New U-Lane Comic

Ta-dah! There's a new Underwear Lane comic over there on Underwear Lane.

Unlike the last one (which had been sitting in a drawer for months before being discovered, scanned and uploaded), this one is fresh as a day lily.

Also, don't worry; this one contains the f-word. -Does it ever!

A New Underwear Lane Comic Is Up

It's true.

New Song Just For You

Maybe you know, maybe you don't: I do this music thing, and a new record is in the works. I thought I'd upload a new song from the new record so all the children of the world can laugh and play again. This one's called "the golden ache" check it out right this second.

David of Novi Split played drums and much of the guitar on this track(he played the intricate guitar parts; I played the easy stuff), and his input made it into something way better than it would have otherwise been. He's easily the most gifted musician I know, and no one who knows him would even bat an eye at that statement. He also keeps a fine blog here, on which he wrote some really nice things about me a few days ago. For the moment, I'm withholding too much glowing commentary about him, so as not to seem like I'm merely trying to reciprocate, but watch out.

Do watch out.

More Things That Will Never Happen

I'd found some faux marble masonite panels a few weeks ago, and Danelectro guitars were made from finished masonite, so I had the idea that I should make a guitar. Of course, you and I both know there's no way in hell that's ever going to happen.

I was experimenting with body shape designs, and I basically just stole images of guitars I liked from the internet and substituted a picture of my faux marble panel for the guitar's actual finish. That's as far as this project is likely to get. Here are some really rough mock ups:

Gibson "Non-Reverse" Firebird

Gretsch Duo Jet

This was a Danelectro


This was a real Danelectro or a Coral

Whether or not it's a good idea for me to build a guitar is pretty much irrelevant; It'll never ever happen in a millon years anyway.

THE END

fudgicle bike

Here's the latest print in progress. I'm sure I'm going to like it better at this stage than when it's finished.

Pisces

So you know all this "Torture Memo" business? I keep hearing right-wing Bush/Cheney apologists saying things like, "Now, now, we can't go prosecuting the lawyers and other people who came up with these bad ideas because then people won't feel free to give advice in the future." This strikes me as really stupid.

My question is: Why is that a bad thing? Wouldn't it actually be a good thing if people gave advice that's thoughtful and useful instead of advice that's reckless and crappy? Why would anyone want to ensure that bad advice-givers continue to have influence? Wouldn't it have been a good thing if these crappy advice-givers had been aware that their terrible ideas could get them into trouble? Isn't deterrence one of the reasons we have laws in the first place?

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What Else Does The Box Say?

The box says, "Shut up, Steve," but of course you knew that. If you're like me, you've been weirdly fixated on this Multi-Grain Cheerios commercial (the one with the bullying woman and her hyper-accommodating husband). For weeks now, I've found myself responding to peoples' earnest questions by desperately pleading, "Nonononono! It's just the box!"



Imagine if you will my astonishment when I learned that Steve and the missus are actually British. I'll give you a second to let that sink in.

That's right, they're actually British, with British accents. The American-accented voices we've been hearing have been dubbed over a British commercial. They've even computer-CGIed a different box over the original euro one! I was only able to find this small sample of the original British commi, but it's more than enough to cause cognitive dissonance-related permanent brain or spinal cord injury.



Remember folks, you heard it here.