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Monthly Archives: April 2017
John Oates
The conclusion to my Brush with Greatness, Eighties Edition, wrapped up with John Oates of the legendary duo. John was in Austin to promote his new book Change of Season, which is also the title his band’s 1990 release. Tired jokes … Continue reading
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Tagged Blue-Eyed Soul, Eighties, Seventies
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It seems we live in the Anthropocene Period
Last week, co-host Brooke Gladstone of On the Media interviewed stratigrapher Jan Zalasiewicz. They discussed what aliens or future humans would find if they dug up our epoch for the Holocene Era (starts around 7000 BC) is definitely over. The period I think … Continue reading
Playmobil customer service is awesome
Currently, I’m building a special diorama in my cubicle at work surrounding the Playmobil rock stage I bought with my GWD winnings a couple years ago. When I discovered that the key piece, its sound and lights generator, had a … Continue reading
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RIP: Charlie Murphy
Charlie may have started out in the shadow of his more famous, younger brother Eddie but he went on to be his own person through Chapelle Show. I found him hilarious on [adult swim]’s Black Jesus. The first time I ever saw … Continue reading
RIP: J Geils
He was the lead guitarist and not the singer as most people thought when The J Geils Band hit the charts with their all killer, no filler album Freeze Frame. I still love all the tracks. Back before FM radio was hijacked … Continue reading
Eighteen years with Apple
Still the last person from the 4/12/99 hiring class of seven people. I hope Scott is having a good life in Brazil, Joanna down in Houston and I once ran into Darren with little daughter at Rogues Gallery. The last … Continue reading
The Trump era boiled down to a shirt
Now offered at Alamo Drafthouses around Austin. I will have to get confirmation with other locations from friends in Dallas and San Francisco. To me, this does sum up the Pillbillies, NASCAR worshippers and Faux News flunkies bringing down America’s … Continue reading
Andrew McCarthy
Part two of my Eighties Flashback encounters. Ugh! That sounds like a lame-ass VH-1 promotion. Let’s just say I had a coincidence of three major memories from the Eighties who gave the opportunity to see/meet them. Above is Andrew McCarthy … Continue reading
RIP: Don Rickles
I’m glad Mr. Rickles had a long and prosperous life (90) because he was a WWII Veteran that participated in the horrors of war unlike other Showbiz types (*cough* St. Reagan and Clint Eastwood). My brother and I knew of … Continue reading
1917: US enters WWI
On this day, America threw its metaphorical hat into the worst conflict in human history at the time. The excuses vary: The Zimmerman Note – The UK “conveniently” intercepted a German diplomatic plan to get Mexico to join Germany and … Continue reading
The Dwarvenaut
I wanted to watch this since it debuted at SXSW’s film portion last year and Dwarven Forge founder Stefan Pokorny came by Dragon’s Lair to show off what would be in his current Kickstarter. The movie covers Pokorny’s background, upbringing … Continue reading
One Punch Man
Short version, One Punch Man is Japan’s version of The Tick mocking the Superhero conventions they have. Long version, Punch is like The Tick but it mocks all the Japanese anime tropes featuring cyborgs, monsters (or kaiju), ninjas, superhero organizations (in Punch it acts more … Continue reading
Marvel wises up on digital downloads
Thanks to Star Wars and a chance to get in on the ground floor with new, female-centric super heroines (Spider-Gwen, Hellcat) I had been letting Marvel titles back into my life. The big boost was their digital offerings; the comic was … Continue reading
1917: Jeannette Rankin elected
Mrs. Rankin was the first woman elected to the US Congress via the House. Pretty amazing in a couple ways. Firstly, women didn’t get to vote in the majority of the States until the 19th Amendment (thank you School House Rock). Secondly, … Continue reading