He come groovin' up slowly

That is all.

I might have laughed, if I had remembered how.

This game.
This fucking game.

Rockstar, if I wanted a complete and total bastardization of Max Payne; I'd watch the fucking movie.
At least that TRIED to be noire...

Too legit to quit.

It's been 6 years since The Pick of Destiny rocked our socks off, 11 since JB & KG's self titled debut made us cream our jeans, and now, nearly 20 years since the band began, Tenacious D proves they've still got plenty of rocket sauce in Rize of the Fenix. The album doesn't technically come out until May 15th, but as of right now the entire thing is free to listen to at RizeofTheFenix.com, so I'm going to give my thoughts on it.

First of all, I feel that I must divulge that I am, in fact, a fan of both Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny, and the corresponding album. However; I'm well aware that neither are critically acclaimed masterworks, and that the album doesn't stand very well sans movie. Jack and Kyle are also aware of this, and instead of simply sweeping it under the rug; they make it the theme of the first (titular) track. and another song called 'They Fucked our Asses'. Kyle's relative obscurity in these last few years, along with Jack's film success, is also made light of in the fantastic 'Ballad of Hollywood Jack & Rage Kage'. These are, in my opinion, two of the best songs in the album, which says something because there isn't a single track that falls flat. There's a few comedy segments (ala 'Drive Through', and 'Inward Singing'), and while I wouldn't say they're as memorable as those two examples, I got a laugh from them, and if you're a fan of The D's style of humor, than you probably will too. Aside from that, it's just sex, drugs, & rock 'n' roll. and I wouldn't have it any other way.

My only real complaint of sorts is that both Tenacious D and The Pick of Destiny have really climactic album enders in 'City Hall' and 'Beezleboss'. Comparatively, Rize of the Fenix ends with '39'; a song about sex with someone coming on 40. It's a great song, don't get me wrong, but with the way it sorta fades out it seems like one of the earlier tracks like 'Rock is Dead' would have made a better last track.

In the end; Tenacious D can still bring the thunder, so open up your ear pussies, and let the fenix rize.

Black out day

WEB CENSORSHIP IS A REALLY REALLY BAD THING.

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Just nod if you can hear me

Oh my god, January. So busy. So very busy.
I've got six family member birthday's to worry about, not including my own, snow is an ever prevalent problem and then there's the Clock Crew's Flash Flood.

To assume that you're uninitiated; every January the Clock Crew (a flash animation group who make games/cartoons about living inanimate objects with clocks for faces) has a month long event wherein you're supposed to make 1 flash a day. So that's 31 movies over 31 days. That's alot of work. And it requires some degree of consistent creativity. This is a problem, as I am both lazy and uncreatively so. You can check out everything I've made thusfar at http://theicecubeclock.newgrounds.com/flash/

I recommend watching "The Decision: Part II" & "Winter Wonderland, eh?", because as of now, they are the only ones worth a toss.

EDIT - New shitty ass comic!

And that's all for today.
Check in for my next unscheduled update at some undetermined point in time.

Marley was dead to begin with

Seasons greetings, absolutely nobody! It's that delightful time of the year again; when everyone scrapes up all the money they can find and throw it at one another. Delightful isn't it?

I haven't much to update the site with today, but I figured I'd get a Christmas post up here to spread my good will and all that.

So I leave you on this day of days with a song from The Muppet Christmas Carol. Enjoy!

Allons-y, Alonso!

And thus I begin my first real blog post. Since I am now taking part in what is possibly the most self indulgent of all internet activities; allow me to say that today kicked more ass than any given school day of my life.

But moving on from that, let's talk about production type stuff.

- Super Mutant Samurai Potatoes (my "forever in development-hell" short film) has once again entered pre-production. This time, however, I am not having outside assistance. yes, this sucker will be 100% Rob Hyde written and directed. Terrifying, ain't it?

- December is upon us, and Christmas is 20-something days away, meaning very shortly I've got to get to work on another Clockmas flash movie. More on that once I've got some solid plans.

- Finally; Here's another Shitty-Ass Comic for your viewing dis-pleasure.

And that's all for now. Check back sooner or later for more updates possibly.

Righty-o!