Are you ready for the next adventure? Thanks to the “Doctor Who TV” channel on YouTube for the following season 8 trailer:
Wonder Festival Honda Concept Bike
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.
Ep 13 ComicPop Rockin’ in the Dirt with Eugene Ripper’s Album Fast Folk Undergroung III
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
Star Wars Table Top Strategy Game
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.
Robin Williams Passes Away
All I can say is sadness. Keep his family in your thoughts during this time.
herMajesty Gives Us the Single “Crystals”
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:
Falling on Hard Times Single from Julius
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:
Special Offer on Nathan Farrugia’s Seraphim Sequence
As part of Apple’s Book of the Week promotion in the US, UK and Canada, the sequel to The Chimera Vector has 70 percent off for the next 4 days. In all countries, all ebookstores, including Amazon. I’m not sure if you have The Seraphim Sequence already, but you might like to snap it up for 2.99! 🙂
Also look for Nathan’s first novel in the series Chimera Vector. We’ll be doing a podcast in the next month reviewing both, so be sure to come back when that is uploaded. Check out the trailer for Chimera Vector from Nathan’s “Nathan M. Farrugia” YouTube channel:
Ep 1 ComicPopping Manga Style with Strobe Edge
Ep 1 ComicPopping Manga Style with Strobe Edge
In this episode April, Luis, Logan, Jonathan, and Richard review and discuss the romance manga Strobe Edge.
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 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.
What we reviewed in this episode:
1) Strobe Edge, Vol. 1, Io Sakisaka, Viz Media, 2012. ISBN: 978-1421550688, $9.99.
Music clips used in this episode:
1) “Can I Say I Love You”, Boggie, musically.com, 2008.
Links:
http://www.viz.com/ – Viz Media’s Website
http://www.musicalley.com/ – Music Alley’s Website
http://www.musicalley.com/music/listeners/artistdetails.php?pageNum_MusicList=3&totalRows_MusicList=23&BandHash=40e39340ab615f450ae6f7c509221e60 – “Can I Say I Love You”, Boggie, 2008.
http://strangefruituk.com/ – Strangefruit’s Website
https://www.facebook.com/strangefruituk – Strangefruit’s Facebook Page
https://www.facebook.com/pages/ComicPop-Library/135675669828474?fref=ts – ComicPop Library’s Facebook Page
Ghost in the Shell Turns 25
If you are going to be in Japan during August or part of September you might want to check out this art exhibit. Ghost in the Shell turns 25 and there is an art exhibit for the event entitled, Ghost in the Shell, 25th Anniversary- Art Exhibition. If you are in the area the exhibit will be in the Seibu Gallery in Tokyo’s Ikebukuro from August 8 – 20. Then if you miss it there you have another chance to see the exhibit. From August 27 – September 8 on the 8th floor of the Hanshin Department Store in Osaka’s Umeda. Tickets will be 1,200 yen ($11.75).