Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo, Donatello. These four names combines will undoubtedly evoke a response in generations of avid cartoon watchers. Of course everybody who loves cartoons will know about The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. The fearsome ninja four have undergone some serious transformations over the years. They face their deadliest challenge yet: being usurped by children cartoon mega-giants Nickelodeon.
How will this affect The Ninja Turtles direction and heritage?
First off I have to say Nickelodeon doesn’t completely inspire feelings of confidence, as far as The Ninja Turtles are concerned. Granted they have one or two kid’s cartoons of merit, such as Spongebob Squarepants and Jimmy Neutron, but these examples are a far cry from “Ninja Turtle territory”.
The latest addition to the Nickelodeon family that gives me hope is the award winning Avatar series…which gives a bit of oomf to the kids cartoon market.
While Nickelodeon has mentioned that the turtles will be used in further animations, video games and live action, there is no word on its release as a comic. Which is particularly strange considering it was originally a comic back in the day before it blew our minds on the telly. Have The Ninja Turtles been defeated as a viable comic format?
Every now and then an young artist comes along that truly captures my attention. One such artist is an individual, whom most design fans would know as Sheesh. His real name is Caleb Morris…and he rocks!
This Americancharacter mad design guru, blew me away when I stumbled upon his work on ilikecharacters.comrecently. Caleb is quite a young dude (29 years old), but his achievements and exposure seem to be much grander than most aspiring artists of the same age. Although I don’t think it’s fair to call him “aspiring”. After all, other artists are aspiring to be at his level.
It seems that my mind has been completed taken over by psychedelic trance these days. Seriously, maybe it’s all these awesome psychedelic trance parties that are coming up like Organica and Mandala Project. One thing’s for sure the trend doesn’t seem to be slowing down. It seems that the new Infected Mushroom album The Legend of the Black Shawarma was released a month ago, but I only managed to get my sticky fingers on it day before last.
I has surprised, perplexed and then stoked!
First things first, The Legend of the Black Shawarma is a very different album from the last (Vicious Delicious). While I’m sure some will agree and others not, I truly feel that this latest album was a full-on leap into the immersion of rock and psy-trance. Honestly these days I wouldn’t even consider Infected Mushroom a true psychedelic trance group. One of my buddies even commented that the change in sound may limit the number of psy-trance parties that they are usually invited to.
If you listen to the new album it is highly infused with electric guitar. In the previous few albums there was a slight electric guitar, but never to the degree that it is now.
Will this change lose them fans????
As I mentioned a few days ago there are a very many trance parties coming up in the Spring/Summer season, but only a very are truly worth a mention. There are all the usual suspects like the previously mentioned Xmas Vortex and of course the amazing Organica party that will be held this weekend. However one festival that I would give my left toes to attend is undoubtedly the upcoming Mandala Project psychedelic trance party, which will be hosted by none other than Groovy Troopers and Timecode.
This is gonna be HUGE!
