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John Mulaney: Baby J
This is probably John Mulaney’s best special, but I don’t think that’s saying much. It’s not that I don’t think John Mulaney isn’t a talented stand-up comedian, I just don’t think his work is for me. This is, by far, his most human-seeming out of all of his specials, but, again, that’s not really saying anything. It’s fine, even if there are a bit too many namedrops and a sub-par Al Pacino impression. It also doesn’t help that it has a theme song by David Byrne, who I hate.
Todd Barry: Spicy Honey
Todd Barry has been extremely good for forever, and this is no different. It also features one of the strangest crowdwork interactions I think I’ve ever seen. If I ever meet him, I’ll try to give him some free stuff.
Pitch Black
I watched this because The Chronicles of Riddick is on Netflix and I had to make sure I wouldn’t miss anything. Of course, the extent to which Pitch Black is related to Chronicles is nearly non-existent, so that’s not much of an excuse.
This is my second time viewing this movie, and this time I noticed that this movie is literally all about Vin Diesel’s character. When Riddick isn’t on screen, all the other characters are asking “Where’s Riddick?” As much as you can knock the filmmakers for this, I think it was the right decision. Without Riddick, I think this would have much more of a SyFy original movie feeling to it.
Seadragon No. 4: “Hostages” by Carl Knappe, Dennis Yee, Butch Burcham, et al.
Yeah, it’s not good. It’s a story of a guy who gets a plastic suit grafted to his skin that lets him navigate underwater. He then goes to save hostages from a terrorist group who wants to feed the world. How evil.
Warlock 5 Number 21 by Barry Blair and Eiwin Mark
Wow! This is really uninteresting. Seems to exist for the occasional pin-up page.
Billy Nguyen, Private Eye #2: “My Breakfast at Andy’s” by John Hartman and Stanley W. Shaw
This rocks! This is one of those times I feel great going through discount box comics, cause you find gems like this that haven't’ surfaced in a while. Billy Nguyen is a scumbag, but the kind you can’t help but like. He drinks an entire pot of diner coffee for breakfast and at one point threatens his computer with a gun. I love it and I want more. I wish there was some sort of collection available, but that’s what happens with these comics.
Ragman: Cry of the Dead Part 1: “Mother Drum” by Elaine Lee, Bariel Morrissette, et al.
I feel like, for a first issue, this series expects me to know more about Ragman than I do. I don’t care for this.
The Night Man #1 by Steve Englehart, Darick Robertson, Andrew Pepoy, et al.
Silly, but kind of fun. This is almost a daredevil ripoff, only with a jazz sax player who’s eyes are permanently dilated, instead of a blind lawyer. He also has the ability to hear thoughts because fo a piece of metal jammed into his skull.
Tom Strong 15: “Ring of Fire” by Alan Moore, Chris Sprouse, Karl Story, Matt Hollingsworth, and Todd Klein
Eh. Don’t care.
SOUND
Temporary etc. by Booker Stardrum
Dancing And by Booker Stardrum
Square Landscapes by Aux Field
Lifetime of Love by Moon Diagrams
Tragedy & Geometry by Steve Hauschildt
Sequitur by Steve Hauschildt
S/H by Steve Hauschildt
Where All Else Is Fled by Steve Hauschildt
Strands by Steve Hauschildt
Black Mass Lucifer by Mort Garson
How is that Mort Garson made some of the best electronic music of all time in the seventies?
From Out Here by The Advisory Circle
19NaughtyIII by Naughty By Nature
Poverty’s Paradise (25th Anniversary Edition – Remastered) by Naughty By Nature
Frozen Synapse: Original Soundtrack by nervous_testpilot
Snivilisation by Orbital
Phyxix 001 by Phyxix
1000 gecs by 100 gecs
I had a hard time wrapping my head around this band for a long time, and while I get it now, I still don’t think it’s nearly as amazing as so many people have talked about in the past.