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Musical Taste: Jonathan Coulton is “officially living on Main Street in Crazy Town.”

So, if you click over to the Billboard Heatseekers chart right now, you might notice a familiar name hanging out in the number one spot. Geek singer-songwriter Jonathan Coulton has claimed the number one spot with his album Artificial Heart, as well as charting at #125 in the Top 200, 26 on Rock, 16 on [...]

Posted on November 17, 2011 at 17:49 by Lincoln Eddy · Permalink · Comments Closed
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Geekly Speaking About… “The Commander Shepard Challenge”

If you’ve been listening to our “Geekly Speaking About…” podcasts, you’ve probably heard co-editor Jillian Pullara and me talking about Commander Shepard from the Mass Effect series of games from Bioware. While she’s mostly played the PC game version and I rocked the Xbox 360 version, we both have a similar sensibility towards the main [...]

Posted on October 21, 2011 at 09:00 by Trisha Lynn · Permalink · Comments Closed
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Musical Taste: MTV gets back to dealing with music…sort of

MTV is trying, slightly, to get back to their roots. While their relaunch of Beavis & Butthead has gotten most of the press, Pitchfork reports that the network will be bringing back one of it’s indie rock shows, 120 Minutes. Debuting at 1 AM July 30 on MTV2 (a more than slightly unfortunate time-slot), the [...]

Posted on July 28, 2011 at 16:08 by Lincoln Eddy · Permalink · Comments Closed
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Restrepo director Tim Hetherington, photojournalist Chris Hondros killed in Libya

Sad news today as Oscar-nominated co-director of Restrepo Tim Hetherington and one of the photojournalists he was traveling with, Chris Hondros, were killed in a RPG attack while covering the events in Libya. According to CNN, Hetherington, Hondros, and two other photojournalists were hit by an RPG while reporting in the city of Misrata. They [...]

Posted on April 21, 2011 at 00:43 by Lincoln Eddy · Permalink · Comments Closed
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R.I.P. Elisabeth Sladen — 1948-2011

News first broke on Twitter from Doctor Who writers and actors including Nicola Bryant, Paul Cornell, and Mark Gatiss.  Now BBC News has confirmed that actress Elisabeth Sladen, known to fans as companion Sarah Jane Smith, has died at the age of 63. Sarah Jane first entered the Whoniverse in the 1973 Third Doctor story [...]

Terry Pratchett TV Double-Play: “Good Omens” and Discworld’s City Watch

BAFTA-winning producer Rod Brown, the mind behind all three Discworld specials so far, has hit the ground running with his new company, Prime Focus Productions.  And Prime Focus’s first two projects look to be following in the footsteps of Brown’s previous work, with a pair of announcements that will make Pratchett fans cry out with [...]

Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair finally making its way to US Audiences

Well, it’s about time. Quentin Tarantino has been teasing us with this one for years. But the folks over at AICN, while looking at the schedule for Tarantino’s grindhouse takeover of the New Beverly Cinema, discovered something decidedly awesome. Tarantino is finally premiering the extended, complete, heart-bursting, eyeball-ripping Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair. The [...]

Posted on February 26, 2011 at 19:19 by Lincoln Eddy · Permalink · One Comment
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I Am Number Four director D.J. Caruso signs on to Preacher

After years in development hell, it looks like we may be finally going to Texas with Jesse, Tulip and Cassidy. According to THR’s Heat Vision Blog, I Am Number Four director D.J. Caruso has officially signed on to direct Preacher. The film follows the story of the Garth Ennis comic book series about a priest, Jesse Custer, on [...]

Posted on February 23, 2011 at 14:23 by Lincoln Eddy · Permalink · Comments Closed
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R.I.P. Nicholas Courtney

It breaks my heart as a “Doctor Who” fan to report that Nicholas Courtney, known for the last 43 years as Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart, has passed away today at the age of 81.  Courtney was a mainstay of the series in its classic run and Big Finish’s audio adventures, and reprised the role of [...]

Posted on February 22, 2011 at 23:31 by Kara Dennison · Permalink · Comments Closed
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The Oscars refuse to have fun: Banksy Edition

Graffiti artist Banksy is well known to be a political, anti-consumerist provocateur. He’s taken the piss out of everything from Disney to Paris Hilton. However, though he may be nominated for an Oscar for his brilliant Exit through the Gift Shop, it looks like the Oscars are refusing to take part in the fun. Over at [...]

Posted on February 21, 2011 at 22:07 by Lincoln Eddy · Permalink · One Comment
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