CD Giveaway - 33Miles, "One Life"
Ends Aug 4, 2010
The country-pop sound established in their eponymous debut is a mainstay for this album as well, and even adds a little more southern flavor.
CD Giveaway - Phil Wickham, "Cannons"
Ends Aug 3, 2010
With an opening shot that hits the sonic pinnacle, this collection of spiritual Brit pop/rock is heavily influenced by Keane, Travis, Coldplay, and U2.
All right. I want whoever was responsible for telling me that Staton and Colon were still doing comics to be brought in front of me right now so I can give them a good thrashing. Oh wait... that was my job. Belay that order.
For those new to The Crossovers, here's the basic concept: Carter Crossover is the superhero Archetype. His wife, Calista, is a vampire slayer. Their teen-aged daughter Cris is a warrior princess in a fantasy world, and their son Cliff is an alien collaborator right out of The X-Files. The hitch: each of them lives their lives in secrecy--even from each other! One house, four genres.
But that's about to change this issue, as a lovelorn old man tries to conjure up an ancient Roman god to help him with his romance problems:
Otto Merriman: ...lend me succor in my misery... proffer me comfort in my loneliness... Eros... Eros...
SFX: WHOOOSH Otto: I... I did it! I really summoned you! Oh, Eros, you've got to help me... I'm 44 years old, and I've never yet known the touch of a woman! I eseech you to g... uh... give me... Otto: ...um... 'scuse me. You're not Eros, god of love. Are you? Female: Hm? Oh, no. Of course I'm not. Poor little man. Your rite worked well enough, but you've much to learn about pronunciation. You've called forth not Eros, but Eris...
While Eris goes hither and thither among the living, stirring up strife among couples in love, the Crossovers are each feeling the effects of springtime. Carter and Calista go off on a date, on which Carter is determined to reveal his secret to his wife. Cris, meanwhile, lies in her room pining for her love in the other dimension, while Cliff spruces up to meet an older girl--leaving two abandoned aliens in his room.
The only person not having romantic entanglements or difficulties is the nosy next-door neighbor, Perry Noia, a conspiracy nut who's completely content having a relationship with his computer and Internet friends. He's been noticing some strange goings-on at the Crossovers, what with vampires and aliens and swords (oh my!). What Gladys Kravitz was to Samantha Stevens, so is Noia to our family of heroes.
Robert Rodi spins a tale that is both light and engrossing. When presented in the E-Man stylings of Staton and Colon, the danger never seems to be more deadly than one might expect from an Archie comic. Yet the plots (for there are many to follow) are compelling and well executed. It's a fun read--and fun isn't constrained to genre.
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All right. I want whoever was responsible for telling me that Staton and Colon were still doing comics to be brought in front of me right now so I can give them a good thrashing. Oh wait... that was my job. Belay that order.
Robert Rodi spins a tale that is both light and engrossing. When presented in the E-Man stylings of Staton and Colon, the danger never seems to be more deadly than one might expect from an Archie comic. Yet the plots (for there are many to follow) are compelling and well executed. It's a fun read--and fun isn't constrained to genre.
