There's an
official site up for
Cirque du Soleil's upcoming show "Love," based on and featuring the music of the Beatles. As mentioned here earlier, former Fabs producer Sir George Martin and his son Giles constructed new music for the using the Beatles' original master tapes, including previously unreleased material. The show opens June 2 at the Mirage in Las Vegas. You can order tickets via the site.
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Bedazzled
directs us to a
vintage ad for Winston cigarettes, starring the Flintstones!----------------------------
Bob Dylan makes his debut as a disk jockey for XM satellite radio May 3.Each weekly episode of "Theme Time Radio Hour with Your Host Bob Dylan" will feature an eclectic mix of music based around a theme, and host Bob Dylan will offer stories about the music and topics of interest. Dylan also will read and answer select emails sent in by fans. In addition, "Theme Time Radio Hour" will feature contributions from special guests, including Elvis Costello, Charlie Sheen, Penn Jillette, Sarah Silverman and Jimmy Kimmel.
The first episode of "Theme Time Radio Hour with Your Host Bob Dylan" will be devoted to the theme of "weather," with a song list that spans "A Place in the Sun" sung in Italian by Stevie Wonder, "The Wind Cries Mary" by Jimi Hendrix and "Keep on the Sunny Side" by The Carter Family, among many others. Song lists for future episodes will be built around themes such as "cars," "dance," "police," and "whiskey." Complete track lists from each "Theme Time Radio Hour" show will be posted on a dedicated Bob Dylan page on XM Satellite Radio's website that will also include a link for users to purchase select songs heard on Bob Dylan's show through Napster, XM's digital music partner, as well as photos and information on encore broadcasts. Fans also can e-mail their questions and music requests directly to Bob Dylan at bobdylan@xmradio.com. -----------------------------------
Boingboing
points us to
a 1933 scanned article from Modern Mechanix discussing all of the then-successful comic artists, how they got their start, and how comics are made and distributed. Includes Ripley's Believe it or Not, Buck Rogers, Mutt & Jeff, Mickey Mouse, Popeye, Rube Goldberg and a lot more.-----------------------------------
Via
Superhero Hype:
Fox will air a 7-minute preview of X-Men: The Last Stand on Thursday, May 11 from 8:30-8:37pm ET/PT! The preview airs right before the series finale of "That '70s Show," which is on from 8:37-10:00pm ET/PT.
