Issue 91
News: RIP WWN ASAP.
Recently, one of my guilty pleasures, the Weekly World News printed its final issue. This would make the first time in which a magazine which I bought religiously has been cancelled for good. (The same Issue of Guitar One has been on newsstands since April, but there has been no news on its current status.) According to the WWN itself, there was something about a spaceship launch that would have been elaborated upon in the final issue (which I got a few days ago, and wasn't elaborated upon). According to Wikipedia, the real reason was so confusing not even the editors could understand, but allegedly, their syndicate wanted to focus on its many celebrity weeklies, and the WWN, with its low 90 thou circulation, had to go. I myself have been a devoted reader for the better part of five years, and have gotten many film ideas from that magazine. My mother always confesses that she feels embarassed when she has to buy the WWN for me and doesn't even believe that they are even going to cancel for real and that she expects to see a copy of the WWN on the newsstands next week, even though no less of a respected news source than Reuters have reported that said closure is, in fact, real. At this point, I must say that at least there's Mad, Guitar Player, Guitar World, mental_floss, and probably Guitar One (if it ever comes back) to help me kill time. Admittedly, not as good story fodder, but edifying.
Band Name of the Day: Hokey Pokey or Die! From my favorite all-time WWN headline (about Kim Jong-Il).
Film idea of the Day: All Hell Breaks Loose. From the penultimate issue of the WWN, it is the story of how the infamous denizens of the Ninth Circle of Hell converge upon a small town in California.
Film Review of the Day: Shock Treatment. The sequel to Rocky Horror which took several actors from the original film and placed them in different roles, but put two characters from the original film and recast them. I must say that it is eerily prophetic of the days of reality TV, with Janet holding Brad prisoner in a mental asylum built into the TV Studio-town of Denton so she can get ratings. This also makes sense with how it didn't do as well at first as Rocky did. The songs, are just as great, however, as in Rocky Horror.
Quote of the Day: "The sun never sets on those who ride into it."
__________The Narrator of Shock Treatment.
Link of the Day: Wonder where (insert famous dead person) is buried? Look no further than here.
Recently, one of my guilty pleasures, the Weekly World News printed its final issue. This would make the first time in which a magazine which I bought religiously has been cancelled for good. (The same Issue of Guitar One has been on newsstands since April, but there has been no news on its current status.) According to the WWN itself, there was something about a spaceship launch that would have been elaborated upon in the final issue (which I got a few days ago, and wasn't elaborated upon). According to Wikipedia, the real reason was so confusing not even the editors could understand, but allegedly, their syndicate wanted to focus on its many celebrity weeklies, and the WWN, with its low 90 thou circulation, had to go. I myself have been a devoted reader for the better part of five years, and have gotten many film ideas from that magazine. My mother always confesses that she feels embarassed when she has to buy the WWN for me and doesn't even believe that they are even going to cancel for real and that she expects to see a copy of the WWN on the newsstands next week, even though no less of a respected news source than Reuters have reported that said closure is, in fact, real. At this point, I must say that at least there's Mad, Guitar Player, Guitar World, mental_floss, and probably Guitar One (if it ever comes back) to help me kill time. Admittedly, not as good story fodder, but edifying.
Band Name of the Day: Hokey Pokey or Die! From my favorite all-time WWN headline (about Kim Jong-Il).
Film idea of the Day: All Hell Breaks Loose. From the penultimate issue of the WWN, it is the story of how the infamous denizens of the Ninth Circle of Hell converge upon a small town in California.
Film Review of the Day: Shock Treatment. The sequel to Rocky Horror which took several actors from the original film and placed them in different roles, but put two characters from the original film and recast them. I must say that it is eerily prophetic of the days of reality TV, with Janet holding Brad prisoner in a mental asylum built into the TV Studio-town of Denton so she can get ratings. This also makes sense with how it didn't do as well at first as Rocky did. The songs, are just as great, however, as in Rocky Horror.
Quote of the Day: "The sun never sets on those who ride into it."
__________The Narrator of Shock Treatment.
Link of the Day: Wonder where (insert famous dead person) is buried? Look no further than here.
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