Wednesday Warren – The Long Arm of the Law
After the war in Paraguay, back in 1999 What’s that, you say? You say there was no war in Paraguay in 1999? Well, you’re wrong about that — according to Warren Zevon’s “The Long Arm of the...
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This Week in Rejection!: Serendipity
Posted by Barry Lyga | Jul 1, 2011 | This Week in Rejection!
When I first scanned this one in, I thought I wouldn’t have anything to say. It does, at first, seem to be another in a line of magazines closing down due to lack of distribution, etc. But read the whole letter. Notice...
Read MoreWednesday Warren – Run Straight Down
Posted by Barry Lyga | Jun 29, 2011 | Wednesday Warren
Continuing our look at Warren’s 1989 release, Transverse City, an album that most Zevon fans don’t put on their Top Anything list. But I love it. The second cut off the album is “Run Straight Down,” which...
Read MoreMemory Monday – Superman at the Dawn of Time!
Posted by Barry Lyga | Jun 27, 2011 | Memory Monday
This may be the perfect example of why I loves me some superhero comic books: I mean, yes: It’s goofy as hell. It’s Superman talking out loud to himself while flying towards a gigantic golden temple...
Read MoreThis Week in Rejection!: Aboriginal Science Fiction
Posted by Barry Lyga | Jun 24, 2011 | This Week in Rejection!
This is a good one. Of course, at first blush, this is just a generic form letter rejection. And that’s certainly how I looked at it at the time. But take a closer look (and click for a bigger version). This...
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