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Monday, June 23rd, 2008
True originality and greatness are fading quickly in the music world. As each year goes by, we lose more of musics great pioneers. This year we have already lost Bo Diddley, Eddy Arnold, and Buddy Miles and most of the ones left are to old to continue to record new music or even play live shows. Just [...]
R.I.P. Bo Diddley
Monday, June 2nd, 2008
The music world has once again lost a legend. Rock n Roll pioneer Bo Diddley has died, after months of bad health. Last August, Diddley health problems began after suffering a heart attack. Three months later, he had a bad stoke that affected his ability to speak. After returning to his home in Florida [...]
A Trailer Ahead Of The Game
Thursday, February 14th, 2008Everyone has spent the day poring over the new trailer for INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL. While I thought the trailer was a whipsmart homage to the feel-good eighties era of moviemaking, something dark and cynical rose up from my aging heart while watching it.
We’ve been through this before.
Stars Mocking Tom Cruise
Saturday, January 26th, 2008Jerry O’Connell and Will Wheaton are my new hero’s. They have taken Tom Cruise’s crazy Scientology video and made fun of it.
The Fuck You Song
Thursday, January 24th, 2008Jonah Hill is seriously one of the funniest comedians of the last two decades. Blessed with superb comic timing, a goofy look, and several ounces of awkward cool, Hill is rapidly becoming one of America’s new faves.
Opening February 1st is his new film, STRANGE WILDERNESS. A new clip from the film has been released which [...]
An Epic Tale Of Sodomy
Sunday, January 13th, 2008Long before Peter Jackson made King Kong or the Lord Of The Rings trilogy, he created another Epic tale. A tale of sodomy.
2007 - The Year That Was
Sunday, January 13th, 2008For months many critics have been talking breathlessly about the high quality of films in 2007. “This is the best year for films since 1999,” they exclaim, and they might be right.
Hollywood Elsewhere posted a cool video compiled by Matt Shapiro of World of KJ that pays tribute to the many fine films of 2007.
Eric’s Top 5 Music Videos Of All Time
Friday, December 14th, 2007There have been alot of great music videos over the years, well not recently, so trying to pick my top five is very hard. Some have had a huge impact on music Smells Like Teen Spirit or Welcome To The Jungle, but neither are great videos. Others like Losing My Religion and Jeremy made an [...]
Yes!!!!! There Is A God
Wednesday, December 12th, 2007
Jessica Simpson has been in one bad movie after another, but still she want to be concidered a serious actress. So she has decide to do something to make us all take her seriously.
Monday Night Metal 11-26
Monday, November 26th, 2007
This edition of Monday Night Metal is a tribute to Quiet Riot singer Kevin Dubrow, who was found dead yesterday.
Bow Your Head - Kevin Dubrow RIP
Monday, November 26th, 2007
The music world has lost yet another Icon. Quiet Riot front-man Kevin Dubrow was found dead in his Las Vegas on Sunday. The cause of death, of the 52 year old singer has not yet been determined.
Beauty And The Beast
Sunday, November 25th, 2007
Don’t worry. that picture doesn’t signify the return of the old T.V. show Beauty And The Beast it is just one of this years strangest musical pairings. Led Zeppelin front-man Robert Plant and Bluegrass soprano Allison Krauss have announced that they will tour early next year in support of their album, Raising Sand.
The Seed That Grew Into An Empire
Sunday, November 18th, 2007
On this day 79 years ago, the Disney empire was born. Walt Disney produced the first animated short feature film with a completely post-produced soundtrack of music, dialogue, and sound effects. This cartoon was called Steamboat Willie and it also gave birth to the worlds most famous cartoon characters, Mickey Mouse.
Great Live Performance
Friday, November 16th, 2007Earlier this year, the Live Earth concert gave us a number of great performances. I thought this one really stuck out as one of the better overall moments of the concert.
Lord Of The Three Ring Binder
Monday, November 5th, 2007
If you thought Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings and its related movies were the stuff of nerd heaven, then what do you make of it when it’s translated into origami?
That’s right … the figures in the above photograph are made of a single piece of paper!
Check out some of the fine detail:
Hello, Is It Me You’re Looking For?
Thursday, November 1st, 2007
Remember the great Lionel Richie video for the song Hello? You know, the one were the Lionel stalks a young blind woman, then she makes an exact sculpture of him even thought she has never seen or touched his face. Did you ever wonder if you could create such a great sculpture of Lionel [...]
Face Is Much Better Than Rod
Sunday, October 28th, 2007
Before Rod Stewart was wooing the panties off of fat, unmarried old maids and playing elevator music, he was the hard rocking blues singer for Faces.
Rolling Around In Foo
Wednesday, October 24th, 2007
It seems strange that the person who gained the most from the death of Kurt Cobain, was not the person who killed him, COURTNEY LOVE. It was actually Dave Grohl. Had Cobain lived and Nirvana continued, Grohl would have been left buried behind the drum kit with all of his talent trapped inside of just two [...]
Garth Is Back And Doing It Right
Thursday, October 18th, 2007
Garth Brooks is making a comeback of sorts. A new album, a few concerts, a number one song and a shot on the big screen, sort of. His November 12th concert in Kansas City will be simulcast to more than 300 movie theaters nationwide.
Classic Beat Off
Thursday, October 18th, 2007
We have mentioned numerous times, on this site how great the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson was. We could do classic Tonight Show moments every day and not run out of clips. One of my favorite clips was a drum off between two of the world’s greatest drummers.