There are some good stories. (John Hodgeman, Sarah Vowel) But Ira Glass has an odd voice that I don't like.

The_Philosopher_King: There are some good stories. (John Hodgeman, Sarah Vowel) But Ira Glass has an odd voice that I don't like.

You are not alone in your Ira Glass voice hate.

There are dozens of us. DOZENS!

Growing up on Claremont's X-Men, I had always read the names Manoli Wetherell and Neil Conan, enough to wonder if they were real people. It was years later that I discovered NPR and learned the horrible, horrible truth: they weren't people after all but rather public radio personalities!

/And personal friends of Mr. Claremont to boot

I have a nickname for my dick too, but seriously, who names their dick 'NPR's This American Life?'

Apparently management oversight was provided by their manager, Mr. Tory Malatia who said "I don't know what corner you crawled outta, Bub. But we don't find nuclear missiles all that liberating."

Farking Quinto.

The_Philosopher_King: There are some good stories. (John Hodgeman, Sarah Vowel) But Ira Glass has an odd voice that I don't like.

Thank you. He has the voice of a date rapist. I'm just waiting for the day I tune in mid show and hear something like:

"When you've got a family member tied down, it's most important to make sure you comb their hair. In my family, we've always found that mussed hair makes the forcible penetration more difficult. It's important to be neat."

guh.

Well, it's probably hard for Nightcrawler and Wolverine to agree on a common radio station. Logan is probably a classic rock fan, Kurt always turns to the Christian stations...

/"Nation X"? How many Mutant series are there right now?

The panel looks like Mike Allred. Anyone know for sure?

Reverend Otis: The_Philosopher_King: There are some good stories. (John Hodgeman, Sarah Vowel) But Ira Glass has an odd voice that I don't like.

You are not alone in your Ira Glass voice hate.

There are dozens of us. DOZENS!

Yeah I don't like him either. Plus I heard from a guy who frequents the Chicago art & music scenes that Ira Glass goes through debutantes like ... pick your metaphor for being seen with many different young women of high social standing, I can't think of any relevant imagery.

\have no idea if that's true

WBEZ management oversight by Mr. Torey Malatea, who stops by my office every morning and asks me this question:



Back next week with more stories of This American Life.

OnmyojiOmn: Farking Quinto Pine.

FTFM.

Egalitarian: I heard from a guy who frequents the Chicago art & music scenes that Ira Glass goes through debutantes like

I've heard that too. I do believe he's married now, though.

Anyway, I read that issue and that page got a big laugh out of me.

mhd: /"Nation X"? How many Mutant series are there right now?

Uncanny X-Men, X-Men Legacy (formerly adjectiveless X-men), Astonishing X-Men, Dark X-Men (limited series), New Mutants (the original ones), X-Force, Cable, Wolverine, Wolverine: Origins, Dark Wolverine, X-Men: First Class (my favorite!), Wolverine: First Class, X-Factor, Psylocke (ugh, but it's at least a limited series), X-men Forever. There's also an Imperial Guard book, featuring the Shi'ar and Starjammers, which includes a few former X-men.

Looks like 16. Plus in any given month there are one or two one shots. Things like Necrosha and Nation-X. The cast of characters in the X-books is so enormous they really have to have one-shots just to make sure everyone gets some time on the page.

fusillade762: The panel looks like Mike Allred. Anyone know for sure?

Yes, it is. I don't buy many comics, but I bought this issue. It's a waste of money, and that Allred section is cartoony and lame.

OnmyojiOmn: Farking Quinto.

Hate to do this to you, but that's Chris Fine, not Quinto.
However, I can see how you can get the two switched up, but damn it if they're not hot.

likefunbutnot: Egalitarian: I heard from a guy who frequents the Chicago art & music scenes that Ira Glass goes through debutantes like

I've heard that too. I do believe he's married now, though.

Anyway, I read that issue and that page got a big laugh out of me.

mhd: /"Nation X"? How many Mutant series are there right now?

Uncanny X-Men, X-Men Legacy (formerly adjectiveless X-men), Astonishing X-Men, Dark X-Men (limited series), New Mutants (the original ones), X-Force, Cable, Wolverine, Wolverine: Origins, Dark Wolverine, X-Men: First Class (my favorite!), Wolverine: First Class, X-Factor, Psylocke (ugh, but it's at least a limited series), X-men Forever. There's also an Imperial Guard book, featuring the Shi'ar and Starjammers, which includes a few former X-men.

Looks like 16. Plus in any given month there are one or two one shots. Things like Necrosha and Nation-X. The cast of characters in the X-books is so enormous they really have to have one-shots just to make sure everyone gets some time on the page.

Maybe it's 17. Necrosha is a limited series.

The first four comics books I ever starting reading were Uncanny X-Men, New Mutants, Camelot 3000 (awesome), and, um, Elfquest. Read comics religiously for 10 years (have an awesome sketch Bill Willingham of Fables fame did for me of Chrysalis from Elementals on my wall in front of me, and to my left a 1983 Guice poster of X-Men vs. Sentinels), stopped for another ten (skipped the nineties - the Cable/Big Guns/Crap years), and only recently returned. Started with Exiles (love alternate dimenions and Proteus; no longer read), Buffy (no longer read - although the evil future Willow story was cool), and Angel (no longer read).

Now I read Uncanny again, am following Necrosha and Dark X-Men, and the new New Mutants, which is pretty cool. I've always had a soft spot for that team (except Magma; bring back Wolfsbane). The Legion issues were good, but the issue where Cypher returns - and his inner dialogue, and how the weakest member of the team has turned into such a logic-based bad-ass killer - was one of the coolest comics I've read in, well, decades. I'd like to see Cypher reform and merge back with Warlock, and rejoin the team as the undead-android-shapeshifter-mutant-linquist-newly-badass Douglock. Those two were always best when they were one, and with Cypher's new undead-bass-ass state, they would be awesome.

Sorry, I went a little geeky there. A lot.

dajoro: that Allred section is cartoony and lame.

It's like 5 pages long. The book in general is just a quick study for certain characters at the current point in time. It doesn't make a lot of sense unless you're keeping up with other X-titles.

I've never gotten the love for Allred though. I enjoyed X-Force/X-Statix when he was doing that, but his art has never done anything for me.

dajoro: Maybe it's 17. Necrosha is a limited series.

If it's only two issues long, it's awfully hard to call it a series, isn't it?

My first-ever comic book was X-men #136 and the earliest issues of New Mutants were also part of my formative comic reading.

Unfortunately, another part of my formative comic reading were digests of silver-age DC comics, which were bad enough that my five year old self understood they were lame and awful and only to be read when there was nothing good available that I hadn't read two or three times.

Meanwhile, Xavier's still listening to "Wait, Wait - Don't Tell Me..." for kicks.

Jakevol2: I would be on her like a long time member during pledge week.



Approves.

/The joke is that you like ugly chicks

FirstNationalBastard: Peter Milligan may have been the reason you enjoyed X Factor/X Statix.

X-Force. But yes. That's just what introduced me to Allred's art.

Jakevol2: I would be on her like a long time member during pledge week.

semiotix, I award you one internet. Well played.

I think Wolverine would be more of a Car Talk guy, but I guess you have to listen to whatever is on. This American Life has some good stuff, like the story of the cop who tried to catch a squirrel in some hot chick's house.

semiotix, brilliant!

And you know Scott's the guy who always tunes in the muzak they put in as filler at night.

I want to know how a guy can pronounce "This American Life" as "This American Guife". There are voice coaches that can help fix that shiat! You're in broadcasting fer cryin out loud!

Point of Order,

This American Life is a PRI production, it's not on NPR. Actually, they're kind of like NPR's rival. Good thing Ira Glass has better things to do than visit Fark, otherwise they'd be miffed.

Jakevol2: OnmyojiOmn: Jakevol2: I would be on her like a long time member during pledge week.



Approves.

/The joke is that you like ugly chicks

Admittedly, Sarah Vowell has an acquired taste.

Mmmm, tuna and cream cheese.

MagnusUnda: Point of Order,

This American Life is a PRI production, it's not on NPR. Actually, they're kind of like NPR's rival. Good thing Ira Glass has better things to do than visit Fark, otherwise they'd be miffed.

But WBEZ is Chicago's NPR station. I get the feeling that NPR and PRI don't see each other as WW1 Germany / France, and more as Britian/USA against the 3rd Reich of Entertainment "news"

Timdesuyo: But WBEZ is Chicago's NPR station.

Only by default, because there are no other NPR member stations within Chicago proper. They also a PRI member station.

Reverend Otis: The_Philosopher_King: There are some good stories. (John Hodgeman, Sarah Vowel) But Ira Glass has an odd voice that I don't like.

You are not alone in your Ira Glass voice hate.

There are dozens of us. DOZENS!

I think you might be stretching that by about .... 10.

This American Life is worth it for Dan Savage alone.

Plus I'll always be grateful to the show for introducing me to the work of Shalom Auslander. "Beware of God" and "Foreskins's Lament." Come on people, step away from the farking bestseller list and read something outside of your comfort zone.