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Sublime eclectic mayhem. That’s been my playlist project and musical life, one that begins with The Muppet Movie soundtrack and later involves performing hymns, death metal, surf, and bluegrass. I’ve played in theaters, tents, and basements, for multi-stage festivals and squirrel rodeos. I’ve written and recorded music for The Drunken Odyssey. Sublime eclectic mayhem. A warning and a… Continue reading

Driblets of blood fell from my hand, a reminder of the sorry state of Waldo, my red and white striped compatriot in the fight against the Goose Lord and his gang, who was bleeding out from a bullet wound to the gut. I scrambled looking for gauze, but all I saw were rows of candy… Continue reading

In this week’s replay episode, John talks with the writer, publisher, and podcaster, Michael Wheaton. NOTES Check out Michael Wheaton’s magazine and press, autofocus. If you are an amazon customer, one way to support this show is to begin shopping with this affiliate link, so that the podcast is granted a small commission on anything you purchase… Continue reading

After diving into the multiversal oddities of Justice League Incarnate last week—and not realizing it was a prequel book to the next big event—I dug deeper into my backlog. From its depths, I pulled the event at the end of that multiversal journey: Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths by Joshua Williamson, Daniel Sampere, Alejandro Sánchez, Daniel Henriques, Danny Miki,… Continue reading

I have just gotten engaged and I’m so excited to spend the rest of my life with my fiancé. Since the engagement, however, my future mother-in-law has been absolutely unbearable.  I constantly hear unsolicited advice on how I should watch my figure before the wedding, what the decorations should be, and how I can be… Continue reading

Sparing the punk named Waldo’s life, I grilled over what sinister plan the Goose Lord had in store for the citizens of downtown Orlando.  “Curator, he plans to get all the children in town hooked on Dance Fever,” he said, still crying with humble gratitude. “Once the kids are hooked, he’ll have an army of… Continue reading

with Dmetri Kakmi The Hunchback of Notre Dame USA 1939 Director: William Dieterle Cast: Charles Laughton, Maureen O’Hara, Cedrick Hardwike, Edmund O’Brien It is axiomatic of life and fiction that beauty, male or female, constitutes the norm. Yet beauty is rarely the generator of plot; Homer’s Helen of Troy is the only one that comes to… Continue reading

Sublime eclectic mayhem. That’s been my playlist project and musical life, one that begins with The Muppet Movie soundtrack and later involves performing hymns, death metal, surf, and bluegrass. I’ve played in theaters, tents, and basements, for multi-stage festivals and squirrel rodeos. I’ve written and recorded music for The Drunken Odyssey. Sublime eclectic mayhem. A warning and a… Continue reading

Sublime eclectic mayhem. That’s been my playlist project and musical life, one that begins with The Muppet Movie soundtrack and later involves performing hymns, death metal, surf, and bluegrass. I’ve played in theaters, tents, and basements, for multi-stage festivals and squirrel rodeos. I’ve written and recorded music for The Drunken Odyssey. Sublime eclectic mayhem. A warning and a… Continue reading