Monthly Archives: July 2009

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Music DJ Irie Brings the Scene

by Shop Keeper
July 31, 2009 - 12:13 pm

DJ Irie

The Missouri River isn’t exactly the Pacific Ocean lapping at Miami Beach, however last weekend a little piece of Miami rolled into Kansas city in the form of DJ Irie.  Irie is a Miami club scene staple and while he’s not club hopping he’s the official DJ for the Miami Heat to boot.  This time around, serving as the official DJ for the Jamie Foxx “BLAME IT” tour, Irie certainly brought the Miami feel with him.  The party rolled into Lucky Strike Lanes in Kansas City’s hip Power 7 Light district.  Lucky Strike is an experience unlike most other night clubs, in that, in reality it’s a bowling alley.  Not Just any bowling alley but one of the hippest, swankest bowling alley’s you’ll come across.  With low slung furniture and your choice of adult beverages on tap, in a bottle or a glass there are no guarantees your bowling average will go up but you can’t help but have fun.

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Film An Unforgettably Evil Evening

by Barbie Brady
July 30, 2009 - 2:32 pm


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You’re greatest hero is only as good as your most awesome villain. This is true in movies as well as in life. Executive producer Jeffrey Eagle (pictured below with the beautiful Kristanna Lokan) put together one of the most thought provoking documentaries on villains in film, Unforgettably Evil. Written and directed by Sebastian Bauer and produced by Giant Interactive for the small screen to air on Starz as part of their Starz Inside Series.

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Event The Geeks Takeover and Then Take Off

by Dustin Downing and Chris Gore
July 29, 2009 - 9:29 pm

DC Comics Heros and Villain at Comic Con

Long months after the San Diego Comic Con is over, shockwaves are felt throughout fandom. Buzz will continue to spread for projects that fans are excited about. The negative feedback from fans will require creators to go back to the drawing board and rethink their projects. And new discoveries will enjoy a wider audience. So it goes every year at Comic Con.

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Comic Books Featured Gallery I’m Batman Damnit…

by Dustin Downing
July 29, 2009 - 9:28 pm

Comic Com 09’ is a sea filled with bobbing pop-characters ranging from a black Scooby Doo to a white Darth Vader. A 4yr old “I Dream of Genie” to a 65yr old Wonder Woman. And we’re not just talking about your run of the mill store bought Halloween bullshit here either kiddos. While costume design can begin the gambit with a simple sponge paint Poke’mon t-shirt; it’s the 2 years in the making handmade cosplayer’s guise, which truly embodies a fan. Chris “Wayne”, we shall call him, just so happens to be one of those devotees.

I shot some 300 different pop-characters and saw easily over a couple thousand alt personas over the course of Comic Con 09’. But it was this variant of the caped crusader that stood out. I really wanted to know what it took to dress as Batman Beyond in time and character. Here’s what I found out.

Batman Awakes

Brushing up

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Music Styling for Mr. Popsicle Provided by GWAR

by Dustin Downing
July 29, 2009 - 9:27 pm

Remnants of GWAR

“AHHHHH. Yo, man what ya be doin tryin clamber all bloody in me cab like dis?”, exclaims the dreadlocked cabbie in a deeply set Caribbean accent as I plop myself in the back seat. “What happen to ya, ya get al blasted up an runover by a bus or sometin?” ‘Let me explain’, I say as I glance up into the rearview mirror and stare into the eyes of what appears to be a dimly dome lit meat Popsicle.

GWAR

You see my birthday tends to be that one day of year, much like everyone else; I want to be special and full of great memories. Hanging out with close friends, downing a 5th of Jack on a rickety bar top, and maybe getting a lil’ action if I stumble across a sorority girl with self esteem issues because one arm is shorter than the other. But this year I decided to spice things up a bit. I would spend my special evening shooting a fanciful event full of drugs, homo-erotic sex acts, and murder. No silly, I’m not talking Randy Newman at Sea World. I’m speaking of GWAR at Comic Con 09’.

GWAR

To be fair, I’m not a huge fan of the music of GWAR, mainly because I couldn’t tell you within in reason just what in the hell is being grunted on any of their albums in the last 25yrs. But aesthetically, it is rumored that this is one of those shows you have to attend in your lifetime. So, I packed a specialized dive bag for my rig, and set off into a cyclone of madness which can only be equated to the last battle scene from “300.” Please excuse the shoddy workmanship of the images, there is a certain inebriant complication of shooting with a camera housed in a duffle bag whilst being hosed down in pseudo-blood by a headless Obama. Enjoy.

GWAR

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Event Autographitti

by Chris Gore and Dustin Downing
July 29, 2009 - 9:27 pm

Adam West

Kings have signed proclamations onto parchment changing history… authors have signed letters to lovers and moved the world… and Adam West, Batman from the 1960s television series, will sign anything for $30 at Comic Con and may change one fan’s life. The autograph is perhaps the oldest collectible in history. And some strokes of the pen are the most highly sought after at the San Diego Comic Con.

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Music Ryan Beaver

by Dustin Downing
July 27, 2009 - 6:44 pm

Ryan Beaver

Ryan Beaver is a young up and coming Texas Country music singer. For those of you not familiar, “Texas country” is a lil’ bit country with just a smidge of rock n’ roll. Ryan was recently selected to perform the National Anthem @ The Stockyards of Ft.Worth, Texas during the opening of the Red Bull X-Fighters event in front of 25,000ppl.  I decided to ride with him and document the 36hrs of his life on the road with the band leading up to the fireworks. No fancy tour buses here, no roadies to load your gear, and no bottles of Cristal on the table. This is a real band.

Words and photos by Dustin Downing

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Music Pseudo Slang

by Shop Keeper
July 27, 2009 - 6:41 pm

Pseudo Slang Sick

Pseudo Slang is the collaborative effort of Emcee Sick of Xtracts of Slang and producer Tone Atlas of Pseudo Intellectuals. Based in Buffalo and Chicago respectively, PS have been closely followed for almost a decade, garnering international praise and acclamation for creating music that steps outside the standard boundaries of contemporary rap.

Under the umbrella of self-founded and managed record label Baby Steps Hip Hop, Inc., Pseudo Slang released their debut project The Catalogue in October 2004, a compilation of tracks PS recorded between 1999 and 2004 serving as a comprehensive collection of Xtracts’ and Pseudo’s unreleased work leading up to the formation of Pseudo Slang.

Pseudo Slang – Bedouin

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Music Corridor

by Shop Keeper
July 27, 2009 - 6:41 pm

Corridor

Corridor is the alias for multi-instrumentalist Michael Quinn’s musical project. His self-titled debut album features eight tracks of lush, noise-drenched stories of passion, loss and coming of age in the modern world. Quinn himself, whom still in his early 20’s is considered a seasoned player in the post-hardcore scenes in Boston and Seattle. Upon recently moving to LA,, Corridor wasted no time getting key slots on shows with Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti, Xu Xu Fang, Winter Flowers and Rainbow Arabia, as well as packing up the cello, guitars, samplers and keyboards in his old vw wagon and performing unforgettable live shows at dives and art galleries across the USA. Taking his influences from 70’s kraut-rock, Swans, Joy Division and Django Reinhart, he makes sounds that only few can dare to categorize.

Corridor – Barricks

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