Dave Eggers‘ Time Travel Mart in LA just released a fantastic poster set that takes on the look and feel of old Pan Am travel ads to hype several of the historical eras we’ll all be hitting in our future DeLoreans—Pangaea to run with the dinos, Tokyo 2.0 where binary is the official language, andContinue reading “Vintage Looking Time Travel Posters For A Good Cause”
Author Archives: Larry Fire
Top 10 Famous Hotel Rooms
1. Room 1738, 1740, 1742, Queen Elizabeth Hotel, Montreal, Canada John Lennon and Yoko Ono stayed in bed here for a week in 1969 to protest the Vietnam War but the suite’s biggest event was Lennon and Ono recording anti-war song “Give Peace a Chance” there. Now available to the public as the John LennonContinue reading “Top 10 Famous Hotel Rooms”
Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog
“Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog”, the latest project by Joss Whedon (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Firefly & Serenity), is a three part web-based musical mini series staring Neil Patrick Harris as Dr. Horrible, Nathan Fillion as Captain Hammer and Felicia Day as Penny. Whedon says the whole point of this series, aside from making aContinue reading “Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog”
Watch The Awesome Watchmen Trailer
Here is the new teaser trailer for Zack Snyder’s Watchmen adaptation, coming to theaters on March 6, 2009. The Warner Bros. Pictures release stars Patrick Wilson, Jackie Earle Haley, Matthew Goode, Billy Crudup, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Malin Akerman, Carla Gugino, Stephen McHattie and Matt Frewer. A complex, multi-layered mystery adventure, Watchmen is set in anContinue reading “Watch The Awesome Watchmen Trailer”
10 Facts About Disneyland
1. Roy O. Disney arranged to buy the very first ticket to Disneyland, but if you don’t count him, the first person to buy a ticket and enter the gates was David MacPherson. The first two children were Christine Vess and Michael Schwartner. All three of them received lifetime passes to Disneyland which was laterContinue reading “10 Facts About Disneyland”
Find Your iPhone 3G
Do you want the new iPhone but are unsure if your Apple store will have it in stock? Please click here to find the nearest iPhone in the style you want.
An Interview With Alan Moore
About two years ago, Warner Bros. announced that 300 director Zack Snyder would be adapting that gold standard of comics, Watchmen, into a feature film. The response was nothing short of orgiastic — from just about everyone except Watchmen‘s own scribe, Alan Moore, who remains ambivalent about all the hoopla. The 54-year-old writer and co-creatorContinue reading “An Interview With Alan Moore”
Stephen King Goes to the Movies Book Cover
Here is the cover for the upcoming book, “Stephen King Goes to the Movies” which is scheduled to be released on January 27th, 2009. The #1 bestselling author reflects on the filming of five of his most popular short stories. Those movies are The Shawshank Redemption, 1408, Children of the Corn, The Mangler, and Hearts in Atlantis.Continue reading “Stephen King Goes to the Movies Book Cover”
World’s Most Crowded Swimming Pool
Thousands of swimmers crowd into a pool in Penglai in Sichuan, western China . Swimming laps is not an option.
Hot Dog: The Quiz
July is National Hot Dog Month so today’s quiz is comprised of ten questions concerning hot dogs as both a food item and a pop culture reference. Take the quiz here.