Category Archives: Music

New: Robo Rock

Posted on Tuesday, April 1, 2008 by Robert Hood

And then there’s rock ‘n’ roll, aliens, cybernetic underpants and a giant robot! Robo Rokku [aka Robo Rock] (2007; dir. Taikan Suga) Masaru, a 23-year-old who has a passive attitude toward life in general, professes himself as a “genius odd-job-man” … Continue reading →

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Post-WFC: Durans on Broadway

Posted on Friday, November 16, 2007 by Robert Hood

The theme of World Fantasy Con this year was Ghosts and Revenants, so maybe it was appropriate that on the night following the last day of WFC, I found myself in the Ethel Barrymore Theatre on Broadway in NYC, listening … Continue reading →

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Do the Daikaiju Stomp!

Posted on Monday, August 20, 2007 by Robert Hood

Check this out: I recently came across this rare daikaiju soundtrack album in a box of dusty cassettes hidden under a table in a shed out the back of Taped To Death — a seedy secondhand music store in the … Continue reading →

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Rocking on the Edge of Time

Posted on Tuesday, July 24, 2007 by Robert Hood

Hands up all those who’ve heard of Hawkwind? OK, one … two… hey, you at the back! Have you got your hand up or is that a joint you’re waving around? Now, I suspect that among those who have heard … Continue reading →

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