Cover MegaMix for Samara: BONUS TRACKS (plus, Two-Face rant)

[thehefner]

So, guess who's working on Labor Day!

If that's not Hefnerian, I don't know what is.





Everybody Knows (Leonard Cohen), Concrete Blonde
--scarydavedc pointed this one out for me, and I agree, it's another fine Cohen cover. I first heard this in my very first Rude Mechanicals production HENRY VI, playing right before that 25-minute Yes epic "Gates of Delirium." Of course, I prefer Cohen's original, but this is a solid and decidedly different take, ensuring that it deserved a place on my mix.

My Humps (Black Eyed Peas), Alanis Morrisette
--I hate Alanis. I always have. Or at least, I did. This single video redeemed that horrible year in middle school when she was inescapable. Now... I love you, Big Broth--I mean, Alanis.

Temptation (New Order), Moby
--Y'know, I want to listen to more New Order. Just saying. But yeah, another very different take on the song, albeit a take that's very Moby. Which is a good thing, as far as I'm concerned.

I didn't think anyone could complain about the video set to SUPERNATURAL footage. Not that I watch it, but with all the squeeing fangirls I know, I may get sucked in. Or I could just tell them, "Whoops, nope, sorry, I have to catch up with HEROES, LOST, BATTLESTAR GALACTACA, DOCTOR WHO, and TORCHWOOD first!"

I Have the Touch (Peter Gabriel), Heather Nova
--I wanted to leave this off, just because I'm still prejudiced against this song ever since a tiny opinionated hippie bisexual-but-really-lesbian Buffy fangirl I used to know thought this version was superior to the Gabriel one. Come to think of it, much as I liked this girl, her opinions and tastes used to really tweak me off, way before that was a common Heffie thing. Maybe she's the reason I'm so averse to Whedon! Wow, I never thought about that until today!

But deny it as I try, and much as I *do* think the original is superior... this is a damn good cover. Even if it *was* in the soundtrack to THE CRAFT and even if this video is set to some CGI anime thing.

If anything, I should use included this rather than Lionel Richie's "Mercy Street."

Baby Got Back (Sir Mix-A-Lot), Jonathan Coulton
--I heard this for the first time last Friday night, when holli dragged me off to this guy's concert. I only knew him from his modern geek classic, "Skullcrusher Mountain," but the whole evening proved delightful. However, the real treat (besides the totally impromptu, on-the-spot decision to perform "Sweet Caroline") was this, which I'm lucky enough to discover was filmed and put on YouTube. Savor it, my friends. Savor it.

...

Well shit, if no one's reading today (as I'm assuming no one else is at work to dick off, or you are out having a grand time on this lovely day), I'm just gonna go off on a full Harvey Dent/Two-Face rant!

So I just read a small tidbit of Harvey Dent in THE DARK KNIGHT that confirms one of my biggest little fears about how they're going to portray the character. Looks like they'll be going with the "I'm the D.A. and I think Batman is a menace that must be stopped," claptrap. Nuts nuts nuts nuts nuts nuts nuts. He's supposed to be Batman's ally, damn it. He's supposed to be a good guy.

Yes, I know, to you folks by and large, this is a "eh, who cares?" detail. But shit, to me? That's the essence of his character. If he's not good to begin with, if becoming Two-Face doesn't mean that Batman loses one of his true friends and allies, where's the tragedy?

Christopher Nolan, between this and the Joker makeup, you're really testing my patience and faith. You'd better be going somewhere brilliant with this.

Grr.

Eh, you know what? It doesn't matter, in the long run. The movie will come and go, regardless of how it all turns out. If Dr. Doom can survive what Julian McMahon did to him... if Galactus could survive being a big fucking storm cloud... shit, if Two-Face could survive Tommy fucking Lee fucking Jones... then the character can survive this. It's just a movie. And if it ends up being awesome after all? Then that's a great big kick-ass bonus. But I ain't holding my breath, just in case.

(That said, just wait until they release a picture of Aaron Eckhart in full Two-Face makeup. I'll probably drop a load right there.)

But really, what matters most is my Harvey Dent novel. Not just completing it, but revising and fleshing it out until it's actually as good as it deserves to be... and then, finally, seeing it published in some form. Don't ask me how! But if it's as good as I want it to be, then I'm gonna want it to see the light of day in some form or another.

This isn't a mere Batman story I'm writing. This is a fictional Hefner Monologue--in many respects, every bit as personal as the autobiographical stories--but by way of David Cronenberg, James Ellroy, "Beat" Takeshi Kitano, and Takeshi Miike. It's the flip side of the coin to what was really happening to me emotionally regarding my father, among other things. And I think it's actually not bad, either.

So okay. I need to first make it with THE HEFNER MONOLOGUES. That's my key to getting established and making a name for myself. Then, after I have a bit of the name recognition and life experience from road-tripping and whatnot, I'll try to get BUB AND JOHNNY GO published as a novel or ongoing comic series (Years ago, I never thought I'd say this... but Image Comics is looking more and more like the company for which I should fight to get them publishing B&JG).

And THEN... go to DC Comics with the Two-Face novel. If I can't get them to publish it, then my only other option is to do it in a comic mini-series. I think I'll need nine issues at least. All while still performing and writing THE HEFNER MONOLOGUES, of course, as that'll be my real creative bread and butter (and financial as well, one hopes).

Yes. That's the plan. That's the goal for my next... what, eight or ten years.

Phase three is profit.

Comments

[suburbfabulous.livejournal.com]

Here for a moment. Reading. Planning. Dog with head split open.
Alanis=Win.
SUPERNATURAL is better than many suspect, like squeezy cheez or Boar's Head Horseradish Sauce.
Hefner is my hero.

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

Oh, I don't doubt SUPERNATURAL has its quality. But I'll keep that condimental comparison in mind.

Oo! Assuming you don't mean Hugh or the Britpop band, dare I believe that my mad, mad plan of creative attack has provoked such praise? Or was it something else?

[suburbfabulous.livejournal.com]

Nope.
Execute plan, kiddo. I'm proud of you.

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

I won't let you down, Goldie.