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It's been a bad week, in terms of the depression thing. I'm just at a point where I'm afraid to talk about it. I finally let my mother in on the severity of it, and she immediately went into I JUST WANT TO FIX IT mode. And she knows she did, and she knows she can't. BUT OMG IS THERE ANYTHING SHE CAN DO TO FIX IT? NO REALLY, IS THERE? I've made about six different attempts at this paragraph and backspaced them all. My inner Elinor is flaring up and I'm afraid to say anything about how I feel now, because mostly I feel moldy and selfish and unmotivated on the best of days, and hellaciously cranky/stupidly weepy on the worst. And I am so, so afraid that if I don't post regularly enough (mmm, aged news! Delicious), readers are going to wander away, but I know I have to hold off if that's what I need to do. And meanwhile, I want to talk about this the way I usually talk about depression, but I just--can't. I don't know. Maybe I'll do a voice post or something--I feel like y'all would need to hear from my actual tone of voice that I'm not falling to pieces over this. It's just... heavy.

And please know that even when I'm not posting, I'm flagging stories for later, not all of which I even end up using. So really, I am keeping up with things, and if I don't compile a linkspam, you can still see what's going on there, if you want.

Re: Tonner SDCC exclusives: They're apparently going to be selling whatever's leftover on the direct site, so I think I'm going to try that (or eBay) rather than ask an unknowable number of readers to try to track down a slightly variant Tonner Edward. As much as I appreciate y'all offering--and, I mean, I did ask--I'm just not sure how that would not end up being a total clusterfuck, since no one would know if anyone else had managed to get one, and we'd end up, with, like, seven.

Also: they're going to have a Black Canary exclusive as well.

Also-also: I think I have found the Uhura I want.

Linkspam:

Legendary CBS journalist Walter Cronkite reportedly gravely ill.

‘Persepolis’ Creator Marjane Satrapi Decries Iran’s Election Results.

Pixar grants girl's dying wish, makes entire internet cry.

'Idol' belter Carly Smithson's new band falls into place. Basically... she's now leading what used to be Evanescence - (Amy Lee + actual name "Evanescence")? I am... surprisingly okay with this.

Images: Exclusive 'Sherlock Holmes' character posters; New Robin Hood Set Photos, More Robin Hood Set Photos; Monica Bellucci Works Her Magic ('The Sorcerer's Apprentice'); Gorgeous Italian Poster for Tarantino's 'Inglourious Basterds'; An image of the new Freddy Krueger—that is, about as close as we're going to get for now; Deadpool Could Have Looked So Much Cooler In Wolverine [Concept Art]; Another Crazy New Poster for Christian Alvart's 'Pandorum.'

Trailers and spots: The new '2012' trailer will make you cry tears of fire and carnage; Woody Harrelson's Zombie Slayer Movie Is More Whimsical Than We Realized ['Zombieland']; New 'Fame' Trailer Launched; ‘Whiteout’ Theatrical Trailer Leaks Online; The Trailer for 'The Stepfather' Hits (related: 'The Stepfather' Poster); The Official Trailer for 'Grace' is Born.

trailer_spot : Creation, Love Happens, Thirst, Fame, Last Ride.

New 'Public Enemies' pics; 2 New 'Public Enemies' Clips.

Nolan's 'Inception' Starts Production in Japan; Is Christopher Nolan Giving Up On Batman 3?

'Transformers' Meets 'Cloverfield' in These Viral Ads; 7 more images from 'Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.'

Will These Five New Posters and a TV Spot Save G.I. Joe? Extended 'G.I. Joe' TV Spot: Will There Be Slow, Deliberate Clapping Too?

Olivia Munn Joins ‘Iron Man 2’ In Unspecified Role.

Frank Marshall Confirms 'Indy 5' IS On the Horizon.

Neil Burger Set to Bring Us a New 'Bride of Frankenstein.' Well... I adored The Illusionist, so I'll give it a shot.

New HBP posters; Wizarding World of Harry Potter Starting to Hire; Opening in January of 2010?; Get Your Own Pair of SpectreSpecs with Harry Potter and Half-Blood Prince Deluxe Gift Book.

'Remember Me' set pics; Robert Pattinson & Emilie De Ravin: Kissing Couple, in which you can sense onlooking fangirls seething behind a barrier twenty feet away. I mean, I'm just guessing here. Meanwhile: Let's start a fancy campaign to leave RPattz alone! Then he is grazed by a cab while running away from screaming women.

'The Proposal' engages when focus is on Bullock, Reynolds; Script doesn’t live up to chemistry in ‘Proposal.’

Don't mark your calendar for 'Year One'; Add ‘Year One’ to list of biblical plagues.

Woody Allen's 'Whatever Works' doesn't.

Kenneth Branagh Taking ‘Very Shakespearean’ Approach to ‘Thor,’ Says Joe Quesada.

Check This Out: Viral Game Launched for Shane Acker's '9'; '9' Viral Site Tells Story Before the Film.

Brody, Whitaker, Wood and Gigandet Join 'The Experiment.'

Carey Mulligan is Gordon Gecko's Daughter?

EXCLUSIVE: Megan Fox Says ‘Jonah Hex’ Is Shooting For Sequels; Bad News, Boys: Megan Fox Role in ‘Jonah Hex’ Merely a Cameo.

New poster, trailer, sites for the Korean vampire thriller 'Thirst.'

Special Agent Dale Cooper Heads Back to 'Twin Peaks'?

M. Night Shyamalan Still Considering ‘Unbreakable’ Sequel.

Hallelujah! Sean Penn Backs Out of 'The Three Stooges' ... and Unfortunately, Hollywood Too.

Aren't You Getting So Freaked Out About 'Brüno'? [Impending Doom]; Sacha Baron Cohen bares it all for GQ; Baron Cohen appears as bull in Spain. Uh... may not be safe for work.

Michael Clayton's Tony Gilroy is Rewriting 'Red Dawn'?!

Guess the Next '80s Remake/Sequel/Nostalgia Murder! (Hint: Think Lycanthropy and Adolescence).

The Kind Of Guy Who Deserves To Be Eaten By Giant Mosquitoes [Found Footage].

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* Michael Kupperman is reviving the Golden Age Marvel character Marvex the Super Robot in Marvel's upcoming All Select Comics 70th Anniversary Special #1, and I interviewed him about it.

* While I'm busy touting my Marvel clout, I'm reasonably sure it was a suggestion I made among a group of my friends that led to my pal Kiel Phegley asking whether Paul Cornell & Leonard Kirk's late, lamented Captain Britain & MI-13 might be brought back as a digital comic, and Joe Quesada responding favorably, in the latest Cup o' Joe column at CBR. If you like this idea, why not say so in public, and to any of your friends or acquaintances in Marvel's employ? It sounds like if we ask for it, they'll listen.

* That Cup o' Joe interview also makes it sound like Marvel is out of the line-wide event business, or will be after maybe one more trip to the well. I think that's good for the long-term health of the superhero comics industry, but May's ginormous sales dip likely indicates it'll be a challenge in the short term. I suppose it depends in part on whether, like Marvel over the past couple years, you try really hard to keep all your plates spinning, or whether you can only spotlight one or two franchises at a time to the detriment of the others.

* James Robinson and Mark Bagley on Justice League of America ? Sure, I'll eat it. I don't have the experience with Robinson that many superhero readers do, having never read Starman , but while I didn't end up liking his One Year Later Batman arc I've enjoyed his work in the Superman books recently quite a bit. Bagley, meanwhile, is not my favorite artist when it comes to drawing DC characters, but he knows how to tell a story and his work on Ultimate Spider-Man remains a woefully underappreciated component of that title's success. I remain concerned about DC putting the cart before the horse by preventing its flagship team title from including its biggest characters because they're busy elsewhere--there's a reason Grant Morrison's JLA and Brian Bendis's Avengers were/are the biggest books of their eras, and it's not because they focused on Vixen or Jack of Hearts--but still, color me intrigued. (Via JK Parkin.)

* Now this is how you write a post-artcomix-festival thank-you letter: TCAF's Chris Butcher shows us how it's done.

* The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror 2009---aka Kramers Ergot 7.5 --will be guest-edited by Sammy Harkham. That line-up is effing nuts.

* It wasn't until Heidi MacDonald used the word "remote" to describe the old location of the Eisner Awards that I realized, hey, wait, yeah, that is kinda weird, isn't it? All the way at the end of the convention center by itself after the show shuts down for the evening, and you've got to walk under the sails through that deserted stretch of swag tables and autograph aisles. Anyway it's moving to the Hilton.

* Because the original Red Dawn is a) a gonzo artifact of its time; b) a John Milius fever dream; c) TOTALLY AWESOME, I'm not sure I've said word one about Their plans to remake the movie, because why bother? But Latino Review is reporting that Tony Gilroy, Oscar-nominated writer/director of Michael Clayton and screenwriter of, I think, the last two Bourne movies is writing the Red Dawn remake. Suddenly this project got a lot more interesting. Incidentally, Red Dawn has recently joined Atlas Shrugged as a key text for the Obama era in the minds of some prominent and semi-prominent conservatives, so it should be interesting to see how they react to the prospect of the film being remade by the pen of a writer whose thrillers are generally perceived to tilt left.

* That Red Dawn link was via SciFi Wire, but I'm not linking to them again until they knock off their obnoxious habit of putting spoilers in their article headlines, above the by-now-pointless "spoiler warning" tag.

* B-Sol reviews The Blob . That scene where it eats the old man's hand really was horrifying to watch as a kid, wasn't it?

* These are two years old at least, but no less awesome for that: Marvel go-to cover artist Marko Djurdjevic redesigns He-Man and the Masters of the Universe. Dig this Marilyn Manson-esque Skeletor! But the Mer-Man is more representative of what the redesigns look like overall. (Via Monster Brains.)

* I have no idea what the deal is with this photo from Rob Zombie's upcoming Halloween 2 , and I'm unlikely ever to find out first-hand, but damn what a great character design. It's almost criminal to consign it to some other monster's movie. (Via Arrow in the Head.)

* Finally, my pal Chris Ward talks to Jazma Online about Political Power: Barack Obama , his upcoming comic from Bluewater (yes, the "Female Force" people--Chris wrote the Condoleezza Rice issue). I'm trying to think how to put this...Chris is an interesting choice to write this project, or to write anything that you don't want to read like the work of a crazy person, which is what Chris is. I think the interview speaks for itself. And it also has some juicy tidbits about life at Wizard.

Posted by Sean T. Collins at 7:05 PM | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBacks (0) >>Photography pioneer William Eggleston (who we heard gave an lively, if ornery, presentation to members last night) is featured in the Corcoran's new retrospective, opening Saturday. Democratic Camera shows how Eggleston changed the way photographers treated and viewers looked at color photography, using every day objects as subjects. The exhibit also includes some of his video and rare black and white photos. This week is also the start of Corcoran's Free Summer Saturdays (through August 29); head down for this Saturday's Earth First Family Day featuring art workshops, music, tours and more.

>>The Arlington Arts Center opens Paradox Now this Friday. These eight, varied artists play around with cultural ideas through sculpture, film, photography, and more. D.C. artist A. Clarke Bedford, who the AAC jokes is their "alternative art historian," creates imaginary "artifacts" for things that never happened, while Philadelphia sculptor Erin Williams makes a family tree that climbs from believable through history until she tracks her heritage implausibly back to Jesus. 6 to 9 p.m.

>>Join Irvine Contemporary for an "alley block party" this Saturday featuring their new urban art exhibition, Street/Studio . The work -- by popular NY, LA and Berlin artists like Shepard Fairey, Dalek, and EVOL -- is both inside the gallery and on the exterior walls in the alley behind it. Party with DJs Iona Rozeal Brown and Jahsonic from 6 to 11 p.m.

>>Making it a neighborhood event, the Pink Line Project opens Not From Concentrate: A Juicy Art Exhibit at Hounshell, just a block from Irvine at 1506 14th Street NW. Grab some vegan treats and check out the art between 6 and 8 p.m.

>>Keep heading down 14th to U Street on Saturday to catch Hamiltonian Gallery's opening exhibit with five of their brand new fellows. 7 to 9 p.m.

>>Get in some pool time at Brightest Young Things' ongoing Summer Camp at Capitol Skyline Hotel. This week features art installations, body painting, and lots of other good ol' hands-on art activities, camp-style, along with some DJs. 12 to 8 p.m., all ages, $10. Drinks, food, lockers available for purchase/rental. Also at Skyline, see video art screenings curated by Brandon Morse from Conner Contemporary at 6 p.m.

>>We're a fan of the work non-profit Critical Exposure does in helping D.C. kids to learn photography to document conditions in their public schools. If you are, too, help them raise funds through GlobalGiving's campaign; if they raise $4000 before June 30 they earn a permanent spot on the donation list.

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DJ Rampage Exclusive Asian Dan Minimix

Asian Dan Interview: DJ Rampage


1. Who is RAMPAGE?


Rampage is one person, Eddie is my real name. I am a DJ/producer/remixer from the southside of Chicago.

 
2. What are some of your influences? What was your first musical memory?


Some of my influences include lots of old Chicago house, ghetto house, anything with lots of bass, 90s rave techno, video games from Sega and Nintendo and many old horror films.
My first musical memory would be hearing my family listen to lots of different music from disco to R&B to salsa to oldies to freestyle to house and so on. That’s what basically made me love music.


3. How you describe your music/DJ-style? Explain your production process.


My music is basically what I like to listen to and I don’t try to stay in one certain genre. What I mostly play in my DJ sets are tracks that me and my boys from ghetto division produce or remix. I also tend to play around 130 bpm and mix all types of house and underground dance music. I’ll even play sets at slower bpms like disco and reggae and also fast bpms like juke and bassline/dubstep. My production process is basically all software at the moment from a pretty cheap pc haha. I use Reason & Recycle for producing/remixing and Cool Edit Pro/Acid Pro/Sound Forge for my mixtapes.


4. How does it feel to be part of the Chicago dance scene, such a prolific and important city to dance music? Any big Chicago acts that you feel are gonna put Chicago back on the map?


Chicago is a great city and I love it. We have so much culture and great music but I feel we need more unity in having massive events like we did in the 90s. We need more underground dance music to be played on the radio and at mainstream clubs. I’m tired of hearing crappy pop/rap music everywhere. We’re a house music city and we need to keep it like that. There’s a lot of hidden talent in Chicago and I think Ghetto Division is definitely part of that. Maddjazz, Rob Threezy, Charlie Glitch, Moonman & D-51 are not only good friends of mine but have so much talent and the world needs to know it. A few others that are making some noise from Chicago are Flosstradamus, Black Holes, Potty mouth, Movement music, Content, DJ Bam Bam, Willy Joy, Starter Djs, Fat Kids, SixPoint DJs and Gant-man just to name a few.



5. What are you top 5 dance tracks?


1: Kano – I’m Ready
2: Dbx – Phreak
3: High Powered Boys – Hoes Get Down
4: Paul Johnson – Feel my MF Bass
5: Pineapples – Come on Closer



6. Future plans for RAMPAGE? New Tracks? Releases? Tours? Collabs?


I have lots of remixes that are out and also coming out soon.
Plastique De Reve - Resist (Rampage Remix) (Supersoul Recordings) 
GTRONIC - Iron Man (Rampage Remix) (Live-In Music UK) 
Spin Laden - Whip Dat (Rampage Remix) (Content Recordings)
FutureFlashs - Old Skool (Rampage Remix) (Idiot House) 
Jose 2 Hype - Soundboi Killa (Rampage Remix) (2 Hype)                              
Mic Terror – Juke Dem Hoes (Rampage Remix) (Hot Dog 002)
The Allstars – I Got Cash (Rampage Remix) (Texture Recordings)
 
A new ep on Nightshifters entitled “WAR” e.p. that’s out end of June.
Also a new Ghetto Division E.p. and gigs coming up in Canada this August & Europe in the fall. And also we plan to do a Ghetto Division USA tour by the end of the year.
 

Tracklist:
000: Intro
001: Ursula 1000 – Zombies (Hijack Remix)
002: Chelly – Took the Night (Detboi Remix)
003: Harvard Bass – 81 (Renaissance Man Remix)
004: Marco Houle - Manager
005: D-51 – Midnight Alcoholics
006: All Leather – I Don’t Hate Fags, God Does (Congorock Remix)
007: Hijack - High Jackin’ (Herve’s Fuck Fuck Remix)
008: John Acquaviva & Lutzenkirchen – Zombie
009: Rob Threezy – You Bad (DJ Sega Remix)
010: DJ Deeon - Telefon Luv
011: Digital Domain – I Need Relief
012: DJ Deeon – Southside
013: Paul Johnson – Feel My MF Bass
014: Ac Slater – Rock It Out
015: High Powered Boys – Hoes Get Down
016: Paul Johnson – Get Get Down
017: Ac Slater – Jack Got Jacked (Jack Beats Remix)
018: Steve Silk Hurley – Jack Your Body
019: JM Silk – Jack Your Body
020: Lady Sovereign – Got U Dancing (Jack Beats Remix)
021: Sugar Hill Gang – Apache (break)
022: Major Lazer ft. Santigold & Mr. Lexxx – Hold the Line
023: Rico Tubbs – Boom Riddim (Sharkslayer Remix)
024: 3rd Face - Canto Della Liberta (Kink Remix)
025: Dance Area – AA/247
026: Jodeci – Freak You
027: Knowlten Walsh – Animal (B.Rich Remix)
028: Steve Angello & Laidback Luke – Show Me Love (Afrojack Remix)
029: M.A.W. ft India – When You Touch Me
030: Rampage – Loving U Is Easy (Heavy Feet Remix)
031: Rekid – Next Stop Chicago (Jesse Rose Remix)
032: ??? - MF House
033: Rodriguez Jr – Pina Colada
034: The Juan Maclean – One Day (Surkin Remix)
035: Lyn Collins – Think (break)
036: Diamond K – Bad Sista (break)
037: M.C. Magic – Everybody
038: 2 Bad Mice – Bombscare ‘94
039: La Roux – In For the Kill (Hostage Remix)