The Snakes, They Are My Kin

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Tue, 14 May 2013 23:43:32 -0400

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mattfractionblog: superdames: It’s “Ma Chill” — the mother of...

Sun, 12 May 2013 22:38:01 -0400

superdames:

It’s “Ma Chill” — the mother of the man who killed Bruce Wayne’s parents — wishing her boys could’ve grown up to be more like Bruce Wayne!

Happy Mothers Day!

—Batman #208 (1969) by E. Nelson Bridwell & Gil Kane, inked by Jack Abel

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How did Grant Morrison not re-incorporate Ma Chill into Batman continuity?

nevver: Pulp

Sun, 05 May 2013 01:05:33 -0400

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Pulp

X-Factor #25 Walt Simonson awesomeness.

Sun, 05 May 2013 01:03:00 -0400

X-Factor #25 Walt Simonson awesomeness.

fek: Barbara Kruger’s never really talked about Supreme, the...

Thu, 02 May 2013 17:17:47 -0400

fek:

Barbara Kruger’s never really talked about Supreme, the skate company who’s been ripping off her ideas and prints letter for letter, color for color, for their red-and-white logo, which you have seen, because it is everywhere.

I emailed her casually to ask her about this. And today, she got back to me, and gave a candid statement on the matter of Supreme for the first time, ever, really. By emailing me a blank email, with an attachment. Which you can see above.

This is important.

logotv: REBLOG if you want Alaska to be America’s Next Drag...

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 00:40:46 -0400

logotv:

REBLOG if you want Alaska to be America’s Next Drag Superstar!

arcadepenny: Dolly Parton, Bally 1978 This is the pinball...

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 17:42:46 -0400

arcadepenny:

Dolly Parton, Bally 1978

This is the pinball machine I’m going to buy myself.

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Sun, 21 Apr 2013 12:55:05 -0400

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claudinegronnefe:

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 17:50:33 -0400

claudinegronnefe:

Donna Summer is totally about to kick Muhammad Ali’s ass.

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 19:15:27 -0400

Donna Summer is totally about to kick Muhammad Ali’s ass.

kali—ma: BUUUUURRRRRRRRRNNNNNN. Kinda want to do this to...

Mon, 01 Apr 2013 15:39:08 -0400

kali—ma:

BUUUUURRRRRRRRRNNNNNN.

Kinda want to do this to everyone I’ve ever hooked up with.

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Sun, 31 Mar 2013 23:46:34 -0400

torisofterworld: Spin - October 1994

Sun, 31 Mar 2013 11:59:51 -0400

torisofterworld:

Spin - October 1994

Tori Amos- Caught A Lite Sneeze, 1996 There is nothing about...

Sat, 30 Mar 2013 21:16:17 -0400

Tori Amos- Caught A Lite Sneeze, 1996

There is nothing about this video that isn’t incredible. Those vocals….just wow.

patloika: …Man-Dazzler. #wondercon #cosplay (at WonderCon...

Sat, 30 Mar 2013 14:38:25 -0400

patloika:

…Man-Dazzler. #wondercon #cosplay (at WonderCon 2013)

Remind me of this when I start bitching about not having a Halloween costume idea.

blossomingriotpoof: A photoset of Tori Amos judging you.

Sun, 24 Mar 2013 20:42:16 -0400

blossomingriotpoof:

A photoset of Tori Amos judging you.

letyourjourneystart: According to chemistry, alcohol IS a solution.

Sun, 24 Feb 2013 18:16:06 -0500

letyourjourneystart:

According to chemistry, alcohol IS a solution.

In a “Special Women’s Lib Issue” Wonder Woman...

Sun, 24 Feb 2013 14:25:45 -0500

In a “Special Women’s Lib Issue” Wonder Woman confronts her greatest enemy: cat-callers.

Comics everybody!

Patti Smith- Birdland I could probably write 10,000 words about...

Wed, 20 Feb 2013 13:57:03 -0500

Patti Smith- Birdland

I could probably write 10,000 words about this song if people would read it, but for now I’m just going to say it’s a beautiful hypnotic epic that manages to be completely engrossing and emotionally moving even when you don’t have any idea what the fuck it’s about. And once you actually do figure it out (mostly, kinda-sorta) and do the research, its lyrical depth becomes even more astounding. AND THEN you find out that it was done as a complete improv and you realize Patti Smith could be the best artist on the planet.

So yeah, I’m hoping she plays this (and/or Piss Factory, which is the other Patti song I could write a million things about) tomorrow at the Tibet House Benefit even if it’s a total long shot.

Wolf Parade- I’ll Believe In Anything Probably my favorite...

Tue, 19 Feb 2013 23:00:20 -0500

Wolf Parade- I’ll Believe In Anything

Probably my favorite desperate co-dependent junkie love song of all time. There’s a deep off-kilter sadness and emptiness at play throughout, with the narrator simultaneously promising to be the one who’ll save the day and fix everything but also needing to be rescued himself and getting increasingly crazed and frantic as the song progresses. Of course, the only possible way to fix anything here is through a grand escape to some unknown land, and that’s a defeat in itself and impossible. The song is obsessed with possibilities and all the things the narrator could do, but in the end nothing actually changes. I interpret the “if I could take the fire out from the wire” line as a drug reference, but you can interpret it as any kind of continuing problem and the overall effect remains the same. There’s a constant pain keeping things from being how the narrator thinks they could be, but there’s no solution. All we get is the dream of hopeless freedom where none of your choices actually have a meaning to anyone outside of yourself and you’re free to do anything, including destroy yourself.

I know that makes the song come off as super dark and depressing, but I sincerely love it. It perfectly encapsulates the feeling of wanting to solve someone’s life for them but feeling powerless and just dreaming of how you could save them and yourself. The “look at the trees and look at my face and look at a place far away from here” has one of the most heart-wrenching vocals ever, and that sweeping musical lift prior to the return to the 1st verse is flawless. It’s Arcade Fire indie epicness before Arcade Fire even existed, and the music keeps the song from drowning in its depression, matching up with the lyrics but keeping things from getting too downtempo.