Pop links: Batman and Robin preview; Sid and Marty Krofft chat; Robert Bloch comics planned; Josh Brolin as Jonah Hex!
Newsarama displays several pages from DC Comics' new Batman and Robin title, the first issue of which is out today.
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Sid and Marty Krofft, creators of "Land of the Lost" and several other shows that fried my young mind back in the 70s, chat with fans via The Washington Post.
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IDW Publishing plans a series of comics adapting works by horror/suspense author/screenwriter Robert Bloch, who penned "Psycho" and a number of other works.
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Here's a first look at Josh Brolin as DC Comics' Jonah Hex.
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Visit Beatles Blog Daily for news about Paul McCartney inaugurating the replacement for Shea Stadium and more!
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Sid and Marty Krofft, creators of "Land of the Lost" and several other shows that fried my young mind back in the 70s, chat with fans via The Washington Post.
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IDW Publishing plans a series of comics adapting works by horror/suspense author/screenwriter Robert Bloch, who penned "Psycho" and a number of other works.
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Here's a first look at Josh Brolin as DC Comics' Jonah Hex.
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Visit Beatles Blog Daily for news about Paul McCartney inaugurating the replacement for Shea Stadium and more!
Big Star box set on the way
Rhino is releasing a four-disk Big Star box set on Sept. 14.
Titled Keep An Eye On The Sky, the set spans the Memphis-group's music from 1968 through to 1975.
It will include unreleased material such as unused demos, alternate takes and lyrics as well as live recordings. The fourth disc was recorded live in Memphis in 1973.
On the same day as the CD box set and digital release of Keep An Eye On The Sky, a deluxe edition of Chris Bell’s solo album I Am The Cosmos will also be released by Rhino Handmade.
Here's the track list:
Disc 1:
"Psychedelic Stuff" - Chris Bell
"All I See Is You" - Icewater
"Every Day As We Grow Closer" (Original Mix) - Alex Chilton
"Try Again" (Early Version) - Rock City
"The Preacher" - Rock City
"Feel"
"The Ballad Of El Goodo" - Alternate Mix*
"In The Street"
"Thirteen" - Alternate Mix*
"Don't Lie To Me"
"The India Song"
"When My Baby's Beside Me" - Alternate Mix*
"My Life Is Right" - Alternate Mix*
"Give Me Another Chance" - Alternate Mix*
"Try Again"
"Gone With The Light"* - Chris Bell
"Watch The Sunrise"
"ST 100/6" - Alternate Mix*
"In The Street" - Second Recorded Version
"Feel" - Early Mix*
"The Ballad Of El Goodo" (Alternate Lyrics)
"The India Song" - Alternate Version*
"Country Morn"
"I Got Kinda Lost" - Demo
"Motel Blues" - Demo*
Disc 2:
"There Was A Light" - Demo*
"Life Is White" - Demo*
"What's Going Ahn" - Demo*
"O My Soul"
"Life Is White"
"Way Out West" - Alternate Mix*
"What's Going Ahn"
"You Get What You Deserve" - Alternate Mix*
"Mod Lang" - Alternate Mix
"Back Of A Car" - Alternate Mix*
"Daisy Glaze"
"She's A Mover"
"September Gurls"
"Morpha Too" - Alternate Mix*
"I'm In Love With A Girl"
"O My Soul" - Alternate Version*
"Back Of A Car" - Demo
"Daisy Glaze" - Alternate Take*
"She's A Mover" - Alternate Version
"I Am The Cosmos" - Chris Bell
"You And Your Sister" - Chris Bell
"Blue Moon" - Demo - Alex Chilton*
"Femme Fatale" - Demo - Alex Chilton*
"Thank You Friends" - Demo - Alex Chilton*
"You Get What You Deserve" - Demo - Alex Chilton*
Disc 3:
"Lovely Day" (aka Stroke It Noel) - Demo - Alex Chilton
"Downs" - Demo - Alex Chilton
"Nightime" - Demo - Alex Chilton*
"Jesus Christ" - Demo - Alex Chilton*
"Holocaust" - Demo - Alex Chilton*
"Take Care" - Demo - Alex Chilton*
"Big Black Car" - Alternate Demo - Alex Chilton*
"Manana"*
"Jesus Christ"
"Femme Fatale"
"O, Dana"
"Kizza Me"
"You Can't Have Me"
"Nightime"
"Dream Lover"
"Blue Moon"
"Take Care"
"Stroke It Noel"
"For You"
"Downs"
"Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On"
"Big Black Car"
"Holocaust"
"Kanga Roo"
"Thank You Friends"
"Till The End Of The Day"
"Lovely Day"*
"Nature Boy"
Disc 4: LIVE AT LAFAYETTE'S MUSIC ROOM, MEMPHIS, TN:
"When My Baby's Beside Me"*
"My Life Is Right"*
"She's A Mover"*
"Way Out West"*
"The Ballad Of El Goodo"*
"In The Street"*
"Back Of A Car"*
"Thirteen"*
"The India Song"*
"Try Again"*
"Watch The Sunrise"*
"Don't Lie To Me"*
"Hot Burrito #2"*
"I Got Kinda Lost"*
"Baby Strange"*
"Slut"*
"There Was A Light"*
"ST 100/6"*
"Come On Now"*
"O My Soul"*
*Previously unreleased
Titled Keep An Eye On The Sky, the set spans the Memphis-group's music from 1968 through to 1975.
It will include unreleased material such as unused demos, alternate takes and lyrics as well as live recordings. The fourth disc was recorded live in Memphis in 1973.
On the same day as the CD box set and digital release of Keep An Eye On The Sky, a deluxe edition of Chris Bell’s solo album I Am The Cosmos will also be released by Rhino Handmade.
Here's the track list:
Disc 1:
"Psychedelic Stuff" - Chris Bell
"All I See Is You" - Icewater
"Every Day As We Grow Closer" (Original Mix) - Alex Chilton
"Try Again" (Early Version) - Rock City
"The Preacher" - Rock City
"Feel"
"The Ballad Of El Goodo" - Alternate Mix*
"In The Street"
"Thirteen" - Alternate Mix*
"Don't Lie To Me"
"The India Song"
"When My Baby's Beside Me" - Alternate Mix*
"My Life Is Right" - Alternate Mix*
"Give Me Another Chance" - Alternate Mix*
"Try Again"
"Gone With The Light"* - Chris Bell
"Watch The Sunrise"
"ST 100/6" - Alternate Mix*
"In The Street" - Second Recorded Version
"Feel" - Early Mix*
"The Ballad Of El Goodo" (Alternate Lyrics)
"The India Song" - Alternate Version*
"Country Morn"
"I Got Kinda Lost" - Demo
"Motel Blues" - Demo*
Disc 2:
"There Was A Light" - Demo*
"Life Is White" - Demo*
"What's Going Ahn" - Demo*
"O My Soul"
"Life Is White"
"Way Out West" - Alternate Mix*
"What's Going Ahn"
"You Get What You Deserve" - Alternate Mix*
"Mod Lang" - Alternate Mix
"Back Of A Car" - Alternate Mix*
"Daisy Glaze"
"She's A Mover"
"September Gurls"
"Morpha Too" - Alternate Mix*
"I'm In Love With A Girl"
"O My Soul" - Alternate Version*
"Back Of A Car" - Demo
"Daisy Glaze" - Alternate Take*
"She's A Mover" - Alternate Version
"I Am The Cosmos" - Chris Bell
"You And Your Sister" - Chris Bell
"Blue Moon" - Demo - Alex Chilton*
"Femme Fatale" - Demo - Alex Chilton*
"Thank You Friends" - Demo - Alex Chilton*
"You Get What You Deserve" - Demo - Alex Chilton*
Disc 3:
"Lovely Day" (aka Stroke It Noel) - Demo - Alex Chilton
"Downs" - Demo - Alex Chilton
"Nightime" - Demo - Alex Chilton*
"Jesus Christ" - Demo - Alex Chilton*
"Holocaust" - Demo - Alex Chilton*
"Take Care" - Demo - Alex Chilton*
"Big Black Car" - Alternate Demo - Alex Chilton*
"Manana"*
"Jesus Christ"
"Femme Fatale"
"O, Dana"
"Kizza Me"
"You Can't Have Me"
"Nightime"
"Dream Lover"
"Blue Moon"
"Take Care"
"Stroke It Noel"
"For You"
"Downs"
"Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On"
"Big Black Car"
"Holocaust"
"Kanga Roo"
"Thank You Friends"
"Till The End Of The Day"
"Lovely Day"*
"Nature Boy"
Disc 4: LIVE AT LAFAYETTE'S MUSIC ROOM, MEMPHIS, TN:
"When My Baby's Beside Me"*
"My Life Is Right"*
"She's A Mover"*
"Way Out West"*
"The Ballad Of El Goodo"*
"In The Street"*
"Back Of A Car"*
"Thirteen"*
"The India Song"*
"Try Again"*
"Watch The Sunrise"*
"Don't Lie To Me"*
"Hot Burrito #2"*
"I Got Kinda Lost"*
"Baby Strange"*
"Slut"*
"There Was A Light"*
"ST 100/6"*
"Come On Now"*
"O My Soul"*
*Previously unreleased
New comics June 3
Highlights from this week.
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER: TALES OF THE VAMPIRES ONE SHOT Blood-sucking action from the Buffyverse.
BATMAN AND ROBIN #1 The first issue of Grant Morrison's new take on the Dynamic Duo. The previews look like it could be fun.
WEREWOLVES ON THE MOON VERSUS VAMPIRES #1 This couldn't possibly be as good as it sounds.
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #596 Yer weekly dose of Spidey.
MARVEL MASTERWORKS ATLAS ERA JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY Vol. 2 More pre-Marvel suspense tales.
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER: TALES OF THE VAMPIRES ONE SHOT Blood-sucking action from the Buffyverse.
BATMAN AND ROBIN #1 The first issue of Grant Morrison's new take on the Dynamic Duo. The previews look like it could be fun.
WEREWOLVES ON THE MOON VERSUS VAMPIRES #1 This couldn't possibly be as good as it sounds.
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #596 Yer weekly dose of Spidey.
MARVEL MASTERWORKS ATLAS ERA JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY Vol. 2 More pre-Marvel suspense tales.
Trailer for AMC's new Prisoner series
AMC will air a new version of the Patrick McGoohan classic later this year:
New Batman: Brave and the Bold episodes detailed
The Cartoon Network has announced details on these upcoming episodes of "Batman: Brave and the Bold":
Friday, June 5th, 2009 - "Hail the Tornado Tyrant!"
Red Tornado attempts to create a being that will posess the one thing he lacks: human emotion. His experiment goes awry after an attack from Major Disaster and his "Tornado Champion" quickly turns to the dark side as "Tornado Tyrant."
Friday, June 12th, 2009 - "Duel of the Double Crossers!"
When Mongul recruits Jonah Hex to bring new gladiators to War World, the old west bounty hunter wrangles the Dark Knight. After a change of heart, Hex and Batman team up to take down the violent empire.
Friday, June 19th, 2009 - "The Last Bat on Earth!"
Gorilla Grodd travels to the future where intelligent animals rule humans -- Batman follows him and teams with Kamandi (the last boy on Earth) to bring him down.
Friday, June 26th, 2009 - "When OMAC Attacks!"
The all-American fighting machine OMAC is pitted against the equally destructive Shrapnel in a chaotic fight to the finish, but the architect behind the battle is the mysterious, balance-obsessed villain Libra.
Friday, June 5th, 2009 - "Hail the Tornado Tyrant!"
Red Tornado attempts to create a being that will posess the one thing he lacks: human emotion. His experiment goes awry after an attack from Major Disaster and his "Tornado Champion" quickly turns to the dark side as "Tornado Tyrant."
Friday, June 12th, 2009 - "Duel of the Double Crossers!"
When Mongul recruits Jonah Hex to bring new gladiators to War World, the old west bounty hunter wrangles the Dark Knight. After a change of heart, Hex and Batman team up to take down the violent empire.
Friday, June 19th, 2009 - "The Last Bat on Earth!"
Gorilla Grodd travels to the future where intelligent animals rule humans -- Batman follows him and teams with Kamandi (the last boy on Earth) to bring him down.
Friday, June 26th, 2009 - "When OMAC Attacks!"
The all-American fighting machine OMAC is pitted against the equally destructive Shrapnel in a chaotic fight to the finish, but the architect behind the battle is the mysterious, balance-obsessed villain Libra.
CD new releases June 2, 2009: Jeff Buckley; CSN demos; Neil Young archives; Elvis Costello; Who Sell Out deluxe; Woodstock; Marshall Crenshaw, more
New CD releases of note this week. If any of these items are of interest to you, please consider clicking the titles and ordering them from Amazon, as part of the proceeds help support this site!
West Side Story(Amazon.com Exclusive Limited Edition with Playbill)
Grace-Around The World Deluxe Edition (CD/DVD+DVD Documentary Amazing Grace: Jeff Buckley) by Jeff Buckley
Secret, Profane and Sugarcane by Elvis Costello
Neil Young Archives, Vol. 1: 1963-1972 by Neil Young
Demos by Crosby Stills & Nash
Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music, Vol. 1 & 2 by Ray Charles
The Who Sell Out Deluxe Edition by The Who
Music from the Original Soundtrack and More: Woodstock
Jaggedland by Marshall Crenshaw
Without A Song Live In Europe 1969 by Freddie Hubbard
When You're Hot 1967-1983 by Jerry Reed
West Side Story(Amazon.com Exclusive Limited Edition with Playbill)
Grace-Around The World Deluxe Edition (CD/DVD+DVD Documentary Amazing Grace: Jeff Buckley) by Jeff Buckley
Secret, Profane and Sugarcane by Elvis Costello
Neil Young Archives, Vol. 1: 1963-1972 by Neil Young
Demos by Crosby Stills & Nash
Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music, Vol. 1 & 2 by Ray Charles
The Who Sell Out Deluxe Edition by The Who
Music from the Original Soundtrack and More: Woodstock
Jaggedland by Marshall Crenshaw
Without A Song Live In Europe 1969 by Freddie Hubbard
When You're Hot 1967-1983 by Jerry Reed
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