Trains Are.. Mint

Part On The Road, part urban diary, Trains Are.. Mint are the illustrated ramblings and wanderings of Oliver East as he vistas numerous brian stations. Full of longing, introspection and pathos delivered with heart, this book is an indie rock comic. All that's missing is a soundtrack CD by the Shins and Death Cab. As twee as it gets it really is a poignant vision of modern urban loneliness. Def recommended. - ben hunt

Movie Experiance... Explicit......

GOING TO THE MOVIES
-Jenny Joy


It's February, which for me means I don't leave the house much
Cuz let's face it it's too damn cold out!
But when I do I like to make the most of my day.
Brad and I decided to go see a movie “The Grey”
So I feel it best to describe this experience from the beginning....
we get to the theater early, so fair enough people are talking, whatever that's all fine and dandy..
except for the fact that the people across from us are these older folks who claim they do not like gossiping about other people spent the entire time talking about everyone under the sun, so and so is fat now and so ugly and some poor guy who they are bashing about him only going to see gay movies and calling him the dreaded “fagot”... grrrr....
the lights go off, when realistic I feel that is the time when you SHUT THE HELL UP ALREADY!!!
but no, we start with the first preview, a horror film.
Doesn't matter which one, point is you see a girl and she looks to be in pain and then this old fuck starts in... “ these movies only cost 2 dollars to make, but people keep going” his companion old stupid lady, chimes in “ yeah! Then they all make millions of dollars off it!”
oh good, glad we cleared that up!
Now that I have lost focus on what I’ve just seen on the screen....
I am at this point fixated on these horrendous voices behind me and I can't seem to regain focus on the movie...
then we get to the feature film, the words THE GREY come up and the old fucker of course feels the need to read the words out loud as they appear...
Again thanks for that buddy without your help I couldn't have made it through the intro..
asshole!
This did not end here...
anyone who has seen the preview knows that this movie is based in cold weather and the whole time they are both talking...
Oh it's so cold there...
Hey look it's his wife...
Oh It's a wolf!
At this point my inner rage went from 0 to 15 in a hulk moment that thank go, I just swallowed down... at one point I look at them shaking my head.. what else can I do?!
I thought that only teenagers were disrespectful in public, I guess not.
They laugh as you would assume a teenager again to do.
But then shh each other when they get fired up again verbally describing the scenes from the movie out loud. They proceed to giggle at us like we are the assholes..
I'm freaking sorry, but did I just pay to hang out with you in your living room like we are watching a netflix and you talk through the whole damn thing or what?!
Sigh
the movie was good, it was sad in some parts, but all I could think about was how I wish the fucking wolf would hurry up and eat these people!
Then you get to the end and of course they hated it...
so all in all...
what an experience....
I understand that when you in a small theater it's hard to avoid certain things but people have respect... when you are out in public think for one second about how others have paid money as well to have a good time. So please SHUT UP!!!
thank you...

House of Night (comic)

HOUSE OF NIGHT distributed by Dark Horse Comics.
-Jenny Joy

This comic series is new but the book series is not, However, Just 3 issues in and I can honestly say I am hooked!
The story of House Of Night- Is a finishing school for young vampires, known as Fledglings, these teen vamps haven't made the change to become adult vampires yet. But for some the change may be fatal.

sounds like a winner to me!
It has so many different elements to it. Young teen vampires with powers, and even an informative taste of mythology.

The main Character Zooey Redbird has to learn these lessons that take her and her friends back in time through story form of the leaders in the past who have helped pave the way of there existence.

bad religion

if you ask most people who got in bad religion what their favorite br album is they would say Recipe For Hate, but for me it was Generator. thoughtful lyrics, attitude, catchy but powerful melodies - it was this album that hit home for me more than any of their other albums. this was after the 80's punk movement but before the punk explosion of the mid 90's. i think this record is the perfect missing link between the two. the band compromised nothing yet seemed to move the whole genre to the next level of mass acceptance.

silencing political dissent

Even though the Bush years are gone it is wise not forget lessons we've learned. after all the old adage that those who don't learn from history are domed to repeat it rings true. This book was published in 2006, but reading it still gives me chills. we were closer to fascism then I ever thought possible. if Bush had proven a more competent president it could have even gone further and if arrogance and hubris hadn't done in those close to him we could have already invaded Iran...

Maude Maggart sings Irving Berlin

Maude Maggart sings Irving Berlin
by-JJW


Sister to Fiona Apple, Maude Maggart has been making her mark in a very cabaret nature.
If you were to YouTube her you would mostly find a very small collection of her work and one duet with Fiona (paper moon) but none of these songs touch my favorite workings that she has produced.
-Maude Maggart sings Irving Berlin-
I love these renditions! Beautifully remastered with innocence and a deep richness that make any music appreciator stop for a listen.
This album is becoming rare to find which is a shame but I do find that I can find her on Pandora quite frequently.


 
 
Track
1 You Keep Coming Back Like A Song
2 Remember
3 Alexander's Ragtime Band
4 Yiddisha Nightingale
5 Soft Lights And Sweet Music
6 Pack Up Your Sins and Go to the Devil / Everybody Step
7 What'll I Do? / All Alone
8 When I Lost You
9 Always
10 Slumming On Park Avenue
11 When I Leave The World Behind
12 The Song Is Ended (But the Melody Lingers On)

Charmed

Charmed Comic Series
by JJW



For many charmed fans when the show ended it felt like so much more of the story should have continued on.
Then to my most excited surprise we get a comic!

I have been carefully reading these issues and have been collecting them as often as I did for the paperback books they put out.

This time instead of writing b-stories based off the episodes we get the continuation of the show.. it is everything that I could have ever hoped for and more.

Having went to this past Comic con in NY, I can tell you that it is very frustrating to see the abundance of Buffy merchandise everywhere from calendars to books and action figures.
One has to ask.. Where the hell is all the charmed Stuff hidden?

Could this be perhaps another reason to blame Shannon Doherty?
Well. Perhaps not, after years of understanding that Ms. Doherty made keeping her out of the story line difficult and even awkward at times, we now through the comic get a better understanding of what was going on in her absence.
I will not offer up a spoiler but I can tell you that I was riveted while reading.

I love this series and highly recommend it to all my fellow charmed fans.
I would also like to add for anyone who loves the show but is not used to the graphic novel format of writing, knowing the voices and the series helps make sense of this style format.
I wish you all happy reading !

And always remember the power of three will set you free ;)

-Jenny Joy

Rising Stars

I have written about a lot "superhero in a real world setting" books before, but rising stars is one of the most epic. J michael S's work on this series is a labor of love and is just as good as his work on Babylon 5, Spiderman and Supreme Power. The art is very 90's Image comics, which was the only draw back for me. the story more than made up for it. Dark and dense, this is a book that will suck you in. i read the entire series in about 2 days, barely coming up for air.

Jenny's tori corner

TORI CORNER by Jenny Joy
12/30/2011

Issue 1.

Top 10 Favorite Tori Amos songs and why

10. WITNESS- this song comes at you hard with heavy bass lines the Hammond organ and some fast lyrics that will make your head spin.

9. TOAST- toast is a more emotional song that when your feeling sad and you are reminiscing of those who have passed on.. you raise a glass, make a toast in their honor.

8. Bug a Martini- this song is found on the welcome to sunny Florida DVD as an extra and it is really funky and exciting. Makes you wanna dance!

7. original sinsuality- I like this song because it made me pull out all my books and research what and who she was singing about and there is a wonderful mysterious story deep within the characters in this song.
6. TAKE TO THE SKY- tori loves to play this song live and though generally speaking, I am not always one for any type of audience participation however, when Tori asks... how can one say no?

5. yes Anastasia- this is a great longer song I not only love the lyrics but the end of this song is really what does it for me. The high notes are stellar :)

4. THAT GUY- comes off of the abnormally attracted to sin album. This entire CD was like walking into a smoke filled bar on a Wednesday afternoon and people watching as the scene gets more odd by the hour. And when it comes to Tori there is just nothing wrong with that.


3.PRECIOUS THINGS- for all those with a “billy” in there pasts this one for me always hit home. To me this song has a lot to do with the personal side effects of conforming to others because its the normal thing to do. And how to walk away from it as well and start over as your self.

2. SILENT ALL THESE YEARS-
I love this song bit more then the others because there was a time in my life where I was more of the listener and didn’t speak up for myself. And it took me longer then it should have to realize that all I needed was a push and then off I went into become for better or worse who I would be for the next 10 years.

1. Cool on your island-
this is by far my most favorite tori Amos song ever. It screams to me in so many ways. I love to hear her play it live ( it always makes me cry)
I love to sing along to it when I am at home. I mean come on... is it cool on your island? Sometime we feel so separated from not only others but from our selves and this song is the prayer that follows right along to finding that inner peace.

Why the kings of leon suck!!!

WHY THE KINGS OF LEON SUCK
by Jenny Joy
12/30/11


This family based band consisting of both Brothers and a cousin, has in some ways earned its rite of passage by struggling through committed song writing and traveling during it's early stages in development.
However, look at who they are now.
A band that was destined by themselves to break through and even convinced the uninspired waste of critics over at Rolling stone magazine that this was a 4 out of 5 star band.. the one to watch...
But thanks to Talihini sky you are opened into a backwoods world revival of sons of a preacher man who is more or less convinced his sons are on the hell bound path of existence.
From being home-schooled by their mother to writing lyrics about how your sex is on fire.
Lead singer Caleb is starting to act out in an “oasis” manner that never works. The singing style resemble constant whining and come off very desperate.
One of the funnier finds that I came across on this lame KOL research was a youtube video called shreds... where they overdub vocals and guitars and keep the live performance.... the humor to me was there was not much difference in this then a regular video of theirs.
Your either a hillbilly or a pretentious douche bag pick one....

while listening to “ use somebody”
we are meant to believe that this home schooled preacher kid who grew up in the back woods of the south has spent his life searching for someone to love to oh yeah, find it within a Victoria secret model?
Seems like total bullshit...
not to mention it pains me to admit that I still can not place the tune in my head but in the song Use somebody, the oh Whoa oh oh Whoa oh part I swear I have heard in a commercial somewhere and no I do not mean the car ad... more like an amusement park... but one day it will come to me and I will repost this just because I must at this point...

in my opinion if you are looking for a class act band that is sincere and loyal to there fans then try listening to the black keys...
they may be from Akron Ohio, but most good rock came from Ohio anyhow...

so in closing your all robots... and the kings of Leon suck major donkey D.
- JJW