NEWS RELEASE from SkyJammer Enterprises I’d like to announce the latest offering from SkyJammer Enterprises. It was to be the latest offshoot of CMTF, but instead, it has taken a life of its own. Introducing — Altered States Magazine, the newest online ‘zine about Transformers and Transforming robots. Twenty-five years
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The Music of Christmas – Second Movement Remix – Day 3: The Christmas Song
“The Christmas Song” By Mel Torme and Bob Wells Everybody knows… this song. (Sorry.) It is a Christmas classic, one of those seminal songs that is always played. Countless artists have recorded it, putting various spins on it from sentimental to meloncholy, from a capella to punk to rock to…
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“Christmas All Over Again” By Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers This is a song that I wouldn’t say is one of my favorites. But nor is it a monstrosity. My relationship with Tom Petty’s music isn’t deep or life-affirming or anything like that. Like many musicians, I liked some of
Continue readingThe Music of Christmas – Second Movement Remix – Day 1: All I Want for Christmas Is You
“All I Want for Christmas Is You” By Mariah Carey It’s the song that launched a thousand memes a month or two ago, as we awaited the start of the holiday season and this song to be heard on the radio. If you take all the radio stations playing Christmas
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It’s Christmas time… again! Yes, ASM is back for another look at the music of the holiday season! Last year, I took you on a trip through 25 (okay, probably more like 30) songs of Christmas and Hannukah, highlighting… Wait. This seems familiar, doesn’t it? Okay, you got me. I
Continue readingRetro Interview: Hirofumi Ichikawa on His Dream Becoming Reality
Editor’s Note: This is a reader request! This morning, I received a direct message asking if I could repost the interview with Hirofumi Ichikawa that ran on the old AlteredStatesMag.com site. After doing some searching, I was able to download the HTML potion of the interview and reformat it for
Continue readingRetro Firefly Review: “Safe”, Episode 5
In honor of the 20th anniversary of the debut of “Firefly”, have this review of “Safe”, originally published on alteredstatesmag.com, back in 2003, by John Howard. Firefly “Safe” Review by John Howard ASM Quick Facts See Other Reviews—————————–SEASON ONEOut of Gas (1.5)Shindig (1.6)Safe (1.7) You can’t take the sky from
Continue readingLet’s Do The Time Leap… Again?
To say I’m wary about the new “Quantum Leap” reboot sequel series is to put it mildly. Back in the early 1990’s, QL was my jam. It was one of the fandoms I was heavily invested in. Between that, Transformers, and Spider-Man, my geek brain was satisifed. I watched every
Continue readingSo… What’s This All About, Again?
Hi, folks! Phil here. You may remember me from such sites as ASMzine.com and, uh, ASMzine.net and, er, alteredstatesmag.com. Two of those domains don’t show my stuff any more. So what happened? I got screwed over, that’s what. The company I registered my domains with suddenly stopped answering emails. The
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