The Dynasty Warriors franchise or Musou as it’s known in Japan, has no shortage of titles available on the gaming market, it’s a series that has both dominated and redefined the “Beat’em Up” genre. In the latter half of the 2000’s, we saw Tecmo Koei, the company responsible for these …
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Amanda Palmer talks life, music, love and buying a bed with Neil Gaiman
Amanda Palmer made music history this year when she raised $1.2 million on Kickstarter allowing her to shake her contract with RoadRunner records and launch her own label and subsequent album, “Theater is Evil,” an eclectic rock/sync mix that harkens back to 80’s new wave. With “Smiles: Pictures or it Didn’t Happen” Palmer interweaves …
Read More »Retro-active: Althea and Donna ~ Uptown Top Ranking
This week’s retro-active remembers Jamaican, rude girl duo – Althea and Donna. The young Jamaican singers Althea Forrest (17), and Donna Reid (18), caused a surprise with their one-off reggae hit single, “Uptown Top Ranking”. It was produced by Joe Gibbs[1] using a re-recording of the riddim of the 1967 …
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