Scott Pilgrim Vol. 5: Scott Pilgrim Vs. the Universe came out last Wednesday, and I naturally rushed like a drooling fanboy to the Beguiling ( In Mirvish Village) to pick it up the morning of. There was a small lineup to buy the book and the store manager was leaving to fly to New York for the release party (Bryan Lee O'Malley actually used to worked at the Beguiling, which I guess makes buying his book there a lame source of nerdy pride) so the mood was generally pleasant. Vol. 5 occupies the unfortunate Empire Strikes Back-esque space of segueing the triumphant fourth volume: Gets it Together with Volume six's (probably triumphant) finale. I especially enjoy the parts where Scott describes detailed X-Men plot lines to Ramona... and the robot fights are pretty sweet too. This stuff hits way too close to home to review objectively, I play a ric bass in a rock band, love the X-Men unconditionally and hang out at Sneaky Dee's, so fuck I guess I'm a walking stereotype, at least indie rockish A.D.D dudes with girl troubles living in Toronto will be a well-loved cultural institution henceforth as a result of these books.
As for MP3 content for this post I've come up with a couple things, exhibit a: The song that Scott Pilgrim got his name from by a 90's Halifax rock band called Plumtree that seems to be the female equivalent of Thrush Hermit and partial inspiration of current awesome halifax all female rock band, The Stolen Minks.
Plumtree- Scott Pilgrim
ALSO a song by Bryan Lee O'Malley himself, who records under the name Kupek and releases all of his music for free on his website. This song is from his most recent batch and for some reason I'm quite attached to it (partially owing to the sweet piano riff).
Kupek- Good Book
Furthermore, the good dudes at the Beguiling have gotten me hooked on a Grant Morrison series from the 90's called The Invisibles, about freedom loving radicals who embark on trippy spiritual quests and travel through time in order to defeat the powers of evil who are trying to maintain status quo, enslave humanity and destroy the world. fuck. I just read that back and it sounds really lame... but actually it's really sweet I swear. you can download the first issue here: http://dccomics.com/media/excerpts/1680_1.pdf
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