Radical Blog Overhaul: Rolling Stones, "Star Wars" and Batman

Since Henry was born, the title of this blog became completely out of date. And since I can assume veeeeeeeeeeeery few people are religiously reading, I've decided to make the title not only out of date but completely useless and confusing by dedicating this valuable webspace (and your valuable time) to my three pop-culture obsessions: The Rolling Stones, "Star Wars" movies, and Batman.

I think these are the three things that consume most of my waking day. If I'm not humming a Stones song, then I'm humming a theme song. If I'm not wondering how someone would fit a cape under their shirt, then I'm thinking about how the Millennium Falcon is laid out inside (It's really kind of twisty and turny, right?).

So that's what I'm gonna be writing about from now on. This and only this.

Yeah, yeah, I have a new baby. And he's great. But the way I think/act/behave/play guitar, he's either gonna love these things, too, or hate them with the kind of passion normally reserved for cults and radio hosts (zing).

This blog won't completely ignore the day-to-day life of being a new dad. But it will mostly ignore them. Either that or it'll deal with what it's like to wake up in the middle of the night to do a feeding in the context of "Some Girls."

A few notes to start off with:

1) This won't be a news blog. It's not very helpful at all. If new material comes out, I might comment on it, but strictly from a personal place, not in a "Hey, I'm the first one to tell you about the new Arkham Asylum video game cut scenes for the X-Box that weren't available on yak yak yak-box!" You've obviously got the internet, so if you're into that kind of thing, you can find it. I also don't claim to be an expert or a completist on any of these things. As of this writing, I don't own every single Stones record, don't subscribe to any Batman comics and have yet to see the new "Clone Wars" movie and/or subsequent cartoons. In this regard, this blog will be very nostalgic. Which is something I'm great at.

2) I won't be posting videos all the time. I might, but probably not. I've been a part-time contributor to TheTripwire.com for some time now, and my column "The Greatest Song At This Moment" is more in line with the style of this site -- it's an excuse to talk about something I like for as long as I like. By posting it on a blog, it makes it feel like a conversation, even though many people probably won't give a damn about it.

3) Many people won't give a damn about this. And I don't care. I may wear dark-rimmed glasses, but that appears to be as underground, non-mainstream as I get. I can't get into "Blade Runner," I don't often read alterna-comics, and a lot of indie music bugs the crap out of me.

4) Comparisons and Parallels. I'll be making and drawing a lot of both. You may debate these as you with, but don't expect a conversion. I've had a strong personal relationship with two of these subjects (the non-musical ones) for nearly 32 of my 33 years, and I made up for a lot of lost time on the third in the past 12 years, so any discoveries are most likely going to be personal ones.

5) I'm gonna try not to be a jerk. Seriously. All preceding evidence to the contrary, I want people to find this enjoyable. I'm casting a big net here, picking three incredibly, world-wide popular subjects for discussion. Chances are that everyone likes at least one of these things.

There's probably more now, but I have to go. New-Father stuff. I know... I'll never escape it. Nor do I want to. Except for maybe here a little. We shall see.