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By Mission Control, on March 16th, 2010
We saw an article on the brilliant io9 site with the provocative title Don’t Remake These 21 Movies, Film These Books Instead! This piece really hit home for us at Missions Unknown. We love great SF movies almost as much as we love great SF literature. Almost. You really can’t help being embarrassed as a [Read it all...]
By Paul Vaughn, on February 3rd, 2010
POLYSICS (with Hyperbubble) at the White Rabbit – Friday February 5th. Doors open at 7:00.
The White Rabbit is the place to be Friday night for an incredible sonic art event. San Antonio’s power synthpop duo Hyperbubble will be on tap with the release of their new CD Candy Apple daydreams. They will be followed [Read it all...]
By Sanford Allen, on January 29th, 2010
Solid Pop: Jess and Jeff of Hyperbubble.
San Antonio’s HYPERBUBBLE plays catchy synth pop that mixes kitsch, retrofuturism and pop art in a chrome blender and sets the contents jiggling to a hypnotic robo-rhythm. It’s fun stuff: catchy, quirky and maybe even a little subversive.
Beyond their love for analog synths, husband-wife duo Jeff and Jess bring [Read it all...]
By Paul Vaughn, on January 22nd, 2010
Time to get your rock-n-roll SciFi geekery on! Japan’s high-energy pop punk masters POLYSICS bring their insanely amusing show to San Antonio! And joining Polysics will be SA’s own girl-boy pop toy HYPERBUBBLE, celebrating the release of thier new CD, Candy Apple Daydreams! This show is guaranteed to be an action packed blast of color, [Read it all...]
By Mission Control, on January 1st, 2010
We started Missions Unknown on May 24th, 2009, looking to delve into the SF/F/H happenings in the Alamo City. Frankly, we’ve been amazed at some of the killer things we’ve seen this year. Once again we weigh in with the best of San Antonio’s SF scene and we even solicited some other opinions as well. [Read it all...]
By Mission Control, on December 31st, 2009
With 2009 drawing to a close, we naturally have a tendency to look back upon the year that was. We have our favorite genre-related media: books, TV, movies, comics, games and more. We asked around too and got some additional input from Doctor Who Fans Unite’s Crystal Shedrock-Rangel, KiDDandGEEZER’s Frank Zieglar, James Hartz from Film [Read it all...]
By Mission Control, on December 24th, 2009
When we ran our picks for our most memorable Science Fiction and Fantasy album covers last week, we asked for your picks too. Then we sent the word out to some of the luminarias in San Antonio’s SF/F community. We’ve got more great suggestions from Voodoo Daddy Mistah Pete, Jeff from Hyperbubble, Sci-Fi Writer Scott [Read it all...]
By Mission Control, on December 11th, 2009
Merry Christmas, Holidays, Hannukah, Festivus, Kwaanza, Saturnalia, Dies Natalis Solis Invicti, Brumalia or whatever it is you’re celebrating this time of year. ‘Tis the season you may find yourself looking for the perfect gift for the SF/Fantasy/Horror fan on your list. Take a look at some of these local offerings:
JASON LIMON Original Artwork & Prints [Read it all...]
By Paul Vaughn, on July 13th, 2009
I was happy to see that San Antonio synth pop combo HYPERBUBBLE not only has a new record, but they are mixing their bubblegum with Star Trek. Better Set Your Phaser to Stun is a 5-song maxisingle on the Glasgow, Scotland based Bubblegum Records label.
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JOHN PICACIO is a World Fantasy Award-winning and Hugo
Award-nominated illustrator of science fiction, fantasy, and horror literature.
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SANFORD ALLEN is a musician and author with more than
two dozen horror and dark fantasy stories published.
Sanford Allen | Boxcar
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PAUL VAUGHN AKA The Mac Guy is a graphic artist,
web designer, writer, consultant and all around techno-geek.
The Mac
Guy | Dingus Design |
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