That was a selection from one of my favoritest bands, Crowd The Airwaves, an all girl alt-rock group fronted by my friend Heather. Who's all the way back in NY.
Why am I bringing this up NOW you ask? Yesterday, they played a show with S.S. Hanami, a band, for those of you further behind, I play a lot with at conventions in Florida. S.S. Hanami was looking for a band to play with in the Northeast for their tour, and I got two sets of friends together.
It was great seeing both bands be really impressed with each other.
Anyway, ON TO THE UPDATES!!!
ALBUM/KICKSTARTER:
I'm ready to launch it as soon as the reward designs are ready. Anything not 100% complete, it's OK, because we have a full 30 days to work on it. Getting all the design stuff together.
MUSIC UPDATE:
This week I'm think I'm going to try something new:
At lunch, sketch out one song/lyric concept a day. If they're any good, or I really get attached to them, then they'll become full fledged songs.
Still a couple other songs in the tank, but I've been preoccupied with 10-hour days and errands and shit this weekend.
Also, I uploaded my MTG songs to YouTube:
This week I recently watched two things that both involve killing Adolf Hitler:
Danger 5, an Austrailian show that parodies the spy movies of the 60's (and then the action movies of the 80's):
and Kung Fury, a movie that was Kickstarted that parodies 80's action movies:
While Kung Fury had a few laughs and some really great effects, Danger 5 gets the edge. Both attempt to recreate the look and feel of their respective time periods, but Danger 5 plays it THAT MUCH straighter.
Granted, Kung Fury, over the top as it is, kind of lets everything speak for itself. The effects are over the top and look incredible well done, leading to a couple good sight gags in the beginning and a ridiculous fight scene toward the end. Part of me was expecting the protagonist to state some of the weird shit he's gotten into, but it managed to avoid that. But there's plenty of bull shit that feels unnecessary, like the fact that he's fighting Hitler, who knows Kung Fu (for some reason). Cause Hitler's funny I guess?
The most accurate thing in the movie was David Hasselhoff's single "True Survivor", which screams "One Hit Wonder". There's nothing that particularly stands out about it, but everything, from the synth arpeggios, and "lyrics about love even though (thankfully) there's no romance subplot in the movie" lyrics makes it blend so well.
Danger 5 scares me with how well they did recreating the look of a 60's spy film. Like, look at the trailer. I also like the small running jokes the series has going through it, like character reciting perfect drink recipies on their death bed, and pretty much everything going on with Claire.
Still, everything is kept to one consistent plane of existance. Weird shit happens in Danger 5, but it feels like it's part of this bizarro alternate reality World War 2. In Kung Fury, the weird shit happens because it's cool, and it'll get the "LOL!" and "EPIC!" comments in the section. And that's a bit of a turn off.
Both are quick, entertaining watches, and worth your time for this week.
See you next time, and remember your mission.... KILL HITLER!
Courtesy of Joe Hunter
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