Month: December 2013

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Torgny Hits with “Oil Panic” Album

Norway-native Tørgny is back again with his highly anticipated sophomore LP, Oil Panic. Officially out November 8.

The first single off Oil Panic is the funktronica of Grønn Extra, a heavy hitter that is sure to stick with you after your first listen. Inspired by childhood memories of electro and thriving 80s urban pop culture, Torgny says “with Grønn Extra, it seemed like the only way forward was to acknowledge the past.” Reminiscent of Prince’s Lady Cab Driver and Chromeo’s Needy Girl, Torgny’s powerful vocals expertly layer atop the original melody and meticulously crafted rhythms to set this song in a category all its own.

Listen to Grønn Extra here.

Torgny has this late 1990’s – early 2000’s feel to their song above Gr0nn Extra.  It made me remember things like the “Axel F Theme” from Beverly Hills Cop, with Eddie Murphy.  It’s nice to hear music with influences from the past and not just literally doing a cover, though if done right I love covers to.  Check Torgny out I above, I believe you will like the sound.

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One Piece Symphony in Paris

The One Piece Symphony is heading back to Paris.  It would be way cool to get some concert dates in North America.  The symphony will play music from the anime in front of footage, also from the anime.  If you are going to be in Paris on April 5, 2014, you might want to see if you can get some tickets to the performance.  It will be at the Grand Rex for two performances, one at 2:00 p.m. and the other at 8:00 p.m.  Check out the trailer below from “Le Fee Sauvage” on YouTube:

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We Get Another DC Hero on the Big Screen

Warner Bros. has announced that Gal Gadot will be in the next Superman movie, portraying Wonder Woman.  That means that the Big Three DC Comics Heroes will be in this movie (Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman).  Sounds interesting and we all know that Warner Bros. is trying to get into a franchise set around the Justice League as Disney has done with Marvel Entertaiment’s Avengers franchise with individual movies around the main movie.  The movie is scheduled to be released July 17, 2015.

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Yu-Gi-Oh Special Edition Packages

On December 13, Konami will release the Yu-Gi-Oh: Shadow Specters Special packages.  The packages will include three Shadow Specters booster packs and one of two Super Rare cards.  These cards will be “Stardust Dragon” and “Tuning”.  So just in time for the holidays you can purchase these for your trading card game collection or tell a friend as this being a possible gift for your trading card game collection.

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Air New Zealand is Having Fun with the Hobbit

Air New Zealand has two airliners that it has decked out for the new Hobbit movie that will be coming out.  I think it is really cool when you see this type of marketing that CEOs of business’ will allow.  Japan has done this with different properties at various degrees and companies.  To me it’s exciting for everyone from young to old and just plain fun!

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Starblazers 2199

1979 found me in front of a television after school watching a new cartoon.  That cartoon was, unbeknownst to me, the anime Starblazers (Uchu-Senkan Yamato).  I just thought this was a cool space cartoon, being fresh off watching Star Wars, in 1977 which feed into my love for Science Fiction.  Starblazers 2199 is a re-adaptation of Yoshinobu Nishizaki’s original work, from Production I.G. and Voyager Entertainment, and will be available with English and Spanish subtitles.  This is a classic anime that you will want to consider for your anime collection, it would fit nicely right beside the original series.  Check out the short feature below explaining Starblazers 2199 and how it will differ from the original series. Thanks to “yamatocrew01” on YouTube for the video: