Word: supermans
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Never mind that Prince, who feels comfortable enough to roast his boss on his birthdays in front of hundreds of employees and who once persuaded Weill to dress as Superman for the affair, is practically family to Weill--or that Weill's gibes were in fun. Never mind too that Weill, Prince and Willumstad spent the weekend at Weill's country home in the Adirondacks in upstate New York celebrating the succession plan over a meal of sea bass and a rare magnum of 1966 Henri Voillot Pommard from Weill's cellar. This is business, and Weill has been spectacularly...
...mean green machine. He is Bruce Banner, the sweet, troubled scientist who, when his anger starts to bubble, hands the heavy lifting, mauling and rock smashing to a computer-generated, volatile giant. (Think Shrek, off his meds.) Bana's Banner is a Clark Kent who never gets to be Superman - which means the actor had to Act. "He exists on his own as a confused, complicated character," says Bana. "Ang basically said, ?There's light and shade, and you're the shade...
...Although more than 30,000 copies of Megaloblast have been sold, Koil says it is content with its niche following. Other Indonesian rock acts, however, inspired in part by Koil, are going straight for the mainstream jugular. Punk rockabilly act Superman Is Dead, Bali's best-known group, has just signed with Sony. Stoner-rock quartet Seringai is also gearing up for its own debut on disc. All these acts are representative of an underground scene that is creating a new market while stomping on the tradition of bland love songs, which dominates the country's radio playlists and karaoke...
...That supernova could be Superman Is Dead, which sings in English and has crafted its image in the vein of Green Day and Blink 182. The sound is less poppy but the gear is the same: requisite chain hanging from the wallet, roomy pants that occasionally slip down below the belt, and old-school Vans. Seringai has carved its own niche out of a sound pioneered by the Deftones and Queens of the Stone Age. The quartet has already generated significant buzz in the critical cities of Jakarta and Bandung before even releasing an album...
...road not taken: Was skipping the Six Flags trip a good idea? Only the passing of the years, the shifting of the sands of time and the enthusiasm of our friends’ stories about the Superman ride can tell...