Today was Bacon Club Chalupa Day. Well, actually it was KFC Tuesday Special Day. Leg, Thigh, Mashed Potatoes, and Biscuit for $1.99!!! I find myself heading down the street every Tuesday. Nah' mean? But, back to the chalupa. "The product features tender, juicy marinated all-white meat chicken and crispy, real smoked bacon surrounded in a crispy, flaky Chalupa shell. The Club Chalupa is topped off with a creamy sauce, crisp lettuce, a three-cheese blend and ripe tomatoes." Well, at least that's what the "Bacon Unwrapped" blog said about it.
So, since I'm such a sucker for new product marketing (especially beverage and candy varieties - Mountain Dew and Reese's Cups!), I will occasionally be reviewing new items when I try them.
The ranking will be from 1 to 5 Orions (5 being the best):
Officially, Biscuit World gives the Taco Bell Bacon Club Chalupa...(drum roll)... 4 Orions! The crispy shell worked for the most part but was maybe a little dry. Would a Bacon Club Gordita be the perfect sandwich? We may never know...
Parents of a one-year-old out on a date after several months. Movie Theater on a Sunday afternoon. (First off, may the zombies eat the theater managers first for charging full price for a 4:25 pm show)
Sparsely filled auditorium at 4:10. Slowly filling up from 4:15 on. The obligatory doofus-head and girlfriend come in during the previews and sit directly in front of you. They notice you are gigantic and take up most of the aisle with your gigantic knees spread apart. They decide to sit directly in front of you anyway. And, of course, the obligatory doofus-head sits in that chair and does a "Greg Louganis" (see MTZEYF #1) into your crotchal area. And, of course, during the last preview, a woman and her friends crowd into your aisle and take away your buffer chair.
Fun stuff. At least the movie (21) was good. Boston hasn't looked that good on film since The Departed.
Looking back over my old posts I realized that the first "Comic Recommendates" was from November of last year. And here's #2. Not bad for something I had initially planned on doing weekly? Sheesh. The theme of this post (apparently) will be IMAGE COMICS!!! All three of my comics are from the #3 publisher behind Marvel and DC (can we assume that? I guess). And shout-outs to Image Comics for putting most of their comics' first issues on their website. Click on the highlights and it will take you the main page. Then just click on the issue picture and begin reading!!! Commencing...
UNO - Gotta start off with my favorite book, The Walking Dead. You've seen TWD before on the BW, notably from my letter being printed in it. It is written by fellow Kentuckian, Robert Kirkman, and is drawn superbly by Charlie Adlard who picked up the duties (heh, "doodies") from Tony Moore after Issue 6.
A great post-apocalyptic zombie story with great character development and a fresh take on how we would make it in a zombie-world. The most recent Issue 48 slew me. It was so good! You get so involved with these characters you empathize with them beyond belief. And when something happens to them, well...
Trades are out there. You'll notice the art change in Trade 2. Initially I was wary but Adlard is destroying the book of late. I love Tony Moore but now I love Charlie. Love's a crazy thing. (BW NOTE: Trade paperbacks are collections of several issues in one book. Largely taking from 4 to 6 issues, or however long the story arc might be. And now you've learned something today, non-comic-book-dudes!)
DOS - I have to mention Fell and Dead Space. I mention these books because of Mr. Ben Templesmith. He does art on both books and his style is contagious. Awesome stuff. I don't even know how he creates his stuff - computer? paints? - but it looks brilliant. Fell is largely a detective story and Dead Space is basically a space zombie book. Awesome.
Templesmith is also the artist on the 30 Days of Night vampire book written by horror-scribe Steve Niles, and now a movie (out on DVD already). I heard great things about the book and okay things about the movie.
Regardless, check out his artwork if you get a chance. Fell is relatively young and is priced to sell at $1.99!!!
TRES - The Nightly News by Jonathan Hickman This dude's got some skills. He created this book largely in a graphic designy (is that an adjective?) way and it looks brilliant. I initially thought that it would become too "Here is what I learned in my Adobe Illustrator class today" but the story is engaging and honestly the art never gets too ham handed. The book has been described as a mix between Fight Club and Network. That's a pretty good description. It definitely satisfied the insurgent/revolutionary in me.
Hickman's latest project is Pax Romana (which I will definitely pick up in trade). From what I hear it's like Roman Empire with machine guns. Hickman's got a pretty bright future ahead of him.
I wanted to share this audio. I had a moment earlier today listening to this. I guess I should have posted this on April 4, on the anniversary of MLK's death, but better late than never.
This speech speaks to all war. It made me cry when I listened to this. We haven't learned a damn thing.
So I happened upon a site talking about the new Breeders album coming out on Tuesday?! Had no idea. I had this notion that Kim Deal had just retired to Dayton, OH and was spending her nights at the local VFW drinking with old, crotchety dudes. But there it is. And after going to the Breeders' myspace page (the Breeders have a myspace page) and listening to some of the songs I have to say that I'm actually excited about it. Check it out if you were ever a Breeders or even Pixies fan. My favorite track so far is located HERE.
I never have listened to Title TK (their third record from 2002). I guess by then I had moved on to other things. There were The Amps of course and their record rules but I heard mixed reviews of Title TK and didn't bother. They were putting albums out like Marvel put out the "Civil War" issues (insert comic nerd chuckle here).
But, there you go. New Breeders. And while we're at it, check out the following picture of the Pixies. Look how YOUNG they are!!! Man, Frank Black looks 17!!!
The Biscuit World Golden Shillelagh goes to...U2!!! Bono and the boys managed to edge out Dolores O'Riordan and her yodeling skills by just 3 votes.
Now, BW did vote for U2 but has fallen off the U2 bandwagon of late. BW owns every album (except Boy for some reason) up through and including Zooropa. After that? Loss of interest I guess.
Top 3 albums (from the BW catalog): War, Joshua Tree, Zooropa (don't get my buddy Antoine started on this one). But, I guess as the saying goes, if you pick a favorite you're not a TRUE fan...
Congratulations to Larry Mullen, Jr., Bono Vox, Adam Clayton, and The Edge for their victory. Erin Go Bragh, indeed!!!
Today was Bacon Club Chalupa Day.
Orions (5 being the best):
