Asuka, by Free Parking!

By The Eva Monkey on Tuesday, April 3rd, 2012 in Fandom, Music.

The more digging I do, the more Evangelion-inspired music I discover.  This time around, it’s an album called “Asuka” by Free Parking!, an alternative rock band from Pennsylvania.  They describe their influences as “Weezer, Thrice, Radiohead (just Brendan), Blur, The Fratellis, Say Anything, Vampire Weekend” and more.  I can definitely hear some influence from Weezer […]

Eva Monkey at Anime Boston 2012

By The Eva Monkey on Friday, March 30th, 2012 in Conventions.

It’s time for another outing to Anime Boston.  I had told myself I was going to cut back on cons for the rest of this year, but after pre-registering last year, and then getting a bunch of panels, I just couldn’t turn it down.  I’ll be back again, hosting some Evangelion and Evangelion-ish type panels […]

Eva Monkey at Katsucon 2012

By The Eva Monkey on Sunday, February 12th, 2012 in Conventions.

Hey, if you’re going to be at Katsucon this coming weekend, and you want to have some Eva-ness in your life, I’ll be doing a few panels that are relevant to your interests.  In particular, Evangelion, WTF? is always a good time.  So if you’re going to be there, drop me an email, message, tweet, […]

Carl Horn speaks on ANNCast

By The Eva Monkey on Friday, February 3rd, 2012 in Podcasts.

Carl Horn was a guest this week on Anime News Network’s podcast, ANNCast, speaking to Zac and Justin about the early days of anime and manga fandom in the United States.  You may know Carl for having worked on not one, not two, but three Evangelion manga titles.  He has been an editor on both […]