sorry it took me so long to update.
Cartoons are a strange thing, in that some people associate them with children and child-like enjoyment, yet (even if we totally exclude anime) many cartoons have themes that are solely for the enjoyment of adults. Rocko I always liked, and I'm not sure precisely why - quite possibly because I identify with being young (rocko looks young) and having your best efforts to eke out a normal existence be trampled by some malicious higher power - witness the grocery shopping episode (I forget the title) where Rocko goes to the store because he's out of food, and it's some super-mega-ultra 99% off sale at the local mega-mart. And of course everything conspires to keep him from getting his food at the expected price, let alone, simply let him leave with his food. A theme a kid wouldn't get- funnier to poor adults who simply want food- cheap. I don't know what makes me like cartoons- I like Rocko, Ren and Stimpy, almost everything on Adult Swim, and of course the Simpsons, Futurama is ok, Family Guy - now we're slipping toward mediocrity. I dig Spongebob and Ed, Edd, and Eddy, Dexter's Lab, and Powerpuff Girls, the original Batman Animated Series - but not the new Justice league or the new Batman where Bruce Wayne is old and the young hip Azrael-looking dude is Batman - those suck. And for some reason I hate Courage the Cowardly Dog, and Dora the Explorer, Max and Ruby, etc. I can't explain what makes a cartoon good, but I know what I like.
Its a unique disappointment to find that someone far more talented than you has already said something you wanted to say but far better than you ever couldve --rickroyal
I was going to quote a long excerpt of Hunter S. Thompson here specifically the sub-chapter in Kingdom of Fear called Jesus Hated Bald Pussy, but Im too lazy to transcribe it all. And Im not sure where to find a link to online. But check it out folks. When Dr. Gonzo himself says that our current political administration makes him feel nostalgic for the days of Nixon, you know something is rotten in the United States.
Im not yet sure of this, but I think that in time VH1 will be blamed for an entire generations bad taste in music. At first, I concede it was pretty cool to see the Behind-the-Music thing, but now that its been copied to infinitum (the E! networks True Hollywood Story, etc.) I think its time to retire it. But what really chafes my marbles on VH1 are the countdowns. 100 Sexiest Artists of all Time. 100 Best Heavy Metal Bands of all time. I know how they get these things, they explain it in the program. We send ballots to 500 great recording artists and they pick the best. One problem with this. Vince Neils vote counts the same as Britney Spears counts the same as Joe Perry counts the same as Debbie Gibson counts the same as that guy from Nelson. You see the problem? Im sure as hell going to listen to who Ian McKaye says are the best punk bands ever. But I dont want Tiffanys opinion. This is how DAngelo comes in 6th in the sexiest artist countdown. This is how Sabbath comes in 4th in the heavy metal countdown. And the absolute worst of it is that VH1 isn't even consulting some of the really important people. VH1 doesn't know who Minor Threat is - I'm convinced. And the fact that we're going to interview Soleil Moon Frye about what was important in the 80s and not ask...oh say... David Byrne. Fucking fascists.
I got a rare opportunity the other night to see a legend in action and cross one goal off my Things to do before I die happily list. I saw B.B. King live in concert. And while he does sit through the whole thing, and sing more than he plays anymore, for a 77 year old man he kicks some serious ass. I can only hope that Im kickin like he is at 77. Shit, Ill be happy if Im alive at 77.
I was thinking tonight that I may simply be smoking out of spite. I know this makes no sense, since Im wrecking my health, making me broke, and making a British tobacco company rich, but damn if I dont hate the new breed of anti-smoking ads. It makes me pine for the radio station where I could just pop in a mini-disc and record a fake PSA in 15 minutes.
(using broken-hearted old man voice) I didnt know what cigarettes were until a few months ago.
(using a tearful mom in loss voice) Brenda was always the one to tell her friends not to smoke and how bad it was for them.
(old man again) Our daughter smoked cigarettes 3 times and then on the 4th time, she died. She was 18 years old. 18 years old.
(really fast voice) brought to you by the ONDCP and the Iowa council of JEL Just Eliminate Lies, the Illuminati, and the Freemasons.
ONDCP Office of National Drug Control Policy OCP the horribly corrupt Big Brother Organization in RoboCop 2. Coincidence? You be the judge.
Sayeth Bill (and Im paraphrasing here): You never hear the good stories about drugs. You always hear some guy dropped acid, thought he could fly, jumped out a window and died. Hes a moron! Why didnt he try to take off from the ground? Ive had really good experiences on drugs, but you never hear a commercial about someone who took drugs never lost a car, a house, a wife, never killed anybody, never raped anybody, never robbed anybody. Just laughed their ass off.
give or take a little, it's 2 months till I leave and I'm super excited. I'm just messing with pain in the ass stuff now like switching registrations and some insurance stuff. What a pain to move it is. Hmm that last sentence came off sounding like Yoda in my head. But it's all going to be worhwhile.
real tired - graduation stuff tomorrow for my sister - sleep now.
Cartoons are a strange thing, in that some people associate them with children and child-like enjoyment, yet (even if we totally exclude anime) many cartoons have themes that are solely for the enjoyment of adults. Rocko I always liked, and I'm not sure precisely why - quite possibly because I identify with being young (rocko looks young) and having your best efforts to eke out a normal existence be trampled by some malicious higher power - witness the grocery shopping episode (I forget the title) where Rocko goes to the store because he's out of food, and it's some super-mega-ultra 99% off sale at the local mega-mart. And of course everything conspires to keep him from getting his food at the expected price, let alone, simply let him leave with his food. A theme a kid wouldn't get- funnier to poor adults who simply want food- cheap. I don't know what makes me like cartoons- I like Rocko, Ren and Stimpy, almost everything on Adult Swim, and of course the Simpsons, Futurama is ok, Family Guy - now we're slipping toward mediocrity. I dig Spongebob and Ed, Edd, and Eddy, Dexter's Lab, and Powerpuff Girls, the original Batman Animated Series - but not the new Justice league or the new Batman where Bruce Wayne is old and the young hip Azrael-looking dude is Batman - those suck. And for some reason I hate Courage the Cowardly Dog, and Dora the Explorer, Max and Ruby, etc. I can't explain what makes a cartoon good, but I know what I like.
Its a unique disappointment to find that someone far more talented than you has already said something you wanted to say but far better than you ever couldve --rickroyal
I was going to quote a long excerpt of Hunter S. Thompson here specifically the sub-chapter in Kingdom of Fear called Jesus Hated Bald Pussy, but Im too lazy to transcribe it all. And Im not sure where to find a link to online. But check it out folks. When Dr. Gonzo himself says that our current political administration makes him feel nostalgic for the days of Nixon, you know something is rotten in the United States.
Im not yet sure of this, but I think that in time VH1 will be blamed for an entire generations bad taste in music. At first, I concede it was pretty cool to see the Behind-the-Music thing, but now that its been copied to infinitum (the E! networks True Hollywood Story, etc.) I think its time to retire it. But what really chafes my marbles on VH1 are the countdowns. 100 Sexiest Artists of all Time. 100 Best Heavy Metal Bands of all time. I know how they get these things, they explain it in the program. We send ballots to 500 great recording artists and they pick the best. One problem with this. Vince Neils vote counts the same as Britney Spears counts the same as Joe Perry counts the same as Debbie Gibson counts the same as that guy from Nelson. You see the problem? Im sure as hell going to listen to who Ian McKaye says are the best punk bands ever. But I dont want Tiffanys opinion. This is how DAngelo comes in 6th in the sexiest artist countdown. This is how Sabbath comes in 4th in the heavy metal countdown. And the absolute worst of it is that VH1 isn't even consulting some of the really important people. VH1 doesn't know who Minor Threat is - I'm convinced. And the fact that we're going to interview Soleil Moon Frye about what was important in the 80s and not ask...oh say... David Byrne. Fucking fascists.
I got a rare opportunity the other night to see a legend in action and cross one goal off my Things to do before I die happily list. I saw B.B. King live in concert. And while he does sit through the whole thing, and sing more than he plays anymore, for a 77 year old man he kicks some serious ass. I can only hope that Im kickin like he is at 77. Shit, Ill be happy if Im alive at 77.
I was thinking tonight that I may simply be smoking out of spite. I know this makes no sense, since Im wrecking my health, making me broke, and making a British tobacco company rich, but damn if I dont hate the new breed of anti-smoking ads. It makes me pine for the radio station where I could just pop in a mini-disc and record a fake PSA in 15 minutes.
(using broken-hearted old man voice) I didnt know what cigarettes were until a few months ago.
(using a tearful mom in loss voice) Brenda was always the one to tell her friends not to smoke and how bad it was for them.
(old man again) Our daughter smoked cigarettes 3 times and then on the 4th time, she died. She was 18 years old. 18 years old.
(really fast voice) brought to you by the ONDCP and the Iowa council of JEL Just Eliminate Lies, the Illuminati, and the Freemasons.
ONDCP Office of National Drug Control Policy OCP the horribly corrupt Big Brother Organization in RoboCop 2. Coincidence? You be the judge.
Sayeth Bill (and Im paraphrasing here): You never hear the good stories about drugs. You always hear some guy dropped acid, thought he could fly, jumped out a window and died. Hes a moron! Why didnt he try to take off from the ground? Ive had really good experiences on drugs, but you never hear a commercial about someone who took drugs never lost a car, a house, a wife, never killed anybody, never raped anybody, never robbed anybody. Just laughed their ass off.
give or take a little, it's 2 months till I leave and I'm super excited. I'm just messing with pain in the ass stuff now like switching registrations and some insurance stuff. What a pain to move it is. Hmm that last sentence came off sounding like Yoda in my head. But it's all going to be worhwhile.
real tired - graduation stuff tomorrow for my sister - sleep now.
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I blame radio for the bad taste is music. The corpratization of all of the stations has prevented most stations from playing anything even remotely good, so kids are raised on crap. I haven't listened to radio in about ten years because I just couldn't stand it. I'm hoping that with the advent of P2P technologies, kids will be more likely to explore good music and have better taste. VH1 is cool, though. They made Tony Orlando seem interesting. heh.
The anti-smoking commercials that annoy me the most are thost Truth commercials. If I could find the idiot that came up with them, I'd really like to scream in his/her face for a few hours. Lots of rage inside because of them.
Hmm, I rather liked Batman Beyond, but it seems as though I really am in a minority on that one. I'm not sure what makes a good cartoon. But, like you, I know what I like. And the taste is rather varied, let me tell you.