
Grant Morrison takes us on a surreal ride in this 1989 Batman classic. Arkham Asylum, a gothic-like horror book, has a different take of Batman; instead of showing us a stoic and zen-like superhero, we see an insecure and sexually repressed man dressed in a bat suit going inside the Asylum to face his biggest enemy: the inability to face up to his parents’ deaths.
Probably the most disturbing (in art and theme) graphic novel I have ever bought.
Awesome.
Guys… remember when bands used to make music? Remember when bands lived up to the hype? Remember when bands actually had originality?!
I remember, ‘coz looking at the current state of the band scene, I am so longing for the mid-90s band scene. Bands made music then. And the 2001-2003 band scene too. Hip-Hop was king then, so only those who want to be in a band were in a band. There was no “band explosion”, no bandwagon, no posers.
Ok. Remember the Eraserheads?!
Here’s my belated review of the Eraserheads tribute album, “UltraElectroMagneticJam”.

It was, at best, a mixed deal. it had some gems, and yet also had really bad versions of E-Heads songs.
Let’s classify the songs into three groups: “Amazing”, “Eh… it’s ok”, and “Horrible” (more…)