See a Complete List of Spider-Man Trade Paperbacks/Graphic Novels.
Pop Culture Roundup Aug. 7, 2006
Remembering the late Love singer Arthur Lee: Bedazzled presents a two-part documentary on Lee's group.
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Datajunkie shares some rare sci-fi illustration work by the great Mad magazine cartoonist Don Martin.
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Season 2 of "Doctor Who" will start airing on the Sci Fi Channel Sept. 29, according to Outpost Gallifrey. More Doctor Who.
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Dial B for Blog presents Gigantor in animotion!
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Datajunkie shares some rare sci-fi illustration work by the great Mad magazine cartoonist Don Martin.
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Season 2 of "Doctor Who" will start airing on the Sci Fi Channel Sept. 29, according to Outpost Gallifrey. More Doctor Who.
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Dial B for Blog presents Gigantor in animotion!
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Details on Lost season 3
An official press release from ABC:
"Lost" - awarded the 2005 Emmy and 2006 Golden Globe for best drama series - has begun production in Hawaii on third season episodes of action-packed mystery and adventure -- that will continue to bring out the very best and the very worst in the people who are lost. The series will have its season premiere WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 4 (9:00-10:00 p.m., ET), on the ABC Television Network.
After Oceanic Air flight 815 tore apart in mid-air and crashed on a Pacific island, its survivors were forced to find inner strength they never knew they had in order to survive. But they discovered that the island holds many secrets, including a mysterious smoke monster, polar bears, a strange French woman and another group of island residents known as "The Others." The survivors have also found signs of those who came to the island before them, including a 19th century sailing ship called The Black Rock, the remains of an ancient statue and bunkers belonging to the Dharma Initiative, a group of scientific researchers.
Jack, Kate and Sawyer open the season in captivity as prisoners of "The Others." Just who these "Others" are and what they want are primary questions Season Three will explore. Michael Emerson joins the regular cast in his ongoing role as Henry Gale, leader of "The Others." Romance looms on the horizon as Jack's interests veer towards a mysterious new woman, whose motives may be questionable. Sun and Jin will continue to celebrate their pregnancy - but is the child really Jin's? Locke and Sayid will band together with some of the other survivors and journey across the island in an attempt to free Jack, Kate and Sawyer. Charlie will attempt to return into the good graces of Claire and her baby, Aaron, but can he be trusted to stay clean and sober? The fates of Locke, Desmond and Mr. Eko in the aftermath of the implosion of the hatch are answered. Will Penny Widmore find the island and her long, lost love, Desmond, and can the survivors find a way to interact with the outside world?
The band of friends, family, enemies and strangers must continue to work together against the cruel weather and harsh terrain if they want to stay alive. But as they have discovered during their 60-plus days on the island, danger and mystery loom behind every corner, and those they thought could be trusted may turn against them. Even heroes have secrets.
See the Best "Lost" Sites on the Web.
"Lost" - awarded the 2005 Emmy and 2006 Golden Globe for best drama series - has begun production in Hawaii on third season episodes of action-packed mystery and adventure -- that will continue to bring out the very best and the very worst in the people who are lost. The series will have its season premiere WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 4 (9:00-10:00 p.m., ET), on the ABC Television Network.
After Oceanic Air flight 815 tore apart in mid-air and crashed on a Pacific island, its survivors were forced to find inner strength they never knew they had in order to survive. But they discovered that the island holds many secrets, including a mysterious smoke monster, polar bears, a strange French woman and another group of island residents known as "The Others." The survivors have also found signs of those who came to the island before them, including a 19th century sailing ship called The Black Rock, the remains of an ancient statue and bunkers belonging to the Dharma Initiative, a group of scientific researchers.
Jack, Kate and Sawyer open the season in captivity as prisoners of "The Others." Just who these "Others" are and what they want are primary questions Season Three will explore. Michael Emerson joins the regular cast in his ongoing role as Henry Gale, leader of "The Others." Romance looms on the horizon as Jack's interests veer towards a mysterious new woman, whose motives may be questionable. Sun and Jin will continue to celebrate their pregnancy - but is the child really Jin's? Locke and Sayid will band together with some of the other survivors and journey across the island in an attempt to free Jack, Kate and Sawyer. Charlie will attempt to return into the good graces of Claire and her baby, Aaron, but can he be trusted to stay clean and sober? The fates of Locke, Desmond and Mr. Eko in the aftermath of the implosion of the hatch are answered. Will Penny Widmore find the island and her long, lost love, Desmond, and can the survivors find a way to interact with the outside world?
The band of friends, family, enemies and strangers must continue to work together against the cruel weather and harsh terrain if they want to stay alive. But as they have discovered during their 60-plus days on the island, danger and mystery loom behind every corner, and those they thought could be trusted may turn against them. Even heroes have secrets.
See the Best "Lost" Sites on the Web.
Pop Culture Roundup Aug. 4, 2006
Sad news: Love's legendary (and legendarily troubled) frontman Arthur Lee has died of leukemia.
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Bedazzled shares video of Glenn Campbell performing the Brian Wilson-produced tune "Guess I'm Dumb."
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The Guardian profiles the great BBC deejay Charlie Gillett who, sadly, is giving up his regular world music program due to health problems. Along with helping to expose a huge new audience to music from Africa and elsewhere, Gillett also penned what is, for my money, the best book ever written about the history of American rock'n'roll: "The Sound of the City."
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Rhino is releasing expanded versions of the first two Pretenders albums.
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Elisabeth Sladen is reprising her role as Doctor Who companion Sarah Jane Smith in a spin-off series from the BBC, according to Outpost Gallifrey. The show follows Smith's investigations into the unknown and is tentatively titled, appropriately enough, "Sarah Jane Investiages."
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Bedazzled shares video of Glenn Campbell performing the Brian Wilson-produced tune "Guess I'm Dumb."
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The Guardian profiles the great BBC deejay Charlie Gillett who, sadly, is giving up his regular world music program due to health problems. Along with helping to expose a huge new audience to music from Africa and elsewhere, Gillett also penned what is, for my money, the best book ever written about the history of American rock'n'roll: "The Sound of the City."
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Rhino is releasing expanded versions of the first two Pretenders albums.
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Elisabeth Sladen is reprising her role as Doctor Who companion Sarah Jane Smith in a spin-off series from the BBC, according to Outpost Gallifrey. The show follows Smith's investigations into the unknown and is tentatively titled, appropriately enough, "Sarah Jane Investiages."
The Beatles' Revolver turns 40
It seems remarkable that we celebrated the 40th anniversary of Rubber Soul just eight months ago. Now it's Revolver (it was released Aug. 5, 1966). And in only 10 months time, Sgt. Pepper will be 40 years old too.
Three groundbreaking albums, each released less than a year apart from one another. This was the period when the Fabs started making quantum leaps from record to record. Their sound, their appearances, even their philosophical outlooks changed radically. And while Sgt. Pepper generally gets credit as the big breakthrough, changing pop into art, Revolver may the most radical album of the three.
While Rubber Soul saw a transition into more introspective songwriting and the addition of new instrumental textures (such as the sitar on "Norwegian Wood,"), the first song recorded for Revolver was "Tomorrow Never Knows," a piece that forever changed people's expectations of what pop music could sound like and what pop musicians could do.
Everything about the tune was unique, new and experimental. The lyrics, which John Lennon cribbed from Timothy Leary's "The Psychedelic Experience," described cosmic transcendence via Eastern philosophy and L.S.D. Lennon's chanting dalai llama vocals were recorded by sending his voice through a revolving Lesley speaker. Over the top, Paul McCartney layered a series of musique concrete tape loops he'd recorded experimentally at home.
No pop record had ever sounded like this before. And it was released by the most popular and successful band on the planet, not some underground scruffs with artistic pretensions.
And this is just the most dramatic example on an album full of, as a review in Gramophone described it, "smoking hot newness."
"Taxman" blended a funky, Motown bassline with a searing Eastern-tinged guitar solo with lyrics lampooning the Inland Revenue and contemporary British politicians.
"Eleanor Rigby" wedded obscure, poetic lyrics to the dramatic, complex accompaniment of a classical string quartet.
"Yellow Submarine" supplemented its childlike tune and lyrics with off-the-wall sound effects and, months before the same trick was used on Sgt. Pepper's "For the Benefit of Mr. Kite," a brass band section developed by slicing up short sections of existing recordings and splicing them together at random.
"I'm Only Sleeping" celebrated sloth with a drowsy tempo and druggy, backwards guitars.
And those are just a few of the highlights.
Certainly, Revolver can be viewed as a transition from the folk/rock/soul of Rubber Soul to the full-blown psychedelia of Pepper, but there's a good case to be made of it being the Beatles' best, most signifcant album. If they'd quit after it's release and never done another thing, people would still be talking about it now. But amazingly, they went on to do even more.
More Revolver:
--Check out Ray Newman's free, online book on the album: "Abracadabra!"
--See the Best Beatles Sites on the Web.
Revolver UK version track list:
Side one
"Taxman"
"Eleanor Rigby"
"I'm Only Sleeping"
"Love You To"
"Here, There and Everywhere"
"Yellow Submarine"
"She Said She Said"
Side two
"Good Day Sunshine"
"And Your Bird Can Sing"
"For No One"
"Dr. Robert"
"I Want to Tell You"
"Got to Get You Into My Life"
"Tomorrow Never Knows"
Revolver US version track list:
Side one
"Taxman"
"Eleanor Rigby"
"Love You To"
"Here, There and Everywhere"
"Yellow Submarine"
"She Said She Said"
Side two
"Good Day Sunshine"
"For No One"
"I Want to Tell You"
"Got to Get You Into My Life"
"Tomorrow Never Knows"
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