Friday, July 29, 2005
News and where to get it
No. Not about politics, the latest disasters, or terrorist attacks. We get that shit shoved in our faces whether we want it or not. I mean the other, important stuff, like...
Prince. Let's say you're like me, and you still find this musician's musician interesting and you wanna know what's happening in his world or Prince fandom. Where do you go? Well he's got a site, but it kinda sucks for a number of reasons I won't go into right now. Once in a blue moon, there is music there to be purchased and/or downloaded, but right now we're talking news so I recommend Housequake.com. It's unofficial, but it's the definitive Prince site. The thing is, his activity has kinda slowed down in the last few years, so there isn't a great deal to report until a record is announced and whatnot, but Housequake remains interesting throughout the year.
Movies. I've been told I have odd taste in film and video, but I think I'm fairly mainstream, though I lean heavily toward geek territory. In other words, yes I like foreign movies, but a lot of them have kung fu in them. Occasionally I go for the art film or two. General movie news, I get from Aint It Cool News, a site that gets it's name from a line spoken by John Travolta in John Woo's Broken Arrow. I have some issues with that site as well, but again, won't get into them today.
A lot of my favorite movies come from Asia so I often check sites like Kaiju Shakedown, Kung Fu Cinema, and Kung Fu Cult Cinema (or KFC Cinema). Kaiju Shakedown is connected to Variety.com and is described as an Asian movie blog. I only recently found this site and find it to be both hilarious (at times) and informative.
Comics. I don't read as much of these things as I'd like. I'd pretty much sworn off the old pamphlet format. Something so obviously disposable should not be close to three bucks a pop (or more), collectible or not. Twice a year (maybe) I binge on graphic novels, a fancy name for comics collected into hard or soft cover compilations, and sometimes I'll grab a couple of traditional comics to preview something I might like.
I hadn't kept up with comics news in a while, so I was glad to find Newsarama.com, a site connected to View Askew/Kevin Smith. I think I found them through Aint It Cool, or JamesHudnall.com. There's also The Alan Moore Fansite. As the name suggests, they concern themselves with all things (comics/movies/performance art) related to Mr. Moore. He's my favorite comics writer, so even though there isn't always a great deal of activity, I check the site often.
Hmm. I thought I'd had a longer list, but apparently I don't.
Prince. Let's say you're like me, and you still find this musician's musician interesting and you wanna know what's happening in his world or Prince fandom. Where do you go? Well he's got a site, but it kinda sucks for a number of reasons I won't go into right now. Once in a blue moon, there is music there to be purchased and/or downloaded, but right now we're talking news so I recommend Housequake.com. It's unofficial, but it's the definitive Prince site. The thing is, his activity has kinda slowed down in the last few years, so there isn't a great deal to report until a record is announced and whatnot, but Housequake remains interesting throughout the year.
Movies. I've been told I have odd taste in film and video, but I think I'm fairly mainstream, though I lean heavily toward geek territory. In other words, yes I like foreign movies, but a lot of them have kung fu in them. Occasionally I go for the art film or two. General movie news, I get from Aint It Cool News, a site that gets it's name from a line spoken by John Travolta in John Woo's Broken Arrow. I have some issues with that site as well, but again, won't get into them today.
A lot of my favorite movies come from Asia so I often check sites like Kaiju Shakedown, Kung Fu Cinema, and Kung Fu Cult Cinema (or KFC Cinema). Kaiju Shakedown is connected to Variety.com and is described as an Asian movie blog. I only recently found this site and find it to be both hilarious (at times) and informative.
Comics. I don't read as much of these things as I'd like. I'd pretty much sworn off the old pamphlet format. Something so obviously disposable should not be close to three bucks a pop (or more), collectible or not. Twice a year (maybe) I binge on graphic novels, a fancy name for comics collected into hard or soft cover compilations, and sometimes I'll grab a couple of traditional comics to preview something I might like.
I hadn't kept up with comics news in a while, so I was glad to find Newsarama.com, a site connected to View Askew/Kevin Smith. I think I found them through Aint It Cool, or JamesHudnall.com. There's also The Alan Moore Fansite. As the name suggests, they concern themselves with all things (comics/movies/performance art) related to Mr. Moore. He's my favorite comics writer, so even though there isn't always a great deal of activity, I check the site often.
Hmm. I thought I'd had a longer list, but apparently I don't.
Labels: comics, movies, Prince
Tuesday, July 26, 2005
Her best friend is her Coochie...
From Kaiju Shakedown;
MOST ANNOYING MOVIE RELEASED
At this year's Hong Kong Filmart no film received universal derision the way BUG ME NOT received universal derision. Sporting the most obnoxious trailer ever made, and a cast of cloying computer generated bugs and teeny-bopper stars this sugary confection made everyone's teeth ache.
Isabella Leong plays Moon whose best friend is her Coochie. She meets other teens (including the Twins - aawww, cute!) who have superpowers and hang out in a playground. It turns out that "they never knew that the most magical power in the world is the love and courage inside each of us." And inside our Coochies, I'm sure.
Visit the horrifying official site.
Cower in terror at what man hath wrought.
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I had to go to the site to find out that her Coochie is her pet ladybug. Oh, well. I guess I won't be looking out for this movie. Then again...
MOST ANNOYING MOVIE RELEASED
At this year's Hong Kong Filmart no film received universal derision the way BUG ME NOT received universal derision. Sporting the most obnoxious trailer ever made, and a cast of cloying computer generated bugs and teeny-bopper stars this sugary confection made everyone's teeth ache.
Isabella Leong plays Moon whose best friend is her Coochie. She meets other teens (including the Twins - aawww, cute!) who have superpowers and hang out in a playground. It turns out that "they never knew that the most magical power in the world is the love and courage inside each of us." And inside our Coochies, I'm sure.
Visit the horrifying official site.
Cower in terror at what man hath wrought.
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I had to go to the site to find out that her Coochie is her pet ladybug. Oh, well. I guess I won't be looking out for this movie. Then again...
Labels: funny-ass shit, movies
Sunday, July 24, 2005
Barney possessed by Tupac
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