Pop singer and internet legend Rick Astley of " Never Gonna Give You Up " and Rickroll is up for Best Act Ever award at the MTV Europe Music Awards ... FUCK YEAH. I've been a fan of Rick's before there was such a thing as Rickroll , having been raised on pop music of the '80's and '90's. Now, for [...]
Those that follow my tumblr blog know that I dig Dance Hall Crashers . Last friday for my weekly Friday Night mp3 segment, I had posted a DHC song from their 1997 album Honey I'm Homely . Well, ever since then I've been itching for more and now seven days later I have some ready to share with the world. blink-182 approved. Dance Hall Crashers - Enough [...]
The lovely Slackmistress Nina Bargiel is celebrating a birthday today. Stop by The Slack Daily to read her exploits and wish her a happy birthday, and do also check out her husband Will, aka Be The Boy's blog which kicks as much ass. The Beatles - Birthday
On August 21, music producer/mixer Jerry Finn died. After suffering a cerebral hemorrhage in July, Finn was taken off life support on August 9, 2008 after never regaining consciousness . He was 39 years-old. What Rick Rubin is to Hip-Hop and Hard Rock, Jerry Finn was to Punk Rock. Throughout the 1990's and early 2000's his method redefined the sound of punk, saying that musically it was OK to sound clean and polished and still get their message across to the listener. He mixed Green Day's first [...]
Hey everyone, what a shitty summer! Obviously, The Dark Knight was a real highlight... remember my promised-yet-undelivered review of the movie? I remain unsure of whether to post it or not. This has got me thinking... what kind of a blog is this? Is it a music blog? Is it a movie blog? LA blog? Is it even a blog? I don't like to question myself, but really now... I think that this page still has some juice left. I've been managing web pages and blogs for almost [...]
Local band Monsters Are Waiting from Echo Park covered the indie-classic (whatever the fuck that means) classic song (that's more like it!) I Wanna Be Adored by The Stone Roses . And... it's awesome. Seriously, I like it, and I love the original song (I could have said adored , but... y'know). More often than not cover songs sound exactly like their source material, nothing too original about it's new composition, none of that present here. Kudos to this excellent local [...]
First came 49:00 , then 5:05 , and now 3oclockkreep , just released a few hours ago (!!!) by rocker Paul Westerberg , is available to download online from TuneCore . The two song album is $3.99, or purchase each song individually (Track one [...]
"I believe whatever doesn't kill you simply makes you... stranger." Reviewing a soundtrack to a film you have not seen yet is tricky. However, having been listening to this soundtrack for almost two weeks now, I couldn't resist since the day this disc arrived in my mailbox. A perfect epilogue to the previous Batman Begins soundtrack , this album is filled with large dark tones, combining synth and orchestral notes. Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard [...]
Jim Gordon: I never said, "Thank you." Batman: And you'll never have to. Batman Begins was released onto this world in June of 2005. I went with my brother and cousin to see the film at a midnight screening at the historic Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. Because the theater is general admission, we arrived early [...]
This Thursday night/Friday morning in Hollywood I will be attending back-to-back screenings of highly anticipated motion picture comic book adaption opus The Dark Knight . I am very, very, very excited for this film. I am [...]
Creepy... read more | digg story
George Carlin , one of the funniest yet thought provoking comedians of all time, died last night in Los Angeles at the age of 71. My first exposure to them man was through the film Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure when I was a little boy. As a teenager I lost my complete faith in religion, and Mr. Carlin showed me that it was okay to look at life with a smile and a laugh. [...]
DC Comics Senior VP and Executive Editor Dan DiDio is in major trouble. Under DiDio's leadership, fanboys are disappointed with the directions of Batman, Superman, etc. Sales of the DCU line are down more than 20% from a year ago, and DiDio has lost a big chunk of existing readers in a year while deliberately failing to reach out to new ones... read more | digg story
The previous post was... quite vague. Below is the video I am referring to. Enjoy.
It's a bird, it's a plane, it's a punch bowl filled with booze. From a 1978 episode of Saturday Night Live. read more | digg story
Comic book news/features website ComicBookResources.com debuted a new look to its homepage and overall web page design a few months ago. It felt like a breath of fresh Web 2.0 air. Below is a snapshot of a recent homepage featuring headlines/articles: Last Night, rival comic news/features site Newsarama.com debuted their new look, the homepage below: There's something very familiar about all this. Web 2.0 is big [...]
"I was... asked to write words for... 'The Draize Train', which I thought was the weakest thing Johnny had ever done. Geoff Travis came to see me one day with the tape of it and said, 'It's the best thing Johnny's written and it's a Number One single if you put words to it'. But I said, 'No, Geoff, it's not right'. So, yes, there was pressure to write lyrics, but I thought they were [...]
All You Need is Me by Morrissey The CD single is due in US stores on June 2. Watch the new music video now on YouTube , or download it from the link below. All You Need is Me music video (iPod video)
The New Frontiers tour with Denison Witmer officially kicks off tonight in Atlanta, GA until its end on June 18 in Nashville, TN. Here are some song samples of what you can expect, enjoy and support the artists by check out their websites and going to their concerts! Denison Witmer - Los Angeles The New Frontiers - The Day You Fell Apart [...]
Drive A are from Los Angeles, and they have a gig at The Roxy on June 12, a warm up gig before they go on tour with the Californian leg of this year's Warped Tour. Check out their website below for more music. Drive A - Everyday Drive A website Drive A MySpace
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