Carfax Monographs

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Bill O'Reilly is a jackassYeah, I know...tell you something you don't already know. In any case, check out this fine example of fucko's behavior.Emceeing Saturday night's Best Friends rock-and-roll gala at the Marriott Wardman Park -- which raised $800,000 for the 15-year-old charity benefiting inner-city schoolchildren -- the Fox News Channel star was trying to fill dead air during a lull in the

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New review at Generation RiceMy review of Leonard Chang's wonderful new Allen Choice novel Underkill has been posted at Generation Rice.

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NASA on SolarisWell, one of their engineers, anyway. I just ordered the new Criterion version of Andrei Tarkovsky's Solaris, and while looking for a little reading to prepare me for the film, I came across this really insightful essay about Tarkovsky's film, written by a NASA engineer known as 'Acquarello' (who also runs this fine film-related website).

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Because it's been a while, and I'm in one of those moods...Here's where you can download some PDF e-texts of works by the illustrious Marquis de Sade, including his magnum opus 120 Days of Sodom. Enjoy! "Ah," the Duc said chidingly to Curval, the first to reappear, "you've been up to some nastiness or other?""Ah, a little of this, a little of that," the Président replied, "it's my life's

Musashihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00305283203637269380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5014081.post-923353302003-04-09T23:29:00.000-04:002003-04-09T23:29:42.780-04:00

Mini-review: The Forever War by Joe HaldemanAfter Cory Doctorow mentioned Joe Haldeman's classic sci-fi novel The Forever War on his blog the other day, I knew that the time had come that I'd finally have to buckle down and read the sucker. The Forever War is one of those books I'd been meaning to read for a long time, but had never really gotten around to. Being such a fan of military sci-fi, it

Musashihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00305283203637269380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5014081.post-919692612003-04-04T02:46:00.000-05:002003-04-04T02:46:00.076-05:00

Clueless...simply clueless...As if you didn't already know, the authorities are complete fucking clueless jackasses...

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Leslie Cheung commits suicideGoddamn, this has turned out to be a bad day. HK star Leslie Cheung leapt to his death from a Hong Kong hotel window today. I haven't mentioned it at DAM yet, because I think my buddy Greg is working on it, but given the passing of Michael Jeter which I mentioned earlier today, I thought I'd post this here.

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Actor Michael Jeter found deadI was saddened to learn this morning that actor Michael Jeter, who worked with Terry Gilliam on The Fisher King, and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, was found dead in his apartment in Hollywood, California. Though the cause of his death remains undetermined at this time, he was reportedly suffering from AIDS. Though Jeter was never a leading man, he never failed to

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Meda censorship and the War on IraqI've stringently avoided being overly political on this blog, mainly because I believe there are plenty of other politically-oriented blogs out there who have more to say on the subject than myself (and who do a significantly better job of it, for that matter). However, I do have a comment to make about the firing of news correspondent Peter Arnett, who has been

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Ghosts of Albion haunt the BBCAnyone who knows me knows what a prediliction I have towards Victorian-era wierdness (and Victorian culture in general). That said, it's not too surprising that the new BBC web-toon entitled The Ghosts of Albion has me pretty entertained. The first episode just hit the web, and it's quite fun. To add to the coolness, the 'show' was co-written by Amber Benson (Tara on

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David Goyer to pen Batman for Christopher Nolan?Has Warner Brothers finally pulled their head out of their ass? If the current buzz on the oft-delayed fifth Batman film pans out, it may just be the case. Word has it that Blade scribe and former Starman co-writer David Goyer has been approached to work out a script based on a concept by director Christopher Nolan. The only hiccup to this plan that

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Ding Dong, the Witch Is Dead...!Not unexpectedly, Brett Ratner has left the Superman project, citing difficulties in finding a lead to fill Supes' red boots."I have chosen to withdraw as director of 'Superman.' The difficulty of casting the role of Superman has contributed to my decision. I appreciate the efforts of Warner Bros. and the entire production team during this process." Oh, and the war

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Want some cheap RPG action? Is FREE cheap enough?If you're like me, and enjoy the occasional foray into the imagination to take the edge off of reality, you might want to check this out...Atlas Games is offering the core Ars Magica rulebook, in electronic form, for free. Check out the Atlas Games site for details. You have to go to RPGNow.com and go through a purchasing process to download the

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Nation on 'Orange-plus' alertLooks like the Department of Homeland Defense went and slipped in a new Threat Level without telling us. This one is called 'Orange-plus'. I thought our suggested course of action to the regular old 'Orange' was sketchy enough, but now I'm stumped. What do I do now? What if we move to Red, or even worse, 'Red-plus'?This is definitely doubleplusungood.

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The story of M.U.L.E.I am of the opinion (for what it's worth) that EA's M.U.L.E. is the greatest video game of all time. The game was easy to pick up and play, but incredibly difficult to master. Playing alone wasn't very much fun, but with three of your friends became an incredibly messy backstabbing affair involving the intricacies of supply and demand and market manipulation. This is the

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Two men enter, one man leaves...Rumors have been flying the last couple of days about the two biggest superhero properties on the block, and the possible departures of key members of each film's staff. One the one hand, we have the potential loss of Tobey Maguire as the wall-crawler in Spider-Man 2, and on the other we have a passed deadline for contract extension on Brett Ratner's deal with

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Someone shoot this retard...please...I don't know what's more annoying...spoiled-rich Hollywood sycophants bitching about the impending war in Iraq, or fat, right-wing has-been hilbillies bitching about spoiled-rich Hollywood sycophants bitching about the impending war in Iraq. (Or, maybe the most annoying is bored, unemployed bloggers bitching about fat, right-wing has-been hilbillies bitching

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Pete Townshend off the hookAll I can say is, Thank Fucking God.I generally regard The Who as the greatest rock band of all time (yes, even above the Beatles), and when I heard of his arrest for kiddie porn, it really took the wind out of my sails.

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Onion A.V. Club interviews David CronenbergThe Onion just posted an interview with David Cronenberg, whose Spider is set for release this year.O: Are you still interested in adapting something by Philip K. Dick?DC: I think that there's material in Philip Dick's work to make 100 movies. I'm really quite surprised at how few there have been. If I were really obsessed with it in some way, I would

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David Drake on 'Costs and Benefits' of warDavid Drake has long been one of my favorite science-fiction authors. His Hammers' Slammers series occupies a good portion of my bookshelf, and I'm in the midst of re-reading The Sharp End as I write this. Drake's descriptions of combat have never been about the glorification of war, but rather the causes and costs of it. At any rate, Drake has edited a

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audblog audio post

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Smallville Rocks (...but then, you already knew that).I finally caught last week's Smallville this evening, while taking a well-deserved break from working on Destroy-All-Monsters. This was the episode with Christopher Reeve doing a guest spot as a reclusive scientist who holds the clue to Clark's past. One of the things I really like about this show is the way they work the 'real' Superman

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It's a not so wonderful day in the neighborhood...Just wanted to mention the passing of Fred Rogers, aka Mr. Rogers. In a world full of cretins, liars, creeps, sadists, and just plain vanilla jerks, Fred Rogers was a true rarity; a genuinely nice person. He died early this morning of stomach cancer.So long, Fred.Minor update: I thought I was being terribly clever with that headline, but it seems

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Ode to JoeGod knows, the last thing I wanted to do last night was watch the Grammys. I had never even heard of this Norah Jones character before a dozen-or-so grammys landed in her lap, and the people I had heard of (Nelly, Eminem, the Dixie Chicks) would be much better off with their heads set on fire and mounted on poles in my front lawn. That said, I was very happy to have seen the tribute to

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Three words...Doomed. To. Failure.

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A Slight Delay...In case you're wondering where the updates have been the last few days, Destroy-All-Monsters is undergoing a major re-design. Consequently, 99% of my website-updating-resources are being consumed by the re-vamp, leaving me precious little time to post updates to DAM and to this here blog. Things will be back to normal shortly.On the plus side, the new version of DAM will have a

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Ebert Remembers Beyond the Valley of the DollsAs if the world needed any further proof that Roger Ebert is the world's coolest film expert, earlier this week he posted a fond remembrance of his experience collaborating with Russ Meyer on Beyond the Valley of the Dolls."Working with Meyer was exhilarating but demanding. He equated writing with typing. He kept his office door open, and whenever he

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Peter Bagge on Gulf War II: The QuickeningGood to see I'm not the only one who's this apathetic.(Link courtesy of Boing Boing)

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Marvel's Marvel-ous recoveryEchoing a little editorial I posted a few days ago, this article over at Newsweek describes Marvel's successful efforts to dig its way out of the rubble of Ron Perelman's disastrous ownership in the mid-to-late nineties.“X-Men 2,” the sequel to the surprise 2000 hit, arrives in May, followed by “The Hulk” in June. Both films are expected to build on the success of “

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One Dead CrabWow. I have a whole new respect for the dangers of depth-related high pressure environments. And so did this crab, for all of three seconds.(Thanks Boing Boing...!)

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A Note on Tonight's AliasI don't really watch Alias, but for some reason or other I decided to check it out tonight. I was amused to see that tonight's ep featured an ocular implant that operates more or less exactly like the one featured in episode 4 of Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex (the 1st 'Laughing Man' episode).

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Xupiter Must DIE!!!Guess I'm not the only one who wishes for the painful death of those responsible for the evil plague that is the Xupiter toolbar. This Wired piece describes the shady dealings behind the nefarious spyware app that is spreading like wildfire.Content on the Yomtobian sites varies, covering topics ranging from sexual success training, interspecies romance, Internet advertising

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My Worst Fears ConfirmedThis is something I railed on about some time ago; that the majority of online music being downloaded is shit. I guess this comes as no surprise...I mean, the popularity of crap music is a two-way street. One half of the problem is giant music conglomerates shoving crap down the throat of the music-buying public. The other half is the music-buying public actually going out

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Block WarOkay, only Judge Dredd fans will get that reference. But anyway, courtesy of Ipse Dixit comes this link, which I found quite humorous. Yeah, I'm not terribly fond of this whole 'War on Iraq' thing, but that doesn't mean I can't have a laugh at the war opposition's expense.

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