Friday, May 29, 2009
The Hold Steady --
A Positive Rage
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Some folks say authenticity and rock 'n' roll have never quite been firm bedfellows, but in the age of karaoke people still have a h...
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
They Still Make Music Videos: Grizzly Bear, "Two Weeks"
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I haven't watched MTV in yeeeears, but apparently the bands still make the music videos out there. The art form is a lot less ubiquitous...
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Return of the Visitors, Jay Bennett and The Hobbit
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Winter has clenched its icy fingers around Aotearoa this last week or so and I am cold. Brr. • I had kind of vaguely heard they were remakin...
Sunday, May 24, 2009
My Classic Comics ABCs: JLA #14
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One of the first comic books I ever read was an issue of "Justice League of America," circa 1980. How could you go wrong with Sup...
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Wednesday Shuffle:
Superman never made any money / saving the world from Solomon Grundy
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Shuffling the iPod while waiting for the car to get its Warrant of Fitness.... The Warrant of Fitness is one of the more annoying revenue g...
Monday, May 18, 2009
Random thoughts on Borg, Jedi and Twitti
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When you start off a Monday morning with a migraine so bad you think your eyeballs are going to explode, it's never a good sign. Ah wel...
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Strange supermen from the Golden Age
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Yeah, everyone knows Batman. And Superman. And Captain America. But what about Blue Bolt ? Or Marvelo, Monarch of Magicians ? How about Sub-...
Monday, May 11, 2009
These are the voyages of the Starship Enterprise...
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It's funny: I don't think a lot of people would call you a nerd for talking about being a fan of " Star Wars," but bring ...
Friday, May 8, 2009
NZ film rising:
Sleeping Dogs
and
The Quiet Earth
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New Zealand's film industry is a relatively young one . It had a slow gestation and only really came into its own in the '70s. Thes...
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Feels like the first time, feels like the very first time
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Stolen from Samurai Frog , an enjoyable meme I thought: First Job: Cleaning up outside some apartments behind my old house in Grass Valley,...
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