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02.02.08 by Widge @ 4:10 am  You know, after our last YGAW (Your Government at Work) post about energy drinks, I'm sure there were some of you out there that thought, "Gee, Widge, things aren't that bad with government. It's just Kentucky. That's one state. Surely it's just the lawmakers in Kentucky that have inserted their heads up their own rectums." Right. Submitted as Exhibit B: House Bill 282 from the State of Mississippi. The following text has been retyped to actually be in upper and lower case letters so it doesn't look like the bill in question is shouting at you even though, in reality, it is: "An act to prohibit certain food establishments from serving food to any person who is obese, based on criteria prescribed by the State Department of Health; to direct the Department to prepare written materials that describe and explain the criteria for determining whether a person is obese and to provide those materials to the food establishments; to direct the Department to monitor the food establishments for compliance with the provisions of this act; and for related purposes." Categorized as: Headsup
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02.02.08 by Widge @ 1:43 am  You know, before seeing the latest twisted creation from Bear's dad, Jamie Smart, I hadn't heard of Slave Labor Graphics' Little Gloomy. But after checking out the Wikipedia article to get a bit of context, I think I'm going to have to seek this out. It's like Universal Monsters meets Muppet Babies or something. And any comic that has a bunny-loving character-monster named Carl Cthulhu...sold. Anyway, you can check out Jamie's take on it here. And now you'll know where my new phrase of choice, "Don't [insert whatever action here] unless you're ready for wild doom!" came from. Categorized as: Headsup
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01.31.08 by Widge @ 1:43 am  Ah, Amano. I love Amano's stuff. A couple of years back, I ordered a bigass Amano calendar where it was two months to each piece of art, and they were so big we had to have them framed. I would have continued doing so but I haven't been able to find another calendar with his art. Damn this oppression! And it's about the only way you can get his stuff framed since I can't seem to find any prints of his stuff. And it makes me weep into my espresso. Anyway, if you're in Berlin, you're some lucky bastards. Amano's solo exhibition is at the Galerie Michael Janssen, January 18th through February 29th. Make sure you check it out. You can find more information at the Galerie website. The full version of the piece we've posted, "Alice," can be found here. Categorized as: Headsup
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01.30.08 by ScottC @ 8:31 pm As your Minister of Naughty Bits, I wanted to bring to your attention that the Ministry will be issuing bulletins to keep the public advised of media that deals with the sexy. Because it's all about the sexy. This is all for your health, so grin and bear it.
Once again, we enter the world of 70's New York when Times Square was sleazy and sexual hedonism was practiced with reckless abandon. Al Goldstein reigned as the king of New York smut with his "magazine," Screw, which covered the New York sexual underground. Goldstein saw the growth of cable in the 70s and wanted to expand his empire with a video version of his magazine. So began Midnight Blue, a public access cable show that for almost twenty years pushed the boundaries of good taste and sexual conformity. Blue Underground has been releasing DVDs collections of the "best" of the show. Categorized as: Headsup
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01.29.08 by Widge @ 2:40 pm It's worth watching this not only to see what became of Fritz Lang (for those who didn't already know) but also because Sam Hamm's recollections of why he wanted to see this movie back in the day are quite amusing... Direct link for the feedreaders. And it appears the film itself, in any version, is out of print. Bummer. Categorized as: Headsup
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01.28.08 by Widge @ 8:23 pm  Okay, probably not Sir Ian, but it was too good a headline to pass up. And it could happen. De-aging CG technology is pretty good these days. Or...who knows. Anyway, yes, Guillermo Del Toro is reportedly in talks to direct The Hobbit and The Hobbit 2: Shire Harder (this is a working title). And no, don't panic, they're just chopping the story in half because it was so helpful with the quality of the The Matrix and Pirates trilogies...urg. Excuse me. I almost choked on absolutely nothing a moment ago. Back now. As this report makes clear, it's not like Del Toro is hurting for projects. Hell, I still want to see his Count of Monte Cristo update that he was showing us concept art for about ten years and more ago. But will McKellen return to play Gandalf? Will any of the rest of the cast return for their cameos? Will Smaug be re-imagined as a giant bug-like creature with 114 eyes? Will Andy Serkis and Doug Jones fight each other with steak knives over who's going to do the physical movements of certain characters? Only time will tell. Categorized as: Headsup
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01.26.08 by Widge @ 6:46 pm  This is unbelievably cool. And like most things truly geekgasmic, it's beyond the expense account of most of us. So I highly recommend going to the B9 Creations website and drooling to your heart's content: but the gist is this. For the low, low price of $24.5K, you too can own your own Lost in Space robot. Look at the army of them. Now, blah blah blah, I know, whoopee, it looks like the robot. But no. The list of features is impressive. It's got a sound system. It's got vocal samples recorded by Richard Tufeld, who voiced the original. It's animated. It's motorized. And if that wasn't enough, you can make you friends crap their pants with this: A 5 button key chain remote control allow you to discretely activate the Robot. Functions include turning the Robot's torso left/right, directing the Robot's voice to respond "Affirmative/Negative", activating the Robot's soil sampling sequence. "I'll just hang my coat on this robot in your foyer and--GAHHHH!!!! WTF??!???" You know you'd buy it just to do that to one of your friends. And, more to the point, you've already picked out the most likely target among your crew. I know how you maniacs work. Because I'm one of you. Categorized as: Headsup
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01.24.08 by ScottC @ 5:12 pm  So you or someone you know has spawned. Now you have this blank slate absorbing every bit of information it can take in. You could help to make sure that the baby grows up to be a nice normal citizen. But that's so fucking boring! You can teach the rug rat bad words or get him that important first porn movie but those are givens. You want more from this child. Now my friends Ed and Sharon have taught their toddler Joseph a pretty good evil genius laugh. Unlike a regular politician, you can't be a criminal mastermind on style alone. Young Joseph will need a good foundation in Science! How else is he going to build those death-ray cannons and weather control machines? And what better way for a young mind to graph the basics of nuclear physics than with plush subatomic particles? The Particle Zoo has a whole range of happy little quanta from the light bringing Photon to the so-called 'God particle', the Higg's Boson. Not only does each particle come with a description tag, they have different fillings according to the particle's theoretical weight. So Joseph will know the difference between a Muon and a Tau particle for when he constructs his Atomic Robot Army of Doom! Categorized as: Headsup
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01.23.08 by Widge @ 12:32 am Yes, it took some doing, but here's our list of our favorite shirts of 2007. Since most shirts don't come with an official release date we can check anywhere, if any of these didn't actually street in 2007, well, you'll get over it. We found out about them in 2007, which is good enough for us. Credit must be given to the guys at Fantastic Blognanza, who inspired me to do my own list after reading theirs. 10. Winchester Tavern by Last Exit to Nowhere.  We originally mentioned this here and yeah, we're suckers for zombie-related material, as any long or even short-time reader could tell you. But we love the hell out of Shaun of the Dead. I've already lobbied for this to be provided on a black tee. And for dogs to be able to look up. Categorized as: Headsup
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01.22.08 by Widge @ 5:46 pm 
First it appears to be an overdose, now they're saying it was possibly a suicide. WTF. Defamer appears to be posting updates even as I'm writing this up. Track the situation there. Our condolences go out to Heath Ledger's family, especially his very young daughter. Categorized as: Headsup
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