Music new releases Feb. 12, 2013: Bryan Ferry; Joni Mitchell; Jimmy Reed; Big Joe Turner, more!

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The Jazz Age by Bryan Ferry


Studio Albums 1968 - 1979 by Joni Mitchell


Ain't That Loving You Baby - Singles As & Bs 1953-1961 by Jimmy Reed


The Best Of the Classic Capitol Singles by Wanda Jackson


Ten Years Of Hits - The Singles As & Bs 1951-1960 by Big Joe Turner

DVD and Blu-ray new releases Feb. 12, 2013: Skyfall; Weeds season 8; Hardy Boys season 3; Doctor Who Reign of Terror; The Man with the Iron Fists; Bonanza season 5, more!

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Skyfall


Weeds: Season Eight


The Hardy Boys: Season 3


Doctor Who: The Reign of Terror


The Man with the Iron Fists


Bonanza: The Official Complete Fifth Season


Roger Moore Ultimate 007 James Bond Edition, Volume 1


Roger Moore Collection 007 James Bond Ultimate Edition, Volume 2


Jedi Junkies


A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman


Pop artifact: Vintage Corgi Green Hornet "Black Beauty" car



Pop culture roundup: Jaime Hernandez; Hot Toys Black Widow; Ringo Starr;

Pretty nice: A gallery of Jaime Hernandez illustrations for the New Yorker.

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Hot Toys has unveiled another of its uncannily realistic action figures: An Avengers movie version of Black Widow. It's kinda creepy how accurate these things look.

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Ringo Starr will voice a role and sing a song on a new Powerpuff Girls cartoon series.
Very interestingly, former Beatle Ringo Starr will appear in the episode and perform an original song titled “I Wish I Was A Powerpuff Girl.” He’ll also play “Townsville’s most famous flamboyant mathematician Fibonacci Sequins.”
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This rare Beatles turntable from 1964 sold for $12,200 on eBay.

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Turns out Dr. Seuss was a cat in the hat, himself.
...the real Dr. Seuss, Theodor Seuss Geisel, was a hat lover himself. He collected hundreds of them, plumed, beribboned and spiked, and kept them in a closet hidden behind a bookcase in his home in the La Jolla section of San Diego. He incorporated them into his personal paintings, his advertising work and his books. He even insisted that guests to his home don the most elaborate ones he could find.

Vintage comic book ad: Remember the Monster-size Frankenstein?



Video find: Ray Davies documentary

This needs to come out on a U.S. DVD so I don't have to watch it all on my computer.

Via Dangerous Minds:


Upcoming flick is a Monty Python reunion of sorts

The surviving members of Monty Python are reunited for an upcoming live action/CGI film, reports Variety.

Members of Monty Python's Flying Circus are reteaming for "Absolutely Anything," a sci-fi farce combining CGI and live action, with Terry Jones to direct and Mike Medavoy to produce.

Plans are for filming to begin in the U.K. this spring, with the Pythons voicing key roles as a a group of aliens who endow an earthling with the power to do "absolutely anything" to see what a mess he'll make of things -- which is precisely what happens. There's also a talking dog named Dennis who seems to understand more about the mayhem that ensues than anyone else does. Robin Williams will voice the character.