Dirk Deppey is leaving his editing gig at the Comics Journal and reviving his much-missed Journalista comics blog.
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Sharity: Stars of "Hogan's Heroes" sing songs of World War II.
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Sharity: Datajunkie posts some great Virgil Finlay sci-fi pulp art along with some episodes of a South African sci-fi radio series.
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The New York Times reviews a recent Radiohead concert:
Sound has supplanted technique for the musicians in the band; or to be more precise, the manipulation of sound has effectively become a technique in itself. On more than one tune, Mr. Greenwood and Mr. O’Brien laid aside their guitars to squat at analog consoles, precisely shaping noise. In similar fashion, Mr. Selway blended his drumming with various electronic beats, erasing the distinctions between them.
But it was Mr. Yorke’s voice that inevitably carried the music, and one striking thing about the concert was how often he let it loose without guttural strangulation. That’s one reason why “Nude,” a new ballad, was gorgeous; during one soaring falsetto note, the band faded out, and the effect was angelic.
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There's a new official "Lost" podcast to promote tonight's rerun.
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Check out a collection of cheesecake LP covers.
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Dial B for Blog remembers the Bat-Mite/Mxyzptlk team-ups. Yeah, I had to cut and paste "Mxyzptlk." It's easy. See: Mxyzptlk, Mxyzptlk, Mxyzptlk, Mxyzptlk. Kltpzyxm. Whoops!
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Billboard has a report about the suviving Beach Boys getting together recently to receive some platinum record rewards. It's the first time at-odds members Brian Wilson and Mike Love has shared the same oxygen in a while. But the real news:
Capitol Records also announced plans for a 40th-anniversary release on June 27 of a deluxe CD single of "Good Vibrations," featuring five versions of the band's seminal 1966 hit and its original U.S. B-side.
In late August, Capitol also plans a 40-year commemorative reissue of the band's landmark "Pet Sounds" album in a CD/DVD package that includes mono, stereo and digital Surround Sound mixes of the music, plus previously unreleased promotional and documentary footage.
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To quote Homer Simpson: "I've never been a praying man. But if you're up there Superman...":
As the hype machine shifts into high gear for the upcoming release of "Superman Returns," some are reading deeply into the film whose hero returns from a deathlike absence to play savior to the world.
"It is so on the nose that anyone who has not caught on that Superman is a Christ figure, you think, 'Who else could it be referring to?' " said Steve Skelton, who wrote a book examining parallels between Superman and Christ.
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Wilco singer Jeff Tweedy has a solo DVD in the works.
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