Joe Barbera dies at 95

Joe Barbera dies at 95

I honestly have so much to say about this but unfourtuantly do not have the time to say it right now. I will try to do so in the next day or so.

RIP Joe Barbera

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Sorry folks but someone seems to have decided to bomb my comments section with viagra ads. So first I will try word verification to stop the problem.

Today in History

1877 - Thomas Edison demonstrated the phonograph (pictured), his invention for recording and replaying sound, for the first time.

The Paper Chasers

The Paper Chasers (Nextwave Films) is a documentary about the upstarts and entrepreneurs of the hip hop nation. Not much to brag about in that area. What did catch my interest is how the people making the movie also become one of it's main subjects. Maxie Collier had a vision in mind a vision which put him on the same first rung that all of the people he interviews in the film where on at some point in their early career's. You are not just expected to take the word of the heads of Ruff Ryders, Roc-a-fella and Rap A Lot that everybody stands in the crap but you actually get to see it right down to the a long term friendship being forgone in order to complete Maxie's dream. Many of the interviews are guerilla style and so they come off very believable. Worth a bit of your time especially if you can catch it on IFC.

ECW One Night Stand 2006

This little rant was written back in June. I'm sorry to say I never got passed a third week of the new ECW. It has just been unbearable for me. I will check in every once in a while but nothing happens to keep me past 5 minutes. Even with my newly aquired DVR I still can't bring my self to suffer through it.



Let me say first as a wrestling fan I am 100% all for ECW's return. Not because I am a former ECW fan but because I know that Paul E. and Tommy Dreamer and many of the other folks involved can once again bring back to wrestling something that has been missing for a long time. Something that TNA had for about 10 minutes but then lost grasp of. What is it? I don't know it's just something that is not there. I at first was worried we where going to see what would amount to a Sex Pistols reunion but in a wrestling arena but what some people may have missed was when Paul announced his drafting of Kurt Angle he mentioned there was a new direction to be had and I think over the last two weeks or so I kind of see the evil little glimmer he is talking about. I don't think it is just about "hardcore". I think Paul is ready to take ECW in a direction that he was not able to the first time around due to constraints that he had. Using these matches as examples take them all and roll them up into a concept Dreamer/Raven , Mysterio/Pyscosis, Awesome/Tanaka, Lynn/RVD, Lynn/Credible and Gurrero/Malenko, Funk/Sabu. It's not about the people in the matches it's about the type of matches they where. It's about taking every wonderful thing about Paul's brain and putting it under the million dollar microscope of Vinny Mac's, but also taking away the issues that Paul could not handle as many many people have admitted. It's about taking wrestling back, way back but having it exist in a modern age. Paul is a guy that understands the basic formula but knows how to use that formula for today's audience.

I think Vince has a pretty good handle on ECW and has for a long time. If he didn't he would have flexed much more muscle while the company was in existence.

There are a couple of rules that Vince has to follow.
1. Don't use ECW to replace the failing Smackdown. I know you want to use it as another "brand" but understand you must let this organization stand on it's own. There is nothing wrong with crossover, but to much and you will see backlash. Playing in each others sandbox is one thing. Start crapping in it and the kids will go somewhere else.
2. For every Mick Foley that came out of ole skool ECW and went on to be a 2 time World Champ and make you millions and millions of dollars there is an Al Snow, Justin Credible, Lance Storm and Public Enemy. It must be understood that what works in the bingo hall sometimes must stay in the bingo hall. One of the things that I loved about ECW was that it reminded me of my favorite fed growing up which was WCCW for Christ sakes the 'arena" had dirt floors you could tell they had just relocated all of the swap meet tables to make room for the ring.

ECW is the punk rock of wrestling and not just for it's grit and grime. It was for it's heart and it's passion. It's we will do things with out the frills. Smoke and lights and music are nice cause hey this is still a show, but we don't need the full fireworks display. We don't need Shawn to fly in on a belay line. I have nothing against that but there is a time and a place for it. ECW is not the time or the place and I think Vince has realized that. There are some of us out here who love a good promo as much as the next guy but sometimes we just want you to shut up and get in the ring. We want story lines for the sake of matches not matches for the sake of storyline.

If nothing else the existence of ECW might very well quell some of the backlash against WWE. It will finally give those with a certain love for wrestling the opportunity to have it with out all of the other stuff that goes with an episode of RAW.

Kevin Smith showing what a blog is good for

If you have a bit of time to kill check out the series of posts that Kevin Smith has made to his person on line diary about the time spent dealing with hetero life mate Jay Mewes multiple year drug addiction. This is not just for those into the View Askewniverse this is a great piece of writing that if something comparable to the Oscars was given out for blogs this should rank up there with Best Picture.

Me and My Shadow

" It's nights like these that drive men like me to women like you for nights like this."

Got a chance to catch My Favorite Spy on Turner Classics the other night. Sometimes I forget that Bob Hope was actually very funny before he became an overrated lounge comic in fatigues. I wouldn't accuse the movie of being at all original in it's plot Hope plays duel rolls here as Peanuts White/Eric Augustine. Eric is a man of international espionage and Peanuts is a cowardly burlesque comic. Turns out Eric was supposed to be working with the US Government in order to obtain some spy like secrets. Although it is never completely explained it seems that Eric goes rouge with the million dollars that was to be used to purchase the secrets and in the attempt to apprehend is shot and wounded.
Peanuts who earlier in the story was picked up mistaken to be Eric is then brought back in to take the place of our spy as this is the only person the contacts will meet with. Peanuts refuses at first but after a phone call from the Commander in Cheif him self he chooses to do his patriotic duty.
Off to Tangiers or Morraco (sorry my memory is frying here.)but you know your typical dark complexioned mustachioed wearing white suit and fez spy hub type of place. At this point Peanuts also makes and unexpected meeting with Eric's on again off again also spy love interest Lily Dalbray played by Hedy Lamarr. The love hate relationship ensues between the two as it turns out that Lily is working for a sect of spys looking to intercept the microfilm that Peanuts/Eric has come to collect.
To make it all the more interesting the group providing the microfilm to Peanuts/Eric is going to contact him but they do not know how and to make it all more interesting Eric has recovered and wants the million dollars he tried to steal to begin with.
At this point the "hilarity" ensues as they say. The movie is just ramshot with gags of mistaken identity, innuendo, chase scenes and general slap stick. Peanuts is the charter that is based on typical Hope. A hopeless coward he is forced to go from being a burlesque comic to being an inter-national man of mystery (check the diner ordering scene). The typical chase scene through the city. Check out Hope as he does a sketch on the stage that consists of legit old school burlesque material (chalk drawn hook to hang ones coat on). Hedy Lamarr is by no means difficult to look at and does a incredible job holding more then her own with Bob. Seems that Ms. Lamarr did actually want to go the over the top route for once in her career but Mr. Hope had different plans for her this is a damn shame as from what I can see she may have been able to pull something very impressive off. This goes along with two other movies in the unofficial trilogy My Favorite Blonde and My Favorite Brunette all directed by Norman Z. McLeod and starring Bob Hope. All and all a great laugh for about an hour and a half with a hard working supporting cast.Particularly Francis L. Sullivan does an incredible job as the bird loving light spoof on Sydney Greenstreet's character from the Maltese Falcon (get it bird loving). Also seems to be one of the movies that where dipped into for coming up with The Man Called Flintston Sorry to say My Favorite Spy looks like it has had no official realease on home video/dvd so you will have to catch it on one of your classic movie channels but it is well worth the short period of time you will spend with it.

Congrats!!!!

I never thought I would see it. Christ I had a hard enough time excepting seeing that Eddie and Benoit where finally given the straps, but this wow. Give him room folks and I think he can take it pretty far if you just give him some room.

Taken from Mtv news
There's "no bigger fan" of 1970s sitcom "Welcome Back, Kotter" than Ice Cube, so who better to play the wisecracking teacher in a film adaptation of the series that launched John Travolta's career? The rapper/actor will also produce the film.

Oh come freakin on. Look I think Ice Cube is a great actor I really do. I am a fan of the Barbershop movies and Boys In The Hood and so on. He has done a wonderful job of transition from music to movies. But come on. Leave it alone. It's not necessary and it's not like I can say well he was enticed by a fat pay check cause he's producing the damn thing. One of the beauties of Kaplan's Kotter was the lack of "coolness" but with out the knowledge of having that lack of "coolness". It was a man showing that youth although it changes it styles and such the root issues tend to go above time periods. He was awkward. He was like having Groucho thrown into the cast of Saturday Night Live. An inflated self security but based in a high ended outsiderness. Sorry Cube this is a bad one for ya. I would have rather seen another XXX then this.

Alway so on top of the latest cool shit I am (not)
Here is my YouTube Playlist I have started to compile.
Bombstyle Playlist

Angel and The Ape

Angel and The Ape

2001 Vertigo Series

Writing-Howard Chaykin&David Tischman

Art-Philip Bond

Angel and the Ape is old set of characters that DC seems to dust off every so often so they are not forgotten about. Philip Bond has been around for some time I'm not very familiar with his work, but I do like it. He seems to have decided in this case to go a route that is very similar to guys like Evan Dorkin and some of the folks that worked on the View Askew books. But that is where I leave any compliments. Who green lighted this piece of shit? I've nothing against dick and fart jokes but even those have to be funny. Funny enough the way this was written seemed to be an attempt to appeal to the fans of folks like Evan Dorkin and Kevin Smith. The basic story premise is that a lingerie model is murdered and Angle and The Ape have to figure out who done it. Turns out that model started as a porn actress/stripper and it also seems that Angel is now a bit loose in the moral areas. Like I said double entendre and fart jokes are great but when you seem to go out of your way to set up situations just so you can use those jokes you have nothing but crap. As I said I don't know much about the guys involved but it came off as a bunch of old guys where trying to write stories for the "hip" crowd. Please avoid.

Check out a great montage of one of the cooler wrestler of the last 15 years

WFMU

WFMU

This radio station has been a huge part of my life since I was about 16. If you are not familier I highly recommend it especially during their marathon as they will throw out some of the best couple of weeks of broadcasting. I know it's hard to part with ones money but if you like what you hear the could always use the support. When they say 100% listener supported they do mean it.

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Here is one of the things in the news lately that actually made me really really angry.

http://cbs4.com/topstories/local_story_033170755.html

Albatross!

Pleasant surprise my local PBS station is showing the Monty Python's personal best. I know this stuff is getting released on DVD as well. If nothing else definitely worth making it's way on to your Netflix queue.

Movie Review
*Made*
I love Jon Favreau he is one of those guys that along with Kevin Smith and Quentin Tarantino absolutely loves film. This unfortunately does not make up for the fact that Made is to me just a bad movie and I blame it all on one factor Vince Vaughn. Watching this movie has caused me to finally come to the conclusion that I have tried to avoid for some time but that is when it comes to Vince I just don't get it. He just doesn't do it for me.
The basic concept of the movie is that after doing some "legit" work for crime boss (Peter Falk)John is "forced" to partake in some illicit practices to pay off a debt. When offered with the opportunity John brings his life long friend and aspiring good fella Vince along for the ride. Vinces overzealousness and inability to keep his mouth shut in turn gets them in to some zany trouble on their trip to NY. Watching John in this movie is like being out with two friends and one of them is obviously an embarrassment to the other. I got that same kind of uncomfortable feeling for Jon making it almost difficut to make it through the whole movie this I imagine is intentional but I think you are supposed to laugh at it. The problem is I don't have this feeling for Bobby (Jon's character) I actually have it for Jon. Feeling like he is bringing along his acting buddy on this ride. There is a good script there and I honestly could have seen this movie work with someone else in Vince's part maybe Jay Mohr but I really only chuckled maybe twice through the film. As I will say many times may be it was just me.

I have always had a weird thing for urban and industrial landscape which made the discovery of Rob Dobi's work in a random issue of Wonka Vision a pleasant surprise. Check out New England Ruins.

As I've said a few times I have come across so many cool blogs lately. One of my favorites and if you are into Psych, ProtoPunk, Fuzz and dare I say garage rock will probably become one of your favorites too is Chocreve. The Freakbeat finds have put on hell of a smile on my face.

Eat Pes

I am extremely impatient when it comes to watching video on line. But I found the link to this site through WFMU's Blog with in watching one short I was hooked. Pes's stop motion is class A. His surrealist touches are a treat to the eye but obviously as you will be able tell by the videos themselves then also by watching the making of's that are on the site does not take him self completely serious. Wait until you have about 40 minutes to spare and head on over to Eat Pes and spend some time going through.

It is a sad time that I once again have to post Rest In Peace here again. This time to Johnny Grundge One of the man that with his partner Rocco Rock(who also passed to soon)as the team of Public Enemy helped recreate and bring the revitalization of the wrestling industry in the 1990's in the ECW Revolution. He is one of the small group that can be classified as the core of the initial coming of ECW and as one of it's first true stars. Very little info is out at this time.

Thrills! Excitement! Death Defying Blogs!

Ok let me say this off the bat as I know it is not a very popular opinion to have. I am a fan of Sky Captain. I thought it was a great movie. I'm not going to defend my stance as I don't feel I have to. I personally happen to love the movie. That being said when I started to read about this next mention the Cap was the first thing that came into my mind. Seems the boys (and girls) over at Dark Horse Indie have gotten their hands into a little movie called Monarch of the Moon. The general story seems to that this is a WWII propaganda film disguised as an old school multi part Saturday Matinee serial. Not sure who came up with it but the faux back story they have to go along with the movie is a kick. The movie will make it debut at the upcoming NY Comic-Con. Not sure if it is direct to video or a limited release at that point. This one completely flew under my radar.

Rumblers NYC back up and Running

For all you Hot Rod Riding/Lead Sled loving Kustom Kreeps the Rumblers Car Club NYC have got there site back up and running. Check it out here Rumblers NYC

Oh what a twisted fate Mathmagic has spun.

Here is the blog for Amanda and Michelle two artists that work under the name of the girls. They do some wonderful interpretations of very familiar charters with a great style that I have loved since childhood and thinking about it (hence the silly reference in title)can most likely be traced back to my days in the 2nd or 3rd grade when the projector was rolled out and we would get to watch educational Disney films. I would eventually discover this art work incorporated into much of album cover art particularly Jazz covers hence the reason it has become known to me as the Jazz style.

I have been sucked into a world of blogs that seems to have gone on for a bit of time that I missed out on. It's a sub set of people that are sharing the treasures that they have reaped from their pop culture twisted brains. I have been exposed to more things including new artists/animators, music, comics and god knows what else. I'm going to start throwing that stuff here and hopefully sharing some of what I can dig out of my years of crap that I always wondered what the hell I could do with it.

Hoax breeds Hoax

I Saw NY

A great story from one of my favorite sites Snopes

** New Line options for both a prequel to the Nightmare on Elm St. Franchise and also the Freddy vs. Jason vs. M. Myers. Um I really don't know what to say. Just felt the urge to make mention of it.

**Seems that Clive Barkers thief of Always film version may finally see the light of day with Shrek 2 co-director Kelly Asbury at the helm. It will be live action (although I thought I remember hearing of an animated version some years ago). I haven't read this book in some time but I do remember enjoying it and thinking it had a very visual element to it so it will hopefully be worth waiting for.

Here is the first in my mention of one of my illnesses. Budget DVD. While the major companies out there much like cd have decided to over inflate prices and make as much of a buck off them as possible. There are more and more fly by night companies picking up on public domain and cheap license movies and putting them out to be found at your local dollar store and Wal-Mart like establishment.
**Wild Guitar/The Beatniks double feature (Price 1.00)
Wild Guitar- is the typical boy goes to Hollywood to be a singing star. Boy meets girl. Boy hooks up with girl. Boy hooks up with crooked manager. Boy gets even with manager. And boy was the ending a bit of a shock. The movie was directed by Ray Dennis Steckler who would go on to direct The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies!!? As well as enough exploitation and porn to keep Something Weird Video in business for 30 or so years. Look for the dance numbers of Carolyn Brandt (Steckler's wife) and if nothing else the movie is worth its weight for incidental music. You will get good chuckle out of the movie and believe me there is the attempt to try here.
The Beatniks- Although falling with in the world of crap it is not again for lack of trying. I know most people might say I am to kind but really it seems like they where trying here. The story is that of a young man who leads a group of thugs (ne beatniks). The guy is heard singing by a passing through agent while singing to the jukebox. The agent offers the young man the chance of a life time. In turn a pot full of crabs story line ensues with the gang trying to keep our hero from succeeding and bettering himself. Again another bit of a swerve ending. Look for the incredibly over the top but still entertaining performance of Peter Breck as Moon the second in command. Although I can not be sure of it I would almost venture to say that Crispin Glover used this part as preparation for Layne in the River's Edge. Both these movies have the distinction of making an appearance on Mystery Science Theater 3000


Fun Link
http://www.publicdomaintorrents.com/

A very funny post from the Film Threat Blog.

An Open letter to Steve Martin
Dear Steve,
We here at team Film Threat had a lengthy discussion about you. We’ve decided that your recent flood of horrible movies have just about outweighed all your good movies and appearances from the past. Of course the straw that broke King-Tuts back is the soon to be released remake of “The Pink Panther.” We’ll spare you the “dude, what were you thinking” speel (although dude, seriously…what were you thinking?) runaround and get right to our point. We demand you start making better movies or else we’re taking our complaints to the studio heads and demanding action. What action, you say?
We’re going to ask that studios start remaking all of your best movies with comedy stars of today. First off, we’ll remake “The Jerk” starring Johnny Knoxville. Maybe then you’ll know what it feels like to take a truly great comedy film and ruin it all for the sake of a few bucks. Next, we’re pitching back to back remakes of “Pennies From Heaven” and “Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid” starring Wayne Brady. He’s been a lil lean on the hits lately and he can sing and dance and he’s oh-so-funny. Not nearly as funny as you in a black moustache speaking Sellers-esque French, but funny nonetheless.
Since you seem to be so big on sequels like the ear blood inducing “Cheaper By the Dozen 2” and “Father of the Bride 2,” we’ve decided to make a sequel to the “Three Amigos!” This will be called “Los Cheaper Amigos” and will star Rob Schneider, Adam Sandler and Bob Saget. Hey, those guys can make money at the box office and as you well know, that’s what it’s all about. We’re also toying with the idea of a “Trains, Planes and Automobiles” sequel called “Choppers, Rickshaws and Scions” starring Jimmy Fallon and Horatio Sanz. Maybe you could loan us some of that fat cash you made off “Sgt. Bilko” to get this ball rolling? Other ideas include a remake of “Roxanne” starring Jon Heder and the eloquent David Spade, “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels 2” starring Owen Wilson and Colin Quinn and “L.A. Story” with the irrepressible Pauly Shore.
We do this all because we love you and can’t stand to see what you’re becoming. Hey, we understand you have other passions such as writing books and plays, collecting art and picking the banjo and these box office babies fill the bank account for those endeavors. But come on Steve, you were once the best and now you’re sullying that past with crap after trite crap after stupid crap. At least Chevy Chase and Dan Aykroyd saw the writing on the wall and bowed out somewhat gracefully. Please stop or we’ll be forced to take matters into our own hands. How does a “Grand Canyon” remake with Martin Lawrence, Corey Feldman, Kevin Costner and Vin Diesel sound? We could go on…
So think about it, Steve. What are you leaving us old-school fans with? What about the new generation? They’re going to end up hating you as much as we’re starting to and then they won’t even go rent your old stuff. We wish you the best of luck and for the love of God, fire your agent!
Sincerely,Film Threat
Posted by Don Lewis in Writer's Corner

This blog is getting very morbid

Superman Animator Myron Waldman Dies at 97






















I am a huge fan of Max Fleisher Studios animation and to say that the Superman cartoons that came out of that studio are not some of the most incredible pieces of cartoon work would be doing those masterpieces a gross injustice. So with that I have to extend my respect and tip my hat to anyone who had their hand in the creativity pool that came up with them especially someone who was a major contributor. The harsh reality of this being the possible end of a historical line is sad to say the least.
RIP Myron.

RIP.







Al Lewis, grandpa on TV's "The Munsters," dies

By Jeanne King
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Al Lewis, best known for his role as Grandpa in television's "The Munsters," has died after a long illness, a local radio station said on Saturday.

A movie Web site listed his age as 95, but there have been reports that he was 83.

Lewis, who died on Friday, was born in Brooklyn and was raised by his mother, an immigrant sweatshop worker in the Brownsville district of that borough.

"Brownsville was the largest Jewish ghetto in America," he once said. "We all were very poor. But we stood together when people were evicted. When the marshals and sheriffs would leave, we'd break the lock and move the furniture back inside. Back then, we didn't let people live in the street."

Lewis worked as salesman and waiter and once owned a successful restaurant in Greenwich Village. He also was a poolroom owner, store detective and political candidate.

He worked as a circus clown and performed stunts on the trapeze bar, taught school, wrote two children's books and by the time he was 31, received a doctorate in child psychology from Columbia University.

An avid college basketball fan, he also scouted for several basketball teams.

1313 MOCKINGBIRD LANE

It wasn't until 1949 that he turned to acting and joined the Paul Mann Actor's Workshop where his classmates were Sidney Poitier and Vic Morrow. It was at the workshop that Lewis developed his comedic style.

His first big role was as Officer Leo Schnauser on the "Car 54, Where Are You?" series that ran from 1961 to 1963. In 1964, Lewis began playing Grandpa Munster, part of a wacky, endearing family of monsters whose fictional address was 1313 Mockingbird Lane in Mockingbird Heights.

"The Munsters" ran for two years on CBS, then continued on in syndication
In 1988, he accepted the Green Party nomination for governor of New York saying, "We don't inherit the world from our ancestors, we borrow it from our kids."

Although he lost to incumbent Republican Gov. George Pataki, he still managed to collect more than 52,000 votes with his name on the ballot as "Grandpa Al Lewis."

Lewis' first political work was for the Sacco and Vanzetti defense committee. Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, two Italian anarchists, were executed in Massachusetts in 1927 for a double murder and robbery amid doubts about their guilt.

Lewis worked in the 1930s to free the Scottsboro Boys -- nine black teenagers accused of raping two white women in another highly publicized case. All but one were sentenced to death, but eventually they were cleared.

"If anything I consider myself an anarchist," he once said on his weekly radio show on WBAI in New York City.

Lewis had three angioplasties, and in 2003 doctors were forced to amputate his right leg below the knee and all five toes of his left foot.

He is survived by his wife, Karen, three sons and four grandchildren.

© Reuters 2006. All Rights Reserved.

The Day the Music Died, February 3, 1959, refers to the plane crash that killed three rock and roll singers, who were very popular at the time. Early that morning, at approximately 1:05 AM Central Standard Time Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and The Big Bopper (J. P. Richardson) were killed when the plane they were on crashed en route to a gig near Fargo, North Dakota. Don McLean's 1971 song, "American Pie", contains many references to this day, including the phrase itself.

*I have found so many cool blogs with fun little treats. I'll start posting them here soon.

*Watching the second episode of Drawn together I have ever seen. Um. I really don't mean to laugh but holy crap

*Word has it with the recent Pixar/Disney deal someone is throwing around the idea of a 2d animated feature of ignores Spirit. Won't get my hopes up and hopefully be pleasantly surprised.

*Curryman and Samoa Joe are making an appearance on Comedy Central's Distracted game show.

This was a I don't have much to say right now but I really want to post post.

First off I was noticing that really old post about Van Helsing down there. I was trying to be objective. Although it is most likely to late the movie is shit please don't give the studio any reason to think people like it.

*I own an insane amount of CD's. A lot of which have been purchased on various trips in the discount bins of records stores. Some of these CD's will go eons with out being listened to and maybe even eventually sold. Some of them get listened to are not bad and get put on shelf sometimes for years at a time until one day I bring it down again to see if it moves me any more then it did before. In those 1 in 100 times of a second listen I not only find that I enjoy the disc more then I do the first time but I find something that blows me away. This is usually due to not being in the right mind set for the music when I first get it or make an assumption on what I will get based on many factors cover art, word of mouth, one song I have heard etc. One of these rare gems that has come to me as of late is from the Deluxetone Rockets-Greenroom Blues. Sadly the band from what I understand no longer exists. The album is a great mix Rocka/Pschyobilly,Ol' School R&R and Cow Punk with some great dark overtones. Even when the band dips into the Tooth and Nail (the bands label) pre requisite religious fervor the songs still carry enough style to be damn good. They turn in cover of the Cure's Love Song that would make Mr. Hexum poop his hemp panties. Defiantly worth picking up.

*Through the links section of From Parts Unknown I was lucky enough to be exposed to blog for the folks at Fwak! Animation. Fwak is the team that has brought us most notably the Saturday morn extravaganza that is Mucha Lucha. I have been a fan of the show for some time but honestly was not very familiar with it's creators until finding this. The blog is an excellent source of info from great music to incredible art to all other nuggets of randomness in between strange/retro/pop culture. Also if you have interest in the Fwaks doings it is a great way to keep a breast.

Fwak! Blog

*Speaking of FPU Mr. Unknown's blog is a another cool place for find out info on general weirdness in film and in life as well as a place to follow some of the cool stuff going on the hooded wrestling world. Mr Unknown has also started another venture to touch on his other great love that being the oh so mysterious non turtle tainted Ninja mythos known as Ninja 80. Both are worth checking out.

* If you are a blog whore like myself you should sign up for Bloglines. That's all I will say. I have been waiting for something like this for a long time.

*Want some general off the wall subversion and weirdness check out WFMU's Beware of the Blog. You will get whole albums of some of the craziest stuff like Bulgarian psychedelic Metal or a whole CD devoted to songs associated with Napoleon and XIV's There Coming to Take Me Away.

Ok enough for now I will be back again soon. Had a few Ghetto Guinness' and feeling a bit on the tired side.

Ok lets try one of these again.

I will be posting a lot over the next couple of days as I have a list of stuff I wanted to touch on (unfortunately I forgot the list damn).

-Thanks to my buddy John for once again getting me into Chiller Theatre this past weekend. The convention went back to it's original home this year and is planning to do again this coming June (The April festivities are being postponed due to the move). The Winter holding is smaller then the others and is in my opinion ideal for checking out the dealer set ups more then anything else. The comfort level that was given made slow browsing much more of a reality. I'll do a whole thing on it in a bit and post some shots of what I got.

-Rey Mysterio wins the Royal Rumble who would of thunk it. Funny enough Thurs or Fri of last week I was watching the replay of the last year's Rumble on 24-7 and Rey was one of the last guys in the ring and was thinking to myself "why not". The catch to this is will Cena drop the title before Wrestlemania. Or will he or Angle go heel before that. This also leads to my other speculation of don't be surprised when the two titles are unified and strapped around the prodigal son in law's waist. I don't see them turning Angle heel as he so amazingly went face in such a short period of time. Although they can always have him take the Flair route and say ha ha you trusted me ya dopes.

-Speaking of Flair in the steaming heap that is what we refer to as Pro Wrestling (not Sports Entertainment sorry not going to happen). I saw something a few weeks ago that absolutely restored my faith in there being some sort of future for the industry when I saw Ric Flair take on Edge. Now no offence to Edge as he did a pretty good job but damn he could have just stayed home. All issues with Ric Flair aside he put on one of the best shows that the WWE has seen in ages. Both myself and a friend knowing damn well that Ric Flair was not walking out with the belt still marked out for the false ending. Now that my friends is what you are supposed to do thanks Nature Boy.

-Will Shaq be the next WWE champ?

No more wrestling
To be cont.