The Third Man
Forbidden Planet
The Big Sleep
My Man Godfrey
Paperback cover parade: Let's go to the movies pt. 1
The Third Man
Forbidden Planet
The Big Sleep
My Man Godfrey
Pop links: Pretty Things on film, remembering Odetta, Airboy, Hal Foster's Tarzan
Via Bedazzled: "The Pretty Things," a cool 14-minute, 1966 film of the Prettys in the studio.
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NPR remembers the legendary folk singer Odetta, who passed away yesterday.
Here she is during an early 1960s performance at the Newport Folk Festival:
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The Fortress of Fortitude presents a Dan Barry-illustrated Airboy tale from 1943.
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Golden Age Comic Book Stories shares some Hal Foster Tarzan comic strips.
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NPR remembers the legendary folk singer Odetta, who passed away yesterday.
Here she is during an early 1960s performance at the Newport Folk Festival:
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The Fortress of Fortitude presents a Dan Barry-illustrated Airboy tale from 1943.
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Golden Age Comic Book Stories shares some Hal Foster Tarzan comic strips.
Brian Wilson Lucky Old Sun DVD set for release
A DVD featuring a live performance and behind-the-scenes documentary of Brian Wilson's new album Lucky Old Sun is due out Jan. 27. You can pre-order it now from Amazon. A percentage of sales help support this site.
Here's the press release skinny:
Capitol/EMI will release a new Brian Wilson DVD entitled That Lucky Old Sun on January 27, 2009. A companion to Wilson's critically-acclaimed That Lucky Old Sun album, released September 2 on CD, vinyl and digitally, the DVD features more than two and a half hours of content, including a full-length live performance of the album, a new feature-length documentary and additional behind-the-scenes footage from the album's recording sessions, and some of Wilson's recently filmed promotional performances and interviews.
The new That Lucky Old Sun DVD features a full-length performance of Wilson's latest album, filmed live at Capitol Studios on May 19, 2008 in 5.1 Surround and 2.0 Stereo audio, as well as a new feature-length film, Going Home, directed and edited by George Dougherty, which documents the making of the album and Wilson's return to his original record label, Capitol Records.
The DVD's bonus features include track-by-track audio commentary by Wilson and his That Lucky Old Sun songwriting partner and band member, Scott Bennett, for the live Capitol Studios performance, behind-the-scenes footage from the album's recording sessions, and recent promotional interviews and performances by Wilson for Yahoo! Music, MySpace and "Black Cab Sessions."
Filmed performance of entire album by Brian Wilson and his band (5.1 Surround / 2.0 Stereo)
-- That Lucky Old Sun
-- Morning Beat
-- Narrative: Room With A View
-- Good Kind OF Love
-- Forever She'll Be My Surfer Girl
-- Narrative: Venice Beach
-- Live Let Live / That Lucky Old Sun (Reprise)
-- Mexican Girl
-- Narrative: Cinco de Mayo
-- California Role / That Lucky Old Sun (Reprise)
-- Narrative: Between Pictures
-- Oxygen To The Brain
-- Can't Wait Too Long
-- Midnight's Another Day
-- That Lucky Old Sun (Reprise)
-- Going Home
-- Southern California
'Going Home'
Feature-length documentary about the making of That Lucky Old Sun and
an exploration of Brian Wilson's life long personal and creative
relationship with Southern California.
Directed and edited by George Dougherty.
Bonus Materials
-- Track-by-track Capitol Studios performance commentary by Brian Wilson
and Scott Bennett
-- The making of That Lucky Old Sun: additional behind the scenes
footage from the album's recording sessions
-- Yahoo! Nissan Live Sets performance with studio audience Q&A
-- MySpace "Artist On Artist" interview: Brian Wilson & Zooey Deschanel
-- "Black Cab Sessions" performance
Here's the press release skinny:
Capitol/EMI will release a new Brian Wilson DVD entitled That Lucky Old Sun on January 27, 2009. A companion to Wilson's critically-acclaimed That Lucky Old Sun album, released September 2 on CD, vinyl and digitally, the DVD features more than two and a half hours of content, including a full-length live performance of the album, a new feature-length documentary and additional behind-the-scenes footage from the album's recording sessions, and some of Wilson's recently filmed promotional performances and interviews.
The new That Lucky Old Sun DVD features a full-length performance of Wilson's latest album, filmed live at Capitol Studios on May 19, 2008 in 5.1 Surround and 2.0 Stereo audio, as well as a new feature-length film, Going Home, directed and edited by George Dougherty, which documents the making of the album and Wilson's return to his original record label, Capitol Records.
The DVD's bonus features include track-by-track audio commentary by Wilson and his That Lucky Old Sun songwriting partner and band member, Scott Bennett, for the live Capitol Studios performance, behind-the-scenes footage from the album's recording sessions, and recent promotional interviews and performances by Wilson for Yahoo! Music, MySpace and "Black Cab Sessions."
Filmed performance of entire album by Brian Wilson and his band (5.1 Surround / 2.0 Stereo)
-- That Lucky Old Sun
-- Morning Beat
-- Narrative: Room With A View
-- Good Kind OF Love
-- Forever She'll Be My Surfer Girl
-- Narrative: Venice Beach
-- Live Let Live / That Lucky Old Sun (Reprise)
-- Mexican Girl
-- Narrative: Cinco de Mayo
-- California Role / That Lucky Old Sun (Reprise)
-- Narrative: Between Pictures
-- Oxygen To The Brain
-- Can't Wait Too Long
-- Midnight's Another Day
-- That Lucky Old Sun (Reprise)
-- Going Home
-- Southern California
'Going Home'
Feature-length documentary about the making of That Lucky Old Sun and
an exploration of Brian Wilson's life long personal and creative
relationship with Southern California.
Directed and edited by George Dougherty.
Bonus Materials
-- Track-by-track Capitol Studios performance commentary by Brian Wilson
and Scott Bennett
-- The making of That Lucky Old Sun: additional behind the scenes
footage from the album's recording sessions
-- Yahoo! Nissan Live Sets performance with studio audience Q&A
-- MySpace "Artist On Artist" interview: Brian Wilson & Zooey Deschanel
-- "Black Cab Sessions" performance
New comics Dec. 4: Creepy Archives, Showcase Presents Supergirl, Doctor Who Classics, Disney Christmas Parade
Comics are out a day later this week. Here's what looks interesting to me. Please click the title links to order books from Amazon. Proceeds of sales help support this site.
Creepy Archives Vol. 2
Showcase Presents Supergirl Vol. 2
SUPERGIRL COSMIC ADVENTURES IN THE 8TH GRADE #1
DOCTOR WHO CLASSICS Vol. 2
WALT DISNEYS CHRISTMAS PARADE #5
Creepy Archives Vol. 2
Showcase Presents Supergirl Vol. 2
SUPERGIRL COSMIC ADVENTURES IN THE 8TH GRADE #1
DOCTOR WHO CLASSICS Vol. 2
WALT DISNEYS CHRISTMAS PARADE #5
Pop links: Specials reunion a go, Faces reunion a go, George said no to Jesus and more!
One of my favorite bands, The Specials, is reuniting for a 2009 tour, the BBC reports.
The gigs will see the line up of Terry Hall, Lynval Golding, Neville Staple, Roddy Byers, Horace Panter and John Bradbury reconvene.
The band are largely credited with the popularity of ska punk in the late 1970s and the emergence of the 2-Tone sound.
Rumours of an announcement had grown after the majority of the band made a special appearance together at this year's Bestival festival in September.
It's too bad group founder Jerry Dammers won't be along, however.
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Meanwhile, the reuniting Faces are looking for a bassist.
"We had a few fantastic rehearsals last week and we’re ready to go," revealed Ronnie Wood. "It’s like no time has passed by”. Original bassist and enigmatic Small Face Ronnie Lane passed away in 1997, meaning a whole list of four-string fanatics are lining up to join Wood, Rod Stewart, Ian McLagen and Kenney Jones onstage next year. "There’s a lot of guest bass players that want to do it - including Flea" says Wood.
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Bigger than Jesus: A newly unearthed interview with George Harrison reveals that the ex-Beatle was the original choice to play Jesus in "Monty Python's Life of Brian."
"They wanted me to play the part of Christ. At the beginning, when he's doing the sermon on the Mount. That's what they tried to get me to do. But I thought it was a bit too controversial,” Contactmusic quoted Harrison as saying in the interview.
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Speaking of Monty Python and/or Indiana Jones, I need one of these on my desk:
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And now for something completely different, a walrus playing saxophone:
The gigs will see the line up of Terry Hall, Lynval Golding, Neville Staple, Roddy Byers, Horace Panter and John Bradbury reconvene.
The band are largely credited with the popularity of ska punk in the late 1970s and the emergence of the 2-Tone sound.
Rumours of an announcement had grown after the majority of the band made a special appearance together at this year's Bestival festival in September.
It's too bad group founder Jerry Dammers won't be along, however.
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Meanwhile, the reuniting Faces are looking for a bassist.
"We had a few fantastic rehearsals last week and we’re ready to go," revealed Ronnie Wood. "It’s like no time has passed by”. Original bassist and enigmatic Small Face Ronnie Lane passed away in 1997, meaning a whole list of four-string fanatics are lining up to join Wood, Rod Stewart, Ian McLagen and Kenney Jones onstage next year. "There’s a lot of guest bass players that want to do it - including Flea" says Wood.
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Bigger than Jesus: A newly unearthed interview with George Harrison reveals that the ex-Beatle was the original choice to play Jesus in "Monty Python's Life of Brian."
"They wanted me to play the part of Christ. At the beginning, when he's doing the sermon on the Mount. That's what they tried to get me to do. But I thought it was a bit too controversial,” Contactmusic quoted Harrison as saying in the interview.
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Speaking of Monty Python and/or Indiana Jones, I need one of these on my desk:
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And now for something completely different, a walrus playing saxophone:
New DVD, CD releases Dec. 2, 2008: the real Frost/Nixon, Yogi, Flintstones, Neil Young rarities, Colbert Christmas and more!
Here's what looks interesting this week. Click the links to order from Amazon. Sales help support this site!
DVDs:
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Frost/Nixon: The Original Watergate Interviews
Perry Mason - The Third Season - Vol. 2
Saturday Night Live - The Complete Fourth Season
The Day the Earth Stood Still (Two-Disc Special Edition)
The Man Called Flintstone
A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All
Casablanca (Ultimate Collector's Edition) Blu Ray
Hey There, It's Yogi Bear
CDs:
Sugar Mountain-Live At Canterbury House 1968 (CD/DVD) by Neil Young
The Hits by Dave Clark Five
Easy Come Easy Go by Marianne Faithfull
Grimm's & Hans Christian Anderson Fairy Tales by Danny Kaye
Best Of Chess: Original Versions Of Songs in Cadillac Records by Various Artists
DVDs:
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Frost/Nixon: The Original Watergate Interviews
Perry Mason - The Third Season - Vol. 2
Saturday Night Live - The Complete Fourth Season
The Day the Earth Stood Still (Two-Disc Special Edition)
The Man Called Flintstone
A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All
Casablanca (Ultimate Collector's Edition) Blu Ray
Hey There, It's Yogi Bear
CDs:
Sugar Mountain-Live At Canterbury House 1968 (CD/DVD) by Neil Young
The Hits by Dave Clark Five
Easy Come Easy Go by Marianne Faithfull
Grimm's & Hans Christian Anderson Fairy Tales by Danny Kaye
Best Of Chess: Original Versions Of Songs in Cadillac Records by Various Artists
Pop links: Elvis Costello Spectacle, Dr. Who calendar, more Space Pirate, Supergirl preview and more!
The New York Times checks out Elvis Costello's new music interview show, "Spectacle," which debuts on the Sundance Channel this Wednesday.
Stylistically it is a blend of “The Dick Cavett Show,” “Inside the Actors Studio” and “Charlie Rose,” with singers like Tony Bennett, Lou Reed, Rufus Wainwright and Smokey Robinson discussing their history and influences at length.
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The BBC's annual Doctor Who online advent(ure) calendar is up!
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A Cincinnati radio station TV station has changed its call letters to WKRP. There's no Johnny Fever on staff, however.
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Steve Buscemi may star in a Martin Scorsese-produced series on HBO.
Written by Terrence Winter and to be directed by Scorsese, "Boardwalk Empire" is based on Nelson Johnson's nonfiction book, which chronicles the 1920s origins of Atlantic City, New Jersey.
Buscemi would play Nucky Johnson, a cunning businessman who runs a liquor distribution ring at the onset of Prohibition.
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Via Occasional Superheroine: The not-so-original origin of Emily the Strange.
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Pappy presents another Star Pirate adventure.
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Read about 20 pop song references in "Doctor Who."
* 4. I Am The Walrus (The Beatles) – The Three Doctors
Okay, you don't actually hear a sample, but when guesting Doctor 2 (Patrick Troughton) tries to explain who he is in relation to incumbent Doctor 3 (Jon Pertwee) he states “I am he and he is me,” to which baffled yet fab'n'groovy Jo Grant replies “And we are all together, goo goo coo choo?” She explains it's a song by the Beatles, and recorder-clutching Troughton is delighted - “Oh, how does it go?” putting it to his lips. Sadly the exciting drama of evil reality-eating antimatter, which looks a bit like Space Blancmange, cuts short the music lesson.
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Hey, there's a new Guns'n'Roses album out. Where's my Dr. Pepper?!
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Newsarama previews the pretty fun-looking Supergirl: Cosmic Adventures in the Eighth Grade #1.
Stylistically it is a blend of “The Dick Cavett Show,” “Inside the Actors Studio” and “Charlie Rose,” with singers like Tony Bennett, Lou Reed, Rufus Wainwright and Smokey Robinson discussing their history and influences at length.
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The BBC's annual Doctor Who online advent(ure) calendar is up!
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A Cincinnati radio station TV station has changed its call letters to WKRP. There's no Johnny Fever on staff, however.
-----
Steve Buscemi may star in a Martin Scorsese-produced series on HBO.
Written by Terrence Winter and to be directed by Scorsese, "Boardwalk Empire" is based on Nelson Johnson's nonfiction book, which chronicles the 1920s origins of Atlantic City, New Jersey.
Buscemi would play Nucky Johnson, a cunning businessman who runs a liquor distribution ring at the onset of Prohibition.
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Via Occasional Superheroine: The not-so-original origin of Emily the Strange.
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Pappy presents another Star Pirate adventure.
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Read about 20 pop song references in "Doctor Who."
* 4. I Am The Walrus (The Beatles) – The Three Doctors
Okay, you don't actually hear a sample, but when guesting Doctor 2 (Patrick Troughton) tries to explain who he is in relation to incumbent Doctor 3 (Jon Pertwee) he states “I am he and he is me,” to which baffled yet fab'n'groovy Jo Grant replies “And we are all together, goo goo coo choo?” She explains it's a song by the Beatles, and recorder-clutching Troughton is delighted - “Oh, how does it go?” putting it to his lips. Sadly the exciting drama of evil reality-eating antimatter, which looks a bit like Space Blancmange, cuts short the music lesson.
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Hey, there's a new Guns'n'Roses album out. Where's my Dr. Pepper?!
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Newsarama previews the pretty fun-looking Supergirl: Cosmic Adventures in the Eighth Grade #1.
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