Posts tagged as Fans
Comic Hero Fanboys Make Terrible Comic Hero Movies
Once a refuge for the maladjusted and the childish—and a cool dip in the pop art pool for the rest of our tired masses trudging through another summer—the comic book movie has shed its pulp trappings. It now strives for middlebrow respectability as a box office tactic. The new pitch is: After a hard day of tooling around in your Prius listening to "This American Life," why not come to the theater and spend some time with your pal Iron Man (played by Less Than Zero star Robert Downey Jr., so don’t forget to get a head start on your 80s party!) instead of curling up in front of the DVR full of "Men of a Certain Age" and "True Blood" with a Trader Joe’s meal-ready-to-eat? READ MORE
"There Could be the Greatest Review of a Band on Pitchfork...": A Weekend with Superchunk
Mac McCaughan was in the middle of singing a song at a record store while his wife was struggling to keep their 3-year-old son from tumbling headfirst out of her grasp. This took place yesterday, a little after 1 p.m., during an acoustic set-the sort of thing reliably advertised as "intimate"-which McCaughan was playing with two of his Superchunk bandmates, over at New York's Other Music. (The band's bassist, Laura Ballance, appeared to only have electric gear on this trip, and so was watching this performance from the back wall.) McCaughan's wife and their two children (ages 3 and 7) had been either standing, hoisted or seated on the floor about two feet in front of him, along with nearly 100 semi-early risers who all waited in the deceptively strong September sun for over an hour. READ MORE
Note From A Fanboy, by Adam Frucci: Ideas For Conan!
Conan O'Brien really might leave The Tonight Show. He's taken the high road with that letter that you've surely read by now, and good for him. Maybe he'll walk. Is that so bad? Conan's brief run on The Tonight Show has not been great, and I say that as an enthusiast. READ MORE
Musical Notes From All Over
"A one-legged rocker who removed his false limb at an Alice Cooper gig and punched a fan in the face when he was asked to calm down has been convicted of causing actual bodily harm."
