New Music from Doc Hammer of The Venture Bros. – Los Angeles Music – West Coast Sound

In an ongoing effort to keep our fellow music/animation geeks up-to-date on all things Venture, we thought you might like to know that Venture Bros. co-writer/voice of many characters Doc Hammer has some new music on the way. Hammer, formerly of the goth-friendly bands Requiem in White and Mors Syphilitica, currently fronts New York-based outfit Weep, who despite their strangely straightforward cover of Rihanna's hit “Shut up and Drive,” reminds us of bands like Jesus & Mary Chain and Catherine Wheel.

via New Music from Doc Hammer of The Venture Bros. – Los Angeles Music – West Coast Sound.

JG Thirlwell: Composer of Venture Bros. Score

LA Weekly interviews JG Thirlwell.

On the surface, The Venture Bros. is a blatant, and extremely funny, parody of Hanna-Barbera’s classic Johnny Quest with elements of Fantastic Four and James Bond thrown in for good measure. Watch a few episodes, though, and the popular Adult Swim series morphs into a cartoon for music geeks. David Bowie references are abound here and when a fictionalized version of the star finally appears, he’s flanked by henchmen Iggy Pop and Klaus Nomi (the latter’s falsetto and bow tie can cause serious damage).

via It’s Venture Time: Composer JG Thirlwell Talks Venture Bros. Score – Los Angeles Music – West Coast Sound.

Howard Zinn, R.I.P. :(

Historian Howard Zinn has died at age 87. Zinn was best known for A People’s History of the United States, which turned the glossy, textbook version of American history on its head by pointing out that far from being an unbroken chain of political and economic progress, our history was one of conflict along class, racial, and gender lines.

via Howard Zinn, R.I.P. | Mother Jones.