Da da da da da da da da da da da da da – Batmang!

I saw the Batman movie today in Bethesda. The popcorn made me feel sick but the movie was good. There was some douchebaggery there at the very end, but the movie was good. The chap they have playing Batman these days makes me wonder how anybody accepted Val Kilmer and George Clooney in those Joel Poomacher Batman flicks from the 90s. I guess those were simpler, more carefree times. You know, pre 9/11 and whatnot.

But doesn’t this picture just make you want to barf?



For real.

Heath Ledger as the Joker was fine. I don’t know what an Oscar is really worth anymore, but if Reese Witherspoon took one home for that time she played June Carter Cash, Heathcliff Ledger could have one, too. Poor bastard.

Heathcliff, Heathcliff, no one should / terrify their neighborhood / but Heathcliff just won’t be outdone / playing pranks on everyone / whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh etc…

I heard some classic Johnny Cash and June Carter on the radio last night. Hell and damn if that sound don’t just make a person want to slap Reese Witherspoon and Wha-Keen Fee-Nix across dey moufs for the imitation.

Reese Witherspoon looks pretty good here:



I would like to have my hair done like that someday.

Reese Witherspoon dates Jake Jill-in-Hall who is brother to Maggie Jill-in-Hall, who was in the Batman movie I just saw, along with poor Heathcliff, who made out with Jake Jill-in-Hall in that gay cowboy movie Brokeback Mountain. I’m almost certain that somewhere in that mess of incestuous Hollywood action, two people became half-cousins (at least)---but I don’t know who.

That Brokeback to the Future video from a couple years back sure was funny.

Damn it all to hell—there was something else I wanted to say about Batman. I forget.

Fleharty says: Freedom means you learn to say “NO” when you can say “YES”

For over a year now I have owned one of those space pens that Seinfeld made famous. The kind the astronauts use to write in zero gravity, it’s supposed to allow you to write upside down. And it does, quite well. To boot, it’s a very nice ball-point with smooth writing action and a compact design. Thing is, you just don’t have a need to write upside down in day-to-day life. I don’t, anyway. Seems like that would make my neck hurt. My wrist, too.

The side of the pen is emblazoned with gold-colored lettering spelling out FLEHARTY IN 08, and then the web address for the obscure presidential candidate Rick Fleharty. He is a man who takes great pride in being American but who is not without his criticisms of the way things have been going in the USA--not for just the last eight years but the last 48. He also sports a mustache and a long, golden Foghat hairdo. He won’t be my choice in the 2008 election, but he’s my kind of American.

Thanks for the pen, Rick.

flehartyusa.com

"Maybe is the Kitty ain't dead?"

(I'm going to go to New York City to say Happy Birthday to a typeface at the Museum of Monstrous Art.)

But mostly I write the words here to put up that I didn't think Spider-Man 3 was very bad at all and I never really liked the first one all that much.

Speaking of Taye Diggs...

There's this advertisement I saw in the DC Metro that is actually posted to the walls of the train tunnel in such a way so that as the train whizzes by, you can look out the window and enjoy an animated advert for a program starring Taye Diggs on the ABC television network. I'm assuming that the effectiveness of the animation is relative to the speed of the train. It wouldn't hurt if they could automatically dim the lights in the train cars as it passes the ad--make the train like a little theater for a few seconds.

Makes me wonder if they've thought of creating some multi-part ads and placing them between a few different stations to be viewed as a series. Would you stay on the train one extra stop just to catch the thrilling conclusion of the latest commercial for Chex Party Mix?

Thing is, it's an effective novelty but not a particularly great ad. Cuz I can't tell you the name of the show being hyped. But even if I knew what it was and when it was on, well, between what I have seen of Mr. Diggs' previous work and the current crop of shows on ABC, I think it's safe to assume that the Metro ad is better than the show it advertises.

I gotta call this one a win-win for Metro, though, because they got money for the ad and they might make an extra buck or two off tourists and rich people who buy another train trip just to see that ad again. (Paying to see a commercial!)

I'm played out?

What's that, brotha man? You say I am not the shit? Muthafukka, that's cuz you don't know that I own THREE Super Nintendos!!!

I saw it on Craigslist!



Below: innocent earnestness from a rock 'n' roll youth in the DC area. While it's true that Ian Anderson rocks a flute like no other (see picture above), his skills as a bassist are yet to be witnessed. So who knew that his autograph on a four-string could double--double!--its price? Buyer beware: no certificate of authenticity advertised. If you ask me, this kid is thick as a brick, but I'm pretty sure his story holds true because not long ago I read about him in the Warshington Hoax.

Fender Fretless Jazz Bass - with or without jethro tull signed pickguard

I have a Fender Standard Fretless Jazz bass with fret markers that was Ian anderson of Jethro Tull signed when he visited the Classic Rock Appreciation Club at my high school. I can show you photos taken with Mr. Anderson and the signed bass guitar. Also, if you just want the fretless jazz w/o the signed pickguard, I can do that as well too.

asking price:
W/O signed pickguard - $350 obo
with signed pickguard - $700 obo

Somebody please pony up the extra scratch for that signature. Our little classic rocker in training needs "money for my beach week trip." Have fun getting wasted in Ocean City, kiddo.

I'm pretty sure I've got something here: