Hope all is well. Just a note to let everyone know that Brad will be gone for up to four weeks. We look forward to seeing you all in October and hope that you find your way to the Holidays.  Brad has not allowed me to speak about the situation so I’ll just say, well, nothing.  Be sure to check out some fine podcasting at FAT ROBOT RADIO where Season Five continues all this month. Don’t forget the STEVE JIFF Cartoon too. Wonderful.  I would say something about praying for Brad, but he’s an atheist or an agnostic, so don’t waste your time.  I’ve gotta go, I’ve got “errands” to run.

Man when I see clips like this one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwUl9HjahRg I can’t help but miss Chris Elliott.  A Comic Genius, who is a hero of mine. Oh well. At Least I have his new Book Mounting Mount Everest to look forward to this Fall. Still someone should collect everything he ever did on Letterman and put it out on a DVD. I would buy it.

Here is another review that I found while searching Brad’s crap to find something else. Thought I would share it. I believe that this review comes from RazorCake.  Enjoy.

Silly Little Trouser Monkees #20, 8 x 11 newsprint, 50 pgs.

“I want to read a story about two kids who get drunk and try to make out with girls. SLTM’s got it. It’s also got a record label profile of HAND MADE RECORDS, “Street Team Defined”, and “Bad Pick Up lines” that weren’t funny. At First, I started reviewing this zine and I thought “This is a crappy version of the ONION”, but parts of it were funny, so I take it back. I liked the reviews of fan groups (email lists, website and message boards) because I am a fucking dork.  There was some article called “Betsy Ross thinks you’re a Bitch” and I Liked it. So now I want to Fuck Betsy Ross. I don’t know how old these fuckers are but they sent me a note on the back of a chemistry cheat sheet, therefore I say they win the “Baddest Dudes who took The Chemistry Exam” Award.  – Gabe Rock

So All in all, not a bad review. Course Brad always got points off and rightly so, for his crappy layout and design skills.  He was horrible at that. Just thought I would pass that along, now aren’t you glad you didn’t read that zine? Intestinal Cramping was a common problem among readers.

This is good news indeed. I’ve been looking forward to the movies, and the episodes that will be take from the movies, for awhile. Can’t wait.  I found this information on a Futurama Site

the 4 new DVDs are all going to be released in “Glorious Widescreen” and will be available in both DVD and High-Definition format. Each movie is approximately 88 minutes long and will be cut and reconfigured to be shown as four individual episodes on Comedy Central sometime after the release on DVD (date has not yet been set). The current plan states that the TV episodes are going to be in 4:3 to match the earlier episodes. All the more reason to buy the DVDs once they are available!

I was looking at Yahoo Today and found this article or blog entry, rather interesting:

http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/null/36077

Well, it looks like Cigarettes aren’t the only thing that can hurt your lungs. Know what I say? Smoke up chicken shits, and enjoy life a little bit. Everything is going to kill you at some point, so why not enjoy yourself a little bit? Do you really need to live past 85? No, you don’t. Stop being scarred of all the little particles in the air.  Geesh, people are such chicken shits, scarred of their own shadows.

Check out this link to the Super Deluxe web site. On it you will find Episodes of Derek & Simon directed by Bob Odenkirk. Each one is about four minutes long and usually pretty damn funny. The one with Michael Cera (who was great on Arrested Development) called Sweet Tits is good. They are all good really, so enjoy.

http://www.superdeluxe.com/sd/series/derek_simon

The cleansing rain is neigh upon us. So be prepared you sinners and reprobates.  All New, All fresh, with a brand new attitude that says “Hey, Fuck off. I’ll cram them down your Goddamn Throat if I have to.  Now let’s do this the easy way and have a few drinks first.”  Be on the ball, and ready to open your hearts and minds. Soon my children, Soon.

I was getting ready to go to bed last night and my lover was watching TV in bed. I heard a very familiar song, and then realized that it was a commercial and I ran into the room to see what it was for. I was very happy to hear Sunny Side of the Street by the Pogues (HELL’S DITCH CD) being played in a Cadillac Commercial. Yeah, I know, it’s weird when you hear some one you admire and whose music you love being played on a commercial. I was glad though. You know why? Because even though Shane MacGowan hated that album, I’m thrilled that he is finally getting some money out of being so fucking brilliant. I hope it helps him get a few more lagers. It made me smile, and it helped me realize that even though some things may not get the recognition it should when it’s around, someday it will. I hope ALL the POGUES made some nice change off of it. GOD BLESS THE POGUES, and SHANE, they have brought me much happiness and it’s time they got something for it.

Pogues on Allmusic

That’s right, Four more NEW Episodes of SLTM (The Podcast) and then a nice long break for summer. Look For Episode 15 to kick off the last four new ones Tomorrow (May 8th) and then Episode 18 to rap it up on May 29th. It’s a half hour to forty minutes of Independent Music and a blathering idiot in between. So check it out. To send material for play on SLTM (The Podcast) just pop it into the Post to SLTM PO Box 14 Tuscola, IL 61953. You’ll be glad you did.
Tomorrow then? Okay. Bye Now.

Hello, Barry the Assistant here. Hope all is well in your neck of the woods. There isn’t much to speak of on the SLTM front right now. Brad has been working on the cartoon mostly, well, not really but that’s what he claims he’s doing in between playing XBOX 360. So I’ve been coming around the office three times a week, just to tidy up and do some light typing and to hear Brad bitch about stupid stuff that he has no control over. Have you ever seen that man play a video game? It’s especially bad when he is playing baseball, his favorite sport. What a fuggin baby.

It’s nice when his children are here, they are lots of fun to be around and very entertaining for me. Also it helps him chill out a little bit and act normal. Well, as normal as that guy can be, which I guess isn’t all that normal.

As I mentioned above, the first episode of the cartoon STEVE JIFF’S MORNING SHENANIGANS is being put together. I listened to the audio portion of it, and I have to say that even I laughed a couple of times. Not laughed out loud, but on the inside.

I gotta run, Brad has me doing some yard work today, planting flowers for his girlfriend and seeding the lawn. If only he would get off his ass and do it, maybe people would like him more.

Bye for now.