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Thursday | October 29th | 2009
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I’ve had three songs from Marina and the Diamonds’ album on heavy rotation for about two months now, and I have been trying to come up with an excuse to post this very song. Now, there is one: it’s got a video, and it uses some wacky body art based on the work of Lucy McRae.

All well and good. But, I have a beef with this video, and it is this: it isn’t weird enough. For any other poppy song, sure, this is weird. But this is a seriously off-the-wall song, full of odd sound effects and freaky interludes. I feel like the all-white wall should have been some wild jungle pattern, that things should have been popping in and out of frame with abandon (muppets! puppets!) and that titular lead singer Marina should have broken out of her dead-face expression at least once. I feel like she’s trying to give me sexy face, with her heavy-lidded pout -pout lips, but…you’re bouncing on puppet limbs and singing about spooks and silver spoons chasing you. Nothing in that is inherently sexy. (I…don’t think?)

But, there are accordion legs and arms, so I guess it’s enough. Hmph.


Posted by various vapor, assembled. on Thu Oct 29th at 3:14PM
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Monday | September 14th | 2009
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As of last week the venerable Brit comic Scary Go Round officially ended its long run. Therefore, it’s the perfect time to hop on the ‘round and read its archives, which stretch all the way back to 2002! Scary Go Round follows the quite supernatural happenings in the town of Tackleford, England. A large cast of characters encounters all sorts of phenomena, including devils, witches, portals to nether worlds and creepy bald children who predict the end of the world. But these Brits never lose their cool: Scary Go Round is more a wacky comedy with supernatural elements than an X-Files retread. John Allison’s artwork occasionally calls to mind the super-attenuated characters of Edward Gorey, but his neon bright palette allows his monsters and ghouls to bounce and boo rather than slink and moan. The series is broken up handily into chapters, most of which deal with a new mysterious threat to the blithe citizens of Tackleford. Switching occasionally from computer drawn to hand drawn art, Allison also mixes up his cast of characters from time to time, dropping folks along the wayside and bringing others to prominence. Grab your flashlight and a scone and follow the intrepid mystery solvers of Scary Go Round as they deal with zombies, monsters, super spies, ghosts and the perils of dating.

As of last week the venerable Brit comic Scary Go Round officially ended its long run. Therefore, it’s the perfect time to hop on the ‘round and read its archives, which stretch all the way back to 2002!

Scary Go Round follows the quite supernatural happenings in the town of Tackleford, England. A large cast of characters encounters all sorts of phenomena, including devils, witches, portals to nether worlds and creepy bald children who predict the end of the world. But these Brits never lose their cool: Scary Go Round is more a wacky comedy with supernatural elements than an X-Files retread. John Allison’s artwork occasionally calls to mind the super-attenuated characters of Edward Gorey, but his neon bright palette allows his monsters and ghouls to bounce and boo rather than slink and moan.

The series is broken up handily into chapters, most of which deal with a new mysterious threat to the blithe citizens of Tackleford. Switching occasionally from computer drawn to hand drawn art, Allison also mixes up his cast of characters from time to time, dropping folks along the wayside and bringing others to prominence.

Grab your flashlight and a scone and follow the intrepid mystery solvers of Scary Go Round as they deal with zombies, monsters, super spies, ghosts and the perils of dating.


Posted by various vapor, assembled. on Mon Sep 14th at 2:45PM
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