Hot Trax '72: The Spinners! Van Morrison! Elvis! More!

New songs on the charts 50 years ago this week.

The Spinners – I'll Be Around

Van Morrison – Jackie Wilson Said (I'm In Heaven When You Smile)

Tommy James – Love Song

Elvis Presley – Burning Love

Curtis Mayfield – Freddie's Dead (Theme From 'Superfly')

Buffy Sainte-Marie – He's An Indian Cowboy In The Rodeo

B.B. King – Guess Who

Watch David Bowie at the Rainbow Theatre London Aug. 19 & 20, 1972

Ads '72: "Fritz the Cat" Soundtrack LP

 


New Music Friday: Hot Chip! Todd Rundgren! Willie Nelson! More!


Nineteen newly released (or reissued) tracks we dig this week.



Check Out the New Marvel Legends She-Hulk Action Figure

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This is the Best Thing Ever: ADG7 Tiny Desk Concert

New Music Out Today: R.E.M.! Jonathan Richman! Monkees! More!

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New from Lego: Marvel Doctor Strange Santum Santorum Building Set


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A celebration of Doctor Strange – LEGO Marvel Sanctum Sanctorum (76218) is a 3-story, 360-degree, modular construction project for adult fans of the Marvel Universe

Iconic Marvel characters – The set includes Doctor Strange, Wong, Iron Man, Spider-Man, Ebony Maw, Master Mordo, Sinister Strange, Dead Strange and The Scarlet Witch minifigures

Realistic details – The model is filled with familiar features and authentic accessories from the Marvel Studios’ Avengers: Infinity War and DoctorStrange in the Multiverse of Madness movies

Display piece – Measuring over 12.5 in. (32 cm) high, 12.5 in. (31 cm) wide and 10.5 in. (26 cm) deep, this captivating model makes a conversation piece for any home or workplace

Pop Culture Roundup: Fantastic Four! She-Hulk! Batgirl! More!


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 A new creative team comprised of writer Ryan North, interior artist Iban Coello and cover artist Alex Ross will start a run on Marvel's Fantastic Four title in September.

ITEM! She-Hulk star Tatiana Maslany wants to team up with Florence Pugh ("Black Widow") for an MCU buddy comedy.

ITEM! Martin Scorsese directed a new documentary about New York Dolls singer, David Johansen, a.k.a. Buster Poindexter.

ITEM! Robert De Niro will whack himself in a new mob movie.

ITEM! Maybe they can just use it for "The Flash": The composer of the "Batgirl" film score spent a year working on it before DC axed the film. 

ITEM! Actress Maureen O'Brien is reprising her role as "Doctor Who" companion Vicki after near six decades.

Ads '72: "Honky Chateau" - A New Album By Elton John

 


Watch a Preview for Upcoming Sidney Poitier Documentary

"Sidney" premieres September 23 in theaters and on Apple TV+.

See a New Animated Video for the Kinks' "Acute Schizophrenia Paranoia Blues"

From the upcoming Muswell Hillbillies / Everybody’s In Show-Biz Deluxe Box Set.

New Comics Collected Editions: Robin & Batman! Always Never! King Conan! More!

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The legendary story of Batman and Robin has reached nearly mythic proportions: the crime-fighting Dynamic Duo, always one step ahead of the criminals they pursue and never meeting a case too big. This isn’t that story. This is the story of a young Dick Grayson, newly orphaned, struggling to find his way in a strange, difficult, dark new world…This is the story of Robin and Batman.

Ana is a brilliant, headstrong, and compassionate mayor of a small city, with a lovely husband, daughter, and granddaughter.  Yet there has been a lingering piece of her life missing -- a thread of happiness she hasn't been able to pull on for most of her life. Zeno, a lifelong bachelor, bookstore owner, intrepid traveler, and theoretical physicist determined to figure out how to turn back time. Handsome, clever, and kind, he is often questioned about his failure to "settle down." Over the years, they have woven together an impossible and inexhaustible love. Their paths constantly intertwining, from a chance meeting on a boat to clumsily bumping into each other in the city they share. Eventually keeping in touch by letters and late-night phone calls across the world.
    A luxuriously illustrated love story full of heart, comedy and universal truths, published in English for the first time. Written and illustrated by Spanish cartoonist Jordi Lefebre, co-creator and artist of the graphic novel series Glorious Summers, as well as La Mondaine, and Lydia.

Conan the barbarian…the thief…the mercenary…and now, at last, Conan the king! A new era of begins in adventures set after Conan has deposed the tyrant Numedides to become ruler of Aquilonia. But Conan on the throne is still Conan. The savage action that made him a comic book legend fills page after page while palace intrigue adds a new level of drama with Queen Zenobia and heir to the throne Prince Conn taking prominent roles. Old nemesis like Thoth-Amon return, while mystical prophecy ties Conan to the first king of the realm. Each issue is a double-sized extravaganza with scripts by the godfather of Conan comics Roy Thomas, Doug Moench and Alan Zelenetz and artwork by John Buscema and then-up-and-comer Marc Silvestri. All hail King Conan!
COLLECTING: King Conan (1980) 1-19

Graphically experimental, narratively daring and visually explosive, Howard Chaykin’s Time2 was a work ahead of its time. Now, to commemorate the project’s 35th anniversary with the arrival of its long-awaited conclusion...it still is.
    In addition to remastered versions of the long-out-of-print first two volumes, The Epiphany and The Satisfaction of Black Mariah, the Time2 Omnibus completes the trilogy with the new 48-page volume Hallowed Ground0, plus many never-before-seen extras from the project.

After years away, con man David Gold returns to the city he once called home and finds nothing as it was. But the man known as “Goldfish” has come back for one reason, and one reason only: his son. This enigmatic grifter returns to his old haunts to find his old flame practically running the city's underbelly. His oldest friend and ex-partner in crime a police detective. The town itself seems to have turned on him. With everything going against him, how can Goldfish reclaim the only person that he still cares about?
    Written and illustrated by the legendary New York Times best-selling author Brian Michael Bendis, Jinxworld and Dark Horse release an all-new edition of one of his grittiest works ever!

Presenting tales of horrific crimes, grisly murders, and bizarre homicide cases featuring the titanic artistic talents of Johnny Craig, Sheldon Moldoff, H. C. Keifer, Ed Walden, Ann Brewster, and Stan Ashe.
EC's "Pre-Trend" titles were published by M.C. Gaines, and then William Gaines after his father's death in 1947.
Collects Crime Patrol issues #7–#11.

New on Video: "Kill a Dragon" - A Vintage Jack Palance Action Flick Set in Hong Kong!


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Soldier of fortune Jack Palance (Attack) squares off against warlord Fernando Lamas (100 Rifles) in the explosive action-adventure, Kill a Dragon. When a dangerous load of nitroglycerin lands on a beach near Hong Kong, the islanders claim it as their own. But the powerful Nico Patrai (Lamas) threatens to destroy the island and its inhabitants if the cargo is not given to him in three days. 

The villagers turn to swaggering mercenary Rick Masters (Palance) and his team of karate experts to help smuggle the nitroglycerin off their island and rid them of the ruthless Patrai and his henchmen once and for all. Helmed by veteran television and Hollywood filmmaker Michael D. Moore (The Fastest Guitar Alive) and co-starring Aldo Ray (And Hope to Die) and Aliza Gur (From Russia with Love), Kill a Dragon mixes rousing action with all the wonder and excitement of beautiful Hong Kong!


New from Lego: James Bond 007 Aston Martin DB5 Building Set


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Discover the 007 Aston Martin DB5 – LEGO Speed Champions 007 Aston Martin DB5 (76911) toy replica of the world-famous 1964 sports car

What’s in the box? – Everything you need to build a LEGO interpretation of the 007 Aston Martin DB5, plus a No Time To Die-James Bond minifigure with a toy wrench

A collectible model for play and display – Build your very own Aston Martin DB5, show it off to friends and enjoy fun race and car-chase action against other vehicles from the Speed Champions range

Dimensions – The 007 Aston Martin DB5 model measures over 2 in. (5 cm) high, 6.5 in. (17 cm) long and 2.5 in. (7 cm) wide

Watch Yes Perform "America," 1972

Ads '72: If You Want to Know About Lawn Tractors, Ask a Country Boy Like Tennessee Ernie Ford

 


Pop Culture Roundup: Hardy Boys! Sandman! Doctor Who!


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How many Hardy Boys books are there? The Penn Book Center investigates.

ITEM! The New York Times profiles Joe Hisaishi, composer for the Studio Ghibli films.

ITEM! George R.R. Martin on "The Sandman": "It’s a fabulous fantasy, and I rope it will run for many more seasons." 

ITEM!  Speaking of which, here's a look at "The Sandman" cast.

ITEM! David Tennant teased that his appearance in an upcoming "Doctor Who" episode features "many other people," too.

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