Film Play Angry Birds — with ‘Real’ Birds; What Indiana Jones Originally Looked Like; And Clive Barker’s Aborted Hellraiser Designs

September 9, 2011 - 10:30 am

China has made Angry Birds into a real-life attraction. Meaning goodbye petty video game, hello huge Communist theme park with 15 foot tall catapult and other set pieces the government spared no expense in building — so now you can catapult those little f*ckers just as far as you’d like, if you happen to be in China.

Though if anybody noticed, there’s a crucial element missing from the game. Those set pieces really are cheap– and the giant blocks are apparently welded into the stage so that you can’t really knock anything down.


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Featured Music Internet Killed The Video Star : Intervew with The Limousines

April 8, 2011 - 10:09 am

The Limousines

Whether or not we choose to admit it, we’ve all seen at least one episode of “Jersey Shore.” If you tuned into this season’s trashy East-side debauchery, chances are you’ve heard a song from San Jose’s newest buzz band, The Limousines. Having their songs placed on popular reality shows isn’t all that this dynamic duo, composed of Giovanni and Eric, has accomplished. The band made YouTube history with their zombie-ridden video “Internet Killed The Video Star”. Shortly after, they were snatched up by Dangerbird Records, a career milestone that they guys are still digesting.

Eric and Gio sat down with ChinaShop to explain their unique tale of creating music together before even having met one another in person. They also discuss Beetlejuice themed house parties, being labeled as ‘Gayrock’, and their secret desires to musically seduce Harrison Ford.
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