See the Preview for 'Bono & The Edge: A Sort of Homecoming with Dave Letterman'
Dave plays tambourine.
Pop Culture Roundup: Saluting the Beach Boys, Chatting with Shakespeare, Saying Farewell to the B-52s
ITEM! A Grammy Awards TV special will pay tribute to the Beach Boys, even though they never won a Grammy.
ITEM! A.I. now allow you to chat with Shakespeare. But what to say?
New Music Releases: Kerouac! James Brown! Charles Mingus! Charlie Chaplin!
Our picks of the week. Click the links to order from Amazon.
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Pop Culture Roundup: Harley Quinn Podcast! Marvel Drone Show! Groot!
ITEM! Christina Ricci will voice Harley Quinn in a new DC audio series.
ITEM! Disneyland Paris plans a drone-based nighttime show featuring Marvel characters.
ITEM! Marvel Comics will explore the origins of Groot in a new limited series.
ITEM! A documentary about the 1978 Star Wars Holiday Special will debut at this year's SXSW Festival.
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So long, Jeff Beck
The legendary guitarist who played as part of the Yardbirds and with Rod Stewart in his own Jeff Beck Group is dead at age 78, according to reports.
Here is talking about and playing the instrument he mastered, influencing a zillion musicians who followed:
And here he is working with Rod:
Hear U2's 'Re-Imagined' Version of 'In the Name of Love'
As mentioned here the other day, U2 is releasing a new LP, Songs of Surrender, which features updated versions of older tunes. Here's a first example:
New Comics Collected Editions: Marvel Secret Wars Omnibus! Doctor Strange Masterworks!
Our picks this week. Click the links to order items from Amazon.
Drawn from Earth across the stars, the Marvel Universe’s greatest heroes and villains are set against one another by the mysterious and all-powerful Beyonder — with the winner promised the ultimate prize! But as battle lines are drawn, new alliances forged and old enemies clash, one among them is not willing to settle for anything less than godhood. Can even the combined might of the Avengers, Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four and the X-Men prevent Doctor Doom from becoming the most powerful being in the universe? Now, the greatest super hero war of all time is collected alongside an untold chapter of Thor’s time on Battleworld, Titania’s incredible origin, and “What If?” tales that offer very different endings to the Secret Wars!
COLLECTING: Secret Wars (1984) 1-12; Thor (1966) 383; She-Hulk (2004) 10; What If? (1989) 4, 114
First, Stan Lee and Steve Ditko introduced the Master of the Mystic Arts. Now, in this second Mighty Marvel Masterworks volume they make him a legend. The Eternity Saga is a multi-part adventure that many consider it be one of the greatest Marvel stories of all time. In it, Baron Mordo gains new power from the dread Dormammu, so much power that he strikes down the Ancient One and forces Doctor Strange to go on the run. As Strange races across the globe and into new dimensions, he seeks the aid of the all-encompassing Eternity. The epic conclusion pits Strange against Dormammu with the lives of Clea and the Ancient One in the balance. Also featuring Doctor Strange/Spider-Man iconic team-up!
COLLECTING: Strange Tales (1951) 130-146, Amazing Spider-Man Annual (1964) 2
Pop Culture Roundup: KISS art! Doctor Who! Lennon-McCartney!
ITEM! KISS member Paul Stanley is touring... his artworks.
ITEM! Check Out the "Doctor Who: Worlds of Wonder" exhibition.
ITEM! Bono gets the inside skinny on how Lennon met McCartney.
ITEM! Also, U2 is re-recording a bunch of its old tunes for a new LP.
ITEM! Kate Winslet is nice and awesome.
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