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01.27.08 by Widge @ 2:29 am  Okay, for those of you haven't read the latest issue of Booster Gold, #6, you might want to run away. I'll wait. Gone? Okay, fine. The gist is this: Booster Gold gets visited by three different versions of the Blue Beetle so he can go back in time and prevent the Ted Kord Blue Beetle from getting his brains blown out by suddenly evil Maxwell Lord as part of the suddenly lame revelation that the fun Giffen/DeMatteis Justice League years were fun because it was all part of Lord's plot to make the League ineffective. Get that? Fun = ineffective in the new DC. The spoilerific bit is that Booster succeeds, and rescues Ted, even though no one knows that Ted survived. He and Booster are now non-hero heroes, unknown but righting wrongs. Blue & Gold. Categorized as: Columns
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01.17.08 by Rob Levy @ 3:12 pm  One year has winded down and another one has begun. You can tell by the chaos. The malls and stores are filled with crashing bores and generally scary people. Traffic is nuts. People are "fake nice" and smile way too much. It's times like this that make me glad I shop online or at my indie retailer. Anyway, holiday merriment aside, 2007 was quite a year. It was a year of laughter, smiles, moving, lots of DJing, lots of books and a whole lot of generally trying to keep up. So I guess this column will be a summary of sorts but also one with news and insights and all that jazz. Anyway let's dispense with this stuff early on… List Madness! Because I am going to be bothered relentlessly for them--here are my Top 10 lists. Yes, I have no taste, now let me live in peace. Categorized as: Columns
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01.14.08 by Tuffley @ 1:18 pm New year, same rules: Stuff Happens and I bring the smarm. Let the sniping begin!
Radiohead topped the charts with the physical retail release of In Rainbows which was released in North America via a licensing agreement between the band and Dave Matthews-owned ATO Records. The main difference between the CD release and the download release back in October is that you will most likely not be able to name your own price for the CD. Although that’s never really stopped anyone from trying that tact at Best Buy. In Rainbows actually charted a week earlier due to some retailers breaking the original January 1st street date to reportedly protest the earlier online stunt. ATO is currently mulling its options for a response--including delaying when those same retail outlets get the upcoming new Dave Matthews Band album. Which kind of works out, since most of DMB's remaining fans will likely "name their own price" for it anyway. Categorized as: Columns
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08.17.07 by Rob Levy @ 3:44 am These days there's more to Brighton than the Domesday Book and scenic oceanic views. This resort town, nestled in the south of England has become in the vernacular of those in the know, an "It Spot" and "Scene." But despite the heaps of praise there is no denying that there is a buzz of musical and autistic creativity happening there.  Musically Brighton was put on the map over a decade ago by Fatboy Slim and The Levellers. Now a whole new breed of talented and diverse musicians are cutting a swathe across the city and making people take notice. One would be hard pressed to call Electrelane "veterans," but that is the case for the all girl kraut rock jamsters who have finished a short US tour including dates with Arcade Fire. They will be Stateside again in the fall to support their most prolific release to date, No Shouts, No Calls. The Kooks followed their auspicious debut, Inside In/Inside Out with massive hype in the UK and a sold out string of US dates. For almost a year the band was everywhere in the UK press who touted them as the next Oasis. Although the always fickle ears of the UK music press will undoubtedly turn on them eventually they clearly have a future ahead of them. The Kooks are a band on the make who will lay waste to anyone who gets in their way. Categorized as: Columns
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04.05.07 by Widge @ 2:57 am  Well, I'm not here to give you a rundown on the latest Previews. Chris over at the Invincible Super-Blog does that much better than I could hope to. I'm here because I still get Previews even though I can't remember the last time I found something while flipping through it that I decided I positively had to special order. And while flipping through, I noticed something. On pages 64-66 of the April Previews, you had one, two, three covers with blood on them. Batman #667 has a nice helping of blood and Robin #163 does as well. In fact, the Robin cover makes it look like Robin is in pain. Since we already know that DC Comics writers are not only passing off bad fanfic as writing but also are closet sadomasochists (since they never seem to lose an opportunity to inflict pain or rape or both upon their heroes--their heroes, mind you), I started to wonder: if I looked at all the DC covers, what would I find? Categorized as: Columns and Comics and Rants
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