Category Archives: Nostalgic Obsessions

10/14/2021 · 10:14 pm

I Sees Sus Sauce

I’ve noticed that it’s become de rigueur to over-criticize everything (other than personal politics, mandates, foreign governments, or presidents not named Trump), particularly when it comes to the Sopranos prequel. People are so desperate to appear savvy and informed that they will over-analyze things, thereby nullifying the joy of discovery. You talk yourself into hating, in the futile hopes of besting the haters. You’re afraid to love something that someone else might hate.

To prove my point, I’m going to stick thoughts into your head that will make you hate your favorite things. Let’s start with The Sopranos!

Ready?

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Filed under Bad Influences, Comix Classic & Current, Faint Signals, Idiot's Delight, Movies You Missed, Nostalgic Obsessions, Unfairly Maligned, Worst Of All

Tagged as 2020s, 2021, David Chase, Disney, Futurama, Goodfellas, hatred, Internet, Marvel, political cartoons, political correctness, Quentin Tarantino, Spike Lee, stereotypes, Stonetoss, The Many Saints of Newark, The Sopranos, Yosemite Sam

10/03/2021 · 10:03 am

The Many Saints of Newark

_{I know what you’re thinking; we’re all thinking it. They dressed young Tony Soprano up to vaguely reference Chris-Chan, and they did it intentionally. It fits the timeline; filming preceded the eldritch horrors that ultimately led to prison for Chris-Chan. I don’t even want to joke about what he did, and in case you don’t know what the hell I’m talking about: I am not crazy.}

My personal credentials for this review are as follows:

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Filed under Bad Influences, Movies You Missed, Nostalgic Obsessions, O'Shloktoberfest

Tagged as 1960s, 1967, 1970s, 1973, Goodfellas, HBO, movies, New Jersey, Newark, The Many Saints of Newark, The Sopranos

09/11/2021 · 9:11 am

It Was Twenty Years Ago Today

“Oh, wonder! How many goodly creatures are there here! How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world, that has such people in ‘t!”
-William Shakespeare, The Tempest

For the past twenty years, I’ve tried to get over it. I’ve tried to make sense of it.

I can’t.

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Filed under Bad Influences, Don't Know Don't Care, Faint Signals, Nostalgic Obsessions, Unfairly Maligned, Worst Of All

Tagged as 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 9/11, 9/11/01, China, corporate crap, death, depression, despair, Donald Trump, Family Guy, God, laughter, money, news media, political correctness, religion, social media, South Park, The Simpsons, Twitter

07/07/2021 · 7:07 am

Museless

I have now passed the half-way mark on my least productive year in a decade. Even when I was practically homeless and actually starving a ways back, I was producing more work than I have this year. I know what the problem is.

That itself is the problem.

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Filed under Bad Influences, Don't Know Don't Care, Girls of BIUL, Nostalgic Obsessions, Unfairly Maligned, Worst Of All

Tagged as 200s, 2010s, 2020 election fraud, 2020s, 2021, Alexandra Daddario, Bands I Useta Like, breasts, depression, despair, Elvira, Georgia, Harvey Weinstein, Howard Hughes, John's Arm: Armageddon, Lesley Ann Warren, movies, music, political correctness, Queen Latifah, Sarah Polley, social media, television, Tessa Fowler, vaginas, whores, women

02/01/2021 · 2:01 am

The Pretenders

That’s all folks!

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Filed under Comix Classic & Current, Faint Signals, Girls of BIUL, Nostalgic Obsessions, Thousand Listen Club

Tagged as 1970s, 1980s, 1994, 2021, Atlanta, Bands I Useta Like, Cheech & Chong's Next Movie, Chrissie Hynde, comic strips, drugs, James Honeyman-Scott, music, Pete Farndon, The Pretenders

01/03/2021 · 1:03 pm

The Breeders

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Filed under Bad Influences, Comix Classic & Current, Girls of BIUL, Late To The Party, Movies You Missed, Nostalgic Obsessions, Saturday Movie Matinee, Thousand Listen Club

Tagged as 1990s, 1993, 1994, 2020s, 2021, alternative music, Bands I Useta Like, Belly, Blockbuster, Cheri Oteri, Citizen Kane, comic strips, Fight Club, Frank Black, John Boorman, Jon Lovitz, Kelley Deal, Kim Deal, Kurt Cobain, movies, music, Pixies, Richard Kelly, RoboCop, Savannah, Savannah Mall, Southland Tales, strips, Tanya Donelly, The Agony Booth, The Breeders, The Rock, Zardoz

11/26/2020 · 10:00 am

When The Turkeys Get You Down

For those who don’t know; drawing these delicious strutting meatball monsters is kind of a pain in the ass unless you simplify all the feathers.

Happy Thanksgiving, everybody! Come on in and grab a plate and a chair, there’s plenty of food and room at the table for all of you. Just chuck your mask in the bushes by the curb, with all the discarded latex gloves, empty sanitizer bottles and other accepted detritus of 2020. I care about coronavirus even less than my neighbors care about litter or landscape pollution.

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Filed under Bad Influences, Comix Classic & Current, Eatable Things, Nostalgic Obsessions, Site Stuff

Tagged as 1985, 2020, 2020 election fraud, 2020s, Bands I Useta Like, Charles Schulz, comic strips, depression, despair, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, JFK, laughter, Sandra Boynton, Star Wars, Thanksgiving

10/15/2020 · 10:15 am

The Dickies

Of course I’m gonna provide clips to go with this mediocre comic strip, I mean, what are we doing here?

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Filed under Bad Influences, Comix Classic & Current, Faint Signals, Idiot's Delight, Movies You Missed, Nostalgic Obsessions, O'Shloktoberfest, Saturday Movie Matinee

Tagged as 1978, 1980s, 1982, 2020, autism, Bands I Useta Like, cable, comic, comic strips, CPO Sharkey, Don Rickles, drugs, Halloween, Jack Klugman, Killer Klowns From Outer Space, marijuana, music, punk rock, Quincy M.E., strips, television, The Dickies, The Odd Couple

09/01/2020 · 9:01 am

Screamin’ Lederhosen

Where do I even start with Ren & Stimpy? How do I handle the Faustian tale of its fallen creator, John Kricfalusi, without getting overly personal and acrimonious?

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Filed under Animation Analysis, Bad Influences, Faint Signals, Girls of BIUL, Idiot's Delight, Nostalgic Obsessions, Thousand Listen Club, Unfairly Maligned, Worst Of All

Tagged as 1980s, 1988, 1990, 1990s, 1993, 1995, 200 Motels, 2000s, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2012, alcohol, animation, Bands I Useta Like, Beavis & Butthead, Bill Wray, Billy West, Bob Camp, breasts, Buck Owens, Canada, Chris Reccardi, Daws Butler, depression, Flash, Greg Burson, Hanna-Barbera, Jim Smith, John Kricfalusi, King of the Hill, Klasky-Csupo, Liquid Television, Lynne Naylor, Matt Groening, Michael Pataki, Mike Judge, MTV, Murakami-Wolf-Swenson, Nickelodeon, Prudence Fenton, Ralph Bakshi, Ren & Stimpy, Robert Smigel, rockabilly, Saturday morning cartoons, Saturday Night Live, Scott Huml, sellouts, Spike TV, The Refreshments, Tracey Ullman, Vanessa Coffey, Vincent Waller

08/01/2020 · 8:01 am

Hovercraft

Sometimes in life, we fashion an artistic animus that over time, becomes a cage that confines us. Sometimes we try different things to keep the animus from becoming stale, and redundant. Sometimes we overhear a song that makes us want to kill, kill, kill, until we are hip-deep in blood and viscera.

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Filed under Bad Influences, Comix Classic & Current, Girls of BIUL, Idiot's Delight, Nostalgic Obsessions, Thousand Listen Club, Worst Of All

Tagged as 1990s, 1994, 1998, alternative music, Bands I Useta Like, Beth Liebling, comic strips, depression, Gallagher, Hovercraft (band), Karen Carpenter, music, rednecks, Rednex, Ric Peterson, Ryan Campbell, Sweden, techno, The Carpenters

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