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‘Super Party’ DJ Mix by Splattermonkey

Sean — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 00:19:43 +0000

I am chagrined that it’s taken me a couple of weeks to post this because this is a truly glowing tribute. It’s a wonderful feeling to get props like this.

One of Toronto’s finest funk & soul DJs, Splattermonkey, released his newest DJ Mix and named it after my comics series – SUPER PARTY!

Splattermonkey hosts Pass the Butter every Wednesday night at Andy Poolhall in Toronto.

Listen to DJ Splattermonkey’s Super Party mix (hit play to see the amazing track listing):

‘Super Party’ Mixed By Splattermonkey by Parkdalefunk on Mixcloud

R.I.P. Harvey Pekar

Sean — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 15:23:54 +0000

Harvey Pekar was an influential underground comic book creator who paved the way for a lot of what I was able to do with comics from 2002-2007. His stories were taken straight from real life. He looked at the comic book as the finished work of art, not any one page or story in it. He didn’t want to do strips in the newspaper, nor was he able to give you anything less than the ugly truth about everything.

When I was making semi-autobiographical comic books and trying to get a publisher to distribute them, one of the comments I got from them was “we want to see more than just stories about your life”. I would ask “what about what Harvey Pekar does?”

Maybe I just wasn’t as good as him.

The movie based on Pekar’s art and life – American Splendor, named for the title of his comic book series – is a modern classic and a groundbreaking work that chops up the boundaries between comics and movies in ways that no other comics adaptation has yet attempted.

Michael Jackson Rare Videos

Sean — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:18:35 +0000

Michael Jackson was the greatest entertainer to ever step upon a stage.

This is just a makeshift tribute until I can put together something a little more fitting.

How many of these have you seen?

1972 TV special Intro:

Leave Me Alone (BAD CD-only track):

First ever performance of The Moonwalk – Motown 25th Anniversary Special on NBC, 1983:

The Jacksons – Can You Feel It (There was Strawberry Fields Forever, and Thriller, and in between there was this):

Captain Eo (exclusive to the Walt Disney World attraction) pt 1 of 2:

Intro to the Jackson 5 cartoon show:

Bad – extended video (short film, directed by Martin Scorsese, co-starring Wesley Snipes) pt. 1 of 2:

1984 Pepsi Commercial:

Awesome retrospective of Jackson moments (intro to Moonwalker movie):