HHEEEEEEEYYYYYYYYY EVERYBODYYY! It’s your favorite undead rocker extraordinaire, Teddy “Spaghetti” Lawrence! Lead singer/song writer for “The Deadites”, I’m sure you’ve heard out hit single, “Burnin’ Love”.....

Anyway, my favorite band of all time, besides my own of course, is the legendary “Dokken”. I figured since I got nothing better to do in the afterlife, I would write up some reviews of their albums! Fronted by Don Dokken, with Guitarist George Lynch, hard hitting drummer Mick Brown and bassist Jeff Pilson, Dokken was known for great live shows and monster ballads.

The band’s first LP, and first single, “Breaking the Chains” was released in 1983. The title track is catchy as shit with a strong backbone provided by Brown. Coupled with the video with heavy rotation on MTV, the song helped to successfully drive up sales.

Songs like, “Nightrider” and, “Seven Thunders” are strong slow burns, with catchy hooks and energetic solos. “In the Middle” is another strong, slower song that thumps along nicely but feels misplaced in the track order. “Live to Rock (Rock to Live)” and “Young Girls” are strong rock numbers that ultimately aren’t anything too special, but remain fun and enjoyable. “Felony” isn’t a bad song overall, but feels a bit stale (except for the solo). Perhaps it would have been better not to carry it over from 1979’s EP, “Back in the Streets”.

The highlight of the album is certainly, “Paris is Burning”. Recorded live in Berlin in December 82’, this track is simply on FIRE. Lynch is playing like a mad man, producing an energy unmatched by anything else on the album. It’s a good thing it’s the last track, cause it will make you wish the ENTIRE THING was live. (It’s also a great preview of things to come!)

It’s an ambitious first record at ten tracks. No matter my love for the band, there are unfortunately a few songs that don’t live up to the capabilities of the band. Tracks like “I Can’t See You” and “Stick to Your Guns” are the weakest of the ten and could have been left as B-sides.

One aspect of this had been addressed by hiring new bassist Jeff Pilson, but he didn’t come in until after the record was recorded. Dokken finally gaining a stable lineup helped the band drastically with their next record the following year. Most acts of the day weren’t necessarily talented, but could play well enough and look good on stage. Dokken was however, the real deal. Live, the band was FAN-DAMN-TASTIC, and their writing on the follow up as a group is proof of that.

Verdict:

Although “Breaking the Chains” may be a bit of a mixed bag, it’s still worth a listen. After all, it’s their first LP! SO, Break the chains and have some fun!

3 Super Mullets Outta 5

With summer upon us, I wanted to take a trip back to those long, hot days when the music I would listen to became burned into my brain. Whether it was hiking in the woods or riding my bike, I found myself listening to this one album on repeat, perfectly capturing the mood and time in my life. Now that I’m older, I find myself still reaching for this one, year after year, with that feeling only more cemented.

What’s the album you ask? Polaris: The Music from “The Adventures of Pete & Pete”.

Technically not a real band, Polaris was comprised of members from the New Haven indie rock band, ‘Miracle Legion’. The twelve tracks created by the band were used for all three seasons of Pete & Pete, not only defining the show itself, but also my childhood. The band even appeared on the show in the episode "Hard Day's Pete”. Young Pete stumbles across them playing the song “Summer Baby” in an old garage. Inspired, Pete decides to form his own band in order to remember the song. The whole episode is a crazy childish adventure, one that reminds the viewer of the magic of childhood and how just about anything seemed possible.

I also remember during the shows run, there was a tape of all the songs from the show you could send away for. One of the offers was even on a cereal box! The music created for that show still strikes me the same today as it did when I was a kid watching Nickelodeon. When I hear the opening of “She is Staggering” or “Waiting for October”, I’m back on the ball field with childhood friends, riding bikes in the summer, or trying to eat all my ice cream before it melted.

It’s incredible to me what feelings this record still brings up, not to mention that as an album, it still holds up incredibly well. No matter how old I grow, when I hop on my bike and put this music on, I’m instantly brought back to a simpler time in my life.

For me, this is not only the soundtrack of the summer, but the entire summer itself.

Favorite Tracks: "She Is Staggering", "Coronado II", "Recently" & "Summerbaby"

Greetings! I’ve returned from Pittsburgh! After nine great but completely exhausting days volunteering for the International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF), it’s nice to be home. This year marked my seventh fair. I can’t believe how quickly the time has gone!

This year, an estimated $4 million (US) was awarded to the record 1,700 participating high school students. The fair is funded by both Intel and the Intel Foundation with additional awards and support from dozens of other corporate, academic, governmental and science-focused organizations.

This years three big winners included Nicole Ticea and Raymond Wang of Vancouver, Canada and Karan Jerath of Friendswood, Texas! So what do the winners of the INTEL ISEF actually do to earn the top spot?

Well, this years top winner, Raymond Wang (17), received $75,000 and took home the Gordon E. Moore award, ISEF’s top prize. His project used sophisticated software to study the rerouting of airflow in aircraft cabins, which could help to reduce the transmission of diseases.

Nicole Ticea (16) developed a low-cost technique, testing small amounts of blood to reveal early signs of infection from HIV. It’s a process that can aid in early detection and treatment, with test results available in roughly an hour.

Karan Jerath (18) invented a device that can collect oil and gas spewing from broken wells on the seafloor, helping to better contain undersea spills. The device itself weighs 350 tons, loaded with sensors to measure temperature, pressure and density of gases and fluids coming from a leak. It can then calculate what needs to be adjusted so that the gas and oil can be collected efficiently.

The second and third place winners received $50,000 each. Beyond just the top three winners, nineteen other students were offered college scholarships, (from Drexel University, Florida Institute of Technology and West Virginia University to name a few) with a value of up to $150,000 (US)!

I can not believe I have had the privilege to be apart of this immensely important fair for the last seven years. Between the exciting cities I’ve had a chance to visit and the incredible people I’ve gotten to meet and work with from across the globe, the INTEL ISEF has left a profound impact on my life. I can not even begin to thank the fantastic people at Society for Science and the Public for not only putting on the fair and inviting me to be a part of it year after year, but most importantly for their friendship. I know full well by now how much work is involved (I walked 25 miles in the first two days alone inside the convention center) but knowing that I get to work with such fun and dedicated people has kept me, and continues to keep me hooked.

Although my feet hurt already at the thought, I can not wait to do it all over again in Phoenix next year! A HUGE thank you to every volunteer, to the people at SSP, my ISEF friends, and to all the students for being bold enough to dream something up and create it.

You can learn more about the INTEL ISEF HERE!: https://www.societyforscience.org

Over thirty years ago, Elwood Blues declared that the music known as the blues would only be found in your local library, tucked away and forgotten. It’s a declaration that thankfully has only partly come true. The business of music has tried for decades to squeeze the life out of my artists, and created pre recorded, so called “musicians”. Despite their best efforts to clone something that works simply for profit, the undercurrent of genuine talent and ambition has always found a way to push back through to the surface. Nirvana helped to break the mold in the early nineties, Jack White, with every band he’s had, in the 2000’s, The Blues Brothers in the late seventies, Johnny Cash before them, and so on.

With the death of the great B.B. King we lose yet another true artist who grew over time and never relented to the numb bullshit of the music business. Artists like him have helped to keep the craft of musicianship alive in the age of disco, hair metal, boy bands, and auto tune.

Music has always been a huge part of my life, despite being best known for my love of film. As a kid, I grew up on The Blues Brothers film, which blew open the door to some many incredible artists. Although not featured in the film, B.B. King was one I discovered as a result. The more music I uncovered, the more I came to appreciate true bluesman and the like, practicing and honing their craft. The combination of a traditional rock n’ roll quartet with a large horn section, true life stories told through music and between songs; I have never grown tired of, nor do I think I ever will. That’s why to me, it’s so sad to lose another incredibly rich and wonderful musician as legendary as King.

If you have never heard his music before, it’s easier than ever to get started. I can understand that it may not be for everyone, but for myself, finding a genre that speaks to my soul, there is just nothing better. Rest in peace sir, you’ve earned your place in the stars.

Hello everyone! Have we met before? I’m Katie McIntire! Long Island Mother of two, Author of ‘Sugar Plumes & Deer Drops’ and ‘Living with Ghost Dad!’ I’m also the host of the popular show ‘Dead People! So Scary!: Tales from the Other Side’, and now I have my own blog!

For my first topic, I wanted to talk about the controversial Deflategate. Now, as a woman, I just love that Tom Brady! He’s so handsome and alluring, but(!), he may just be the devil. That sly smile and haunting gaze, trying to win over America; shame on you Tom Brady! I, Katie McIntire, am no fool! As a psychic medium and author of a book all about the other side, I know a demon when I see one!

When my dear husband Ruby passed on, God bless his soul, I just knew it wasn’t the end. Not, three days went by before I saw him again. (Want the whole story? Order my book on Amazon for the low, low price of $24.95!) Ever since then, I have been in touch with the spooky world of the other side. (There are more spooky demons out there then you might think and most of them aren’t politicians, they’re just owned by them!)

When Tommy boy first came out to discuss Deflategate, he had these bumps on his forehead that only I, Katie McIntire, could see. As the press conference carried on, they began to move and grow. By the end, fire had engulfed the wall behind him, his eyes red with rage. I was screaming at my television, but no one was picking up the signs! During the next one, he was wearing a hat to try and cover them up, but he couldn’t hide from me! Don’t be fooled America! Suspending him for a few games just isn’t enough. That sly grin of his will be back soon enough to corrupt us all!!

(Pictured Below: Katie McIntire. Learn more about her on the 'Who We Are' page!)

Now, because I think (and hope) this will help you all in obviously important ways, let me tell you whats been getting me kind of annoyed on the internet. Bad Memes. No, I don't mean like "that wasn't funny" memes. I mean rugged memes that look like they've seen some shit. where, what looks like, Dr. Frankenstein himself takes a picture he found from wherever and adds a name or "when __ does __" on top of it, (and I don't mean on top of the picture, as in placed over, I mean literally above the picture.) makes the picture quality look like it was uploaded from an Etch A Sketch, adds a "…be like" on the bottom of the picture, then adds their Twitter or Instagram handle next to a laughing/crying emoji. You've seen this. I know you have. They're the only pictures on Instagram that have the same quality as the worksheets your 3rd grade teacher got out from the copy machine. They bother me so much. Mostly because…how? so hey, if you're meme-ing, don't fax it to the internet. thats my only advice here.

I specifically get annoyed at video memes that are made by people who don't know the proper joke structure of a video meme. I know what you're thinking "Theres a structure?!" yes. The internet's version of the one liner comes from the same pocket of thought as the now-almost-painful-to-use "thats what she said" joke. Allow me to explain. Lets say I'm a plumber, and I'm working on a job where I say "I'm going to have to lube this pipe up." (because obviously I've never been a plumber.) I'm reacting to my plumbing reality. My statement and my reaction is addressing the dry pipe (I guess? because thats a common issue? I don't know.) but taken word for word out of context, it can also be used as something "she said" and having it address a completely different scenario. Video memes are the same. You take a scene from a movie for example, a clip where a woman is swimming desperately towards a boat and away from a shark screaming "oh shit, oh fuckkk, JULIA GET ME BACK UPPP!!" where clearly the woman is reacting to her shark reality, and then all you do is put words around it to clearly change its context. For example "when dudes try to grind on you when you get down from dancing on the bar." 'oh shit, oh fuckkk, JULIA GET ME BACK UPPP!!" boom. Meme structure. you're welcome. now here is what pisses me off… I see movie clips (lets use this shark scene again for sake of me wasting away my creativity) like the shark scene that get used in these shit memes and this is what they do… ready? okay here it goes

**we see a clip where a woman is desperately swimming towards a boat, splashing hard with a panicked look on her face. a fin arrises behind her. getting closer and closer. she yells "oh shit, oh fuckk, JULIA GET ME BACK UPP!!"**

(written around the clip) -'When you're swimming back to the boat and a shark comes LOL!'-

Seriously, if you're doing this. you're an idiot. What, are you introducing a 15 second clip? or are you a fuckin TV guide? (or the "info" buttons for you millennials) why are you making me read about the clip I'm already watching? just post up the same clip of Bad Boys 2 that you wrote all over and just say "haha this is funny". its the same thing. you're completely missing the point. its about the joke structure, people! If you haven't noticed by this now i'll tell you. I have horrible punctuation skills and I take funny seriously. So now that you've read this, you've learned proper structure, and that I've told you my domesticated peeves, (word play) you may now go out into the world (via Tumblr) and Meme away my little readers, Meme away.

It’s been a while since I’ve put pen to paper… er fingers to keys.  Being left-handed pen to paper usually results in a lot of smudging. Regardless, I've been itching to write for quite some time, but I keep coming up with excuses.  For one thing there’s my six hour daily work commute, on top of a ten hour work day and getting a “restful” four - five hours of sleep a night.  And while all of that is true and is as exhausting as it sounds, there's another reason that I've been unable to get out a review of a comic, commentary about a movie, or report on the latest video game announcement.  No, it’s not because I’ve been spending my free time earning three stars in every level of Mario Kart 8.  It’s actually this thought that's been lingering in the back of my mind. This kind of nagging voice that I hear every time I feel motivated to express my thoughts. The idea that I know isn’t true, but inevitably give into and think to myself, “Yeah, you’re probably right, I just shouldn’t.”  That voice that convinces me that my opinion, whatever it may be, is wrong.

Well now you might be saying, “Mackenzie that's ridiculous! Everyone is entitled to their opinion.” And you would be correct! But not without cost.  Well ok, for $9.99 you technically could buy a domain name, start a WordPress and blog about whatever opinions you have on any given topic.  In all seriousness, what I really mean is that being a female who is interested in all things nerdy can often attract negative attention.  The fact that I’m a girl who is obsessed with nerd culture lends itself to trolls wondering, “Why is this girl writing about this? What could she possibly know?”, “Oh, she must be a feminist”, or the flip side, “How could she ever say such things, she's a woman and should be representing us better!” That seems like an awful lot of pressure for someone who just wants to blog about nerdy news during her commute home from work.

But really, in the great scheme of things concerning the news in our world, my interests in superheroes and graphic novels pale in comparison.  At the same time though, my interests are important to me, and important to this wonderful nerdy community (at least some of them, I think) that I am a part of.  So really, what do I have to worry about? If we take a look at what just some of the women within the community have faced this past year you might begin to understand where some of my hesitations stem from.

This past summer an online movement that became known as Gamergate shook the gaming and Twitter community.  I won’t address every detail about what Gamergate stands for (or doesn’t) in this post because it can be incredibly convoluted.  However, I would like to bring attention to just some of the instances brought on by some members of Gamergate that has motivated me to begin writing again.  

Let’s start with Zoe Quinn; a video game developer, who had already been facing some criticism with her game Depression Quest, then became a target of online harassment. Initially her ex Eron Gjoni created a blog post accusing Quinn of cheating on him with several men who also work in gaming world (thezoepost.wordpress.com). This spread like wildfire over the interwebs and some members of the gaming community deduced she slept with men for positive reviews of her games. Shortly thereafter a group of “activists” decided to make it their mission to destroy Quinn’s life, literally.  And I know nowadays when someone says literally they don’t actually mean literally, but this is one of those instances where I mean some gamers wanted to LITERALLY destroy Quinn’s life.  You can take a peak for yourself in chat logs that were released that prove the threats against Quinn were a planned attack (http://archive.today/Ler4O).  Some of the gems from the chat log includes:

Aug 21 17.48.51 <OtherGentleman> She can't even into

depression. What makes you think she has the balls to

kill herself?

Aug 21 17.48.57 <Opfag> I kind of want to just make her

life irrepairably horrible

Aug 21 17.49.16 <NASA_Agent> but what if she suicides

Aug 21 17.49.24 <Opfag> Good.

Aug 21 17.49.29 <Opfag> Then we get to troll #Rememberzoe

Quinn’s address, number, and private photos were circulated around the internet and the harassment was so bad she was forced to leave her home, fearing someone would follow through on their threats.   The attacks on Quinn were an integral part of what sparked the Gamergate movement.  While a percentage of the Gamergate activists insist they stand for proper ethics in gaming journalism, another percentage have made their focus on harassing women like Quinn within the community.  So here’s the thing; cheating on your boyfriend, NOT cool. But does that warrant someone to be harassed to the point that they have to leave their home, risk being pushed out of their career, and fear for their safety? If the tables were turned and an ex-girlfriend created a blog about her ex-game developer-boyfriend cheating on her would we see the same results?  And why should what someone does on their own time be called into question, particularly when we’re talking gaming? I just care about playing the game I don’t care who the developer slept with (unless he’s a Nathan Drake look-a-like, then I want some deets).

The logistics of the Gamergate controversy aside, it didn’t stop with Zoe Quinn.  Anita Sarkeesian who hosts the vlog Feminist Frequency identifies as a nerd herself enjoying comics, video games, and the like.  She explores the roles that female characters play in video games with her “Tropes vs. Women” series, essentially calling for a dialogue that female characters should be diversified.  That doesn’t sound so terrible, does it? Well to some it’s going too far and they’ve taken to harassing her to the point where she too was driven from her home.  She even had to cancel a speaking engagement at Utah State University after someone threatened a mass shooting if she attended.  And that is a threat you simply can’t take lightly nowadays.  And for what? Because she critiques the portrayal of female characters in video games?  I’m not confident that warrants a mass shooting threat. Wouldn’t it be easier to just not watch her videos if you didn’t like her message?

Then there’s Brianna Wu; another female game developer driven from her home during the onslaught of the Gamergate scandal.  Her offense?  She dared to post a meme on her Twitter account poking fun at the “Oppressed Gamergater”(https://twitter.com/spacekatgal/status/520282355567964160) and the threats came pouring in. “I’ve got a K-Bar and I’m coming to your house so I can shove it up your ugly feminist cunt,” declared one Tweeter.  The audacity of Wu, right?  According to an interview with The Guardian in October of last year, Briana is quoted as saying:

“Right now, the result of #gamergate is this: Every woman I know in the industry is scared. Many have thought about quitting.”  She later went on to say “The most terrifying outcome from this would be if this becomes the new normal for women in this industry.”

Wu continues to face harassment and there are even those who think she’s made the whole thing up and that she in fact sent the threats to herself.  I can’t say for certain that she did or did not send herself threats but I can say that I don’t know any woman who would go out of their way to set themselves, and the women in this community that they represent, back so many steps by doing that. And even if she did make it up…why does it make all the other threats against her ok?

Now Quinn, Sarkeesian, and Wu have made a name for themselves and are in the public eye so one could argue that they subject themselves to such cruelties because it simply comes with the territory of their work.  But what about me, someone who's just starting out?  Between what I've seen happen to some of the women within the community and what I conjure up in my wildly dramatic imagination, I’ve prepped myself for the worst. Even some of my personal experiences have cued the hesitations I’ve felt.  Quite frankly, using a headset while gaming is like a box of chocolates…you never know what you’re going to get. For me it usually entails adolescent males crying that girls don't play video games, even though I, a girl, am playing right beside them, thus proving them wrong. Then there are times when gamers mistake my higher pitched voice for that of a prepubescent male (burn). Once they realize I am in fact a girl it usually goes one of two ways. "Oh cool.  So wanna do a mission?" Or… it goes from 0 - Rapey real quick.  

Just one example from a player in the winter of 2013, after realizing I was 1) a girl and 2) not really feeling his verbal harassment wrote me several threatening private messages. One of them stated, “u know what kiss my mothetfucking hairy swetty shity stinky ass and suck my mothetfucking hairy swetty juicy cock u goddame sluty ass bitch fuck u...” As inviting as that all sounds I chose to not accept his offer. What I'm driving at is this is what happens when I simply use my voice to say “Hey guys” in an online video game. So what happens when I start getting into writing?  

Well hopefully nothing happens outside of people enjoying what I cover.  Wu said she’s concerned that women within the gaming community have thought about quitting.  Even I’ve thought about quitting before I’ve even started.  Now if I applied that same behavior to a game where I’m stuck on that one boss I can’t beat I’d never know what happens next (I’m looking at you Ninth Colossus!).  My purpose for this post is to get this all out of the way now, so that I can feel free to write without worrying about if my opinion will set someone off or if a feminist group will critique me. This is simply a personal piece to bring attention to my thoughts about being a female in nerdy subculture. This is not the piece where I call for action, provide solutions, or go in depth about why women are harassed in gaming, comic shops, cosplay, etc. Harassment towards women within the gaming community doesn’t happen all the time, and it’s not every gamer out there perpetuating it…but it’s happened enough for me to have felt the need to be cautious. Regardless, I love gaming. I love comics. I love superhero flicks. I love all things nerdy! And because of that I’ve decided I’m not ready to let a few bad eggs ruin this for me. I’m not going to be concerned if my opinion of a game is wrong, or if someone doesn’t agree with my review of a film.  At the end of the day I just love nerdy things, and I want to feel free to share that with everyone through my writing.  That’s all.

I hate the word “tolerance.” Your body tolerates a certain amount of alcohol. You tolerate the heat if you are working outside on a summer day. A parent tolerates their screaming child, as they throw a tantrum in public. You don’t tolerate someone because of their cultural background...you don’t tolerate someone because of the color of their skin. YOU ACCEPT IT. The world is vast...far too big for everyone to be EXACTLY the same. So why am I musing about this? Why am I reminding you, good people, the importance of this issue, and that acceptance is the key to coexistence? I saw a video recently that was the most concerning thing I have seen in a long time. There is a war going on in Ukraine, there is a war going on in Gaza, and air strikes have been ordered and will be “delivered” to Iraq...and a single video put all of that horrible news to shame.

Here is the set-up: A small group of kids go into an inner city area to “prank” the locals by acting carelessly, entitled, and disrespectful. The idea is that they want to summon violence, get attacked, inform their “prank victim” that what they are doing is merely a joke, reveal the cameraman, and everyone goes on their merry way. Seems harmless, right? Wrong. Questions like, “Hey man, do you wanna buy a gun real quick,” (with two water guns tucked in your back pocket out of sight) is a great way to get yourself into trouble. Other acts of disrespect included walking up to a person who was minding their own business, waiting at the bus stop, or just getting some fresh air outside their job...and a kid will walk up and flatulate on this innocent person. These young men are fully aware of the consequences of their actions...they wouldn’t be doing these “pranks” otherwise. All the locations that they chose were in urban areas, or “the hood,” as the title puts it.

What’s concerning to me is that the racial demographic of the people they chose to “prank” were nearly all minorities. The kids conducting the “prank,” from what can be seen, is a group of young men with different racial and cultural backgrounds. But, “the people being pranked are at fault, too. They shouldn’t act like violent animals (actual words from an anonymous Redditor) when faced with a situation that is meant to be harmless.” Yeah, because they have that option, right? This isn’t just about possible cultural tendencies...this is about the fact that, statistically speaking, the location chosen to film is DANGEROUS. In some cases, the victims of this careless behavior don’t have the luxury of reacting in a non-violent manner. In this case, it appears that local society has hardened these individuals into people that react irrationally in certain situations. In the video, many punches are thrown and successfully make contact, knives are pulled and ready for action, and someone even pulls a gun out. It was a disturbing and frightening video, NOT a funny one.
 

Videos like this gain overnight popularity from websites like WorldStarHipHop and LiveLeak...even Reddit can’t play the innocent card, as that is where I saw the video. Once a video reaches viewing popularity, it moves to Youtube, then Facebook. These are websites made to share content...the websites are merely doing what they were created to do. The more views, the more the user who posted the content gets paid (trickle from advertisements.) That is why I am not sharing this video with you, folks. It will only give these young men more views and more money.

The web has always provided users with lewd and disturbing content, but lately, it’s been getting out of control. This isn’t some punk kids pretending to trip and fall in a grocery store, taking out a huge display in their plotted plummet, as they also hurl a gallon of milk to maximize the mess factor. This isn’t someone playing the “knockout game,” intentionally hurting an unsuspecting stranger, in an effort to knock them unconscious with one swift blow. This isn’t the “burn challenge,” where someone douses his/herself in rubbing alcohol near a water source, lights a match, and hopes for the best. No. This is much worse. This is a true setback.

So what do you, good readers, think about all of this. Is it just another “internet fad” that will fizzle out and be forgotten about...or is this the beginning of something much worse. Thank you for reading and SOUND OFF in the comments section below.
 

At this very moment, I am unsure of what to do with myself. Last night, while arriving at a friends house, I was told Robin Williams had died of an apparent suicide. My reaction was simply to scream, "WHAT?!" at the top of my lungs and demand proof. We all then immediately started watching Hook to try and forget.

I am simply heart broken. There has been so many other celebrity deaths that haven't affected me anywhere near this level. This was Genie, Mrs. Doubtfire, Peter Pan, Patch Adams, Jack, Mork and countless other wonderful characters. Robin Williams was a man who could make you laugh one minute and cry the next in his films. There was always something so genuine about him and I wish I had the pleasure of meeting him.

Like so many others, I grew up on his films and TV appearances, but it wasn't until I got a little older that I started to really appreciate him as a comedian. Robin Williams was such an amazing talent and the most fitting tribute I can think of is to include his Stand Up Special from 1978 at the Roxy. I first taped this off of TV in the late 90's and quickly showed it to every one of my friends.

I don't think there is anyone that doesn't feel the weight of this loss, and to be honest, I don't know what else to say. So take a moment to remember one of the funniest men in the business and a true talent.

Rest In Peace Robin Williams.