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Posted on 07.02.05 by Widge @ 4:43 am
Comments on this: none yet. Add your own.  After I discovered UNKLE through their first album, Psyence Fiction, and realized I dug the living hell out of them, it was natural to go look for more of the same. DJ Shadow was where I stopped first, seeing as how he's half of UNKLE, and this album was no slouch. And not just because the man makes excellent use of samples from the movie Prince of Darkness. Check out "The Number Song" and see if you don't think it kicks ass. This "Deluxe Edition" comes with a second disc, filled with fourteen various alternate versions, remixes, unreleased tracks and live bits. A lot of reissues don't warrant a re-purchase, but in this case I'm saying go for it. This hit last month from Island Records. Categorized as: Headsup and Music
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Posted on 06.29.05 by Widge @ 10:52 pm
Comments on this: none yet. Add your own.   Remember when Star Wars didn't suck? Yeah, we do too. We are filled with nostalgia for the good old days as we present these two things which just came in off the truck: the Millennium Falcon and an X-Wing Fighter, both models from RC Ertl. I was never good with models as a kid. I couldn't color in between the lines and...well, Christ, have you seen my handwriting? I sign a credit card slip and somebody asks, "You a doctor?" Anyway, suffice to say I screwed up enough models to know that that sort of pastime simply wasn't my bag. But these look simple enough where even a shmoe like me could handle them. The X-Wing comes with a nice thing on the box that says "Easy! Beginner!" Now you're speaking my language. They're both "moderate" level and the X-Wing is "Snapfast" style, which means the Falcon is probably out of my league. But hey, if you like some hands-on work, go for them. Crying over them while you watch your bootleg copy of ROTSith probably is bad for your concentration, though. Categorized as: Headsup and Toys
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Posted on 06.28.05 by Widge @ 5:01 am
Comments on this: none yet. Add your own.    Oh yes, we've got DC any way you want it: old school, new school and very new school. For the new school, there's the modern animated classic, the original Timm/Dini Batman: The Animated Series, with its third volume. The final twenty-eight episodes are here (three of which come with commentaries from the creators) across four discs. There's also a featurette on Batgirl. For the very new school, there's the new Batman animated series, here with three episodes in a first volume called Training for Power. This comes with a featurette and a game that unlocks an exclusive feature. Then...old school. Super Friends, baby. The second season has sixteen episodes to offer on two discs. Two featurettes are included, which sound terrifying: "The Ballad of Zan & Jayna" and "Pajama-Rama Super Friends Retrospective." Huh? Buy them from Amazon... Categorized as: DVD and Headsup
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Posted on 06.17.05 by Widge @ 11:23 pm
Comments on this: none yet. Add your own.  Universal's original badass eating machine is back in a new 30th anniversary edition two-disc set. The feature is available in Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1 and the original theatrical mono track if you want to go old school. There are also deleted scenes and outtakes and an interview from the set with Spielberg. The second disc comes with a two-hour making-of docu and the "Jaws Archives," consisting of photos, storyboards, marketing stuff and more. If that's not enough, there's a sixty-page "commemorative photo journal" that comes with the set as well. Who doesn't dig this movie and wouldn't want to snag this? I mean, you know, besides sharks. Categorized as: DVD and Headsup
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Posted on 06.16.05 by Widge @ 2:07 pm
Comments on this: none yet. Add your own.    Our buddies at Viper Comics have got some previews up that warrant your attention. Otis Frampton's great fantasy tale for kids, Oddly Normal, and Nicc Balce's whacked out manga/video game-inspired Random Encounter, have their third issues which have hit the stands this week. Oddly Normal #3 is where Oddly's troubles continue as she faces a racing challenge from another witch and must enlist the aid of her newfound friends to aid her in becoming airborne. And somehow I don't think that means jumping outo of airplanes with machine guns. DIAMOND PREVIEWS ORDER #: MAR05 3234 In Random Encounter #3, Migo begins to learn about the monster phenomenon and the legend of the Tree of Nede a faint memory begins to surface. He rushes back to the Kwik Mart to look for something his father left him . As he arrives, he finds a big monster trying to demolish the Kwik Mart. The miniboss battle begins. DIAMOND PREVIEWS ORDER #: MAR05 3235 And regarding their upcoming Middleman, which we have spoken of before, it's written by Javier Grillo-Marxuach, a writer and supervising producer on ABC's Lost. We've got the full press release below in the full version of this post. Meanwhile, preview Oddly Normal and Random Encounter here and Middleman here. Categorized as: Comics and Headsup
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