cover of Femforce #204 showing Tara grown to a large height and fighting a stone snake.

Tara from Femforce....

GI Joe #21 was very good..,

“A piece of grey something, a piece of carrot, no corn tortilla, and one other thing.”

a musical number got mentioned in this episode.. if anyone wants to hear it... youtube has you covered... enjoy.. (I have removed the preview to avoid spoilers)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1ES...

for anyone interested the baseline plot of OC & Stiggs is...

OC is the caregiver for his grandpa, whose disability insurance has been canceled by Schwab Insurance.
OC & Stiggs are trying to get money to take care of grandpa, while harassing the Schwabs as revenge.

side note, I have a theory that the 90s Swing Revival was in part due to Gen X having been told by Silent/Boomer Parents that old music was bad only to hear it in Jazz band and find it fun..

neither.... I'm from Michigan

I hear that JBB's... Sundown on Venus is slated for reissue soon...

the new album d'n'c .. Crushing Flowers is worth giving a listen... and the 3 albums of Kevn Kinny covers that came out recently are all great...

Sandahl Bergman in Conan

Sandahl Bergman in All that Jazz

reminder that the female lead opposite Arnie in Conan was a dancer ...

This might be my fave album of 1988... and it's another that was basically DOA & never reached most listeners ears.. dig Charles Darwin's Dream, the original album title/ single but there was concern that people would think it was an REM ripoff, and got changed.

www.discogs.com/master/11207...

pretty much the only Joe Wood album after Revenge that I find worth a listen is the Live record, which has enough distortion/grit & energy to filter out the over production on last of studio records... it is telling that not soon after the original line up reformed the Joe Wood era faded away.

Drivin n Cryin Whisper Tames the Lion

King's X - Out of the Silent Planet

Queensrych Operation:Mindcrime

from 1988... 3 albums from bands that I contend influenced the musical landscape moving towards Grunge/Alt Rock over the next couple of years...

yes... however there needs to be a big asterisk next to the TSOL 'metal years' in that Joe Wood so fully seems to have been in control of that era that it is almost like the OG TSOL Guitarist and Bassist were recruited into a whole new band with the same name..

No tours for me either... that said I grew up in Ann Arbor, where the U of M, EMU & Concordia were always in the background of my life and I felt like I knew what various types/sizes Colleges/Unis were like from being around them.

yep.. I can't find an exact time line but it Jane's Addiction – Nothing's Shocking appears to be the other 1988 released record he is credited with producing...

maybe the most interesting album of 1988 that very few heard... is it Pop Metal? Hard Rock? Proto Alt Rock? was it sexism that tanked it? was it Major Label staff turn over?

points if you can point to the ties this album has to Pearl Jam & Janes Addiction.

www.discogs.com/master/15301...

people talk about G.I. Joe: ARAH #21 for good reason.. however, most people forget that G.I. Joe: ARAH #22 has a several page silent story as well... it is well worth digging out.

to be clear a lot of Gen Y also watched it..

Christina Hendricks MTV's Undressed YouTube video by Adam T

This was on MTV back at the end of the 90s.... and a lot of Gen X watched it..

www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2eY...

Mourning Noise - Nestle Baby Killer YouTube video by HorrorPunkItalia

maybe the only (?) punk song about the Nestle baby killing formula..

www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...

I hope a bunch of college films students in that area make a short film that is just people getting teleported to that Waffle House...

@cbccpodcast.bsky.social has given us Criterion Closet/Whats in my Bag for Comics..

@sktchd.bsky.social is giving us Letterboxd 4 Faves for comics

who will give us @trailersfromhell.bsky.social for Comics?

Four Favorites with Matthew Rosenberg, Gregg Katzman and Pornsak Pichetshote YouTube video by SKTCHD

more of this please

www.youtube.com/watch?v=snV6...

Albums of 2006 | Roundtable YouTube video by Dig Me Out

I was on the Dig Me Out podcast .. Albums of 2006 | Roundtable ... anyone interested can listen here

www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUi5...

wondering if college towns with Urban Planning programs are more represented than college towns without....

I remain convinced that this ball room will be the ideal place to hold the trials...

it’s THE BATTLE OF THE AGING JAMES BONDS - ROUND TWO! join @okbjgm.bsky.social, @robogeek.bsky.social, and the ageless @producerbrad.bsky.social as they brave the strange case of #jamesbond in NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN!

Neon signs installed for new Pinball Pete’s arcade in Ann Arbor YouTube video by MLive

www.youtube.com/shorts/IP2g6...

The Return of Pinball Pete’s - Ann Arbor Observer The beloved Ann Arbor institution has a new home on E. Liberty.

Because @okbjgm.bsky.social mentioned arcades in Ann Arbor....

Pinball Petes has a new home.. in the same spot that was one of the early arcades in Ann Arbor..

annarborobserver.com/return-of-pi...