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Matt suggested a comic by the name of Transmetropolitan, a “postcyberpunk” (wow…) comic book series written by Warren Ellis with art by Darick Robertson. I got my copy of the first in the series yesterday and started reading almost immmediately. I didn’t get very far though because I wasn’t feeling that great. I ended up going to bed really early… dozing off with my faithful accomplice Bird Show projecting from the speakers.

I’m itching to get home and continue reading (laughing)! I got it from Cosmic Cat Comics here in town, where the owner (who acts like he has a tree stump stuck up his ass) said to come back and get the rest of the series if I liked it.

My thoughts so far on Transmetropolitan are vague, but it is clear that Spider is one angry journalist! Phew…

Labels: comics

Last night, droned into the TV, I came upon this movie Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. You might’ve heard about it… well anyways, my friend Matt showed me a wonderful comic strip entitled “Willy Weenie” by this guy who keeps scribbling out some awesome, and genuinely funny comic strips. I love this! AND I don’t eat pigs!

Labels: comics, funny

Two of my favorite composers have collaborated and produced one hell of an album. Intertwined is Jessica Bailiff and Dave Pearce (Flying Saucer Attack) forming Clear Horizon. Created is an elegant and isolated soundscape perfect for the upcoming cold winter daze. This album was created with true and pure dedication and love over two years of sending tapes overseas to each other.

This is something I’d love to do one day. With broadband becoming more of a commodity, it’s so easy and convenient to record something on your computer, upload it, and send it to your friend to work on. Don’t forget how it used to be!

Labels: cd, music

So I am completely obsessed with no-wave. A while back, I started getting into some Factory Records goodness (A Certain Ratio, Durutti Column, etc) and my friend from East Hill CD told me about James Chance and the Contortions At first, I thought James’ sax playing was too chaotic and abrasive, but thanks to the just recently purchased Live in New York album, it really sold me on how innovative they were back in the 80’s. It also made me crave James’ singing. It’s toxic! And to think…

“No Wave was a short-lived but influential offshoot of punk rock centered in New York City during the late 1970s and early 1980s. The term No Wave was partly a satiric wordplay rejecting the commercial elements of the then-popular New Wave genre, and also a declaration of the music’s experimental nature: No Wave music belonged to no fixed style or genre.”

Now, this has lead me onto many other wonderful artists such as: Teenage Jesus & the Jerks, Lydia Lunch, Mars, and thanks to a guy at Vinyl Fever, DNA, which I’m not fully into yet. Teenage Jesus & the Jerks are quite amazing.

Labels: history, music

Yesterday, during my drive back from an LP shop, I saw an interesting bumper sticker. It read Garbage Kills Bears I thought to myself, is that a band or is that a legitimate statement? I looked it up, and sure enough Garbage Kills Bears.

Labels: ideas, thoughts

So, I’m doing some research on my newest favorite artist/group/band Experimental Aircraft and I find out that the beautifully talented Rachel Staggs from Eau Claire is playing in Dallas tonight! (FYI, I live in Florida) But Alec lives in Dallas. He said he would buy me a shirt! WOOO!

Labels: music