It took me a long time to realize that Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ graphic novel Watchmen is one of my favorite books. It was a slow realization born of careful analysis and frequent returns to the material. For the…
When I learned that Felicia Day was running a romance fiction book club called Vaginal Fantasy Book Club, I didn’t pay much attention. I’m not exactly the target demographic for romance fiction. What I know about it–the paperbacks with dreamy,…
This season on Sesame Street, the popular “Elmo’s World” segment is being replaced by “Elmo: The Musical.” Cookie Monster and Grover visited Entertainment Weekly to promote the show and their own musical prowess. The result is very sweet and funny.…
A Slenderman nightmare by way of an Atari dot chase game that never existed. That’s a new one. — Robert (@robertjgannon) September 24, 2012 I tweeted about it yesterday, but I might as well come clean: I love the idea…
I was just a bit too young to catch the original run of Fraggle Rock. I did, however, watch the show on TNT and the Disney channel on a regular basis. It was just so much fun. When I woke…
It appears I may have posted my Lindsey Stirling tribute a day too soon. Yesterday, a new video emerged from the ether of the Internet that kind of proved my argument. Lindsey Stirling is a violin player working off of…
Lindsey Stirling has come a long way since stepping into mainstream media consciousness on America’s Got Talent. There, with only 90 seconds to perform at a time, she was viewed as a novelty act (Lindsey Stirling, the “hip hop violinist”)…
Laura Linney is Aimee Mann. That’s all you really need to know about Aimee Mann’s new music video “Charmer.” Curt? Quite. But that’s all it took for me to watch the video for the first time. I presume you’ve already…
I make it no small secret that I love Kate Bush. I think she’s a fabulous musician with an actual perspective on art, life, and music and deserves all the accolades that come her way. When I heard rumor that…
I’ve been big on M.I.A. since she came out the gates with “Galang,” a twisted little play on street slang that is far deeper than its sing-song hook and neon colored video would lead you to believe. Is it a…
Getting just the right look for the leading lady didn’t stop Old Hollywood from casting non-singers as leads in big budget musicals. That’s where dubbers come in. They’re still used today to mask less than great singers on the silver screen. Before vocals were mixed to sweeten a singer, they were swapped out entirely in post production.
One of the most prolific dubbers was Martha Mears. She filled in lead vocals for Lucille Ball (The Big Street), Marjorie Reynolds (Holiday Inn), and Hedy Lamarr (My Favorite Spy). More impressive is how varied her vocal range and type can be.
Lost Vocals on YouTube put together a 13 minute video of Martha Mears’ dubbing work in Hollywood. She performed over 50 voice over roles in 12 years. It’s overwhelming in the best way possible.
Susan Blackwell has really grown to be a great interviewer. For her to take on the monumental task of interviewing all the winners backstage at the Tony Awards is one thing. To do it while maintaining her trademark wit is…
My Prometheus review is going up tomorrow. I’m carefully constructing my argument and just need to let it rest overnight to make sure my angle makes sense. I will say I enjoyed the film a lot. I’m just struggling to…
I’ll admit that I didn’t get Pinterest at first. It felt like a really random mix of Facebook and Twitter. All you do is pin content to a board that anyone can see. The pins link back to the source…