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We spotted fashionista Chloë Sevigny looking retro for a lunch date Joans on Third dressed in high waisted jeans, a tucked in striped shirt, and a sweater over her shoulder. Chloe is usually the queen of vintage and retro clothing, did she hit the mark right this time too? You decide!

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With the San Diego Comic-Con now running like clockwork as one of the biggest gatherings for comics, movies, and any other vaguely nerdy pop-culture ephemera in the world, it’s hard to believe that it’s largely the work of one man. Shel Dorf, a comic book collector who moved from Detroit to San Diego, put together the first con back in 1970, which was attended by 300 people. The most recent SDCC, this past August, was attended by 125,000 people, with next year only promising more. It’s sad that having passed away earlier today, Dorf will no longer be able to attend.

Dorf himself stopped running the convention itself after 1984, due to complaints that it had been taken over by Hollywood and other media pursuits when originally it really was just about appreciatiating comics, their creators, and their collectors. While Dorf’s fanaticism for the medium’s fandom dropped off a bit later in his life, he is fondly remembered for the recognition he brought the art form during the long years before it reached widespread acceptance.

SDCC has posted a remembrance from R.C. Harvey, Comics Journal columnist and longtime friend of Dorf, here.

Link | Posted 11/6/2009 by reelz

Dick Tracy

If I had my PhD in music, then I would say that you need a prescription for some Tahiti 80 music. Your ears look a little weak and your heart needs a little more electronic-soul. I am going to start you off on something catchy and beautiful, Tahiti 80’s most popular track ‘Heartbeat’.

Then you should start your intake of music off of Tahiti 80’s albums Wallpaper for the Soul, Fosbury and Puzzle.

 

Are you obsessed yet with Xavier Boyer’s voice yet? Here is a free download Tahiti 80 has provided for a song called ‘Good Boy’.

You should be ready for their fourth album, Activity Center, which comes out in the US on November 24th.

The ever-so classic sounding Tahiti 80 graced us with their pop and presence at The Troubadour in Los Angeles, CA last night. I was smitten over Xavier’s vocals. The show was tasteful, elegant and captivating. I had the chills and it felt really good. Did I mention already that they are French and this was really rare and awesome to see them live!

Tahiti 80 has been making powerful pop music with disco beats and dancy synths, since 1996. Are you shocked? Are you curious? You should be.

If you can handle taking a break from the also amazing French pop band Phoenix, then I strongly suggest giving your ears a taste of Tahiti 80. They have a similar appeal in sound. My head hurts from wondering so hard why Tahiti 80 never really has been a break out band in the US. Can we please all start the revolution together and devote ourselves to Tahiti 80’s breakout!?!

Oh and that prescription I gave you, does not expire. In fact, there is not really a way to overdose!

When Katy Perry dons a corset and surrounds herself with dancers in retro lingerie… Well, she could be doing almost anything.

But on this occasion she was mashing together the Best…

On the heels of the release of their new album, Crash Love, perennial rockers AFI have announced a new string of tour dates, taking them throughout the West in January. Fans who have checked out the band’s East Coast dates have been treated night after night with a mix of old and new songs spanning AFI’s massive eight album catalog. I have been on tour capturing AFI In Transmission …

Also, before you read through all these tour dates, wrap your head around this contest we have going on?!!?!? You can win a Canon G10. No really. The Canon G10 that AFI is using to document their tour.

TOUR DATES:

November 03 Tulsa, OK Cain’s Ballroom
November 04 St Louis, MO The Pageant
November 06 Kansas City, MO Uptown Theater
November 07 Chicago, IL Riviera Theatre
November 09 Detroit, MI The Fillmore
November 10 Toronto, ONT, Canada Sound Academy
November 12 Philadelphia, PA Electric Factory
November 13 New York City, NY Roseland Ballroom
November 15 North Myrtle Beach, SC House of Blues
November 16 Atlanta, GA Tabernacle
November 18 West Palm Beach, FL Pompano Beach Amphitheatre
November 19 Lake Bueuna Vista, FL House of Blues
November 21 Houston, TX Verizon Wireless Theater
November 22 Austin, TX Stubbs
December 4 Dallas, TX Nokia Theatre
December 6 Denver, CO Magness Arena
December 8 Salt Lake City, UT In The Venue
December 11 Oakland, CA Oracle Arena
December 13 San Diego, CA Viejas Arena
December 15 Winnepeg, MB Canada Winnipeg Convention Center
December 16 Saskatoon, SK, Canada Prairieland Park
December 18 Edmonton, AB, Canada Shaw Conference Center
December 19 Calgary, AB Canada Big Four Building
December 21 Victoria, BC, Canada Save On Foods Centre
January 16 Reno, NV Knitting Factory
January 18 Boise, ID The Big Easy
January 19 Missoula, MT Wilma Theater
January 21 Spokane, WA The Big Easy
January 22 Seattle, WA Showbox SoDo
January 24 Vancouver, BC The Commodore
January 25 Portland, OR Roseland
January 27 Fresno, CA Rainbow Ballroom
January 30 Tempe, AZ The Marque
January 31 Las Vegas, NV House of Blues

AP - Ford, the only Detroit automaker to dodge direct government aid and bankruptcy court, surprised investors with net income of nearly $1 billion in the third quarter and forecast a “solidly profitable” 2011.

Mumbai, Nov 2 (IANS) Pune based Alfa Laval India has bagged a Rs.70-crore (Rs.700-million/$14-million) contract to develop a bio-fuel plant in Vietnam, it said Monday.
In a regulatory filing, the Indian subsidiary of Sweden’s Alfa Laval group said it has won the order from PetroVietnam group for supply of equipment and engineering solutions for a proposed [...]

Connie Britton is not known for horror movies. In fact, the Friday Night Lights actress told the NY Post that it took Rob Zombie and the casting of Jackie Early Haley to convince her to take a role in A Nightmare on Elm Street, the remake of Wes Craven’s 1984 horror movie — a movie Britton admits she’s only seen parts of.

I’ve known Rob Zombie for a long time and he’s always been telling me, “Connie, you gotta make a horror movie!” But I was still too chicken. But when I heard Jackie Earle Haley was doing Freddy, I thought that this was the time. But in retrospect, now that I’ve seen a good part of the original, it made no difference because what we do in the new one is so substantially different.

Britton is playing the mother of heroine Nancy (Rooney Mara), but isn’t sure that her role is as strong in the remake as it was in the original.

The truth is, I don’t think the role is as well represented in the movie as it could have been. My sense is that the focus won’t be on my character as much as I previously thought, but we’ll see.

We have a feeling that the focus will likely be on Freddy hunting down Nancy, but that’s just us.

Link | Posted 10/30/2009 by Ryan

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