, out Feb. 22, features previously unreleased demo recordings and a smattering of non-album singles and b-sides from the Man in Black. No track listing yet.
New Johnny Cash compilation of unreleased tunes on the way
Bootlegs: from Memphis to Hollywood, out Feb. 22, features previously unreleased demo recordings and a smattering of non-album singles and b-sides from the Man in Black. No track listing yet.
, out Feb. 22, features previously unreleased demo recordings and a smattering of non-album singles and b-sides from the Man in Black. No track listing yet.
Al Jaffee gives snappy answers to not-so-stupid questions
Along with the long-running "Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions" feature, Al Jaffee, 89, is famed for creating the back-cover, fold-in cartoon for Mad Magazine. He continues to supply a fold-in for nearly ever issue and is the subject of a new biography, "Al Jaffee's Mad Life" by Mary-Lou Weisman. Nice interview with him here.
John Lennon's Abbey Road suit sells for $46,000
The white suit worn by John Lennon on the cover of the Beatles' Abbey Road LP has sold at auction for $46,000.
I believe Lennon had reportedly kicked heroin by this time as "Cold Turkey," his song about that experience, had already been released by the time he played Toronto with a group including Yoko, Eric Clapton and others.
"I was twice in his presence in this suit in 1969 as a teenager in Toronto," marveled Andrew Jack of Easton by way of Scotland.
"It was during a Toronto tour and my friends and I -- college students at the time -- followed his limousine around in a Volkswagen."
"We were able to come up side by side with the limo and John Lennon was sticking his head out the window, throwing up," Jack recalled. "I think he was nervous from the tour or it was the heroin."
Regardless, there were no permanent stains in evidence on the smartly-tailored suit, its jacket draping below the hips and a waist-high vent lending grace to Lennon's long stride ahead of Ringo Starr, Paul McCartney and George Harrison, as captured in the iconic photograph.
I believe Lennon had reportedly kicked heroin by this time as "Cold Turkey," his song about that experience, had already been released by the time he played Toronto with a group including Yoko, Eric Clapton and others.
The Beatles in Lord of the Rings
At one point in the 60s, the Beatles reportedly expressed interest in producing, and acting in, a production of J.R.R. Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings" trilogy. Accounts are sketchy as to why this never happened (although, thank God, it never did. Much as I love both the Beatles, the prospect of such a film sounds terrible).
Anyway, if such a thing had been produced, here's what the movie posters might have looked like.
Anyway, if such a thing had been produced, here's what the movie posters might have looked like.
Big names on tap for return of Dark Horse Presents
Dark Horse Comics' anthology title returns in a new 80-page, bimonthly format beginning in April with new stories by famed comics creators including Frank Miller, Howard Chaykin, Paul Chadwick, Neal Adams, Richard Corben and others.
New pop culture books
Unexplored Worlds: The Steve Ditko Archives (Vol. 2) (The Steve Ditko Archives)
The Avengers: A Celebration: 50 Years of a Television Classic
Archie: Best of Stan Goldberg
Carmine Infantino: Penciler, Publisher, Provocateur SC
Hitchcock, Piece by Piece
The Art of Steampunk: Extraordinary Devices and Ingenious Contraptions from the Leading Artists of the Steampunk Movement
Hammer Glamour Calendar 2012 (Calendar 2011)
The Original Wild Ones: Tales of the Boozefighters Motorcycle Club
Postal services announces Pixar stamps
From the press release:
Since 1986, Pixar films have stretched the boundaries of our imagination with stories about unlikely heroes who explore the bonds of friendship and family. Now some of those heroes are the subjects of colorful new Send a Hello stamps that encourage people to connect with loved ones through the mail.
The Send a Hello stamps, which go on sale Aug. 19, are a natural outgrowth of the Art of Disney stamp series issued between 2004 and 2008. Originally intended as a series of three annual issuances depicting friendship, celebration, and romance, the Art of Disney stamps proved so popular that the Postal Service expanded the series to include issuances in 2007 and 2008 to celebrate imagination and magic.
Based on that success, the Postal Service was eager to work with the Walt Disney Company again, choosing to explore the Disney*Pixar films, which offer exciting, contemporary characters and strong themes involving family and friends.
This pane of 20 stamps includes five different designs featuring Pixar characters: Lightning McQueen and Mater from Cars (2006); Remy the rat and Linguini from Ratatouille (2007); Buzz Lightyear and two of the green, three-eyed aliens from Toy Story (1995); Carl Fredricksen and Dug from Up (2009); and the robot WALL*E from WALL*E (2008).
Since the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature was introduced in 2001, all seven Pixar films released since that time have been nominated and five of the seven have won, including Ratatouille, WALL*E and Up.
Doctor Who cowboy hat teaser
The Doctor and Amy tease the upcoming season of Doctor Who on BBC America:
Things keeping worse for Spider-Man musical
From The New York Times:
One of the lead actresses in “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark,” Natalie Mendoza, who is still recovering from a concussion sustained during the musical’s first preview performance, is leaving the production, according to two people who work on the show and who spoke on condition of anonymity.
New Mojo mag features recreation of Neil Young's Harvest LP
The best music mag available continues its tradition of "covering" classic albums with a lineup of Villagers, Phosphorescent, Doug Paisley, Smoke Fairies, Neville Skelly, Chip Taylor, Jane Weaver, Kelley Stoltz, Sam Amidon, Danny And The Champions Of The World performing Neil Young's Harvest on the attached CD.
TV alert: McCartney on Kennedy Center Honors tonight
Paul McCartney is among honorees for this annual arts award. The broadcast of the ceremony, held a few weeks back, will air tonight on CBS.
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