Mad Cap Maxie

Presenting, for just the second time anywhere, "Mad Cap Maxie," by Michael C Lorah and Patrick Brosseau.

(And Shotgun readers, even if you hate my script, give some love for the awesomeness of Mr. Pat Brosseau's artwork and lettering. You can see more of Pat's short comics and illustrations at his art blog: http://oddsnsods.tumblr.com/)

Easy Manning/Tebow Jokes!

Create your own!  Fun at parties!   (This AP photo violated under fair use for parody.)

Rock God: Springsteen at The Apollo review by Russ Burlingame

Typically, Bruce Springsteen's deep catalog of hits and his willingness to experiment makes his setlists—even during years-long barnstorming tours—somewhat unpredictable. Still, out of the twenty-five or so songs that the Boss and the E Street Band will play on any given night, something like 15 or 18 of those are fairly static during any given tour, and many of them will be predictable (the first single off the current new album is usually either the first or second song in the set, for example, with “Badlands” in the first third and “Born to Run” in the finale).

It was with some interest and curiousity, then, that Springsteen's fans tuned into Friday night's concert at Harlem's legendary Apollo Theater. It was the first show of a new tour, released just three days after the official street date of his new album, Wrecking Ball. And while a good chunk of the night was spent paying tribute to the soul and R&B legends who helped build The Apollo (using a series of MoTown covers which are unlikely to be repeated with any frequency), the energetic show not only set the bar pretty high for the rest of the tour, but certainly seems to have given fans some things to think about.

The Talking Dud

I'm a big fan of the Walking Dead comic book. The TV show? Eh...not so much. I've been loyal to the show for two seasons now and most likely will remain so until the final episode, but more out of curiosity how the show will approximate the source material as opposed to conviction that it's compelling television.

Because it isn't.

It's terribly acted, horribly protracted, too often amateurly written with plot holes wide enough to fly a fleet of Executor-class Star Destroyers through. What pisses me off me most is how the show seems to go out of its way to destroy my fondness for characters that I've spent ninety-plus issues of my life with.

Great Moments in Rock

From 2005, at The Grammys.  Young Joss Stone does all right, but it's Mellisa Etheridge, just back from battling cancer, that brings it home.

Great Moments in Rock

Foo Fighters.  Best of You.  Wembley, 2008.

What are some of yours?

Scheduling Note . . . DC Nation

Users of DVRs and more arcane methods . . .

Note that tomorrow marks the debut of the DC Nation programming block on Cartoon Network.  Green Lantern, Young Justice, and assorted shorts will be present.

Feel free to come back here, talk about it, and say rude things about The Russ.  (It's okay; he loves it when you call him Curtain Jerker.)