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Rebecca transfers some sequins to Gil with Anne, left. What do you get when you mix Yaz, Chippendales, a dash of garage rock, a workout video and S&M? Why it's Gil Mantera's Party Dream of course. The Youngstown, Ohio duo of brothers who gradually disrobe as their sets evolve, played Wednesday at Bottletree for Rebecca Davis's Sweet Sixteen (+20) birthday party. It was the perfect band for a 1987 flashback -- male eyeliner and synth-oriented beats that even the folks who were in grammer school during that time, couldn't help but shake it to. Rebecca's excellent concept party had her grand entrance in a wing chair in the back of a pickup truck, followed by two dudes in tuxes with "Pomp and Circumstance" playing. It was like a white kid's indie rock Quinceañera with some John Hughes elements thrown in for good measure. I don't know if my favorite stage antic was the spontaneous push ups by Ultimate Donny or Gil karate chopping one of the balloon

Poster I did for the show (click on image for non-jacked up version)

I'll admit I've never been a huge fan of superheroes, other than Lynda Carter as Wonder Woman, or comics in general but friend and fellow co-worker Joe Crowe came across a real web gem I had share. Back in what I and fellow co-workers believe was the late 1950s and early 1960s, the original writers of Superman comics, who were not fans, but just writers, seemed to be really burnt out on their jobs and lives and it was reflected in many covers of the comic. Superman really was a dick and this excellent gallery collection, called Superdickery , shows the Man of Steel filled with venom and vengefulness, not toward Lex Luthor or any of his other supernatural enemies, but to poor Lois Lane and his adopted son, Jimmy Olsen. The commentary on Superdickery.com is just as funny as the far-out covers. What exactly is this craziness all about? Click here. Click on the covers I posted for a better view.

... to a place in time known simply as 1983 and feast on this video delicacy. I was having a e-mail discussion with my cousin Laura yesterday about leg warmers, bad eighties fashions that still haunt us and ventured back via YouTube to the era when MTV actually played videos that some of us watched over and over and again on Night Tracks and still over again on MTV. I'm not alone, right? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =cxOlKvvLXP8 Note that Michael Sembello's "Maniac" features everything needed to for a successful early '80s music video: * sparks * hanging naked lightbulbs * gratuitous butt shots * break dancing * strobe light action * shadowy figures on stark white backgrounds * people running for no apparent reason * dry ice * a body double with unconvincing wig * footage that is repeated * a torn sweatshirt top * exercise of some sort Trivia (from imbd.com ): * The song Maniac was written by Sembello and Dennis Matkosky for the 1980 horror film of the same tit

...that I signed the least on my apartment and how my life has changed. It has gone from a blank slate to home with the help of friends, family and especially the addition of my two excellent little striped cats.

I went to Brevard, N.C. this past week to see my parents and their dog child, Buster, who have been there all fall. The woods, lakes and streams were a nice break, but the lack of cell phone coverage and internet made me itch after a few days. I enjoy the disconnect at first and then it starts to scare me a little. More photos are here.