Tonight To Do for Tolkien freaks
A bunch of Tolkien/Howard Shore related events are taking place this weekend in NYC, including a LIVE symphonic performance of the Fellowship of the Ring score at Radio City -- with Elijah Wood in...
RIP: Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
The woman that inspired the Beatles song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" passed away at the age of 46 from Lupus.From the WaPo obit: ...Mrs. Vodden's connection to the Beatles dates to her...
People just like it better that way
(tip of the hat to the always-right Kurt Busiek who posted this on his Facebook page.)[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4phHwSSing&feature=youtube_gdata&w=425&h=355]
It’s all about trying
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We like to think that this school band performance of "Also Sprach Zarathustra" by Richard Strauss in many ways exemplifies the themes of the film it is most associated with, 2001: A SPACE...
The music/comics connection
You may enjoy this piece in the LA Times covering musicians who make comics, including Zak Sally (above) Archer Prewitt, and Gerard Way. There are a few obvious names missing, like James Kochalka,...
Broadway Spidey’s dark has gotten turned on
According to the NY Post, the immensely complicated and expensive -- $45 million -- Spider-Man Broadway musical, has shut down production because it ran out of money. Directed by Julie Taymor with music by...
R.I.P. Heinz Edelmann, Yellow Submarine Art Director
Posted by Evie
The L.A. Times reports that Heinz Edelmann, best known for his work as art director of the 1968 Beatles film "Yellow Submarine," died last week at a hospital in Stuttgart, Germany. He...
Michael Jackson dies…and Bluewater is there
Via PR, the start of what you know is going to be a new comics cottage industry.
To millions he was the King of Pop; one of the world’s most cherished entertainers and a...
Remembering Michael Jackson
As several folks have pointed out, MJ was a real comics fan. During the height of his fame in the '80s and '90s he would occasionally shop at his favorite comics shop -- it...
Don’t stop ’til you get enough
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The CBLDF and The Beat team for MoCCA karaoke hijinks!
Live band karaoke? Are you ROCKSTAR enough? Although the band's repertoire does not include such classic Beat buzzkillers as "Gethsemane" or "Kid Charlemagne" or even "Simple Life," we're sure we'll find something to astound...
