A comic about tentacle rape after coming back from Las Vegas. Kismet anyone?
If you’ve no idea what tentacle rape is, google at your own peril (really, really really not safe for work).
This week I’m going to (finally) be updating our web site. Besides all the visual and technical changes, I have to do some work on the back end, so if I crash the shit out of everything, please forgive me. I’m not expecting any calamities, but then, that’s thing about calamities: you don’t expect them.
I’m hoping all the work will be done by next Sunday.
SONGS TO CHECK OUT THIS WEEK:
- “Hospital Beds”–Cold War Kids. A fun little piano beat + lead singer Nathan Willett’s pleasant yowling = a good time.
- “Nothing Compares 2 U”–Me First and the Gimme Gimmes. Probably my favorite Me First song, the happy, punked-up ’50s instrumentation is somehow perfect for an otherwise melancholy piece. That and the vocals add an air of petulant sarcasm that I can’t help but find really appealing and fitting given the song’s subject matter. I’ve never heard the original version, which was written by Prince for a band called “The Family,” but you can find the popular Sinead O’Connor version pretty easily here or here.
- “She-Wolf”–Megadeth. A pick for Lead Paint’s metal fans this week. Megadeth’s album Cryptic Writings is a definite favorite from my youth, She-Wolf being one of best tracks off that CD. Both ridiculous and awesome at the same, I challenge anyone to listen to this song and not marvel at how hard it rocks while simultaneously being baffled by its absurdity. What kind of absurdity you ask? Well, here are the first few lines of lyrics: “The mother of all that is evil/ Her lips are poisonous venom/ Wicked temptress knows how to please/ The priestess roars, ‘Get down on your knees.’”
<3 Mike
You were asking for some specific song recommendations in the comments for the last comic, so here goes…
As far as Rammstein goes, Du Hast really is one of their best songs, but some other good ones are Amerika, Mutter, and Links 2 3 4.
The only Ayreon album I have is “The Human Equation”, which is a concept album so I don’t think you could really get the full effect unless you listened to it from the beginning. Luckily, the entire thing is posted on youtube somewhere, so really all that would constrain you is time, as it’s quite long, being two discs. Of course, you don’t have to listen to it all at once, but you definitely should start at the beginning.
Dio is amazing, bands like Tenacious D worship him for a reason. Some of his most famous songs are Holy Diver and Heaven And Hell, and some of my favorites are Neon Knights and Hole In The Sky.
War Pigs is indeed a Sabbath song, but I think Crazy Train was released by Ozzie Osbourne after they broke up. (although I think they’re now back together under the name of Heaven And Hell (that’s the Dio influence)) Personally, I like pretty much all of their album Paranoid, specifically Iron Man and Fairies wear Boots.
Iron Maiden is great, I would recommend Number Of The Beast.
You didn’t mention Tool, but I’ll list some good songs of theirs, also:
Lateralus, which is actually based on the Fibonacci sequence, and is pretty badass, and Lost Keys, followed by Rosetta Stoned (these songs tie into each other.) My brother claims that their music is best listened to while stoned, so you might want to try that, but I find it pretty damn interesting as it is.
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Nicholas,
Thanks so much for all the songs, I appreciate it. Sorry to leave you hanging for a week, but I’ve been busy updating the site. I think my favorite song you listed was “Neon Knights,” and the one that made me laugh the most was the video for “Holy Diver.”
“Number of the Beast” is an old favorite of mine.
Sorry I forgot to mention Tool. I’m pretty lukewarm on them. When I first heard their stuff in college, I was blown away, but now, I dunno, their songs just don’t punch me the way they used to. “Lateralus” is a good one though …
“Cryptic Writings is a definite favorite from my youth”
You just made this 30-year-old feel old.
Heh, no worries Grant, I’m right there with you.
its ok lol finding small bands that no one knows of is my job (literally, i get paid to find new music for people depending on their favorite genres) those are just my personal favorites gotta be really weird to like some of the stuff (but i support your pick of me first and the gimme gimmes, NOFX got me into crazy weird music and Fat Mike is a personal hero, which is probably not good…
Thomas … please explain your job to me. It sound like the most amazing job ever. Also, Fat Mike is a personal hero of mine as well. I mean, I’m tempted to moralize about his alleged insane drug use, but it seems to be working for the man, so who am I to judge?
it is i love it, its even better than when i was working in the projection booth at the movie theatre (being fired for throwing popcorn when twilight actors came for the premiere: totally worth it), i basically get paid to go see shows and find new music online. but it also makes me feel like an idiot for the occasional times when somebody i suggest becomes a hipster god
Thomas … I am baffled and amazed that such a job exists. My jealousy flag is flying pretty high right now. I mean, I write marketing copy for a living, about like, pens and lapel pins. You actually have a cool job, which is ridiculous.
Also, correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t pointing out the next big thing a mark of an excellent critic/reviewer? I mean, among the music press, isn’t that one of the best ways to get bragging rights?
that doesn’t make it any less of a kick in the balls when you see some kids with floppy hats, scarves. and skater pants with irony pinned to their sleeve standing outside of starbucks talking about em
p.s. i love your comic, i am a serious webcomic junkie
Thomas, that is a wonderful description of hipsters. That’s one of the awesome things about living in the burbs and being a (realatively) old coroporate sleezebag; I just never run into hipsters anymore.
Glad you love the comic. Compliments from our readers really mean a lot to Dana and I, so thank you for being so kind.
that pretty much sums up the conversation so i think i won’t respond… wait… fucksocks i responded lol