Getting Yasiin Bey back into the USA may not be so easy, but Amerigo Gazaway has done a hell of a job bringing “Yasiin Gaye” back to us. This Mos Def x Marvin Gaye is the sequel to the last dose of goodness you may remember from here. The intent this time around was to play up […]


Time to get HARD for summer at the Whittier Recreation Center this August 2nd & 3rd. Equipped with five stages and a serious lineup, HARD Summer will feature a very comprehensive sampling of roof-raising knob-twiddlers including: Jack U (the new Skrillex & Diplo superduo), Axwell, A$AP Mob, Tiësto, Dillon Francis, NERO and Disclosure, along with A-Trak, Baauer, Martin Garrix, Pusha T,  Maya Jane Coles, […]


We haven’t been huge fans of the Transformers series, mostly because, well, Michael Bay is kind of a hack. But truth be told Transformers 3 was by far the best in the ongoing saga, and at the end of the day what’re ya gonna say? They’re essentially beautifully rendered giant robots beating the everliving shit […]


11 Feb
The Song of Ice & Fire returns to bring back meaning to our lives

The time has nearly come, dear nerdlings, for season four of Game Of Thrones to return to TV screens across the world, and with it to return meaning into our otherwise pointless existences. And HBO was kind enough to offer our eager hearts a meaty, 14-minute trailer/teaser/mini-doc titled “A Foreshadowing”.  Swords, death, carnage, revenge, White […]


16 Dec
An ambiguous peek at Christopher Nolan's latest sci-fi epic

Ok, this is what we know about Interstellar, the highly anticipated post-Dark Knight film from Christopher Nolan: “In the future, governments and economies across the globe have collapsed, food is scarce, NASA is no more, and the 20th Century is to blame. A mysterious rip in spacetime opens and it’s up to whatever is left […]


10 Dec
Gareth Edwards' 2014 update of the Kaiju icon

You know it can’t go too long between Western reboots of Godzilla, so 2014 is just about time for the latest effort. Unlike Roland Emmerich’s craptacular 1998 version, filmmaker Gareth Edwards’ adaptation looks quite promising — thanks to spectacular special effects and a cast that includes the likes of Bryan Cranston, Juliette Binoche, David Strathairn […]


2 Aug
An unraveling meth dealer meets Percy Bysshe Shelley

In typical esoteric aplomb, Breaking Bad teases its upcoming final (half) season by having Heisenberg read a portion of Percy Bysshe Shelley’s famous poem “Ozymandias”. The poem — which portends the decline and eventual disintegration of all great empires — seems especially fitting for the final eight episodes of creator Vince Gilligan’s epic tale of […]


This really needs no explanation, does it? Something about Sports Illustrated‘s always hilarious “Swimsuit Issue”, Kate Upton at her buxom best, a bikini in Antarctica and all other kinds of useless words… Enjoy…