Archive for April, 2008


Re: Podcasty Goodness

Well, it’s only been up 24 hours, but I’ve already received positive IMs, e-mails and comments on our first attempt at a podcast, so I think we’re going to try to make this a weekly thing.

In turn, I’d like to aim for the next episode to be up by next Wednesday.

We’re going to spice things up a bit, by throwing in a rotating third chair, bringing on random guests, whether they’re people we know from the crazy world of the internet, around Baltimore, or personal friends of ours who we think would make for an entertaining program.  Every week, provided we can find someone, there’ll be a third voice keeping things interesting.

Also, we’d like to start answering listener/reader questions!  You can use this post to start, but every week, feel free to leave questions that we’ll address on the next weeks podcast. Anything goes. Let’s make it interesting.

So keep your eyes peeled for next week’s installment, as Dead of Summer & Blast-O-Rama present The Untitled Podcast.

Call It Poor Taste…

…But man, I wish my legs didn’t work!

Just caught this ad for the iBot mobility system, which might be the coolest robot wheelchair walker thingy OF ALL TIME!!!

How About A Podcast?

For some time now, people have told Nick (my artistic cohort at Dead of Summer) and I that we should give podcasting a try.

We agreed, but never really knew when we’d get around to it.

For whatever reason, we had a wild hair up our ass, and decided to tape a test podcast.

CLICK HERE FOR THE PODCAST!

Join us as we discuss movies, music, Cloverfield, and obscure hip hop.

Let us know what you think. Maybe if ya’ll like it, this will be regular.

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He’s making it look too damn easy.

In the latest installment of the end of days for the music industry (yet, where there’s never been a better time to be a fan), an era where Radiohead released their new album without a label while letting you pay what you want; Nine Inch Nails released a 2-disc instrumental album at a variety of prices, including free; The Raconteurs released an album without notifying anyone of it’s existance; and Gnarls Barkley pushed their album release up 2 weeks without notification, Reznor may have taken it a step forward.

He’s released a new single to radio a day after its completion.

While thus far all that’s hit the web is this 2-minute snippet, this new Nine Inch Nails single, entitled “Discipline” was sent to modern-rock stations across the country today, with the note that it was mastered literally 24 hours ago.

Ever mysterious, nin.com was updated with this message last night…

Two Weeks.

Those who followed the bizarre, seemingly out of nowhere release of Ghosts I-IV will remember, this was the exact statement posted just before the albums announcement and upload.

Does this mean another Nine Inch Nails album is due, just weeks after the last?

Video may have killed the radio star, but it looks like Internet’s not just killing the video star, but the traditional music marketing format entirely.

What the hell is next? Exciting times to be a creative type on the web, let me tell you.

EDIT, 4/23/08 2:07pm – The MP3 of ‘Discipline’ is now available for free download at nin.com. Interesting note, the ID3 tags have a note saying simply “Go to www.nin.com May 5″.

Across The Sea

It was only a matter of time.

While it was mildly discussed at SDCC and other conventions this fall, it wasn’t until this past weekend’s New York Comic Con we got our first look at the collaborations between Marvel Comics and Del Ray Manga.

Due to hit shelves in Spring 2009, Marvel aims to grab the manga market with two titles.  The shonen styled Wolverine, and the shojo themed X-Men.

Here’s a look at Wolverine from his self titled manga, plus the adorable Kitty Pride and (omg!) Beast from X-Men.

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Blog@Newsarama has more details on these books, including looks at Sabertooth and Nightcrawler, from Wolverine and X-Men respectively.

You know they’re going to merch the hell out of this Totoro-styled Beast.

Build Me Up, Let Me Down

As has been oft referenced by me on this site and others, I’ve been a bit of a Weezer fan in my life.

With the release of their first single of their next album (Weezer, aka The Red Album), I kinda got excited.

Then they put out the official press release for the album, announcing 2 versions of the album (standard with 10 tracks, and deluxe with 14 tracks)…and this possibly damming line…

Great albums are culminations of the past with an eye to the future, and the Red Album has parts “Blue Album,” “Pinkerton,” and forges new territory with all four members taking turns singing lead. The “Red Album” is the rarest of modern music combinations: being both immediate and having the quality of growing better upon each subsequent listen.

…they’ve invoked the HOLY TWO!!  EXCITEMENT AT AN ALL TIME HIGH!!

And then, there’s the album art.

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….excitement dropped.

During my normal morning run of message boards, I came across this image today that put me into hysterics.

I think it’s safe to say every single one of us from the Mortal Kombat generation thought the same thing the first time we heard his name…

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NYCC has been grabbing all the headlines this weekend, so expect to see a shit ton of media coming out of the convention.

The first such is our look at the teaser poster and teaser trailer for the Spirit.

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To appease the internet, here’s your basic vitriolic rant about Frank Miller.

Blah blah All Star Batman sucks blah blah whores blah blah Sin City blah blah 300 blah blah one style blah blah lost his touch.

I’m still pretty interested in this flick, but it should face steady competition from a fellow January 2009 release, the highly anticipated Watchmen.

Enjoy.

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