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The Unbearable, Insufferable Horniness of 9 Chickweed Lane, a Comic Strip for Pretentious Perverts

The Unbearable, Insufferable Horniness of 9 Chickweed Lane, a Comic Strip for Pretentious Perverts

The comic strip world is experiencing an explosion of horniness and I don’t like it one bit!

The Big WhoopNathan RabinJune 25, 2023comic strips, pretension, classical music, things that are terrible

U2's Rattle and Hum is like a Real Life Spinal Tap

U2's Rattle and Hum is like a Real Life Spinal Tap

One of you kind souls paid me to experience Rattle and Hum, U2’s unintentionally hilarious, oft-mocked exercise in delirious self-parody.

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0Nathan RabinNovember 23, 2022Bono, U2, rockumentary, rock and roll, pretension, self-parody, Phil Joanou, Elvis Presley

Bono and "Weird Al" Yankovic

Bono and "Weird Al" Yankovic

The groaning portentousness of U2: Rattle and Hum made me appreciate what “Weird Al” Yankovic brings to the pop music world in a whole new way.

The Big WhoopNathan RabinJanuary 20, 2021Bono, "Weird Al" Yankovic, Rattle and Hum, UHF, pretension, rock and roll