Inventor of the Fold-In, creator of Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions. Still sharp as a tack.
This Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions is a classic.
Elvis ’74
Earliest known video footage of Elvis Costello , er…., Declan MacManus’ taken at E1 Festival, 1974, playing in “Flip City.”
From Open Culture.
The Shiner
“The Shiner,” from MAD Magazine issue 221 (March, 1981).
Art by Angelo Torres, written by Larry Siegel.
Fuck You, I Like This Song
And I can’t stop listening to it.
Wikipedia says “Sloan is a Toronto-based rock/power pop quartet from Halifax, Nova Scotia. Throughout their career, Sloan has released 12 full-length albums, two EPs, a live album, a greatest hits album and more than 30 singles. The band has received nine Juno Award nominations, winning one.”
And yet I’d never heard of them until this song popped up on Underground Garage.
EDIT: Bonus song!
The Once And Future King?
John Byrne is my all-time favorite comic artist, going waaay back to his original run on The Uncanny X-Men beginning with issue 108 in December, 1977. Here’s some potentially big news as reported by Newsarama …
John Byrne has stated that Marvel has reached out to him about new work – which, if it happens, would be his first for the publisher since 2000.
During a spotlight panel at Fan Expo Boston 2018, Byrne revealed it as part of explaining how his self-published continuation of his Uncanny X-Men run, called X-Men: Elsewhen.
“There was some discussion on my website: ‘What if you went back to Marvel?’ and it planted this itch in my brain. I thought, what if I went back to Marvel? Could I go back to Marvel? Can I do that? I haven’t drawn like that in 20 years,” Byrne said (as transcribed by Adventures in Poor Taste).
Byrne has drawn over 20 pages of X-Men: Elsewhen, classifying it as a fun side project he doesn’t intend to publish. Be that as it may, it got the attention ot Marvel’s Editor-In-Chief C.B. Cebulski.
“And then I got an email from C.B. Cebulski saying, ‘Love it! Let’s talk about this!’ Oh, that’s unexpected,” continued Byrne. “So yeah, it just happened as a fun thing. It’s still just a fun thing as far as I’m concerned.”
What’s In The Bag…
Here’s a new way to lose track of time and waste hours. What’s in your bag is a series of videos on You Tube where your favorite artist runs around Amoeba records and fills up a bag with their favorite music/dvds, and then tells you about why the picked whatever they selected. It’s been a nice go-to for finding new music, and a great way to waste hours without even realizing it. Here’s a few to get you started. They’re only a few minutes long…