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Lester Bangs: Remembering The Late Great Influential Rock and Roll Scribe
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Lester Bangs

Today would have been the 65th birthday of Lester Bangs, the out-of-control, original gonzo journalist, who wrote about rock and roll as if it flowed with a sense of literature and narcotic-fueled energy and who wound up influencing scores of would-be critics, not just in the music genre but spanning it. In his short life, Bangs pushed envelopes and milked and squeezed every drop out of decadent life that could be attained before dying in 1982 by overdosing on a prescription drug called Darvon.

For every writer who writes with fervent soul, an attitude in the words they put to paper or monitor or screen or what have you, there has to be the acknowledgement of Lester Bangs consciously or unconsciously. Bangs almost completely on his own staked a Magellan-like claim in the journalistic market, the rock and roll arena most particularly, which was during the crucial time of the late 1960s to the late 1970s, when the eclectics of the musical art of that serendipitous yet rough around the edges and then some decade sported some of the greatest music and styles, whether it be imitative sincere flattery, the physical fashions it manifested, or the sub genres of sound and vision that it had gestated. And right in the middle of its hurricane axis was Lester Bangs.

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Movie Review: The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug
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The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Poster

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Director: Peter Jackson
Writers: Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Guillermo del Toro
Cast: Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, Evangeline Lilly, Orlando Bloom, Luke Evans
Warner Bros. Pictures
Rated PG-13 | 161 Minutes
Release Date: December 13, 2013

Director Peter Jackson returns to J.R.R. Tokien“˜s Middle-Earth with The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, the second entry in a new series of films that serve as a prequel to The Lord of the Rings trilogy.

Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman), along with Gandalf the Grey (Ian McKellen), Thorin Oakenshield (Richard Armitage), and his twelve companions, continue on their quest: to reach the Lonely Mountain and reclaim the kingdom of Ererbor (and its golden treasure) from the dragon Smaug (Benedict Cumberbatch), the “Chiefest and Greatest of Calamities.”

Bilbo and his companions venture into the black forest of Mirkwood, where they are attacked by giant spiders and captured by Wood-elves. Enter Legolas (Orlando Bloom) and Tauriel (Evangeline Lilly) in a storyline created by Jackson to expand The Hobbit narrative and give the story a female character, which it desperately needs.

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Amazing ‘LEGO The Last Of Us’ Video With Bonus M. Night Shyamalan Twist
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LEGO The Last of Us

Remember that video we saw a while back that turned the hit AMC series Breaking Bad into one of those LEGO video games that will never actually ever exist, but which you’d give almost anything to play? Well, here’s another one!

This time around it’s another video game getting the toy makeover, Naughty Dog’s Game of the Year contender, The Last of Us, which tells the story of a man trying to get a girl across the country in the midst of a plague that’s turned most humans into terrifying mutated creatures. The video is great, especially the fairly brilliant trophy unlock, and even comes complete with an added bonus M. Night Shyamalan twist at the end, so no skipping out early.

You can check out the video for LEGO The Last of Us below, and no worries if you’ve yet to play the real game, there are no spoilers here.

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Comic Review: Sherlock Holmes: Moriarty Lives #1
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Sherlock Holmes: Moriarty Lives #1 cover by Francesco FrancavillaSherlock Holmes: Moriarty Lives #1
Written by David Liss
Illustrated by Daniel Indro
Colored by Josan Gonzalez
Lettered by Joshua Cozine
Cover by Francesco Francavilla
Dynamite Entertainment
Release Date: December 11, 2013
Cover Price: $3.99

David Liss does an amazing job of channeling the voice of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in Dynamite’s new Sherlock Holmes: Moriarty Lives #1.

The reader is thrust into Switzerland’s Reichenbach Falls just beyond the last pages of the legendary tale of the showdown between Sherlock Holmes and his nemesis, Professor James Moriarty. As the title of this release alludes, Moriarty survives the fall that was presumed to have killed him and decides to hide out in a nearby village until he can rebuild his criminal enterprise.

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Telltale’s ‘The Walking Dead’ Season 2 Trailer Catches Up With Clementine
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The Walking Dead Season 2 Clementine

Not too long ago we saw the first teaser trailer for season two of The Walking Dead, the Telltale Games adaptation of Robert Kirkman‘s hit comic book series. Season one of the game was voted by many as the 2012 video game of the year, so as you might imagine, fans are wildly excited for the new set of episodes.

Now comes a second trailer for the second season, which shows much more of the new content. For those who don’t know, the little girl, Clementine, who won your heart as you tried to protect her from the neverending dangers of the zombie apocalypse—both undead and very much alive—in season one, is now the character you will play as in season two. All of the choices that you made in the first season and the DLC, 400 Days, will also affect how this new story will go.

Continue below now to read a description of the game and to check out the new trailer. But be warned, the trailer begins with a recap of season one, so if you have not played that yet (what are you waiting for?!), do not watch this.

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