Sparing a Buck for Jack Kirby
A Buck for Jack – support the cocreator of many of comicdoms greatest heroes. The late Jack Kirby co-created most of the biggest properties that Marvel Comics have built their […]
Monthly Archives: October 2011
Wait… But How Does That Sound?
I realized that there was a far better way to share the sounds of MALABOMBA with you than being wordy in my last post. Last year, DJs Jason Savvy and […]
One Last MALABOMBA! for the Road
Last night was my last MALABOMBA before I leave Los Angeles and return to New York. As usual, it was an astonishingly good time, with a hint of sentimentality since […]
Take the Ferry to Your Exile.
Pepper Spray Cop Reassigned To Staten Island: Gothamist. Habitual line-stepper Anthony Bologna, the cop who was caught on video pepper-spraying two girls in the face at Occupy Wall Street protests, […]
Halloween or Williamsburg?
Halloween or Williamsburg. My new favorite Tumblr blog is the very timely Halloween or Williamsburg. In the tradition of Look at This Fucking Hipster and People of Walmart, it […]
The Problem With Remakes: Part 2 – Who Watches the Watchmen?
The Phone Call That Confirmed Watchmen 2 Bleeding Cool Comic Book, Movies and TV News and Rumors. You know what that well-beloved classic really needs? A sequel or prequel! While […]
The Problem With Remakes: Part 1 – Americanization
On the whole, Americanized remakes of foreign films and TV shows fundamentally irk me. For some reason, I put that aside when I watched the US version of Life on […]
News Bites – OWS, Hipster Cop, Internet Creeps, and More Cowbell
Mostly a slow weekend as I do my farewell tour of Los Angeles, preparing for the move back east. Here are a few news items that have caught my eye. […]
An Unconventional Kind of Admiration
“Bad as Me”, the first new Tom Waits album in years, drops on Tuesday. The New York Times has a great interview with Waits and some of his collaborators. On […]
Creator Meets Creation: David Lloyd at OWS Protests
BBC News – V for Vendetta masks: Who’s behind them?. BBC has an interesting story, as David Lloyd, artist and co-creator of V for Vendetta (along with writer Alan […]
