After four years without an album, Bloc Party will return next week with Four, the U.K. band’s fourth album; seems fitting. This album is the follow up to 2008’s Intimacy, the result of new material the band has been working on for a few years. From Bloc Party’s website: “In late 2010, Kele Okereke, Russell Lissack, […]
14
Aug
After four years of silence, Bloc Party returns with "Four"
31
Jul
DC Comics x LEGO Minifigures Collection
Have you found yourself day dreaming about the LEGO versions of Mr. Freeze, Joker’s side-kick Harley Quinn (dressed in disguise as an Arkham Asylum doctor) and/or Poison Ivy? Neither did I, until I saw these LEGO X DC comics collaborations. Announced at Comic Con in San Diego, LEGO took full advantage of the convention’s placement […]
22
Aug
Spencer Susser's film headed for Fall DVD release
The film Hesher stars Rainn Wilson, a nerded out Natalie Portman and Joseph Gordon Levitt as the titular Hesher, a sort of Cliff-Burton-meets-stoner-Mr.-Miyagi for a kid who lost his mom. Supposedly a lot of buzz around this one…
18
Jul
The final installment of Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy
Well it doesn’t show much other than Commissioner Gordon sharing a hospital bed plea with Bruce Wayne, but today we finally have the first trailer of The Dark Knight Rises. The third and final installment of Christopher Nolan’s landmark Batman trilogy will hit screens in IMAX on on July 20, 2012 — surely more to […]
29
Jun
A call to arms against the most nefarious force known to students
The continuing saga of one girl’s plight with unemployment…(read vol I, vol II, vol III, vol IV, vol V, vol VI, vol VII, vol. VIII, vol IX, vol X, vol XI, vol XII, vol XIII, vol XIV, vol XV , vol XVI and vol XVII) Sometimes I like to exaggerate a wee bit and maybe say things in an over-the-top sort of manner to try and get a laugh […]
25
Mar
5 bottles for 5 decades of fine single malt scotch
We’ve covered previous iterations of Gordon & MacPhail’s “Generations” series, such as the $15,000 Mortlach 70. More recently, Gordon & MacPhail honored Glenlivet with its own 70-Year expression. But seeing as costs for those incredibly rare single malt scotches make them too exclusive for anyone in the real world to taste, Gordon & MacPhail have […]
21
Mar
Deconstructing Hollywood's insatiable need to make what has already been made
You can’t help but notice: of the top 10 highest grossing movies in each of the last 10 years, an alarming 74 out 100 are adaptations of existing material: comic books, books, video games, sequels, reboots, et al. Everything Is a Remix is a 4-part series exploring the remix techniques involved in producing such films. […]
