The Mariner's Revenge

If you're not doing anything for Halloween, my friends and I are putting on a play I wrote based on a song by The Decemberists. It was all Jackson's idea, and will be performed by The Fenario Players with live music from The Dead Canaries and a special appearance by PT Scarborough. Anyway, the party starts at 8:00, and the play will be performed later in the evening, once everybody is warmed by alcohol consumption. It's at Fenario, a house at 2321 NC Hwy 54 W. Call me for details.

Dictionaraoke

Now here's a genius idea somebody had. I think I heard one of these songs a long while ago, and thought it was brilliant. Today I tripped over an entire site full of 'em.

What the fine folks at Dictionaraoke have come up with is the blend of karaoke music with the mechanical hilarity that is the computer voice of online dictionary pronunciations. So head on over and check out the wealth of musical comedy at Dictionaraoke. You'll be glad you did.

At-the-co-pa. Co-pa-ca-ba-na.

I Just Spent $77.00 On This Book

I've always been a big fan of Hoogerbrugge. His clean drawings, surrealistic style, and eyecatching animations has always been entertaining and inspiring. His sort of stuff is one of the many things I dream of doing but probably never will. But given the chance to read about it, and I'll drop the bucks. My ebay auctions have been going well lately, so it's not even like I'm spending real money--it all just gets sucked out of my Paypal account.

Hoogerbrugge just came out with a book of drawings, cartoons, and essays--there's even a chapter where he explains (Scott McCloud-style, through comics) how he made his animations, so maybe I will learn how to do it! There's also a dvd of animations included, which is a big bonus. Looking forward to getting my package from the Netherlands.