Tag Archives: New Jersey

07/24/2022 · 7:24 am

On The Offensive

Some people live their entire lives without ever realizing the restraints the real world puts upon them. They work a regular 9-to-5 job, watch regular TV shows, and read the comics in the Sunday paper, regularly. They make small talk with everyone they know, and keep any heavy thoughts they might have to themselves.

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Filed under Bad Influences, Comix Classic & Current, Girls of BIUL, Nostalgic Obsessions

Tagged as 1970s, 1980s, comic, Dragon Ball Z, laughter, Mike The Pod Comix, New Jersey, political correctness, strips, The Simpsons

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

10/08/2019 · 8:01 am

October Project

“Consistency is victory.”

Who said that?

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Filed under Don't Know Don't Care, Faint Signals, Magazine Rack, Nostalgic Obsessions, Unfairly Maligned

Tagged as 1986, 1994, 2019, Bad Shape, Bands I Useta Like, comics, Dead Can Dance, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Internet, Mike The Pod Comix, New Jersey, October Project, Sony, The Transformers: The Movie, Transformers

02/22/2019 · 2:22 pm

Joan Jett

Our biggest problem as a culture is simple; we allow attitude to win every time.

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Filed under Bad Influences, Comix Classic & Current, Don't Know Don't Care, Girls of BIUL, Nostalgic Obsessions, Thousand Listen Club

Tagged as 1970s, 1976, 1980s, 1981, 2012, 2019, Bands I Useta Like, cassettes, Cherie Currie, comedy, comic, depression, Jackie Fox, Joan Jett, Lita Ford, New Jersey, political correctness, punk rock, Sandy West, smoking, social media, Star Trek, strips, The Jerk, The Runaways

02/13/2019 · 10:41 am

Peter Gabriel

This strip is kind of on the bitter side and I did not photo-reference the shot from the “Shock The Monkey” video in the first panel. I didn’t want to watch it again!! The monkeys featured in it are surely dead.

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Filed under Bad Influences, Comix Classic & Current, Faint Signals, Nostalgic Obsessions, Saturday Movie Matinee, Thousand Listen Club

Tagged as 1980s, 1986, 1989, 1990s, 1999, AIDS, Bands I Useta Like, Daniel Lanois, despair, Genesis, Jerry Marotta, Martin Scorcese, Matthew Modine, Natural Born Killers, New Jersey, Nicolas Cage, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Paula Cole, Peter Gabriel, Stewart Copeland

01/07/2019 · 4:40 pm

The Hollies

Alright before you say anything, this ain’t one of my favorites. It actually represents a lot of painful things for me personally. So just know that going in.

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Tagged as 1960s, 1970s, 2010, Atlanta, Bands I Useta Like, comic, despair, Merseybeat, New Jersey, strips, The Hollies

10/04/2018 · 4:47 pm

Black Crowes

OMG LOOK! I’M DRINKING OUT OF A SOLO CUP AT A HIGH SCHOOL KEG PARTY AND VOMITING! OMFG! FIRST PANEL! DON’T TELL THE F.B.I.! THEY MIGHT START CRYING ABOUT IT!

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Filed under Bad Influences, Comix Classic & Current, Don't Know Don't Care, Faint Signals, Nostalgic Obsessions

Tagged as 1988, 1990s, 1994, 2007, alcohol, America, Atlanta, Bands I Useta Like, Black Crowes, Bruce McCulloch, Canada, Chris Robinson, comic, depression, Internet, John Mellencamp, Kevin McDonald, Kids In The Hall, Mark McKinney, music, New Jersey, parental advisory labels, political correctness, sellouts, social media, strips, tobacco

08/18/2018 · 8:18 am

Journey

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Filed under Animation Analysis, Bad Influences, Comix Classic & Current, Faint Signals, Movies You Missed, Nostalgic Obsessions, Saturday Movie Matinee, Thousand Listen Club

Tagged as 1980, 1980s, 1983, 1990s, Atari 2600, Atari 800 XL, Bands I Useta Like, Blotto, Bret Easton Ellis, comic, corporate crap, Disney, Glee, Great Videogame Crash of 1983, Jonathan Cain, Journey, Moog, MTV, music, Neal Schon, New Jersey, sellouts, Steve Perry, Steve Smith, strips, Tron, TRON: Legacy, video games, Wendy Carlos

07/22/2018 · 3:17 pm

Van Halen

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Filed under Bad Influences, Comix Classic & Current, Don't Know Don't Care, Faint Signals, Idiot's Delight, Magazine Rack, Nostalgic Obsessions, Thousand Listen Club, Worst Of All

Tagged as 1970s, 1978, 1980s, 1981, 1984, 1990s, 1992, 1998, 2012, 2018, Alex Van Halen, Bands I Useta Like, Boston, comic, corporate crap, Crash Test Dummies (band), David Lee Roth, Eddie Van Halen, Extreme, Gary Cherone, Heavy Metal, KangaROOS, Michael Anthony, music, Nelson, New Jersey, Nuno Bettencourt, Sammy Hagar, Spin Doctors, strips, Top Jimmy & The Rhythm Pigs, Van Halen, Warner Brothers, whores, Wolfgang Van Halen

07/16/2018 · 6:39 pm

Neil Young

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Filed under Bad Influences, Comix Classic & Current, Don't Know Don't Care, Faint Signals, Girls of BIUL, Movies You Missed, Saturday Movie Matinee, Thousand Listen Club

Tagged as 1970s, 1975, 1980s, 1990s, 2009, Arlo Guthrie, Bands I Useta Like, Canada, comic, corporate crap, Dean Stockwell, Dennis Hopper, DEVO, Family Guy, Jabootu, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Mark Mothersbaugh, MTV, music, Neil Young, New Jersey, Pearl Jam, political correctness, Queen, Sally Kirkland, sellouts, strips, The Agony Booth

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