Doctor Who "The Web Planet" and "inferno"
Both of these sets are due out Sept. 5. Click links to pre-order.
"The Web Planet" Starring William Hartnell, 1965.
A strange power drain forces the TARDIS to materialise on the planet Vortis. There, the Doctor, Ian, Barbara and Vicki become involved in the plans of the butterfly-like Menoptra to reclaim their planet from the parasitic Animus that is slowly enveloping it with its web-like domain, the Carsenome.
Joining forces with an advance party of Menoptra and the underground-dwelling Optra, the travellers manage to destroy the Animus, freeing the ant-like Zarbi and death-spitting larvae guns from its control and releasing the TARDIS from its influence.
"Inferno" Starring Jon Pertwee, 1970.
The Doctor is an observer and UNIT are providing security cover at an experimental drilling project designed to penetrate the Earth's crust and release a previously-untapped source of energy, named Stahlman's Gas after its discoverer. Professor Stahlman dismisses the concerns of the project's Executive Director Sir Keith Gold and exceeds all safety margins in order to expedite the work.
Soon however the drill head starts to leak an oily green liquid that transforms those who touch it into vicious primeval creatures with a craving for heat. The Doctor is accidentally transported by the partially-repaired TARDIS control console into a parallel universe where England is ruled by a military dictatorship.
The drilling project is at a more advanced stage here and, thwarted by his friends' ruthless alter egos, he is unable to prevent the penetration of the Earth's crust, which ultimately causes the planet's destruction. Escaping back to his own universe, where the drilling is still in progress, the Doctor tries to warn of impending disaster. At first he is disbelieved, but his words are borne out when the power-crazed Stahlman is himself transformed into one of the hideous primordial creatures.
The Doctor, aided by consultant Greg Sutton, kills Stahlman with ice-cold blasts from fire extinguishers. He is finally able to shut down the drilling with only moments to spare.
See a Complete List of Doctor Who on DVD.
"The Web Planet" Starring William Hartnell, 1965.
A strange power drain forces the TARDIS to materialise on the planet Vortis. There, the Doctor, Ian, Barbara and Vicki become involved in the plans of the butterfly-like Menoptra to reclaim their planet from the parasitic Animus that is slowly enveloping it with its web-like domain, the Carsenome.
Joining forces with an advance party of Menoptra and the underground-dwelling Optra, the travellers manage to destroy the Animus, freeing the ant-like Zarbi and death-spitting larvae guns from its control and releasing the TARDIS from its influence.
"Inferno" Starring Jon Pertwee, 1970.
The Doctor is an observer and UNIT are providing security cover at an experimental drilling project designed to penetrate the Earth's crust and release a previously-untapped source of energy, named Stahlman's Gas after its discoverer. Professor Stahlman dismisses the concerns of the project's Executive Director Sir Keith Gold and exceeds all safety margins in order to expedite the work.
Soon however the drill head starts to leak an oily green liquid that transforms those who touch it into vicious primeval creatures with a craving for heat. The Doctor is accidentally transported by the partially-repaired TARDIS control console into a parallel universe where England is ruled by a military dictatorship.
The drilling project is at a more advanced stage here and, thwarted by his friends' ruthless alter egos, he is unable to prevent the penetration of the Earth's crust, which ultimately causes the planet's destruction. Escaping back to his own universe, where the drilling is still in progress, the Doctor tries to warn of impending disaster. At first he is disbelieved, but his words are borne out when the power-crazed Stahlman is himself transformed into one of the hideous primordial creatures.
The Doctor, aided by consultant Greg Sutton, kills Stahlman with ice-cold blasts from fire extinguishers. He is finally able to shut down the drilling with only moments to spare.
See a Complete List of Doctor Who on DVD.
Doctor Who hardcovers from BBC Books
Tying in with the broadcast of the revived Doctor Who series on the Sci Fi Channel, the BBC is releasing this series of hardcover novels in the U.S.:
Doctor Who: The Stone Rose
Mickey is startled to find a statue of Rose in a museum - a statue that is 2,000 years old. The Doctor realizes that this means the TARDIS will shortly take them to Ancient Rome, but when it does, he and Rose soon have more on their minds than sculpture. While the Doctor searches for a missing boy, Rose befriends a girl who claims to know the future. But then the Doctor stumbles on the hideous truth behind the statue of Rose - and Rose herself learns that you have to be very careful what you wish for...
Doctor Who: Feast Of The Drowned
When a naval cruiser sinks in mysterious circumstances in the North Sea, all aboard are lost. Rose is saddened to learn that the brother of her friend, Keisha, was among the dead. And yet he appears to them as a ghostly apparition, begging to be saved from the coming feast... the feast of the drowned. As the dead crew haunts loved ones all over London, the Doctor and Rose are drawn into a chilling mystery. What sank the ship, and why? When the cruiser's wreckage was towed up the Thames, what sinister force came with it? The river's dark waters are hiding an even darker secret, as preparations for the feast near their conclusion...
Doctor Who: Winner Takes All
Rose and the Doctor return to present-day Earth to visit Rose's mum, and become intrigued by the latest craze -- the video game, Death to Mantodeans. Is it as harmless as it seems? And why are so many local people going on holiday and never returning? Meanwhile, on another world, an alien war is raging. The Quevvils need to find a new means of attacking the ruthless Mantodeans. Searching the galaxy for cunning, warlike but gullible allies, they find the ideal soldiers - on Earth. Will Rose be able to save her family and friends from the alien threat? And can the Doctor play the game to the end - and win?
Doctor Who: Monsters Inside (Doctor Who)
The TARDIS takes the Doctor and Rose to a destination in deep space - Justicia, a prison camp stretched over seven planets, where Earth colonies deal with their criminals. While Rose finds herself locked up in a teenage borstal, the Doctor is trapped in a scientific labour camp. Each is determined to find the other, and soon both Rose and the Doctor are risking life and limb to escape in their distinctive styles. But their dangerous plans are complicated by some old enemies. Are these creatures fellow prisoners as they claim, or staging a takeover for their own sinister purposes?
Doctor Who: The Deviant Strain (Doctor Who)
The Novrosk Peninsula, the Soviet naval base, has been abandoned, and the nuclear submarines are rusting and rotting. Cold, isolated, forgotten until the Russian Special Forces arrive - and discover that the Doctor and his companions are here too. But there is something else in Novrosk. Something that predates everything else, even the stone circle on the cliff top. Something that is at last waking, hunting, killing... Can the Doctor and his friends stay alive long enough to learn the truth? With time running out, they must discover who is really responsible for the Deviant Strain...
Doctor Who: The Clockwise Man (Doctor Who)
England 1924: the Doctor and Rose find themselves caught up in the hunt for a murderer. With faceless killers closing in, can they solve the mystery of the Clockwise Man before London itself is destroyed?
Doctor Who: Only Human
The Doctor looks and seems human. He's handsome, witty, and could be mistaken for just another man in the street. But the Doctor is a Time Lord: a 900-year-old alien with two hearts, part of a gifted civilization who mastered Time Travel. Brace yourself for some exhilarating experiences and deadly confrontations across time and space. The human race will survive - but only with the Doctor's help.
Doctor Who: The Stealers Of Dreams
In the far future, the Doctor, Rose, and Captain Jack find a world on which fiction has been outlawed. A world where it's a crime to tell stories, a crime to lie, a crime to hope, and a crime to dream. But now somebody is challenging the status quo. A pirate TV station urges people to fight back, and the Doctor wants to help - until he sees how easily dreams can turn into nightmares. With one of his companions stalked by shadows and the other committed to an asylum, the Doctor is forced to admit that fiction can be dangerous after all. Though perhaps it is not as deadly as the truth...
Doctor Who: The Resurrection Casket
Starfall - a world on the edge, where crooks and smugglers hide in the gloomy shadows and modern technology refuses to work. The pioneers who used to be drawn by the hope of making a fortune from the mines can find easier picking elsewhere. But they still come - for the romance of it, or old-fashioned organic mining. Or in the hope of finding the lost treasure of Hamlek Glint - scourge of the spaceways, privateer, adventurer and bandit. Will the TARDIS ever work again? Is Glint's lost treasure waiting to be found? And does the fabled Resurrection Casket - the key to eternal life - really exist? With the help of new friends, and to the horror of new enemies, The Doctor and Rose aim to find out...
Doctor Who: The Price Of Paradise
Laylora - the Paradise Planet. A world of breath-taking beauty, where peace-loving aboriginals live in harmony with their environment. Or do they? The Doctor and Rose arrive to find that the once-perfect eco-system is showing signs of failing. The paradise planet has become a death trap as terrifying creatures from ancient legends appear and stalk the land... Is there a connection between the human explorers who have crash-landed and the savage monsters? What secret lies at the heart of the natives' ancient ceremonies? And what price might one human have to pay to save the only home he has ever known? When a planet itself becomes sick, can there be a cure? The Doctor and Rose find themsleves in a race against time to find out...
Doctor Who: The Nightmare Of Black Island
On a lonely stretch of Welsh coastline, a fisherman is killed by a hideous creature from beneath the waves. When the Doctor and Rose arrive, they discover a village where the children are plagued by nightmares, and the nights are ruled by monsters. The villagers suspect that ancient industrialist Nathanial Morton is to blame, but the Doctor has suspicions of his own. Who are the ancient figures that sleep in the old priory? What are the monsters that prowl the woods after sunset? What is the light that glows in the disused lighthouse on Black Island? As the children's nightmares get worse, the Doctor and Rose discover an alien plot to resurrect an ancient evil...
Doctor Who: The Art Of Destruction
The TARDIS lands in 22nd century Africa in the shadow of a dormant volcano. Agri-teams are growing new foodstuffs in the baking soil to help feed the world's starving millions - but the Doctor and Rose have detected an alien signal somewhere close by. When a nightmare force starts surging along the dark volcanic tunnels, the Doctor realizes an ancient trap has been sprung. But who was it meant for? And what is the secret of the eerie statues that stand at the heart of the volcano? Dragged into a centuries-old conflict, Rose and the Doctor are soon elevating survival to an art form - as ancient, alien hands practice arts of destruction all around them...
See the Best Doctor Who Sites on the Web.
Pop Culture Roundup June 12, 2006
Bubblegumfink shares his Omega Man bubblegum cards.
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Sharity: Check out two vintage, 1960s albums from Mad Magazine. And Boris Karloff narrating "Peter and the Wolf."
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Bob Adelman, author of the Will Eisner biography "A Spirited Life" is posting interviews he did with various comics creators for his book. First up: Howard Chaykin.
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A new Spider-Man animated series is in the works.
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Deal alert: Get 40 percent off all Doctor Who DVDs at Amazon.
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Sharity: Check out two vintage, 1960s albums from Mad Magazine. And Boris Karloff narrating "Peter and the Wolf."
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Bob Adelman, author of the Will Eisner biography "A Spirited Life" is posting interviews he did with various comics creators for his book. First up: Howard Chaykin.
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A new Spider-Man animated series is in the works.
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Deal alert: Get 40 percent off all Doctor Who DVDs at Amazon.
New from Corgi: More Batmobiles, James Bond vehicles, Marvel Comics statues
A Pup Named Scooby Doo DVDs
Ren and Stimpy DVDs
Ren and Stimpy on DVD complete list:
Complete First and Second Seasons
Season Three and a Halfish
Season Five and Some More of Four
The Lost Episodes
Complete First and Second Seasons
Season Three and a Halfish
Season Five and Some More of Four
The Lost Episodes
Pop Culture Roundup June 9, 2006
Datajunkie offers up some old time radio shows featuring the likes of Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff and Vincent Price.
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Flog, the Fantagraphics blog, directs us to a buncha comics-related videos on You Tube, including vintage animated shorts by the Fleischer Brothers and Winsor McKay and new stuff featuring indy comics creators such as Daniel Clowes and Chris Ware.
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British humorist Spike Milligan gets credit for penning the world's funniest joke. Personally, I think the line Spike proposed for his tombstone is even funnier: "I told you I was ill." More Milliganisms.
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Sad news: ICE magazine, which has reported on new CD releases and reissues for the past 19 years, is shutting down.
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Flog, the Fantagraphics blog, directs us to a buncha comics-related videos on You Tube, including vintage animated shorts by the Fleischer Brothers and Winsor McKay and new stuff featuring indy comics creators such as Daniel Clowes and Chris Ware.
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British humorist Spike Milligan gets credit for penning the world's funniest joke. Personally, I think the line Spike proposed for his tombstone is even funnier: "I told you I was ill." More Milliganisms.
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Sad news: ICE magazine, which has reported on new CD releases and reissues for the past 19 years, is shutting down.
DVD: The Bill Cosby Show - Season One due Aug. 22
Step aside Cliff Huxtable--This is Cosby's first solo TV series, starring as high school teacher Cliff Kincaid and grooving to a great Quincy Jones soundtrack.
The Bill Cosby Show: Season One, Cosby's Emmy-nominated first situation comedy (featuring 26 fully restored uncut episodes from the 1969-70 season), is a fresh mix of intelligent character studies and real-life situations, seamlessly infused with his trademark sense of humor and positive outlook.
Chet Kincaid (Cosby) is a gym teacher at an urban high school in Los Angeles, an all-around good guy and an inspiration to his friends, family and students. Chet's good heart gets him into tons of predicaments, such as losing a one-on-one basketball game to a student he considered too short to make the team, his accidental involvement in a domestic dispute when he answers a pay phone and going on a date in a borrowed garbage truck.
Includes music by Quincy Jones and guest appearances by:
* Academy Award-winner Lou Gossett Jr. (An Officer And A Gentleman)
* Henry Fonda (On Golden Pond)
* Cicely Tyson ("Roots")
* Elsa Lanchester (Bride Of Frankenstein)
* Wally Cox ("Mr. Peepers")
* And many others
You can pre-order the set now from Amazon.
The Bill Cosby Show: Season One, Cosby's Emmy-nominated first situation comedy (featuring 26 fully restored uncut episodes from the 1969-70 season), is a fresh mix of intelligent character studies and real-life situations, seamlessly infused with his trademark sense of humor and positive outlook.
Chet Kincaid (Cosby) is a gym teacher at an urban high school in Los Angeles, an all-around good guy and an inspiration to his friends, family and students. Chet's good heart gets him into tons of predicaments, such as losing a one-on-one basketball game to a student he considered too short to make the team, his accidental involvement in a domestic dispute when he answers a pay phone and going on a date in a borrowed garbage truck.
Includes music by Quincy Jones and guest appearances by:
* Academy Award-winner Lou Gossett Jr. (An Officer And A Gentleman)
* Henry Fonda (On Golden Pond)
* Cicely Tyson ("Roots")
* Elsa Lanchester (Bride Of Frankenstein)
* Wally Cox ("Mr. Peepers")
* And many others
You can pre-order the set now from Amazon.
DVD: Hammer Film Noir collections due July 25
These three volumes collect two films apiece from the famed British movie studio. Click the links to pre-order from Amazon.
Hammer Film Noir, Vol. 1: "Bad Blonde" and "Man Bait"
Bad Blonde (1953) - A prizefighter has a torrid affair with his manager's wife and conspires to murder her husband for insurance money. When the boxer decides to confess, the scheming blonde poisons him! Man Bait (1952) - Look Out…Diana Dors in the title role makes the title redundant! While working in a bookstore, our double-barreled femme fatale catches a man stealing a rare book. Report him to the police? Not on your life! She goes with him on a date…one that leads to blackmail! DVD Bonus & Features: Scene Selection, Bios, Trailers, Bonus: The World of Hammer Noir. Product Specs: DVD-9, Dolby Digital, NTSC, All Region, English Language.
Hammer Film Noir, Vol. 2: "Stolen Face" and "Blackout"
A Stolen Face (1952) - A plastic surgeon gives an "extreme makeover" on a prison inmate's face. She becomes a replica of a lover who refused to marry him. He weds the inmate and then finds that the lover who jilted him wants him back! Blackout (1954) - Down-and-out American visits London and meets a beautiful blonde who offers him a fortune to marry her. He quickly agrees, but the next day awakens in an artist's studio covered with blood and his supposed father-in-law's corpse! DVD Bonus & Features: Scene Selection, Bios, Trailers, Bonus: The World of Hammer Noir. Product Specs: DVD-9, Dolby Digital, NTSC, All Region, English Language.
Hammer Film Noir, Vol. 3: "Gambler and the Lady" and "Heat Wave"
Gambler and the Lady (1952) - A gambling kingpin's goal is to be accepted by high society. He leaves his girlfriend for a socialite, is swindled in a scam, strong-armed by gangsters, and ends up as a hood ornament on his jilted lover's sedan! Heat Wave (1954) - Fearful of getting cut from her ailing husband's will, a femme fatale entangles a down and out writer in a scheme to murder her husband. DVD Bonus & Features: Scene Selection, Bios, Trailers, Bonus: The World of Hammer Noir. Product Specs: DVD-9, Dolby Digital, NTSC, All Region, English Language
Hammer Film Noir, Vol. 1: "Bad Blonde" and "Man Bait"
Bad Blonde (1953) - A prizefighter has a torrid affair with his manager's wife and conspires to murder her husband for insurance money. When the boxer decides to confess, the scheming blonde poisons him! Man Bait (1952) - Look Out…Diana Dors in the title role makes the title redundant! While working in a bookstore, our double-barreled femme fatale catches a man stealing a rare book. Report him to the police? Not on your life! She goes with him on a date…one that leads to blackmail! DVD Bonus & Features: Scene Selection, Bios, Trailers, Bonus: The World of Hammer Noir. Product Specs: DVD-9, Dolby Digital, NTSC, All Region, English Language.
Hammer Film Noir, Vol. 2: "Stolen Face" and "Blackout"
A Stolen Face (1952) - A plastic surgeon gives an "extreme makeover" on a prison inmate's face. She becomes a replica of a lover who refused to marry him. He weds the inmate and then finds that the lover who jilted him wants him back! Blackout (1954) - Down-and-out American visits London and meets a beautiful blonde who offers him a fortune to marry her. He quickly agrees, but the next day awakens in an artist's studio covered with blood and his supposed father-in-law's corpse! DVD Bonus & Features: Scene Selection, Bios, Trailers, Bonus: The World of Hammer Noir. Product Specs: DVD-9, Dolby Digital, NTSC, All Region, English Language.
Hammer Film Noir, Vol. 3: "Gambler and the Lady" and "Heat Wave"
Gambler and the Lady (1952) - A gambling kingpin's goal is to be accepted by high society. He leaves his girlfriend for a socialite, is swindled in a scam, strong-armed by gangsters, and ends up as a hood ornament on his jilted lover's sedan! Heat Wave (1954) - Fearful of getting cut from her ailing husband's will, a femme fatale entangles a down and out writer in a scheme to murder her husband. DVD Bonus & Features: Scene Selection, Bios, Trailers, Bonus: The World of Hammer Noir. Product Specs: DVD-9, Dolby Digital, NTSC, All Region, English Language
DVD: Hazel The Complete First Season arrives Aug. 1
This four-disk set includes the entire first season of the Shirley Booth sitcom.
George Baxter was a highly successful corporation lawyer who was always in control of everything at the office, but almost nothing at home. When he returned from the office at day's end, to his wife Dorothy, and his young son Harold, he entered the world of Hazel. Hazel was the maid and housekeeper who ran the Baxxter household more efficiently than George ran his office. She was always right, knew exactly what needed doing, and pre-empted his authority with alarming, though, justified regularity.
No details on extras.
The set is available for pre-order now from Amazon.
George Baxter was a highly successful corporation lawyer who was always in control of everything at the office, but almost nothing at home. When he returned from the office at day's end, to his wife Dorothy, and his young son Harold, he entered the world of Hazel. Hazel was the maid and housekeeper who ran the Baxxter household more efficiently than George ran his office. She was always right, knew exactly what needed doing, and pre-empted his authority with alarming, though, justified regularity.
No details on extras.
The set is available for pre-order now from Amazon.
DVD: The Kinks - Live Broadcasts coming July 18
Not too many details on this one. Here's what I've been able to find:
...features rare footage of the Kinks previously unreleased on DVD, featuring their greatest hits from rare live performances from television and film archives.
Songs: You Really Got Me, All Day And All Of The Night, Waterloo Sunset, Lola, Celluloid Heroes, No More Looking Back, Life On The Road, Sleepwalker, Misfits, Live Life and Lost And Found.
You can pre-order it now from Amazon.
...features rare footage of the Kinks previously unreleased on DVD, featuring their greatest hits from rare live performances from television and film archives.
Songs: You Really Got Me, All Day And All Of The Night, Waterloo Sunset, Lola, Celluloid Heroes, No More Looking Back, Life On The Road, Sleepwalker, Misfits, Live Life and Lost And Found.
You can pre-order it now from Amazon.
DVD: "Veronica Mars" season 2 arrives Aug. 22
Collecting 22 episodes on six disks, this set also includes a "Day in the Life of Kristen Bell" featurette and 22 minutes of deleted scenes.
In the wealthy, seaside community of Neptune, California, the rich and powerful make the rules. Unfortunately for them, there's Veronica Mars, a smart, fearless 17-year-old apprentice private investigator. In season two, the Mars family finds themselves embroiled in another season-long mystery hitting closer to home, following a new local tragedy. Meanwhile, after a summer of surprises and sordid murder trials, Logan and best friend Duncan Kane find themselves at odds, while Veronica must deal with her increasingly complicated romantic life and a whole new school year with familiar and surprising fresh faces.
You can pre-order the set now from Amazon.
In the wealthy, seaside community of Neptune, California, the rich and powerful make the rules. Unfortunately for them, there's Veronica Mars, a smart, fearless 17-year-old apprentice private investigator. In season two, the Mars family finds themselves embroiled in another season-long mystery hitting closer to home, following a new local tragedy. Meanwhile, after a summer of surprises and sordid murder trials, Logan and best friend Duncan Kane find themselves at odds, while Veronica must deal with her increasingly complicated romantic life and a whole new school year with familiar and surprising fresh faces.
You can pre-order the set now from Amazon.
Pop Culture Roundup June 8, 2006
The Collected Comics Library podcast takes a look at the history of the T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents and Tower Comics.
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The Popeye theatrical short cartoons are on their way to DVD in official, high quality, versions.
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Why I need more money.
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I've been remiss in not mentioning this sooner: Potique reviews the Turkish Captain America movie. Yes. Turkish Captain America movie.
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Fred Hembeck remembers Billy Preston.
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The Archie Comics line is celebrating its 65th anniversary.
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The great Brazilian 60s band Os Mutantes has reformed for a U.S. tour and their classics are available again on affordable CDs. Details.
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The Popeye theatrical short cartoons are on their way to DVD in official, high quality, versions.
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Why I need more money.
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I've been remiss in not mentioning this sooner: Potique reviews the Turkish Captain America movie. Yes. Turkish Captain America movie.
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Fred Hembeck remembers Billy Preston.
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The Archie Comics line is celebrating its 65th anniversary.
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The great Brazilian 60s band Os Mutantes has reformed for a U.S. tour and their classics are available again on affordable CDs. Details.
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