Ahoy, I'm Peter Tatara. In brief, I'm left-handed, a vegetarian, and my blood type is A. I work for the New York Comic Con and New York Anime Festival and have a cute girlfriend and a Space: Above & Beyond boxset. I'm generally a happy guy.
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Dir En Grey at Kinokuniya!
Some exciting news for you all. In celebration of their scheduled three-night performance at New York City's Blender Theater at Gramercy and upcoming DVD release -- Average Blasphemy -- Dir En Grey will be making a special public appearance at Kinokuniya Bookstore on Tuesday, November 10th.
Hosted by The Lady Miz Diva Velez of TheDivaReview.com, Dir En Grey will take part in a live interview discussing the band's history and their All Visible Things Tour as well as play clips from their Average Blasphemy DVD. An autograph signing will follow. The Kinokuniya Dir En Grey interview and autograph signing begins at 8 PM on Tuesday, November 10th in Kinokuniya Bookstore at 1073 Avenue of the Americas.
The event is free; however, it is limited to 200 fans. If you'd like to go, visit TheDivaReview.com. All tickets to the interview and signing will be distributed online.
The Heiz Play NYC on Saturday!
Have you made your weekend plans? If not, our friends at SuperGlorious are taking over Santos Party House on Saturday for a night of music featuring...
The Heiz, Dinowalrus, and Exit Clov.
The show is Saturday, November 7. Doors open at 7 PM, the show starts at 7:30, and tickets run $8. Santos Party House is at 96 Lafayette Street in NYC. For more, visit superglorious.com.
The Heiz come all the way from Japan, and this is their first US tour, so let's give them a big welcome!
Vampires Take Over The Paley Center!
Think Halloween is over? Think again. From Friday, November 13 to Sunday, November 15, our friends at the Paley Center in NYC are hosting a selection of fangtastic screenings and events. Paley’s vampire weekend events are free to Paley Center members and $10 for non-members. Here’s the menu…
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Friday Screenings, 2:00 to 4:30 pm
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Reunion (2008) - The cast and creative team of Buffy the Vampire Slayer reunite to discuss the groundbreaking series. With Sarah Michelle Gellar and Joss Whedon.
Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horrors (1922) - The German Expressionist silent vampire classic -- on the big screen!
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Saturday Screenings, 12:00 to 2:30 pm
Angel (2001) - Angel’s actors, writers, and producers on everybody’s favorite brooding Irish bloodsucker. With David Boreanaz and Joss Whedon.
True Blood (2009) - The cast and creators of television’s hottest vampire series take you behind the scenes of steamy Bon Temps. With Alan Ball, Anna Paquin, and Stephen Moyer.
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Saturday Event, 2:30 to 4:00 pm
TV Vampire(s)Takedown - Our panel of expert fans will debate the relative merits of different vampires across media in an appropriately spirited and irreverent fashion. Special attention will be paid to the rankings of TV vamps determined by the Paley Center's TV Vampire Poll (Spike won!). Come argue for your vamp of choice. Trivia, special gifts, and a bloody good time for all!
Panels: Angel Cohn, Senior Editor, Television Without Pity, Sammy Buck, Blogger, tvland.com, Chelsea Doyle, Freelance Writer, Starpulse.com , and Jim Pierson, Author/Producer, Dark Shadows DVD releases. Moderator: Ken Tucker, Editor-at-Large, Entertainment Weekly
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Special Saturday Screening, 4:30 pm
Robsessed - We are thrilled to present an exclusive screening of Robsessed, Revolver Entertainment’s inside look at the rabid fan following of Twilight star Robert Pattinson. Thrust into the limelight after being cast as Twilight’s haunted vampire Edward Cullen, Rob Pattinson’s celebrity trajectory illustrates just how loyal a following vampires can inspire.
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Sunday Screenings, 2:00 to 4:30 pm
Dark Shadows (2001) - Dark Shadows alumni reunited to discuss the classic series. With Alexandra Moltke and creator Dan Curtis.
Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary (2002) - Guy Maddin’s visionary ballet based on the Dracula myth.
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Want more details? Want tickets? Click here…
http://www.paleycenter.org/dark-shadows-at-twilight-a-paley-center-vampire-weekend
Note, though, that apart from the TV Vampire(s)Takedown, all of the Paley Center events are screenings. While there’ll be a live panel at TV Vampire(s)Takedown, all the panelists and all the celebrities in the other panels are pre-recorded. They’re screenings of vampire-centric talks that have preciously taken place at the Paley Center. They’re awesome, but don’t go expecting Joss to be in the room.
Japan Society Halloween Event at Kinokuniya!
Halloween's technically October 31st, but that's not stopping our friends at Japan Society from hosting a creepy, kooky, spooky event at Kinokuniya Bookstore on November 1! Japan Society will be taking over Kinokuniya's second floor from 2 to 4 PM on November 1 for a session of Kamishibai Storytelling. From Japan Society...
Mystical creatures of Japan such as oni, kappa and tengu are introduced through kamishibai (Paper Theater) storytelling around the time of Halloween. Participants will hear Japanese folktales featuring ghosts and otherworldly creatures in English and Japanese, accompanied by song and dance. Popular anime ghost characters of Japan will be also introduced. Afterward, they will create their own masks of the folktale characters featured in the stories.
Japan Society recommends the event for children from 3-10 years old, but it's open to all. And it's free to all, too!
Kinokuniya is at 1073 Avenue of the Americas in NYC. For more, visit…
http://www.japansociety.org/event_detail?eid=4adfa4c5
The Circle Is Complete (Cake Update)
Remember the New York Anime Festival? Come on, think back. It was only a month ago. We kicked it off with a Pre-Party at Dave & Buster’s in Times Square. What was the highlight of the party? The cake. The Charm City Cakes Del Rey Manga 5th Anniversary Green-Tea Flavored With Ginger Icing Cake. How’d we cut it? That’s right. A katana from the good guys at Dragonsong Forge.
Here’s the cake…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hExEeqV_ViA
Here’s the cutting…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9xft3E-OzA
And, now, the circle is complete, as the Dragonsong Force katana has been delivered to the awesome dudes at Charm City Cakes…
http://twitpic.com/ndnyn
Sorry, Geof.
