You cannot tell me this did not spawn a generation of seriously disturbing fetishists. I mean, seriously, what.

Wouldn’t you rather wear some delightful TICKIEBOX IS YOUR MASTER NOW apparel, designed by popular demand? Now with 70% less vinyl!

ETA: Over on Livejournal, arjache has provided the original, unhairbrushed version of this photo. It explains much.

Okay so even tho’ the poll is still going, TICKIE being in the lead has prompted a demand for TICKIEBOX IS MY MASTER NOW T-shirts, over on Google+, and thing is, you think I won’t? If you’re gonna step to me with something like that, I will fucking bring it. And here it is! XD

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In response to the anime poll last week, VostokLake asked, “What button do I press for ‘Hideaki Anno is my master now’?” That would be option 6, in this week’s poll: WHO IS YOUR MASTER NOW?!

I’m also trying something new this time: IF THE ANSWER YOU WANT IS NOT IN THE POLL, DO NOT ANSWER THE POLL! Put your answer in comments. I will then edit the poll to add your answer! Check back occasionally, and once your answer appears, then vote.

I’m kind of curious about how many different answers we end up getting here. XD

Also! Show! Friday! 3-5pm, Juanita Beach Market in Kirkland for Talk Like a Pirate Day (Observed). C’mon down and dress like pirates! But until then…

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I keep hearing modern anime sucks, that there’s a crisis in anime, that there’s a crisis amongst the otaku, all that. I have a geeky audience, here: let’s see what you think.

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Photo is real and actually from my garden:

It’s unusual for clematis to send such a clear and unambiguous message. XD

Home again from PAX, haven’t yet watched the new Doctor Who, still doing laundry. Had a great time (despite terrible sound in the Saturday concerts), met and re-met a bunch of people in the ever-awesome Jamspace and other music spaces (Craig from The Megas, Wayne and Joe from The Protomen, C0splay, Klopfenpop, Brandon from MC Frontalot, all you chiptune crews from Sunday, – “NAMES, darling, NAMES,” as Edina says XD ), enabled and documented this loltrocity:

…got chatted up a tiny bit by a small game company looking for music, saw Paul and Storm live for the first time (love the fighting nun song), bought the tiny metal dice I’ve always wanted:

…got interviewed by the lovely people at Rocksmith (who let me plug the band n/ ), and, best of all, watched Anna get interviewed by Space Channel 5‘s famed investigative reporter, Ulala, herself:

And that, really, is how you do that.

Citizen Skywatch totally wants to be the next Bioshock. I hope they pull it off, the setup and booth were both epic. I’ll be buying Jetpack Joyride for the iPad, Anna bought a couple of interactive fiction games, and I and grabbed a very silly tabletop game, Monkeys with Knives and Guns, on Sunday. Several crime and/or evil-themed games had exhibition space; they all got CRIME and the Forces of Evil cards, and oh, sure, they’re laughing now. Just wait. Muah ha ha.

Were you at PAX? What was your favourite part?

Show today! (Thursday! Whenever that is!) 6-8pm, Inner Chapters Bookstore and Cafe, 419 Fairview N., Seattle. It’s a nice little relaxed neighbourhood venue, and the tea is pretty good, so c’mon out if you can! Kick off your PAX weekend with some elfmetal. XD

THE POLL: Okay, so what Arjache and I were thinking is that MST3K and The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension fans would be big Life Aquatic with Steve Zizzou fans. I thought there’d be a closer alignment with Buckaroo Banzai; Arjache, with MST3K.

For me, Buckaroo Banzai and Life Aquatic aren’t just similar, they’re in the same damn universe. The world where all the BB stuff makes sense is totally the kind of world where LA’s geeky oceanography documentaries could be worldwide blockbusters garnering global obsession, and I like that world. (Also possibly in this world? The Venture Brothers. Don’t tell me you can’t see it, ’cause you can.) A lot of the great oddnesses about both films are just so similar in feel, and that’s totally acknowledged by Live Aquatic in its ending.

I can also see where Arjache was coming from, with the MST3K connection. It’s not as starkly obvious for me, but I can see it.

So we both thought fans of BB and MST3K would be LA fans. Turns out… um… well, about half of you are. Of those who have seen MST3K and BB, about half like LA, and about half really don’t. But solidly half of both fan groups (BB and MST3K) answering the poll haven’t even seen Life Aquatic.

No matter how you look at it, it’s just not the kind of correlation I expected, and I suspect Arjache expected as well. I’m kinda surprised.

Hi ho, I still like The Life Aquatic with Steve Zizzou and recommend it, so if you’re looking for an odd but interesting movie, try it!

In other news:

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Okay, so I was so not expecting the results of the last poll. In particular, I was not expecting more people to like The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension than Mystery Science Theatre 3000! I’m good with that, just surprised. Also I think the poll lacked adequate granularity.

So while rehearsing for the Inner Chapters show in Seattle on Thursday – come out, it’s a free show in a small venue, should be relaxed and fun – I came up with new questions. Let’s try this again:

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PS: MST3K fans may enjoy this if they do not already know about it. lol, fanac. o/

So over on Twitter, Arjache and I were wondering about The Life Aquatic, Buckaroo Banzai, and MST3K. We suspect something, but won’t tell you what. TIME FOR A POLL! (Note: you MUST fill this out over on the band blog.) CLICKIE THROUGH TO ANSWER!

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Show this Thursday: Inner Chapters Bookstore & Cafe, Seattle, 6-8pm, no cover. C’mon by, it’ll be fun!

A nice little neighbourhood gig in Cascade/South Lake Union on Fairview, not far from the Seattle Times and the Mercer mess, next Thursday! 6-8pm is school-night friendly! C’mon by! There’s even a poster you could print out and put up if you want to help:

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