Rather phallic-looking sign for the original (I think?) Pizza Man location on North Ave., Milwaukee WI
Not to be confused with Pizza Man various locations through the years in Milwaukee WI
(photo: @urbanmilwaukee.com)
Really hoping Dial H gets the DC Finest treatment. I have the Showcase Presents collection but the goofy dial-up heroes really scream to be presented in color.
On a tangent, this is a fun book that shows the dubious products from those old comic ad pages
I feel like I've seen David Ellison somewhere before. Can't quite put my finger on it.
Mark your calendars.
Shemp Howard, Lou Costello and Bud Abbott
Crossing the Streams
Haven’t watched it yet but he also co-wrote WHO KILLED TEDDY BEAR (1965), a neo-noir set in seedy ‘60s Times Square currently streaming on the Criterion Channel
Saw a nearly untouched charcuterie plate get tossed tonight
Thought about how my fellow Wisconsinites would feel about the demise of all of that cheese, sausage and cured meats
And I recoiled like Obi Wan sensing the destruction of Alderaan
How about a movie where the Daily Bugle has layoffs and the journalists ban together against non-super-powered bad guy Jeffrey Jayzos
We’ve discussed how I did something similar—I think Secret Wars/black suit Spidey was my “toe in the water” but Crisis really cemented things. Come to think of it, Who’s Who’s* and Handbook probably made our reentry easier!
*Crisis practically demanded a companion like Who’s Who
Classic Kirby pose of the Hulk leaping which today, looks like he’s dancing to ska
I’ve seen this photo referred to as Hulk skanking and so a) we’ve got the plot for the next Hulk-Thing battle and b) seeing how ska originated in the early ‘60s, this is just another example of Kirby being ON IT
Ben Grimm cuttin’ a rug from FF 101
Skankin!
Seeing some of those shirts in IMAX was visual overload 😄 That band (and the small army of background singers and more) was amazing plus credit to the arranger and the musical director.
Doing things the "right" way, burning out and then realizing there is another option, coming back and winning it all with no fucks given? Yes please tell me that story forever.
It’s a Wonderful Life bank run scene.
“You're thinking of the $175 billion in tariff money all wrong. As if I had the money back in a safe. The money's not here. Your money's in the White House ballroom, the renaming of the Department of Defense, the $10 billion transfer to the Board of Peace, and a hundred other unauthorized actions.”
Bought this today—you kind of gave me the nudge I needed—and no lie, the person behind the counter said basically the same thing you did, “everyone knows the hit but every track is good”. Blew my mind a little bit to hear that twice in one week!
iirc, this documentary on them was pretty good
Today’s Testify! Look at the musical side of Hanna-Barbera is in the archives at wfmu.org/playlists/TG #radio #freeform @wfmu.bsky.social @gtdradio.bsky.social
Corner of a used LP with a sticker saying “$6” and another small sticker saying “underrated power pop new wave”
Cover of the record, “The Now”, with the band members in typical ‘80s band gear standing in front of giant letters spelling “NOW”
At the used record shop, read the stickers on this album, and you could almost see the cartoon fishhook come in and snag me
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Turns out one of March’s featured movies, WHO KILLED TEDDY BEAR (1965), a neo-noir set in seedy ‘60s Times Square, had a screenplay co-written by Arnold Drake who co-created comic’s Doom Patrol, Deadman, and the Guardians of the Galaxy!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold_Drake#Non-comics_work
New playlist 40 SYNTH-CENTRIC NEW WAVE BOPS
Classics from the early days of synth pop
🟣 Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/0BX...
💜 Apple: music.apple.com/us/playlist/...
🟪 YouTube: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
chopstick pouch labeled JFC International Inc
if i owned this brand name, i'd be monetizing it so much harder than they are.
Very cool‚ just set a reminder for the show!
Attn: @jeffscomics.bsky.social? Not sure if this will be solely the pop/garage bands on the label or if some of the cartoon stuff will sneak its way in. WFMU does an excellent job of archiving and playlisting their shows so it should be available shortly after airtime if you miss it.
Ah, there’s the connection! There’s probably an interesting number of semi-covers where people sing over an existing backing track—sunshine pop band The Peppermint Rainbow “covered” Green Tamborine in this way iirc, sure there’s got to be some soul records that do this too.
Worth whatever you paid for it for the extremely tossed-off cover of Psychotic Reaction
Ice formation on the shore of Lake Michigan with an ice pool in the middle
Vertical shot looking north along the Lake Michigan shore with ice formations along the coast line
An intrepid Arctic explorer—nah, it’s just me on the shoreline ice
Chunks of the ice formation starting to break apart
Somewhat Arctic looking along the Lake Michigan shoreline today
Just finished the Mystery in Space anthology myself—it's a nice overview of DC's sci-fi. Includes some good notes too, one of the few things missing from the DC Finest line imo
The LCD centerfold, containing the current @wfmu.bsky.social schedule (by Don Tywoniw), is magnificent even by FMU's exalted standards. (Lame attempt to reproduce it here.)
