Oh shit, Kang.
Apocalypse Twins.
And yo, Superman....UNCHAINED!
Imma give, Snyper a chance.
I like ice cream.
Go, Blackhawks.
Yay!

Poll result (2 votes) Mother of Dragons (0 votes) Vote Uncanny Avengers (0 votes) Vote Uncanny XMEN (0 votes) Vote Fruit Salad (0 votes) Vote Flagons of ale. (1 votes) Vote Superman.....UNCHAINED!!!! (1 votes) Vote

My favorite, Apocalypses evahz!
These kids be wilding.
Uncanny Avengers, is killing it.

GOMD

job this week: putting down polyurethane over the new kitchen floor, made of salvaged barn wood.

i'm tired.

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album ---> http://greenwoodburns.bandcamp.com/releases
Soundcloud ---> http://soundcloud.com/greenwood-burns

my own stuff -->http://soundcloud.com/lonesomedstringband

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Salute!

Salvaged barn wood? Is there a story here?

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we have a boring 1960 split-level. The main floor is decorated in what you might call eclectic rustic - mostly famhousey-looking antiques. We redid the kichen cabinets, appliances and counters about two years back, and it is somewhat sleeker but still simple, but the printed-brick-patterned linoleum floor still didn't go too well with the whole vibe.

(As a dad, you know linoleum is great even when ugly b/c your kids can spill whatever the hell they want and it's easy to clean.)

So my wife was determined to get the final stages of the kitchen done... custom tile backsplash (tiles not here yet) and a wood floor. She's been really into repurposing old stuff - she's been great at using Craigslist and Freecycle to sell or give away stuff we're getting rid of. It occasionally becomes a pain in my ass (ie, reusing old chair spindles to build a scratch ladder for the chicken coop, which was waaaaaaaay harder than buying new dowels for rungs would have been) but this was a great call. So she had her heart set on salvaged wood and found someone to sell it to her.

Fortunately she had a carpenter she knows put it in, so all I have had to do is sand, stain and topcoat it.

Wood appears to be a mix, possibly cedar and pine. Definitely distressed - knotholes, wormholes, etc. I patched some and even got plug cutters for some of the bigger holes.

http://s79.photobucket.com/user/lonesome_d/media/kitchenfloor_zps0d4a4026.jpg.html?sort=3&o=0

That's right after the first coat of poly. Have three done now, one more to go. (Two to three is sufficient for most uses, but as this is soft wood and in a high-traffic area with high probablility of large quantities of liquids spilling onto it.... safer is better.)

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album ---> http://greenwoodburns.bandcamp.com/releases
Soundcloud ---> http://soundcloud.com/greenwood-burns

my own stuff -->http://soundcloud.com/lonesomedstringband

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Good job

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Meeting up with all my CHEECAGO graff crewmates.
So excited.
Yay. Floors.

GOMD

It was cool. Probably the most interesting villain set-up he's been given so far, though I found the Extremis zombies to be pretty cheesy in terms of how they looked and acted. I dug it but don't quite get the "Best Marvel movie yet!" hype... I don't think it's even my favorite of the Iron Man flicks.

Stuff I liked:

- Tony's PTSD and how the movie played off the continuity they're *still* building with these movies

- The Mandarin twist. They tipped their hand kinda early but it was still fun to watch it play out

- Tony's lack of a secret identity hurting him, but also helping him. We hear a lot about the former but it was cool exploring the latter.

- Tony on his low-budget James Bond shit. In Avengers, Cap asks him what he is without the suit. Here's where we find out.


Cool shit. Star Trek 2 was better tho

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Star Trek was better
Both great movies though

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1) Darth Vader & the Lost Command: A few months back there was some talk about licensed properties and whether we read them. General consensus was 'if the story is good...' This story was not good. D.

2) An Enchantment (Durieux, Louvre editions): An absolutely beautiful book... if you have ever felt at home in a museum, or been completely and utterly charmed by a woman, this book will bring it all back to you. $5 to anyone who can read this without thinking about that one girl from tat crazy night way back when and what might have happened to her. Touches on plenty of other themes (Power, sobriety, restraint, responsibility) but never once fails to delight. A++++

There was a third one I got from the library but it's complete escaping me right now as to what it was. Probably means it was okay, not particularly good or bad.

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album ---> http://greenwoodburns.bandcamp.com/releases
Soundcloud ---> http://soundcloud.com/greenwood-burns

my own stuff -->http://soundcloud.com/lonesomedstringband

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meaning yes, there was a new LXG title, and yes, I forgot what it was two days after I'd read it.

Which I guess means that the whole LXG thing has lost some of its charm for me... I really liked 1969 for all the pop culture, but the one after that, meh. This one takes place in the '20s and features a young Nemo II on a trans-Antarctic expedition. Weird things ensue.

I guess I give it a B, because it's not like it was bad or anything, it just no longer feels particularly fresh to me. But maybe that's just b/c I was pooped from being up late staining the damn floor.

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album ---> http://greenwoodburns.bandcamp.com/releases
Soundcloud ---> http://soundcloud.com/greenwood-burns

my own stuff -->http://soundcloud.com/lonesomedstringband

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I liked them, but they haven't done what the others have. I actually was not a fan of 1969, maybe even more so than 2009. Volumes I, II, Black Dossier, and 1910 are all top notch. I still will read them all though.

http://twitter.com/phenompyrus

Get Out the Room
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http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/get-out-the-room/id525657893

And in hindsight, I'm not sure that LoEG was ever a huge favorite to begin with. I've had some cool discussions about the stuff in the books but the reading experience itself hasn't been great


Seems to be keeping *him* interested, though

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It was different, sure, but not crazy, YET.

1969, 2009, and Nemo just weren't as good to me. At least when 1910 came out, we got to see some things that were hinted in the others finally, and it updated the survivors accordingly, still close enough to Victorian times to be cool.

http://twitter.com/phenompyrus

Get Out the Room
http://getouttheroom.podomatic.com
http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/get-out-the-room/id525657893

I wasn't that big a fan of Black Dossier, but I liked 1910 a lot. I could barely make it through 1969. Didn't bother finishing the Century series.

However, I did like the Nemo one-shot a lot and I'm glad Moore plans on continuing in that vein for the time being.

Fun is the new gritty

aight, after a brief hiatus, it would appear Wednesday is my holy day once again. my time in comics purgatory may have saved me money, but trying to loan trades off my friend just really didn't have the magic of hitting the shop every week.

the other good news? fresh eyes on the rack, no tired old allegiances, opportunity to start fresh with only the books that love me.

any suggestions?

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I dunno that my pulls/allegiances have changed much in the past 6 months. I guess my latest additions have been Bravest Warriors and Regular Show, but I'm still feeling them out.

Saga (which just started a brief hiatus)
Hawkeye
Captain America
Archer & Armstrong
Daredevil (extra on fire at the moment)

Picking up that new Manhattan Projects and Thor today for sure. Not sure what else. Miiiiiiight fuck with Superman Unchained. MIGHT.

Hey you like dogs right? Do you like digital comics too? If so check out Kinski by Gabriel Hardman. It's on Comixology for 99� an issue. #2 came out today

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>I dunno that my pulls/allegiances have changed much in the
>past 6 months. I guess my latest additions have been Bravest
>Warriors and Regular Show, but I'm still feeling them out.
>
>Saga (which just started a brief hiatus)
>Hawkeye
>Captain America
>Archer & Armstrong
>Daredevil (extra on fire at the moment)

yeah, I was on DD. I'm a little miffed at the gap I made for myself on it. I did keep up with Manhattan Projects + Massive. and I think I might switch to a Saga trade reader since I missed some issues, but I dunno, not having weeklies just isn't the same with comics for me.

Hawkeye just started, right? like isn't it due for a trade soon? I might try to jump in that way...

what's up with Archer + Armstrong? haven't heard of that one.

>Hey you like dogs right? Do you like digital comics too? If so
>check out Kinski by Gabriel Hardman. It's on Comixology for
>99� an issue. #2 came out today

dope. yes, I love dogs. I'll have to look for that.

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Grabbed this from the library. It stank.

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album ---> http://greenwoodburns.bandcamp.com/releases
Soundcloud ---> http://soundcloud.com/greenwood-burns

my own stuff -->http://soundcloud.com/lonesomedstringband

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I'll just pick em up tomorrow after work

I mean I COULD go get them now
But I'm dead tired and in no mood to hop back in the ride now

I know so terrible
I'm like pookie over here
And it's TWD week

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'do you have plans for lunch?'

me: 'Ummmmmm.... no?' (lying)

so she came down and picked me up and took me to....

a raw foods & juice place. That she had a groupon for. That turns out to be located in a nearby gym.

Manhattan Projects >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> a $7.50 apple, carrot & ginger juice and quinoa salad

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album ---> http://greenwoodburns.bandcamp.com/releases
Soundcloud ---> http://soundcloud.com/greenwood-burns

my own stuff -->http://soundcloud.com/lonesomedstringband

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(or Lunch)

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@kennykeil

Instead of a tortilla, it was wrapped in a raw collard leaf.

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album ---> http://greenwoodburns.bandcamp.com/releases
Soundcloud ---> http://soundcloud.com/greenwood-burns

my own stuff -->http://soundcloud.com/lonesomedstringband

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It's like the bizarro version of that diner we went to on our Louisiana trip. I was *hurting* from excessive grubbing and by day 2 I needed a break. So we're at this joint and I order the chef's salad, which turns out to be just a pile of bacon, ham cubes and shredded cheddar cheese. With a side of ranch that came in one of those plastic bottles you usually see used for ketchup. There was a little bit of lettuce at the bottom but it was more for presentation, I think

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@kennykeil

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so I'm in a band now:
album ---> http://greenwoodburns.bandcamp.com/releases
Soundcloud ---> http://soundcloud.com/greenwood-burns

my own stuff -->http://soundcloud.com/lonesomedstringband

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(actually it doesn't depend at all. MP BITCHEZ!!)

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"You (Fisher) could get fired, Les Snead could get fired, Kevin Demoff could get fired, but I will always be Eric Dickerson.” (c) The God

On a bunch of romaine with no dressing.

Humph.

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album ---> http://greenwoodburns.bandcamp.com/releases
Soundcloud ---> http://soundcloud.com/greenwood-burns

my own stuff -->http://soundcloud.com/lonesomedstringband

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That last scene in the previous issue was so well done and it really sank in with me. To see it get flipped like that was... something else. But just as impactful. Wow, man. You just never know with this book.

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the blue + red color coding seems to stay relating some critical information re: our characters, but it seemed to just flip in this issue through the eyes of Raal.

god this is comics at its best.

oh and...



(spoilers below?)



they shoulda Oppenheimer'd his ass!!

(see? even I'm getting twisted at this point!!)

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in fact....

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"You (Fisher) could get fired, Les Snead could get fired, Kevin Demoff could get fired, but I will always be Eric Dickerson.” (c) The God

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"You (Fisher) could get fired, Les Snead could get fired, Kevin Demoff could get fired, but I will always be Eric Dickerson.” (c) The God

please, to anyone who loves All-Star Superman, don't make the same mistake as me.

with this aborted Netflix viewing behind me, I think I can safely say that All-Star Superman is one of those special comics that transcends to the level where you just CAN'T adapt it. it's a comic. it HAS to be a comic. it should ALWAYS be a comic.

the voice-acting, the bootleg art, the disjointing story pacing outside of the issue format ... this one will belong to Morrison + Quitely forever methinks

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Buck's post about stuff from Manhattan Projects got me to thinking. New God clearly puts a lot of stuff into issues that don't pay off until later. his work almost requires annotations or a good crew to read with and catch all the coolness.

hey, i know a good crew!!

so, is anyone interested in a sort of comics book club? the idea would be that we re-read stuff at a relatively quick pace (i'd say 2 issues per week) and then talk about it in this thread, so that we can draw out all the cool stuff. we could open it up to people who haven't read the books before, but they would have to know that all spoilers are fair game. if i see something in MP 2 that foreshadows something in MP 12, I want to be able to talk about it.

way i see it, just like a book club, we take turns picking books to re-read. because it's my idea, we're clearly starting with Manhattan Projects 1-12. all books would be fair game, but i would recommend books that reward rereading, like works by New God, Old God, Ellis, whatever.

Reply below if you're interested and you think you'd have the time, or if you have any questions. if there's sufficient interest, i'll organize.

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"You (Fisher) could get fired, Les Snead could get fired, Kevin Demoff could get fired, but I will always be Eric Dickerson.” (c) The God

And I think 2 issues per week is reasonable even on a somewhat busy schedule.

And MP is a great choice. That flashback scene this week made me feel like I wasn't really paying attention.

And since it's a RE-readers club (though I'm sure we'd welcome first timers as well), maybe prior to diving in we could share what we liked about the story the first time around, what got stuck in our craw, what we didn't get, etc. You know, kinda have a loose agenda for things to look out for when reading and points to address later

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I might cherry pick what else I hop in on based on what the title is.

but yeah, I've peeked into the old issues a couple times with Manhattan Projects already and there is CLEARLY something with the blue + red, in particular turning around Albert + Albrecht if I recall...

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i actually approve of his actions this week, but, like, damn. no shame in his game at all.

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"You (Fisher) could get fired, Les Snead could get fired, Kevin Demoff could get fired, but I will always be Eric Dickerson.” (c) The God

the things he does are horrible, but he does have a weird code of honor about it all

"yes, sometimes my rhymes are sexist, but you lovely bitches and hos should know i'm tryin to correct it"- hiphopopotamus

Never liked Spencer at all
But man I swear these read better in trades because they just feel so short.

I really hope he either does more pages or they come out more frequently. I'm so hooked at this point that I can't wait for trades anymore.

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i mean, i'd like to think he's travelling through time, fighting cavemen and pirates and such.

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album ---> http://greenwoodburns.bandcamp.com/releases
Soundcloud ---> http://soundcloud.com/greenwood-burns

my own stuff -->http://soundcloud.com/lonesomedstringband

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he's better off now. he'd been suffering from parkinson's for years and now he's free.

dad used to bring me richie rich comics and the like and also tintin and asterix books when i was a kid, a million years ago.

<exhales>

Sad to hear it all the same. I know that shit's not easy. My heart goes out to you for real.

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got a little teary-eyed, too (no sarcasm). Stay strong and I hope your network in Prague is strong enough to keep you up.

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Soundcloud ---> http://soundcloud.com/greenwood-burns

my own stuff -->http://soundcloud.com/lonesomedstringband

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and thanks, d.

(did you see the sarcasm in that post, though? dude has issues).

in the meantime, you might enjoy and/or apreciate the timing of this, which I just discovered this morning

https://soundcloud.com/aleximurdoch/some-day-soon


which reminded me a whole whole lot of another appropriate song to share with a grieving friend: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1t3D3YizqCw

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album ---> http://greenwoodburns.bandcamp.com/releases
Soundcloud ---> http://soundcloud.com/greenwood-burns

my own stuff -->http://soundcloud.com/lonesomedstringband

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My thoughts and condolences.
Stay strong. Make him proud.

GOMD

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"You (Fisher) could get fired, Les Snead could get fired, Kevin Demoff could get fired, but I will always be Eric Dickerson.” (c) The God

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it's appreciated.

"yes, sometimes my rhymes are sexist, but you lovely bitches and hos should know i'm tryin to correct it"- hiphopopotamus

http://www.amazon.com/Bloody-Chester-J-T-Petty/dp/1596431008

Nipped from the Young Adults gn section at the library and turned out to be a nice surprise... horror without being horrible, a little romance, a little Old West racism, a little romance. Backdrop is the age of railroad expansion; evil corporate boss hires a kid to clear out a town that's already been mostly cleared out, but there's some shady shit going down, a hot girl, her crazy miner daddy, some maybe ghosts, a mysterious plague. Good stuff all the way around. A

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Soundcloud ---> http://soundcloud.com/greenwood-burns

my own stuff -->http://soundcloud.com/lonesomedstringband

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I need - I mean, my friend is looking for - the Alan Moore Miracleman. OOP I know, I'm looking for it in digital.
Much thanks.


"Your current frequencies of understanding outweigh that which has been given for you to understand." Saul Williams

one of the better mash-ups I've read, and certainly the best #1 I've read in a while. Not only a gorilla with a gun, also a Western, also a war comic, also sci-fi with a special (though possibly unintentional) nod to Matz's 'Cyclops' premise, and obvious though vague underlying meta tensions.

And I'm not even finished it yet.

A+++++++ and while I was reluctant to pick up a $3.99 title, am very glad I did and would encourage all of you to do the same.

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so I'm in a band now:
album ---> http://greenwoodburns.bandcamp.com/releases
Soundcloud ---> http://soundcloud.com/greenwood-burns

my own stuff -->http://soundcloud.com/lonesomedstringband

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so I'm in a band now:
album ---> http://greenwoodburns.bandcamp.com/releases
Soundcloud ---> http://soundcloud.com/greenwood-burns

my own stuff -->http://soundcloud.com/lonesomedstringband

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