The New Mastersounds
Hailing from Leeds, England, are an amazingly tight retro-funk quartet. These guys sound remarkably like the Meters, and that's not a backhanded compliment. The timbre and the grooves are impeccable at best and groovy fun at their worst. Start with 102% and work your way out from there.
Hailing from Leeds, England, are an amazingly tight retro-funk quartet. These guys sound remarkably like the Meters, and that's not a backhanded compliment. The timbre and the grooves are impeccable at best and groovy fun at their worst. Start with 102% and work your way out from there.
Watchmen
I'm on a comics/graphic novel kick thanks to the "Comixology" app. I was never a huge comic book geek, so I don't have much of background or street cred here. Watchmen by Alan Moore doesn't require much comic book knowledge from the reader: it's simply great art. Watchmen is the story of a group of superheroes who loosely get back together together to investigate the murder of a former colleague, "The Comedian." What's unique about this is that it's told as such a way that asks: what would superheroes be like in REAL life? What kind of psychological baggage drives someone to become a vigilante and play dress-up? Amidst the complex intertwining stories is a heavy duty cold-war doomsday plot, too. If you're a comic book fan you've read this already, but if you're not do yourself a favor and give it a try.
I'm on a comics/graphic novel kick thanks to the "Comixology" app. I was never a huge comic book geek, so I don't have much of background or street cred here. Watchmen by Alan Moore doesn't require much comic book knowledge from the reader: it's simply great art. Watchmen is the story of a group of superheroes who loosely get back together together to investigate the murder of a former colleague, "The Comedian." What's unique about this is that it's told as such a way that asks: what would superheroes be like in REAL life? What kind of psychological baggage drives someone to become a vigilante and play dress-up? Amidst the complex intertwining stories is a heavy duty cold-war doomsday plot, too. If you're a comic book fan you've read this already, but if you're not do yourself a favor and give it a try.
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