Tag: Pop culture

Now Johnny Damon has really grown his hair out.

This appears in the 2005 Graphic USA Design Annual. Tim Rickard sent Tribune Media Services a comic strip proposal for Brewster Rockit. TMS decided to take Brewster under an 8-week development deal to help improve the strip before syndicating it.…

Here’s some clips from an article Tom Saaristo wrote on Tart Cherries. “Additionally, cherries contain a compound called super oxide dismutase, or SOD, which is a “super scavenger” of dangerous free radicals in the body.” “t’s hard to find fresh…

There’s a site called “The best brands of the world” and they have a ton of logos available for download including some cool Transformer and G.I.Joe logos from the 80s and today. G.I.Joe G.I.Joe G.I.Joe cartoons new logo G.I.Joe logo…

Chicago Outdoor Film Festival-Grant Park Butler Field, Grant Park 100 S. Lake Shore Drive Jul. 12: 8:59 p.m. “Citizen Kane” Jul. 19: 8:54 p.m. “Annie Hall” Jul. 26: 8:48 p.m. “My Darling Clementine” Aug. 2: 8:39 p.m. “E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial”…

Based on the item I posted yesterday, “Discover your Jedi Name,” If the standard name is six letters long for each word, how did Yoda get his Jedi name to be just four letters? Maybe his real name is “Da…

Here’s the list of my favorite cartoons as a kid. Not my favorite cartoons now. But this is what I remember being my favorite cartoons back then. (fyi, i was born in 1975) 1. G.I.Joe 2. Transformers 3. Gummi Bears…

LTD Commodities sell items for every down-home American. Some of the stuff is cool, most of it is odd cheesey stuff. My friend updates their weekly “new and exciting” section. It’s always got a few noteworthy items. But this week…

Upon seeing this photo of the 2005 American Idol contestants, I immediately thought that the dude with the long hair in front (Bo Bice) and the girl wearing orange (Vonzell Solomon) were a couple. It’s one thing when all the…

1) It’s interesting to see how commercials before a movie translate over onto the big screen.   2) It’s only two minutes of your time. If that two minutes will help the movie industry to make some more money, go…

Former A-TEAM star MR T has found a new purpose in life preaching Bible sermons on TV. The former pro-wrestler – real name LAURENCE TUREAUD – scored global fame as BOSCO ‘BA’ BARACUS in the hit 80s TV show about…

Craigslist has been around for quite awhile, but it wasn’t until recently that I realized its power as a online classifieds bulletin board. I’m a member of a book club and we regularly get one or two new members every…

A friend at work and I were talking about Vanilla Ice and Snow’s name came up. Y’know the guy who did that reggae song, “Informer” in the mid 90s. Lo and behold iTunes actually sells it from the 12 inches…

A lot of people voted for Bush, because they like who he is. Straightforward. But his administration runs the show. He just gets up there all hokey dokey and looks all cute for the cameras. Look at me, I’m human…

It’s so much fun to have a different wallpaper (desktop picture) on your computer every 15 minutes. (on mac os x, it can randomly change the wallpaper at a specificed interval). So i’m looking for a bunch of new wallpapers.…

The PBS special about Sigmund Freud and C.S. Lewis is now on sale today. I have to admit, while watching it on tv, I feel asleep half way through. I much more recommend the book, “Mere Christianity.” Also available today:…

Aladdin, the Disney animation is finally released on DVD today. A funny piece of trivia from imdb: “In early visual development, Aladdin resembled Michael J. Fox. As the film developed, Jeffrey Katzenberg didn’t think Aladdin had enough appeal to women,…

Chicago’s Review Aug 30 – Sep5: Tranformers Transfigured at Rotofugi. Summary: Nice effort, but disappointment. Cool stuff, but there were like only a handful. And they weren’t even of the real Transformers. They were of some Japanese anime robots. Granted…

Batman the movie is currently filming in Chicago. It’s fun how people try to get sneak peeks at the movie filming. I want to take photos of someone dressed up in a silly batman costume around Chicago. Then post the…

Why is Sammy Sosa so popular? Yes, he’s a homerun machine, but he’s also got personality. And lots of things that give him a story. Players become fan favorites when they have something to hang their hat on–something unique about…

The quotes on the transformers tech spec cards tend to over-intellectualize the transformer being depicted. None better at representing this polarization is Swoop the Dinobot. His tech spec quote is: “Fear can hit targets unreachable to bullets.” And then in…

Last friday there were a few guys out with video cameras scoping out Chicago’s Wacker Drive. photo 1, photo 2. There was enough of them, and they looked “real” enough that they were “big-time” movie people planning out their scenes.…

Joe Schmo By far the best reality show out there. It’s a reality show, but everyone is actors except for one person. The show is so good that I would actually watch it over and over. Even though the Apprentice…

It’s interesting to see what what cartoon characters were done by the same person. This will be a repeating feature on the spudart blog. Each time a different actor will be featured. This post features Corey Burton who played a…

Look out kids! New DVDs released today: For the Mr. T obssessed: A-Team First Season and for robot-lovers: RoboCop Triology. Although I guess RoboCop wasn’t really a robot like Transformers, but the movie was so cheesy that I like it.

Jazz the Autobot transformer has a mullet in this icon rendition! Haha!

Today is the birthday of Mr. T. (May 21, 1952) Happy Birthday, foo!

Patriotic Afro WigNothing like looking an All-American Fool Patriotic Potato SacksWhat is more American than USA and potatoes?! *stands up and sings* God bless America! Land that I love! Stand beside… Metal and Rhinestone Patriotic Flag RingsBling bling. Can you…

Fans can get a first look at the new Darth Vader costume from the 2005 “Star Wars: Episode III” prequel on the upcoming DVD collection of the original trilogy, Lucasfilm announced Monday. The first three “Star Wars” films will debut…

The domain computron2000.com is not registered. Oh so tempting to reserve it.

Inspired by Stuart’s doodle page, my blog will now be featuring doodles! Here’s the first one. Check out the medium scan, and the super huge scan. These were drawn while waiting for pdfs to rip on my computer. It’s not…