Sub*Text Saturdays

This week's goods...

Rings by Stu Horvath























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Space Monkey from Leo Burnett on Vimeo.

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You should be aware of Audie Murphy.

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The Amazing Joy Buzzards are a rock and roll adventure band that rivals such legends as the Beatles and Rolling Stones. It's an everyday adventure for them when fighting giant robots, evil witch-doctors, and exploring the supernatural, all with the help of their mystical Mexican wrestler friend El Campeon.

I picked this up from a poor Pratt student sitting on the sidewalk selling manga. This is a series I always wanted to read, and when I flipped it open to a page of the bassist slicing vampire robots while leaping from his race car, I was sold. It's fun, it's got action, it feel fresh for an old scenario (investigative band), and lots of humor that's actually really funny. Like laugh out loud. The artwork by Dan Hipp is phenomenal and the lettering and layouts are very interactive and what could be too messy or chaotic turns into a really fun and unique comic reading experience. Supposedly vol. 2 will be coming out this year, but it has been heavily delayed. In the meantime, read Mr. Hipp's GYAKUSHU! online for free.

This Week in Cool

DROPKICK AUTHORITY

Sub*Text Saturdays

Hey y'all. It's 5am on Saturday (Sunday Morning) but it's still Saturday to me, so take this, put it into your pipe and then smoke it.

Check me out over on my Tumblr BRAIN THRUST.

Oh, and if you're anywhere near the East Village tomorrow, swing by KGB Bar for a Comix Reading with Emily Wernet & friends.

Onto the goodies...

K

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Pic

TrustoCorp: rebranding your surroundings one sign at a time.


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Flick

I watched Four Eyed Monsters last night and I have to say it changed my life. This may be one of the most important films I've ever seen. A creatively digital artistic Adam & Eve for the 21st Century. Everything about this is amazing. It will give you new perspective on the creative process & relationships. I will be expanding this into a much longer post/review.


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Lit


Maximum Ride is a series of six young adult science fiction/fantasy books, written by the award-winning American author James Patterson. The series chronicles the lives of six human/avian fugitives. Bred in a science lab called "The School", the Flock endured scientific experiments that rendered them 98% human and 2% avian.

I just finished reading this book which I mainly read as a goof to see what a top-selling author's work is like these days. I found the book fairly engaging and once I got past the horrible cliche dialogue, the fast paced chapters had me reading through the whole 400+ pages in just a matter of two weeks, which is a record for me. My main problem though, how do you get past not having an ending? Make it an ongoing series of course! Patterson even wants you to write a chapter for him!

















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VID

This is f-in awesome.

Broken Fingaz -Graffiti Stop Motion from Broken Fingaz on Vimeo.

Sub*Text Saturdays

Welcome to Sub*Text Saturdays, where I abduct your mind for a short trip through the alternative awesome of the internet with some Pics, Flicks, Vids & Lit. You may just be rolling out of bed ready to wake'n'bake, or maybe charging your cell while waiting for your friends to swing by before you hit the pub, or perhaps you've just come home from last call, stumbling & mumbling but somehow able to pop open your laptop.

No matter the state of your consciousness...enjoy the Alt.Ent that is Sub*Text.

K

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PICS

Hiya
From Another Very Long Year by Stu Horvath

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FLICKS
You could go buy/rent Ninja Assasin which came out this past week, or you could watch a GOOD ninja movie:

Scott Adkins keeps it real, he keeps it simple, he keeps it real simple in...

NINJA


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VID

Neon Trees - Animal
This song is good, the video is great.

Thanks to Boston Scott for the heads up.

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LIT

SHAMANSPACE by Steve Aylett


What if god were found to exist? What if revenge were possible? Competing groups of occult assassins race to exterminate the creator, with young gun Alix the favorite. But conflict among the Edgemen sends Alix in pursuit of renegade shaman Quinas and a psychic splinter group. Waging multidimensional war, the edgemen travel through sidespace to confront at last the source of evil and hit back at a toxic universe even at the risk of ending it.

Dense language that pokes at your brain and demands attention, poetic babbling and grand posturing, with overly ambitious metaphysical ideals.
A novella worth tracking down, a writer that bears further investigation.

Introduction by Grant Morrison