Echo Chamber Recap Episode 133

BASTARD/WEBSTER 2016!

-Or, more accurately 2024. Since we'll both be over 35 by then.

Our platforms include:
-The official religion of the country is Bad Religion
-Our secretary of state will be Jello Biafra
-The entire band Train will be put to death by being thrown at Rush Limbaugh, rigged with explosives
-We're entitled to free MTG drafts whenever we please.

-Flappy Bird and Fruit Ninja are legit arcade machines. Just thought you'd like to know that.

Not entirely unheard of, but these machines would be better suited along with airports or restaurants or other places, since arcades are becoming less and less of a thing. Like, "I COULD play this on my phone, but I CAN ALSO WIN TICKETS TO GET AN IPOD SHUFFLE FUCK YEAH!"

-And now to disappoint you all, Markiplier plays the saddest Flappy Bird clone, Flappy Fedora:


-Madden: The Gathering, huh? Me and Anime Cow came up with an anime version of MtG, so let's see what we can dredge up:
Gideon would the star quarterback, obviously, since he's always the center of attention and creatures are always trying to attack him.
Ajani used to be a superstar quarterback back in the day and is now the kindly coach that gives the little guy
Jace would be John Madden. I can see Jace stating the obvious like "now the player is carrying the ball", "if they score more points then the other team, they can win" and everyone eats it up and sees it as gripping commentary.
Garruk- linebacker. FUCKING LOOK AT THAT GUY
Tibalt is the guy who made a good play back in High School and has been bragging about it ever since. Think Al Bundy from Married with Children except he didn't score 4 touchdowns, he just got in the way of the defender who was chasing the guy who scored the game winning touchdown.

"Hey Rhythm Bastard, why didn't you do any of the female Magic characters?

WOMEN? IN SPORTS?

BUT.... MY BIOTRUTHS!!!

-For those curious, I picked white, and went 1-2 and then dropped, because it was 4 in the morning.

-Danger 5 will only have 2 seasons, unfortunately. In the end, though, can you really blame them? I can respect that, not doing anymore when you're out of ideas, or can't find a new place to take the series.
Though David Ashby, the series creator and actor behind Jackson, looks a lot like my friend David.

David Ashby

David K. Ginn

-STARSLIP CRISIS by Kris Straub of Chainsawsuit fame.
 
-Creed's Trailer, looking pretty good.

But yeah, keep bitching about your Christian Rock Band.
AND THEY SAY THAT A HEROO CAN SAVE US....
That was them, right?

-Dave Grohl should be an inspiration for us all. He has persevered through this broken leg, he has persevered through the death of Kurt Cobain, he has told us to make music for ourselves and that it's OK to like Ke$ha.
Dave Grohl, you won the 90's. Thank you.

I'M GONNA DO IT! I WILL GO OUT AND MAKE MUSIC TO THE EXTREME, THANK YOU FATHER!!!

Status Quo Sunday Fights HItler

This week's jam:

That was a selection from one of my favoritest bands, Crowd The Airwaves, an all girl alt-rock group fronted by my friend Heather. Who's all the way back in NY.

Why am I bringing this up NOW you ask? Yesterday, they played a show with S.S. Hanami, a band, for those of you further behind, I play a lot with at conventions in Florida. S.S. Hanami was looking for a band to play with in the Northeast for their tour, and I got two sets of friends together.

It was great seeing both bands be really impressed with each other.

Anyway, ON TO THE UPDATES!!!
ALBUM/KICKSTARTER:
I'm ready to launch it as soon as the reward designs are ready. Anything not 100% complete, it's OK, because we have a full 30 days to work on it. Getting all the design stuff together.

MUSIC UPDATE:
This week I'm think I'm going to try something new:
At lunch, sketch out one song/lyric concept a day. If they're any good, or I really get attached to them, then they'll become full fledged songs.

Still a couple other songs in the tank, but I've been preoccupied with 10-hour days and errands and shit this weekend.

 Also, I uploaded my MTG songs to YouTube:


This week I recently watched two things that both involve killing Adolf Hitler:
Danger 5, an Austrailian show that parodies the spy movies of the 60's (and then the action movies of the 80's):

and Kung Fury, a movie that was Kickstarted that parodies 80's action movies:


While Kung Fury had a few laughs and some really great effects, Danger 5 gets the edge. Both attempt to recreate the look and feel of their respective time periods, but Danger 5 plays it THAT MUCH straighter.

Granted, Kung Fury, over the top as it is, kind of lets everything speak for itself. The effects are over the top and look incredible well done, leading to a couple good sight gags in the beginning and a ridiculous fight scene toward the end. Part of me was expecting the protagonist to state some of the weird shit he's gotten into, but it managed to avoid that. But there's plenty of bull shit that feels unnecessary, like the fact that he's fighting Hitler, who knows Kung Fu (for some reason). Cause Hitler's funny I guess?

The most accurate thing in the movie was David Hasselhoff's single "True Survivor", which screams "One Hit Wonder". There's nothing that particularly stands out about it, but everything, from the synth arpeggios, and "lyrics about love even though (thankfully) there's no romance subplot in the movie" lyrics makes it blend so well.

Danger 5 scares me with how well they did recreating the look of a 60's spy film. Like, look at the trailer. I also like the small running jokes the series has going through it, like character reciting perfect drink recipies on their death bed, and pretty much everything going on with Claire.

Still, everything is kept to one consistent plane of existance. Weird shit happens in Danger 5, but it feels like it's part of this bizarro alternate reality World War 2. In Kung Fury, the weird shit happens because it's cool, and it'll get the "LOL!" and "EPIC!" comments in the section. And that's a bit of a turn off.

Both are quick, entertaining watches, and worth your time for this week.

See you next time, and remember your mission.... KILL HITLER!


Courtesy of Joe Hunter