tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-319448132011-11-27T23:35:00.585ZManolis Vamvounishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11837151734535124044noreply@blogger.comBlogger5951100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31944813.post-1596444542952781462011-07-16T14:59:00.004+01:002011-07-16T15:08:52.162+01:00

from the back matter of all DC Comics shipping with a cover date of November 2009, from the desk of Dan Didio himself, regarding the process behind choosing the character behind the mask of the (then) new Batgirl, Stephanie Brown.let's type out the bit with the retro-active ironic value:[...]Choosing the new Batgirl was not an easy decision, and strong arguments could be made for most of them. At

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Source: X-Men Schism #1 (Jason Aaron, Carlos Pacheco), Marvel Comics

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through the wonders of creative censoring and panel rearrangement, we are finally ready to reveal the true reasons behind the Schism (TM) between Cyclops and Wolverine in the latest great summer X-over. X-Ploitation!Original Source: X-Men Schism #1 (Jason Aaron, Carlos Pacheco), Marvel Comics

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now, Marvel, is this the sort of 'square' message you want to be sending new readers flocking through your comics in search of hot and bothered Michael Fassbender action? Magneto don't swing.Joe Casey's Vengeance could very well turn out to be the best damn Marvel book since Milligan/Allred's X-Force. which just also happens to be the last time we saw a Marvel hero partake in a threesomeSource:

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...except when it's funny.Source: Secret Six #35 (Gail Simone, Jim Calafiore), DC Comics

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that Namor sure has his priorities mixed-up.Namor makes a crossover appearance in this week's Uncanny X-Men #540 in the middle of the ongoing events of Fear Itself: the Deep where -I'm assuming without having read it- he's fighting the Hammered-up Attuma and saving people's lives during what Marvel is trying to sell as its most cataclysmic event yet that has the entire Marvel Universe populace

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oh, come on people, this was such an easy one!backstory: when the solicitations for DC's new 52 titles launching in September first started pouring in, a lot of chatter started online about the identity of a mystery woman on the cover of JUSTICE LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL #1:who later, even more mysteriously, disappeared from the cover in the final solicitations of the book. check it out, that blind

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Jason Aaron guarantees you will never not squeam at a flu shot again in your life!p.s. stabbing Wolverine in the eyes with ejection needles and THEN having a nurse hit him over the head with a fire extinguisher over and over again while he's down? best moment of the year!Source: Wolverine Weapon XArt by: Yannick PaquetteWords by Jason Aaron

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i'm a great big fan of Joe Stone's instant classic X-Men Family Tree, and I thought I'd use it to map out the missed intricancies of the X-Men's incestuous lives through the characters' appearances in the X-Men film franchise. there's 5 markers under each character, for the five X-movies. in order: X-Men, X2: X-Men United, X-Men: Last Stand, X-Men Origins: Wolverine and X-Men First Class. a

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For the new two weeks i'll be using this blog to host my great friend @JohnTikis for the Greek #blogoscars, Blogovision - The Movies vote, 77+ Greek Bloggers voting for our own winners in the oscars categories. it's going to get surreal. posting will revert to pure Greek goodness for that time, pay us no heed :)for SUPPORTING ACTORS10 Matt Damon- True Grit9 Masaki Okada-Kokuhaku8 John Hawkes-

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i'm just saying...

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so apparently, this is a thing we're doing today. Ilias Kyriazis challenged me (practically)so here's (most of) my shelf porn, I've left out the main DVD shelf and some other random comics shelves around the house. cos you can never have enough really, can you?needless to say, I have too many comics*annotated for hilarity and OCDness

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"it's hella boring tonight. I'm gonna read the entire Hickman FF run from the start. hells to the yes."that was me, 6 hours ago, on my new comics-specific twitter account. what followed was a 6-hour long live-tweeting marathon as I read through the last issues of the Mark Millar run and then the entirety of Jonathan Hickman's run on Fantastic Four, two years worth of FF stories, and tweeted or

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Dear Marvel. As much as I rejoice in the news of the continuation of the overarching Hercules saga by mr Pak and mr Van Lente in a new title with a new #1, and as much as I appreciate the gay overtones in the book's solicitations --This April prepare for Herc #1 – an explosive new ongoing series from New York Times Best Selling writers Greg Pak & Fred Van Lente and artist Neil Edwards setting

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Creepy.Mike Carey is one of the best horror writers in comics, it's good to see him dusting off some skills in his current x-workload, even if it's for one page. The rest X-Men Legacy #244 has Rogue following the young mutant Blindfold who's following the hints in her precog dream on the first page and questioning various persons of dangerous interest around the island, as a means of tying up (

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anyone can play along from home. Christos Gage has created in Avengers Academy a fresh batch of riveting and diverse teenage would-be(?)-heroes, and, as is evident from their brief character bios in the issue summary page cropped above, he has smartly used each of their powers as a subtle and powerful metaphor for their personality. well, for the most part. one of them may have just been saddled

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must be some new batch of Q1N1 avian flu. second hit already this week. (That is of course the Batman villain 'the Penguin' having a fit in the pages of Gail Simone's as-of-lately very-theme-specific Birds of Prey)Source: Birds of Prey #8 (DC Comics)

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The financial crisis has hit Duckville the hardest and Donald has had to seek out other, baser, means of employment. No, he's not actually the surprise contestant in the upcoming RuPaul's Drag Race Season 3, but he does somehow (ok, so I didn't actually read the whole issue) end up in a Hollywood flick, in drag, as the leading man's paramour (including an almost inappropriate almost gay kiss).If

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to say that the new 'vs vampires' adjectiveless X-MEN book sucks would be both an appropriately cringeworthy pun and an understatement.

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When Cosmo, the telepathic commie space dog, surfed through space with the Silver Surfer, silver-shiny-shiny herald of the planet-eater Galactus. Hilarity ensued.Source: The Thanos Imperative: Devastation #1 (Marvel Comics)

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move over GagaTV taught me how to feelnow real life has no appeal#1. Marina & the Diamonds - the Family Jewelsand the last day rundown:2. Mumford and Sons – Sigh No More3. Interpol - Interpol4. Trouble Over Tokyo – Hurricane5. Scott Pilgrim – OST6. Monika – Exit7. Arcade Fire – The Suburbs8. The National – High Violet9. Scissor Sisters – Night work10. Belle & Sebastian - Belle and Sebastian Write

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if Interpol was a slow-burning sneaky kind of romance that kind of creeps under your radar before it's too late to do anything about it, Mumford & Sons was a love-at-first-sight in-your-face kind of thing. an attack on the senses. banjos, folkiness, Christ-freak undertones, warts and all. but also pure, beautiful, melancholic, overwhelming, unassuming, love. I'm such a sucker for that, no use

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some things you can't explain, they just click for you, they creep up inside your life, bit by bit, undetectable-- is it some of the words, is it the sound, the music, will it help if you play it backwards, will you be able to explain why you must repeat and repeat and repeat the same tracks from the moment you get up till you fall asleep, still humming them as you do? when I started my rough

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Toph (="Trouble Over Tokyo") is insane enough to release his third album as a book. a cd with a hardbound lyrics book and commentary. or a poem collection as an audiobook? or a novel with a soundtrack? or... whatever-- something amazing.a collection of personal experiences and emotions, refined to 12 songs-poems-stories-letters---storms. at the heart of each storm, each tiny hurricane, something

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it's a movie soundtrack featuring the songs from the movie based on the comic book, performed -and credited to- the bands in the movie, and the songs that inspired the comic book characters that make up the band that perform in the movie. straightforward? also, fun. energetic. youthful. trashy. the best adaptation of a comic on screen and the best adaptation of songs to fit the mood of the comic

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half-way through the 7-and-a-half minute long quietly-melancholic "Our Love (or how we lost it)" Monika's voice starts to rise in fury, anger, desperation. and the music suddenly follows suit and explodes into a chaotic, uncontrollable drums tantrum, covering everything in dust and smoke -- and then subsides, with the last few of the disparate falling piano keys bouncing off the ground. six

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such a strange experience. a collection of songs, all unique, yet all one - merging with each other, a bit of one in one another, the suburbs in each and every one of them. growing up, leaving the suburbs. leaving home, leaving love, leaving hopes and dreams, changing, pretending to change, resisting to change, manning up, withering down. leaving... what behind?In the suburbs, I... learned to

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top 8. damn this is getting exponentially harder. like a perverse reality game where each day I have to unceremoniously oust one of my favourite (secret) artists from the running towards becoming blah blah blah. I do watch too much TV for my own good. but the difficulty is still there and the urge to not write about why I love each of them but instead justify why they're not in my top 3, in which

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the most unapologetically disco-dancey album of the year. Sexy, rude, crude and just right.plus: Baby-Daddy, how can you say no to that hairy baby mug? ;)#9. Scissor Sisters - Night WorkTake me any way you like it.in front of your fireplace...in front of your yacht...in front of my parents...I don't give a damn, babyjust take me!

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*CENSORED* I want to write a message to you everyday at 10 o'clock in the evening *CENSORED*#10. Belle & Sebastian - Belle and Sebastian Write About Love

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There's something irresistibly 90s about Hurts. It's partly their sound, their look, it's... it's mostly the feeling when you first listen to their songs - that you have listened to it a hundred times before, that it's a favourite of yours you're revisiting after a time, but also rediscovering, seeing in a whole new light. or maybe I'm rambling.#11. Hurts- HappinessSo she throws him at the wall

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somedays you just feel like fondling your way up atop a human pyramid of dirty horny fuckers. purely as a vantage point, of course. for mister right, up there on his high and mighty pedestal. somedays you just can't go wrong with some Kylie.#12. Kylie Minogue - Aphroditeall the lovers - that have come before - they don't compare - to you

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4am in that ditzy queer club. Dark, humid, smelly, your black t-shirt is stuck on you with sweat, all your friends have pulled and abandoned you, everyone worth a look has paired off and fucked off to the toilets, and the guy you've been eyeing all night is snogging some retard in a corner. Face facts, take center-stage, feel the old weathered bass vibrate through you, your heart sync to the beat

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fourteen and thirteen have been a struggle to choose. but then, I hear this and I think...why'd it take so long to know...(I need somebody to love me. Yeah, I want somebody nice, see the boy I once was in my eyes)#14. Mark Ronson & the Business Intl - Record Collection

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In some alternate Fringe universe I caved in to my dark pathetic no-self-respect self and put Kanye in my #15 spot. In this universe, level heads prevailed and that particular post-that-will-never-be-mentioned-again was deleted and burned for exemplification. Let's turn our backs to crass vulgarity and commercialisation and dickhead-ness, let's play something with... class. Janelle Monαe,

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I'm late late lateoops.Caribou and Crystal Castles. Can't write why right now, i'm on my feet wriggling around like a crazy person. Dance it!17. Caribou - SwimWho knows what she's gonna say?16. Crystal Castles - Crystal Castlesand we were lovers, now we can't be friends

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This is the part where all you indie snobsters descend upon me not unlike pissant hipster harpies with vile appetites on torch-wielding peasants. Natassa is on the list because she represents (to me, and others) the fresh blood and hope for the greek 'entechno'/folk scene... and in a very stagnant year for the genre, she really is the ONLY one to come out with a full album of worthwhile new

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bah! I was lumped in with the 'minimalist' kids in yesterday's 1st day summary of votes over at Gone4Sure's blog. I somehow found it fitting to just not say much (well, anything) about Sufjan Stevens. His latest album has a 25-minute track, you don't need to cram more words on top of that.Nineteen was a tough one to pick. In the end, what with today's NASA-madness, the lyrics of 'Flashover' felt

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December 1st to December 20th the blog will rise once more from its muddy ashes for Gone4Sure's annual 'blogovision' vote. 94 greek bloggers voting for the best albums of the year.Now, I had barely listened to 20-25 complete albums all year long, so I'll just be participating with my humble pet faves in the top 10 spots and some fave suggestions from friends in #10-20. #20. Sufjan Stevens - Age

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Σε 30 λεπτά ξεκινάει στην ΝΕΤ η αναμετάδοση της Eurovision 2010 από το Ούσλο (ετσι μου λένε οτί προφέρεται) της Νορβηγίας. Όπως κάθε χρονιά περνάμε μία γρήγορα όλα τα τραγούδια της βραδιάς. Καθείστε άνετα, πάρτε στο χέρι τα μολύβια για την ψηφοφορία με την παρέα σας ή ελάτε στο twitter στα tags #opa, #eurovision και #eurovision_gr να θάψετε παρέα μας.Ξεκινάμε; Αν και, από τη στιγμή που δεν είναι

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It's the last list i'll be posting! promise! we'll back to a regular schedule of silly panels before you know it from tomorrow :)This time, my best bud Tyler is organising a vote for the 20 Favourite TV Shows of the 00s by the Greek blogosphere, following the relevant votes on films, albums, soundtracks and comics.It's a pleasure to join in, especially since I owe Tyler for recommending more than

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... dedicated to my favourite new character from this decade: the man who replaced the Zeitgeist, who sleeps with a revolver at his bedstand, who was called mr Sensitive but was left just an Orphan.Guy Smith.

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The results are in! 16 independent Greek bloggers have voted for their favourite comics from the 00s (2000-2009).16 έλληνες bloggers ψήφισαν και τα αποτελέσματα μετρήθηκαν και διπλομετρήθηκαν. Ψηφίσαμε τα 20 αγαπημένα μας comics των 00s (από 2000 εώς 2009).#20 με 16 εδώ.#15 με 11 εδώ.#10 με 6 εδώ.5.Planetary(Warren Ellis / John Cassaday)79 ψήφοι, σε 5 λίστες, τρεις ψήφοι σε τοπ 24.New X-Men(Grant

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The results are in! 16 independent Greek bloggers have voted for their favourite comics from the 00s (2000-2009). We'll be slowly unveiling the results for the next four days until New Year's.16 έλληνες bloggers ψήφισαν και τα αποτελέσματα μετρήθηκαν και διπλομετρήθηκαν. Ψηφίσαμε τα 20 αγαπημένα μας comics των 00s (από 2000 εώς 2009) και τα αποτελέσματα θα αποκαλυφθούν κατά τη διάρκεια των

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The results are in! 16 independent Greek bloggers have voted for their favourite comics from the 00s (2000-2009). We'll be slowly unveiling the results for the next four days until New Year's.16 έλληνες bloggers ψήφισαν και τα αποτελέσματα μετρήθηκαν και διπλομετρήθηκαν. Ψηφίσαμε τα 20 αγαπημένα μας comics των 00s (από 2000 εώς 2009) και τα αποτελέσματα θα αποκαλυφθούν κατά τη διάρκεια των

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The results are in! 16 independent Greek bloggers have voted for their favourite comics from the 00s (2000-2009). We'll be slowly unveiling the results for the next four days until New Year's.16 έλληνες bloggers ψήφισαν και τα αποτελέσματα μετρήθηκαν και διπλομετρήθηκαν. Ψηφίσαμε τα 20 αγαπημένα μας comics των 00s (από 2000 εώς 2009) και τα αποτελέσματα θα αποκαλυφθούν κατά τη διάρκεια των

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All the votes for our Greek bloggers poll are in and counted! I'll start releasing the results later today in chunks of 5 until the new year!Until then, here's my personal top 20 25 rundown!(bah! My blog my rules. Only counting the first 20 in the vote)25. The Immortal Iron Fist(Matt Fraction, Ed Brubaker, David Aja & various)Kung Fu Millionaire! Proof that any character has the potential for

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...and it's fun! Lots of people are running late. I've had nine requests so far to extend the deadline so I'm doing just that. New deadline is Tuesday night, 22/12. I won't be posting my top 20 before that in case i need to break some ties.From the votes counted so far, there's a VERY CLEAR top 2 and top 4 of titles. All four are by different writers, but not different artists or characters. Hmmm

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Da-DUM!Not the most conventional of choices, but the closest to my heart. This one (again) dedicated to the #1 TOT fan in the world, my friend Bibas-san who introduced all of us to the album Pyramids last year (but who didn't feature him in his top 20 of the decade which still baffles me. Traitah!)Trouble Over Tokyo is London-based singer/songwriter/one-man-band Toph Taylor who also plays all

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The realization of the Killers' existence came to me late this decade and hit me like a ton of bricks. This is another personal one, linked to both my best friend, Andromachi, who introduced me to them one late afternoon in her house in Manchester, and Sean, who was a great station in my life and who I've linked with "All These Things" that he used to sing to me on our drive home. It would have

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Electric Feel by MGMT from their debut Oracular SpectacularPocahontas was innocent. James Cameron is an MGMT fanboy.all along the western frontpeople line up to receive.she got the power in her handsto shock you like you won't believe.saw her in the amazonwith the voltage running through her skinstanding there with nothing onshe's gonna teach me how to swimooh girlshock me like an electric

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Every album in my top 5 is connected to people in my life. This one to my original Slovak friend, Matus who first introduced me to my absolute favourite song of the decade, 'Pass This On', and my friend Nykos who shares my passion for the Swedish electropop family duo act.3. The Knife - Deep CutsI'm in love with your brotherWhat's his name?I thought I'd come byTo see him againWhen you two

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There are two hard-to-believe facts about Monika that take people by surprise after they've listened to one of her songs.She is Greek. She is 21 years old at the time of recording her album, Avatar, with her own music and lyrics and vocals and orchestrations.She is yet another of these choices I connect with my friend 'Bibas-san' and with my ex partner. Bill is the friend who sent me Monika's

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Dedicated to my most excellent super ex, and that f'in awesome night in Manchester Academy with Roisin chaning outfits on stage at frenetic pace and getting into a moon-fueled Bacchian frenzy on stage. Damn the Irish and their talent. The absolutely mad and fabulous, Roisin Murphy (whose name I still can't properly pronounce), in her second personal studio album.5. Roisin Murphy -

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Bat For Lashes is the stage name of Natasha Khan, the young quirky and insanely talented girl I was so lucky to see in the first gig of her first ever solo tour, last year, where she rocked the house, despite (or in part thanks to) her nervousness and all the equipment malfunctions.She writes songs about stories, fairy tales and dramatic personae, but they all hide a personal truth within, behind

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It should be a bit shocking for people who know me that Alanis only made it to #7 of my list. She's still my absolute uncontested favourite artist, the one I'll always travel long distances to see in concert, and the one whose songs will always provide the soundtrack of my life. There is no emotional state I've been in that Alanis hasn't shared and written a song perfectly encapsulating it....

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The second portuguese-speaking band in my top 20. This time from Brazil. You can't hide from your emotions...Their name comes from a quote by Beyonce, who reportedly said she was "tired of being sexy". Brilliant. No band can beat their frenetic energy in concert, like a modern bakkheian orgy, and their sheer crazy. Heck, they even put on the spray-painted 'Bollox' white underwear I threw on

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I didn't used to *get* Tori Amos. That was before I stumbled on the music video for "God" which ticked something in my mind and turned the blinds off to the beauty and drama of her music. I had bought and listened to all her albums by the end of that week.I had to choose one album of hers for my 20 (unlike my dear Bibas-san) and that was Strange Little Girls, for her most heart-wrenching song, '

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Even though their live performance in Athens wasn't as special as I would have liked.Songs about growing up, or is it the environment? or the earth's destruction in 2012 according to the 4th dimensional prophecy? or selling out? or just sex? Something different for everyone, something special for each one.10. MGMT - Oracular SpectacularAll along the western frontPeople line up to receive.She got

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Even just for Baby Daddy the proudest bear pop icon, even just for 'the Other Side' one of the most haunting ballads, even just for 'Take Your Mama' and 'Filthy Gorgeous' and their -fuck'em let's dance and have fun- attitude.11. Scissor Sisters - Scissor SistersThere's lovers in the backseatJealous glances now I'm looking for another songOn the radioI'll take you to a side streetIn the shadows

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Eleven honest and uncomplicated poems of love remembered, love lost, and settling for no love at all.The unfoldable distance between two lovers, an ocean growing between you, a glove compartment filled with traces of lost loves, a bookshelf of books on past relationships, the house you made for your family passing on to the next bride, the sound of settling, a hickey that you thought would never

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You can fall in love for the simplest of reasons, you can you can feel a passion that could ignite whole cities, you can let your heart go on the dance floor. Let loose and feel with the strength you used to, the foolish way they tell you about. And if you get hurt, well there's other albums for that.13. Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand/ You Could Have It So Much Better / TonightEyes, boring a

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Haunting vulgar truths in your face, the hard beat you can't ignore.14. Queens of the Stone Age - Era VulgarisMy generation's for sale,Beats a steady job.How much have you got?You're insulted, You can't be bought or sold.(Translation: offer too low.)You don't know what you're worth,(It isn't much.)-There is nothing you can say,You can't wish me away,Every masochist, gets a turn,The sadistic twist

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If music took structure and albums were rooms and places, the National would be... the dusty attic in your parents' house in the country, dried up with cobwebs in the corners, with the light invading through cracks in the boarded up windows, where -adult now, visiting - you'd sit alone in the corner with your headphones on, hiding away from the world and your friends for hours and days.

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Rude foul-mouth poets of Sex and the motherfucking City, shooting lyrics like lines, at the beat of the modern commute. For a lyrics junkie like me, it's like A.D.D.16. Of Montreal - Skeletal LampingI'm so sick of sucking the dick of this cruel cruel cityI've forgotten what it takes to please a womanBut that's all gonna changeNow the freaks wanna take me home to seeIf the rumors are true,so I

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17. The Klaxons - Myths of the Near FutureCome with me, come with meWe'll travel to INFINITYI'll always be there : Uh OH : My Future LoveI'll always be there, for you : My Future Love-Magick, without tearsMagick, without tearsMagick, without tearsThe magick-al veneerThe way to mother nooseThe way to suck an eggThe way to golden dawnThe way to Koh Phangan

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Fine, I'm guilty. I blame Tyler/Kelly Boy and his alluring free tickets to Kelly's gig in London a few years back, back when i hadn't even heard of her.I'm a convert since that, and the fresh scornful honesty of Chivas and Never Again. You could be too.18. Kelly Clarkson - My December I hope the ring you gave to herTurns her finger greenI hope when you're in bed with herYou think of meI would

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Music fabric that covers the walls of my head and my home and takes me back to Lisbon. The English-speaking Portuguese band is Portugal's best musical export outside the traditional fado music of Mariza and the international darlings Madredeus.19. The Gift - Film / AM FM / Facil d'EntenderEven I'm gone, I know you will be fineI'm sure we'll pick a new filmNext time don't smileYou care but you

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It's the pre-queer-requisite.It made the top 20 beating the other 10 because I'm absolutely sick to my stomach of still hearing it everywhere I turn and go, and still not being able to stop myself from dancing to it like a crazy fag.20. Madonna - Confessions on the Dancefloor / Hard CandyTime goes by... so slowlyEvery little thing that you say or doI'm hung upI'm hung up on youWaiting for your

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Lists make me happy inside.From today until 12/20 I'll be joining my blog space in gone4sure's rally for a Greek bloggers' countdown to the top 20 albums of the decade, posting one pick a day until the #1 on 12/20.I'm kicking off with my top 30 to 21 picks that almost made the final list:30. Girls Aloud – Chemistry / Tangled Up Did you tell him? No, no, noGive him kisses? No, no, noWhisper honey?

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Here's what Mark Millar and Bryan Hitch accomplished during their year on the Fantastic Four magazine. A team of vaguely familiar refugees from 500 years in the future led a mass evacuation of the population of the dying future Earth (due to some environmental cautionary tale or another) onto an artificial "Nu-Earth" (it's Millar, we let him get away with it), a build-to-prospect life-size Earth

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Type "I like to..." in google's search box and record the engine's suggestions according to your browser history. Better than a Rorshach blot test.

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Super-Emo Friends by JSalvador. Gets yours today here.

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also: the new teaser trailer for the final Lost season. Geekgasm away:EDIT: sources state that this is actually the video for planetstupid.com, but I still ignorantly maintain it could be both, and we can all get along if only we try, dammit!^_^original:

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Here's How!Separated at Birth?Buy yours now from... waitforit... BEARDHEAD! Ask for the 'Warren Ellis'.also available:The Vintage Warren Ellis:and the Robert Kirkman:

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... let them eat turkeyHappy Thanksgiving, you yanks!

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I had a dream...Κυκλοφορούν πολλές λίστες με best of 00s από ελληνικά blogs (movies απο το seagazing , albums από το gone4sure). Και σκέφτηκα ο χαζός, γιατί όχι και μια λίστα comics της δεκαετίας από έλληνες bloggers;Επίσης, απλά ΛΑΤΡΕΥΩ τις λίστες! Είναι αριθμημένες, δείχνουν την προσωπικότητα και το γούστο αυτού που τις επιμελείται, και κατατάσσουν τα περιεχόμενα τους με ένα τρόπο που λένε: "

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My good friend Vasilis unwittingly made me remember the most unforgettable comic book geek TV minute of the 90s: the Rob Liefeld Levi's ad.

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All the cool muties are doing it.1. Get your friends together on a beach2. Gather behind a busty southern belle3. When you hear 'go', turn to face in random directions and wait for your cue:Rogue, VOGUE! Strike a Pose!Rogue, VOGUE! Strike a Pose!Rogue, VOGUE! Strike a Pose!"Momma, ah think the skunk lady in the comic is talking tah me..."..and speaking of pop royalty:"Mommaaaaaaa!!!"Source:

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I'm chiming in for Seagazing's Top 20 Movies of the 00s vote by the Greek blogosphere.20. In Her Shoesthe chick flick of the 00s.sibling rivalry, Toni Collette, Cameron Diaz, shoesand the classic Hollywood recipe.19. Shrekbecause I just had to choose one CGI film, and this was it.without it we'd still be watching Disney princesses locked in a towerand putting out for some fresh air.Oh, and

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LYSAD returns to the Nexus.Enjoy.

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A brilliant piece of stop motion animation using... post-its on a wall! by Bang-yao Liu.

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After the sizzling 1st and 2nd semi-finals, tonight's the night!Going through tonight's Final, country by country with critiques (some recycled, some updated for extra bitchiness) and semi-final screen captures. What are you voting for?01. LithuaniaSasha SonLoveA song that is both a love ballad and also a plea for European help to support education in Lithuania. The song is living, breathing,

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I'm thoroughly impressed with how the first part of this speedy coverage was received on Tuesday, especially seeing as how all 7 of my top choices managed to make it through to the final. Check me out!Tonight, same deal as the Tuesday post. Quickly running through tonight's contestants through the fan-posted videos of the performances from the rehearsals. The good I'll talk in detail, the bad

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Not a lot of time left to go before the Eurovision 2009 (30 mins as of this publication). The mission again this year: skim through today's competition on the www.eurovision.tv webpage and find the best and the worst. The good I'll talk in detail, the bad I'll mock and the dull I'll just skip before finishing the video. We're on a tight time leash!(This serves as a good guide to plan your evening

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-sigh-I am!I have not blogged for 4 months now and it's killing me; on the plus side, I've almost finished my PhD (a couple weeks left), and I will be back in full force then!Until that time, be sure to follow the weekly updates over at my edited blog: www.comicsnexus.com ! spread the love :)

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yup, more screen-stretching video goodness!!

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See more Jack Black videos at Funny or DieBe sure to go to jointheimpact.com to get involved. Set an example for others. :)Full Cast Credits:They also produced along with Mike Farah.The cast (in order of appearance):California Gays and The People That Love Them: Jordan Ballard, Margaret Cho, Barrett Foa, J.B. Ghuman, John Hill, Andy Richter, Maya Rudolph, Rashad Naylor, Nicole ParkerProposition 8

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THE SPIRIT - Exclusive FeaturetteProducer: "It looks like nothing you've ever seen"Weeeell, if you want to get technical, it looks an awful lot like Sin City. As in, exactly.It bothered me to no end that Miller has come in and put his stamp all over this, completely erasing the Eisner feeling from the characters and feel of the thing. Even the comics artwork shown in this trailer is Miller's

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Who is the Hermit Damallianos?What strange life has he lead?What events in his life drove him to take residence in a wooden shack in the middle of Ekali? And what twist of fate propelled him to the top of the pop charts, making him an overnight sensation?if you're Greek, you'll surely get a strange kick out of reading: the Serialised (as in, 2 pages) Biography of the Hermit Damallianos!(my first

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Welcome to the very late and unfortunately very last Capsule Reviews installment!Unfortunately work obligations and the demands as Nexus EiC have become a bit too much in the past few weeks so it's impossible to keep holding the (quite time-consuming) load of these Capsules every week. Thanks to everyone who's followed these weekly (or an adequate facsimile) ramblings, and I hope you stick around

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Source: Secret History of the Authority: Jack Hawksmoor #5 (Wildstorm, DC Comics)

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Off to see Wicked tomorrow night with my best bud Tyler in London's West End.Here's a little taste from the show's most popular song, performed by the show's ultimate performer: Kristin Chenoweth (Pushing Daisies)

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Hi all!a quick update from Brighton. I've started my week-long holidays, passing through Brighton-Oxford-London-Bath-Hasting.Regular blog updates will resume from Sunday 24th unless I find myself really desperate for web-time (not bloody likely!).

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Source: Superman / Batman #50 (DC Comics)

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Chick this out:Keith Giffen laying another one on poor Egg Fu...Oh, Keep your sunny side up, chica!Giffen's not fried for good puns, he's hatching more each second, egging the poor bastard on... Egg-Fu's just out of cluck....Nope, if you think omelet you off easy, you need to get ova yourself! I won't let Giffen poach all my best yokes.There's so many bad puns nesting in my head, it's hard to

Manolis Vamvounishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11837151734535124044noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31944813.post-62520224415063660452008-08-12T23:49:00.001+01:002008-08-13T01:10:32.908+01:00

A mad mad week from DC: Ambush Bug returns, Women in Refrigerators on Sale, Clayface eats Gotham, Scarecrow crashes a slumber party, JLA doubles its fishnets quotient, Wonder Woman's bondage fetish explained... and Batman's dad travels to Krypton to hang out with Jor-El!?!AMBUSH BUG: YEAR NONE #1(Keith Giffen / Robert Loren Fleming / Al Milgrom)"LMFAO"It's impossible for me to encompass just how

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My best friend George, a massive Steve Niles fan, was asking me if he should pick up his newest Batman series: Gotham After Midnight.In Answer:...and that's just what he can do with someone as lame as Clayface! As for Kelly Jones, the art speaks volumes by itself, this is the most gorgeous Batman book of the year.Source: Batman - Gotham After Midnight #3 (DC Comics)

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It's wacky how unintentionally 'Perry Bible Fellowship'-ironic and funny some of Jim Shooter's Legion panels can be, out of context.Source: Legion of Super-Heroes #44 (DC Comics)

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Don't get the joke?Check out Gail Simone's famous 'Women In Refrigerators' website for the full story.(Note that the website is indeed dated 1999, and it's what brought the then geeky witty hairdresser to the spotlight of the online comics community, lead to her humour column in CBR, and eventually her work in Bongo, Marvel and her exclusive contract with DC)Gail's initiative became somewhat of a

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