WITH ODEN ON OUR SIDE.....

Sometimes, the stressors of modern life can get to you and with deadlines approaching and inspiration waining things may seem bleek. but at times like this i remember that there is such a VIKING METAL. a whole genre of music devoted to telling the tales of norse men kicking ass and drinking mead. You all need to get some Amon Amarth in your lives. it looks like someone cloned james hetfield circa '88 and put those clones in a time machine to viking times. upon reaching gladitorial maturity these clones were brought back to our times and introduced to the ways of metal. enjoy.



Runes to My Memory


Cry of the Black Birds

PART EAGLE, PART SEAGULL THAT'S A CUCKOO BIRD!

A lil while ago in the posting haitus of '07 I came across the website of Brandon Bird, a painter/illustrator/pop culture genius. Dude's work is a pitch perfect combination of recondite popculture references and overall absurdity. I want to go on some long diatribe detailing the grandeur of his work but instead I'll just let it speak for itself.


"Bad Day on the High Sea"



"The Death of Jennifer Sisko"



"Killing Machine"



"King of the Cage"




I particularly love "King of the Cage" which at first view is simply a picture of a barrel chested Abe Lincol going harbody on two dudes in a cage match. But on further inspection we realize it's Linocln replacing Hugh Jackman as Wolverine in the first X-men film. What does this mean? I have no clue but I whole heartedly support this guy in his lunacy.

BrandonBird.com