Doomed to repeat it...

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.

Excited about...1993?

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!!!

March 2008 Poll - U2, Brutus?

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!!!

Zombie King

NASHVILLE, TN - On a Friday night, the 21st of March, 2008, the Belcourt Theater screened a midnight showing of "Diary of the Dead"...with one added bonus - George Romero.

This is actual footage. He is, in real-life, colored black and white. It is very strange but you get used to it. Mr. Romero, the Godfather of the Zombie Genre, was apparently in NashVega$ for a Horror Tattoo Convention of some sort and popped over to the Belcourt to say hello. Best known for his ground-breaking horror film, "The Night of the Living Dead" (1968), Romero has continued his zombie franchise through four other films. He also has credits as producer to the nostalgia-inducing horror TV show, "Tales from the Darkside", a personal favorite (BW: NOW airing on Sci-Fi!!!).

He was a little unprepared but spoke a bit before the movie and even answered some questions from the zombie fanboys in the crowd. He even got into a little ideological/philosophical discussion of "Jesus: The ORIGINAL Zombie?" He then invited the audience over to his hotel for more discussion (seriously!) and took his leave of the brain-starved hordes...

My buddy Jimmy came down for this and we had a blast. There was, of course, the prerequisite zombie outfits including the tragic Prom Night Couple. Oh, if only there car hadn't been on that lonely, country road at that one fateful moment. Maybe they would have made it to the dance and had their first kiss to "Feels Like the First Time"...

Kirkmaniac!!!

The circle is complete! I finally got a letter printed in my current favorite comic book, "The Walking Dead". Written by fellow Kentuckian Robert Kirkman, TWD tells the story of the survivors of a zombie plague (real cause unknown) that have fled the city of Atlanta and holed up in an abandoned prison located in the remote countryside. The main character was a policeman before the plague in Cynthiana, KY (located just north of Lexington). The series is on Issue 47 but you can probably find trades of it in your local library!

It really is an awesome book. I'm a huge fan of survivalist horror, zombies, and all that, but Kirkman writes it so well you really get to know how people would really deal with the undead AND each other. But he made me as giddy as a little girl by printing my letter. Maybe we'll get married. That would be something.

Check out Kirkman's other books: Invincible, The Astounding Wolf-Man, Brit (all of which I've blogged about already), the soon-ending run on Ultimate X-Men, etc. He's a talent for sure.

February 2008 Poll - BAMF!

BAMF! The winner for our 2008 Preferred Superpower Poll is Tele *BAMF* por *BAMF* tation!!!

For those of you wondering what "BAMF" means, it is the sound effect for the X-Man Nightcrawler (pictured) when he teleports around. He was created by Dave Cockrum (whom I met at a comic store on Shepherdsville Road, but I digress) and is by far the coolest one of the X-Men in the movie trilogy. He was played quite well by Alan Cumming, I might add.

But, back to the poll. Almost half of you voted for getting where you want to go instantaneously. Maybe you should go see the movie "Jumper"? I still haven't seen it but it looks rad.

BW voted for flight. I feel that the sensation of flight would overcome the more efficient 'porting. But, the real question is how to pick all those bugs out of my teeth...