Death of the Undead and then Dead Again.

Howdy all.

I totally zoned out and forgot to mention some musical notations in my last post, so here we go...

There's a bit of sad news concerning a local band that I've fallowed for a few years. The Psychobilly band, Psychomania have officially called it a day. I talked with the one known as Vince Claw and he said that there were some "creative differences" concerning if they should drink the blood of victims before the victims die or right after. Then there was the whole argument of when you spill the virgin's blood into the middle of the pentagram that's drawn on the floor with the chalk made from bones of the departed, do you summon a demon from the fifth level of hell, or the 6th? None of them were on the same page with that quandary either so they split and returned to their respected graves. It would be nice to seem them do some sort of reunion show some cold, dark Halloween. Who knows. This band was way too twisted to break up! Further proof that there is no god.


Now in better music news concerning dark, spooky music! My favorite band, Type-O-Negative, have posted the track listing to their upcoming opus, 77 minutes of pure dark and twisted joy, Dead Again. It goes as follows.....

1. Dead Again
2. Tripping a Blind Man
3. The Profits of Doom
4. September Sun
5. Halloween in Heaven (with Lycia's Tara VanFlower)
6. These Three Things
7. She Burned Me Down
8. Some Stupid Tomorrow
9. An Ode to Locksmiths
10. Hail and Farewell to Britain

I can't wait to hear Halloween in Heaven! These guys are underrated and brilliant and I'm counting the days 'till March 13th when it hits stores. Whether they believe it or not, they've yet to disappoint!


You want to hear how my luck works? Not 10 minutes ago, I swear to friggin God (the one that hates me.) there was a ring at my apartment door. Not the buzzer from the lobby! The one from the actual door to my Vault of Geekdom! I answer it and there, standing before me, is a very cute brunette in a cute skirt and high heels holding, and I shat you not, a six pack of micro brews. It was suddenly like god decided to give this poor sod a shot of decent luck.

Then it all came to a quick and sharp end as the girl looked at me quizzically and then looked at the apartment number and said sheepishly, "Oh... I'm sorry I have the wrong floor. I'm so, so sorry!" She wasn't the only one!!!! I told her that it was ok and that I, myself, have spent twenty some odd minutes trying to make my key work in the lock of the wrong floor apartment before I noticed I was on the wrong floor, but my humor must have eluded her as she jumped onto the elevator and walked right the hell outta my life.

Frack You, God! You cruel bastage!!!!!




In one last note, you'll be happy to know that the latest episode of Zangz's Pod of Geekdom is up and running. This episode is about bringing comics books to the big screen. Enjoy if you can.


That's all I can think of now. Until next time, stay vertical!

Zangz.

Lost in Oblivion

I know it's been a bit of a stretch between posts. I apologize for that, but I've been immersed in the Xbox 360 game Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. The thing is so vast end endless, I may never blog again. Well... that's a bit of an exaggeration, isn't it?

To quickly update you on what's going on in Zangzville....

I finally got up enough courage to activate that dating service present that friends so wonderfully and sadistically gave me. We'll see what transpires, but don't expect me spill any details about it here until, possibly, this whole experiment goes through it's natural paces. I don't kiss and tell. I mostly rub and flounder (whateverthehellthatmeans?)


There's been a bit of a lull in my podcasts also. There's been some technical issues that needed resolving. It looks like it could be "a go" for this upcoming week. Check back then.


It's closing in on my birthday and to tell you the truth, I still feel as though I'm in my 20's rather than my mid to late 30's. See, folks, if you play video games as well as collect action figures well into your adulthood, you'll feel as young at heart as I do. You may never get to date anyone ever again, but you'll die alone feeling young at heart. So, there you go.


The people over at New Line Cinema are still being a bunch of dorklings about the Hobbit movies. One of the head honchos is still forbidding Peter Jackson from having anything to do with the project(s) since the Jackson camp filed a grievance about the payment procedure New Line used to pay him (i.e. they hosed him out of some of the fundage from the Lord of the Rings movies). So this head nimrod has issued a statement proclaiming that Jackson will be kept away from the Hobbit project. Let's face it, folks, here's how the formula works...

Hobbit movies - Petter Jackson = severe suckage! 'Nuff Said.


Here's a quickie "Get Well" wish for my good friend Roberto. Roberto had some surgery done where surgeons replaced the left side of his brain with his knee cap... or something to do with one of his knees... I'm not quite sure what it was, exactly, but the source of the problem had something to do with some drinking and a staircase that could have been better navigated whilst sober. So we here at the Blog of Geekdom wish him well and a very speedy recovery.


I'm done for the evening. And I'm not gunna link anything this time. Look at past blogs you lazy bastages.

I'm off to Oblivion.

Zangz.

First Lame Babble of 2007.

Whew, what a frackin' week it's been! Lots of stuff to deal with at work. For a four day week it's been pretty hectic. I'm glad it's over for now. But, of course, Monday shall come with a vengeance! Well, poo on Monday!

My good friend Roberto, who you may have heard if you've ever bothered to check out my podcast HERE, has complained that there has been a recent absence of a post at my blog. So both he (and a few bottles of bock beer) have influenced me to post something up here tonight.


So what does a geek like me, who isn't a Brad Pitt or a Donald Trump, do when some close friends get him a free 3 month subscription to an on-line dating service for Xmas? I'll tell you what he does. He dives into the dark abyss of rejection and immanent failure with reckless abandon! That's what he does. What do you have to lose outside of dignity and hope? Both are so frellin' overrated, aren't they? We'll see what happens. This could get ugly.


Is anyone else out there sick and tired of these horrific (not in the good way) remakes of classic horror movies? Anyone see the remake for The Fog? It blew! The Amityville Horror? Not that great. But there is one horror remake that looks slightly promising! Halloween! Now, I know that the movie Halloween is sacred ground for many a horror movie fan and that any studio that wants to remake it is bound to frell it up completely. But let's take into consideration who's going to be at the helm of this project. Rob Zombie. Who better to give a bit of reimagineering magic to this classic than a true fan of the horror genre itself? It sounds as though he's not going to try and pull a new revamped look for Michael Myers either. He wants his mask to look as original as the spray painted white William Shatner mask they used in the original flick.

They have Malcom McDowell playing the part of Doctor Loomis and Tyler Mane as Michael Myers. We'll see how this progresses. Please, Rob, don't let the studio screw up one of the greatest horror movies of all time! I know you have a love and respect for this movie. Don't let the sudio dweebs ruin it for you!


And finally, Lucas, Ford and Spielberg are getting off of their butts and have a set shooting schedule for Indiana Jones: 4! They'll start shooting in the summer of this year for a summer of 2008 release date. I'm really hoping that this one can contain the same magic that the last three possessed! People are questioning if a not-too-young Ford (Ford is older than Connery was when Connery played his father) is really going to be able to pull it all off as the resourcefull Dr. Jones. Hasn't anybody heard of Lucas owned ILM? They can pull off many miracles. And if I were going home at the end of the day to Callsita Flockhart, I'd be able to pull of many wacky stunts well into my 60's!


Oh, by the way, I did pull a full weekend go Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivioon on the Xbox 360 last weekend. It's like crack!

That's all I got in me for today, kids. I'm plum tuckered out and need to get in a few rounds of Perfect Dark Zero in on my '360 before hitting the sack. Thanks fer lettin' me borrow this puppy, Roberto!


'Till next time, have a good one!

Zangz.