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Pop Culture Roundup Oct. 23, 2006
A 59-year-old notebook once belonging to country music legend Hank Williams has been reported stolen.
...the notebook, which contains lyrics to several unpublished Williams songs and has a value as high as $250,000.
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Mike Sterling provides some comic book investment advice.
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Fans of the Doors will wanna check out NPR's Fresh Air for interviews with drummer John Densmore, keyboardist Ray Manzarek and Elektra Records head Jac Holzman.
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Happy first blogging anniversary to On My Mind.
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Via PCL LinkDump an extensive UK Nancy Sinatra fan club site.
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Sharity: Forrest J. Ackerman and Frank Coe Music For Robots
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Yahoo! has a sneak peek at tonight's ep of "Heroes."
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Monty Python's Terry Jones is recovering from cancer surgery.
Ms Shields said: "Terry's doctors are very cheered with an early diagnosis of possible colon cancer for which he has now had routine surgery in a London private hospital."
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...the notebook, which contains lyrics to several unpublished Williams songs and has a value as high as $250,000.
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Mike Sterling provides some comic book investment advice.
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Fans of the Doors will wanna check out NPR's Fresh Air for interviews with drummer John Densmore, keyboardist Ray Manzarek and Elektra Records head Jac Holzman.
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Happy first blogging anniversary to On My Mind.
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Via PCL LinkDump an extensive UK Nancy Sinatra fan club site.
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Sharity: Forrest J. Ackerman and Frank Coe Music For Robots
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Yahoo! has a sneak peek at tonight's ep of "Heroes."
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Monty Python's Terry Jones is recovering from cancer surgery.
Ms Shields said: "Terry's doctors are very cheered with an early diagnosis of possible colon cancer for which he has now had routine surgery in a London private hospital."
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"E.C. Segar's Complete Popeye" Vol. 1 out Nov. 30
Here's cover art and details on Fantagraphics' first volume reprinting all of E.C. Segar's Popeye comic strips. You can pre-order it now from Amazon for $19.77.
E.C. Segar's Complete Popeye Vol. 1: I Yam What I Yam
Most folks are familiar with Popeye through a variety of incarnations that have ensconced the character in the public consciousness for almost 80 years—the animated Popeye cartoons, the feature film Popeye, etc.—but far fewer have been exposed to the original brilliance of Popeye's creator, E.C. Segar. Now, comic strip fans can experience Segar's original comic strips through this new six-volume series.
In 1929, Segar took his eccentric Thimble Theatre comic strip (which began in 1919) and introduced Popeye, transforming the strip almost overnight into one of the most popular works of art in American history. Segar's entire cast of characters, such as Olive Oyl, Wimpy, Eugene the Jeep, the Sea Hag, and Alice the Goon became a part of American culture. This outwardly farcical gaggle of vaudevillian-esque antiheroes, bumbling about on picaresque chases was one of the most sophisticated—and hilarious—comic strips in history.
Fantagraphics' Popeye will collect the complete run of Segar's Thimble Theatre comic strip (dailies and color Sundays) featuring Popeye, re-establishing Segar as one of the first rank of cartoonists who have elevated the comic strip to art. He was the most popular cartoonist of his day, his sense of humor coming straight out of Mark Twain, who also balanced exaggerated tall tales and a perfect ear for everyday speech with dark themes that undercut his laugh-out-loud stories.
In this first volume, covering 1928-1930, Popeye's initial courtship of Olive Oyl takes center stage while Olive's brother Castor Oyl discovers the mysterious Whiffle Hen. Also, the entire cast meets the Sea Hag for the first time in their pursuit of the "Mystery House" (Popeye's first extended daily narrative), and Castor Oyl attempts to turn Popeye into a boxing champion in a series of hilarious Sunday strips.
These strips are masterpieces of comic invention. Popeye's omnipotence pre-figures the rise of superheroes in the 1930s and 1940s, though Popeye is a much more sympathetic character, and his very name announces his vibrant personality. He's a scoundrel with a heart of gold, and a tongue of silver: "My sweet patootie loves me because I yama high-voltage poppa, and she is my hotsy-totsy momma!" His mangled English pulsated with the vital spirit of immigrant America, its rhythm poetic in its own vulgar way: 'I yam what I yam and tha's all I yam.'"
Segar blended complex narrative, slapstick traditions, brilliant characterization, and an inimitable cartooning style to create the most exciting and profound humor of its era, rivaling even the great film comics of his era, such as Charlie Chaplin and the Marx Brothers.
See the Best Comic Strip Sites on the Web.
E.C. Segar's Complete Popeye Vol. 1: I Yam What I Yam
Most folks are familiar with Popeye through a variety of incarnations that have ensconced the character in the public consciousness for almost 80 years—the animated Popeye cartoons, the feature film Popeye, etc.—but far fewer have been exposed to the original brilliance of Popeye's creator, E.C. Segar. Now, comic strip fans can experience Segar's original comic strips through this new six-volume series.
In 1929, Segar took his eccentric Thimble Theatre comic strip (which began in 1919) and introduced Popeye, transforming the strip almost overnight into one of the most popular works of art in American history. Segar's entire cast of characters, such as Olive Oyl, Wimpy, Eugene the Jeep, the Sea Hag, and Alice the Goon became a part of American culture. This outwardly farcical gaggle of vaudevillian-esque antiheroes, bumbling about on picaresque chases was one of the most sophisticated—and hilarious—comic strips in history.
Fantagraphics' Popeye will collect the complete run of Segar's Thimble Theatre comic strip (dailies and color Sundays) featuring Popeye, re-establishing Segar as one of the first rank of cartoonists who have elevated the comic strip to art. He was the most popular cartoonist of his day, his sense of humor coming straight out of Mark Twain, who also balanced exaggerated tall tales and a perfect ear for everyday speech with dark themes that undercut his laugh-out-loud stories.
In this first volume, covering 1928-1930, Popeye's initial courtship of Olive Oyl takes center stage while Olive's brother Castor Oyl discovers the mysterious Whiffle Hen. Also, the entire cast meets the Sea Hag for the first time in their pursuit of the "Mystery House" (Popeye's first extended daily narrative), and Castor Oyl attempts to turn Popeye into a boxing champion in a series of hilarious Sunday strips.
These strips are masterpieces of comic invention. Popeye's omnipotence pre-figures the rise of superheroes in the 1930s and 1940s, though Popeye is a much more sympathetic character, and his very name announces his vibrant personality. He's a scoundrel with a heart of gold, and a tongue of silver: "My sweet patootie loves me because I yama high-voltage poppa, and she is my hotsy-totsy momma!" His mangled English pulsated with the vital spirit of immigrant America, its rhythm poetic in its own vulgar way: 'I yam what I yam and tha's all I yam.'"
Segar blended complex narrative, slapstick traditions, brilliant characterization, and an inimitable cartooning style to create the most exciting and profound humor of its era, rivaling even the great film comics of his era, such as Charlie Chaplin and the Marx Brothers.
See the Best Comic Strip Sites on the Web.
Beatles' Love cover art revealed, up for pre-order
Here's the cover art for the Beatles' Love, out Nov. 21. You can pre-order both the
special edition and standard versions of the album now on Amazon.
Produced by George and Giles Martin, the album is the soundtrack to the Cirque de Soleil show of the same name, now running in Las Vegas.
The father-and-son production son created the score using both released and unreleased studio recordings of the Fabs and mashed them up--putting vocals tracks on top of the backing track of other tunes, etc.
The special edition includes the standard CD plus a DVD audio disk with the music in both stereo and 5.1 sound.
Here's the track list:
1. Because
2. Get Back
3. Glass Onion
4. Eleanor Rigby/Julia (Transition)
5. I Am The Walrus
6. I Want To Hold Your Hand
7. Drive My Car/The Word/What You're Doing
8. Gnik Nus
9. Something/Blue Jay Way (Transition)
10. Being For The Benefit of Mr. Kite!/I Want You (She's So Heavy)/Helter Skelter
11. Help!
12. Blackbird/Yesterday
13. Strawberry Fields Forever
14. Within You Without You/Tomorrow Never Knows
15. Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds
16. Octopus's Garden
17. Lady Madonna
18. Here Comes The Sun/The Inner Light (Transition)
19. Come Together/Dear Prudence/Cry Baby Cry (Transition)
20. Revolution
21. Back In The U.S.S.R.
22. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
23. A Day In The Life
24. Hey Jude
25. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)
26. All You Need Is Love
See the Best Beatles Sites on the Web
special edition and standard versions of the album now on Amazon.
Produced by George and Giles Martin, the album is the soundtrack to the Cirque de Soleil show of the same name, now running in Las Vegas.
The father-and-son production son created the score using both released and unreleased studio recordings of the Fabs and mashed them up--putting vocals tracks on top of the backing track of other tunes, etc.
The special edition includes the standard CD plus a DVD audio disk with the music in both stereo and 5.1 sound.
Here's the track list:
1. Because
2. Get Back
3. Glass Onion
4. Eleanor Rigby/Julia (Transition)
5. I Am The Walrus
6. I Want To Hold Your Hand
7. Drive My Car/The Word/What You're Doing
8. Gnik Nus
9. Something/Blue Jay Way (Transition)
10. Being For The Benefit of Mr. Kite!/I Want You (She's So Heavy)/Helter Skelter
11. Help!
12. Blackbird/Yesterday
13. Strawberry Fields Forever
14. Within You Without You/Tomorrow Never Knows
15. Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds
16. Octopus's Garden
17. Lady Madonna
18. Here Comes The Sun/The Inner Light (Transition)
19. Come Together/Dear Prudence/Cry Baby Cry (Transition)
20. Revolution
21. Back In The U.S.S.R.
22. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
23. A Day In The Life
24. Hey Jude
25. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)
26. All You Need Is Love
See the Best Beatles Sites on the Web
More "Fantastic Four 3" set pictures: Invisible Woman in action
Here's a batch of Flickr pics some guy in Vancouver snapped outside his office window.
See the Best Fantastic Four Sites on the Web.
See the Best Fantastic Four Sites on the Web.
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