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June 19, 2012

99 Songs I Wanna Hear At My Wake: Spider-Man by David Quinn – In Walked Quinn #14 | @MDWorld

At an uptown New York party in the early 90s, I met, well, the lyricist of this morning’s song – Robert Harris, though he introduced himself as Bob. Setting the...

June 19, 2012

The Point Radio, by Mike Raub | @MDWorld

Tomorrow night (9pm ET) SyFy premieres SCHOOL SPIRITS, a new reality based series from the creators of CELEBRITY GHOST STORIES and Mark Burnett Productions. They go inside high schools and colleges where paranormal activities are...

June 19, 2012

LA Film Fest: ‘Killer Joe’, ‘Vampira and Me’, ‘Question Bridge’, ‘Luv’, by Michael Stradford – The Tall Guy’s Gear Guide | @MDWorld

The annual Los Angeles Film Festival started Thursday night at the Regal Cinemas at LA Live downtown and will run through next Sunday.  The festival is a combination of over...

June 18, 2012

The Point Radio, by Mike Raub | @MDWorld

From Broadway to Box Office, ROCK OF AGES has to slide in just before another blockbuster hits the theaters but can it hold up? Russel Brand talks about that, his new FX talk show...

June 18, 2012

Vaginas Are Dirty, by Mike Gold – Brainiac On Banjo #279 | @MDWorld

Are there such things as atheist ghosts? I ask because, damn it, I’m certain I can hear the sound of George Carlin’s contemptuous laugher. In another triumph of Great American...

June 18, 2012

The Amazing Spider-Man #687 … Ends of the Earth, by Marc Alan Fishman – Snarky Synopsis | @MDWorld

Written by Dan Slott Art by Stefano Caselli and Frank Martin Jr. Welcome back friends and foes alike. I can hear your cranky retorts already. “Didn’t this lazy jerk already...

June 16, 2012

Things Ain’t Like They Used to Be, by Martha Thomases – Brilliant Disguise | @MDWorld

When I was a girl, and my family would visit New York over the Christmas holidays, my dad’s two uncles would usually spend a day with my sister and me,...

June 14, 2012

The Apprentice, by David Rhoades – Straight No Chaser, Guest Edition | @MDWorld

Hey MDW, this is resident apprentice David Rhoades here. I’ll be filling in for Michael this week. I’m here this week because Michael is “…dealing with some grade-A idiot celebrity...

June 13, 2012

Battleship!…, by Whitney Farmer – Un Pop Culture | @MDWorld

Whitney runs a rock music venue on the beach in L.A.. She has an MBA, and was just diagnosed with astigmatism. As our boat drove too close to the USS...

June 12, 2012

Searching for War, by Arthur Tebbel – Pop Art #184 | @MDWorld

Dear Art, I’m sure you remember the media frenzy that accompanied the release of Walter Isaacson’s biography of Steve Jobs where he reported Jobs would “go to thermonuclear war” over...

June 12, 2012

Prometheus: The Thinking Man’s Summer Blockbuster, by Michael Stradford – The Tall Guy’s Gear Guide | @MDWorld

I saw Ridley Scott’s latest sci-fi opus, ‘Prometheus’, over the weekend and was fascinated.  Kind of a prequel to the ‘Alien’ franchise that he started in 1979, it’s also a...

June 11, 2012

The Point Radio, by Mike Raub | @MDWorld

  Casting off the image of Lois Lane, Erica Durance is back on TV with NBC’s new drama, SAVING HOPE. She talks about the things that are and aren’t similar to her life in Smallville, plus Venom & Spider-Man will...

June 11, 2012

Dial H #1 and #2, by Marc Alan Fishman – Snarky Synopsis | @MDWorld

Written by China Mieville, Art by Mateus Santolouco Ask me what my favorite book was in 2003. Marc? Yes, Marc. What was your favorite book in 2003? Well that’s simple…Will Pfeifer’s “H.E.R.O.” (a modern...

June 11, 2012

Food Fight! by Mike Gold – Brainiac On Banjo #278 | @MDWorld

Last Saturday I had the great pleasure of joining my fellow columnist Martha Thomases and two wonderful Detroit friends for brunch at a Manhattan restaurant. Nothing can be finer than...

June 9, 2012

Why No Piecemeal Enertainment, by Chris Derrick – Sympathy for the Devil #19 | @MDWorld

I haven’t been watching too much TV of late or going to the movies (I think the last movie I saw was SALMON FISHING IN YEMEN – good, btw, gotta...

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