Vernon Chatman

There's a nice interview with Vernon Chatman, co-creator of Wonder Showzen and Xavier: Renegade Angel.  The AV Club interview linked below pertains mostly to Chatman's latest opus, Final Flesh.


Enjoy:  http://www.avclub.com/articles/vernon-chatman,38075/

Wintering with Charlie White

Charlie White from Monsters

Quotation of the Day

"But there are no absolutes in human misery and things can always get worse." 

— Cormac McCarthy from Suttree

Best Live Howlin' Wolf Performance

Howlin' Wolf from Ivalle Noel on Vimeo.

Smokestack Lightning

I'd recommend Howlin' Wolf/Moanin' in the Moonlight as a starting point for your Howlin' Wolf collection.

The Greatest Book of All

That would be Bret Easton Ellis' American Psycho.



But Whitney's talent is restored with the overwhelming, "The Greatest Love of All," one of the best, most powerful songs about self preservation and dignity.  From the first line (Michael Masser and Linda Creed are credited as the writers) to the last, it's a state-of-the-art balled about believing in yourself.  It's a powerful statement and one that Whitney sings with a grandeur that approaches the sublime.  Its universal message crosses all boundaries and instills one with the hope that it's not too late for us to better ourselves, to act kinder.  Since it's impossible in the world we live in to empathize with others, we can always empathize with ourselves.  It's an important message, crucial really, and it's beautifully stated on this album.

Passage from American Psycho in which Patrick Bateman, psychopathic yuppy killer, reviews the works of Whitney Houston.

Treehouse Trolls

I'm asleep and it's happening again.

Tom Goes to the Mayor

The animation style took some acclimation, but once accepted, Tom Goes to the Mayor - The Complete Series acts as a comedic soul salve.  If you can appreciate comedy that is weird, disturbing and sadly beautiful, I would strongly recommend renting and later purchasing this relatively unknown masterwork.  


The following is a transcript from a scene in the "Saxman" episode featured in season 2.

Saxman Scene Context:

The morning after Saxman, a local homeless musician, incapacitated Tom with his smooth, saxy, Kenny G grooves.  Tom meekly attempts to question Saxman about the previous night’s events while attempting to create a jingle for local mattress company.

Dialogue:

Tom:  You know what, Saxman, let’s take five.  Um…  There’s actually been something I’ve been wanting to get off my chest this morning.  Uh… Did you and your friends happen to come in the house and have some kind of jazz jam last night?

Saxman:  Wha’?  In the house?  No, I slept like a baby right out there in my pup tent.

Tom:  Huh, that’s weird…  It’s nothing.. . There’s just some piles of BM in my bedroom.  I…  Just ah…  Something…   I don’t know,  you know what?  Forget it.