Ah, the halcyon days of Flash Animation, where sites like rathergood, weebls-stuff, and newgrounds had endless surreal treasures (and trash. Lots of trash too).

to this day in 2019 I randomly spout out “WE HAVE A PEPPER  BARRRRR.” At work. Yes, I am the weird guy everyone knows.

I don’t think I ever knew these were used by Quiznos. We were all familiar with “We Like the Moon,” of course; I have a friend who’s been using the name “Dirigibles” online ever since because of that video.

Curses, you beat me to it

I remember finding the “We Like the Moon” video online before the Quiznos commercial co-opted them. The early ‘00s were a fun time online.

I used to visit the site of Joel Veitch, rathergood. I liked his simple fun animations. Here is the one that started the spongemonkeys I think—before they sang about Quiznos, they were singing about the moon:

While not traditional fantasy (more Time Travel Comedy of Manners), I always feel compelled to recommend Connie Willis’ “To Say Nothing of the Dog”. It’s my favorite book of all time, yes, above Lord of the Rings.

My son was six when this came out and had seen some of the other movies at home, but got a little freaked out by some of the scarier scenes, so I didn’t take him to this one either. I saw it, drove home, told him and my wife to get dressed, and drove right back to the theater with them. I watched him instead of the…

I thank Sean O’Neal for introducing me to him via this article; still vividly remember lazily skimming AVC on just another day at work, hitting play on “My Death” and getting hooked for life less than halfway in. Amazing voice, one of the most fascinating artists, as I proceeded to discover. Great film composer too, I…

“... and another thing, Vonnegut! I’m gonna stop payment on the check! Fuck me? Hey, Kurt, can you read lips, FUCK YOU! Next time I’ll call Robert Ludlum!”

Did they also pay Kurt Vonnegut to write their kids' papers?

Scottsdale has nothing to apologize for!

“One of life’s simple pleasures is playing “Who Is this America” for people who have never heard it.”

Catching Antibalas live is definitely a new years resolution I can get behind. Great live show!  Somehow I missed that they released an album in 2017.  Thanks for the reminder.  I’ll need to pick that one up.

Only one on this list I’m excited about is Tame Impala.

The Melvins and Jon Spencer, although partially because that’s the only concert I remember going to this year.

BLACK WIDOW: Thanos did exactly what he said he was going to do. He wiped out 50 % of all living creatures.

If that is your takeaway, I weep for the dearth of rational thought processes in your brain.

It’s an anagram for ‘Anus Pet’, referring to Snoopy, for obvious reasons.

Saw it in August. Was not prepared for the emotional intensity, despite having seen him in concert multiple times before. The intimacy was unbelievable.