jerrycarr

Yes, I disappeared for another number of months.  Sorry y'all--just too friggin' much going on.

OK, so anyone who hasn't seen Black Dynamite or Bitch Slap--get ye to your Netflix account and order now!  So friggin' much fun.  I've read a number of so-so reviews for each flick.  C'mon, look at the titles--you can't expect Avatar...  Take 'em for what they are--big giggly dumb entertainment.  I'm planning a few homage drawings (in my non-existent free time).

OK, anyone who knows me also knows I digs da funk.  I was weaned on a steady diet of Parliament/Funkadelic, Rick James, James Brown, Bootsy Collins, Sly and the Family Stone, Stevie Wonder, etc.  So, naturally, I became a rabid Prince fan in the mid-80s.

I stayed with his music all the way through--having collected his entire CD catalog (plus a bunch of live and unpublished stuff).  He's always been a spiritual guy, which I've never really had a problem with (though I prefer my music secular and full of sexual energy).  However, he caught a serious case of religion about 8 years ago that adversely affected his music (in my humble opinion).

The raw energy and incredible musical experimentation gave way to cliched lyrics, repetitive beats, and tired arrangements barely fit for a Britney Spears CD.  After his last release, I swore I was done--I don't even remember what it was called; just that it had a hologram of the earth on the cover.

Then a friend told me he had a new album out.  I was at Target, and saw it was actually 3 CDs for $12 (one disc is a protege).  I figured I'd give the classic funkster one more chance.  Holy jumpin' crapfish!  The bloody discs are great!  Well, mostly great.  Disc one is the protege--I can do without it thus far.  She has a nice voice, and the lyrics are decent, but Prince is producing without much passion.  Makes me wish for the craziness he pulled together for the Jill Jones disc, or the Family.

His two discs are blowing me away so far.  Not much experimental work, but a wondrous aural melange of sounds--ranging from smooth jazz to chicken-grease funk to rockin' guitar to sultry ballad (well, without much sultriness now that he's totally PG).

If you've ever been a Prince fan, I strongly suggest you give it a try.  C'mon, $12 for 3 discs?  You only have to like a single disc's worth of music to be worth the investement...

Ok, so I'm absolutely hugely entertained by The Venture Brothers.  Season 3 is funnier than the previous seasons, and I didn't think that was possible.

Battlestar Galactica ended in the crappiest, worst, lamest, silliest, saddest, dumbest, jeebus-preaching BS manner ever.  I'm heartbroken.  Best show ever became a simple sermon.

Supernatural has become the new greatest show ever.  Not only did it start off strongly, it just keeps getting better.  Watch.  It.  Now.

If you haven't seen the new Wonder Woman DVD movie, you are totally missing out!  Nathan Fillion does a brilliant job as Steve Trevor.  I wasn't expecting this to be so good.  The Warner/DC cartoon movies continue to surprise me.

I'm giddy about "Land of the Lost".  The Sleestak look friggin' awesome!

So I'm opinionated...

Man, I never would've guessed 2009 would come this quickly!  We are another year older, have a new president, and so much art to make!  Hope the new year finds you all well and happy.  Just remember that the Mayan calendar ends in 2012--which may be the end of the world as we know it.  Guess we won't have to worry about that whole "aging" thing...  

And it's cold on the East Coast.  Very cold...

Peace,
J

I am in the middle of a creative block of epic proportions!  Lots of ideas spilling over (not to mention commissions and requests), yet when I sit down to draw, all that spills out is strange little marker drawings of bizarre creatures.  And a few hot girls, of course.  But I can't seem to make myself finish anything.  Man, I haven't had a bout of artistic ennui like this since the 90s.

I've gotta get outta this funk.  Must drink more coffee.  Or vodka.  Or both, just not at the same time...

Recently watched the whole Space Ghost and Dino Boy DVD set.  Wow!  Both incredibly bad and incredibly fun.  Man, I miss the old superhero cartoons.  Now I've moved on to the 1960s Aquaman cartoons.  Such wonderfully good badness!