Gone but not forgotten

This is an old internet tradition, at least as old as when Mark Evanier first started it. A posting of Campbell's cream of mushroom soup means you're not going to be posting for awhile. This week I'm working overnights and my body clock is just not up to sitting around on the computer. So I thought I'd borrow this from Mark Evanier, who's blog you can read by clicking on the link at the right: POVonline. It's worth the click.

Just Purchased

Rocky and Bullwinkle

One of the best, if not the best cartoon shows ever.

Funny Commerical

Everytime I see this commerical I laugh.

Lost Girls

Anyone have any thoughts on this book? I remember reading the first few chapters years ago when they came out in TABOO and enjoying them. I haven't been as big a fan of Alan Moore's work recently as I used to be, but I'm curious about this book. I've pre-ordered it from Amazon. Everyone is gearing up for this to be the big book for controvesy due to it's "pornographic" nature. Moore himself calls this a work of pornography. When Moore is on the top of his game there is no one that can come close to him. Neil Gamian has some good things to say of the book. It hasn't been released yet, but once I get it and read it I'll post my thoughts.

John Hiatt Last Saturday Night

Forget to post, it's been on of those weeks, but last Saturday was the John Hiatt concert. His opening band and his back up band was one and the same, The North Mississsippi All Stars. As always with John Hiatt it was a great show.

Charlie Brown and Snoopy

This is the fifth volume in the ongoing collection of the complete Peanuts. Note that I said complete, up till now, one of the greatest, if not the greatest, comic strips of all time has not been given the sort of colletcion it deserves. But all this is changing now. This fifth volume brings the characters up to 1960. The first five volumes cover the first ten years of the strip, only another forty years to go. The quality on these books is excellent, but that should be expected from Fantagraphics. My only problem? It's taking too long to complete the series. They do two a year (and I'm not sure on how good they've been on their schedule, it seems they're behind), at this rate it'll take another way too long to finish. I want this completed collection on my bookshelf now. I wish they would publish at least three, if not four times a year.

Are We Supposed To Feel Sorry For Him?

Former Enron President Jeffery Skilling is talking about how life got so bad for him after the company went bankrupt and the police and D.A. started questioning him that he thought about ending his life. In the interview he makes it sound like he is the victim here. Should we feel sorry for him? He, along with others around him, made millions on the backs of a lot of people that had a lot less than he did and ended up with even less when he and his friends got finished. I'm sorry but I don't feel a lot of pity or sympathy. I hope he and Kenneth Lay spend a long time behind bars.

What A Scam!

I just bought two tickets for an upcoming concert to see Trinstan Prettyman. The tickets were $12.00, so you would think I paid $24.00, right? Wrong. With all the extras that Ticketmaster adds on the final price on the tickets was $40.00. $16.00 for service charges!!!!! For what? They're not even mailing me the tickets, I'm picking them up at will call. What a racket! It's getting so you can't even afford to go to an inexpensive concert, cause they just isn't such a thing. It's a shame.

Cash and Dylan

Hurt

Tristan Prettyman

Passings

I've been negilence lately in mentioning the passings of a few greats in the comic book world: Alex Toth, Jack "Jaxon" Jackson and Tim Hildebrandt. I'll try to post more about each in upsoming posts, but there's nothing I can say that hasn't been said already and better throughout the web about these three greats. All three were giants of the industry in terms of talent if not prestige and will all be missed.

Washed By The Water video clip

This is only part of the song, but it gives the idea.

Rock and Roll Star

A video of Will Hoge

Two of My Favorite Things

This is so cool, two of my favorite things: scenes from the West Wing and a song by Shannon McNally.

It Starts!

Alberto, the first tropical storm of the new Hurricane season is out there. It's path puts it heading for Florida.

Bruce at Jazz Fest

This was one of the most emotional songs at JazzFest. You really don't see Bruce but you can see some of the crowd. Maybe I'm just a big softy but watching this video now still hits me emotionaly. This song could have been written about New Orleans after Katrina.

Springsteen at Jazz Fest

Ok, it's not the greatest, you really don't see him except for on the big screen and it ends way before the song is over, but I still just had to post it. It gives you a small idea of his performance.

Iraq Video