The Vampires
March 4, 2010 | 10:07 am, by radiomaru
When approaching Vampires, many readers are confused by the fact that it seems to be about werewolves. The story begins in a village of vampires who are destroying their homes setting out into the world because humans are moving into their valley, but these “vampires” do not drink blood, nor are they immortal. Instead they all transform into animals, ranging from wolves and bats to snakes and crocodiles, the transformations being triggered by different stimuli for each vampire. For example, the main vampire, Toppei, turns into a wolf when he sees the moon or when he is scared. His little brother Chippei transforms whenever he sees anything round. Others transform at the smell of onions, the sight of a telephone pole, or a variety of other stimuli.
picked these up recently (in japanese). peak tezuka, late 60s, gorgeous art.
one of my favourite bits (also from vol 3)
March 3, 2010 | 5:20 pm, by radiomaru
KIM
(small smile)
Actually, boys, I have a hot date
tonight.
SCOTT
A hot date with a collage you’re doing?
STILLS
A hot date with a 2000-piece puzzle depicting the
Bluenose II?
KIM
(frowning)
Did it ever occur to you that I might
actually be seeing someone?
Scott and Stills exchange a look. Then:
SCOTT
Kim, you’re a hell of a catch.
STILLS
You’re a damn fine woman, Kim. Damn fine.
KIM
(cranky)
Let’s just play the setlist again, assholes.
deleted scene from volume 3
March 3, 2010 | 1:11 pm, by radiomaru
SCOTT
Okay…
(the following is presented in one huge burst of exposition)
Envy was Julie’s nerdy roommate and we thought she was a loser at first but then it turned out she was kind of nice and we liked each other and we sort of started dating and she joined our band but then she started getting less nerdy and more bitchy and she kind of took over the band and all her new friends started to join and I got kicked off the drums and we almost signed to a label but I kind of made a big scene and maybe kicked the label rep so hard he saw the curvature of the earth and then we had a big fight on new year’s and broke up.
(beat)
RAMONA
…Wow.
Black Sheep
February 28, 2010 | 1:46 pm, by radiomaru
Listen to “Black Sheep” by Metric, aka The Clash At Demonhead, from the Scott Pilgrim movie. bit.ly/cf3aMU
(photo from here)
Scott Pilgrim Vs The Universe is an LA Times Book Prize finalist
February 22, 2010 | 2:38 pm, by radiomaru
The Los Angeles Times has announced the finalists for its 2009 Book Prizes: for the first time, graphic novels will be in competition for an LA Times Book Prize of their own.
[...]
Nominees in the new Graphic Novel category, by Gilbert Hernandez, Bryan Lee O’Malley, Taiyo Matsumoto, David Mazzucchelli and Joe Sacco, are a diverse selection of works that include the Gen-Y favorite Scott Pilgrim, a new take on the classic Love & Rockets series, and an illustrated journalistic account of the Gaza strip.
[...]
“This is not so much a competition as a recognition.”
oh
February 20, 2010 | 11:40 pm, by radiomaru
I can’t believe it’s 2010 or that i’m going to turn 31 in 20 minutes.
Farmer Youth
February 20, 2010 | 7:58 pm, by radiomaru
We used to play this song in Honey Dear. The band broke up when I moved to Halifax and I think Ricardo got deported back to Venezuela briefly, and we never recorded it, but a few months later Joel started a new band (Brigitte) with Jon and brought this song along. I happened to be in town the day they recorded it, so I played my old keyboard part and sang my old backups. Brigitte broke up a year or two back when Jon went to England for six months with his other band, and I’m sure only a couple of people have the mp3s comprising their 55 minutes or so of recorded material.
Anyway, here’s one now. Joel wrote it, Honey Dear bashed out the arrangement, I tweaked the lyrics in the second verse; Jon made the whole thing shinier when he recorded it. Joel on acoustic guitar, me on keyboards, Jon on drums and bass and lots of other stuff, all three of us singing, and I believe Joel’s old roommate Katie played the totally metal electric guitar towards the end.
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