Pre-order Poke-toys
Ok, so I’ve never been a fan of the Pokemon series, but I did try the free Wii demo of Pokémon Rumble and that shit was crazy addictive. There are hundreds of those creatures to collect and they really do all have different abilities. If you can detach yourself from the fact that you are playing a cartoon inspired game targeted at 10 year olds then you might actually have a bit of fun with it.
Neither do I know much about the DSi series, but I can tell you that starting Feb. 1, Nintendo is adding some incentives for pre-orders of their new games, Pokémon™ HeartGold and Pokémon™ SoulSilver. Pre-orders will come with a ‘legendary’ Pokémon figure crafted by toy company, Kayodo. You could receive either Ho-Oh™, “a Legendary Pokémon that circles the skies of the Johto region on rainbow-coloured wings. Or, “Lugia™, “a Legendary Pokémon that dwells deep in the seas and has the power to create massive storms.”
Ooooh.
Blitz The Ambassador – Remembering The Future
Blitz is making it big with his brassy ‘Embassy Ensemble’ band, receiving play everywhere from Fox TV to MTVU. He borrows sounds from Nigerian Afro-Beat Godfather, Fela Kuti, as well as conscious rappers like Mos Def and The Roots. Hailing from Ghana via Brooklyn, this is a special in-studio rendition of ‘Remembering The Future’ off the just-released album, ‘Stereotype’.
Fourtet – 'There Is Love In You'
Bouncy, ambient and melodic new Fourtet album, ‘There Is Love In You’.
This stream will self destruct in seven days!
Lola – Ipsum Factum – Preview
Pop-Surrealist painter, Lola, shows us how it’s done at the Corey Helford Gallery in Culver City, hosted by amazing Angelique Groh of Charm School PR.
Stereoheroes
Don’t be fooled by the meek and mild animal crossing signs. French electro mashup djs, Stereoheroes don’t ever sleep.
The guys are celebrating their two year anniversary with this slamming high energy mix featuring six of their new tracks with the likes of Sickboy, Mic Terror, Dirty Disco Youth and more. Past efforts have been a bit more on the old-school rave/piano breaks tip but this one is definitely hitting the electro-club rap tip. Available either on SoundCloud or the newer service, LetsMix.
Full Tracklisting below.
What I learned from the Golden Globes…
I rike Mike!
What I learned from the Golden Globes is that Iron Mike has absolutely no idea of how he is supposed to compose himself while on stage when not the centre of attention.
Moby – Disco Lies
Perhaps the inspiration for the Rad Omen vid?
I’m hoping they checked in with Moby before shooting.
RAD OMEN – "Rad Anthem"
I see Ronald and Colonel Sanders, and the Wendy’s manboy girl, but can someone tell me who the hell the snowman is supposed to be?
Thanks!
Lawn Mower Ninjas – Grasscut 'Muppet'
Who knew that Grasscut was Marcus O’Dair and Andrew Phillips, an award-winning film and television composer with over 100 screen credits?
The second single from their forthcoming debut album is NOT inspired by Dracula the Musical or Jason Segel’s work on the upcoming Muppet Movie. Rather, and more appropriately, their theme of exploring the essence of our culture, dealing with losing your ability to communicate. For remixing duties, Ninja Tune’s enabled Nathan Fake, the estimable Norfolkian who can throw in everything “from next-wave computer rock techno to vertiginous ambient pilgrimages, or in this case, come up with something in between.”
Check out the Nathan Fake ‘Muppet’ remix here
28 Day's Later, Issue 5, by Boom!
Issue 5 of Boom!’s new 28 Days Later series focuses on the comic’s back story, attempting to explain why two Pulitzer prize winning journalists have decided to bring the Amazonian Selena out of her sanctuary on the Isle of Wight, and back into the fray of an infected London.
What appears to be an uncharacteristically dull issue, is spiced up with sprawling snapshots of London terror, and tense US airport panic scenes where civilians stampede over a woman sneezing,. Perhaps she’s caught the H1N1, wrong infection. Unfortunately for all you gorehounds, there is only one real action scene as yet another solution for the ‘cure’ goes wrong and scientists are slaughtered by an enraged, infected, Muslim terrorist turned guinea pig.
It seems like the writers wanted to cast the protagonists as some kind of vigilante freedom fighters, but something in the story just didn’t accommodate. Instead, we have adrenaline junky journalists who act like act like a military team, and frequently deal with shady military forces.
At least the artwork is solid. Issue 5 features two mass-produced covers. Version A — a tightly cropped close up of Selena’s bloody, trademark, machete. Version B — a stark shot of post-battle Selena, drenched in blood, machete wielding, atop a pile of fresh kills, all done in a monochrome scheme save for deep red blood and a river of blood behind her.
If you are a reader who’s looking to get off on the next ‘infected’ evisceration, then might want to skip this issue, but if you are the kind of fan who needs to know everything about their heroes, then this book is worth the read.
