Join hosts Kody Frederick and Jason DeBord this week as they have a chat with Michael Berendt, Producer. [Read more…]
That Pop Culture Show Features Randal Malone, Actor
Join hosts Kody Frederick and Jason DeBord this week as they have a chat with President of the Southern California Motion Picture Council and film and television star, Randal Malone. [Read more…]
That Pop Culture Show Features Margaret O’Brien, Actress
Join hosts Kody Frederick and Jason DeBord this week as they have a chat with Academy Award-winning icon, Miss Margaret O’Brien. [Read more…]
That Pop Culture Show Features Marcelo Vignali, Production Designer and Illustrator/Artist
Join hosts Kody Frederick and Jason DeBord this week as they chat with Marcelo Vignali, Production Designer and Illustrator/Artist. [Read more…]
That Pop Culture Show Features Harrison Ellenshaw, VFX Supervisor/Matte Artist
Join hosts Kody Frederick and Jason DeBord this week as they explore the career of Harrison Ellenshaw, VFX Supervisor/Matte Artist. [Read more…]
That Pop Culture Show Features Rich Correll, Director
Join hosts Kody Frederick and Jason DeBord this week as they learn about the life and career of special guest, Rich Correll. [Read more…]
Jason DeBord Named Director Of Marketing, New Media, And Contemporary Pop Culture For Julien’s Auctions
Greetings followers of the Rock Subculture Journal! So I have big news today (with the official press release copied further below)… I am as of today working full-time for Julien’s Auctions as their Director of Marketing, New Media, and Contemporary Pop Culture. I am very excited about my new career with Julien’s and my future plans with the company. For those that do not follow the auction house and collecting art market world, Julien’s Auctions is the premiere auction house in the world featuring Rock ‘N’ Roll memorabilia, such as stage and studio used guitars and other instruments, wardrobe, and other memorabilia. They also specialize in Hollywood, Street Art/Contemporary Art, and Sports memorabilia. I’ve been working with Julien’s for many years as a consultant, and I’m thrilled to be taking on a much bigger role with the company. [Read more…]
Watch Original Prop Blog’s Exclusive Interviews with Colin Cantwell on Star Wars Prototypes/Concept Art in 1974/75, The Apollo XI Moon Landing, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, WarGames, and More
As readers may or may not know, I own and operate the sister site to the Rock Subculture Journal, the Original Prop Blog. Founded and launched in 2007, my Original Prop Blog site is all about film and television and important pop culture artifacts – finding them, authenticating them, preserving them, and everything that goes on in that specialized art market. Today I have published a world exclusive feature that shares my video interviews with Colin Cantwell, who worked on many important movies and TV shows like Star Wars: A New Hope, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, WarGames, Battlestar Galactica, and Buck Rogers in the 25th Century. He is well known as the creator of the key ships and vehicles from Star Wars (like the X-Wing Fighter, the Y-Wing Fighter, the Tie Fighter, the Star Destroyer, the Death Star, the Landspeeder, the Sandcrawler, the Millennium Falcon, and the T-16 Skyhopper) by way of the prototype models he created for George Lucas back in 1974/1975. But no one has really talked with him about his work since, so he has until now remained somewhat of a mystery to fans. As it ends up, prior to doing those prototype models, he created concept art that has been lost to the “public record” for the film series until now… [Read more…]
EMP Museum Photo Journal Part 2 of 2: Music (Nirvana + Leather Jacket Pop Culture Memorabilia Exhibits) – see also Original Prop Blog
This is Part 2 of a two-part series chronicling my visit to the EMP Museum in Seattle. This Part 2 feature will focus on the current Music-related exhibits at the museum, while Part 1 has been published on sister site, Original Prop Blog, and that photo journal will cover the Movie-related exhibits. The three current music related exhibits are “Nirvana: Taking Punk To The Masses” and “Worn To Be Wild: The Black Leather Jacket”, as well as a photo exhibit for The Rolling Stones. [Read more…]