Ska fans, rejoice! Los Angeles City Council has announced that this May 29th will be forever known as “The Specials Day” in honor of the U.K. band the Specials.
Formed in Britain in the late 1970s, the Specials gained fame for their signature blend of punk, reggae and anti-racist politics, as heard on their classic 1981 single “Ghost Town.” Their music has gone on to influence everyone from Sublime to Gorillaz. Last year, they reunited for Encore, their first album in decades. “Now, with racist nationalism on the rise amidst the Brexit debacle,...
Formed in Britain in the late 1970s, the Specials gained fame for their signature blend of punk, reggae and anti-racist politics, as heard on their classic 1981 single “Ghost Town.” Their music has gone on to influence everyone from Sublime to Gorillaz. Last year, they reunited for Encore, their first album in decades. “Now, with racist nationalism on the rise amidst the Brexit debacle,...
- 4/23/2019
- by Simon Vozick-Levinson
- Rollingstone.com
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Highwaymen, cat people and Winston Churchill. Here are the geeky bits and pieces we noted in Doctor Who's The Woman Who Lived...
The Woman Who Lived is a fascinating episode of Doctor Who, filled with philosophical discussions and ruminations on the nature of immortality. In truth, on first viewing we weren’t sure there’d be very much to write about in this column this week. However, as a great man once said, ‘life finds a way’. So here are all of the callbacks, similarities and tenuous-but-interesting geeky things we spotted in this week’s episode. If we’ve missed any, make your way to the all-important comments section below!
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Ashildr isn’t the first highwayman to team up with the Doctor; 1982’s The Visitation saw the Doctor and his companions befriend highwayman Richard Mace. Together they thwarted the reptilian Terileptils,...
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Highwaymen, cat people and Winston Churchill. Here are the geeky bits and pieces we noted in Doctor Who's The Woman Who Lived...
The Woman Who Lived is a fascinating episode of Doctor Who, filled with philosophical discussions and ruminations on the nature of immortality. In truth, on first viewing we weren’t sure there’d be very much to write about in this column this week. However, as a great man once said, ‘life finds a way’. So here are all of the callbacks, similarities and tenuous-but-interesting geeky things we spotted in this week’s episode. If we’ve missed any, make your way to the all-important comments section below!
Your References Or Your Life
Ashildr isn’t the first highwayman to team up with the Doctor; 1982’s The Visitation saw the Doctor and his companions befriend highwayman Richard Mace. Together they thwarted the reptilian Terileptils,...
- 10/23/2015
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
- Glad the weekend is here. Here are eight and 1/2 news items that we didn't have enough time to cover but are worth mentioning here for August 21st. 1. Leave it to Summit The Beaver is a done deal. (Via Variety) 2. Lock Down Until 2010 Part 1 Scorsese's Shutter Island pushed back to February 19th. 3. Lock Down Until 2010 Part 2Perhaps one of the best pictures I've seen this year (A Prophet) is being released February 12th. 4. Zach Galifianakis is Expected for DinnerActor signs for French film remake. 2009 was a great year for Zach. Imagine 2010, 2011. (Via THR) 5. Egoyan doesn't open Tiff but... Atom Egoyan’s Chloe will open this year’s San Sebastian Film Festival. (Via Screen Daily) 6. Cannes titles wins big in East Europe Fest Vladmir Perisic’s Ordinary People wins big at the 15th Sarajevo Film Festival. (Via Screen Daily) 7. Beam Me Up..... Tiff will be beam afraid of flying helmer Lars von Trier
- 8/22/2009
- IONCINEMA.com
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