I’m watching ‘Legally Blond the musical’ whether I want to or not
Posted by Simon in Music, Pop Culture on 25. Jan, 2010 | 3 Comments
You know how everybody complains about the lack of originality in the movie industry these days? Basically, all new films seem to be based on one of three things: a book, a retro-franchise reboot, or is a sequel. These aren’t even mutually exclusive subsets. Increasingly, there is a fourth category being added (YouTube shorts) but [...]
Word Up: Obama’s Annuary of Amazing Adventures!
Posted by Jef in comics, Curiosities, Politics, Pop Culture, Word up on 21. Jan, 2010 | 1 Comment
A year ago, Barack Obama became president of the United States. He also gave dap to the Savage Dragon, was saved by Spider-Man from an evil duplicate, personally chose the new Youngblood roster, answered the riddle of the sphinx, was outwitted on national television by the Bomb Queen, punched out a gang leader in post-apocalyptic [...]
Ash Scans: George Wallace and John Kennedy
Posted by Jef in Ash Scans, media, Politics, Race on 29. Dec, 2009 | 0 Comments
George, October-November 1995 The Aughts in America are book-ended by George W. Bush’s caricature of the red states on one end, and Barack Obama’s idealized blue state persona on the other. Over a decade ago, it was a similar middling American uncertainty that was the creative impetus behind John Kennedy Jr.’s mid-90s launch of George [...]
