Jun

A selection of 80s classic songs, as performed on ragtime piano.

Posted by MGK Published in It's The Youtube, Muzak

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Jun

Friday Scrubs

Posted by MGK Published in It's The Youtube, TV

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Jun

Quick baseless assumptions about this year’s top 20

Posted by MGK Published in TV

– Wow, that is one shitload of contemporary and jazz dancers. By my count there’s one hip-hop dancer (Tony), one pop-and-locker (Philip), two ballroom girls (Asuka and Janette), and one ballroom boy (Maksim – oh, I’m sorry, “Max”). I suppose the ballerina could maybe count as not-a-contemporary dancer if you really want to push it. […]

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Jun

David Eddings, 1931-2009

Posted by MGK Published in Auf Wiedersehen Goodbye

“We all live as long as we need to.” — Belgarath the Sorcerer Top comment: He’ll probably have two eulogies. One that is archetypal but with some relatively well-written dialogue, and another immediately after that’s pretty much the same thing, except a few names and places changed around. — Rawrasaur

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Jun

Thursday WHO’S WHO: Dark Opal

Posted by MGK Published in Comics, Who's Who

(Hello to all of John Rogers’ close personal friends and relations. My, but there are quite a lot of you.) People nowadays look back at Amethyst: Princess of Gemworld and can’t help but wonder what people were thinking. Nowadays the concept of an ongoing fantasy comics series targeting young girls seems like the sort of […]

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Jun

It puts the lotion on its skin

Posted by MGK Published in Archie (Improved Or Otherwise), Comics

Recently, the news that Archie will propose to Veronica has been sweeping the nation. Much like how Captain America died or Batman died. Now it is Archie Comics’ turn to temporarily revive the fortunes of a flagging intellectual property through a shamless stunt. Of course, this particular move, like so many others, has been met […]

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Jun