OCTOBERFEAST – October Rust
[OCTOBERFEAST is the greatest celebration of the year, a revelry dedicated to pop-culture’s most nutritious Halloween detritus. Plastic screams and artificial sweeteners have never been more bountiful. In the old country, villagers refer to the extended party as Satan’s Snacktime]
The heavy iron gates have been torn asunder. Children howl, fire in their eyes and sugar in their guts. Geezers don masks, chuckling their emphysema chuckles and launching bottle rockets at the Hunter’s Moon. Women hike up their skirts, tempting the menfolk to make decisions most unwise. The torrent of maniacs has flooded the campgrounds – there’s no mistaking this dark carnival for any other event.
Welcome back to the OCTOBERFEAST!
Today’s festivities feature musical accompaniment, a score to facilitate the fermentation of the parishioners’ blood from a vital red to a syrupy orange-and-black. Yes, instead of bat wings flapping and incantations groaned, the revelers tap their toes to a sludgy Gothic manifesto. One born out Brooklyn, no less.
Let us all raise the fist of the metal child to October Rust.
1 Comment »
DC’s Relaunch Erases All CRISIS Events From Continuity. Hrrk.
Remember Crisis On Infinite Earth? Don’t bother. Didn’t happen. Infinite Crisis? Didn’t happen. Final Crisis? Thankfully didn’t happen. So says Dan DiDio.
Fear Fest: Failure!
OCTOBER 2nd, Failure
“Failure is only the opportunity to begin again more intelligently.” ~Henry Ford
Hello again Omeganaughts. The Dude here to guide you through another fear that can wreck a person’s mind and destroy their self-esteem.
Failure can be tough to judge. Its subjective. Fear of Failure (Atychiphobe) is fairly common. It can cripple a person almost beyond repair. Fear of failure can be the tip of the iceberg when it comes to social disorders. One of the most common causes of fear of failure is rooted in traumatic childhood experiences. Something like demeaning parents or older siblings could cause a complex that makes the person so afraid of failing in the eyes of others. I know what this is like first hand as I have a complex relationship with my older brother. I don’t think he realized the effect he had on my life as a child, but it took me a long time to put it aside and move forward.
Dark Horse To Unveil Brian Wood/Becky Cloonan Project? OMGYes.
Goodness me! With Northlanders and DMZ ending I’ve been going into fits about where I’ll get my fix of Wood. (Quiet you.) Apparently the good man is teaming up again with Becky Cloonan and that sends a shiver of squee down my leg.
Boba Fett x Game of Thrones = Game of Clones. Word.
Artist Dave Styer brings one of the few things involving a Clone Trooper that does not ramapantly suck. Hit the jump to check out his mash-up, and buy the print here.
OCTOBERFEAST – Fruit Brute
[OCTOBERFEAST is the greatest celebration of the year, a revelry dedicated to pop-culture’s most nutritious Halloween detritus. Plastic screams and artificial sweeteners have never been more bountiful. In the old country, villagers refer to the extended party as Satan’s Snacktime]
There are those who bemoan society’s current condition. These are the folks who love to reminisce about how much more wholesome things used to be, how everything used to be safe and hearty and family-friendly. You’ve probably seen one or two of these types in the supermarket, waddling through the aisles and grousing about the fact that we live in an era in which goblins and lunatic-geniuses encourage the youth to lose their minds.
If you identify with this perspective, it’s probably in your best interest to steer clear of the OCTOBERFEAST!
That’s right, folks, it is once again time to explore those grimy crevices of Hallow’s Eve often excluded from the prepackaged celebrations! So take a rip of the closest beverage, whether it be pumpkin-beer or your Uncle Edgar’s famous gasoline-Mountain Dew cocktail, and make your way into the campgrounds!
We begin this year’s festivities by issuing a missing persons announcement over the public address system:
Attention! Attention! Has anyone seen Fruit Brute?
Fear Fest: Public Speaking
OCTOBER 1st, PUBLIC SPEAKING
“According to most studies, people’s number one fear is public speaking. Number two is death. Death is number two. Does that sound right? This means to the average person, if you go to a funeral, you’d rather be in the casket than up there doing the eulogy”
-Jerry Seinfeld
There can be no argument that we live in a scary time. Fear is a funny thing, we all experience it at one point or another. Its something that connects us all. Every culture has their fears, their superstitions, and their nightmares. If somehow we could unite together as a species, perhaps we could set our fears aside. This October I’ve decided to write about a different fear every day. Why you ask? Fear is the product of ignorance. Ignorance is fought with knowledge. If I can impart even one nugget of wisdom to another person, I have fought fear.
Friday Brew Review – Creme Brûlée Stout
Let us rejoice, for Friday night is upon us! Those of us lucky enough to remain unfettered – without the shackles of offspring or weekend jobs or second drafts of suicide notes to edit – we get to spend this glorious evening any way we see fit.
So how am I spending the evening? Well, I’m attempting to both appease my insatiable appetite for dessert and honor my weekly intoxication-ritual in one fell swoop. How’s that, you ask? Well, I’m slurping on a drank that models itself on a delicious treat.
Tonight, I’m tossing back Creme Brûlée Stout from the fine folks at the Southern Tier Brewing Company.
Video: ‘Alpha’ Is Prototype Robotic Dog. The Robopocalypse Has A Hound of Hell.
This is Alpha, the creation of Boston Dynamics. Alpha is being designed in tandem with DARPA (Metal Gear?!) and the US Marines. While it is being imagined as carrying shit for our troops, it’s obvious what it’s going to be: the hound of hell deployed by the Robots during the Uprising to hunt us down and eat us.
Watch this bastard in action.
Press Start!: Dude Chokes 13 Year-Old For Call of Duty Shit Talking. Modern Hero.
We are entering the teeth of the Albatross, my friends. October is nigh, and with that comes the beginning of the super boner jam that is the Fall/Winter gaming schedule. Game after game shall be released, fucking your wallet and titillating your tits. The most double-edged of swords as you moan in glory and horror.
This is Press Start!, the weekly column where we – you, me, and that guy in the corner in the sweat pants – talk about the happenings in the gaming world. My list is out of order, not reflective of the impact, and most importantly: not proof read.
Let’s dance.
