XS BS: Who are War Tapes?

WT: War Tapes are: Neil- Vocals, Guitar, Becca- Bass, Vocals, William- Drums, Matt- Guitar

Neil and Becca are brother and sister and are from Boston, MA. William is from So. Cal, and Matt is from Hawaii. We all live in LA now.

XS BS: Who are some of your influences?
WT: We have many different influences including post punk, punk, new wave, brit pop, indie rock, as well as experiences we have had, art we love, and the constant inspiration we get each time we play together.

XS BS: Where did the name ‘War Tapes’ come from?
WT: We liked the dichotomy between the two words War and Tapes. There is a stark contrast between the nostalgic sound of ‘tapes’ which makes us think of music, and the dark meanings associated with the word ‘war.’ Put together it just made sense for us.

XS BS: Anything new in your world we should know about?
We just finished an East Coast/Mid West tour opening for Tiger Army. And we have been invited to play some more shows this Aug, Sept, and Oct. with them on the West Coast which we are very excited about. Also our debut EP officially comes out September 16, 2008!

Here are up coming Tour Dates:
8/8- Domino Room- Bend, OR- W/ TIGER ARMY
8/9- Wonder Ballroom- Portland, OR- W/ TIGER ARMY
8/28- Bordello’s- Downtown Los Angeles, CA
9/12- Marquee Theater- Tempe, AZ- W/TIGER ARMY
9/17- Club Moscow at Boardners- Hollywood, CA- OFFICIAL WAR TAPES EP RELEASE PARTY!
9/21- The Fillmore- San Francisco, CA- W/ TIGER ARMY
10/23- OCtoberflame 2008 @ The Grove- Anaheim, CA- W/ TIGER ARMY

Web: http://www.myspace.com/wartapes

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Check out the Lost Boys The Tribe e-card below to sample tracks off the soundtrack (in stores July 22 on
Artists’ Addiction Records) and to view the trailer for the film, out on DVD July 29th.

The first single, Aiden’s remake of “Cry Little Sister” (from the original film’s sountrack) is now available digitally.

http://www.lostboys2soundtrack.com/eCard/

46th New York Film Festival (2008)
New York, United States, September 26 to October 12, 2008
(Films, all genres and lengths)

All filmmakers, regardless of experience, are invited to submit work to the New York Film Festival. There is no entry fee. There are no competition categories, all lengths and all genres are considered.

For more info hit the website:
http://www.telefilm.gc.ca/upload/appels/CALL-FOR-ENTRIES-New%20York-2008_178_en.pdf

The Book:

Recovering con artist Ciara Griffin is trying to live the straight life, even if it means finding a (shudder!) real job. She takes an internship at a local radio station, whose late-night time-warp format features 1940s blues, 60s psychedelia, 80s Goth, and more, all with an uncannily authentic flair. Ciara soon discovers how the DJs maintain their cred: they’re vampires, stuck forever in the eras in which they were turned.

Ciara’s first instinct, as always, is to cut and run. But communications giant Skywave wants to buy WMMP and turn it into just another hit-playing clone. Without the station—and the link it provides to their original Life Times—the vampires would “fade,” becoming little more than mindless ghosts of the past. Suddenly a routine corporate takeover becomes a matter of life and un-death.

To boost ratings and save the lives of her strange new friends, Ciara re-brands the station as “WVMP, the Lifeblood of Rock ’n’ Roll.” In the ultimate con, she hides the DJs’ vampire nature in plain sight, disguising the bloody truth as a marketing gimmick. WVMP becomes the hottest thing around—next to Ciara’s complicated affair with grunge vamp Shane McAllister. But the “gimmick” enrages a posse of ancient and powerful vampires who aren’t so eager to be brought into the light. Soon the stakes are higher-and the perils graver-than any con game Ciara’s ever played…
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The Verdict:

The premise sounded good and I really looked forward to reading this one.

There are some original concepts in Wicked Game but it just felt a bit flat to me. I also felt the vamps needed to be either more scary or painted in a more “romantic” type of view. What was really missing for me was depth of character. If a vamp has been around for so many years I’d imagine they would have more soul or layers than the one dimensional vamp DJ’s in the book. The authors love of music is obvious through the book and I give her props for providing musicians with some potential exposure.

All in all, Wicked Game is an easy read, more of a love type story than anything and a good read for teens.

I didn’t have high expectations of this movie, only that it would be someone entertaining. So I was a bit surprised that it was actually not even really that. The plot was really weak and the ending was truly corny. Surprising considering the stars involved; Morgan Freeman, James McAvoy and Angelina Jolie.

Sure the action scenes are cool but the story is predictable, and really, really corny at times. There were scenes that were over the top, some that were more dramatic and some that were downright silly.

If you just want to watch action sequences or Angelia Jolie and don’t care about dialogue or story, then go see it. Otherwise this one is a rental.

http://www.wantedmovie.com/