Vice Gives You The Gift Of Good Music - FREE album download at Amazon.com

Here is a really nice one from Amazon! Highly recommended if you like your music 'out there' and aren't interested so much in the various forms of US pop music. That being said it's FREE, so why not take a chance? I don't know how long this one will last so hurry!

Vice Gives You The Gift Of Good Music - FREE MP3 Album at Amazon.com

I have started a new blog - MP3 bargains - in which I will post other great deals like this one. This blog will still continue (and grow) in 2009 but I wanted to provide a separate outlet to showcase some iTunes/DRM alternatives.

Comics Post - Grimm's Ghost Stories #21

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The 99 Most Essential Beethoven Masterpieces (MP3's for $1.99 at Amazon.com)

Another good deal if you have any interest in classical music. Even if you don't how can you go wrong with 99 songs for less than two dollars?

The 99 Most Essential Beethoven Masterpieces - MP3's at Amazon.com

Ethiopiques Volume 1 - $1.99 MP3 Album at Amazon.com

I am listening to this great album right now and wanted to recommend it to all of you. Sort of a Jazzy/60's Pop Rock/African melange of sound that is impossible to shove into one category, this is the first cd in a long running series of cd's featuring this virtually unknown pool of music from a long lost era.

The CD is $17 (new) and I never see these cd's going for less than $12 in the used bins.

Ethiopiques vol 1 (golden age) - MP3 album at Amazon.com

Psycho (the Comic Magazine)

Crosseyed Cyclops has posted 7 issues of the 1970's horror magazine Psycho.

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Donald Duck In Frontierland

Alternative Comix (a blog that was new to me) posts a lot of great older comics and books. Follow the link for the Tell-A-Tale book Donald Duck in Frontierland.

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Comics Post - Grimm's Ghost Stories #20

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The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How It Changed America David Hajdu (a book review)

I just finished reading this one and couldn't wait to recommend it to my readers! Lots of great stuff in here including interviews with most of the living comics luminaries that turned the medium into what it is today. It is truly amazing to read exactly what went on in this age of McCarthyism, the "red scare', and many other forms of censorship. Screw the bill of rights! Have we still not learned or does this thing (the Bill of Rights) only apply to those from which we wish to hear what they have to say?

I bought the ebook at fictionwise.com but you can get the hardback from Amazon right now or you can pre-order the softcover (releasing in February) for a few dollars less. I highly recommend this one!

A Celebration of Cartoons and Comic Strips

Smashing Magazine has a nice posting - '50 Beautiful Examples of Comic Strip Art.'

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Monday Morning Mix-Pack

Hanna-Barbera's Picnic Basket (posted at Dr. Forrest's Cheeze Factory)
4 discs loaded with Hanna-Barbera goodness! If you have been reading this blog for any length of time you should know how much I love Hanna-Barbera! Link

Frankenstein Conquers the World OST (posted at The Manchester Morgue)
Nice soundtrack from Akira Ifukube. I really don't like the movie all that much but the soundtrack is good. Link

Dickie Goodman - Mr. Jaws and Other Fables (posted at A Basement of Curiosities)
I had almost completely forgotten about these little gems! Remember back in the day (1970's) when they would come up with little comedic songs that sounded like interviews but included clips from hit songs of the day? Sure you do! Link

Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam OST (posted at Parties, Sarees, and Melodies)
I just found this cool blog that posts vintage Bollywood soundtracks so go there now and add it to your RSS reader if you like this sort of thing. Link

Comics Post - Grimm's Ghost Stories #19

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This Is Not a Music Blog but Check Out This Amazing Bass Solo

Some guy named Mark King...

Comics Post - Griimm's Ghost Stories #18

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ABC Saturday Morning 1980

We are arriving at the outer edge of the time period in which I watched Saturday morning cartoons, I still watched them in 1980 (I was 13) but other things (girls) started interfering. I still liked Plastic Man but the Superfriends were starting to get a little corny to me. Thundarr started airing on Saturday mornings during this year but I don't remember ever watching it and I guess I just didn't like it very much even then!


Saturday Morning Bumper - 1980's (I am not sure of the year)


Super Friends - Revenge of Bizarro (clip)


Plastic Man - Episode 34 - The Crime Caper



Scooby and Scrappy - Close Encounter With a Strange Kid (episode 1 of season 2)


Richie Rich - Segment Intros


The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang - Intro


Thundarr the Barbarian - Intro

Spider-Woman (the Saturday Morning Cartoon)

This Depatie-Freleng (best known for their Pink Panther cartoons) series ran for one year/sixteen episodes in 1979 and was based on the Marvel comics character. No official dvd release seems to exist but all of the episodes are available on youtube.



Episode 2 - Realm of Darkness



Episode 3 - The Amazon Adventure


Episode 10 - Dracula's Revenge

Comics Post - Grimm's Ghost Stories #17

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Coverville's Annual Christmas Show

Another Christmas post that I forgot to post and I know everyone is already sick of Christmas music...



Coverville is a podcast that plays 'covers' - songs originally performed by other bands. In this case it's kind of strange because most Christmas music is really a cover of a much earlier version. Follow the link for this year's show.

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In-House Disney Christmas/New Year's Ephemeria

Dammit! I have a couple of Christmas posts that I forgot to post and they won't be very timely if I wait until next year...



The Hollywood Animation Archive has a nice feature about in-house Disney Christmas/New Year's cards and calendars.

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Comics Post - Grimm's Ghost Stories #16

Let the horror posts continue!

I think this is where I left off, somebody please let me know if I am wrong.

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Hanna-Barbera Slideshow on Flickr

A bunch of people got together on Flickr and posted pictures of their impressive Hanna-Barbera collections.


Created with Admarket's flickrSLiDR.

Christmas Comics Countdown - Complete Listing of Posted Comics With Links

1 - Rudolph 1950, Marvel Super Special 39 - Santa Claus the Movie
2 - Rudolph 1951, Howard the Duck Holiday Special 1997
3 - Rudolph 1952, Animaniacs Christmas Special
4 - Rudolph 1953, Archie Holiday Fun Digest #5
5 - Rudolph 1954, 2000 AD #44 - Dredd Red Christmas
6 - Rudolph 1955/56, Bugs Bunny's Christmas Funnies #1
7 - Rudolph 1958/59, A Christmas Carol
8 - Rudolph 1956/57, Christmas In Disneyland #1
9 - Rudolph 1957/58, Woolworth Christmas Book 1952
10 - Rudolph 1959/60, Woolworth Christmas Book 1953
11 - Rudolph 1960/61, Christmas Parade #1 (Gold Key)
12 - Rudolph 1961/62, Christmas Parade #2 (Gold Key)
13 - Rudolph 1962/63, Christmas Parade #4 (Gold Key)
14 - Christmas Parade #5 (Gold Key), Classics Illustrated - A Christmas Carol
15 - Christmas Parade #1 (Dell), The Christmas Spirit
16 - Christmas Parade #2 (Dell), Christmas With the Superheroes #1
17 - Christmas Parade #5 (Dell), Christmas With the Superheroes #2
18 - Christmas Parade #6 (Gold Key), Comico Christmas Special 1988
19 - Christmas Parade #3 (Dell), DC comics Presents - Superman and Santa Claus
20 - Christmas Parade #2 - Gladstone, Archie Giant #579
21 - Bugs Bunny's Christmas Funnies #7, Archie Giant #593
22 - Bugs Bunny's Christmas Funnies #8, Marvel Classics #36 - A Christmas Carol
23 - Dell Giant #53 - Donald Duck, DC Universe Christmas
24 - Dell Giant #40 - Woody Woodpecker, Dell Giant #54 - Woody Woodpecker

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http://rapidshare.com/files/167688148/Rudolph_the_Red-Nosed_Reindeer_1950.cbr
http://rapidshare.com/files/166738417/Marvel_Super_Special_39_-_Santa_Clause_The_Movie.cbr
http://rapidshare.com/files/167688150/Rudolph_the_Red-Nosed_Reindeer_1951.cbr
http://rapidshare.com/files/166738415/Howard_the_Duck_Holiday_Special__1997_.cbz
http://rapidshare.com/files/167688152/Rudolph_the_Red-Nosed_Reindeer_1952.cbr
http://rapidshare.com/files/168576431/Animaniacs_-_A_Christmas_Special.cbr
http://rapidshare.com/files/167688154/Rudolph_the_Red-Nosed_Reindeer_1953.cbr
http://rapidshare.com/files/168576438/Archie_Holiday_Fun_Digest__5.cbr
http://rapidshare.com/files/167688155/Rudolph_the_Red-Nosed_Reindeer_1954.cbr
http://rapidshare.com/files/168607444/2000AD__0044_-_Dredd_-_Red_Christmas.cbr
http://rapidshare.com/files/168607451/Rudolph_the_Red-Nosed_Reindeer_1955-56.cbr
http://rapidshare.com/files/168607447/Bugs_Bunnies_Christmas_Funnies_01.cbz
http://rapidshare.com/files/168607452/Rudolph_the_Red-Nosed_Reindeer_1958-59.cbr
http://rapidshare.com/files/168607449/Christmas_Carol__inc__nn.cbr
http://rapidshare.com/files/168905800/Rudolph_The_Red-Nosed_Reindeer_1956-57.cbr
http://rapidshare.com/files/168905801/Christmas_in_Disneyland_01__Dell_-_Dec_1957_.cbr
http://rapidshare.com/files/171147319/Rudolph_The_Red-Nosed_Reindeer_1957-58.cbr
http://rapidshare.com/files/168576432/Woolworth_s_Christmas_Book_1952.cbz
http://rapidshare.com/files/168905797/Rudolph_the_Red-Nosed_Reindeer_1959-60.cbr
http://rapidshare.com/files/168576436/Woolworth_s_Christmas_Book_1953.cbr
http://rapidshare.com/files/168905798/Rudolph_the_Red-Nosed_Reindeer_1960-61.cbr
http://rapidshare.com/files/171160938/Christmas_Parade_01_-_1962__Gold_Key_.cbr
http://rapidshare.com/files/171195455/Rudolph_The_Red-Nosed_Reindeer_1961-62.cbr
http://rapidshare.com/files/171160939/Christmas_Parade_02_-_1963___Gold_Key_.cbr
http://rapidshare.com/files/168905799/Rudolph_the_Red-Nosed_Reindeer_1962-63.cbr
http://rapidshare.com/files/171160940/Christmas_Parade_04_-__1966__Gold_key_.cbr
http://rapidshare.com/files/171160941/Christmas_Parade_05_-_1966__Gold_Key_.cbr
http://rapidshare.com/files/171199141/Classics_Illustrated__053_-_A_Christmas_Carol.cbr
http://rapidshare.com/files/173058520/Christmas_Parade_01__Dell_-_Nov_1949___Ontology_.cbr
http://rapidshare.com/files/173078500/Christmas_Spirit.cbr
http://rapidshare.com/files/173058525/Christmas_Parade_02__Dell_-_Nov_1950___Ontology_.cbr
http://rapidshare.com/files/173021280/Christmas_With_The_Super-Heroes__001.cbr
http://rapidshare.com/files/173078496/Christmas_Parade_-_1953.12_-__05__Dell_.cbr
http://rapidshare.com/files/173021283/Christmas_With_The_Super-Heroes__002.cbr
http://rapidshare.com/files/171160951/Christmas_Parade_06_-_1967__Gold_Key_.cbr
http://rapidshare.com/files/173176136/Comico_Christmas_Special__1988_.cbr
http://rapidshare.com/files/173117899/Dell_Giant_03_-_WD_Christmas_Parade_.cbz
http://rapidshare.com/files/173176137/DC_Comics_Presents_067____Superman___Santa_Claus__.cbr
http://rapidshare.com/files/173078498/Christmas_Parade_-_1989.Winter_-__02__Gladstone_.cbr
http://rapidshare.com/files/173100547/Archie_Giant_Series__579__1988__-_Archie_s_Christmas_Stockin.cbr
http://rapidshare.com/files/173100549/Dell_Giant_07_-_Bugs_Bunny_s_Christmas_Funnies.cbr
http://rapidshare.com/files/173100548/Archie_Giant_Series__593__1989__-_Betty_And_Veronica_Christm.cbr
http://rapidshare.com/files/173100552/Dell_Giant_08_-_Bugs_Bunny_s_Christmas_Funnies.cbr
http://rapidshare.com/files/173176135/Marvel_Classics_036_-_A_Christmas_Carol.cbz
http://rapidshare.com/files/173117896/Dell_Giant_53_-_Walt_Disney_s_Donald_Duck_Merry_Christmas.cbr
http://rapidshare.com/files/173325139/DC_Universe_Christmas__2000__-_Hard_Cover.cbz
http://rapidshare.com/files/173117894/Dell_Giant_40_-_Woody_Woodpecker_s_Christmas_Parade.cbz
http://rapidshare.com/files/173117897/Dell_Giant_54_-_Woody_Woodpecker_s_Christmas_Party.cbz

Christmas Comics - Dell Giant #54 - Woody Woodpecker's Christmas

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(and this wraps up our Christmas countdown.. Merry Christmas and hopefully Santa brings you everything you asked for later tonight!)

The Beach Boys - Ultimate Christmas

Another collection for you classic rock/surf fans.
(posted at Dr. Forrest's Cheeze Factory)

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Christmas Comics - Dell Giant #40 - Woody Woodpecker's Christmas

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Fibber McGee and Molly - Christmas Episodes

I can't remember if I pimped this one yet but if I didn't you can follow the link for 35 different Christmas episodes of one of my favorite OTR comedy shows.

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Christmas Comics - DC Universe Christmas

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Christmas Disco Party

I really thought that I would like this Christmas Disco stuff a lot more but it's just so horrible that I can't bear to listen to any more. Well, maybe just this one more album!

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Christmas Comics - Dell Giant #53 - Donald Duck

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Christmas Comics - Marvel Classics #36 - A Christmas Carol

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Christmas Music 2008 (Part 8)

Well, I am certainly getting pretty tired of Christmas music so let's just get this one finished! Today's post is fairly eclectic and represents a rather nice mixture of links that I have been collecting for the past couple of months. Enjoy!

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Der Totenkopf Weihnachts - Sampler & Die Perversen Weihnachtsmanner
(posted at Der Likedeeler)

Have yourself a merry little BLACK Christmas!

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Crass - Merry Crassmas
(posted at Bombs of Peace)

A Legendary Christmas single from the British punk band, a quick download, and lots of fun!

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Various Artists - Bah! Humbug
(posted at Music For Maniacs)

Lots of folk comedy music mostly from England


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Squirrels - Digital Snowmen
(posted at Dr. Forrest's Cheeze Factory)

A nice, twisted mash-up collection. Very strange and very unique.


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Various Artists - Santa's a Hippy
(posted at WFMU)

Ok, this really isn't an album but WFMU has posted three Christmas songs dealing with the hippie version of Santa Claus.


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Canned Heat - Christmas Album
(posted at Dr. Forrest's Cheeze Factory)

Classic Rock style Christmas tunes


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The Joe Gibbs Family - Reggae Christmas
(posted at You & Me on a Jamboree)

If you like reggae music this one is actually pretty good!


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The Cowboys Sing Holiday Halftime
(posted at Way Out Junk)

I don't know much about this one. It's pretty crappy but if you like your football mixed in with your Christmas music this one's for you.


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The Jackson 5 - Christmas Album
(posted at 200 MLE)

Groovy Motown Sound with a pre-pubescent, hence pre-ultra-creepy, Michael J


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Fats Domino - Christmas Gumbo
(posted at 200 MLE)

Another nice collection from one of the greats of classic rock and roll


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Christmas Comics - Bugs Bunny's Christmas Funnies #8

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Christmas Comics - Archie Giant #593

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