Spock sings!

In celebrtion of the new Star Trek feature film out now, today we'll look at one the weirdest great novelty songs, The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins. Written by Charles Randolph Grean and infamously performed by Leonard Nimoy in 1968 for his album The Two Sides of Leonard Nimoy. Today the song is a fine example of 1960's camp; along with the Adam West Batman tv series and "beach movies" like Gidget. C'mon everybody--- Do the Hobbit!

The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins
by Leonard Nimoy 
from the album The Two Sides of Leonard Nimoy

New America

Above is the new President of the US of A.
Behind him is the Man of Steel.

To US citizens, I hope you voted. I don't give a fuck who you voted for, but if you did. There are millions of people who are still without that honor, so we should take advantage of it like a drunken male/female whore at your friend's booze-filled party. To non-US citizens, uhh, sorry.

I don't think I've discussed the new url yet. After doing this for a few years, I knew I wanted to do more with this site. The new url and banner are just the beginning. I'm writing a new template right now, and will alos expand coverage on *sigh* nerdier topics like comics and movies because, well shit, I am a comic and movie nerd. You will also see a shitload more new bands and artists who I feel need a push, and since MTV and KROQ are focused on playing the same artists that suck over and over again, why not try something refreshing. Change. That's some Obama shit right there!

One more thing to add: there is a new email address to match the new blog url. ivan@blogawayla.com has a nice ring to it. Use that email addy to send what you think I and others will like. If you would like to just say hey or discuss comics and movies, my personal/pro email is located at the very bottom of the web page. Spam me and I'll DDoS attack your ass.


Bad Religion - New America

The future of comic book websites is here!

Comic book news/features website ComicBookResources.com debuted a new look to its homepage and overall web page design a few months ago. It felt like a breath of fresh Web 2.0 air. Below is a snapshot of a recent homepage featuring headlines/articles: Last Night, rival comic news/features site Newsarama.com debuted their new look, the homepage below: There's something very familiar about all this. Web 2.0 is big business nowadays, and many sites that cater to certain groups like in this case comic book fans realize that sometimes it's not enough to be just a comic book website. I'll be posting my comic thoughts in due time, true believers.