SOUNDTRACK: “WEIRD AL” YANKOVIC-“Sports Song” (2014).
Not every Al song is genius. This original song parodies marching band anthems. In this case, it comes down to Our team is great. You Suck.
The music is top notch (the video shows a marching band, and I wonder if they used one for the song). And lyrically it’s pretty funny (with Al explaining in great detail how their sports team is going to beat the other.
It’s the kind of song that would be fun to sing along with (and I’ll bet it will be a hoot live), but I ‘m not too crazy about my kids singing “You Suck,” so we differ a little on family friendly there (yup, I’m a prude). As long as it doesn’t replace “Harvey the Wonder Hamster.”
He should have saved this for a Sunday release.
[READ: July 11, 2014] Good as Lily
I’ve enjoyed Derek Kirk Kim’s books quite a bit, so I was delighted to see that he had one with Minx as well. I have to admit I was a little disappointed with Jesse Hamm’s art because the cover (done by Kim) is just so magnificent (I really like Kim’s style clearly). Hamm’s work on the other hand is more comic strip than full characters. That isn’t bad, and actually works well by the end of the story, but it’s quite difference from the sensuous cover art.
So, anyhow this story is about Grace Kwon. She has just turned 18 and her friends (including her best friend Jeremy) are throwing a big bash in the park. Things turn out weird when a lady with an ice cream cart gives them a piñata instead of ice cream. The piñata turns out to be fun at first but it is revealed to have some kind of weird magical powers (of course). After it lands on Grace’s head as she’s walking home she encounters three other versions of herself–a young six-year-old Grace who only wants to eat, a super-hot 28-year-old version of herself and an old granny-aged version who only smokes and watches TV. And they all become Grace’s responsibility. (more…)
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