I'm off to Florida for 3 weeks. Try not to be sad. But remember me!!
Tuesday, 30 September 2008
Monday, 22 September 2008
YAS!!! MMJ at Lorenzors birthday!!
My Morning Jacket playing at ABC on 14th Nov, 4 days before my birthday!!! Lorenzo is a pleased Mast0r of Science! All ye of good taste come! Loudest band I've seen.....Kirsty and I had to go to the back when they came out for the encore cos our ears couldn't take any more!! My ears were ringing for days! That's the kind o shit you WANT!!! BE there, or be mild-mannered!!
Look!! He wears a cape!!
That song actually sounds like this on good recording equipment.....
Some awesome guitar riffage that sounds like old school flaming lips....can't find any pro shot stuff of the songs I want...the guitar sound'll take yr teeth off!!
Some weird funk-ola....
which sounds like this on record
electronica:
spacy rocky stuff:
So really, there's something for most people, it's 4 days before my birthday, so everyone and their maw should come and we'll dance wer baws aff. Lemme know if you up for it...
Look!! He wears a cape!!
That song actually sounds like this on good recording equipment.....
Some awesome guitar riffage that sounds like old school flaming lips....can't find any pro shot stuff of the songs I want...the guitar sound'll take yr teeth off!!
Some weird funk-ola....
which sounds like this on record
electronica:
spacy rocky stuff:
So really, there's something for most people, it's 4 days before my birthday, so everyone and their maw should come and we'll dance wer baws aff. Lemme know if you up for it...
Sunday, 21 September 2008
Good Batman?
Try:
I remember it being quite awesome, I read it a while back....don't be discouraged by the fact it's by Jeph Loeb, the chap who did Hush. He's a bit schizo in the quality department. He's doing Ultimates 3 just now and it's also rather gash. But when he works with Tim Sale they usually produce gold, and the artwork is probably THE MOST gorgeous Batman artwork ever. They also reference it in the Dark Knight; in the court room scene at the start, the mob family is the same family that are the main focus of this novel. Indeed, the Long Halloween is about Harvey Dent's transformation into Two-Face, and there's clearly an influence from this graphic novel on that element of Dark Knight. So you get the most interesting plot of that film, PLUS you also get a decent Batman doing proper Batman type things, UNLIKE in the Dark Knight. Ahem.
My favourite Batman, though, is the one in Grant Morrison's JLA run, a supercool gringo who has twenty backup plans for every plan, and another ten backup plans for each backup plan.
The best Batman story and moment is the first story arc, where martians(who have Superman-level abilities) invade and enslave the earth. The JLA tries to stop them and get slapped silly and captured except for Batman, and the handsome muchacho single-handedly infiltrates and CRUSHES the aliens in awesome stealth action one by one. If only THAT had been the latest Batman film.....Lorenzo can dream. But alas, due to stupid Frank Miller we'll never get away from the terrible "dark" and "edgy" Batman that's now expected and required for any credibility. Baws tae that, ah want silly men in tights slappin each other silly! POW, WHAP, KABLAMO! If you want that shit, you need to go back to the seventies Neal Adams Batman, where he was more like a millionare playboy James Bond type with loads of super-cool gadgets. Actually, that's what Morrison's latest Batman stories are trying to get back to. I've been meanin to check out Batman and Son etc for a while, I suspect I'll think it's the shit. First story: re-introduce Batman's illigitimate child. HA! Remember Rha's Al Ghul from Batman Begins? In the comics, the super-awesome back-in-the-day Batman boned his daughter. Phenomenal. You don't get THAT shit in Batman comics nowadays....don't get me wrong, NealAdams/GrantMorrison Batman is still dark and brooding, but he also has the awesome baws, tech, charizmateek and suave.....kind of veered off topic there....good Batman stories......if your lookin for good Batman as a result of Dark Knight viewage, I'd say you'd enjoy Long Halloween a lot. And it's got a sequel whose name I cant remember which is also pretty awesome, so maybe start with LH and go from there. Apart from that....it's a DC character at the end of the day. The only way DC characters really work is to have someone think up crazy shit that only ridiculously over-powered super-people can handle, which is why I like Grant Morrison at DC so much, he does that kind of thing best. Probably best to stick with Marvel for more character-driven men in tights action. You must've read Frank Miller's Daredevil, but I'll mention it just in case, it's pretty much Batman but with red on the costume, and very good.
I remember it being quite awesome, I read it a while back....don't be discouraged by the fact it's by Jeph Loeb, the chap who did Hush. He's a bit schizo in the quality department. He's doing Ultimates 3 just now and it's also rather gash. But when he works with Tim Sale they usually produce gold, and the artwork is probably THE MOST gorgeous Batman artwork ever. They also reference it in the Dark Knight; in the court room scene at the start, the mob family is the same family that are the main focus of this novel. Indeed, the Long Halloween is about Harvey Dent's transformation into Two-Face, and there's clearly an influence from this graphic novel on that element of Dark Knight. So you get the most interesting plot of that film, PLUS you also get a decent Batman doing proper Batman type things, UNLIKE in the Dark Knight. Ahem.My favourite Batman, though, is the one in Grant Morrison's JLA run, a supercool gringo who has twenty backup plans for every plan, and another ten backup plans for each backup plan.
The best Batman story and moment is the first story arc, where martians(who have Superman-level abilities) invade and enslave the earth. The JLA tries to stop them and get slapped silly and captured except for Batman, and the handsome muchacho single-handedly infiltrates and CRUSHES the aliens in awesome stealth action one by one. If only THAT had been the latest Batman film.....Lorenzo can dream. But alas, due to stupid Frank Miller we'll never get away from the terrible "dark" and "edgy" Batman that's now expected and required for any credibility. Baws tae that, ah want silly men in tights slappin each other silly! POW, WHAP, KABLAMO! If you want that shit, you need to go back to the seventies Neal Adams Batman, where he was more like a millionare playboy James Bond type with loads of super-cool gadgets. Actually, that's what Morrison's latest Batman stories are trying to get back to. I've been meanin to check out Batman and Son etc for a while, I suspect I'll think it's the shit. First story: re-introduce Batman's illigitimate child. HA! Remember Rha's Al Ghul from Batman Begins? In the comics, the super-awesome back-in-the-day Batman boned his daughter. Phenomenal. You don't get THAT shit in Batman comics nowadays....don't get me wrong, NealAdams/GrantMorrison Batman is still dark and brooding, but he also has the awesome baws, tech, charizmateek and suave.....kind of veered off topic there....good Batman stories......if your lookin for good Batman as a result of Dark Knight viewage, I'd say you'd enjoy Long Halloween a lot. And it's got a sequel whose name I cant remember which is also pretty awesome, so maybe start with LH and go from there. Apart from that....it's a DC character at the end of the day. The only way DC characters really work is to have someone think up crazy shit that only ridiculously over-powered super-people can handle, which is why I like Grant Morrison at DC so much, he does that kind of thing best. Probably best to stick with Marvel for more character-driven men in tights action. You must've read Frank Miller's Daredevil, but I'll mention it just in case, it's pretty much Batman but with red on the costume, and very good.
Friday, 19 September 2008
Thursday, 18 September 2008
Batman R.I.P.
So I've been trying to download some GOOD batman comics, cos to be honest most of what i've read is a bit not so good. Except Killing Joke, it was, of course, pure awesome. But Hush was average and maybe just plain rubbish.
So i came across the latest arc,
Grant Morrison's "Batman R.I.P"
Presumably the Death of Batman.
yeah, right!
A handy catch up video
So a whole bunch of random, as you might expect, with no real direction or death talk.
but the death, and replacement of Batman looks the case!
so the death of Bruce Wanye and replacment by the original Robin, Dick.
rubbish? why mess with Bruce after all these years?
or could it actually be a proper progression and change to long running staple comic legend. Sumit you don't really see at all.
Of course I don't read up to date batman comics so who cares!
So i came across the latest arc,
Grant Morrison's "Batman R.I.P"
Presumably the Death of Batman.
yeah, right!
A handy catch up video
So a whole bunch of random, as you might expect, with no real direction or death talk.
but the death, and replacement of Batman looks the case!
so the death of Bruce Wanye and replacment by the original Robin, Dick.
rubbish? why mess with Bruce after all these years?
or could it actually be a proper progression and change to long running staple comic legend. Sumit you don't really see at all.
Of course I don't read up to date batman comics so who cares!
Tuesday, 16 September 2008
...aaand we're back!
GLORIOUS INTERNET!
It's so good to have you back!
Katie's flat is now adams, it has HD TV, Xbox 1 and 2, Wii, and Broadband linking them all like a sexy circle jerk... aaaaaaaahhhhhhhh
but no sound for PC yet, so couple of posts are having to wait till adam can appreciate.
but here's some cool girls pants I found
there's also a dudes t-shirt... but the picture wasn't as interesting.
But this one was!
It's so good to have you back!
Katie's flat is now adams, it has HD TV, Xbox 1 and 2, Wii, and Broadband linking them all like a sexy circle jerk... aaaaaaaahhhhhhhh
but no sound for PC yet, so couple of posts are having to wait till adam can appreciate.
but here's some cool girls pants I found
there's also a dudes t-shirt... but the picture wasn't as interesting.
But this one was!
An American Adventure
Thought I'd post a link to Kirsty's brother Chris's blog of his 3 month American trip for anyone who's interested....
http://onlyinamerica08.blogspot.com/
http://onlyinamerica08.blogspot.com/
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