Y Kant Tori Read Comic Books?

Comic Book Resources has a new, vastly-improved layout today, as well as a story on a forthcoming comic book based on the music of Tori Amos. It sounds like it will be very interesting, and maybe even very good.

[Comic Book Tattoo] features no stories that simply illustrate her heavily narrative lyrics. “We didn’t want a book that just had interpretations of the songs; comic book versions of music videos,” Hoseley explained. “It was important to both Tori and I that this stand on its own as a killer set of comic stories regardless of whether you were a fan of Tori’s or, for that matter, if you were even aware of her music. The stories had to be great comic stories first and foremost, and that drove most of the creative and editorial choices.”

The “girls” that will be featured in the collection include “Leather,” “Caught A Light Sneeze,” and one of my personal favorites (yes, because of the backing vocals by Trent Reznor) “Past the Mission.”

It’s being put out by Image Comics and not Marvel, and so therefore doesn’t really fall under the umbrella of my Geek Force Five, but I’m going to file this one under Marvel Comics anyway, just because I can, and because it makes more sense there than under Geek Force Reserves.

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Hannah Montana to Open for Nine Inch Nails

Editor’s Note: In case the date-stamp didn’t make it clear, this article was part of GF5’s April Fool’s Day Joke for 2008.

Last week, Trent Reznor announced that the touring version of his band Nine Inch Nails would reform for a series of North American concerts this summer. What he didn’t announce, Geek Force insiders have learned, is that tweeny-bopper sensation Hannah Montana would be joining the tour as the opening act for select dates.

“The show’s structure will echo that of the NIN-Bowie tour from the early 90s,” writes our insider. “Except it’ll go in reverse. Montana will go on first, then Trent will join her for a song or two—probably singing backup on her new cover of Tori Amos’s “Past the Mission”, from what I hear—and then the whole band will come out and do their thing.”

Our source also reports that a radio show collaborations might be part of the deal. Longtime Nine Inch Nails fanatics will recall that Trent Reznor jammed with tourmate Peter Murphy during a series of stripped-down radio gigs on the last full-scale NIN tour.

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Geek Force FiveCast 003 (Video)

The third episode of a semi-regular show/podcast from GeekForceFive.com, this time complete with screaming toddler ambience! Today, we cover 1) Steve Jobs on the cover of Fortune; 2) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Parts A and B; 3) Nine Inch Nails and Radiohead dominating Last.fm; 4) A possible Widmore flashback on Lost; and 5) the wrapping of Zack and Miri Make a Porno.

You can watch the video here, and on a couple of other video sharing sites across the Interweb. And, if you’d like, you can subscribe to the show as a podcast via PodShow.com. I hope to get it listed in the iTunes Store soon, as well.

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Nine Inch Nails and Radiohead Dominate Last.fm Charts

The cutting-edge music distribution tactics employed by Nine Inch Nails and Radiohead in recent months seem to be paying off. The latest offerings from each band, NIN’s Ghosts I-IV and Radiohead’s In Rainbows, dominated the track charts at Last.fm this past week, writes leviathant of The NIN Hotline. I’ve taken a screen-shot of the glorious news and posted it above.

Me, I couldn’t be happier that this method of distribution is working out so well (and, also, that my using Last.fm to religiously track what I’m listening to helped contribute to this great news). I only hope that the financial realities Trent Reznor mentioned in an interview with Australia’s Triple J (transcribed here) don’t preclude smaller artists from getting into game eventually.

My friend Andy distributed the first album by his band The Pluto Tapes via iTunes last year. Maybe he’ll stop by and let us know what the reality is for small artists looking to get their music out there.

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Geek Force FiveCast 002 (Video)

5 stories, in 5 minutes or less, five days a week (or thereabouts)! The second episode of a semi-regular show/podcast from GeekForceFive.com. Today, we cover 1) Walking in Boston; 2) Addicted to Lost Video (YouTube); 3) Drew Carey on the Price is Right; 4) Interview with Trent Reznor about Ghosts I-IV; and 5) Star Wars Live Action on TV.

You can watch the video here, and on a couple of other video sharing sites across the Interweb. And, if you’d like, you can subscribe to the show as a podcast via PodShow.com. I hope to get it listed in the iTunes Store soon, as well.

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