Things with More Appeal.17

So, I've been neglecting you, reader. However, this is only because there really hasn't been anything worth talking about for a couple of weeks, other than politics. I have enough sense to know that the only way to make this blog any worse would be to expound on my political allegiances, and I'd only reveal my ignorance further. As tempting as it is to have my very own nothing-but-spin-zone feature on here (perhaps I could title a weekly series The LTNA Variable!), I decided to revisit my erstwhile-turned-sporadic "weekly" series. Indeed, here's something that I like, which I now bequeath to you, my cuddlecub: Metalocalypse.

This show, unlike some of its suckfest brethren of the ADD-stoner eleven minute cartoons of [adult swim] (Squidbillies, 12 oz. Mouse, Robot Chicken), helps keep the average quality level of the [adult swim] lineup above board, along with other jewels like The Boondocks, for which I have already expressed my profound love in previous entries.

It's about a death metal band called Dethklok, and I'm not going to tell you much else about it. All you need to know is that the humor of the show has little or nothing to do with death metal, so don't be reluctant to check the show out just because metal isn't "your thing." Besides, it's by Brendon Small, who has proven he doesn't suck plenty of times in earlier works. So, fucking watch it.

Who needs a taste?

John C. Reilly to Embrace the Cox Inside Him

To promote the upcoming flick Walk Hard, Columbia is having John C. Reilly tour as his character from the movie, Dewey Cox. This is pretty much the same exact technique that Columbia used with Will Ferrell, when he was making the rounds for Talladega Nights, which of course featured Reilly as his co-star. Sacha Baron Cohen also did this when he did the entire Borat press junket in character. I guess this ultra meta marketing technique worked so well they've decided to run the gag into the ground.

This time though, the farce will be even more involved, since "Dewey" will actually be performing live with the film's band, the Hard Walkers, in the "Cox Across America Tour," beginning tomorrow at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

I'm kind of looking forward to seeing this movie. JC has proven his comedic chops as a second banana in film roles, and he's definitely the funniest character, Dr. Steve Brule, on Tim and Eric Awesome Show Great Job! [Sorry T&E, I love you guys but TGTTM was a much better show. (And Johnny Cakes Reilly also makes an appearence in the "Alliance" episode of Tom, fyi.)] So, it should be nice to finally see him "toplining," as we say in the biz. In the biz, we also say "biz," instead of "showbusiness," but it's just because we're too busy adjusting our Bluetooth headsets, abusing our assistants and doing blow for the extra syllables.

Anyway, speaking of my second favorite fictional doctor, Steve Brule-- the first, of course, is Dr. Spaceman-- here's a clip. Enjoy!