Cool new Spidey, Star Wars infographic posters from Mondo

More limited edition posters from Mondo. Follow them on Twitter for your chance to buy.


Also, this cool "Jaws" poster:
 

Coming Up: "Let Me Hang You" by William S. Burroughs

A new LP out this Friday features the late Beat Generation William S. Burroughs reading bits of his cut-up novel "Naked Lunch" over the musical accompaniment of jazz musicians Bill Frisell, Wayne Horvitz and others.

Details:
Twenty years ago, William S. Burroughs was asked to record an audio version of his favorite parts of ''Naked Lunch.'' Hal Wilner and James Grauerholz produced several sessions and recruited a team of world class musicians to help. Famed for their Naked City involvement, Bill Frisell and Wayne Horowitz contributed their genius as well as Eyvind Kang just to name a few. The recordings were then abandoned and collecting dust on a musty shelf as forgotten as a piece of rancid ectoplasm on a peepshow floor. In 2015, Hal Willner decided to reopen this unfinished masterpiece and asked help from King Khan (a musician that he and Lou Reed admired and became fast friends with after two fiery performances by the King Khan & BBQ Show at Lou and Laurie's request in the Sydney Opera House). Hal sent Khan all of the recordings and asked him to add his gris gris to this extremely perverted gumbo...and history was made and the scum began to rise! King Khan recruited M Lamar, the creator of the ''Negrogothic'' movement who also happens to be the identical twin brother of famous transgender actress Laverne Cox (''Orange Is The New Black'') the Frowning Clouds, a band of young Australian boys who have mastered the sixties Garage punk sound and that perhaps WSB would have also enjoyed for other purposes a long time ago. King Khan's new label appropriately named ''Khannibalism'' is proud to present the first LP/CD from this imprint... William S. Burroughs ''Let Me Hang You'' - a collection of depraved genius straight from the godfather of punk's very own mouth. If chills and thrills are what you seek, then look no further, here is the bible of freakdom recited by the pope of the underground....now, pull the chair from underneath you and see what happens...



Pop Artifacts: Vintage "Get Smart" spy purse and pen-radio

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Coming Up: New Monkees best-of compilations

Two new Monkees best-of collections are due out Aug. 26 in celebration of the band's 50th anniversary.

They include a new single-disk collection, Forever, and a more comprehensive three-disk compilation, Monkees 50.

Forever track list:
1. I'm A Believer
2. Valleri
3. You Just May Be The One (TV Version)
4. That Was Then, This Is Now
5. (I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone
6. Pleasant Valley Sunday
7. Daydream Believer
8. Last Train To Clarksville
9. She Makes Me Laugh
10. A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You
11. Porpoise Song (Theme from "Head")
12. Heart And Soul
13. Words
14. Goin' Down


Monkees 50 track list:

Disc: 1

  1. (Theme From) The Monkees
  2. Last Train To Clarksville
  3. Take A Giant Step
  4. Papa Gene's Blues
  5. I'm a Believer
  6. (I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone [2006 Remastered]
  7. She (2006 Remastered)
  8. A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You (Stereo Remix)
  9. The Girl I Knew Somewhere
  10. Look Out (Here Comes Tomorrow) [2006 Remastered]
  11. Mary, Mary (2006 Remastered)
  12. Sometime In The Morning (2006 Remastered)
  13. Randy Scouse Git (2007 Remastered Version)
  14. You Told Me (2007 Remastered Version)
  15. Shades Of Gray (2007 Remastered Version)
  16. For Pete's Sake (Closing Theme) [2007 Remastered Version]

Disc: 2

  1. Pleasant Valley Sunday
  2. Cuddly Toy (2007 Remastered Version)
  3. Words (2007 Remastered Version)
  4. Love Is Only Sleeping (2007 Remastered Version)
  5. Daydream Believer
  6. Goin' Down
  7. Valleri
  8. Tapioca Tundra
  9. P.O. Box 9847
  10. Auntie's Municipal Court
  11. D.W. Washburn (1968 Stereo Mix)
  12. It's Nice To Be With You (1968 Stereo Mix)
  13. Porpoise Song (Theme from "Head")
  14. As We Go Along
  15. Circle Sky (Live)

Disc: 3

  1. Tear Drop City
  2. A Man Without A Dream
  3. You And I
  4. Listen To The Band
  5. Someday Man
  6. Good Clean Fun
  7. Mommy And Daddy
  8. French Song
  9. Oh My My (2015 Remastered)
  10. I Love You Better (2015 Remastered)
  11. That Was Then, This Is Now
  12. Heart And Soul
  13. MGBGT (Live)
  14. Every Step Of The Way
  15. You And I
  16. Regional Girl
  17. You Bring the Summer
  18. She Makes Me Laugh

Today's Best Picture Ever: "Happy Days" cast


New Comics July 13, 2016: Daring New Adventures of Supergirl 1; Adventures of Dieter Lumpen; Daredevil Epic Collection, more

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Complete Monkees on Blu-ray now shipping

Rhino has posted details and a video highlighting its new Monkees Complete TV Series Blu-ray set.



The set includes:
• All 58 episodes, newly remastered in stunning HD from the original negatives for the very first time, plus the 1969 TV Special "33 1/3 Revolutions Per Monkee."
• Bonus material featuring commentaries from all four Monkees, vintage television appearances, never-before-seen outtakes and behind the scenes footage, original Kellogg's Monkees commercials, and more.
• The 1968 Monkees film "HEAD" in HD with never-before-seen outtakes.
• Unique packaging including a 7" featuring "Star Collector" b/w "Goin' Down" in unique TV mono mixes.
• Strictly limited to 10,000 individually numbered sets.
It's available here.


Hear Roald Dahl In His Own Words now on BBC 4

Listen here.

Details:
With the help of his granddaughter Sophie, Roald Dahl tells his own remarkable story in the style of one of his much-loved books. Illustrated with newly discovered archive recordings and songs and music exclusively recorded by the cast and musicians in the Royal Shakespeare Company's Matilda The Musical at the Cambridge Theatre in London, this Archive on 4 marks the centenary of the writer dubbed 'the best storyteller in the world'.

Pop Artifacts: Vintage space explorers model kits

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New Music Friday: John Coltrane in Mono

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Pop Culture Roundup: Neal Adams and Shazam; Captain America statue

A typically frank interview with comics great Neal Adams.
I loved the old Captain Marvel, and I do not understand why Marvel Comics does not turn over the rights to Captain Marvel to DC Comics so I can have a Captain Marvel comic book.

You don't call him "Shazam"?

[Adams' expression cannot be summed up succinctly]

Stan Lee stole it out from under DC. Just out of courtesy they should return it. But businessmen don't do things like that, and so they suck. Look, lawyers suck and businessmen suck. I'm sorry. As much as I'm a businessman, and I have to be a businessman, there are moments when I suck. I will have a thought and go, "That really sucks. Neal, you're an asshole, don't think like that." But businessmen think that way. Nothing is gained by not being kind and courteous. Marvel gets nothing out of Captain Marvel that they couldn't out of "Fred" or "Joe." Why don't they return it to DC so at least DC can make up for the crap they gave to Fawcett and turn out a Captain Marvel comic book? I'd like it. I love Captain Marvel. I'd love to see a Captain Marvel movie. Wouldn't that be great?
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A 13-foot statue of Captain America is set to go on permanent display in Brooklyn.
Marvel Entertainment and parent company Disney will unveil a 13-foot-tall bronze Captain America statue at this year's San Diego Comic-Con, which will then be toured around the nation before arriving at its final destination, Brooklyn's Prospect Park.
The statue will feature the hero holding his shield aloft, with an inscription reading, "I'm just a kid from Brooklyn" — a line uttered by Chris Evans' cinematic version of the character in Marvel Studios' Captain America: The First Avenger.
Except, shouldn't that statue be in New York's Lower East Side, birthplace of Cap's co-creator Jack Kirby?

Whichever, I figure - it's just cool that Cap is getting a statue. I hope it'll include an inscription mentioning that he was created by Kirby and Joe Simon.