Just the Ticket

It's been over two weeks since I posted anything on here or on HeroMachine (which has been having slowdown issues with their forum software, so posting on HM is impossible now anyway). But lack of inspiration and a temporarily deactivated forum have been the least of my problems lately. I was hospitalized for chest pain last week, which turned out to be something called myocarditis (inflammation of heart tissue brought on by some kind of virus). If I had let it go (read: if I had been physically and mentally capable of ignoring the most annoyingly, distractingly, infuriatingly painful pain I've ever experienced at one o'clock in the morning), it could have progressed into heart failure and killed me. But two dozen vital checks, a helicopter ride, a heart catheter, an MRI, a mind-numbing amount of bed rest, and four medications later, I am getting better. Speaking of heart problems, you may recall that my last two Villains Are Made  posts focused on Greta Holz, a woman-...

Good morning, gang! (And team! And Ticketholders and HeroMachiners of all ages!) Before I get into today's character bio, I'd like to express how disappointed I am in Russell Peters, Roseanne, and Keenan Ivory Wayans. This week on Last Comic Standing , awkward, unconventional (and in all ways superior) funnyman Joe Machi was sent home after his funniest set in the competition to date. While he may not have any set structure to his material, it has consistently gotten the biggest laughs of any in the competition. I place his humor on a level with that of George Carlin and Robin Williams (that is, given a two hour comedy special, he could potentially make me laugh so hard that I would be on the floor, choking on my laughter through an aching face after the first hour). And yet the three judges mentioned above decided he had gotten too comfortable and gimmicky for his own good, denying him a spot in the final three. Following this post, I will promptly begin fixing them a humong...

Yo, yo, yo. Tickets to Stubs, and I ain't done. I got Mashup  issues, and the mix ain't one. Hit me. If my confusing post title and my pathetic attempt at acting gangsta are any indication, the latest mashup I'm going to share with you features "99 Problems" by Jay-Z. But as I learned during the end credits of Fright Night  (the Colin Farrell remake), Young HOVA isn't the only one with "99 Problems." A band called HUGO did a cover of Jay's hit song, and I liked it so much that I began thinking of ways to combine the two. The HUGO version didn't accommodate Jay's rap very well, so I looked at other "99 Problems" remixes on YouTube, and I got the idea to incorporate Florence + the Machine's "The Dog Days Are Over" as the glue for the track. This is what came out of it: And here's the link for it, too:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thv8tvi_bZ4 Thanks for reading, and watching, and listening. Stay tun...