The X-files: I Want to Believe Blog and Journals

People who read my journal regularly know just how much I love exposing – myself – NO, no, I mean exposing people to new things. The greatest thing about the Internet is its ability to connect people to new ideas, new artists, new musicians, new writers and new personalities that they might not otherwise have known. So, here’s a list to give you a taste of people you’ll like if you dig the work of some of the more well-known artists.

 

If you like Bjork, then you’ll love Venus Hum.

 

Photo Credit: Unknown, Courtesy of Venus Hum Myspace

  

Like Bjork, Venus Hum’s sound is unique, entrancing and intriguing as a peek into the mind of an autistic savant. With sounds as vibrant as colors, lyrics that form vivid word-pictures and a tongue-in-cheek satirical song writing technique that will leave their songs to vibrate with your soul, Venus hum is sure to delight you for hours on end. For your more metaphysical moods, try Humming Birds from Venus Hum’s first album. If you want something smart and dancey with industrial flair (complete with the sounds of closing doors, bubbling champagne, sipping, party chatter, and lilting laughs), check Pink Champagne.

 

 

If you like David Sedaris, then you’ll love Michael Downing's Breakfast with Scot.

 

Downing’s Breakfast with Scot was recently made into a feature film, but one can easily assume that no film could translate Downing’s literary wit and panache. With clever one-liners like “… it was an ambidextrous cry for help for help” and “she spent her humor on her shoes”, Downing’s Breakfast will have you LOLing in no time. Meanwhile, Downing’s protagonist, Ed, will work his way into your heart with his totally open and often sarcastic honesty and his enduring analysis of the beautiful, yet imperfect nature of our society as seen through the eyes of its outcasts. Breakfast’s message is one of acceptance, because nobody fits in perfectly all time.

 

Here's a trailer for the 2007 movie adaptation.

 

 

If you like Junior Vasquez, then you’ll love The Misshapes.

 

Photo Credit: Unknown, Courtesy of The Misshapes Myspace

 

A trio of uber-hip DJs from the NYC, The Misshapes have crashed onto the scene as one of the coolest music making machines to reinvent the club/house sound. In only a few short years after their formation The Misshapes are already in high demand from clubs starting in their native NYC, to old London and even the hipster capitol of the world, my beloved Austin. Of course, you all know that I’m partial to their mix of Shorti by V.I.P with Pink Enemy, but they have also done a rockin’ remix of Madonna’s Jump.

 

 

If you liked The X-Files, then you’ll love Torchwood.

 

 

Photo Credit: Unknown, Courtesy of Wikipedia Entry - Torchwood

 

Okay, so the show’s technically sci-fi, but truly there’s only a little bit of science that is pushed aside easily for creativity, humor and – most importantly – sex. Don’t just think it’s the straight boys and girls getting all the action here. Captain Jack, a former time-traveler from the future who just so happens to be immortal, is a notorious flirt with an eye for girls and boys. One of the show’s most popular side-plots is a semi-secret love affair between Jack and Torchwood’s honorary butler, Ianto Jones. In the first series, the techie of the group, Toshiko, is involved in a lesbian fling with a malicious alien exile and Owen uses an alien super-pheromone to bed a woman and her boyfriend. As for the show’s immense popularity, it can be explained in-part by the show’s executive producer, Russell T. Davies who masterminded the Doctor Who comeback and the other part to the writers of fan fiction! Yes, that’s right, the show's producers have admitted to reading and incorporating some of the most popular themes of fan fiction into the show, including the show’s now notorious romantic/sexual subplots.

Keeping the title under wraps for months on end and fueling the fan frenzy, director and series creator Chris Carter has finally revealed the title to the much-anticipated and hyped big-screen sequel to the "X-Files", which until yesterday was simply referred to as "X-Files: 2." What do you think about the new title?

Three new photos from the upcoming "X-Files" movie have surfaced on the web and everyone is wondering what has grabbed Mulder and Scully's attention in them.

See what Mulder and Scully are staring at!

The cast of the upcoming "X Files" sequel attended the Paley Festival in Los Angeles and, while sharing more details of the film, revealed the first full trailer for movie. We've got the clip and all the surprising information about how the sequel fits into the "X Files" universe.

Check out the trailer...

On Wednesday night, The X-Files will be at Paleyfest and I will be attending. Since audience members gets to ask questions after the discussion, I will attempt to ask a question posed by a Buzznet user.

What would you like to ask the cast and creators of The X-Files?

 

 

Production on the upcoming X Files movie has completed, The National Post reports. According to the Canadian paper, David Duchovny admits that the kiss between Mulder and Scully that was so highly publicized recently was a publicity stunt. How much further will we be duped???

See what Chris Carter has to say about the film...

David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson were recently spotted on the set of The X Files sequel swapping spit. While millions of X-Philes across the world collectively had a heart attack, we wondered if this was a spoiler of epic proportions. Will Mulder and Scully get it on in the next X Files flick?

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How cool is a chance to sit down with the still great looking David Duchovny and the more gorgeous than ever Gillian Anderson to talk about their upcoming X-Files movie sequel? SUPER COOL! We were a part of a panel interview with a handful of other writers at San Francisco's Wonder Con, and got some nice exclusive photos taken along with our questions.

The first glimpse of The X Files movie sequel was given to attendees of this year's WonderCon over the weekend. At a panel attended by David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson (who apparently haven't aged), not much was revealed in terms of plot. But we did get to see Mulder and Scully on screen for the first time in 6 years.

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At least that's what we're being told. The man behind such blockbusters as Independence Day, Godzilla, and the upcoming 10,000 B.C. is going to direct 2012. The movie references the date the Mayan calendar ends, which is supposed to be the end of the world. Um...The X Files, anyone?

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