I’ve got an odd assortment of links this week – even more so than usual, since I can already hear the protests and people paging back to previous installments. I blame my post-RWA illness. My brain is possessed by awesome.
- How I maintained my (obsessive) love for Power / Symphonic Metal this long without hearing of the band Van Canto, I have no idea. They’re an A Cappella power metal group out of Germany – 5 singers, 1 drummer – and I found them for their covers of other songs. There’s something oddly awesome about hearing a guy replicate a shredding guitar solo with Strong Bad-esque ‘weedlie-deedlie’ sounds. Have a listen:
- Van Canto covers Iron Maiden’s Fear of the Dark: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyHcIHssdHA
- Van Canto covers Nightwish’s Wishmaster: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCGQiGEYl4Y
- I can’t decide if this is funny or makes me cry. The Morning News has collected a cream-of-the-crop set of 1-star Amazon Reviews for books that appear on the Time’s Top 100 list of novels. Laugh or cry, it certainly puts the occasional bad review in perspective: http://www.themorningnews.org/archives/reviews/lone_star_statements.php
- I make very little secret of the fact that I think The Venture Brothers is one of the best shows on television. It’s constant mockery of the ‘boy adventurer archetype’ never fails to make me smile. In September, we’re finally getting the second half of season 4 (or whatever they’re calling it), and in the wake of SDCC, we finally have a trailer. An io9 link, simply because they’ve got the best quality I’ve been able to find: http://io9.com/5604340/the-venture-bros-the-trailer-for-the-new-blissfully-insane-season
- While talking about trailers, I would e remiss if I didn’t mention the new interactive trailer for Scott Pilgrim vs. the World. I’m insanely chuffed for this film, and it seems like I’m not alone in it. If this is a sign of how much detail will be included in any sort of extra features we might see: http://io9.com/5605181/scott-pilgrims-interactive-trailer-is-better-than-most-dvd-bonus-features
- And now the promise of the premise, with rock stars for everyone. I love cool papercraft, especially people who work up designs from scratch. To that end, here’s the coolest version of Freddie Mercury and the gang – scroll down through the construction images to see Queen in action. http://www.behance.net/gallery/We-Are-the-Champions/494706
Tags: Movie Views, nerdPride, Potpourri, Queen of Papercraft, Venture Brothers
