So, what’s a Wonder Woman milkshake? And what’s a Black Canary milkshake? No idea, but if you visit a certain superhero theme park in the DCU, you can get the latter (and, formerly, the former). At least according to Wonder Woman #6, anyway.

The good people at Everyday Is Like Wednesday want to know what’s in those shakes, so we’re launching a contest to solicit help in finding out. Click here for the contest details, and submit your suggested recipes for a chance to win fabulous prizes. And by “fabulous prizes” I mean crappy original art.

Here I was ready to keep score on the inevitable douchebaggery to take place this year between the Chicago Cubs’ Lou Piniella and the White Sox’ Ozzie Guillen, and they are both beaten to the punch, and then some, by Don Imus??
That’s like shooting fish in a barrel!!
I guess I’m torn in that I CLEARLY DISAGREE with the God-awful comments Imus made at the expense of Rutgers University women’s basketball team, but I keep wondering if Don Imus matters. I guess he does because he attracts a lot of listeners/viewers – it’s just he seems very irrelevant to me and those I consider my peers.

Much like this one guy who frequents Newsarama who goes by the handle “Graeme.”
No charge. ;-)

All things considered, though, Imus should thank his lucky stars that he’s not employed by the NFL.

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Dig-Dug Hip-Hop

Review by - Angelica LeMinh

It always ceases to amaze me when I come across hip-hoppers who manage the feat fusing humility and irony. With the title of this joint, we can deduce that the breakdown of “base mentality” is to be read as one that is getting back to basics, as in something created with the love of that from your basement that is mental with vitality.

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For a post-Wrestlemania week, things seem to be awfully slow up there in Vinnie-Mac-Land. Here’s some pro wrestling stuff I had on the subject on my blog last week:

Guess Who’s the Biggest Wrestlemania Mark?

Autopsy Report Rules Bigelow’s Death an Accident

As I See It (Bob Magee on steroids and unhappiness in TNA)

WSX News and Notes

As I See It (Bob Magee on pro wrestling as a consumer-driven business)

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Happy Easter from Every Day Is Like Wednesday!

Easter Day rabbit-related comic book link-blogging: Comic Book Bunnies / Legion of Super-Peeps / Scott Shaw and Captain Carrot / Bully’s Story of Easter…As Told By Comic Book Covers with Bunnies on Them / Giant Green Star Wars Rabbit! / Hoppy The Marvel Bunny and Company Throw Down Against Mxy, King Kull and Mr. Mind / Golden Age Green Lantern vs. The Rabbit Men

Hey kids,

The first show is available for your listening pleasure here.

See what the crew has to say about it here.

And please tune back in on April 14th, when the first big-name guest to drop by will be . . . ah, I’ll let them tell you.

But here’s a couple of hints: Commando, Teen Wolf, Batman: The Long Halloween, X-Force, X-Man, Superman/Batman,Ultimates 3, Lost, Smallville, Heroes . . . add them all up, and who do you get?

Next Saturday’s guest, of course.

 Angelica LeMinh’s second interview for the Year of the Lovers puts the lovely and talented Melange Lavonne  in the hotseat to chat about who all and what all she loves. The mellow and confident force to be reckoned with knows that she prefers Riley to Huey after only watching one episode of Boondocks, and has a hard time discerning that Mos is the bigger Blackstar, but knows for sure that she prefers him as an emcee to him as an actor (though who knows that he was actually an actor before he was an emcee?) She’s candid and intelligent, able to respond to questions of all realms of experience, so without further adieu…
 

ALM: Do you think hip hop is dead? Nas shows more than just one mic in that video, what are the dangers of such a high profile emcee running around making claims like this? I read an article in Total Chaos* that states that ”we’ve been saying it’s dead since the first time Puffy picked up a mic” so how do we negotiate working within an artform that has “dead” for almost twelve years?

ML: Hip-Hop never died. We can blame the saturated wackness and dumbed down lyrics on the A&R and executives who make the desicions in signing these particular artists, giving them big budgets, and guaranteeing heavy rotation from local radio stations and national video stations. So is hip hop really dead? No, not at all. It just isn’t in the spotlight. There are plenty of talented MCs who are worth listening to and talking about, but these cats aren’t getting deals because the man behind the desk decides that their content isn’t marketable.

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I’m as much a fan of comic book history as I am of comic books themselves.  The history is absolutely fascinating as one delves into just how the business started and some of the real-life unusual characters who are largely responsible for comic books as we know them today.  Ron Goulart’s “Comic Book Culture:  An Illustrated History” has just been released again by Collector’s Press and it should be required reading for comic fans, especially younger fans who are not familiar with the eight-plus year history of the business.

Most people associate the start of the comic book era with the release of Action Comics #1 in 1938 that featured the introduction of Superman in a thirteen-page story. But the fact is that comic books had been around for many years before Superman came along.  Heck, Action Comics was not even the first title put out by National Comics/National Periodical Publications, which would later become DC.  National’s first book was New Fun Comics in 1935, which would later change its name to More Fun Comics, and introduce characters such as The Spectre and Doctor Fate.

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Practice, meetings, a team captian, framed certificates, and even team picture day…

Man, I always assumed being in the Justice League of America would be a lot cooler than being on my high school track team.

The Arcade Fire is spreading, and nothing can stop it. The token Montreal indie caravan has transcended its art house beginnings to become a staple in America’s pop conscious, and the only reason you can’t call them sellouts is because they have sacrificed nothing in the process, save an SNL appearance.

The Neon Bible LP is just as dense and Wagnerian as the group’s previous work, channeling the high-concept writing and hyperbolic orchestration that made the group the music industry’s dark horse for years. The album mixes the eloquent melancholy of tracks like “Ocean of Noise” with the band’s signature energy on “No Cars Go” and “Black Mirror.”

The worst-kept secret of Arcade Fire’s dramatic ascension is its live show. Never having been to one, all I can say is that the responses from my peer journalists and friends has been described as…biblical (no pun intended). Every instrument and voice supposedly morphs into a unifying elemental power of awe and beauty- kind of like Captain Planet, except with French horns. I may be preaching what many writers have preached before, but I here forth activate the-next-big thing alarm for The Arcade Fire.

Need to catch up for the new season?

Try this brilliant seven minute refresher . . .

“There’s a bear.”

Since Mick Foley broke into the literary business with his 1999 New York Times best-selling biography Have a Nice Day, anybody and everybody has tried to break into the business and authored their own books. It seems that the ensuing wake of pulp has fallen into three categories:

• Tell-alls you believe (the Foley books, Ric Flair, Edge)
• Tell-alls you don’t believe (Missy Hyatt, Diamond Dallas Page)
• Internet writers ranting on the business

That last category seems to have only sprung up within the past couple of years, as famed wrestling ranters like Scott Keith and others have cashed in on their popularity. There’s nothing wrong with that. I only wish I could get a sweet gig like that.

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Shane’s still a slimebag…but then you all knew that couldn’t change between seasons.
Lem’s still dead…and I’m still mourning.

Kavanaugh’s still obsessed…watching his irrational behavior is still entertaining.

Dutch…normally so self-confident…doesn’t seem to know what to believe…which could be very interesting.

Aceveda still seems to be buddying up to whichever side will help him the most.

Claudette is ever the effective leader, balancing good police work with diplomacy (throwing in a bit of smart ass humor to boot).

Billings…in even small doses…confirms that he’s every bit the lazy, bumbling, incompetent, uncoordinated fool he was last year.

And Vic is bubbling over with an incredible desire for vengeance. There’s no way he doesn’t get a measure of it by season’s end, I believe.

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Meet the Robinsons redeemed the Disney corporation in my eyes a little bit this weekend, with an hour and a half of side-splitting hilarity for grownups and kiddies alike. What captured me most were the fleshed out characters: from goofy Goob with his lovable lisp to the psychosis of Dr. Krunklehorn, the character interaction was what kept the film going. The occasional nod to the great film classics didn’t hurt it either (can anyone say “trunk shot”?). I still say the 3D animation isn’t up to Pixar’s standard, but it was visually appealing nonetheless. It had me laughing, and I would recommend it for moviegoers of all ages. It’s a great feelgood film.

Hilarious! That’s the only word for it! Well, that, and a tad disturbing…

Alanis Morisette- My Humps

Seriously, this gives me a newfound respect for Alanis, both for making fun of them and for having fun herself.