Warm Water from Banks

Banks has a sound of a seductive songstress.  The quality of music is kind of Bluesy and her voice to me is similar to Bonnie Raitt.  She only has three songs out that I could find at this time “Warm Water” (which is below as a video), “Fall Over”, and “Before I Ever Met You”.  Looks like she is well on her way to getting enough material available to make an album.  For more indie music be sure to check out Wild Honey Pie’s website: http://www.thewildhoneypie.com/

Internship Trailer

The Internship looks to be a fun movie.  If you like comedies this one is for you and you just got to love the X-Men references.  Thanks to “joblomovienetwork” for the following trailer:

2nd Annual Star Wars Reads Day

LucasFilm, with Disney Publishing Worldwide, has announced that the second Star Wars Reads Day will be on October 5.  For any comic store, book seller, or library that wishes to register for a free event kit go to http://starwars.com/reads/.  As of this particular time the registration was not up, but keep going back to see when registration comes available.

Two JAM Project’s Music Video’s Streamed

Lantis began streaming JAM Project’s “Wings of the Legend” and “Maximizer”.  “Wings” just came out this past December and “Maximizer” came out in 2010.  Thanks to AnimeNews Network for alerting everyone to this, so enjoy these two J-Rock music videos.

Sailor Moon Inspired Cosmetic

If you are a Sailor Moon fan here is something you might enjoy.  Bandai’s official shopping site, Premium Bandai is offering the above cosmetic.  Bandai’s cosmetic branch Creer Beaute is releasing this “Shining Moon Powder” for Sailor Moon’s 20th Anniversary.  The cosmetic is inspired from the Sailor Moon R’s Crystal Star Broach and retails for 3,980 yen (approximately $40.00).

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2013-06-04/sailor-moon-crystal-star-inspires-real-cosmetic-for-adults

MicroSoft and Production I.G. Promotional

MicroSoft began streaming a three minute short featuring Production I.G.’s Ghost in the Shell property.  The short is in conjunction with the release of Ghost in the Shell Arise.  The short, entitled Ghost in the Shell Arise: Another Mission, is a dialogue and features almost every character from the series and of course MicroSoft’s Surface tablet.  The Ghost is the Shell Arise series will debut in Japan on June 22 and will have four parts.  Then on July 26 the movies will be available on Blu-ray and DVD.  With Ghost is the Shell being popular I would expect the Blu-ray and DVD set will arrive in the North American market toward the end of the year. Very cool cross promotional.