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New comics Feb. 26, 2008
Underrated pop groups of the 60s: Chad and Jeremy
Often dismissed as a Peter and Gordon knock-off (which they were), the duo of Chad Stuart and Jermy Clyde recorded a number of nice singles and a few very worth-having albums.
Plus, they appeared on "Batman" and "The Dick Van Dyke Show" as, essentially, near-Beatles-type figures.
You've probably heard the big songs from 1964 : "A Summer Song" which hit #7 and Yesterday's Gone," which hit #21. "Willow Weep for Me," which hit #15 in 1965 also gets some oldies airplay.
Anyone who enjoys those--and gentler, folkish British Invasion sounds--will likely enjoy the duo's Before and After album. And you can even hear them getting a little psychedelic and far out--complete with sitar solos--on their 1967 LP Of Cabbages and Kings. The follow up to that was the pair's "concept album" The Ark.
The great Sundazed label has released those LPS and a few others in nicely remastered and expanded editions.
Chad and Jeremy CDs
Before & After
I Don't Want to Lose You Baby
Distant Shores
Of Cabbages & Kings
The Ark
Chad and Jeremy on YouTube:
Chad & Jeremy - Willow Weep For Me
Chad and Jeremy "Distant Shores"
Chad and Jeremy "The Truth Often Hurts The Heart"
Chad and Jeremy "Willow Weep For Me"
Plus, they appeared on "Batman" and "The Dick Van Dyke Show" as, essentially, near-Beatles-type figures.
You've probably heard the big songs from 1964 : "A Summer Song" which hit #7 and Yesterday's Gone," which hit #21. "Willow Weep for Me," which hit #15 in 1965 also gets some oldies airplay.
Anyone who enjoys those--and gentler, folkish British Invasion sounds--will likely enjoy the duo's Before and After album. And you can even hear them getting a little psychedelic and far out--complete with sitar solos--on their 1967 LP Of Cabbages and Kings. The follow up to that was the pair's "concept album" The Ark.
The great Sundazed label has released those LPS and a few others in nicely remastered and expanded editions.
Chad and Jeremy CDs
Before & After
I Don't Want to Lose You Baby
Distant Shores
Of Cabbages & Kings
The Ark
Chad and Jeremy on YouTube:
Chad & Jeremy - Willow Weep For Me
Chad and Jeremy "Distant Shores"
Chad and Jeremy "The Truth Often Hurts The Heart"
Chad and Jeremy "Willow Weep For Me"
CD new release Feb. 26, 2008
Here's a look at upcoming CDs for Feb. 26, 2008. Click titles to order from Amazon.
Seventh Tree (Special Edition) by Goldfrapp
Another Country by Tift Merritt
Trinity Revisited [CD/DVD] by Cowboy Junkies
Not Fade Away: Buddy Holly 1957 Complete Recordings by Buddy Holly & the Crickets
Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!! by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Theme Time Radio Hour: With Your Host Bob Dylan by Various Artists
Fervor/Lost & Found by Jason & the Scorchers
Golden Age of American Popular Music - The Folk Hits From the Hot 100
Coolest Songs in the World, Vol. 4 by Various Artists
Stax Sings Motown by Various Artists
Seventh Tree (Special Edition) by Goldfrapp
Another Country by Tift Merritt
Trinity Revisited [CD/DVD] by Cowboy Junkies
Not Fade Away: Buddy Holly 1957 Complete Recordings by Buddy Holly & the Crickets
Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!! by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Theme Time Radio Hour: With Your Host Bob Dylan by Various Artists
Fervor/Lost & Found by Jason & the Scorchers
Golden Age of American Popular Music - The Folk Hits From the Hot 100
Coolest Songs in the World, Vol. 4 by Various Artists
Stax Sings Motown by Various Artists
DVD new releases Feb. 26, 2008
Upcoming DVDs for Feb. 26, 2008. Click the titles to order from Amazon.
Beowulf (Unrated Director's Cut)
Justice League - The New Frontier (Two-Disc Special Edition)
The Fugitive - Season One, Vol. Two
Extras - The Extra Special Series Finale
Dark Shadows: The Beginning No. 3 Episodes 71-105
Family Affair Season 5
Invisible Man: The Complete Series
Led Zeppelin - The Song Remains the Same (Limited Collector's Edition)
Beowulf (Unrated Director's Cut)
Justice League - The New Frontier (Two-Disc Special Edition)
The Fugitive - Season One, Vol. Two
Extras - The Extra Special Series Finale
Dark Shadows: The Beginning No. 3 Episodes 71-105
Family Affair Season 5
Invisible Man: The Complete Series
Led Zeppelin - The Song Remains the Same (Limited Collector's Edition)
Lost preview March 13, 2008 episode
Highlight the hidden text for info about the March 13, 2008, episode of "Lost."
Also see a trailer for the show and listen to the official "Lost" podcast from ABC.
JULIET REVEALS SOME STARTLING NEWS TO JIN ABOUT SUN,
AND SAYID AND DESMOND BEGIN TO UNDERSTAND THE FREIGHTER'S
MISSION WHEN THEY MEET THE SHIP'S CAPTAIN, ON ABC'S "LOST"
"Ji Yeon" - Juliet is forced to reveal some startling news to Jin when Sun threatens to move to Locke's camp. Meanwhile, Sayid and Desmond begin to get an idea of the freighter crew's mission when they meet the ship's Captain, on "Lost," THURSDAY, MARCH 13 (9:00-10:02 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network.
"Lost" stars Naveen Andrews as Sayid, Henry Ian Cusick as Desmond, Emilie de Ravin as Claire, Michael Emerson as Ben, Matthew Fox as Jack, Jorge Garcia as Hurley, Josh Holloway as Sawyer, Daniel Dae Kim as Jin, Yunjin Kim as Sun, Evangeline Lilly as Kate, Elizabeth Mitchell as Juliet, Terry O'Quinn as Locke and Harold Perrineau as Michael.
Guest starring are Sam Anderson as Bernard, Jeremy Davies as Daniel Faraday, Rebecca Mader as Charlotte Lewis, Jeff Fahey as Frank Lapidus, Kevin Durand as Keamy, Marc Vann as doctor, Grant Bowler as Captain Gault, Lanny Joon as Dr. Bae, Simon Rhee as shopkeeper, Zoe Bell as Regina, Christine Kim as admitting nurse, Lynette Garces as another nurse, David Yew as Chinese security agent and George Kee Cheung as Chinese ambassador.
"Ji Yeon" was written by Edward Kitsis & Adam Horowitz and directed by Stephen Semel.
Also see:
Lost Season 4 Episode Guide
The Best Lost Sites on the Web
Lost: What we STILL don't know
Also see a trailer for the show and listen to the official "Lost" podcast from ABC.
JULIET REVEALS SOME STARTLING NEWS TO JIN ABOUT SUN,
AND SAYID AND DESMOND BEGIN TO UNDERSTAND THE FREIGHTER'S
MISSION WHEN THEY MEET THE SHIP'S CAPTAIN, ON ABC'S "LOST"
"Ji Yeon" - Juliet is forced to reveal some startling news to Jin when Sun threatens to move to Locke's camp. Meanwhile, Sayid and Desmond begin to get an idea of the freighter crew's mission when they meet the ship's Captain, on "Lost," THURSDAY, MARCH 13 (9:00-10:02 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network.
"Lost" stars Naveen Andrews as Sayid, Henry Ian Cusick as Desmond, Emilie de Ravin as Claire, Michael Emerson as Ben, Matthew Fox as Jack, Jorge Garcia as Hurley, Josh Holloway as Sawyer, Daniel Dae Kim as Jin, Yunjin Kim as Sun, Evangeline Lilly as Kate, Elizabeth Mitchell as Juliet, Terry O'Quinn as Locke and Harold Perrineau as Michael.
Guest starring are Sam Anderson as Bernard, Jeremy Davies as Daniel Faraday, Rebecca Mader as Charlotte Lewis, Jeff Fahey as Frank Lapidus, Kevin Durand as Keamy, Marc Vann as doctor, Grant Bowler as Captain Gault, Lanny Joon as Dr. Bae, Simon Rhee as shopkeeper, Zoe Bell as Regina, Christine Kim as admitting nurse, Lynette Garces as another nurse, David Yew as Chinese security agent and George Kee Cheung as Chinese ambassador.
"Ji Yeon" was written by Edward Kitsis & Adam Horowitz and directed by Stephen Semel.
Also see:
Lost Season 4 Episode Guide
The Best Lost Sites on the Web
Lost: What we STILL don't know
DC superheroine Barbies coming in 2008
Mattel will release new collector Barbies based on Wonder Woman, Batgirl, Supergirl and Black Canary in 2008.
Exclusive Green Lantern figure in New Frontier DVD
Best Buy is offering this exclusive Green Lantern figure with copies of the Justice League: New Frontier straight-to-DVD out now.
But, the thing is, it's not a very attractive figure at all, is it? Artist Darwyn Cooke's take on GL is cool. But this thing looks odd. What's up with his face? This is not good at all.
But, the thing is, it's not a very attractive figure at all, is it? Artist Darwyn Cooke's take on GL is cool. But this thing looks odd. What's up with his face? This is not good at all.
Great comic book art: Jack Kirby back cover for Fantastic Four Treasury 1976
Here's a nice example of Jack Kirby's later work: The original back cover art for Marvel Comics' tabloid-sized Fantastic Four Treasury, published in 1976.
It's up for auction now on eBay (and way, way beyond my price range).
It's up for auction now on eBay (and way, way beyond my price range).
Great comic book art: Another Jack Kirby photo collage
Along with the black-and-white piece I highlighted a few days back, here's a full-color photo collage the great Jack Kirby did for the ninth issue his Kamandi series from DC Comics--now up for auction on eBay.
2008 Oscar winners
Here's the list of 2008 Academy Award winners. Update your Netflix queue accordingly.
Best Motion Picture: "No Country for Old Men."
Lead Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis, "There Will Be Blood."
Lead Actress: Marion Cotillard, "La Vie en Rose."
Supporting Actor: Javier Bardem, "No Country for Old Men."
Supporting Actress: Tilda Swinton, "Michael Clayton."
Director: Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, "No Country for Old Men."
Foreign Language Film: "The Counterfeiters," Austria.
Adapted Screenplay: Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, "No Country for Old Men."
Original Screenplay: Diablo Cody, "Juno."
Animated Feature Film: "Ratatouille."
Art Direction: "Sweeney Todd the Demon Barber of Fleet Street."
Cinematography: "There Will Be Blood."
Sound Mixing: "The Bourne Ultimatum."
Sound Editing: "The Bourne Ultimatum."
Original Score: "Atonement," Dario Marianelli.
Original Song: "Falling Slowly" from "Once," Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova.
Costume: "Elizabeth: The Golden Age."
Documentary Feature: "Taxi to the Dark Side."
Documentary Short Subject: "Freeheld."
Film Editing: "The Bourne Ultimatum."
Makeup: "La Vie en Rose."
Animated Short Film: "Peter & the Wolf."
Live Action Short Film: "Le Mozart des Pickpockets (`The Mozart of Pickpockets')."
Visual Effects: "The Golden Compass."
Target gets exclusive Justice League Unlimited figures
Here's details from Mattel:
Due to overwhelming support from the fans, Mattel and Target are teaming up to bring an all new Collector’s Line to store shelves starting this August!
16 brand new figures along with collector requested repaints and reissues will be available in singles, 3-packs and 6 packs. Figures will be out in two waves. Each wave will consist of two 6-packs, two 3 packs and five single carded figures, some with brand new accessories. This line will be sold exclusively at Target stores starting Aug 1, 2008. At this time the line will be an in store exclusive only.
Wave 1 will be revealed at New York Comic Con in April and Wave 2 will be shown at Comic Con San Diego in July.
We are pleased to show the first 6-pack for Wave 1: Attack from Apokolips featuring Superman, Darkseid, Mr. Miracle, Lashina, Mantis and Forager.
Along with these figures, we are excited to announce that the line will also include several major MIA characters including The Question!
Due to overwhelming support from the fans, Mattel and Target are teaming up to bring an all new Collector’s Line to store shelves starting this August!
16 brand new figures along with collector requested repaints and reissues will be available in singles, 3-packs and 6 packs. Figures will be out in two waves. Each wave will consist of two 6-packs, two 3 packs and five single carded figures, some with brand new accessories. This line will be sold exclusively at Target stores starting Aug 1, 2008. At this time the line will be an in store exclusive only.
Wave 1 will be revealed at New York Comic Con in April and Wave 2 will be shown at Comic Con San Diego in July.
We are pleased to show the first 6-pack for Wave 1: Attack from Apokolips featuring Superman, Darkseid, Mr. Miracle, Lashina, Mantis and Forager.
Along with these figures, we are excited to announce that the line will also include several major MIA characters including The Question!
Lost clues: "Eggtown" Ep. 4, Season 4
Episode summary:
On the island, Locke is at loose ends. He can't find Jacob's cabin or contact Jacob and is uncertain what to do next in terms of leading the survivors who are following him.
He goes to Ben, locked in a cell under the barracks, to learn more about the freighter crew, but Ben isn't revealing anything. He knows Locke is confused is seems to be planning how to best use this to his advantage.
Kate, meanwhile, is torn between Locke and Jack's groups. She wants to go home, but fears she'll end up in prison if she does. She goes to Miles, also a prisoner of Locke's, to find out if the freighter crew and, by extension, the rest of the world, knows she is a fugitive.
Miles says he'll tell Kate everything he knows about her, if she brings him to Ben. Kate manages to do this by enlisting Sawyer to distract Locke.
When Miles and Ben get face to face, Miles says "you know who I am, you know who I work for," and Ben says yes. Miles says he could help Ben by telling this mysterious person that Ben is dead but to do so, Ben must pay Miles $3.2 million.
Ben seems annoyed at Miles' crass maneuver and doesn't agree to anything. Kate is annoyed too, and yanks Miles out of Ben's cell, at which point Miles tells her that the outside world knows all about Kate's crimes and that, if he were her, he'd stay on the island.
In flash forward, we see Kate didn't follow that advice. She's in court, facing charges for murder, obstruction of justice and many more charges. But she's also a celebrity, one of the Oceanic 6. The jury is impressed when Jack testifies on her behalf. He tells a false story about the plane crashing into the sea and Kate helping to rescue him and other survivors.
Kate's mother also is moved by this, and the fact that she evidently has a grandson. She decides to to participate with the prosecution and the state, having lost their key witness, cops a deal. Kate stays free, but she must remain in California on probation for 10 years. Kate readily agrees with this.
After she's freed, Kate and Jack meet in the courthouse parking garage. He makes it clear that he wants to be with her, but when Kate invites him to her home, he defers. He doesn't want to see her son. Kate says she knows this is hard on Jack, but until he can make peace with it, they can't be together.
We then see Kate arriving home. She goes upstairs to see her son, who looks to be at least 2 or 3 years old. It's not really her son, although he calls her "mom." It's Claire's baby, now older, Aaron.
Back in island time: Jack forces Charlotte to call the freighter. Although the helicopter carrying Sayid, Desmond and Frank left the island hours ago, it hasn't turned up on the ship.What happened to it?
Also, Locke is angry about being fooled by Kate. He tells her she needs to leave the next morning, which she does, much to Sawyer's consternation. Locke also pays a visit to the capture Miles, sticking a live grenade in his mouth and telling him to keep his mouth shut.
Questions/clues/observations:
* What led to Kate's caring for Aaron? Is Claire dead? Why is Jack struggling with this? Does he know Claire is/was his half-sister? Is he somehow responsible for her death or absence?
* In court, Jack says only eight people made out of the plane. Two of them "died." This is the official cover story, anyhow. So the Oceanic 6 is: Jack, Kate, Hurley, Sayid and who else? Presumably, we're not counting Aaron, as he wasn't born yet and not a passenger on the plane. So far as the rest of the world knows, Aaron is Kate's real son, born after the crash. Are we counting Michael and Walt? How about Desmond? He was on the chopper with Sayid.
* According to the cover story, who is Aaron's father?
* The book Locke brings Ben to read is "VALIS" by cult sci-fi author Philip K. Dick. I read this years ago, but don't remember a thing about it, only that it was a tad hard to get a grip on. Wikipedia says:
...shares some elements with the 1934 novel XYZ by Clemente Palma and with the better known The Island of Doctor Moreau, being the later the most influential of the two (see "Characters" below.) In the same way, other works of fiction share some elements with this novel rather than with the novels that influenced it. For example, fans of the video game Myst believe this novel is one of its sources of inspiration, while the plot of the episode "Dave" from the television program Lost mirrors one of fugitive's theories--that he is on a psychiatric hospital dreaming he is on an island.
The love that we came to know
They call it Xanadu
And now
Open your eyes and see
What we have made is real
We are in Xanadu
A million lights are dancing
And there you are
A shooting star
An everlasting world
And you're here with me
Eternally
* Xanadu is also of course, as Wikipedia puts it "a metaphor for opulence," the inspiration for Samuel Taylor Coleridge's most famous poem and the name of Charles Foster Kane's estate in "Citizen Kane."
* Does the weird time anomaly account for the helicopter not turning up on the freighter yet?
* How does Ben have access to millions of dollars? And how does Miles know he does?
* Sawyer plays backgammon with Locke. In season one, Locke taught Walt how to play the game.
* What's up with Charlotte testing Daniel's memory with cards? Or is it really his memory that's being tested? Maybe she's trying to see if he can predict which cards she picked. Is she testing whether the island has affected/enhanced his mental abilities in some way?
* How long is Locke gonna leave that grenade in Miles' mouth?
Also see:
Lost Season 4 Episode Guide
The Best Lost Sites on the Web
Lost: What we STILL don't know
On the island, Locke is at loose ends. He can't find Jacob's cabin or contact Jacob and is uncertain what to do next in terms of leading the survivors who are following him.
He goes to Ben, locked in a cell under the barracks, to learn more about the freighter crew, but Ben isn't revealing anything. He knows Locke is confused is seems to be planning how to best use this to his advantage.
Kate, meanwhile, is torn between Locke and Jack's groups. She wants to go home, but fears she'll end up in prison if she does. She goes to Miles, also a prisoner of Locke's, to find out if the freighter crew and, by extension, the rest of the world, knows she is a fugitive.
Miles says he'll tell Kate everything he knows about her, if she brings him to Ben. Kate manages to do this by enlisting Sawyer to distract Locke.
When Miles and Ben get face to face, Miles says "you know who I am, you know who I work for," and Ben says yes. Miles says he could help Ben by telling this mysterious person that Ben is dead but to do so, Ben must pay Miles $3.2 million.
Ben seems annoyed at Miles' crass maneuver and doesn't agree to anything. Kate is annoyed too, and yanks Miles out of Ben's cell, at which point Miles tells her that the outside world knows all about Kate's crimes and that, if he were her, he'd stay on the island.
In flash forward, we see Kate didn't follow that advice. She's in court, facing charges for murder, obstruction of justice and many more charges. But she's also a celebrity, one of the Oceanic 6. The jury is impressed when Jack testifies on her behalf. He tells a false story about the plane crashing into the sea and Kate helping to rescue him and other survivors.
Kate's mother also is moved by this, and the fact that she evidently has a grandson. She decides to to participate with the prosecution and the state, having lost their key witness, cops a deal. Kate stays free, but she must remain in California on probation for 10 years. Kate readily agrees with this.
After she's freed, Kate and Jack meet in the courthouse parking garage. He makes it clear that he wants to be with her, but when Kate invites him to her home, he defers. He doesn't want to see her son. Kate says she knows this is hard on Jack, but until he can make peace with it, they can't be together.
We then see Kate arriving home. She goes upstairs to see her son, who looks to be at least 2 or 3 years old. It's not really her son, although he calls her "mom." It's Claire's baby, now older, Aaron.
Back in island time: Jack forces Charlotte to call the freighter. Although the helicopter carrying Sayid, Desmond and Frank left the island hours ago, it hasn't turned up on the ship.What happened to it?
Also, Locke is angry about being fooled by Kate. He tells her she needs to leave the next morning, which she does, much to Sawyer's consternation. Locke also pays a visit to the capture Miles, sticking a live grenade in his mouth and telling him to keep his mouth shut.
Questions/clues/observations:
* What led to Kate's caring for Aaron? Is Claire dead? Why is Jack struggling with this? Does he know Claire is/was his half-sister? Is he somehow responsible for her death or absence?
* In court, Jack says only eight people made out of the plane. Two of them "died." This is the official cover story, anyhow. So the Oceanic 6 is: Jack, Kate, Hurley, Sayid and who else? Presumably, we're not counting Aaron, as he wasn't born yet and not a passenger on the plane. So far as the rest of the world knows, Aaron is Kate's real son, born after the crash. Are we counting Michael and Walt? How about Desmond? He was on the chopper with Sayid.
* According to the cover story, who is Aaron's father?
* The book Locke brings Ben to read is "VALIS" by cult sci-fi author Philip K. Dick. I read this years ago, but don't remember a thing about it, only that it was a tad hard to get a grip on. Wikipedia says:
VALIS is a 1981 science fiction novel by Philip K. Dick. The title is an acronym for Vast Active Living Intelligence System, Dick's gnostic vision of one aspect of God.
VALIS is the first book in the VALIS trilogy of novels including The Divine Invasion (1981), and the unfinished The Owl in Daylight. The Transmigration of Timothy Archer (1982) is thematically related to the unfinished trilogy and was included in several omnibus editions of the trilogy as a stand-in for the unwritten final volume. Together with his thematically related final novel, VALIS represents Dick's last major work before he died. Radio Free Albemuth is considered an earlier version of VALIS, and is not included as a component of the VALIS trilogy.
...shares some elements with the 1934 novel XYZ by Clemente Palma and with the better known The Island of Doctor Moreau, being the later the most influential of the two (see "Characters" below.) In the same way, other works of fiction share some elements with this novel rather than with the novels that influenced it. For example, fans of the video game Myst believe this novel is one of its sources of inspiration, while the plot of the episode "Dave" from the television program Lost mirrors one of fugitive's theories--that he is on a psychiatric hospital dreaming he is on an island.
* Hurley puts the 1980 Olivia Newton John movie "Xanadu" in the VCR. The theme song--an annoyingly catchy disco-ish effort by John and ELO--has lyrics that possibly could be used to comment on the island and/or Sayer and Kate's relationship:
The love that we came to know
They call it Xanadu
And now
Open your eyes and see
What we have made is real
We are in Xanadu
A million lights are dancing
And there you are
A shooting star
An everlasting world
And you're here with me
Eternally
* Xanadu is also of course, as Wikipedia puts it "a metaphor for opulence," the inspiration for Samuel Taylor Coleridge's most famous poem and the name of Charles Foster Kane's estate in "Citizen Kane."
* Does the weird time anomaly account for the helicopter not turning up on the freighter yet?
* How does Ben have access to millions of dollars? And how does Miles know he does?
* Sawyer plays backgammon with Locke. In season one, Locke taught Walt how to play the game.
* What's up with Charlotte testing Daniel's memory with cards? Or is it really his memory that's being tested? Maybe she's trying to see if he can predict which cards she picked. Is she testing whether the island has affected/enhanced his mental abilities in some way?
* How long is Locke gonna leave that grenade in Miles' mouth?
Also see:
Lost Season 4 Episode Guide
The Best Lost Sites on the Web
Lost: What we STILL don't know
Hammer Horror movie posters
Here are five from the famed British horror studio.
Horror of Dracula
Kiss of the Vampire
Frankenstein Created Woman
Twins of Evil / Hands of the Ripper
Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde
Horror of Dracula
Kiss of the Vampire
Frankenstein Created Woman
Twins of Evil / Hands of the Ripper
Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde
Pop links
A film based on Charles Burns' graphic novel "Black Hole" is planned.
David Fincher is attached to direct the horror romance "Black Hole" for Paramount/ MTV Films.
...the story revolves around a group of high school students whose lives are drastically altered when they come in contact with a sexually transmitted disease called the "teen plague" or "the bug."
...Fincher ("Zodiac") just wrapped "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" for Paramount. He also has "Torso," "The Devil in the White City" and "The Killer" in development at the studio.
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Leonardo DiCaprio is set to produce two films based on Katsuhiro Otomo's manga/anime series "Akira."
The story was set in a neon-lit post apocalyptic "New Tokyo" in 2019 where a teen biker gang member is subjected to a government experiment that unleashes his latent powers. The gang's leader must find a way to stop the ensuing swathe of destruction.
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Beyonce Knowles will play singer Etta James in "Cadillac Records," a film about the founding of Chicago's Chess Records label.
Knowles joins a cast that includes Adrien Brody (Chess), Jeffrey Wright (Waters), Cedric the Entertainer (Willie Dixon) and Columbus Short (Little Walter). Emmanuelle Chriqui and Tammy Blanchard co-star.
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The Wall Street Journal has revealed a few details about the next "Toy Story" film.
In Pixar's coming movie "Toy Story 3," Woody the cowboy and his toy-box friends are dumped in a day-care center after their owner, Andy, leaves for college.
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The Foo Fighters are suing Marvel Studios.
Per the lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, "substantial excerpts" of the tunes "Best of You" and "Free Me," both off the 2005 album In Your Honor, were used in a teaser for the upcoming animated series Wolverine and the X-Men.
David Fincher is attached to direct the horror romance "Black Hole" for Paramount/ MTV Films.
...the story revolves around a group of high school students whose lives are drastically altered when they come in contact with a sexually transmitted disease called the "teen plague" or "the bug."
...Fincher ("Zodiac") just wrapped "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" for Paramount. He also has "Torso," "The Devil in the White City" and "The Killer" in development at the studio.
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Leonardo DiCaprio is set to produce two films based on Katsuhiro Otomo's manga/anime series "Akira."
The story was set in a neon-lit post apocalyptic "New Tokyo" in 2019 where a teen biker gang member is subjected to a government experiment that unleashes his latent powers. The gang's leader must find a way to stop the ensuing swathe of destruction.
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Beyonce Knowles will play singer Etta James in "Cadillac Records," a film about the founding of Chicago's Chess Records label.
Knowles joins a cast that includes Adrien Brody (Chess), Jeffrey Wright (Waters), Cedric the Entertainer (Willie Dixon) and Columbus Short (Little Walter). Emmanuelle Chriqui and Tammy Blanchard co-star.
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The Wall Street Journal has revealed a few details about the next "Toy Story" film.
In Pixar's coming movie "Toy Story 3," Woody the cowboy and his toy-box friends are dumped in a day-care center after their owner, Andy, leaves for college.
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The Foo Fighters are suing Marvel Studios.
Per the lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, "substantial excerpts" of the tunes "Best of You" and "Free Me," both off the 2005 album In Your Honor, were used in a teaser for the upcoming animated series Wolverine and the X-Men.
Love's Forever Changes gets double-disk reissue treatment
Oh no, not yet another reissue of Forever Changes...
It's one of my favorite albums (and if you don't yet own one of its many incarnations, you need to), but do I want to buy it all over again?
At least with this belated 40th anniversary edition (the LP came out in 1967), Rhino is upping the ante with loads of outtakes, studio tracking sessions, demos and the like.
Let's put it this way, I'm thinking about it...
The new edition comes out April 22. Here's the track list:
Disc one:
01 Alone Again Or
02 A House Is Not a Motel
03 Andmoreagain
04 The Daily Planet
05 Old Man
06 The Red Telephone
07 Maybe the People Would Be the Times or Between Clark and Hilldale
08 Live and Let Live
09 The Good Humor Man He Sees Everything Like This
10 Bummer in the Summer
11 You Set the Scene
Disc two:
01 Alone Again Or (alternative mix)
02 A House Is Not a Motel (alternative mix)
03 Andmoreagain (alternative mix)
04 The Daily Planet (alternative mix)
05 Old Man (alternative mix)
06 The Red Telephone (alternative mix)
07 Maybe the People Would Be the Times or Between Clark and Hilldale (alternative mix)
08 Live and Let Live (alternative mix)
09 The Good Humor Man He Sees Everything Like This (alternative mix)
10 Bummer in the Summer (alternative mix)
11 You Set the Scene (alternative mix)
12 Wonder People (I Do Wonder) (original mix) (outtake)
13 Hummingbirds (demo)
14 A House Is Not a Motel (backing track)
15 Andmoreagain (alternate electric backing track)
16 The Red Telephone (tracking sessions highlights)
17 Wooly Bully (outtake)
18 Alone Again Or (mono single remix)
19 Your Mind and We Belong Together (tracking session highlights)
20 Your Mind and We Belong Together
21 Laughing Stock
It's one of my favorite albums (and if you don't yet own one of its many incarnations, you need to), but do I want to buy it all over again?
At least with this belated 40th anniversary edition (the LP came out in 1967), Rhino is upping the ante with loads of outtakes, studio tracking sessions, demos and the like.
Let's put it this way, I'm thinking about it...
The new edition comes out April 22. Here's the track list:
Disc one:
01 Alone Again Or
02 A House Is Not a Motel
03 Andmoreagain
04 The Daily Planet
05 Old Man
06 The Red Telephone
07 Maybe the People Would Be the Times or Between Clark and Hilldale
08 Live and Let Live
09 The Good Humor Man He Sees Everything Like This
10 Bummer in the Summer
11 You Set the Scene
Disc two:
01 Alone Again Or (alternative mix)
02 A House Is Not a Motel (alternative mix)
03 Andmoreagain (alternative mix)
04 The Daily Planet (alternative mix)
05 Old Man (alternative mix)
06 The Red Telephone (alternative mix)
07 Maybe the People Would Be the Times or Between Clark and Hilldale (alternative mix)
08 Live and Let Live (alternative mix)
09 The Good Humor Man He Sees Everything Like This (alternative mix)
10 Bummer in the Summer (alternative mix)
11 You Set the Scene (alternative mix)
12 Wonder People (I Do Wonder) (original mix) (outtake)
13 Hummingbirds (demo)
14 A House Is Not a Motel (backing track)
15 Andmoreagain (alternate electric backing track)
16 The Red Telephone (tracking sessions highlights)
17 Wooly Bully (outtake)
18 Alone Again Or (mono single remix)
19 Your Mind and We Belong Together (tracking session highlights)
20 Your Mind and We Belong Together
21 Laughing Stock
Don't forget Lost tonight!
Read a teaser for tonight's episode. Then come back here tomorrow for a detailed look at what happened, along with clues and observations.
Also see:
Lost Season 4 Episode Guide
The Best Lost Sites on the Web
Lost: What we STILL don't know
Also see:
Lost Season 4 Episode Guide
The Best Lost Sites on the Web
Lost: What we STILL don't know
First appearance of the X-men's Ororo?
While I've got my copy of Showcase Presents Phantom Stranger Vol. 1 in the scanner, I thought I'd include a panel from this story, which appears in issue #15 from October 1971.
Of course, the character depicted isn't the X-men's Ororo/Storm, but a woman with the same name. And the script is by Len Wein, who would use the name Ororo a few years later when he and artist Dave Cockrum created Marvel's New X-Men.
Of course, the character depicted isn't the X-men's Ororo/Storm, but a woman with the same name. And the script is by Len Wein, who would use the name Ororo a few years later when he and artist Dave Cockrum created Marvel's New X-Men.
Great comic book art: More Jim Aparo
I love this sequence from Phantom Stranger #10 of a nasty fellow who has just literally scared his nagging wife to death by placing a rubber crocodile in the swimming pool. The facial expressions, sound effects and motion lines tell you all you need to know about the violence occurring "off-camera."
8th wave of Walt Disney Treasures DVDs detailed
Disney has released details on its eighth wave of "Walt Disney Treasures" DVD sets:
The releases are all 2-DVD sets due out Nov. 11, 2008:
“Destino,” began in 1946 as a collaboration between Walt Disney and the famed surrealist painter Salvador Dali. A first-hand example of Disney’s interest in avant garde and experimental work in animation, “Destino” was to be awash with Dali’s iconic melting clocks, marching ants and floating eyeballs. However, “Destino” was not completed at that time. In 2003 it was rediscovered by Walt’s nephew, Roy E. Disney, who took on the challenge of bringing the creation of these two great artists to fruition. In addition to the completed “Destino”, this exciting addition to the Walt Disney Treasures line also includes an all-new feature-length documentary that examines the surprising partnership between Dali and Disney plus two new featurettes; “The Disney That Almost Was,” an examination of the studio’s unfinished projects; and “Encounters with Walt,” which addresses the surprisingly diverse group of celebrities and artists who were attracted to Walt Disney’s early work.
“Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow,” which first aired as three separate episodes on Disney’s weekly TV show under the title “The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh,” was edited for theatrical releases in England and the U.S. This DVD set includes all three of the original TV episodes plus the theatrical version of the film that was released in England.
“Chronological Donald, Volume 4,” which includes 31 classic shorts starring Donald Duck. Each of these meticulously animated adventures was created between 1951 and 1961 and has rarely been seen. All of Donald’s CinemaScope shorts will be presented in their original widescreen aspect ratio for the first time on video.
The releases are all 2-DVD sets due out Nov. 11, 2008:
“Destino,” began in 1946 as a collaboration between Walt Disney and the famed surrealist painter Salvador Dali. A first-hand example of Disney’s interest in avant garde and experimental work in animation, “Destino” was to be awash with Dali’s iconic melting clocks, marching ants and floating eyeballs. However, “Destino” was not completed at that time. In 2003 it was rediscovered by Walt’s nephew, Roy E. Disney, who took on the challenge of bringing the creation of these two great artists to fruition. In addition to the completed “Destino”, this exciting addition to the Walt Disney Treasures line also includes an all-new feature-length documentary that examines the surprising partnership between Dali and Disney plus two new featurettes; “The Disney That Almost Was,” an examination of the studio’s unfinished projects; and “Encounters with Walt,” which addresses the surprisingly diverse group of celebrities and artists who were attracted to Walt Disney’s early work.
“Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow,” which first aired as three separate episodes on Disney’s weekly TV show under the title “The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh,” was edited for theatrical releases in England and the U.S. This DVD set includes all three of the original TV episodes plus the theatrical version of the film that was released in England.
“Chronological Donald, Volume 4,” which includes 31 classic shorts starring Donald Duck. Each of these meticulously animated adventures was created between 1951 and 1961 and has rarely been seen. All of Donald’s CinemaScope shorts will be presented in their original widescreen aspect ratio for the first time on video.
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