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Marty

2008....0.9% Greater Than 2007.

About Me

Hey there. I'm Marty.

My Interests

Gaming, Internet, Movies, Pop culture, Movie Quotes, Puroresu, DVDs, Indie Rock

Music:

The Casket Lottery, The Get Up Kids, Reggie and the Full Effect, Ted Leo and The Pharmacists, Thebrotherkite, Karmella's Game, RJD2, Sage Francis, Jurassic 5, Sparta, Fat Jon, Nujabes, Rilo Kiley, Coheed and Cambria, Nada Surf, The Appleseed Cast, At the Drive In, Weezer, The Anniversary, Jimmy Eat World, Yoko Kanno, ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead, Modest Mouse, ninedayswonder, drum:kan, Elliott, Outkast, Ben Folds, Ben Folds Five, Avec, Interpol, The White Stripes, Blackpool Lights, The New Amsterdams, Stars, Broken Social Scene, Ozma, The Mars Volta, Common, Sufjan Stevens, The Dismemberment Plan, Aloha, Peeping Tom

Movies:

28 Days Later, The 40 Year Old Virgin, Almost Famous, Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, The Aristocrats, The Evil Dead Trilogy, BASEketball, the Back to the Future Trilogy, Batman Begins, Battle Royale, Best in Show, Big Fish, Bio Zombie, Boondock Saints, Chasing Amy, Clerks, the Die Hard Trilogy, Dodgeball, Dogma, Donnie Darko, Equilibrium, Fight Club, The Game, Garden State, Hellboy, High Fidelity, I Heart Huckabees, The Incredibles, The Iron Giant, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, Kill Bill vol. 1 and 2, Kung Fu Hustle, L4yer Cake, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, the Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Lost in Translation, Mallrats, the Matrix Trilogy, Memento, A Mighty Wind, Minority Report, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Murderball, Mystery Men, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Ocean's 11, Office Space, Old School, Pirates of the Caribbean, Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, Run Ronnie Run, School of Rock, Se7en, Serenity, Shaolin Soccer, Shaun of the Dead, Sin City, The Sixth Sense, Snatch., Spider-Man, Spider-Man 2, The Star Wars Saga, Swingers, Team America: World Police, This Is Spinal Tap, Toy Story 1 and 2, The Truman Show, The Usual Suspects, Unbreakable, Versus, Waiting For Guffman, Wayne's World 1 & 2, Walk the Line, Princess Mononoke (and many, many, more)

Television:

24, Alias, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Arrested Development, Chappelle's Show, Clone High, Monty Python's Flying Circus, The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, Entourage, Family Guy, Firefly, Futurama, Harvey Birdman: Attorney At Law, Late Night With Conan O'Brien, Lost, Mr. Show, The Office, Penn And Teller: Bullshit!, Reno 911!, Scrubs, Sealab 2021, Seinfeld, The State, The Shield, The Simpsons, Space Ghost: Coast To Coast, Spaced, Sports Night, Upright Citizens Brigade, The West Wing, My Name Is Earl

Books:

I read far too many comics, especially when compared to the number of real, actual books I read.You should read these.

My Blog

Radiohead on Sunday?

Hey gang,Looks like I have an open ticket for Radiohead at the Nissan Pavillion this sunday. Who wants it?It's a pavillion seat. Let me know!
Posted by Marty on Thu, 08 May 2008 03:53:00 PST

BRAND SPANKIN’ NEW BLOGGIN’ SITE, FROM MUAH!

That's right, after almost 7 years, I've killed the LJ.All the fun now is at Blast-O-Rama!Click the banner below to hit up the site. First few posts are up, including the first of a series of MONTHLY...
Posted by Marty on Fri, 01 Feb 2008 08:06:00 PST

MORE! Free Music For You!

Thanks to popular request, I've thrown together another group of songs from the year Twenty Aught Seven.Now, this is a bit more mish-mash than the "Best of Mix" I posted earlier...Some of these tracks...
Posted by Marty on Sun, 06 Jan 2008 09:43:00 PST

Best Albums Of 2007 (With A Download FOR YOU!)

As I do every year, I've continued to live up to my self fulfilling prophecy of becoming Rob Gordon by cataloging my top 10 favorite albums of each year.However, much like last year, you get a taste o...
Posted by Marty on Wed, 12 Dec 2007 06:52:00 PST

DEAD OF SUMMER: BOOK ONE - Now Available!

That's right, kids.After months of hype, speculation and toil, thanks to the awesome folks at Unseen Press, Dead of Summer: Book One is available NOW in the DoS store.Featuring all 134 comics represen...
Posted by Marty on Fri, 07 Dec 2007 07:56:00 PST

Vote Dead of Summer For Webcomics Idol!

For those who don't know, the webcomic I write, Dead of Summer, has been lucky enough to end up in the final 10 out of 105 competitors in this competition, and of those 10, only 5 go to round 2. It t...
Posted by Marty on Sun, 21 Oct 2007 12:12:00 PST

Dead of Summer...IN VIDEO PODCAST FORM

Taped at Connecticon 2007 in lovely Connecticut, here's the Dead of Summer segment of Digitial Strips.Note: We had maybe 4 hours of sleep at that time...since Thursday...and we taped on Saturday. ...
Posted by Marty on Wed, 12 Sep 2007 08:28:00 PST

DoS Presents: Ultimate Kaiju All-Star Barrage! 100% Confirmed Details!

That's right gang, believe it or not, we're just two weeks away from one of the biggest events we've ever put on here at Dead of Summer, the aptly named ULTIMATE KAIJU ALL-STAR BARRAGE. On Friday Nig...
Posted by Marty on Mon, 13 Aug 2007 06:26:00 PST

August 24th! FOR REAL THIS TIME!

Mark your calendars, kids.We're making it up to you in SPADES.The first details. Right here at DeadofSummer.orgFar far more to come.You had better come out....
Posted by Marty on Tue, 05 Jun 2007 06:53:00 PST

So I guess I should clear up the current info for April 7th?

As readers of this blog know, Nick and I were planning a rather large show for April 7th, to celebrate the 1 year anniversary of the comic, as well as the publication of Dead of Summer: Book One. It w...
Posted by Marty on Sun, 11 Mar 2007 01:04:00 PST