This week Steve talks about some filk, some fan musicians, and even a movie! Yes, the sequel to Jurassic World is up… will it be a drubbing or roses and a bottle of champagne? Read it and see!
This week Steve plugs the new Canadian anthology Tesseracts 20 (shameless self-promotion), and interviews famed musician and self-confessed SF buff David Crosby of The Byrds, Crosby, Stills & Nash (and Young), and his own group with his son James Raymond.
Chez les anglosaxons les relations entre SF et musique ont surtout passé par le rock progressif puis le metal. Il se trouve qu’en France les choses sont un peu plus complexes. Certes le rock progressif a joué un rôle notamment avec un groupe comme Ange qui emprunte des thème à la SF et à la […]
Como la semana pasada “Computer said no” y no pude publicar mis novedades de octubre, pues ahora publico dos pájaros de un solo tiro. Aquí van Octubre Libros Órbita Juracán: Cuentos cubanos de ciencia ficción es una selección de cuentos de ciencia-ficción que permiten pulsar lo que escriben actualmente escritores cubanos en el género. Entre […]
In this week’s viewing: A colorful bouquet of first episodes from the second half of premiere week.
A look at what’s coming your way from the anime world in October.
Cyber World – Tales of Humanity’s Tomorrow from Hex Publishing is an impressive collection of short stories, combining the innermost elements of human experience and the technological possibilities of a not-so distant future.
Combination of short stories from the woman with perhaps the coolest name in speculative fiction and music from her partner.
Can you hear me, Major Tom?
an interview with composer and game director AkiraYamaoka
Ziggy Stardust has gone back to Mars. Major Tom can’t hear us anymore.
Where do Sailor Moon, Wonder Woman, Cat Woman, Batman, Boba Fett, the Borg, and Captain Jack Sparrow hang out?
Liu Cixin’s International Best Seller has created a franchise
Film composer James Horner has died in a plane crash.
Steampunk inspired hip hop music!
As national poetry month comes to a close – a round up
Swords of Steel is a heavy metal anthology that takes us back to the art of traditional fantasy storytelling by painting heroes and villains as dark as the realms they inhabit.
Considered by some to be groundbreaking, this creative endeavor is “structured like a symphony, The Eternity Quartet is divided into four movements representing the four seasons, each containing four stories.”
December’s top posts
A look at the various controversies surrounding the release of the soundtrack album for Hans Zimmer’s score to Interstellar
Science Fiction music review!
I have read repeated complaints that Interstellar is too loud. Which makes as much sense as complaining that a record is too loud.
Today something different! I’d like to introduce you to a musician and some of his music: Craig Leon and “Nommos”. As you may or may not know, I’m a musician – a singer actually, although it seems I write more than I sing these days, but my first love was music. I have a Bachelor […]
Steve takes a Beatle break… or does he?
The Grateful Dead Game of Thrones connection. Just how many tie-dye shirts does George R.R. Martin own?
Mr. Simpson shares 25 horrors with us, a journey through a horrifying year.
J. Simpson has a different view of how we all ought to celebrate Christmas….
If you’re one of the legion of horror fans slavishly devoted to Ryan Murphy’s dark vision, chances are you were experiencing a mixture of withdrawal and outrage with last week’s hiatus. I know, I know… it’s hard enough to wait ONE week, let alone TWO. Hopefully you had a chance to catch up on some […]
Review of Witchfinder general soundtrack.
