We got some great tunes tonight INCLUDING a track from Lex the Lexicon Artist’s new album Raging Ego, coming out on June 6th!
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Press Start Reviews: Upfronts 2018 – ABC
ABC has been a perennial favorite of mine – they have a lot of quirky shows with interesting premises (premisii?), and most importantly last year they made a huge push in airing shows with diverse casting. The Mayor, For the People, and Black-ish either are completely brown or have a lot of people of color on set.
That said ABC isn’t perfect. Like a lot of us, I was really excited to see Rosanne make a comeback this year… and… Yeah. I watched a couple episodes and I’m done with it. I can’t separate the woman from the show, especially when the two are so intertwined.
This year’s crop looks to be… more pale. It’s unfortunate that they didn’t continue the push into more colorful territory, but some of their shows do show promise. So let’s see what they got.
Press Start Reviews: Upfronts 2018 – NBC
The first batch of upfronts trailers I’m going to look at are three from NBC. Their slate for the 2018-2019 season is looking pretty good, and they are not surprising anyone with their usual focus on dramas. Law and Order: SVU is returning for their 20th season, they are creating a whole night of the Chicago shows (Med, PD, and Fire), The Blacklist is back… but they are also trying to increase their comedic stable bringing home Brooklyn 99 (YES!!!) and a few others.
I’m really interested in a four of their new shows: The Gilded Age (period piece from the creator of Downton Abby focusing on 1880s New York), The Enemy Within (spy thriller, sounds kind of like The Blacklist?), Manifest, and New Amsterdam.
So let’s get to it!
Press Start Reviews: Upfronts Trailers 2018
There are a few media/corporate conferences I look forward to every year… Apple’s WWDC and E3 to name a couple. Another is the Upfronts. As most of you know, E3 is primarily the video game industry’s way of showing off all of its great upcoming products for the next year… to reporters and other game developers. At its core, its a trade show that the rest of us can visit too. The Upfronts are basically the same thing, but for television. Every channel hauls as many ad agencies as it can into an evening of celebrity guests and trailers, trying to convince them all where they should run commercials in the 2018-2019 season.
Last year there were some really great contenders: Instinct, For the People, and The Resident have become favorites of mine. Some haven’t been so lucky; The Mayor and The Crossing haven’t been renewed.
So whats all this to do with whatever? After they try to woo the ad people, they release the trailers to the public so we can all get hype for the coming season! Usually! And sometimes we get crap like Macguyver and have to drink to forget it even existed.
There have been twenty-four trailers released between NBC, ABC, CBS, FOX, and SYFY, and I’m gonna review them all. Why? Because its there that’s why. Also I’m a TV junkie and I’d be doing this on my own either way. SO! I’ll be splitting these reviews up by channel. Click the links to read each one:
Upfronts 2018 – CBS
Upfronts 2018 – FOX
Upfronts 2018 – Other
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Press Start to Continue, 5/14/18
My first interview after my 5th anniversary! I got to talk to Bill Beats and Shubzilla about their collaboration, reclaiming words, and the dark side of Nerdcore. To listen to the FULL interview (trust me you want to) go to starttocontinue.com/interviews!
Find Shubzilla and BillBeats’ music on noirgrime.com and its bandcamp (https://noirgrime.bandcamp.com)
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Press Start to Continue DLC (4/30/18): 5th Anniversary Blowout!
I’ve had the privilege to run Press Start to Continue for 5 years. I’ve loved giving everyone the chance to experience all this wonderfully nerdy music, meeting artists, and just all around having a great time with all of you. I hope you’ve enjoyed it too!
To celebrate this episode is DOUBLED SIZED! two additional hours of nerdcore, video game music, and me talking about how much fun all of this is. Enjoy!
(and YES you can have F-Sharp Minor, it was late and I forgot my music theory for a sec….)
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Press Start Reviews: Lost In Space (Netflix)
I love TV, and I watch a ton of it, especially since I have a lot of free time. I wish I had the energy to write more TV/Movie reviews, so I’m going to make the attempt… but don’t expect this to be a super frequent thing.
When I review something, I like giving the short answer at the top, and if you want to read why then read further.
Good production values. Acting is iffy, but fine. It’s pretty good so far. I’ll be watching more.
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