Posted on July 29, 2011
by Brad C. Hodson
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I remember watching the Los Angeles Riots in the early nineties. As a kid in East Tennessee, it might as well have been footage from Mars. I’d never seen anything like the bubbling anger and resentment that poured into the streets and erupted in… Continue Reading “They Just Don’t Riot Like They Used To”
Category: Satire, Parody, and Other Things I Use Incorrectly, The Poor Man's WikipediaTags: Al Capone, bacon, Bacon's Rebellion, baseball, brandy, Chicago, Cleveland Indians, Daniel Boone, debt ceiling, dj kaskade, Egypt, freedom, hollywood riot, Jamestown, LA riots, Lager Beer Riot, Lakers, Libya, MLB, Nathaniel Bacon, nunchucks, prohibition, protesters, Ten Cent Beer Night, Texas Rangers, the walking dead, Virginia, Watts
Posted on July 22, 2011
by Brad C. Hodson
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When I was kid growing up in the eighties, there were two things I knew with absolute certainty: (1) I was fat and awkward (2) America was the good guys in the world
Category: Satire, Parody, and Other Things I Use IncorrectlyTags: Apollo Creed, Avengers, Benjamin Button, Brad Pitt, captain america, captain america review, chris evans, chris hemsworth, Cold War, first avenger, Hitler, Howlin' Commandos, hugo weaving, Indiana Jones, loki, Lucas, Marvel, Nazis, Obama, Reagan, Red Dawn, Red Skull, Russia, serial, Sgt .Fury, Spider-Man, Spileberg, stanley tucci, Star Wars, thor, tommy lee jones
Posted on July 16, 2011
by Brad C. Hodson
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In honor of Carmageddon and the closing of the 405, I’ve dug out an old story. This was originally published in CHIMERAWORLD 4 in 2006. While I’d had a few magazine articles published and some short films made before this, “405” is the first piece… Continue Reading “405 – A Story for Carmageddon”
Category: March of the Autumn People, Satire, Parody, and Other Things I Use Incorrectly, Writing and Other Violent CrimesTags: 405, 405 closure, bizarro fiction, carmageddon, dark comedy, George's Intervention, horror, IED, impulse control disorder, Intermittent Explosive Disorder, road rage, short story, traffic
Anyone interested in unconventional diet and exercise advise (or who is in the Los Angeles area and looking for an effective, fun, and challenging workout) should head over to THE LUDUS. I just posted an article there on fat loss titled SCREW CONVENTIONAL WISDOM.… Continue Reading “The Ludus”
Lady Haverley’s Peculiar Musings on the Tribulations of Common Happenstance by The Honorable Lady Haverley, Sixteenth Baroness Dunberry (The opinions expressed in this column are solely those of the author, who writes from the 19th century and leaves her manuscripts in a mystical mailbox… Continue Reading “Lady Haverley’s Peculiar Musings on the Tribulations of Common Happenstance”
Category: Satire, Parody, and Other Things I Use IncorrectlyTags: advice column, baroness dunberry, Bengal tiger, birth control pill, fairies, fallen woman, indentured servitude, lady haverley, nineteenth century, opium, opium den, porn, time travel, Victorian era, wormholes
Posted on July 6, 2011
by Brad C. Hodson
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On the 4th of July, several of us got together to grill out. We took it as a “cheat day” and sat aside our healthy eating plans for a day of chili dogs and pie. And more chili dogs. And more pie. And yet,… Continue Reading “Summer Makes Me Think of Cold War Propaganda”
Category: Satire, Parody, and Other Things I Use IncorrectlyTags: 4th of july, Apollo Creed, Brigitte Nielson, Carl Weathers, Charlie Sheen, chili dogs, China, Chinese debt, Clubber Lang, Cold War, Dolph Lundgren, Gorbachev, Hulk Hogan, independence day, Ivan Drago, John Milius, lemonade, montage, Motley Crue, Mr. T, Nazi, North Korea, North Korean Army, patriotism, pie, propaganda, Red Dawn, robot, Rocky, Rocky 3, Rocky Balboa, Rocky IV, Soviets, summer, Sylvester Stallone
Posted on July 1, 2011
by Brad C. Hodson
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Lasciate ogni speranza voi ch’entrate. Abandon all hope, ye who enter. -Dante Alighieri’s proposal for a freeway entrance sign I’m sitting in traffic on the 101 trying to get to work. “Traffic” isn’t really the right word. “Traffic” implies some type of locomotion. I am… Continue Reading “Los Angeles and Road Rage Are Like PB&J”
Category: Satire, Parody, and Other Things I Use Incorrectly, The Poor Man's WikipediaTags: 911, ac/dc, dodge challenger, emilio estevez, Falling Down, freeways, heart attack, Hitler, improv, Los Angeles, maximum overdrive, muffin top, pistol, police, public transportation, road rage, soccer mom, time machine, who framed roger rabbit, who killed the electric car
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