Monthly Archives: April 2008

Post-80′s Live Action Superhero Films, Rated in Order.

All scores out of 10… X2 (Wolverine’s backstory): 8 Spider-Man 2 (Doctor Octopus): 8 Spider-Man (Green Goblin): 8 Superman Returns: 7 X-Men (Brotherhood of Mutants): 7 Batman Begins: 6 X-Men: The Last Stand (Phoenix/Mutant Cure/the one with Toren in it): … Continue reading

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Khan-Con Payment Test

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Steven, Kat, The Rest; Trapped Inside the Mess

Crazy fans of the Thickets will know that The Shadow Out of Tim was dedicated by me to Steve O’Shea. The marine biologist of the selfsame song name was loosely modelled after him. If you watch this video you can … Continue reading

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The Cost of Rock

I’ve been doing a lot of bookkeeping lately and it’s just too joyful not to share with all of you. So in case you’re a band in Canada who wants to cross the border “by the book”, here’s what you … Continue reading

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Compare and Contrast (click on it for a closer look)

Two questions: 1) Does it look like somebody else’s hand is putting that gun in his mouth? 2) Does it look like his tear is made of milk?

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Crazy Xs

From Natasha, this morning: A good friend of mine and budding film maker has a film in the Crazy 8′s Film Festival (they make a film in 8 days. The films show this Saturday at The Centre For The Performing … Continue reading

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It’s only $300, but it’s my $300.

So if my ex-landlord doesn’t give me my damage deposit back, do I call the police or what?

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Stasi “was the official secret police of East Germany”

Thanks, Wikipedia and Harper’s Weekly, now I know something that I didn’t know before. And for why? Because last week Grainy pornographic films made for officers of the People’s Army of former Communist East Germany have surfaced in the Stasi … Continue reading

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Roller Derby

I have a friend who is on the Riot Girls team. The Riot Girls team…of the Terminal City Roller Girls…the Terminal City Roller Girls…of roller derby. Yeah, that thing where two teams of girls on rollerskates skate around in a … Continue reading

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Three Inches of Sword

The Sword has a new album out. If you like metal, you should investigate. Deanna took me to see Three Inches of Blood a week or two ago at Richards on Richards, and it was hilarious. Heavy metal fans are … Continue reading

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