Nerd Alert #4 - J.H. Williams III. Bad Ass Artist.

 

Movie Box #1: Movies that can be watched over and over again. And great to drink too.

Scott Pilgrim vs The World - Completely amazing and one the most original films to come out in a long time.

Kick Ass - Violent, Hilarious, and it has Hit Girl.

Harry Potter Series - Even before the last movie comes out it already is the greatest cinematic series to come out. I mean they've had all of the same actors for every damn movie. That's just an achievement in itself.

Big Lebowski - How else are you going to find out what happens when you fuck a stranger in the ass?

King Arthur - Epic. Nuff Said.

The Last of the Mohicans - I'm pretty sure if you ask any guy they'll say that at some point in their life they want to have sex while listening to the main score of the movie. Think about it.

Wayne's World - Does this really need an explanation?

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - DDDDAAAAAMMMMMNNNN!

And finally (for the moment) pretty much any Schwarzenegger movie, even Jingle All the Way and Kindergarden Cop.

The Jukebox #10 - Most Kick Ass Albums This Year. (yeah doing the recap early)

1. Mumford & Sons - Sigh No More
2. Maserati - Pyramid of the Sun
3. Ra Ra Riot - The Orchard
4. Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Fantasy
5. Ratatat - Lp 4
6. Matt and Kim - Sidewalks
7. Two Door Cinema Club - Tourist History
8. Black Mountain - Wilderness Heart
9. Film School - Fission
10. Tokyo Police Club - Champ
11. New Politics - New Politics
12. Linkin Park - A Thousand Suns
13. Maximum Balloon - Maximum Balloon
14. The Black Keys - Brothers
15. Aloe Blacc - Good Things

Nerd Alert! #3 - Favorite Artists

Dave Johnson

Yuko Shimizu 

Frank Quietly

Nerd Alert! #2 - Recommended Storylines (collected in graphic novels) To Read..

Grant Morrison's Batman Run (and other books that add to the overall story)
This is an incredible run and one of the most original Batman epics in a very long time. New characters are introduced that become instant classics and the introduction of a historic new status quo that leads into the next stage of evolution for Batman and Morrison's (and the rest of the bat books) next big arc Batman Incorporated. The big highlights of the run is all the elements and clues that go into this epic, the amazing artists that contribute, and of course the amazing use of the Joker and how brilliantly he is written. Highly Recommended.

Batman and Son
Batman: The Resurrection of Ra's al Ghul
Batman: The Black Glove
Batman: Heart of Hush
Batman R.I.P.
Final Crisis
Batman: Battle for the Cowl
Batman and Robin: Batman Reborn
Red Robin: The Grail
Batman: Life and Death
Red Robin: Collision
Batman and Robin: Batman vs Robin
Batman: Time and the Batman
Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne
Batman and Robin: Batman Must Die!

The Unwritten by Mike Carey and Peter Gross

What would happen if there was a person in this world named Harry Potter? What if Potter and his world of characters were able to exist in real life? This is what the The Unwritten is about, but instead based on an Harry Potter inspired character named Tommy Taylor. The real life Tommy Taylor thinks the character is just a character his father named after him. As he comes to find that all is not what it seems and begins trying to solve the mystery of why this happening, if it's true, and the conspiracy to kill him and how his father is involved in all this. Highly Recommended.

Scalped Vol. 1 - 7 By Jason Aaron and R.M. Guera and others

Scalped is an Indian reservation meets Sopranos story, but way more awesome and darker. Scalped is about an undercover agent named Dashiell Bad Horse who gets sent back to his old reservation to work for the rez's corrupt Tribal Leader named Lincoln Red Crow. He returns when Red Crow is getting ready to open his new Casino. As the story progresses Dash's life and others in the rez start spiraling out of control to point where Dash starts questioning himself and if his assignment is even worth it. Personal grudges, crime, drugs, and corruption are a staple for this series and the character building is what makes this one of the best series out right now. Highly Recommended.

The Jukebox #9 - Top Ten Albums for the week.

Since I got nothing to rant about and I'm to lazy to get right now to get to a new Nerd Alert post (which will come whether you like it or not). So.....

1. The Black Angels - Passover
2. Matt and Kim - Sidewalks
3. Maps - We Can Create
4. Athlete - Beyond the Neighborhood
5. The Offspring - Ixnay on the Hombre
6. Foo Fighters - The Colour and the Shape
7. Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin - Pershing
8. Weezer - Pinkerton (Deluxe Edition)
9. No Age - Everything in Between
10. Cornershop - When I was Born the 7th Time

Aren't we paying these schools to teach us?

One of the most annoying things about college is that you're paying for these classes to get an education and get a degree to help you get a better job, but they have teachers that try to make it overly difficult for you. I mean not everyone is going to easily grasp all the subjects they're learning right away. That's why we have teachers right? To help us learn the material and stay interested in the class to make us care about getting an A in the class instead of settling for a passing grade to move on with your life. That's what I think is the most annoying part because you get these type of fucking teachers that don't do any of the things I just mention in their class. The worst example of this is the teachers that come into class and just put on a damn powerpoint presentation and just start talking. My anatomy teacher did this shit. He would start lecturing without letting anyone knowing he had after our break. Worst of all he would just speed through the lecture to the point where all you're hearing is a bunch of hard to pronounce science words and wondering what the fuck is happening. Also, he's a low talker. FAIL. Really? A low talker teaching? Yes, that is right. It's like trying to learn anatomy and physiology from The Micro Machines Guy working at half speed, having a slightly higher volume level of the puffy shirt chick in Seinfeld (I could hear some words, but was there a coherent thought there? Don't know.), and the charisma level of Ben Stein in Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Also if you ever have a teacher that comes into class with a shaved head, with thick sideburns, no beard but shaved down to a stache with handles, then make sure to laugh at him right in his face. I wish I did. I was going to make a point here, but I'm listening to Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin and it's taking the rage away. So I'll just conclude with this: I hate teachers like this and I wish I could just win the lottery and not have to worry about money or those pesky careers. Yes, I believe in Peter's dream of doing nothing.