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Just way to cool! Honda show of it’s MSX125 (Known as GROM in Japan) during the Tokyo Auto Salon 2014. The concept bikes had the color schemes of each of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. I’ve always like purple so I would take Donatello’s themed bike. Beautiful job guys, looks like you had fun building them.
Hello all! It’s already going to be a three day weekend coming up – and you may be looking for something to do with your kids or keep your kids busy. We’ve got two suggestions. See below for details.
Call with questions. Thanks!
What/When:
1. New film, Perfect Little Planet, in the Boeing Dome Theater and Planetarium – opens Saturday, Jan. 18. Join an alien family looking for a place to vacation. Where will they end up? Details here: http://www.exploration.org/perfect_little_planet.html
Dome prices apply (Adults: $5/Youth $3). No general museum admission needed to do the dome.
2. School’s Out Edventures – first session is Monday, Jan. 20
For Grades K – 8, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Ahoy Mateys!
Kids will set their sails for a day of pirate fun and keep their ships afloat while they dive into the science of the seven seas.
Edventure Prices:
Members: $30 per child
Nonmembers: $35 per child
Before care (7:30 – 9 a.m.)…. $5
After care (4 – 6 p.m.) …….$5
Both Before and After Care ….$8
Must register to participate here: http://www.exploration.org/schools_out.html Or call 316-660-0620.
Where: Exploration Place, 300 N. McLean Blvd., Wichita, Kan. 67203, www.exploration.org, www.facebook.com/ExplorationPlace, Twitter: @DiscoverAtEP, www.pinterest.com/explorationpl, www.instagram.com/explorationplace
If you never been to Exploration Place, check it out it is a lot of fun for the whole family.
Electric Eye
Psych rockers Electric Eye band to watch for at Eurosonic and SXSW 2014January 2014
Psych rock band Electric Eye from Norway set to play SXSW 2014Hailing from Bergen, Norway, Electric Eye play droned out psych-rock inspired by the blues, India and the ever more expanding universe.
The four piece released their long awaited debut LP “Pick-up, Lift-off, Space, Time” in April 2013. The album received positive mentions in Norwegian media, which have spread to international blogs and radio stations. The album was a co-released in the US and the UK by Norway’s Klangkollektivet and London based Fuzz Club Records.
Throughout the fall of 2013, Electric Eye toured Scandinavia and Europe and were given rave reviews for their performance at Iceland Airwaves in Reykjavik. The group continued on to headline the Oslo Psych Fest and were featured on the compilation LP released by Fuzz Club and Austin psych fest called “The reverb conspiracy vol.2”.
Highly recommended to fans of The Black Angels, Secret Machines and Spacemen 3.
Electric Eye will play Eurosonic Noorderslag on January 16th. Be sure to catch the Norweigan psych rockers as they make their debut SXSW appearence in Austin this March!
“This four piece are all about long jams and pushing their rack of pedals to the limit. The bassline starts and weaves a hypnotic trance like rhythm while layers of otherworldly sounds are added resulting in one hell of a racket. I knew this band would be good having checked out their sounds on the internet before leaving home but I didn’t know they would be this good. Fantastic!”
-Emmett Mullaney, louderthanwar.com“This is by far my favourite record of the week and Electric Eye is strongly becoming my new favourite band, I would highly recommend this to fans of the likes of Hookworms, Follakzoid or any other Sacred Bones stuff, absolutely marvelous!”
-Norman Records, Leeds, UKElectric Eye are available to lay their psych-rock on your parties and showcases during SXSW 2014. For more information, please contact Kelly at Kelly@themusebox.net
Ep. 9 MiniPop: Phoenix Ash’s Indie Sound
We are back, with the first podcast of 2014. Our 9th MiniPop starts the year off with Richard, April, Matt, and Chris discussing the sounds of the San Francisco based, J-Rock influenced Indie band, Phoenix Ash.
The band has one album to purchase now on their website, Transcend, and then when they finish releasing the singles from the current album, From Dust, it will be available to purchase as well to add to your library’s music collection. After listening to the show I noticed that I had the opening and closing mixed. Phoenix Ash’s “Amberglow” is the shows opening and then “Setsunai” is the shows closing. I apologize for the mix-up and will have to take this as a learning tool to pay more attention to detail if I am putting a show together when I’m sick.
The ComicPop Crew also got to visit with the band about their music and you can listen to the “Visit” by the link here: http://comicpoplibrary.com/news/ep-19-comicpop-visits-with-the-indie-rock-band-phoenix-ash/
Join us for another great visit by listening above, at www.comicpoplibrary.com, or wait until later today and it will be up on our iTunes feed.
Remember if you have a novel, graphic novel, movie/television series or an indie band you want us to check out let us know by e-mailing us at admin@comicpoplibrary.com and we will put it in our review rotation list. Also if you have a question or comment send us an e-mail at admin@comicpoplibrary.com and we will read it during a recording. Thank you again for everyone that listens and supports us, we are steadily growing thanks to you. So keep spreading the word about ComicPop Library to everyone you think might enjoy the show.
http://www.phoenix-ash.com/ – Phoenix Ash’s Website
https://www.facebook.com/phoenixashmusic – Phoenix Ash’s Facebook Page
https://www.facebook.com/pages/ComicPop-Library/135675669828474?fref=ts – ComicPop Library’s Facebook Page
This next one that Syfy Channel is bring us is based on a series of books by Kelley Armstrong. The new Syfy series is called Bitten and if you haven’t read any of them you can go to you local book store or library to ready the series. Kelley Armstrong has been writing for several years. Bitten will be debuting on January 13 according to Syfy’s website. Thanks to the “Space” channel on YouTube for the following trailer:
The Syfy Network is coming out with a couple of interesting new series this season. The first one is Helix and premieres this Friday at 10/9 C. It’s one of those government conspiracy experiments gone wrong type of show. Thanks to “HD TRAILERS” channel on YouTube for the following trailer:
For those that like their mythology The Legend of Hercules is right up their alley. Looks to be a decent movie. Thanks to “SummitScreeningRoom” on YouTube for the following trailer:
A surprising announcement from LucasFilm. Leland Chee says the Star Wars continuity is being looked at a a possible single continuity. No more of the movie or television show takes priority over another story because it is in a different format. This will make it nice for fans, which I’m sure will still find something to argue about, but difficult for the archivist who has to keep everything straight. Another question will be how far back into the storytelling formats will they go to say something is continuity or not. Only time will tell. Here is one statement made by Chee:
Chee tweeted that “Star Wars Canon is now determined by the Lucasfilm Story Group.” Asked whether that meant that the new Star Wars comics will be considered canon, or that they could still be contradicted by the movies and TV shows, Chee said, “Story Group has a hand in all facets of Star Wars storytelling, including movies, TV, games, and publishing.”
And asked whether the goal is to dispose of the hierarchy (in which movie continuity took precedence), Chee said, “That’s definitely a primary goal of the Story Group.”
Bringing the comics in house (see “Marvel Gets ‘Star Wars’“) could make it easier to create a single continuity across all expressions of the property. Outside licensees such as Fantasy Flight Games (see “Second ‘Star Wars RPG’ Adventure“) will undoubtedly also be impacted by the new strategy.
What most people believed would happen is going to happen. In 2015, the Star Wars comic books will be back under the Marvel Entertainment Banner. In a business sense this makes all the sense in the world. Disney now owns both Marvel and LucasFilm, so this move will have the properties under their control. Dark Horse Comics has done a great job over the past 20 plus years and we thank them for their work. Now fans must get ready for the transition, but we have 12 months.
Lucasfilm and Marvel Join Forces to Publish Star Wars Comics
The Star Wars Universe comes to Marvel Comics in 2015!
The Walt Disney Company’s Lucasfilm Ltd. and Marvel Entertainment are joining forces to bring new Star Wars adventures to readers across the galaxy, with Marvel granted exclusive rights to create and publish Star Wars comics and graphic novels beginning in 2015.
The agreement marks a homecoming for the Star Wars comic books. Marvel Comics published the first Star Wars comic book, STAR WARS #1, in March 1977, which went on to sell more than 1 million copies. Marvel Comics published its STAR WARS series for nine years. In 1991, Dark Horse Comics took over the license, publishing fan-favorite titles like Dark Empire and Star Wars: Legacy. Last year, Dark Horse released The Star Wars #1, an adaptation of George Lucas’ original rough-draft screenplay for the film, garnering rave reviews and national media attention and ranking among the top-selling Star Wars comics of all time.
“Dark Horse Comics published exceptional Star Wars comics for over 20 years, and we will always be grateful for their enormous contributions to the mythos, and the terrific partnership that we had,” said Carol Roeder, director of Lucasfilm franchise publishing, Disney Publishing Worldwide. “In 2015, the cosmic adventures of Luke, Han, Leia and Chewbacca will make the lightspeed jump back to Marvel, to begin a new age of adventures within the Star Wars universe.
“We here at Marvel could not be more excited to continue the publication of Star Wars comic books and graphic novels,” said Marvel Worldwide Publisher and President, Dan Buckley. “The perennial brand of Star Wars is one of the most iconic in entertainment history and we are honored to have the opportunity to bring our creative talent pool to continue, and expand Star Wars into galaxies far, far away.”
“We’re incredibly excited by this next chapter in the Star Wars saga,” said Andrew B. Sugerman, executive vice president of Disney Publishing Worldwide. “Bringing together the iconic Lucasfilm and Marvel brands to tell new stories will allow us to continue to thrill lovers of the original Star Wars comic books and entertain generations to come.”
Marvel has continued to push comic book publishing forward with innovations and experiments like motion comics and digital-only releases, in addition to its deep, ongoing catalog of monthly series and graphic novels created by some of the industry’s most gifted artists and writers.
STAR WARS and related properties are trademarks in the United States and/or in other countries of Lucasfilm Ltd. and/or its affiliates. © 2013 Lucasfilm Ltd. All rights reserved.
As reported previously a Kickstarter was done for a Veronica Mars movie, which raised $2 Million dollars in 1 days. Well the film has a release date and a trailer. It is scheduled for release on March 14 and thanks to “Delirium Comics” on YouTube for the following trailer:
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