Line Out (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
What Dave Segal recently wrote about the darkling sounds of King Midas Sound : [Producer] Kevin Martin and vocalist Roger Robinson strikes me as a fantastical fantasy project hatched from two of Charles Mudede's biggest musical crushes—Burial and Tricky. The duo's album on Hyperdub, Waiting for You... (due in November), sounds like an ideal merging of those artists' phenomenal talents. Difference...
The Swamp (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
by Mark Silva There's just one thing about being president that has really annoyed him, President Barack Obama says: The flak he caught for taking his wife to New York City for a Broadway play and dinner, a campaign promise kept. "People made it into a political issue," Obama tells the New York Times Magazine , in an interview about the first family's marriage featured in Sunday's magazine....
Line Out (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
King Midas Sound ( producer Kevin Martin and vocalist Roger Robinson ) strikes me as a fantastical fantasy project hatched from two of Charles Mudede's biggest musical crushes— Burial and Tricky . The duo's album on Hyperdub , Waiting for You... (due in November), sounds like an ideal merging of those artists' phenomenal talents. Difference is, Robinson can really sing, emitting creamy, soulful...
DJ Martian's Page (Free subscription) | 10/06/2009
Cargo Records Distribution UK - News: New King Midas Sound LP on Hyperdub After two singles on Hyperdub, and a release on Soul Jazz, King Midas Sound's ‘Waiting For You’ is the debut album from Roger Robinson and Kevin Martin's new group. Due November 9th: more info Waiting For You by King Midas Sound @ Cargo Records
Super Punch (Free subscription) | 09/08/2009
Go here and here to see storyboards Roger Robinson created for a canceled video game starring the Flash. You can see the menu screens here . Via . *Previously: Golden Age Flash paper toy . * Buy Flash toys at eBay.
Hex's Fifth Column (Free subscription) | 08/25/2009
Red Circle: The Web #1 - Review Writer: J Michael Straczynski Artist: Roger Robinson Well, after two pretty slow Red Circle One-Shots, this just got good. This was actually the issue I was least looking forward to because I thought the idea of the character was pretty stupid, i.e. a superhero who can be contacted via the internet to help solve your problems. Well I was wrong and this issue was great....
Beattie's Book Blog (Free subscription) | 08/25/2009
REVIVED EDITIONS – GREAT IDEA R evived Editions is the brain child of former prominent New Zealand book publisher Brian Phillips. Revived Editions is a range of second-hand books exclusive to bookseller UBS Canterbury ,(pics left), and on sale in both their campus and hospital shops. They range from recent to out-of-print books, from the rare to the popular. They are not limited to just New Zealand...
Bernardine Evaristo's Blog (Free subscription) | 08/08/2009
I first met Roger in the mid 1990s when he was performing with a poetry outfit called Chocolate Art. We’ve known each other ever since and I have to say that Roger is one of the nicest people I know. He’s also an incredibly generous person, offering advice to other writers, being supportive and sharing [...]
Boomkat: Just arrived (Free subscription) | 07/28/2009
KING MIDAS SOUND / DABRYE / FLYING LOTUS Cool Out EP (Dabrye / Flying Lotus Mixes) Hyperdub DUBSTEP / GRIME / FUNKY 12" Back in stock. First thing's first - we really need to get it off our chests - Dabrye's version of 'One Ting' is not only for our money the best thing he's ever done (by some distance), it's also one of the most beautifully addictive, surprising things we've heard this year and...
Random Happenstance (Free subscription) | 07/07/2009
...or under the Arctic ice shelf, or the Dead Sea... Aquaman apologists trot this one out every so often, and he even uses it himself here: while Superman or Batman just have to worry about land-based problems, Aquaman has a lot more ground to cover...and I totally wrecked that metaphor. Shoot. The point they make, is that Aquaman's whole beat is all of the world's bodies of water, below or above the...
INSPIRATION FM RADIO/ Jerry's blog (Free subscription) | 06/15/2009
Northampton Cultural Literary Festival July 3, 2009 to July 5, 2009 Join us for a weekend of literary fun from 3rd to 5th July 2009 at Delapre Abbey, London Road, Northampton, NN4 8AW. The festival will include a picnic area, bouncy castle, cultural music and food plus: 3rd July: Women’s Writing Workshop (£10) 4th July: Young Writers’ Workshop (£3), Performance Poetry Workshop...
Gratuitous Violins (Free subscription) | 06/14/2009
Today marks the final performance for two Broadway plays I loved, Joe Turner's Come and Gone and reasons to be pretty ; along with a third I enjoyed very much, Exit the King . I took a pass on the fourth show that's closing, Guys and Dolls . I really want to see this musical on stage someday but with lackluster reviews and a cast that didn't excite me well, I guess I'll have to wait for the next revival....
4thletter! (Free subscription) | 06/14/2009
Newsarama has DC’s advance solicits for September up, and there’s a couple of interesting bits. THE WEB #1 Written by Angela Robinson; co-feature written by John Rozum Art by Roger Robinson & Hilary Barta;co-feature art by Tom Derenick & Bill Sienkiewicz Cover by Stanley “Artgerm” Lau Variant sketch cover by JG Jones Spinning out of August’s “Red [...]
NewYorkology: A New York Travel Gui (Free subscription) | 06/10/2009
After an empty-handed Tony Awards night, both “ Guys and Dolls ” and “ reasons to be pretty ” will close this Sunday, producers announced. In addition, two other limited-engagement productions — “ Exit the King ” and “ Joe Turner’s Come and Gone ” — and are set to end the same day. Geoffrey Rush on Sunday took home a best featured actor...
Gratuitous Violins (Free subscription) | 06/09/2009
Last year, when it was just me, myself and I on the couch, I had plenty of observations about the Tony Awards. This year, I don't actually have many observations because I was very busy having fun making my debut at the annual Tony party hosted by Sarah . It was so great being with friends, fellow theatre fans and fellow bloggers in a swanky Regency suite. We kept the conversation and the bubbly flowing....
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