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New Music Releases: Post-Punk Britain, High Llamas
Watch Marvel's Animated Short 'The Spider With-In: A Spider-Verse Story'
New Beach Boys Documentary Streams May 24 on Disney+
From Disney+:
Today, Disney+ announced that “The Beach Boys,” an all-new documentary, will stream exclusively on Disney+ beginning May 24, 2024.
“The Beach Boys” is a celebration of the legendary band that revolutionized pop music, and the iconic, harmonious sound they created that personified the California dream, captivating fans for generations and generations to come.
The documentary traces the band from humble family beginnings and features never-before-seen footage and all-new interviews with The Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine, David Marks, Bruce Johnston, plus other luminaries in the music business, including Lindsey Buckingham, Janelle Monáe, Ryan Tedder, and Don Was.
Viewers will also hear from the group’s Carl and Dennis Wilson in their own words, plus view a new interview with Blondie Chaplin and hear audio from Ricky Fataar.
A Kennedy/Marshall and White Horse Pictures Production, “The Beach Boys” is directed by Frank Marshall and Thom Zimny and written by Mark Monroe.
The film is produced by Frank Marshall, Irving Azoff, Nicholas Ferrall, Jeanne Elfant Festa, Aly Parker, with Nigel Sinclair, Mark Monroe, Tony Rosenthal, Cassidy Hartmann, Glen Zipper, Thom Zimny, Beth Collins, Jimmy Edwards, Susan Genco, Marc Cimino, Jody Gerson, Bruce Resnikoff, and Ben J. Murphy serving as executive producers.
The official soundtrack for “The Beach Boys,” featuring songs from the film, will be available to stream and download on May 24, and the group’s iconic 1964 album “Shut Down, Vol. 2” is being released on limited edition blue and white marble vinyl on March 29.
Additionally, the group’s only official book, “The Beach Boys by The Beach Boys,” will be released on April 2, via Genesis Publications (for more information and to pre-order: https://geni.us/beachboysbook).
New on Video: Warner Archive Collection: 'They Drive by Night'
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Details:
Humphrey Bogart and George Raft star as two brothers trying to keep their independent trucking company in business--battling cutthroat competition from unscrupulous trucking companies and from crooked distributors as They Drive By Night.
After ten years of the Great Depression, scrappy Joe and Paul Fabrini (Raft and Bogart) are still--just barely--in business. Paul dreams of spending more time with his wife, and Joe has his eye on waitress Cassie Hartley (Ann Sheridan).
Then Paul loses an arm in an accident and can no longer drive. But when Lana Carlson (Ida Lupino), the wife of the Fabrini's main rival, falls in love with Joe, she murders her husband and offers an interest in the company to the Fabrini brothers. Joe refuses to marry her, however, and Lana accuses Joe of her husband's murder in this hard-edged, classic drama directed by Raoul Walsh.
Hey! I have a tip jar now!
You may have noticed, I have a tip jar now.
In well over a decade of blogging, I've never had one. But I have a tip jar now because I was thinking:
Why don't I have a tip jar (now)? After all, if a reader had the ability to tip even $5 to help me buy three-quarters of a pint of beer, that would make doing this blog a little more fun.
I put a lot of time into this thing, waking before dawn (this is not a joke) to peruse the Web for interesting pop culture news; keeping track of new comic book, music and book releases; finding Pop Pics, and putting up (I hope) entertaining posts like my look backs at comic book covers, song and album releases from 50 years ago (currently we're in 1974). Even a few pennies showing appreciation would be nice (but not necessary).
So, if you dig, have dug, or will dig hanging out at Pop Culture Safari! please note that I have a tip jar now.
Nothing is expected, but anything is appreciated. The main thing is you're here, and I hope that you'll keep coming back. Let's keep old school pop blogging alive! It's fun and it keeps us all out of trouble.
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TwoMorrows Launches New Retro Horror Mag - 'Cryptology'
On the heels of its recently published book, "It Rose from the Tomb," TwoMorrows (publishers of Alter-Ego, Back Issue Jack Kirby Collector and other great mags and books) is launching Cryptology, a new magazine looking at vintage horror culture.
You can order copies or subscribe here.
Here's a look at the first four issues' covers and contents: