Review: Angst In My Pants
OnCover of Angst in My Pants (Reis) Who don’t love Sparks? I suppose the folks who don’t know who Sparks are might not love Sparks, but that’s only because of plum ignorance. But REST EASY, reader — we’re here to set you…
Review: Trek Stars Go West
OnIt’s not difficult to find the reasoning behind a compilation like Trek Stars Go West – it’s a well-known fact that when Gene Roddenberry first came up with the concept behind the original Trek series, he described it as a western set…
Being Fine With Being Fat
OnImage via Wikipedia or, A Return To Being One Of The Horde Of Headless Overweight People On Bad TV News Reports About The Obesity Epidemic I’ve been fat for most of my life. When I was in my early twenties, I decided…
Review: The Haunted World of El Superbeasto
OnThe great thing about animation is that it can be used to depict just about anything. Whether the work is crafted using traditional hand-drawn art, computer-generated imagery, models or any combination thereof, the result is always something that just can’t be captured…
Christmas Smackdown: James Urbaniak vs. Coldplay
OnImage via Wikipedia I know this statement is going to break (and indeed parboil) the heart of one of my dearest friends, but I can stay in the closet no longer: I like Coldplay. They’re not my favorite band in the world…
Most People Call Them Green Onions But They’re Really Scallions
OnImage via Wikipedia Who don’t love Christmas? Most of us, but as Wonderlick said, it’s nice to pretend. Here’s another hypothetical mix CD, and it’s all Christmas Songs, since it’s getting to be that time of year again (unless you’re reading this…
Camarillo Brillo
OnImage by RevMe via Flickr This was recorded for the Cover Freak Frank Zappa Tribute, Conceptual Continuity. We chose this one, quite honestly, because it looked like it was one of the few Zappa songs that didn’t necessarily REQUIRE a lot of…
Interview: Fred Schneider
OnIn 1976, Freddy “Boom Boom” Schneider busted straight outta Athens, GA with a dollar in his pocket and a dream: to bust mad stentorian rhymes about wild planets, private Idahos and monsters in his pants. Over a 30-plus year career, Schneider has…
Review: James Kochalka's Superf*ckers
OnFrom the printers of Top Shelf Productions and the field behind the author’s house in Vermont comes Superf*ckers, a compilation of the the craziest superhero parody you will ever read, all in inimitable Kochalka Quality. James Kochalka, author of American Elf and…
Review: Whomp That Sucker
OnCover of Whomp That Sucker (Reis) Who don’t love Sparks? I suppose the folks who don’t know who Sparks are might not love Sparks, but that’s only because of plum ignorance. But REST EASY, reader — we’re here to set you straight…