Johnny Saturn

Random Thoughts Monday:

Hi, Folks!

I’ll be wrapping up “Johnny Saturn” no. 7 soon—more on that when I finish it.  Next month, we are going to unveil the sale of digital download JS titles, so that should be pretty cool.

So, the Bigfoot guys were hoaxers after all.  Turns out their Bigfoot body in the freezer was a rubber ape suit.  Seems like to me they could charged with fraud, interstate commerce laws, and a host of other illegalities.  It’s quite likely the two men will lose their jobs as a police officer and corrections officer.  Admittedly, I don’t care much one way or another whether Bigfoot exists—it’s not my bag, man—but the fact they hoaxed the national media into a bunch of attention just seems wrong.  They wouldn’t be the first people to do so, though…

So now it’s standard practice for Olympians to fake their ages, kick referees in the face, slander their rivals, and throw down medals and march off in a huff?  I haven’t watched the Olympics in years, and it’s a good thing that I don’t!  Sportsmanship is apparently on its death bed, and bad behavior from these national “heroes” is about as common as doping and performance enhancing drugs.  Could it all be as corrupt as the impression I get from reading headlines?  I don’t know—I won’t be watching the darn thing or it’s digitally pre-recorded and enhanced ceremonies.

Benita and I attended the Alice Cooper concert in Indianapolis last night.  I enjoyed the show because I’ve been a big fan of Mr. Cooper for years, and he managed to fit almost every one of his classic songs into the act.  Benita was mildly entertained up until the point where Cooper play-acted as if he were beating a woman (a blow up doll) during “Welcome to My Nightmare.”  That part bothered me, especially when it led into “Only Women Bleed” where Cooper than acted as if beating one of the dancers (coincidentally one of his real life daughters).  I wrote it all off as theatrics and Alice playing a role for the songs, but in retrospect I’m not so pleased with it either.  As Benita explained, half the audience was literate and smart enough to understand that Cooper was playing a part and challenging our sensibilities; the other half was simply cheering for mock violence against women.  This is a black mark against what would have otherwise been a Grade A concert.

I just watched “V for Vendetta,” and I thought it was a moving film.  I’m not writing a review for it yet, because I have not read the graphic novel and I believe I should.  Usually I wouldn’t care about reading the novel one way or another, and I would simply take the movie as it is, but “V for Vendetta” is entirely another thing, isn’t it?  It’s a critically important story that is very timely.  I can’t write it off as pure cinema.  At some point I’ll buy the book and then discuss it in more detail.

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Thanks! Scott