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5 Most Prophetic Twilight Zone Episodes: The most prescient and profound episodes of Rod Serling’s groundbreaking television series. It’s just a few days until SYFY airs its annual New Year’s Twilight Zone Marathon. So how does a fifty-four year old TV show remain so beloved? The appeal lies between the show’s clever twist endings, and the […]
April 10th is Nirvana Day! Wha?? Nirvana has been defunct since 1994, but 2014 is going to be a busy year for them. Or at least April will be. On April 10th, the Seattle grunge legends will be inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. And on that same date, Hoquiam, Washington will […]
Watch Trent Reznor In ‘I Dream Of Wires’ Synth Documentary Clip: view extended clip that will be featured in the ‘Hardcore Edition’ cut. Nine Inch Nails mastermind Trent Reznor is set to appear in the forthcoming music documentary ‘I Dream Of Wires.’ The rock doc’s focus is the history of the modular synthesizer from past to present; […]
Paul Rudd To Play Ant-Man in Edgar Wright Marvel Movie: Actor will offer comedic take on Marvel hero. Marvel fans have heard for years that World’s End director Edgar Wright has been fast tracked to make a movie about Hank Pym, also known as Ant-Man. And now its been announced that actor Paul Rudd will […]
Gary Numan Announces 2014 U.S. Tour: Synth rock pioneer readies North American tour in support of new album Splinter: Songs For A Broken Mind, including an appearance at SXSW. Following great press and public reception for his new album Splinter: Songs From A Broken Mind, electronic music legend Gary Numan has announced world tour dates, […]
Best TV Shows of 2013: Serving up our list of the best television of the year. 2013 was jammed pack with lots of great television. So much so, that its been hard to keep up, Why must every great show be on Sunday night? I feel like I’m cramming for exams watching endless hours of shows […]
Homeland Season 3 Finale Review: ‘The Star’ proves the most poignant and game-changing episode of an uneven season. [rating=5] SPOILER ALERT: I’ll be discussing MAJOR plot reveals during my recap/review. Don’t read until after you watch the finale! When last we left Homeland, it seemed an impossible scenario for troubled Brody. Yes he’d fulfilled his […]
Primal Scream Announce North American Tour Dates, Release ‘Goodbye Johnny’ Video Slicing Up Eyeballs has announced that Scottish alt-rock band Primal Scream will be headed to the U.S. and Canada for a short tour to promote recent album ‘More Light.’ The tour is set for Spring of 2014. Click here for my recent review of […]
Best Movies Of 2013: Celebrating the most interesting genre films of the past year. 2013 wasn’t a watershed moment in cinema, but there were some notable films in both the blockbuster and indie world. To commemorate, I’ve made the list of my favorites of the year. It’ll look quite different from a lot of best […]
Best Rock Songs Of 2013: Celebrating the best rock tunes of the year (sorry no Blurred Lines here). Recently I covered the best rock albums of 2013 (click here to read). But now it’s time to celebrate the best songs of the year. Some of the album’s listed produced many great tunes, but as we […]
