Pretentious Record Store Blog

The Kinks are the second greatest band ever. They give The Beatles a tight run for the prize of being the best, but ultimately they come in as 1a. Wes Anderson can’t seem to make a movie without featuring at least two of their songs in the film (see Rushmore through Darjeeling).

So if you were a novice and wanted to jump into the Ray and Dave Davies pool of excellence where would you begin? Rolling Stone, still good for the occasional music article and always on point with their political and journalistic endeavors, released this handy, dandy guide to the albums of The Kinks.

Enjoy.

The Kinks: Essential Album by Album Guide

Evan Dorkin is pretty much the man. Besides the fact that he is a multiple Eisner and Harvey Award winner, Evan has worked for every major and just about every minor comic publisher, weaving his mainstream work with the Big Three with his own indie comics published through Slave Labor Graphics. Here is a quick run through of his amazing work: Bill and Ted’s Excellent Comic, Milk and Cheese, Dork and World’s Funnest to name just a few.

Honestly, the guy and his wife and partner in crime Sarah Dyer are a one stop shop for comics and animation. Collectively they have written for Space Ghost: Coast to Coast, Superman Adventures, Shin-Chan and Yo Gabba Gabba.

I can’t tell you how excited I was to have the opportunity to interview one of my favorite comic writer/artists, not to mention a creator who has had a HUGE influence on my own work.

Check out the interview on Playback:STL.

And for more Evan Dorkin madness, check out his blog, Big Mouth Types Again, as well as his and Sarah’s website, House of Fun.

Enjoy.

Every journey has a beginning.

Every epic has a start.

Every Pretentious Record Store Guy first listened to his sister’s old mixed tapes.

To read the first comic from the start, go to the Pretentious Record Store Guy Comics page.

Join the Pretentious Record Store Guy Fan Club now (For fans of Indie rock, fashionistas, hipsters, groupies, models/supermodels, models/actresses and Woody Allen).Basically the Pretentious Record Store Guy Fan Club is a place where fans of Pretentious Record Store Guy can go and talk about how great Pretentious Record Store Guy is. Say you like a comic or you really, really like a comic, then you can tell people how much you like it. And then I can read how much you guys worship me and then my ego can expand even more, thus covering up all the insecurity I felt as a totally unpretentious young lad, who because of his frail physique and ridiculous good looks was picked upon by equally insecure philistines and jocks.

If you don’t like the comic then you can just burn in hell; the world really doesn’t need your negativity anyways. You probably secretly like Cathy and The Family Circus don’t you? Go home and listen to your Hootie and the Blowfish records over and over until your ears bleed because of the hemorrhaging in you brain that happens when you’ve listened to “Let Her Cry” for the 999th time in a row!

Amateurs.

If you’re like Pretentious Record Store Guy then you’re 5′10″, rail thin, ridiculously good looking and your hair is the elixir from which dreams are made. And since there is only one Pretentious Record Store Guy and this is his website, then you are not him. Your loss.

But you are also a pretentious music fan, an aficionado of the underground, the litmus test by which any band who is anyone will be judged and blogged by before their fist single even makes it to a mall to be sold at Sam Goody and purchased by know-nothings who will only buy whatever Rolling Stone, Spin or A.P. advertisers steer them towards. We are the taste makers that serve up our sacrificial lambs to the mainstream so that they can die and be be resurrected in the temple of rock.

This site is an ongoing affair and will be constantly updated, amended, bushwhacked, anointed, assembled, destroyed and resurected anew on a daily, weekly, monthly basis. To check out the newest Pretentious Record Store Guy comic simply turn your eyes to your right and continue reading. To read the webcomic about the adventures of a record store clerk who has forgotten more about music than you’ll ever know from the start of the begininng, simply click here on Comics.

For those of you in the know, you know already, but for those mere mortals who are lacking in Indie cred and need to brush up in order to win a few hipster battles, click on the Pretentious Record Store Blog and save yourselves the embarrassment of being the last one to jump on the newest thing’s bandwagon.

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See what all the rock critics are raving about when you check out the Pretentious Record Store Guy’s Top Five List.

If you were in the know, you would have known already.

Praise be to Brian Jones!

Praise be to Andrew Wood!

Long live Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, Little Richard and John Lennon!

Long live Rock and Roll!