Comic for Monday, June 1, 2009
Posted: 6:40 am, Monday, June 1st I tried joining this imeem thing that the AV Club uses, since it seems superior to eSnips - for which I've lost my password and taste - but it's taking them a long time to get back to me with a password and everything. So I can't upload the album version of Screenwriter's Blues, the song on Ron's iPod. Here is some live version which, while awesome, is not nearly as awesome as the album cut. It dawned on me while drawing this that virtually no one has a white iPod anymore. I myself rock a little blue clip-on Shuffle these days, and most of my kids either have Touches (they spend money as if it is a purely theoretical concept, much like investment banks) or the new Nanos in the many colors. The black iPod video seems to be the most commonly seen on the subways, although I did see a dude with a handheld DVD player the other day, going all the way back to the year 2000. (Has it really been almost ten years since that Conan gag? By the way, Conan debuts tonight, right? Huh.) There's a $5 sale at Threadless right now, so, of course, most sizes are sold out. I'm greatly saddened by the GM bankruptcy, and I can't really place my finger on why. The closest I can come is to quote the beautiful speech on nostalgia by Don Draper in the finale of the first season of Mad Men,
By the way, you should really watch Mad Men. Holy Monday. Alright, I guess everyone have a good one. I thought I had one other thing to say, but it's not coming to me. It was probably just kvetching about the Sox, anyway. bullfrog Bullfrog -- Monday, June 1 2009, 08:13 am Geez, I didn't even embed the right version. That's a 30-second clip! This is frustrating. SH -- Monday, June 1 2009, 08:27 am Soul Coughing. Excellent. Joe B -- Monday, June 1 2009, 11:18 am Teddy made that up, but it's pretty good. Nostos is a noun meaning return or homecoming, and algia is the medical ending for ache or pain. It's not an ancient word. I like the old wound idea. Do we want most strongly to go back to happy times and just sit there, or do we want to go back to times when we want a do-over, where we missed possible happiness because of something done or not done? Maybe we could dodge life's bullet this time, right? That would be sweet. And then what would happen? Heh heh, something else would get us. ad -- Monday, June 1 2009, 11:44 am Great line about nostalgia from Reading Lolita in Tehran:
"We in ancient countries have a past--we obsess over the past. They, the Americans, have a dream: they feel nostalgia for the promise of the future" (p. 109). Joe B -- Monday, June 1 2009, 03:08 pm Ah, nostalgia for the promise of the future, Taking this back to General Motors-- it's.... Futurama! http://www.nywf64.com/gm01.shtml Don't miss the photos showing how we'll destroy the rainforest to build highways for GM cars! I miss the future. 51 -- Monday, June 1 2009, 04:33 pm I love the "Music Pete Hates" playlist. Bullfrog -- Monday, June 1 2009, 05:54 pm He needs something to get Pete out of the room every once in a while. CK -- Tuesday, June 2 2009, 09:45 am What would be on that playlist, out of curiosity? (I'm picturing lots of Fresh 102.7 lite-emo rock . . . Daughtry, Lifehouse, Matchbox 20.) Bullfrog -- Tuesday, June 2 2009, 09:47 am Pete-repellant music... Hm. I should get on this with my new imeem membership. Maybe I'll have weekly character playlists. GOD, I CAN'T WAIT FOR SCHOOL TO BE OVER. I'm brimming with ideers right now. 51 -- Tuesday, June 2 2009, 04:59 pm omg! seriously? Whitey -- Tuesday, June 2 2009, 11:55 pm Yep...day late... it's almost Midnight Eastern time.. But I'm back, and finally with my own computer. While I'm hardly the prodigal son as I'm sure even Bullfrog barely remembers me... but damn it's good to see me some Ron and the gang... So... what's happened in the last year and a half?? |
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