Pops on the Radio
If E.T is listening I hope he’s listening to WKCR’s (Columbia University) annual Louis Armstrong 4th of July birthday broadcast… comma baby… If you can get down with 39.5 hours of Satchmo (1/4th of which you may have to sit through Phil Schaap, but trust me it’s worth it) the live feed can be found [...]
Coming to Forbidden Planet NYC: Llexi Leon, Eternal Descent Signing!
Forbidden Planet NYC is pleased to announce we will be hosting a special signing with Llexi Leon, renowned guitarist and mastermind behind Eternal Descent from IDW publishing on Monday, August 23rd at 6:30pm! Be sure to also enter the Eternal Descent guitar contest! What contest? Well, one grand prize winner will receive one ESP Guitar [...]
Coming to Forbidden Planet NYC: Melissa Auf der Maur!
Comic Book signing this coming Tuesday! Come to FPNYC at 5:30pm for a special appearance by Melissa Auf der Maur, who will be signing copies of her new OOOM comic book. About Melissa: A multidisciplinary artist, MAdM was born in Montreal Canada. From 1994-1999 she was a member, songwriter and bass player for Hole culminating [...]
Tuesday Toys 2/16/10
Yes, the majority of the toy world’s focus is centered on Toy Fair (being held this week here in NYC at the craptacular Javits Center) and all the neat-o toys coming out in the future. But here at FP- in the present- we’ve got a whole bunch of new stuff for you. NOW… Hot [...]
Daft Punk: The Crash
Could this be an official track from the French duo’s Tron Legacy score? Internet scuttlebutt says so. Very much in line with Wendy Carlos’ iconic music for the first film, with some signature Daft Punk touches, sprinkled with a hint of Vangelis. What a recipe!!! I had to change my pants around 03:50.
R. Crumb and the East River String Band
The Wall Street Journal has an article up discussing R. Crumb’s musical interests and, indeed, prowess. Written by Will Friedwald it includes a report on his recent set with The East River String Band (who consist of Ex-Forbidden Planet NYC manager and my first boss at the store John Heneghan and ex-staffer Eden Brower) while [...]
James Horner Composes Avatar Score
Movie Score Magazine has some news regarding the music beind James Cameron’s forthcoming Avatar, composed by James Horner (maestro extraordinaire behind some of Hollywood’s most thrilling and memorable music for the past 30 years, including a great many personal faves, e.g. Star Trek II, ST III, and Aliens). Talking about the stats and numbers of [...]
Ward Sutton Review of Died Young, Stayed Pretty
This week’s Village Voice has a review by cartoonist Ward Sutton of the highly touted new documentary “Died Young, Stayed Pretty.” The film premiers Friday the 17th in New York at the IFC Center and runs there for a week. It’s also showing at San Diego Comic-Con next Thursday and at a theater near you [...]
Boss Hog Tee by Paul Pope
My new object of desire after checking in on Paul’s flickr page for the first time in weeks… I’m a humongous fan of all parties involved, so every collaboration between them sends my heart aflutter. If you’re not familiar with the artist’s work I highly recommend Heavy Liquid and Batman Year 100 as jumping on [...]
Jeez, don’t you think Alan Cumming looks just like the Green Goblin?
Good thing, because he will be playing Spider-Man’s penultimate nemesis, Norman Osborn in Julie Taymor’s Broadway show, “Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark.” Also announced with Cumming, via press release, Evan Rachel Wood (currently starring in Woody Allen’s “Whatever Works”) will be playing the Wallcrawler’s love, Mary Jane Watson. The Broadway show, written and directed by [...]
Tribute: Jim Mahfood’s Michael Jackson.
I feel like there are so many people saying far more adequate things about Michael Jackson and his love for comics that me saying anything is beating a worn-out drum. So, I’d rather share a wonderful piece of art by comics living legend, Jim Mahfood.
