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Posted on 05.20.06 by Rob Levy @ 2:23 am
Comments on this: none yet. Add your own. Spring is a time of renewal they say. Therefore I can think of no better renewal than by clearing out some crap that pisses me off. So, as requested by my three readers we'll start with the ranting…  As we get closer to DragonCon I have to ask, who's got the keys and how do we get them back? They score points for getting George Romero but lose all of them with a negative balance for turning this into a cast reunion for Happy Days. I for one and tired of really crappy programming and lackluster guests who are just there for the Walk of Shame. I mean, what the hell is going on here? People should be really pissed about this and voice their complaints. Plus, they continually just don't get it. The same could be said for the over spacious and over hyped Comic-Con. It is almost too big now and almost devoid of any soul. Oh yeah, the comics bit is almost gone as well. It has been hijacked by guys in suits who see us as sheep. It's sad that it has come to this. It really is, because most of us just want to have a nice weekend and commiserate. Categorized as: Columns
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Posted on 03.27.06 by Rob Levy @ 11:30 pm
Comments on this: just one. Add your own. While the rest of world pays attention to college basketball and that terrible Wachowski Brothers film, I've spent most of the last month hiding in my bunker listening to loads of new music. This is the best time of year, loads of new bands are releasing music and lots of bands are on tour. What this means for music junkies are that we get to OD on soundage for awhile. One of the newest bands out there is Tapes n' Tapes. They have a new album called The Loon that is just smashing.  It has been ages but The Flaming Lips are finally rolling out At War With the Mystics, their latest record. The album's lead single, "The Wand," is getting some play on bad commercial alternative radio stations now. Look for them to launch a new touring extravaganza soon. Gary Numan has released Jagged, his first new album in five years. Categorized as: Columns
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Posted on 02.03.06 by Rob Levy @ 1:39 am
Comments on this: 2 so far. Add your own. Happy New Year and all of that! Now that the holidays are over, we can all get back to our miserable lives and consume mass quantities of popular culture.  It is an exciting time to be a Doctor Who fan. The small taste of the Tennant era given to us with The Christmas Invasion has whetted our appetites for even more of the new series. All signs indicate that the upcoming season will prove to be just as exciting as the last. A few thoughts on the new season, I am excited to see K-9 and Sarah Jane coming back. However, I am cautiously optimistic about the return of the Cybermen, my all time favorite Doctor Who baddies. Obviously I want them done right. So you can imagine that I was worried when I saw the new "C" on their chest and the sort of clunky Iron Man outfits they've made for them. I do think though that Mr. Davies will do something interesting and develop them in an interesting way that will quickly ease my nerves. Categorized as: Columns
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Posted on 12.20.05 by Rob Levy @ 12:32 am
Comments on this: none yet. Add your own. Tis’ the season and all of that nonsense. What the Yuletide season is really all about is your money. This is the time of year when record labels release loads of really stinky Christmas compilations, box sets, greatest hit packages, live albums and beefed up reissues. It is quite maddening really. I mean, as the David Geffen’s and Clive Davis’ of the world count their money in their ivory towers, their minions set out into the world and release some really scary records to an unsuspecting mass public. This year it is happening again. Johnny Cash is hugely hot, He has an action figure, a box set, a best of and several DVDs out to compliment both his newest batch of reissues and that Walk the Line film that stars that dead guy’s brother as Johnny Cash. The reissue market has never been busier. This holiday season sees reissues with glossy liner notes and extra tracks from amongst others, The Human League, Kinski, Killing Joke, T-Rex, The Eurythmics, Brian Eno and Bruce Springsteen. Categorized as: Columns
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Posted on 11.16.05 by ScottC @ 12:20 am
Comments on this: none yet. Add your own.  Yes, it's been a while, but they are only so many hours in the day, even for a Pop Cultural Horologist. One way you can help your humble clock-watcher is passing along any bits of news you think warrant a shift of the Hands of the Clock. It might not show up but any help is appreciated. How Networks Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Download? ABC, CBS, NBC. Letter combinations that have meant entertainment and news since most of us were in the cradle. Are they about to go the way of the dodo? Categorized as: Columns
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