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Posted on 12.13.05 by Widge @ 2:31 am
Comments on this: none yet. Add your own.  Okay, so the large furry guy is just about to arrive in cinemas. I pray that he will kick my ass through the back of the theatre. Let us hope I am correct in this, mostly because I have a running bet with Tobias about my reaction to the film. But enough about that. Let's talk about what's really important: stuff you can buy to supplement your giant ape experience. First up, know your history. I'm talking about the two-disc collectible tin-packaged edition. Along with the completely restored film, you've got commentary by Ray Harryhausen and Ken Ralston with Merian C. Cooper and Fay Wray providing comments via excerpts of interviews. It comes with postacrds, a reproduction of the souvenir program from 1933, a docu on Cooper, a gigantic seven-part making-of docu, and test footage with commentary by Harryhausen. Warner Brothers is definitely not screwing around with this one. For more info, check out the official site here.  If you want to then delve into the remake, then streeting today is something from Universal that will help you out: Peter Jackson's production diaries in a two-disc set. This impressive set, which basically gives you DVD bonus features for a film you're about to go into the cinema to see--sweet, boasts the production diary bits that Jackson posted to the official Kong website. From end to end, you get the whole tour of the behind the scenes process, plus a fifty-two page production memoir and some art prints. Are you hardcore? Then grab it.   Want to hear the movie once you leave the cinema? Fine, the soundtrack's available with a score by James Newton Howard. That also streets today. Twenty-one tracks and that hits from Decca Records. Still not satisfied and want to play the movie? Fine. The game has hit and is quite the experience. It uses some of the same CG that WETA put in the film, so you know that's got to be quality. You can play ass-kicking playwright turned action hero or you can play ass-kicking giant ape. Your choice. Either way you're immersed in game-play that's setup to be as close to the film as you can get. Audio, graphics and the interface (or seeming lack thereof) are all choice. Is it the end-all be-all of games? Nah. Is it worthwhile to nab to go galavanting about and breaking shit as Kong? Sure, go for it. Pictured is the Xbox 360 version, though it's available for the regular Xbox, PS2, Gamecube, PSP and PC. Buy the original on DVD from Amazon. Buy the game for the Gamecube from Amazon. Categorized as: DVD and Games and Headsup and Music
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Posted on 12.04.05 by HTQ4 @ 11:03 pm
Comments on this: none yet. Add your own.  Film: Starring: Diana Krall (piano, vocals), John Clayton (acoustic bass), Paulinho DaCosta (percussion), Jeff Hamilton (drums), John Pisano (acoustic guitar), Anthony Wilson (guitar), Alan Broadbent (musical director, conductor), Claus Ogerman (guest conductor), and the members of the Orchestre Symphonique Europeen and Paris Jazz Big Band Features:
Released by: Pioneer. My Advice: Own it...even if you aren't a fan of jazz Categorized as: Music and Reviews
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Posted on 10.07.05 by Widge @ 2:36 pm
Comments on this: none yet. Add your own.  Normally, we don't link to music videos for music we've heard of before. Just because, you know, normally they bore the shit out of us. But Zero 7's "In the Waiting Line" is just a kickass song and this CG bit created in part using the Quake III animation engine is a nifty sci-fi piece. So we're not bored. Found via Screenhead. Categorized as: Music
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Posted on 09.16.05 by Widge @ 4:37 am
Comments on this: 3 so far. Add your own.  Their name is Exit Mindbomb. Their album is Happy Accident. And I'm pleased to be able to tell you that the heir to the Kingdom of Bungle has arrived. This is the band that was foretold to you in the prophecies. And I don't normally do song-by-song rundowns of albums. Usually that annoys the hell out of me. But every single song on here is a grenade of goodness, and the throughline consists of incredible vocals, excellent production work, and a complete and utter disregard for you and your expectations. I think I'm in love. The album starts with "Phoenix" (download it here), which will throttle the living shit out of any single they're playing on the radio today. It's basically what would happen if Santana sat in with Faith No More. Then straight into WTF-ville, with "The Curse of the Crazy Cigarette Lady" (download it here), which is a strange cross between David Lynch and Fyodor Dostoevsky: the touching tale of a neighbor woman who's so goddamn annoying, the consensus is to bury an axe in her skull. But of course, she comes back from the dead and still wants cigarettes. Categorized as: Music
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Posted on 08.23.05 by Rob Levy @ 11:52 pm
Comments on this: none yet. Add your own.  Sometimes in the in and out world of popular culture the smallest ripple can make the biggest splash. Such was the case for electronic music pioneer Robert Moog who in 1964 created the synthesizer, an instrument that converted, blips, bleeps and fuzz into bombastic bursts of layered sound that transformed modern music for decades to come. Moog's synthesizer not only changed the shape, texture and sound of popular music, it reformed it in his own image. It allowed musicians to electronically expand their musical abilities by simply turning a knob or pressing a button. With a flip of the switch Moog's new contraption caught on revolutionizing music along the way. The Moog synthesizer was embraced early on by bands like the Beach Boys, The Beatles and Emerson, Lake & Palmer. Despite competition from other electric keyboards and synthesizers, Moog's device quickly became the industry standard. It was perfect for the musician on the road or in the studio because it was lightweight, portable, adaptable and relatively inexpensive. Categorized as: Music
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