Celebrity Apprentice, epublishing experiments featuring Zombie Palin, print publishing of Time Log #1, and some tentative webcomics announcements. Then it's Lady Gaga, Beyonce, and the Pussy Wagon in the Telephone music video. We finish it off with Old Spice, Green Zone, and more Gentlemen Broncos.
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Nick's too loud, Justique's too mum, and Neal's too choppy as they talk about the luther burger, donut ice cream sandwiches, Book of Eli, Mila and Macaulay, R.I.P. Pauly Fuemana (OMC was awesome), Gaga's perfect mate, Green Monk by Brandon Dayton, and, of course, some burning hot oils. YEAH!
Our podcast crew is all yours as we talk about Jean-Claude Van Damme in Replicant, the Harry Potter movies as modern classics, the upcoming Tournament Movie Tournament (!!!), Jingle All the Way (overrated), Supernova (underrated), DOA: Dead or Alive, Grammy Award nominees including The Ting Tings and Booker T, Cudderisback by Kid Cudi, Nick's guitar spotlight spectacular featuring Dennis Coffey, Roger Troutman, and Rodrigo y Gabriela, Lady GaGa's The Fame Monster, and the Annie Award nominees including Cloudy and Mr. Fox.
I'm not sure how to process Beyonce's alter ego, Sasha Fierce, anymore. I can't even come up with a witty headline. The 'good' vs. 'edgy' single release strategy was cute back in 2008, but 4+ cycles later I am over it. In any case, B just dropped a new video for Video Phone featuring (no surprise here) Lady Gaga.
The Track: Garbage. So far everything I have heard from this 'era' sounds the same. I think the beat could have been better used for something else. Gaga's inclusion is pointless play for relevance and she fails to add anything to the track. Bey is capable enough on her own, why is she bringing another 'diva' in the mix. Isn't that why she left DC in the first place? I don't get this, the same way I don't get why she did that other track with Shakira. Finally, I know I've said it before, but why does B keep trying to appear gutter glam? That's like Bill Gates saying he really digs the open source model and that he uses Plan 9. More to the point, it's not like anyone other than the Jigga Man has the remote possibility of a chance. Such a ridiculous and unbelievable tease.
The Video: Hype Williams done lost his mind. White, black, epilepsy inducing editing, a multitude of hyper color toy guns, Abu Grahib esque hoods, dudes with camera lenses for heads. Hype was clearly tripping off some Terry Gilliam Brazil / Time Bandits nonsense.
I mean check it out for yourself, it oozes excess and hubris. The whole thing is visually jarring for the sake of being so. Then again, taken as a leading indicator, we could be finally pulling out of the recession.
The video and inclusion of Ms. Disco Stick reinforces my theory that Lady Gaga is the most disruptive force in pop music right now. (Important note: B rocks a plastic m16 while Lady GarBage rocks an anemic pistol) Ciara, Beyonce, Shakira, Rihanna, and even my dear Amerie are all falling prey to and imitating her crazy, lone ranger, weirdass B.S. Every new pop diva video I see is just trying to capture some of her wackass style.
The Bottom Line: Hot, soggy, smelly refuse
We talk Boondocks, Megan Wants a Millionaire, Mike Myers and Dana Carvey, a 3D lovefest with Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince and G-Force, District 9 is overrated, Christina Milian is in Bring It On: Fight to the Finish, even Jean-Claude Van Damme can't save Cyborg, Gunslinger Girl and Funimation DVDs are weak, Fantasma is WEIRD, the tits of Anna Paquin and Katie Holmes, and a Spider-Man pedicab in NYC. Aaanndd of course... comics! Avengers Forever, Faction, Wet Moon 5, Iron Man, and Spider-Pimp.
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Our first ever podcast crossover event! AudioShocker vs. Comic Book Pitt! Nick vs. Duke, DanG, and Link! Titans collide and then unite against a common enemy: the villainous Ed Piskor! Live from Phantom of the Attic Comics on Free Comic Book Day 2009... can they stop evil Ed in time?
When it all ends, Neal and Nick talk X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Straight up? Neal hated it. Nick liked it. They argue the pros and cons of the Hugh Jackman solo flick including Will.I.Am, Emma Frost, Gambit, Deadpool, and more. Then Nick delivers his report on the Death Note: L, Change the WorLd one-night-only subtitled presentation. Then pure media mayhem erupts into Nick of Time, Must Love Dogs, Darkstalkers, Free Comic Book Day 2009 comics, Collage, Carlitta Durand, The Clipse, Kanye, KRS-One, Eminem and the Punisher, and tons more.
Lady Gaga and her disco stick summer jam Love Game get us started as we spiral into conversation about the new album Potato Hole by Booker T Jones (not to mention our beatbox acapella performance of Green Onions), El Michaels and instrumental Wu-Tang Clan songs, The Knife and their music video for We Share Our Mother's Health, the Tom Tom Club album Live at the Clubhouse (we unleash another beatbox acapella performance, this time Genius of Love), and upcoming movies we want to watch including Star Trek and X-Men Origins: Wolverine.
Then the podcast goes interactive as we ask listeners to join along as we visit www.freecomicbookday.com to make our picks for Free Comic Book Day 2009. We check out the full range of books available for FCBD on Saturday, May 2nd, 2009 as we chat about comics (and more) including Avengers, Blackest Night #0, Bongo Comics, Love and Rockets, Mercy Sparx, Archie Comics, GI Joe Resolute, Fist of Justice, the art of Gurihiru, Street Fighter IV #2, the TMNT 25th anniversary, and tons more.
Paul Tobin braves his third week in a row on the AudioShocker as he wraps up his chat with Nick about writing comics book for money. This clear-cut capitalist exchange leads to discussion on the topics of: scripting, ideas, Colleen Coover, Jack Kirby, Jeff Parker, Marvel Adventures, and tons more. Plus, Paul announces some upcoming projects and refuses to announce others! FUN!
Then we bring you your regularly scheduled program: Neal does not understand Lady Gaga so Justique tries to explain her appeal. Justique does not understand M.I.A. so Neal tries to explain her appeal. Meanwhile, Alan Arkin gets slammed for Sunshine Cleaning. Nick demands to know the etymology of the Stanky Leg (not the Stanky Legg!). Then Neal insists on talking about mixtapes that no one has ever heard about (no one, that is, according to Nick). This somehow leads to the revelation that MTV is going to start showing music videos again... too little too late, MTV!!!
Video game documentaries The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters and Chasing Ghosts: Beyond the Arcade show two different versions of Billy Mitchell, Bigger Faster Stronger makes Neal want to take steroids, Kinamand makes Nick hungry for Chinese food, the Death Note live action films have sweet computer graphics, Neal can't stop watching Dark Angel and Jessica Alba, Nick hates Pixar's WALL-E, Busta Rhymes' "Arab Money" is ignorant, Neal discovers Borders is trimming their graphic novels section, and Nick can't stop thinking about War Machine.
Dark Reign is at Marvel Comics as Secret Invasion ends, Nick wonders if Bucky is the emo Captain America, Neal is creeped out by the cover to Wolverine: First Class #12, Punisher: War Zone is a great date movie, Elisha Cuthbert uses a body double in He Was a Quiet Man, Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa is awesome, and GrandCentral sucks for turning off invites.
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