Music

“Go, go, go, go, go go go/Run away from the Sharknado/It’s your greatest foe, foe, foe/Come on, get eaten by the Sharknado.” That’s the first stanza you hear in the …
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Joshua Johnson’s score for I Am Big Bird is everything you’d expect from a documentary about Carroll Spinney. It’s warm, orchestral, sweeping, and nakedly emotional. It calls to mind in …
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My apologies for last week! There was a lot of news, but due to Circumstances, I had to take a skip week. Let’s get caught up, shall we?

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The 2015 J-Pop Summit is shaping up to be an interesting event, with recent announcements of concerts and comedy, and at the Interactive Pavilion, ticket holders will be able to …
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The J-Pop Summit has announced day 1 of its 2015 programming schedule, including musical acts from a wide variety of genres, comedy, and more.

Official press release:

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This month sees the re-issue of a collection of music by the long heralded ‘King of Kitsch’ Rod McKuen, who sadly passed away earlier this year.

The 2015 J-POP Summit and the 2015 Japanese Film Festival in San Francisco are having a joint opening night on August 7th at 8:00 PM with the screening of Electric …
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Big news this week, as always! This time the awesome thing is that we have several women composers whose work is being feature. While that shouldn’t be a big deal, …
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Barnes & Noble has announced its Pop Culture calendar for July, which marks the second annual celebration of these events at the box store book and media retailer.

This year’s …
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Wizard World has announced that Vince Neil, the Motley Crue lead singer, will appear at Wizard World Comic Con Tulsa on October 24th, 2015.

This isn’t Vince Neil’s first connection …
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Dutch trance producer Armin van Buuren’s remix of Ramin Djawadi’s Game Of Thrones Theme has been a big hit with music festivals crowds for a while, and now …
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The 2015 J-Pop Summit has announced that the artist Yusuke Nakamura, famous for his CD and book cover art, will be a 2015 Guest of Honor at the festival.

Official …
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