Heroes, it is better then reading the Return

Heroes. It had been all over TV for a while now and I have to admit that I tried my best to avoid most of the hoopla. I mean come on basically a comic on tv these things always suck. Well I just finished watching the first six episodes and DAMN! The whole thing was actually pretty good. To the point where every cliff hanger ending left me needing to watch the next one, just like a good comic. Not only that the story itself reminds me of Warren Ellis' New Universal, except a little less, well a little less like Warren Ellis was writing it. Which in itself isn't necessarily a bad thing. It is just a little less out there and violent. Although I will admit all the scenes with wolverine as a cheerleader made me cringe. You know that whole healing factor thing is lot more gross then it seems on paper. anyway since I know that you have all been waiting for me to pass judgment before letting yourself watch it, I will. It is good, go fucking watch it. Maybe if enough people do we will see more interesting takes on the super hero genre on mainstream tv.

My buddy Al the zombie is a jackass
he ate all my friends and is looking at me
I know what he is thinking
or in his case not thinking
and it is probably for the best
because although Al is good to watch the game with
his conversational skills don't go beyond
Grrrrrrrrr Ahhhhhhhhh
and since it is just me and him
well I hope I taste better then I look

ok so bear me out. President Lincoln gets shot by an assassin, but the bullet merely severs the connection between his left and right brain. So the man lives but slowly becomes more and more twisted. Can you imagine a racist Lincoln. Dear god man what a travesty of nature, but ah think of the story possibilities. Do the people just go along with a slowly degenerating president or do some revolt. Maybe his inner circle decides it is better to off him. All the while his changed policies are running amok within a newly unified America. Think about the utter depths of depravity one could take such a cherished American hero, while at the same time portraying the same beliefs he stood for in an entirely different way

Alright all your rotten motherfuckers reading this nonsensical madness I have had an idea. I am going to try and lay down a list off the top of my head of cds I feel everyone should listen to. If you disagree with any of my choices I say fuck you and give me a reason why, or sit the back down and keep rocking to that REO speedwagon cd. Alright with that cleared up here it goes.


Sublime- every cd, really just do it

Propagandhi- I can't pick which one because they are so different and I go through phases with each one. As of this moment though I would say Potemkin City limits. It is such a hard and fast album it will knock the trendy button right off your shoulder bag.


Slightly Stoopid: Acoustic Roots- this is my favorite acoustic album. Any time you feel like you just need to relax and maybe melt into the sofa for like 45 minutes or so this is the album to take you there. There are enough reggae hits on here to make any person wanna get baked and stare at the music for a awhile. This cd and every sublime cd make up the greater portion of what I listened to for a very long time in my canmore days.

Lagwagon: Hoss- This is one of the most quintessential pop punk cds of all time. Each Lagwagon cd is is good but as with a lot of bands it is again, for different reasons. Hoss however hits all the highs a pop punk cd is supposed to hit and does so in style. It is fast many times angry and and I will admit whiny(but hey punk is built on whinnying about things that bug you) yet at the same time it captures a certain feeling and attitude in such a perfect ways as for it to shine through above everything else. I know alot of people who would put such albums as blink-182 dude ranch or maybe green day dookie, but again I say none of them for me really managed to catch with as much style the attitude that pop punk was built around.

NOFX: The longest Line, The War on Errorism- I know this may seem like a rather odd choice to a lot of people(not NOFX but the NOFX cds I chose) but I can't help it. The Longest Line wass always my favorite NOFX album despite its length. Yet the War on Errorism is an album that came along at a time when it was sorely needed. Punk or at least a lot of the Punk on such labels as epitaph and fat wreck chords was become progressively safer and acquiring either a more metal sound or a more indie sound. Along comes NOFX and puts out a fast scathing angry and didI say fast Album. It was like a breath of fresh air after being in a hotbox for to long. The first two songs alone are worth the price of the whole cd. I really feel this cd helped remind a lot of people how good Fast angry punk with distinguishable(key word being distinguishable) lyrics could be. I am so tired of bands who claim to have a message in their lyrics that just belt them out the the point where you cant even hear if he is saying anything at all or just trying to clear his throat really loudly.

Murder By Death: What is left of them and what will they become- This is the best Concept album ever. There it is I laid it down dispute it if you will but I have a zombie western in my corner. We will eat and shoot all doubters. I can't really say anymore then zombie western if that doesn't grab your attention then maybe you should check your pulse.

Boys Night Out: Trainwreck- following the best concept album is the second best concept album. It is dark it has a dead wife and amputated hands as well as enough melodic moments to swoon your 80 year old grandmother. For people who think Thursday, Thrice and such bands are the pinnacle of (gahh hate this term but) Screamo just kill your depressed self already or better yet do it to this album because it is way better.

Tom Waits: Blood Money- Ok this one IS for all you who are depressed and paranoid. It captures those feeling to a tee. With such lyrics as, "the river of the world is misery, so everybody row", you really can't go wrong. It is gravely and dirty and makes normal people grate their teeth in anxiety.

ok wow this is going to not only take a while but it really makes me want to sit down and listen to some albums so yeah this isn't even close to be being done so don't think that this is all or that this are in any way shape or form in some actual numbered list. It is simply the albums I think people should listen to as a way of making their life more complete as I think of them and find the energy to write them down. This is not it and if it was I would hope that all of you would scoop out my inner ear with a spoon. So there you have it the beginnings to my version of the musical bible. Comment, critique, call me fucking insane just give reasons you shallow maggot eaters.

I am writing this out to see how much sense once I see it written down. It is an idea of Nietzsche's.

Through time all philosophers have been trying to create a reality in which to live. The basis for all their philosophies is ethics. It is through the application of ethics that philosophers describe how the world is to be viewed. They define what has value and by defining what has value they also define what is not of value. Once their values have been accepted it is their reality in which one lives.

So what happens if each person instead of relying on someone else to provide those values creates them their selves. Would we see a great difference in the values that people come to or would people generally come to about the same conclusions. Would their be a consensus on certain base values or would they be wildly different.

THE BOYS ARE BACK IN TOWN

There is a God and he is a Boys fan. The title has been picked up by Dynamite Entertainment and will soon be back on the shelves. This is such good news I wish all of you could see the smile that this has put on my face, but since you can't well fuck you.

The last week and a bit have been one of truth. I have had to reconcile myself to certain unavoidable truths. The sinking in and settling of things I wanted to avoid, but none the less are true. In any case it was at the same time crushing and freeing. So I haven't exactly been up to writing the last little bit. Well I am back and I find myself in front of this comp on yet another Wednesday, and much like last Wednesday I have another stack of new comics. This week like last week was another winner.

The Dark tower
This week saw the first release in the Dark tower comics series. I have been anxiously waiting for this comic now for a while. I was a huge fan of Stephen Kings books and just hope that this series will keep up to the same quality, and after this first issue it certainly looks like it will.The story flows much as one would hope it would and the language of the original is maintained by all star writer Peter David. The art, god the art is fucking phenomenal. Each panel just oozes detail and the expressions on each characters face are amazing. Now it is just a matter of seeing if this high level is maintained.




















The New Avengers #27
Can you say splash pages!!! Man this was a quick read. It went down so fast I had to go back and read it again. This series looks like it is going to be very good. I mean this first post civil war issue is chalk full of ninjas, ninjas, and more ninjas. It was a veritable smorgasbord of crazy ninja action. Then to top it all off the new avengers pop up and we get to see the new team in action for the first time. It always helps of course having Elektra as the antagonist of this arc. I was hesitant about picking this one up as I am trying to cut back on some titles but jesus after this I just can't cut it.