Every once in a blue moon, tabs get cleared out and links get posted. Here’s the latest installment of the cool stuff roundup. If you can click on only one, please check out “The 20 Most Beautiful Bookstores in the World” by...
Read moreBen Gazzara – The Last Husband
The actor Ben Gazzara has died. He may be best remembered as part of that great trio with John Cassavetes and Peter Falk that made the film ‘Husbands’ as sort-of promoted above. I thought I had run this video before, but can find no...
Read moreSimon Gane Adapts Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Lot No. 249
Simon Gane brings us a preview of several panels from his 28 page adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s 41 page* horror story from 1892, “Lot No. 249“. The comic will run in Graphic Classics Volume 23: Halloween Classics, due...
Read moreSequential Artists Workshop Grand Opening Friday
Tom Hart will be opening the Sequential Artists Workshop (SAW) to the world this Friday, January 27 from 7 to 10PM. The Grand Opening is also a book launch party/gallery show for Derek Ballard’s Cartoon Show. SAW is proud to open its doors to the...
Read moreCrimestoppers Club with Kate Beaton & Michael Kupperman – Luca Lounge – New York, NY – 01/24/12
Album of The Year – Gonjasufi’s MU.ZZ.LE
Out on the Warp label this Tuesday, January 24 is Gonjasufi‘s MU.ZZ.LE. Although it’s just ten short tracks, this could well be the album of the year (hey, early days… but this is an incredible collection of music). You can...
Read moreRingo Starr Loves His Suit
In 1977, Ringo Starr did four commercials hawking Simple Life Leisure Suits for Japanese TV. They contained variations of the song, “I Love My Suit” – sung by Ringo, featuring background vocals by Harry Nilsson and Davy Jones of...
Read moreHey Capitol Hill! Don’t Break the Internet!
PROTECT IP / SOPA Breaks The Internet from Fight for the Future on Vimeo. Stop SOPA & PIPA Join the party: Wikipedia, Reddit, Google, RPS, BoingBoing, AmericanElf, Rhizome, Wired, tumblr, and many, many other sites have gone various shades...
Read moreUNREST Perfect Teeth deluxe 7″ Box Set
UNREST Perfect Teeth / 7″ Box Set from Teen-Beat on Vimeo. UNREST’s landmark indie-rock album, Perfect Teeth, has been out of print for 15 years. Their last, and widely considered their best album. Featuring M.T.V. hits “Make Out...
Read moreAdam Arcuragi US Tour & New Album This Month
Adam Arcuragi and The Lupine Chorale Society – with Andrew Gerhan on Bass – kicks off a one month US Tour on Wednesday, January 18th at Los Angeles’ Bootleg Bar. More local to Wow Cool HQ, they will be in San Francisco at The...
Read moreKramers Ergot 8 Release Party Thursday at Family in L.A.
Kramers Ergot #8 will be having itself a release party at Family in Los Angeles at 7pm on Thursday, January 19, 2012. Contributors Ben Jones, Johnny Ryan & Tim Hensley and editor Sammy Harkham will be in attendance. Can’t make it? The...
Read moreDrinking Ales With The Snails By The Tracks
Welcome to the linkdown and shop update for the Martin Luther King, Jr. Weekend. My five-year-old told a very curious tale about King Luther, whose ‘last name is Junior’, when he came home from school the other day. He also executed...
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