Turanga Leela
December 10th was the centennial of the birth of Olivier Messiaen, one of the 20th century's greatest composers, and one of our favorites. Last...
Dave Cooper animation
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Painter/cartoonist Dave Cooper and animator Nick Cross have created an animated video for Danko Jones for the song King Of Magazines. The act is...
Celebrity comics watch: Art Brut
News that this or that "famous person" reads comics isn't exactly a headline-maker (unless you're running for president, of course). With all the success...
Spider-Man musical casting!
Can you sing? Can you dance? Can you sing and dance at the same time while flying through the air and fighting Doc Ock?...
R.I.P. Yma Sumac
Amidst celebrations, some sadness, as Yma Sumac has died. The Peruvian songstress had a near five-octave vocal range and remains an icon of the...
Losing my edge
LCD Soundsystem remix via Sean Collins:
Every great book by Jack Kirby.All the underground hits.All of the Boody Rogers strips.I heard you have a hardcover...
Halloween horror: Karaoke
We know it is wrong to steal pictures from Facebook, but this photo from Tim Leong's photo gallery from the event sheds much light...
Music break: Adult Swim’s African Swim
Adult Swim and Ubisoft are spotlighting the emerging African hip hop scene for some reason, but you can find out why by downloading a...
RIP: Neal Hefti
He may have worked with Count Basie and Frank Sinatra, but jazz composer Neal Hefti will likely be best remembered for a piece of...
Studio catch-up
A few stories of note that ran while we were away:
The upcoming SHERLOCK HOLMES movie directed by Guy Ritchie and starring Robert Downey Jr....
Jean-Jacques Perrey
In all the pre-election excitement at SBM, we weren't able to blog fully about our Wednesday activity: a concert by Jean-Jacques Perrey and Dana...
Andrew Pepoy’s tap dance opera
We never expected to write that headline either. But it's happening. It is real. And nothing can stop it. Artist Andrew Pepoy (THE ADVENTURES...
