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Music new releases April 26, 2011

Hard Bargain Emmylou Harris

I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive Steve Earle

The Complete Singles (1971-2006) [45 CDs] Rolling Stones

Roy Orbison: The Monument Singles Collection (2 CD/1 DVD)

No Help Coming Holly Golightly and the Brokeoffs

DVD new releases April 26, 2011

Blow Out (Criterion Collection)

Marvel The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, Vol. 1

Marvel The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, Vol. 2

Lucy Show: Official Fourth Season

Elvis Costello: Spectacle: Season 2

Don Knotts: Tied Up With Laughter

Date with the Angels (1957-1958) - Starring Betty White - 12 Episodes

Stan Lee's Superhumans

BBC radio broadcasts Paul McCartney and Wings documentary

Check out the first of two parts in BBC Radio 6's "Band on the Run: The Story of the Wings."

Flaming Lips issue new songs on USB drive buried inside a gummi skull

The Flaming Lips has released four new songs on a USB drive buried inside a life-size gummi skull.

Via Pitchfork:

As announced on his Twitter, Coyne himself hand-delivered the gummi skulls to Oklahoma record store Guestroom Records yesterday (at 4:20 p.m., on April 20, wink wink). The USB drive contained four new songs, two of which, "Drug Chart" and "In Our Bodies, In Our Heads", are available to listen to over at Playful Prairie. (The other two are called "Walk With Me" and "Hillary's Time Machine Machine", apparently.) Coyne and the Lips Tweeted some images and video of what these wacky things look like, too (including some visceral shots of a skull getting bitten into).

Video find: 1968 J.R.R. Tolkien documentary

Via Dangerous Minds:

Doctor Who stars Karen Gillan and Arthur Darvill on BBC Breakfast

New Green Lantern movie stills

Upcoming Marvel Comics collections: 50th anniversary book and more

Some items of interest spotted on Amazon:

Marvel 50th Anniversary: The 1960s
With the debut of 1961's Fantastic Four #1, Marvel Comics reinvented the super-hero genre - and the hits just kept on coming! Compiled in one titanic tome: the famous first issues of dozens of your favorite super heroes and super-hero teams - including the Hulk, Dr. Strange, Nick Fury, Iron Man, Thor, Spider-Man, Daredevil, the XMen, the Avengers and the Defenders! And witness the unlikely solo breakouts of the Human Torch, Red Wolf, Dr. Doom, the Silver Surfer, the Black Widow and more!
Trade paperback. 488 pages.

Marvel Masterworks: The Incredible Hulk - Volume 6

Stoker's Dracula by Roy Thomas and Dick Giordano

Art of Marvel Movies
FROM COMIC-BOOK LEGENDS TO SILVER-SCREEN SUPER HEROES! Marvel presents an insider's look into the making of its cinematic universe - assembling three Avengers in one stylish slipcase. Featuring exclusive production artwork, behind-the-scenes photography, and in-depth cast-and-crew interviews, this four-book collection is a must have for any fan of Mighty Marvel movies! Includes IRON MAN: THE ART OF IRON MAN THE MOVIE HC, IRON MAN: THE ART OF IRON MAN 2 HC, THOR: THE ART OF THOR THE MOVIE HC and CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE ART OF CAPTAIN AMERICA - THE FIRST AVENGER HC.
Hardcover. 200 pages.

Essential Defenders - Volume 6

Eliza Dushku, Brian Cranston join voice cast for Batman: Year One animated film

Brian Cranston ("Breaking Bad") will voice James Gordon and Eliza Dushku will intone the voice of Catwoman in an animated version of "Batman: Year One," due out on DVD this fall. Ben McKenzie will voice Batman/Bruce Wayne while Katee Sackoff will voice Detective Sarah Essen.

The feature adapts the landmark four-issue story written by Frank Miller and drawn by David Mazzucchelli that first appeared in 1987 on the heels of Miller's seminal work, Batman: The Dark Knight Returns.