Ticketlord: Continued

Posted by Bob on June 11, 2004: Today's comic details what it's like to actually buy a ticket from the lovely Ticketlord machine. Originally, it was going to be a knock on Creed, but the gods have smiled upon me. Kinda crappy scan, but it gets the job done. On one hand, I feel good, cause it clears up the bleak landscape of current rock music a bit. But on the other hand, I feel sad, cause it's kinda like when you were in school and you found out the retarded kid was moving to another state. Who are we gonna make fun of now? I feel a bit emptier inside now. Though, I wouldn't be surprised if Steve and I come up with one more Creed comic somewhere down the line. You truly can go home again. Anyway, back to the site.

Last week, I mentioned that we were gonna take down some wallpapers. That is true, we did. I also said I was gonna try to put a new one up. That's true too, cause I did. It's convieniently on the aforementioned wallpapers page. I've always liked this image, mainly cause it shows what lengths I will go to just to piss off Steve while drawing the comic. The pumpkin on the left of the counter is based on one of the guys in Kiss, (Too lazy to look up the name, sorry) and the only reason it's there is cause Steve hates Kiss more than I can relate here. So OF COURSE one of the pumpkins had to be Kiss. It is just the way I am. Also, don't be surprised if some day, Jessie's har is in that style. I really like how it turned out.

So, in other news, I think I killed Ray Charles. I was downloading the song "Night Time is the RIght Time" just last night...and now he's dead. I think it was the heartbreak brought on upon him of me not buying his album. Or maybe it was cause I also downloaded CCR's version of the song. Either way, I think Lemmy and the Motorhead boys better watch out, cause I was looking them up as well. So yeah, I killed Ray Charles. I'm sorry; umm...my bad.

Have you ever heard of Richard Cheese? I totally love this guy. He does lounge covers of popular songs; Anything from Guerrilla Radio to Baby Got Back. The site's got some samples and videos up on it for you to check out, and you should. I picked up his "i'd Like a Virgin" cd, and I love it.

Remember how the code for Half Life 2 got stolen back in the day? Well, check this out. That's awesome for Valve. Granted, I couldn't care less about PC gaming than I already do (Except City of Heroes...WHICH DOESN'T RUN ON A MAC!) but it strikes me as just damn cool that they actually did something about it.

Hey kids! Do you like dancing? Do you like Transformers? Well then you'll love Dancing Transformers! Well, maybe not. I dunno. I just try to link to as many things as I can each week. WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME!?!!? *Ahem*

I *think* I linked to this before; the Ten Worst Album Covers of All Time. And if not, then there ya go. Anyway, I guess that's not the ten absolute worst worst, cause here's ten more. These are great. I would have loved to be in on the meeting responsible for the "At Play with the Playmates" album cover. Three genetic disasters humping on a scooter? Genius. Like printing their own money. I mean really, did they not even look at the guys in question before taking their picture? Yikes.

So, it can be really fun just to ruin someone's day. Some friends and i went to Hooters, the Mona Lisa of tacky restaraunts, around 7ish. we thought some other people were gonna show up, so we had a table for 8. Turns out, no one else came. While we were finishing eating, this group of 8 or 9 people came in. We heard the hostess say how she thought we were done, so our table would be ready for them. So this one dude just kinda hovered, watching us. It was really creepy. Jeanna noticed him first. We had already goten the bill for our meal, but she decided she wasn't done. So then she ordered another pitcher of beer and some pie, all the while this dude just kept watching us. We didn't care, we were not gonna leave no matter what. They stood there waiting for us to leave for like, 40 minutes. We heard him asking the hostess if we could get moved to another table, are they almost done, etc. But we just sat there. So eventually, the dude gets pissed, and they all leave. We won! And we wrecked their night. We gave the waitress a 15 dollar or so tip, cause we were there for so long. As we were leaving, Jeanna apologized ot the hostess for us being there so long, and for making that dude get all pissy. The hostess said it was no big deal, and as we're leaving I go "Yeah, we stayed there to intentionally piss them off." The employees started laughing. It was great.

All right, I'm done. Great America is calling to me. Back in a week.

Posted by Steve on June 11, 2004: So, as I'm sure Bob told you, we've got the new comic thing happening. I think Bob did something different artwise, but what that something might be, I have no idea. He's the artist. I know I like the way the characters turned out, and I think panel 4 is gold. The image on the screen was Bob's idea (you'd be surprised how much detail comes from him, though that's a story for another day) and it was a nice touch. It made me laugh out loud when I saw it, and considering I, you know, wrote the script, that's saying something.

I picked up the new Velvet Revolver and Sonic Youth albums this week. I was hoping to get a chance to listen to them and tell you guys about 'em, but work's been kicking my ass this week to the point where, at the end of the day, the last thing I want to do is listen to music. I'll try to get around to that this week and have something to say about it next time. See you next week.