
From BIUL #2.

From BIUL #2.
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Tagged as Bands I Useta Like, Cabbage Patch Kids, Child's Play, Chris Ware, comix, depression, Ivan Brunetti, Jimmy Corrigan, laughter, Mike Diana, My Buddy, National Lampoon, R. Budd Dwyer, Rory Hayes, suicide, Trans Am (band), underground
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Tagged as 1980s, 1981, 1990s, AIDS, alternative music, Athens Ga, Bands I Useta Like, Bob Marley, Cindy Wilson, cocaine, David Byrne, Frank Zappa, Fred Schneider, Georgia, Iggy Pop, John Lennon, Kate Pierson, Keith Strickland, Mojo Nixon, music, Nancy Reagan, New Jersey, Ralph Bakshi, Ricky Wilson, Ronald Reagan, strips, televangelism, The B-52s, Vic Chesnutt, Ziggy Marley
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Tagged as 1990s, 1993, 2008, 2010, Al Molinaro, alternative music, Bands I Useta Like, comic, corporate crap, David Geffen, David Katzenberg, Family Guy, Happy Days, Hurley International, J.J. Abrams, Jorge Garcia, Katy Perry, laughter, Lost, memes, movies, music, parental advisory labels, Rivers Cuomo, sellouts, South Park, Star Wars, Steven Spielberg, underground, viral video, Weezer, whores, YouTube
From 1989 to 1992, all anyone knew of Nine Inch Nails was prettyhatemachine. Your opinion of that one album was your opinion of Nine Inch Nails.
Before Broken, NIN’s sophomore EP, you could be forgiven for thinking Trent Reznor was the heir apparent of electronic Goth, following the dark path of Joy Division and Depeche Mode. Reznor was the scion of a venerable HVAC company (founded 1888!), and probably spent much of his young life in the presence of gigantic, droning machines. “Industrial” was already wired into his veins.
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Tagged as 1990s, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2003, 2009, Alice Cooper, alternative music, Anton LaVey, Bands I Useta Like, Billy Corgan, comic, Danzig, David Bowie, Dita Von Teese, drugs, John Wayne Gacy, Marilyn Manson, metal, music, parental advisory labels, Rose MacGowan, sanpaku, Satanism, suicide, Tony Wiggins, Twiggy Ramirez
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Tagged as #tbt, 1989, 1990s, 1993, alternative music, Bands I Useta Like, Celtic rock, Celtic Woman, comic, Deep Forest, Dolores O'Riordan, Enigma, Enya, Frank Zappa, Ireland, jangle pop, Limerick, Michael Cretu, music, Noel Hogan, Savannah, Savannah Mall, strips, The Cranberries, yodeling
All comics I produced from 2006-2008 were written and drawn during the production of my movie, John’s Arm: Armageddon. I jumped the gun by putting a “release date” on my shirt in the opening panel. Here’s why.
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Tagged as "Weird" Al Yankovic, 1980s, 1981, 1990s, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2000s, 2007, 2008, Adult Swim, advertising, Alive From Off Center, alternative music, animation, Bands I Useta Like, Bill Frisell, Cartoon Network, Chris Rock, comic, despair, DEVO, Freddie Hubbard, Gerry V. Casale, Jim Woodring, John's Arm:Armageddon, loops, Mark Harmon, Mary Tyler Moore, Mike Doughty, Mike the Pod, movies, music, New Jersey, Ohrwurm, PBS, Raymond Scott, Saturday Supercade, Soul Coughing, Stanard Ridgway, strips, Wall Of Voodoo
From my understanding, it’s just “Eagles”, not “The Eagles”. Remember how in the 80s, the woman in charge of the LEGO Company put little messages in every box, asking consumers to say “LEGO bricks and toys” instead of “LEGOs”? Yeah. Good luck.
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Tagged as 1970s, 1975, 1977, 1980s, 1990s, 1994, 2005, AOR, Bands I Useta Like, Billy Joel, comic, corporate crap, countrypolitan, depression, Don Felder, Don Henley, Eagles, Glenn Frey, Hell Freezes Over, Jeff Bridges, Joe Walsh, LEGO, Los Angeles, Miami, Mojo Nixon, music, Randy Meisner, soft-rock, The Big Lebowski
30 years ago, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off came out. If you build a time machine and go back to 1986, you might just enjoy that movie.
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Tagged as 1970s, 1980, 1980s, 1985, 1986, 1989, 1996, 2008, Alan Ruck, Bands I Useta Like, Ben Stein, Boris Blank, Charlie Sheen, Cheech & Chong, Cheech & Chong's Next Movie, Cherie Currie, Cindy Pickett, comedy, comic, death, depression, DEVO, Dieter Meier, Edie McClurg, electronica, George Lucas, Gwar, Illinois, It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia, Jeffrey Jones, Jennifer Grey, Jodie Foster, John Hughes, Lindsey Buckingham, Lyman Ward, Matthew Broderick, Mike Myers, movies, music, National Lampoon, New Jersey, radio, Sarah Jessica Parker, Sigue Sigue Sputnik, simulcast, Square Pegs, Star Wars, suicide, Switzerland, The (English) Beat, The Simpsons, Tower Records, Vacation, Yello
You wanna lampoon Jehovah? It’s been done. Nobody can top Monty Python’s Life of Brian. Move on with your life.
You’re protected from nefarious religions in the present, mostly. Kids aren’t put through the parochial school ringer like sixty years ago. Nuns get in hot water for rapping the knuckles of students with a ruler. Child abuse is rightfully and openly abhorred. Continue reading →
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Tagged as 1980s, 1986, 2004, 45s, alternative music, Andy Partridge, Bands I Useta Like, British Invasion, comic, Dennis Miller, depression, despair, Duran Duran, England, Mike the Pod, mini-CD, mixtapes, Monty Python's Life Of Brian, music, New Jersey, religion, retards, Second British Invasion, strips, The Beatles, XTC







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