Like a candy-colored Jack Kirby acid trip, Thor: Ragnorak bounces all over the Nine Realms – taking its hammer-wielding hero from Asgard to Earth and some truly mind-blowing places in between. Yes, the latest adventure from the comic-book blockbuster factory ticks all the customary Marvel boxes. It's a spirited adventure punctuated by heady bursts of CGI spectacle. It's got just enough fan-service cameos to delight knowing viewers. And there's at least one arguably gratuitous shirtless shot of its handsome hero (not that anyone is complaining).
But the movie (which hits...
But the movie (which hits...
- 11/1/2017
- Rollingstone.com
From August 4th through August 6th, Flashback Weekend Chicago Horror Con took over the Windy City, and Daily Dead was on hand for all the horror-fied festivities. Throughout all three days, this writer served as one of Flashback’s co-hosts, and brought back some highlights from several of the panels held over the course of the convention.
Below is the first part of our excerpts from the panel featuring the women of A Nightmare on Elm Street, Heather Langenkamp, Amanda Wyss, and Ronee Blakley. The trio discussed their careers at the point of being involved with the first film in the Nightmare franchise, how the project came about, and their experiences seeing Wes Craven’s landmark film for the very first time.
Be sure to check back here on Daily Dead for more from the women of A Nightmare on Elm Street.
I would love to start off by hearing...
Below is the first part of our excerpts from the panel featuring the women of A Nightmare on Elm Street, Heather Langenkamp, Amanda Wyss, and Ronee Blakley. The trio discussed their careers at the point of being involved with the first film in the Nightmare franchise, how the project came about, and their experiences seeing Wes Craven’s landmark film for the very first time.
Be sure to check back here on Daily Dead for more from the women of A Nightmare on Elm Street.
I would love to start off by hearing...
- 8/17/2017
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
Electronic music is an undeniably, overwhelmingly male-dominated field, with The Chicago Tribune reporting as recently as last summer that Lollapalooza’s “Perry’s Stage” featuring electronic acts only had one female DJ/producer booked for the entire weekend. And when Suzanne Ciani first became infatuated with synthesizers in the early 1970s, there were few people working in the medium, let alone women. The new documentary A Life In Waves tracks the 2017 Moog Innovation Award recipient’s career, from her beginnings composing scores and creating sound effects for film, TV, and video games—the pinball game Xenon features her work, as does Meco’s infamous Star Wars disco soundtrack—to her advertising work and later transformation into a successful New Age, jazz, and solo piano artist with 15 albums under her belt.
In the exclusive clip form A Life In Waves below, Ciani describes how she created one of advertising ...
In the exclusive clip form A Life In Waves below, Ciani describes how she created one of advertising ...
- 8/3/2017
- by Katie Rife
- avclub.com
Television stations – like distribution and production companies – can have a lot invested in their IDs. They represent the brand in the mind of the consumer. In 1972, Wgbh created a station ID with a logo sting by Gershon Kingsley. That sound has become closely associated with Wgbh, and they’ve made several updated IDs using that original Moog synthesizer sound through the years. Paul Sanni, an editor for the Creative Services department and the Masterpiece series at Wgbh has twice worked on revisions of the ID. Sanni has a background in audio and video and for the latest version […]...
- 3/20/2014
- by Michael Murie
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Television stations – like distribution and production companies – can have a lot invested in their IDs. They represent the brand in the mind of the consumer. In 1972, Wgbh created a station ID with a logo sting by Gershon Kingsley. That sound has become closely associated with Wgbh, and they’ve made several updated IDs using that original Moog synthesizer sound through the years. Paul Sanni, an editor for the Creative Services department and the Masterpiece series at Wgbh has twice worked on revisions of the ID. Sanni has a background in audio and video and for the latest version […]...
- 3/20/2014
- by Michael Murie
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
1963
Johnny Cash: Blood, Sweat and Tears (Columbia)
Some of Cash's '60s concept albums were burdened with much too talking between tracks; here the tribute to the American working man gets to mostly stand alone on its musical merits, and shines. Notably, it incluces the top version of the traditional "John Henry"” about the most legendarily heroic working man ever, and the version of "Casey Jones" here is classic as well. Politically and psychologically, Cash was the perfect man for this job.
1968
Byrds: Notorious Byrd Brothers (Columbia)
Sometimes transitional albums, confusing listeners expecting a group's earlier style, are underrated. Not so with this classic. It's true that it didn't sell as well as earlier Byrds LPs, nor did the single from the album chart very high, but for decades Notorious Byrd Brothers has been widely revered, and not just by fans; some critics have even anointed it as the band's best album.
Johnny Cash: Blood, Sweat and Tears (Columbia)
Some of Cash's '60s concept albums were burdened with much too talking between tracks; here the tribute to the American working man gets to mostly stand alone on its musical merits, and shines. Notably, it incluces the top version of the traditional "John Henry"” about the most legendarily heroic working man ever, and the version of "Casey Jones" here is classic as well. Politically and psychologically, Cash was the perfect man for this job.
1968
Byrds: Notorious Byrd Brothers (Columbia)
Sometimes transitional albums, confusing listeners expecting a group's earlier style, are underrated. Not so with this classic. It's true that it didn't sell as well as earlier Byrds LPs, nor did the single from the album chart very high, but for decades Notorious Byrd Brothers has been widely revered, and not just by fans; some critics have even anointed it as the band's best album.
- 1/30/2013
- by SteveHoltje
- www.culturecatch.com
Five Albums You Should Be Listening to Right Now: MoogFest Hark! A vintage synthesizer, off in the distance! by Matt Hendrickson This weekend, Asheville, North Carolina, will be playing host to the third annual MoogFest, "the festival of electronic and visionary music that celebrates the innovative spirit of Robert Moog." Robert Moog, of course, invented the Moog synthesizer, the iconic instrument heard on virtually every piece of music created through the 1970s. Everyone from the Magnetic Fields to Explosions in the Sky will be present at this year's MoogFest, and to that end, we got Matt Hendrickson, Director of Marketing at AC Entertainment, to give us the rundown on the five bands who represent the cream of the crop at Moogfest. 1. Carl Craig, Sessions (2008) One of techno’s titans, Carl Craig has consistently pushed the genre’s boundaries while recording under his own name, delivering various [...]...
- 10/24/2012
- by Matt Hendrickson
- Nerve
Long before technology enabled each of us to cram our entire record collections into digital slivers the size of cigarette cases, there were essentially two ways of storing high-fidelity recordings: big tape and vinyl. But in the 1950s, the transistor came along and changed everything. Yes, it enabled greasers to blast doo-wop hits or whatever on their pocket-size Am radios, but it also made it possible for Robert "Bob" Moog to perfect the analog synthesizer -- a development commemorated on today's Google Doodle in honor of what would have been the inventor's 78th birthday. (He died in 2005.)
If you're like most people, you're probably wondering how the heck that thing on Google.com's main page works -- and I'm not here to tell you, though I'm pretty sure you can tweak the sound that comes out of the keyboard by twiddling the various knobs. Instead, I'll just say that the...
If you're like most people, you're probably wondering how the heck that thing on Google.com's main page works -- and I'm not here to tell you, though I'm pretty sure you can tweak the sound that comes out of the keyboard by twiddling the various knobs. Instead, I'll just say that the...
- 5/23/2012
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
Google is celebrating what would have been the 78th birthday of electronic music pioneer Bob Moog with an interactive doodle. The interactive synthesizer pays homage to the founder of Moog Music, who created a sound that has been described as assertive, bouncy, exotically wheezy and occasionally explosive. Moog was born and raised in New York City, and paired with composer Herbert Deutsch in the mid-1960s to develop a voltage-controlled synthesizer module. The portable, relatively easy-to-use synth yielded a range of various sounds. Other synthesizers were on the market when Moog introduced his version. However, his synthesizer was known for being small, light and versatile. Moog’s machine became so popular that [ Read More ]...
- 5/23/2012
- by Karen Benardello
- ShockYa
Google has done it again - it has put out another creative Google Doodle to celebrate someone most people may not know anything about. Happy 78th birthday to the late Robert "Bob" Moog, pioneer of electronic music and inventor of the Moog synthesizer. The Doodle is playable and you even record your music and play it back, which is pretty cool.
Moog was quite the scholar, earning a Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Columbia University in New York City and then earning his Ph.D in engineering physics from Cornell. At the age of 30, in 1964, Moog created his first synthesizer. It was a voltage-controlled instrument that used a keyboard as the controller.
His first widely-used synthesizers were the Minimoogs Model D, produced by his company Moog Music. Moog's instruments were used by such artists as Keith Emerson of Emerson, Lake and Palmer, Rick Wakeman of Yes and composer John Cage.
Moog was quite the scholar, earning a Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Columbia University in New York City and then earning his Ph.D in engineering physics from Cornell. At the age of 30, in 1964, Moog created his first synthesizer. It was a voltage-controlled instrument that used a keyboard as the controller.
His first widely-used synthesizers were the Minimoogs Model D, produced by his company Moog Music. Moog's instruments were used by such artists as Keith Emerson of Emerson, Lake and Palmer, Rick Wakeman of Yes and composer John Cage.
- 5/23/2012
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
Director(s): Ryan Page & Christopher Pomerenke Writer(s): Maynard James Keenan, Ryan Page, Christopher Pomerenke Starring: Maynard James Keenan, Eric Glomski, Milla Jovovich, Patton Oswalt, Tim Heidecker, Eric Wareheim, Tim Alexander, Bob Odenkirk Before I get started, I should probably set the record straight; I had no idea who Maynard James Keenan was prior to watching Blood Into Wine. So for the other Tool-deprived souls out there, allow me to summarize: Maynard James Keenan fronts Tool, a multi-platinum metal (a term I am using very loosely) band that formed in 1990. Tool has released four studio albums since its 1993 debut, Undertow. Keenan also fronts the supergroup A Perfect Circle (which has released three albums to date) and Puscifer (a side project, which released its first studio album in October 2007). Keenan is also a winemaker, former Army cadet, comedian (he is featured in a couple Mr. Show cameos – the...
- 2/17/2010
- by Don Simpson
- SmellsLikeScreenSpirit
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