Month: August 2014

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Ep 27 ComicPop Visits with Simon (Tam) Young, Founder and Bass Player of The Slants

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Ep 27 ComicPop Visits with Simon (Tam) Young, Founder and Bass Player, of The Slants

In this episode the ComicPop Crew visit with Simon (Tam) Young, the founder and bass player of the first all Asian Dance Rock Band, The Slants.  April and Luis were able to meet Simon and the rest of the band at Anime Festival Wichita this year, where The Slants were featured artists and played the Festival’s concert.  We want to thank Simon for taking the time to visit with April and both of them coordinating this visit.  Enjoy!

Join us for another fun episode 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 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.

Music clips used in this episode:

1) “Misery”, The Yellow Album, The Slants, The Slants, 2012.

2) “Let the Right One In”, The Yellow Album, The Slants, The Slants, 2012.

3) “Yellow”, The Yellow Album, The Slants, The Slants, 2012.

Links:

http://www.theslants.com/ – The Slants’ Website

https://www.facebook.com/theslants – The Slant’s Facebook Page

https://www.facebook.com/pages/ComicPop-Library/135675669828474?ref=ts&fref=ts – ComicPop Library’s Facebook Page.

 

 

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The Slants and Trademarking Their Band Name

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Something a little extra about The Slants that didn’t come out in our visit with Simon.  The visit will be posted next, but Simon’s attempts to get The Slants name trademark have been stymied by the government.  Watch the video below, from “The Slants” YouTube channel, to get a little extra information set to their song “Let the Right One In”:

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Land of Stories Intro with Chris Colfer Video

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Just wanted to share this video even though it is a few years old.  This Land of Stories series just recently came out with it’s third book and I think most audiences would enjoy it.  Don’t let the Glee factor scare you off.  Thanks to the “Little, Brown Books for Young Readers” channel on YouTube for the video:

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Doctor Who Trailer

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Are you ready for the next adventure?  Thanks to the “Doctor Who TV” channel on YouTube for the following season 8 trailer:

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Wonder Festival Honda Concept Bike

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This is a sweet looking ride.  For Wonder Festival, at the Makahari Messe near Tokyo, Honda made a concept motorcycle (pictured above).  Honda took one of their NM4-2 series and made a Knights of Sidonia SciFi anime inspired motorcycle.  Very cool.

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Ep 13 ComicPop Rockin’ in the Dirt with Eugene Ripper’s Album Fast Folk Undergroung III

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Ep 13 ComicPop Rockin’ in the Dirt with Eugene Ripper’s Album Fast Folk Underground III

Join April, Michelle, Luis, and Richard as they review and discuss the album Fast Folk Underground III from Toronto’s Eugene Ripper.  Thanks to Katie Trimble and the MuseBox for sending us Eugene’s album to review.

Join us for another fun episode 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 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.

What we reviewed in this episode:

1) Fast Folk Underground III, Eugene Ripper, 2013.

Music clips used in this episode:

1) “Hangman”, Fast Folk Underground III, Eugene Ripper, 2013.

2) “All Around the World”, Fast Folk Underground III, Eugene Ripper, 2013.

Links:

http://www.eugeneripper.com/ – Eugene Ripper’s Website.

https://www.facebook.com/eugeneripper – Eugene Ripper’s Facebook Page.

http://themusebox.net/ – The Muse Box’s Website.

https://www.facebook.com/musebox?ref=br_tf – The Muse Box’s Facebook Page.

http://younglyonsmusic.com/ – Young Lyons Website

https://www.facebook.com/younglyonsmusic – Young Lyons Facebook Page

https://www.facebook.com/pages/ComicPop-Library/135675669828474?fref=ts – ComicPop Library’s Facebook Page

 

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Star Wars Table Top Strategy Game

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Fantasy Flight Games is coming out with Star Wars Armada, a table top strategy game in 2015.  The game is for two players and comes with several unpainted and some painted ships from both the Empire and Rebel Alliance.  In addition the box set will include 130 cards, a variety of tokens and dice and of course instructions.  The game itself is for two players and will be of interest to table top players as well as Star Wars fans.  Projected price at this time is set at $99.95, so you better start saving up for it now.

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herMajesty Gives Us the Single “Crystals”

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Let me just start off by saying how cool it is that the band decided to start of their name lower cased and capitalized majesty, that’s probably one of the coolest band names I’ve ever seen. Now on to the music, I loved the intro and the instrumentals throughout the whole song. It had a sort of rocking motion that reminded me of the ocean and is very soothing. My only problem was the vocals. I don’t think the vocals fit well in general with the rest of the music. It didn’t sit on top of the music comfortably and overall I just didn’t really feel like it worked. If they could work on the vocals I would really like to see where they would go.

– April B.

Wow, this harkens back to the ’60’s style of music to me, maybe early ’70’s feel.  It is a sound you don’t hear much these days.  This will appeal to individuals in my age range that a younger crowd, unless they are open to a different feel to their music. – Richard

Go back in time with “Crystals” shared by SoundCloud:

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Falling on Hard Times Single from Julius

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Julius comes out of the gates strong with his intro and then the song kind of has a letdown when the vocals come in. The vocals were fine and I really loved the instrumentals behind him. The intro just doesn’t make sense with the rest of the song. The intro starts strong and makes me think something almost grand is about to happen, when in reality the song’s energy completely changes and I am left hanging high and dry. He should’ve either made the rest of the song fit his intro or made an intro that fit the rest of the song. Julius has great potential. Once he works out the kinks and rough music blending he’ll be great.

– April B.

“Falling on Hard Times” instrumentality does have a grandiose feel to it.  Julius’ voice is one that has a storyteller tone to it that would work well with rock or folk music.  I enjoy his voice and after listening to the single it is one that grows on you.  The ending is a little harsh, but otherwise I liked the overall song and would be interested in hearing other songs by him – Richard

Thanks to SoundCloud for allowing us to share his single.  Take a moment to listen: