Pop links: Popeye Halloween, Faux Zeppelin, more Web of Horror

How about a Halloween cartoon short with Popeye?

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Bad idea:

Led Zeppelin will tour with a replacement for founding singer Robert Plant, bassist John Paul Jones has confirmed.

...The bassist added that he and his bandmates were not after a Plant soundalike.


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Golden Age Comic Book Stories
presents more tales from the 1970s Web of Horror series, featuring art by Frank Brunner, Berni Wrightson, Michael Kaluta and others.

Empire mag reveals Star Trek cover, pics

The UK's Empire movie mag has revealed its upcoming cover spotlighting the new Star Trek film. There are a couple of new pics inside as well. Click the link to see them.

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New DVDs, CDs, LPs Oct. 28, 2008

Here's what looks interesting pop culture-wise this week:

DVDs:

Journey to the Center of the Earth (Limited-Edition 2-D and 3-D with Glasses)

The Little Rascals: The Complete Collection

The Donna Reed Show: The Complete First Season
The Flintstones: The Complete Series


Quantum of Solace [SOUNDTRACK]
Abbott and Costello: The Complete Universal Pictures Collection

CDs

Hank Williams The Unreleased Recordings [BOX SET]

The Partridge Family Bulletin Board

The Gonzo Tapes:The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson

The Ry Cooder Anthology: The UFO Has Landed


Roy Orbison: The Soul of Rock and Roll

Vinyl:


The Clash Live at Shea Stadium


Dream Baby Dream by Bruce Springsteen and Suicide

Bookends by Simon & Garfunkel

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme by Simon & Garfunkel


Axis: Bold as Love by Jimi Hendrix


Are You Experienced? by Jimi Hendrix

Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols

Rock 'N' Roll by John Lennon

Halloween Pop! Corridors of Blood movie poster

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Upcoming guest heroes on Batman: Brave and the Bold

The Cartoon Network has released a list of some of the DC superheroes set to appear on the upcoming Batman: Brave and the Bold animated series. Voice actors are listed when available:

Batman/Bruce Wayne: Dietrich Bader
Aquaman: Jon DiMaggio
The Atom
Black Manta
Black Canary
Blue Beetle: Will Friedle
Booster Gold: Thomas Everett Scott
Bronze Tiger
Calendar Man: Jim Piddock
Cavalier: Greg Ellis
Clock King
Deadman
The Demon
Despero
Dr. Fate
Fire
Firestorm
The Flash
Gentleman Ghost
Gorilla Grodd
Green Arrow: James Arnold Taylor
Green Lantern Corp.
Guy Gardener: James Arnold Taylor
Jonah Hex
Huntress
Justice Society of America
Kamandi
Kanjar-Ro
Kite Man
Metamorpho
Ocean Master
Plastic Man: Tom Kenny
Red Tornado: Corey Burton
Skeets: Billy West
Sportsmaster
Adam Strange
Wildcat: R. Lee Ermey
Zebra Man

Halloween Pop! Village of the Damned movie poster

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Batman: Brave and the Bold clip online

The Cartoon Network has posted a clip from its upcoming "Batman: Brave and the Bold" series. Here are some caps from it:

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Pop links: Plastic Man DVD, Doctor Who on location, Joe Meek bio-pic, Disney Halloween special, more horror comics

Mark Evanier hints that the 1979 "Plastic Man Comedy Adventure Show," on which he worked, is finally DVD-bound. I have dim recollections of the series, myself. But I know Plastic Man fans ("plastic fans'?) will want to know...

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The BBC reports on "Who Goes There," a new book at looks at all the places in Britain where Doctor Who episodes have been filmed.

[Author Nick] Griffiths got the idea for the book after watching old episodes of Doctor Who starring Tom Baker and Jon Pertwee and noticing the strange qualities of some of the locations.

"There was an old railway station in an episode I was watching and I suddenly thought 'I'd really like to go there, that looks really strange and unusual'," he said.

"I had a quite a lot of fun trying to find the place anyway and when I got there it was fantastic being able to stand in the spot where the Doctor had stood."


You can see some of the locations here.

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The Evening Standard reviews "Telstar" a new bio pic about eccentric British record producer Joe Meek.

Meek was a sonic pioneer who couldn’t play a note, with a loopy belief in spiritualism and the business sense of a plank.

He created the titular hit Telstar but passed on The Beatles, wasted his heart and savings on a dim-bulb singer called Heinz, and killed himself after shooting his landlady in 1967.


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Watch the "Disneyland Hour Halloween Special" from 1977.

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The Horrors of it All presents a Russ Heath-illustrated witch tale.

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Golden Age Comic Book Stories presents some tales Web of Horror #2, featuring art by Michael Kaluta, Berni Wrightson and others.

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Pop links: Vintage Wrightson, Adams comics

Golden Age Comic Book Stories presents some rare tales from 1969's Web of Horror #1, including artwork by Syd Shores, Berni Wrightson and others.

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Dial B for Blog looks at "Rock God," a story from Creepy #1 with a script by Harlan Ellison and great Neal Adams art.

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Halloween pop! H.P. Lovecraft paperback covers

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