another goddamn rant

I must confess I really don't understand all the goddamn love for the goddamn All-Star Batman and Robin the Boy Wonder comic series, God damn it. I can see the goddamn appeal it has to some goddamn folks as a goddamn dadaistic conceptual prank where goddamn fan-favorite creators, Frank Miller and Jim Lee, trump the expectations of the goddamn fanboys by giving them what they goddamn act like they want, but in a so goddamn over-the-top fashion that their goddamn heads explode.

But, God damn it, goddamn conceptual art predicated on a goddamn gimmick doesn't goddamn work that well in serialized goddamn format. The goddamn tropes and other tweaks directed at the goddamn noses of lumpenfandom, embraced and goddamn celebrated by the goddamn cognoscenti who understand the goddamn joke, become goddamn repetitive nerd-cliches in their own goddamn right over the long goddamn haul. Marcel Duchamp's goddamn found object masterpiece, "The Fountain," only draws its goddamn strength from its initial goddamn moment of inspirational conception. Once the goddamn joke is delivered, it is goddamn essential to move on lest the goddamn concept be undermined by goddamn diminishing returns, or worse, comes off as goddamn pandering to the goddamn audience.

The only thing more goddamn irritating than a goddamn joke that has overstayed its goddamn welcome is a goddamn nerd joke that has overstayed its goddamn welcome.

God damn it.


Nine Pound Hammer - Goddamn Right (from Kentucky Breakdown, 2004) - Goddamn boot-stompin' cowpunk.

The Fleshtones - God Damn It (from More Than Skin Deep, 1998) - Goddamn top-notch garage revival rock.

D.O.A. - We Don't Need No God Damn War (from War on 45, 1982) - Goddamn outstanding Canadian punk rock.

The Thermals - Goddamn the Light (from More Parts Per Million, 2003) - Goddamn lo-fi rocking bliss from the goddamn Pacific Northwest.

(Of course, if you're goddamn happy about this goddamn nonsense, you can now wear that badge with goddamn pride on your goddamn desktop.)