...will he ever win?

http://yoisthisracist.com/post/17171662782/yo-are-black-ghosts-pale-too

February 07, 2012 02:17 AM

The Death and Return of Superman

"I'm not drunk in the video, I only get about three cups in. The original rant was 45 minutes long, so of course we had to cut a bunch of stuff out for time, and because it was just too stupid. Like for instance the part where Pa Kent dies of a heart attack and literally GOES TO HEAVEN. AND SEES SUPERMAN."

This is an entertaining rant, even though I never read "The Death of Superman", having already been squarely in the "who gives a flying fuck" camp at the time, so I didn't realize just how stupid it was. Apparently it was even stupider than I had imagined. And I can imagine quite a bit. I do disagree with his conclusion, though, that this craven stunt "broke" death in comics. It was already broken when they got there. Characters were dying and coming back all the time long before that, and anyone who thought Superman would stay dead was a fucking idiot.

Mirrored from jwz.org.

February 07, 2012 01:30 AM

would require disclosure of chemicals injected <-> but that would desecrate trade-secrecy --> http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/jan/30/fracking-regulation-ec-report?newsfeed=true <-- "We don't need new regulations until we've fucked things up much more"

February 07, 2012 01:17 AM

8=========================D

February 07, 2012 12:47 AM

khmer

February 07, 2012 12:17 AM

sneakums

February 07, 2012 12:17 AM

protip: if *everybody* "gets it wrong", then what has changed is actually the language itself. That's how this works.

February 07, 2012 12:17 AM

DJ Spooky (author of The Book of Ice) along with Musicsoft Arts, has developed DJ Spooky, a free and recently updated DJing app for use on the iPhone and iPad. DJ Spooky will be speaking at the PSFK Conference NYC on March 30, 2012, headlining the 2012 Plutopia FutureMusic Summit in May 2012 and participating in several other upcoming events.

via PSFK

February 06, 2012 11:19 PM

That's a copyright-suit defense that honestly had never occurred to me.

February 06, 2012 11:17 PM

pedro

February 06, 2012 10:47 PM