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ratan is not amused

Browsing Posts published in May, 2011

It’s the 80s all over again! But in a good way. Even more retro sounding than usual, but that’s why I love this song so much. I love the New Order-esque break towards the end.

Awwww, the final day of Yui month. Well, she’ll be back soon and tomorrow is another month and another theme, so there! As always, the same standard disclaimer applies. I didn’t draw these, found them on /c/, etc, etc… The original of this one is huge. Click to embiggen (natch)!

More mayhem and sensationalism! In jail: Zimbabwe police sergeant who dared to use Robert Mugabe’s loo Horror at the zoo: Pair of lions tear apart escaped cuddly baby bearcat in front of terrified children Detroit’s abandoned crime lab adds to a disturbing U.S. trend Man who gave trooper the finger has charge dropped Sinkhole Swallows […]

Eternal damnation has never sounded so sexy as it does in Beth Gibbon’s voice.

As always, the same standard disclaimer applies. I didn’t draw these, found them on /c/, etc, etc…

Wow, can it really have been over 3 weeks since I last posted these? Yes, it can. But I’d like to get more of these in. But it’ll have to wait until after my vacation. Bizarre street scenes out of China Metro cans French music after complaints FBI says “mullet bandit” holds up another bank […]

Ah, Hooky’s “other” side project, the much hated and maligned Revenge. Why people reacted to this band so violently, I’ll never know. This song is really great. Yes, it is a complete rip-off of New Order’s more subdued side, but hundreds of bands have used that sound and nobody ever gives them shit for it.

As always, the same standard disclaimer applies. I didn’t draw these, found them on /c/, etc, etc… Click to embiggen Ditto

No, not New Order, but Monaco, Hooky’s side band. Nice video with some super nice fantasy art.

As always, the same standard disclaimer applies. I didn’t draw these, found them on /c/, etc, etc… click to embiggen

As always, the same standard disclaimer applies. I didn’t draw these, found them on /c/, etc, etc… By this time, do I really need to tell you guys to “click to embiggen”? 😉

Back in the day (the mid 90s, y’all) I was stuck between fearing, hating and lusting after Riot Grrls. Most of them were bagel bumpers (at least until they graduated college) so the lust part was out-of-the-question, but I always wanted to be Riot Grrl’s Corin Tucker. Or, more to the point, I wanted to […]

As always, the same standard disclaimer applies. I didn’t draw these, found them on /c/, etc, etc… click to embiggen both