Author: Adam Chmielewski

There’s never an inappropriate time to discover one of the best bands you’ve ever heard… A truly phenomenal record isn’t something you listen to a couple times, maybe make clever comparison, then push your five hundred word count article through by Friday. My opinion is it’s something that for one to completely grasp the genius of or maybe lack of genius, takes time. This is how you end up with Rolling Stone labeling Weezer’s Pinkerton as one of 1996’s worst, only to give it a five star “re-review” eight years down the road. Even I’ve been known for not liking…

On March 4th, the iconic electronica outfit Prodigy lost their lead singer Keith Flint. At forty-nine years old, he was discovered dead at his home in North End, Essex, England. A new album dropped in November 2018, festival appearances were planned, only to have that momentum come to an unfortunate crashing halt. The dark details of this event reveal a potential suicide which the Essex Senior Coroner Caroline Beasley-Murray has provisionally confirmed. BBC.com also writes that a toxicology report is in progress, also an investigation, and it will reconvene on July 23rd for a hearing where the cause of death…

The X-Men franchise has been an interesting subcategory of Marvel on film. Now that Disney bought Fox through an almost empirical acquisition the fates of our favorite mutants is in question. Do they reboot entirely? How do the merge these two universes together? And do it right no less. Then most importantly, when the X-Men meet the Avengers… what the hell happens? I’ll address the last question first because we may have some insight as to an X-Men slash Avengers movie would go. Quirkybyte.com ran an article on March 4th claiming there’s an idea in development to bring the two…

It’s been like three months since comic book stores have seen the latest chapter of DC’s Doomsday Clock hit their shelves. In the meantime we’ve welcomed a New Year, had the greatness of Tom Brady rammed down our throats, and finally got some footage from the final season of Game Of Thrones. Yeah… that’s pretty much 2019 so far. Now that Doomsday Clock Issue #9 has been released I’m eager to continue my regular coverage. Words cannot express exactly how eager I am because back in December DC dropped what could have been the best issue of series which culminated…

In case you don’t already know but the internet has wonderful personality called Obvious Plant, also known as comedian Jeff Wysaski. Until this past Saturday I wasn’t too familiar with his work but now that I’ve been to his “toy museum” I haven’t stopped talking about it. Before I dive into the core of this article, it’s probably a good idea to describe (to the best of my ability) exactly what Obvious Plant is. The best comparison would be Mad Magazine or Cracked when it was still a print publication. Art that’s part satire, part pop culture critique, part societal…

While drunkenly walking down the Las Vegas strip at 2:00 pm on a Sunday two weeks ago, my girlfriend and I discussed the absolute brilliance of Blink-182’s 2003 self-titled album. Undoubtedly their best album, though I feel there’s room for 2001’s Take Off Your Pants And Jacket to make a claim. By 2003, the band had shed their bratty, immature personas that coincidentally made them so popular. They grew up. The post hardcore sound of Tom DeLonge’s side project Box Car Racer trickled down into Blink-182, creating a darker, less pop more punk, opus which defined the earlier part of…

I’m interested to know your thoughts on “Sampling.” Look, I get it… sure it’s not real music in the traditional sense but I kid you not there is an undefined level of genius to the art form. For all of you music realists, that comment might be the end of you reading my stuff however I feel if you gave thr “Royal We” of electronica acts a chance, I guarantee there something you’d enjoy late at night while your significant other is asleep. Provided you’re wearing headphones of course. As I start writing more about music for Nerdbot, a piece…

One of the simple pleasantries I’ve always enjoyed is getting to use lines from movies in a real life conversation. Don’t deny it, placing a Hollywood constructed phrase at the ideal moment takes almost talent as it does to write the words themselves. Of course I’m joking, there are days I wish I had the ability to come up with a line half as great as “you had me at Hello.” When using dialogue from movies and television I cannot stress enough how the importance of timing is. Also, the setting. I have this friend who claims he said Obi-Wan’s…

Alright, now you’re about to hear me say words I never thought I’d ever say, especially after Spider-Man 3 but Topher Grace has been pretty God damn cool lately. Even I can’t believe I just wrote that. Yep… his for lack of a better term “weak” performance as Venom, and an even worse take on Venom’s alter ego Eddie Brock left a big time bad taste in my mouth. Hopefully it did for you as well. However that was over ten years ago, and Grace is having a little bit of a career renaissance. The guy we once knew as…

We all know that the Marvel Cinematic Universe has generated a whole mountain range of cash for Disney. However if you’re talking recognition from the Academy Of Motion Pictures, you’ll find an empty trophy case. Now all that has changed. At Sunday’s big celebration of Hollywood achievements, Black Panther, one of the most successful films of 2018, brought home three Oscars. Hannah Bleacher and Jay Hart won for Best Production Design while Ruth E. Carter won for Best Costume Design. “Marvel may have created the first black superhero, but through costume design, we turned him into an African king. It’s…