He’s getting a little hooked on this song ever since he heard it on a trailer for Where the Wild Things Are.

By the way, the song is not in the movie. It was used as trailer filler, and word is that this was a bit of a mistake, because the song “Wake Up” is much cooler than every other song in the film. Yes, the Czar has heard the soundtrack. He agrees it is a better song…by far. And if you don’t care for “Wake Up,” that’s cool, too… but it is still better than the rest of the whiny soundtrack.

Another note: Sendak’s book Where the Wild Things Are was very, very important to the Czar as well as one of his brothers. The movie looks good in the commercials, but if it turns out to suck, the Czar will declare war. He makes no bones about the number of people who will be lined up against our favorite wall.

The Czar of Muscovy

Божію Поспѣшествующею Милостію Мы, Дима Грозный Императоръ и Самодержецъ Всероссiйскiй, цѣсарь Московскiй. The Czar was born in the steppes of Russia in 1267, and was cheated out of total control of all Russia upon the death of Boris Mikhailovich, who replaced Alexander Yaroslav Nevsky in 1263. However, in 1283, our Czar was passed over due to a clerical error and the rule of all Russia went to his second cousin Daniil (Даниил Александрович), whom Czar still resents. As a half-hearted apology, the Czar was awarded control over Muscovy, inconveniently located 5,000 miles away just outside Chicago. He now spends his time seething about this and writing about other stuff that bothers him.