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		<title>TONIGHT! DrawMelt COSPLAY Life drawing 1/31 @ 7pm</title>
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										</div>Tonight!!!! Meltdown University DrawMelt Life Drawing Class: Clothed Figure Drawing  Come to Meltdown and take a Life Drawing Class 7-10 every Monday &#38; Tuesday. All levels &#38; experience welcome. All Mediums welcome.$20/person TONIGHT: Clothed Figure Drawing MODEL: Tiffany Chin-Sim     You can learn more about Tiffany HERE Join our DrawMelt Community for free for Class <a href='http://www.meltcomics.com/blog/2012/01/30/tonight-drawmelt-cosplay-life-drawing-130-7pm/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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										</div><p><strong>Tonight!!!!</strong></p>
<p><img class="size-full wp-image-18986 alignleft" style="border-style: initial; border-color: initial;" src="http://www.meltcomics.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Drawmeltlogo300orange.png" alt="" width="300" height="82" /><strong>Meltdown University DrawMelt Life Drawing Class: Clothed Figure Drawing </strong></p>
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<p><strong><span style="color: #99cc00;">Come to Meltdown and take a Life Drawing Class 7-10 every Monday &amp; Tuesday</span></strong>.<br />
All levels &amp; experience welcome.</p>
<p>All Mediums welcome.<em><strong>$20/person</strong></em></p>
<p>TONIGHT: <span style="color: #ff9900;">Clothed Figure Drawing</span></p>
<p>MODEL: <span style="color: #ff9900;"><strong>Tiffany Chin-Sim</strong></span></p>
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<p><img class="wp-image-19290 alignleft" src="http://www.meltcomics.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/tcs3-500x750.jpg" alt="" width="192" height="288" />   <a href="http://meetup.com/DrawMelt"><img class="alignnone  wp-image-19291" src="http://www.meltcomics.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/tcs2-500x750.jpg" alt="" width="192" height="288" /></a></p>
<p>You can learn more about <span style="color: #ff9900;">Tiffany</span> <strong><em><a href="http://www.modelmayhem.com/375194">HERE</a></em></strong></p>
<p><span style="color: #ff9900;">Join our <strong><a href="http://meetup.com/DrawMelt">DrawMelt Community</a></strong> for free for Class Updates:</span> <strong><em><a href="http://meetup.com/DrawMelt" target="_blank">http://meetup.com/DrawMelt</a></em></strong></p>
<p>Light snack and water will be provided.</p>
<p>For those who need instruction <span style="color: #ff9900;"><strong>*Satine Phoenix</strong> </span>will be moderating the evening. Let her know ahead of time what you need and she will accommodate you.</p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #ff9900;">*Satine Phoenix</span> runs DrawMelt&#8217;s Weekly Life Drawing Classes every Monday and Tuesday. Monday: Cosplay. Tuesday: Clothed Figure drawing. 7-10 $20/person. To RSVP <a href="http://meetup.com/DrawMelt" target="_blank">http://meetup.com/DrawMelt</a>. <span style="color: #ff9900;">No RSVP required although it helps in case the class gets full.</span></strong></p>
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		<title>@MeltdownComics and @NerdMelt friend @NathanBarnatt does it again!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 01:26:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>.@GrantMorrison&#8217;s guest Dj set at @KCRW now available for your listening pleasure.</title>
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										</div>Grant Morrison explores the underbelly of pop culture and modern society through the prism of comic books and his music tastes are just as thoughtful. He stopped by LA-based public radio station KCRW (89.9 FM and KCRW.com) to share five songs that have inspired him throughout his life on the Guest DJ Project. Clever lyrics <a href='http://www.meltcomics.com/blog/2012/01/05/grantmorrisons-guest-dj-set-at-kcrw-now-available-for-your-listening-pleasure/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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<p>He stopped by LA-based public radio station <span style="color: #ffff00;"><strong>KCRW (89.9 FM and KCRW.com) </strong></span>to <a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=41501755&amp;msgid=157983&amp;act=FJ8M&amp;c=880649&amp;destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kcrw.com%2Fmusic%2Fprograms%2Fgd%2Fgd120104grant_morrison">share five songs</a> that have inspired him throughout his life on the <span style="color: #ffff00;"><strong>Guest DJ Project</strong></span>. Clever lyrics always catch his ear, from <span style="color: #ffff00;"><strong>Morrissey</strong></span> to <span style="color: #ffff00;"><strong>The Mutton Birds</strong></span>, and he reveals the track he considers the theme song to his cult favorite comic series <span style="color: #ffff00;"><strong><em>The Invisibles</em> </strong>&#8211; &#8220;<strong>Mogadishu</strong>&#8220;</span> by <span style="color: #ffff00;"><strong>Baader Meinhof</strong></span>.</p>
<p>From Grant:<br />
&#8220;This particular song is just so cool, for me this is the essence of cool, this song, and it&#8217;s a really sexy, slow, kind of iconic song. And what it made me feel, it was very much of a time where I was doing <span style="color: #ffff00;"><strong><em>The Invisibles</em></strong></span> comic, which was about a group of sexy terrorists, you know occult terrorists. And this would have been the theme song of <span style="color: #ffff00;"><strong><em>The Invisibles</em></strong></span>. You know I think it says everything about that outlaw glamour, the life lived on the fringes of the law, and on an international scale, and I really love it for that. It&#8217;s the sexiest song about terrorism that you will ever hear.&#8221;</p>
<p>He also praised the psychedelic hip hop of <span style="color: #ffff00;"><strong>Dr. Octagon</strong></span> (&#8220;It sounded like comic books, it sounded like my favorite science fiction, it sounded like the weirdest television show you&#8217;d ever seen.&#8221;) and the <span style="color: #ffff00;"><strong>Beatles</strong></span> parody group <span style="color: #ffff00;"><strong>The Rutles</strong></span>. He says the work of <span style="color: #ffff00;"><strong>Eric Idle</strong></span> and, in particular, songwriter <span style="color: #ffff00;"><strong>Neil Innes</strong></span> resulted in &#8220;a parody that&#8217;s as good as the original, and in some cases better because Innes is such a genius song writer. He&#8217;s actually better than any of the song writers in <span style="color: #ffff00;"><strong>The Beatles</strong></span>, as regards lyrics.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;You know sometimes in my work I love to pastiche other writers. I kind of learned it all from Innes and <span style="color: #ffff00;"><strong>The Rutles</strong></span>.&#8221;</p>
<p><span style="color: #ffff00;">Grant’s full <strong>Guest DJ Project</strong> set is offered streaming, for download and as a podcast (with a transcript) here: </span><a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=41501755&amp;msgid=157983&amp;act=FJ8M&amp;c=880649&amp;destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kcrw.com%2Fmusic%2Fprograms%2Fgd%2Fgd120104grant_morrison"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>http://www.kcrw.com/music/programs/gd/gd120104grant_morrison</strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="color: #ffff00;">Grant’s most recent release is a book analyzing superheroes called <em>Supergods: Our World in the Age of the Superhero</em>. <em>Available at Meltdown Comics</em></span></strong></p>
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<span style="color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Grant Morrison Guest DJ Project Set List</strong></span></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>1 &#8211; The Queen Is Dead &#8211; The Smiths</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong> 2 &#8211; Mogadishu &#8211; Baader Meinhof</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong> 3 &#8211; The Heater &#8211; The Mutton Birds</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong> 4 &#8211; Blue Flowers &#8211; Dr. Octagon</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong> 5 &#8211; Joe Public &#8211; The Rutles</strong></span><br />
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</span><span style="color: #ffff00;">About KCRW: KCRW 89.9FM </span></strong>is an NPR affiliate serving Southern California and licensed to Santa Monica College. The public radio station represents cutting edge radio at its best, presenting an eclectic mix of independent music, news, talk and arts programming. The terrestrial signal serves Los Angeles, Orange, and Ventura counties, as well as parts of San Diego, San Bernardino, Kern, and Santa Barbara counties and the greater Palm Springs area. KCRW’s programming is internationally renowned and available worldwide at KCRW.com.  KCRW offers an all-music channel, Eclectic24, an all news channel and on-air simulcast. . Podcasts and archives of our locally-produced programs and live band performances are available on our website, as well as on our smartphone apps for the iPhone, Android and Blackberry. KCRW’s acclaimed Music Mine app for iPad is dedicated to music discovery.</p>
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		<title>Massive! the (Heavy Metal Magazine) @Meltdown_show at @NerdMelt (58) 12/28/2011</title>
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										</div>Date: Wednesday &#8211; December 28, 2011 &#8211; 08:30 PM Location: Meltdown Comics &#8211; Los Angeles &#8211; General Admin Doors Open 08:00 PM We celebrate that special time between Christmas and New Years with a very special end of the year show full of thrills, chills, and spills. Jon Dore Eliza Skinner Erik Charles Nielsen Moshe <a href='http://www.meltcomics.com/blog/2011/12/26/massive-the-heavy-metal-magazine-meltdown_show-at-nerdmelt-58-12282011/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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<p><strong><span style="color: #ffff00;">Date: Wednesday &#8211; December 28, 2011 &#8211; 08:30 PM </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #ffff00;"> Location: <a href="http://nerdmeltla.com/tickets/address.php?event_id=127"><span style="color: #ffff00;">Meltdown Comics</span></a> &#8211; Los Angeles &#8211; General Admin </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #ffff00;"> Doors Open 08:00 PM</span></strong></p>
<p><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong><span style="color: #ffff00;">We celebrate that special time between</span> Christmas and New Years with a very special end of the year show full of<em> thrills, chills, and spills.</em></strong></span></p>
<h5><span style="color: #ffff00;"><strong> Jon Dore</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: #ffff00;"><strong> Eliza Skinner</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: #ffff00;"><strong> Erik Charles Nielsen</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: #ffff00;"><strong> Moshe Kasher</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: #ffff00;"><strong> Duncan Trussell</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: #ffff00;"><strong> and more surprises&#8230;.    </strong></span></h5>
<h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong><a href="http://nerdmeltla.com/tickets/index.php?event_id=127">BUY TIX HERE</a></strong></span></h2>
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		<title>This Is Happening: Kevin Eastman Art Studio Auction, Dec. 25th. Read all about it.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 23:46:06 +0000</pubDate>
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										</div>Never before in the history of comics (and likely never again) you can win the ENTIRE contacts of an iconic true-blue pop-culture phenomenon&#8217;s ART STUDIO with only one bid! The KEVIN EASTMAN ART STUDIO auction will run for 10 days beginning on Dec 25th &#8211; Christmas Day &#8211; at 9:00 PM (PST). It will wrap <a href='http://www.meltcomics.com/blog/2011/12/21/this-is-happening-kevin-eastman-art-studio-auction-dec-25th-read-all-about-it/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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										</div><p><a href="http://www.meltcomics.com/blog/2011/12/21/this-is-happening-kevin-eastman-art-studio-auction-dec-25th-read-all-about-it/eastmanoffice/" rel="attachment wp-att-18582"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-18582" title="eastmanoffice" src="http://www.meltcomics.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/eastmanoffice-550x366.jpg" alt="" width="550" height="366" /></a>Never before in the history of comics (and likely never again) you can win the <span style="color: #008000;"><strong>ENTIRE</strong></span> contacts of an iconic true-blue pop-culture phenomenon&#8217;s <span style="color: #008000;"><strong>ART STUDIO</strong></span> with only one bid!</p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #008000;">The KEVIN EASTMAN ART STUDIO</span></strong> auction will run for 10 days beginning on Dec 25th &#8211; Christmas Day &#8211; at 9:00 PM (PST). It will wrap the evening of January 4th at 9:00 PM, which will be the final night of the 35 DAYS OF KEVIN EASTMAN event at Meltdown Comics in Hollywood. It will be a HUGE blowout, and we&#8217;ll follow the final hours of the auction live at the closing night party!!</p>
<p><span style="color: #ff0000;"><em>A portion of the proceeds from this auction will go to benefit <strong>THE HERO INITIATIVE</strong>, a non-profit organization that raises money to assist comic book creators in need.</em></span></p>
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<p>We don&#8217;t have a link to the auction page yet (it won&#8217;t be available until it goes live) but here&#8217;s a link to the eBay account that will be hosting the auction: <a href="http://shop.ebay.com/merchant/oranj ">http://shop.ebay.com/merchant/oranj </a>- &#8211; feel free to publicize this link if you wish. It will be running Kevin Eastman related auctions throughout the special event.</p>
<h2><span style="color: #008000;"><strong>Here are some of the highlights you&#8217;ll find contained within this treasure trove!</strong></span></h2>
<p><span style="color: #008000;"><em>* Kevin&#8217;s Drawing Table and Chair (table is as it was when Kevin decided to do this auction). Includes Pens, Shotglasses, Empty Redbull Cans, etc.</em></span><br />
<span style="color: #008000;"><em> * Original Illustrated Storyboards for HEAVY METAL 2000</em></span><br />
<span style="color: #008000;"><em> * Highlander Animated Series: press pack, Early Cut of the Movie, Copies of entire Movie as Directed by Yoshiaki Kawajiri</em></span><br />
<span style="color: #008000;"><em> * Over 600 DVDs &#8211; most of them partially watched while working on art in the studio. Includes DVD deck and monitor.</em></span><br />
<span style="color: #008000;"><em> * Double-Sized Production Prototype of OZZY OSBOURNE &#8220;Bark At The Moon&#8221; Action Figure sculpted by Digger T. Mesch</em></span><br />
<span style="color: #008000;"><em> * Photocopy of Simon Bisley&#8217;s Lobo/Authority Pencils &amp; Layout for the entire story</em></span><br />
<span style="color: #008000;"><em> * 2 Pgs of Original Art from TNMT Movie Adaptation &#8211; 1 Featuring Twin Towers &#8211; 1 Featuring Statue of Liberty &#8211; Framed with US Flag from Kevin&#8217;s Home</em></span><br />
<span style="color: #008000;"><em> * Richard Corben Original Art (at least two pieces &#8211; there may be more!)</em></span><br />
<span style="color: #008000;"><em> * Signed Elizabeth Hurly Photo from Austin Powers.</em></span><br />
<span style="color: #008000;"><em> * Kevin&#8217;s personal San Diego Comic Con Badges going back about 10 years</em></span><br />
<span style="color: #008000;"><em> * Various Movie Posters &#8211; Comic Prints &#8211; and More . . . used to &#8220;wallpaper&#8221; the studio!</em></span><br />
<span style="color: #008000;"><em> * Toy Guns, Knives and a Hand-Grenade (non-functional) used as reference for comics</em></span><br />
<span style="color: #008000;"><em> * Original art portrait of Kevin by Simon &#8220;BIZ&#8221; Bisley (there&#8217;s actually quite a bit of BIZ art in here!)</em></span><br />
<span style="color: #008000;"><em> * Trigun, Lain, and other favorite Anime Animation Cells</em></span><br />
<span style="color: #008000;"><em> * A Fishtank (formerly held Kevin&#8217;s gecko) filled with various odds and ends tossed in over a six year period &#8211; ???</em></span><br />
<span style="color: #008000;"><em> * TMNT Comic 5-Color Press Proof Overlays (from back in the days before digital press proofs)</em></span><br />
<span style="color: #008000;"><em> * Box of Original Photos of Playmates &amp; Models (mostly nude) &#8211; Photography by Julie Strain</em></span><br />
<span style="color: #008000;"><em> * Turtles Car Windshield Sunblock &#8211; Still in Original Shrinkwrap</em></span><br />
<span style="color: #008000;"><em> * Turtles Cereal Box (cardboard mock up &#8211; never assembled)</em></span><br />
<span style="color: #008000;"><em> * TONS of random Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles goodies . . . prototypes . . . and oddities</em></span><br />
<span style="color: #008000;"><em> * Original Comic Art by Various Creators</em></span><br />
<span style="color: #008000;"><em> * Statues &amp; Action Figures &#8211; - Pin-Up, Fantasy, Superhero, Turtles (natch) and more!</em></span><br />
<span style="color: #008000;"><em> * Various Billiken Models From Japan (Frankenstein, Dracula, Creature, Mummy and MORE)</em></span><br />
<span style="color: #008000;"><em> * LOTS OF HEAVY METAL ART . . . BOOKS . . . UNUSED TREASURES!</em></span><br />
<span style="color: #008000;"><em> * and so much more . . . some of these boxes have not even been opened. Who knows what lurks inside?!</em></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>NO MINIMUM &#8211; NO RESERVE &#8211; INCREDIBLE, BUT IT&#8217;S ALL HERE &#8211; YOU GET WHAT YOU GET!</strong></span></p>
<p><strong>Auction starts December 25th at 9:00 PM (PST). Search KEVIN EASTMAN ART STUDIO or go to <a href="http://shop.ebay.com/merchant/oranj">http://shop.ebay.com/merchant/oranj</a></strong></p>
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		<title>TONIGHT: Heavy Metal Drink and Draw with Kevin Eastman,  The Drink and Draw Social Club with Katie Cole Performing</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 21:12:14 +0000</pubDate>
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										</div>TONIGHT! KEVIN EASTMAN, DRINK AND DRAW SOCIAL CLUB, KATIE COLE AND YOU! Live HEAVY METAL DRINK AND DRAW on December 21st featuring KEVIN EASTMAN, DAN PANOSIAN, JEFF JOHNSON, DIGGER T MESCH, SNAKEBITE, TONE RODRIQUEZ and many more ! $10 and a six pack gets you an entry ticket, a Kevin Eastman hard cover book, be <a href='http://www.meltcomics.com/blog/2011/12/21/tonight-heavy-metal-drink-and-draw-with-kevin-eastman-the-drink-and-draw-social-club-with-katie-cole-performing/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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										</div><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff0000;">TONIGHT! KEVIN EASTMAN, DRINK AND DRAW SOCIAL CLUB, </span><br />
<span style="color: #ff0000;">KATIE COLE AND YOU!</span></h2>
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<p><span style="color: #00ff00;"><strong>Live HEAVY METAL DRINK AND DRAW on December 21st featuring KEVIN EASTMAN, DAN PANOSIAN, JEFF JOHNSON, DIGGER T MESCH, SNAKEBITE, TONE RODRIQUEZ and many more !</strong></span></p>
<p><a href="http://www.meltcomics.com/blog/2011/12/19/wednesday-12212011-7pm-heavy-metal-drink-and-draw-with-kevin-eastman-and-the-drink-and-draw-social-club/hm_dd-poster-2/" rel="attachment wp-att-18550"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18550" title="HM_DD--poster" src="http://www.meltcomics.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/HM_DD-poster1.jpg" alt="" width="432" height="576" /></a></p>
<p><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>$10 and a six pack gets you an entry ticket, a Kevin Eastman hard cover book, be enrolled in a raffle to receive over $900 in HEAVY METAL hardcovers and an amazing gift bag from our sponsors. Join us at Meltdown to create, network or observe masters at work.</strong></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #00ff00;">LOST ANGELES:35 DAYS WITH KEVIN EASTMAN</span></strong></p>
<p>For 35 days, <span style="color: #00ff00;"><strong>KEVIN EASTMAN</strong></span> takes over <strong><span style="color: #00ff00;">MELTDOWN COMICS NEW GALLERY</span></strong> exhibition space where he will curate <strong><span style="color: #00ff00;">FIVE DIFFERENT SHOWS</span></strong>, putting forward some of his most exciting past, present and future creations and collaborations!</p>
<p>Located at 7522 West Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, the Meltdown Comics Gallery will be open daily for visitors, and will feature special events at least twice weekly, including an all-new <span style="color: #00ff00;"><strong>ART EXHIBIT</strong></span> opening every <span style="color: #00ff00;"><strong>NEW COMIC DAY, WEDNESDAY</strong></span> from 6PM to 10PM!</p>
<p>Over the five-week celebration, fans, NEW and OLD, will get the chance to come hang out with Kevin, check out the latest art show and discuss projects, concepts and future plans for everything he’s working on from the new IDW Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle comic series to the 2012 <span style="color: #00ff00;"><strong>35th BIRTHDAY OF HEAVY METAL MAGAZINE!</strong></span></p>
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		<title>Tonight 11/13 @7pm: it&#8217;s Club Microwave!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Nov 2011 22:44:46 +0000</pubDate>
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										</div>Sunday at 7pm, Club Microwave brings you the finest in chiptune music, with very special guest Jim Cuomo (Australia), legendary chip music composer form the 60&#8242;s through the 90&#8242;s, most notably the Defender of the Crown game music score! Also featuring: Virt! (Los Angeles) World Famous Chipmusic composer and keyboard performer God! 1000 Needles (Los <a href='http://www.meltcomics.com/blog/2011/11/13/tonight-1113-7pm-its-club-microwave/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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										</div><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.meltcomics.com/blog/?attachment_id=854" rel="attachment wp-att-854"><img class="size-full wp-image-854 alignleft" title="microwave111211" src="http://nerdmeltla.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/microwave111211.gif" alt="" width="255" height="375" /></a><span style="color: #ffff00;">Sunday at 7pm, Club Microwave brings you the finest in chiptune music, with very special guest <strong>Jim</strong> <strong>Cuomo</strong> (Australia), legendary chip music composer form the 60&#8242;s through the 90&#8242;s, most notably the Defender of the Crown game music score!</span></p>
<p>Also featuring: <span style="color: #ff0000;">Virt! (Los Angeles) World Famous Chipmusic composer and keyboard performer God! </span><span style="color: #ff0000;">1000 Needles</span> (Los Angeles), new to the chip rock scene, but ready to make a statement with their chip infused pop rock gems! <span style="color: #ff0000;">DJ Mike Haggar (Metro City) A staple of Club Microwave since 2003, spinning the best Chipmusic/Micromusic/IDM/Electro dance music all night long!</span></p>
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<p><strong>Timeline:</strong><br />
<span style="color: #00ff00;"><strong>7-8pm DJ Mike Haggar</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: #00ff00;"><strong> 8pm-8:30 1000 Needles</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: #00ff00;"><strong> 8:30-8:45 DJ Mike Haggar</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: #00ff00;"><strong> 8:45-9:15 Jim Cuomo</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: #00ff00;"><strong> 9:15-9:30 DJ Mike Haggar</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: #00ff00;"><strong> 9:30 -10 VIRT!</strong></span></p>
<p><strong>Tickets are $8 in advance, $10 at the door- get them <a href="http://nerdmeltla.com/tickets/index.php?event_id=82" target="_blank">here</a>!</strong></p>
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		<title>Saturday, November 12th: @LocketShip 4 Year Anniversary Party</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 02:08:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>FcoD</dc:creator>
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										</div>Locketship&#8217;s 4 year anniversary sponsored by Jones Soda is shaping up to be one of the most fun, colorful and out of this world events this year! We have a bunch of fun things planed for the night of Nov 12th, 2011! Be the 1st to shop the new Locketship &#8220;Galactic Glitter&#8221; Collection Costume Contest! <a href='http://www.meltcomics.com/blog/2011/11/06/saturday-november-12th-locketship-4-year-anniversary-party/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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										</div><p><a href="http://www.meltcomics.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Locketship4Year.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-17825" title="Locketship4Year" src="http://www.meltcomics.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Locketship4Year.jpg" alt="" width="612" height="792" /></a><span style="color: #ed3094;"><strong>Locketship&#8217;s 4 year anniversary sponsored by Jones Soda is shaping up to be one of the most fun, colorful and out of this world events this year! We have a bunch of fun things planed for the night of Nov 12th, 2011!</strong></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #00afac;">Be the 1st to shop the new Locketship &#8220;Galactic Glitter&#8221; Collection</span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #00afac;"> Costume Contest!</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #00afac;"> Prizes for </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #00afac;"> -Best Space Costume</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #00afac;"> -Best Space Fashion</span></strong></p>
<p><em><strong><span style="color: #00afac;"> Free Gift bags for the 1st 25 guests!</span></strong></em></p>
<p><span style="color: #6adb51;"><strong>Performances:</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: #6adb51;"><strong> 8:30pm Our favorite Mermaid &amp; Sparkling Sea Collection model, Traci Hines will be singing &#8220;Part of your world&#8221; and her single &#8220;Fantasy.&#8221; </strong></span><br />
<span style="color: #6adb51;"><strong> Meet &amp; greet and autograph signing afterwards!</strong></span><br />
<strong> <a href="http://www.tracihines.com/" rel="nofollow nofollow" target="_blank">www.tracihines.com</a></strong></p>
<p><span style="color: #6adb51;"><strong> Jessi Jae &amp; the Ruckus will be rockin&#8217; out on the Meltdown stage</strong></span><br />
<strong> <a href="http://www.jessijaejoplin.com/" rel="nofollow nofollow" target="_blank">www.jessijaejoplin.com</a></strong></p>
<p><span style="color: #6adb51;"><strong> Meet &amp; Greet with SPECIAL GUEST KERLI!</strong></span><br />
<strong> <a href="http://www.kerlimusic.com/armyoflove" rel="nofollow nofollow" target="_blank">www.kerlimusic.com/armyofl<wbr>ove</wbr></a></strong></p>
<p><span style="color: #6adb51;"><strong> Live DJ all night</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: #6adb51;"><strong> -Global Dance Mission</strong></span><br />
<strong> <a href="http://www.globaldancemission.com/" rel="nofollow nofollow" target="_blank">www.globaldancemission.com</a></strong></p>
<p><span style="color: #ffff00;"><strong>Pop up shops:</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: #ffff00;"><strong> -Lime Crime </strong></span><strong></strong><strong><a href="http://www.limecrimemakeup.com/" rel="nofollow nofollow" target="_blank">w</a></strong><strong><a href="http://www.limecrimemakeup.com/" rel="nofollow nofollow" target="_blank">ww.limecrimemakeup.com</a></strong><br />
<span style="color: #ffff00;"><strong> -Tokyolux </strong></span><strong><a href="http://www.tokyolux.com/" rel="nofollow nofollow" target="_blank">www.tokyolux.com</a></strong><br />
<span style="color: #ffff00;"><strong> -Chubby Bunny </strong></span><strong><a href="http://www.iamchubbybunny.com/" rel="nofollow nofollow" target="_blank">www.iamchubbybunny.com</a></strong></p>
<p><span style="color: #ffff00;"><strong> &#8220;Spaceballs&#8221; cakeballs by Lil Rae Cakes </strong></span><br />
<strong> <a href="http://www.jenny-rae.com/" rel="nofollow nofollow" target="_blank">www.jenny-rae.com</a></strong></p>
<p><span style="color: #ffff00;"><strong> Nail art bar by Nail Couture LA</strong></span><br />
<strong> <a href="http://www.shopncla.com/" rel="nofollow nofollow" target="_blank">www.shopncla.com</a></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #ed3094;">Space themed Art Gallery</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #ed3094;"> Artists:</span></strong><br />
<em><span style="color: #ed3094;"> Amber Renee</span>, <span style="color: #ed3094;">Ari Hone</span>, <span style="color: #ed3094;">Aurora Lady</span><span style="color: #ed3094;">, Crazy Spork I Am</span><span style="color: #ed3094;">, Jenny Rae</span><span style="color: #ed3094;">, Joel Raul</span><span style="color: #ed3094;">, Mandy Stoller</span><span style="color: #ed3094;">, Miss Kika</span><span style="color: #ed3094;">, PodgyPanda</span><span style="color: #ed3094;">, Sabelle Rena</span><span style="color: #ed3094;">, Schmooks</span><span style="color: #ed3094;">, Twinkie Chan</span><span style="color: #ed3094;">, Yume, Ninja Sovereign</span><span style="color: #ed3094;">, Zambi Candy</span></em></p>
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		<title>Yes! @CINEFAMILY + @MeltdownComics= A Tribute To Divine (feat. Divine rarities show + Pink Flamingos!)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 23:56:30 +0000</pubDate>
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										</div>Never-before-seen footage of the big D! 11/12 &#8211; 6:30PM $10/$6 for Outfest members/free for members Co-presented by Meltdown Gallery &#38; Outfest Divine Rarities Show! – 6:30pm To help celebrate Meltdown Gallery’s Divine-themed art show (opening November 11th), it’s a tribute weekend to Divine and his work with John Waters! From his early days as a <a href='http://www.meltcomics.com/blog/2011/11/04/yes-cinefamily-meltdowncomics-a-tribute-to-divine-feat-divine-rarities-show-pink-flamingos/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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										</div><div><strong><em><span style="color: #ff00ff;">Never-before-seen footage of the big D!</span></em></strong></div>
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<div><strong>11/12 &#8211; 6:30PM</strong></div>
<div><strong>$10/$6 for Outfest members/free for members</strong></div>
<h6><strong>Co-presented by <a href="http://www.meltcomics.com/blog/2011/11/03/november-11th-2011-pretty-pretty-a-divine-art-show-at-meltdown-gallery/">Meltdown Gallery </a>&amp; <a href="http://www.outfest.org/index.php" target="_blank">Outfest</a></strong></h6>
<p><strong>Divine Rarities Show! – 6:30pm</strong><br />
To help celebrate <strong><span style="color: #ff00ff;">Meltdown Gallery’s Divine-themed art show (opening November 11th)</span></strong>, it’s a tribute weekend to Divine and his work with John Waters! From his early days as a misfit youth in Baltimore through his rise to infamy as a cult drag legend, Harris Glenn Milstead aka Divine crafted a body (and oh, what a body!) of work which earned him credit as both a serious artist and immortal star. Like the characters he portrayed in numerous films, Divine was the ultimate outsider who stood up for millions of gay men and women, female impersonators, punk rockers, the ample-figured and countless other socially ostracized people. With a completely committed in-your-face style, he blurred the line between performer and personality, and revolutionized pop culture in the process. Join us for 45 minutes of never-before-seen footage of Divine at her peak: movie clips, rare home movies and photos, TV appearances and live performance footage as outrageous and fun as its subject! <strong>Jeffrey Schwarz (director of the upcoming feature documentary <em>I Am Divine</em>) will be here in person for a Q&amp;A after the screening!</strong></p>
<p><strong>Pink Flamingos – 8:00pm-ish</strong><br />
<strong> <span style="color: #ff00ff;"> <em>“Kill everyone now! Condone first-degree murder! Advocate cannibalism! Eat shit! Filth is my politics! Filth is my life!”</em> — Divine, <em>Pink Flamingos</em></span></strong></p>
<p>Long before reality shows and sex tapes, drag goddess par excellence Divine showed the world how to become the most notorious celebrity in the world with John Waters’ taboo-demolishing <em>Pink Flamingos</em>. Here she’s on the lam as trailer trash crime queen Babs Johnson, who will stop at nothing to beat a competing couple and earn the crown of “Filthiest Person Alive.” Watch as Divine shoplifts, murders, and castrates her way into your heart! Gasp at Divine’s proto-punk sense of fashion! Marvel at her show-stopping finale with a canine co-star! If you still haven’t seen this all-time shock value champ on the big screen — with an appalled audience at your side — then you really haven’t lived at all.<br />
Dir. John Waters, 1972, 35mm, 92 min.</p>
<p><span style="color: #ff00ff;"><strong><em>Watch the teaser trailer for “I Am Divine”!</em></strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: #ff00ff;"> <strong><em>Watch the trailer for “Pink Flamingos”!</em></strong></span><br />
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		<title>UPDATE: Nov. 11th, 2011: Pretty? Pretty? A Divine Art Show at @Meltdown Gallery</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 01:58:44 +0000</pubDate>
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										</div>&#160; &#8220;Pretty? Pretty?&#8221; is the phrase uttered by Divine as Dawn Davenport, when her bandages are removed after a disfiguring acid attack in John Waters&#8217; 1974 film, Female Trouble. Pretty? Pretty? A Divine Art Show is a celebration of this iconic actor, pop star and cinematic legend, as interpreted by an eclectic, wide-ranging collection of <a href='http://www.meltcomics.com/blog/2011/10/12/nov-11th-2011-pretty-pretty-a-divine-art-show-at-meltdown-gallery/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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<p><span style="color: #ff99cc;"><em>&#8220;Pretty? Pretty?&#8221; is the phrase uttered by Divine as Dawn Davenport, when her bandages are removed after a disfiguring acid attack in John Waters&#8217; 1974 film, Female Trouble. Pretty? Pretty? A Divine Art Show is a celebration of this iconic actor, pop star and cinematic legend, as interpreted by an eclectic, wide-ranging collection of artists, opening at </em><span style="color: #ffffff;"><strong>Meltdown Gallery on Friday, November 11th at 8:00 PM.</strong></span></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #ff99cc;">With his first group show, curator Lawrence Snelly (a visual artist himself) has assembled a diverse gang of talented and creative degenerates ready to show the world what &#8220;<span style="color: #ffffff;"><strong>The World&#8217;s Most Beautiful Woman</strong></span>&#8221; means to them. The show&#8217;s roster is an eclectic cross-section of animators, cartoonists, illustrators, comic book artists, crafters, designers, musicians, sculptors and painters, all paying tribute to one of cult film&#8217;s most enduring favorites through a variety of mediums.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #ff99cc;">Opening night festivities will feature select artists in attendance (schedules permitting), special guest stars, live DJ, free booze, drag&#8217;s finest performers and more special Divine-themed surprises.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #ff99cc;"> Writing a book, hippie?!  Crime is beauty and excitement is not always clean. Come and see &#8220;The Filthiest Woman Alive&#8221; as you&#8217;ve never seen him before!  Join us for a celebration of one of the greatest pop icons of the 20th Century.  A man without equal.  A man known simply as DIVINE!</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffffff;"><strong> The grand opening is Friday, November 11th at 8:00-11:00 PM with the </strong></span><a href="http://www.meltcomics.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/DevineArtshow.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-17594" title="DevineArtshow" src="http://www.meltcomics.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/DevineArtshow-550x484.jpg" alt="" width="550" height="484" /></a><span style="color: #ffffff;"><strong>show running through Nov. 17th.</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ff99cc;"> Check out the Pretty? Pretty? A Divine Art Show  Facebook Page for updates, artist announcements, work-in-progress shots and other special surprises:</span> <a href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=114862211955343">http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=114862211955343</a></p>
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