The Crosseyed Cyclops has posted a HUGE bundle of Star Trek comics.
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Thursday, April 30, 2009
70 Years Ago Today (the 1939 World's Fair)
Neato Coolville has posted a nice collection of links related to the 1939 World's Fair in New York City. I was just about to sit and do this myself but he did a much better job than I could have done so I will just link to it. Enjoy.
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Ralph Wiggum Speaks
When Ralph Wiggums speaks, I listen. Maybe it's because he is my favorite Simpsons supporting character with his one-liners like 'My cat's breath smells like cat food' or 'The Doctor said my nose wouldn't bleed so much if I'd just quit sticking my finger in there.' At any rate I am always using these lines on my wife and, usually, she is not impressed.
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AMC is Now Screening FREE Online Streaming B-Movies
The usual culprits are here but the quality is decent and the price is right. AMC is pretty sucky these days (in my opinion) but this kind of stuff can help. TCM has blown them out of the water and they have lost their identity.
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Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Play Classic Sierra On-Line Adventure Games ONLINE!
Remember those great old classic Sierra On-Line adventure games? Well... they might not be as great as you remember (at least graphically) but you can now play many of them online at sarien.net including Space Quest I and II, Leisure Suit Larry (yay!), Police Quest, and The Black Cauldron.
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The Kwicky Koala Show
From wikipedia:
Segments shown during this show include Kwicky Koala, The Bungle Brothers, Crazy Claws, and Dirty Dog.
Many episodes appear to be available on youtube but there is no official dvd release available.
Kwicky Koala - Episode 14 - Diguise the Limit
Crazy Claws - Episode 4 - Clyde's Birthday Surprise
Dirty Dawg - Episode 2 - Dirty's Debut
The Kwicky Koala Show is a Saturday morning cartoon produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions in 1981 for CBS. The program is notable for being among cartoon director Tex Avery's final works, Avery died during production in 1980..
Kwicky Koala was broadcast for one season on CBS. For unknown reasons, the Cartoon Network and later Boomerang broadcast was sourced from PAL masters rather than the original NTSC masters. Though each segment has been shown separately in-between shows on the Boomerang Network
Segments shown during this show include Kwicky Koala, The Bungle Brothers, Crazy Claws, and Dirty Dog.
Many episodes appear to be available on youtube but there is no official dvd release available.
Kwicky Koala - Episode 14 - Diguise the Limit
Crazy Claws - Episode 4 - Clyde's Birthday Surprise
Dirty Dawg - Episode 2 - Dirty's Debut
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Science Fiction Movie Posters
Manolith has posted what they call 18 Science Fiction Movie Posters. Some of them are, in actuality, pulp covers but they are all gorgeous and mostly vintage (somehow the Star Wars movie poster crept in).
Link
Star Wars Blueprints
Yesterday I linked to the Crosseyed Cyclops' Star Wars cards. Well today I found something a lot cooler - STAR WARs BLUEPRINTS. I remember owning these as a kid and planning my own assault on the Death Star. Yes, I was/am that geeky!
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Monday, April 27, 2009
Ennion Morricone's Greatest Hits
If you don't know who Ennio is think westerns and think Italy. Yes we are talking spaghetti westerns as the vehicle that made this guy known to the rest of the world but he really did leave behind quite a large body of work and Knifefightingjesus (I love that name) has put this excellent compilation up for your downloading pleasure.
Link
Star Wars Trading Cards
Umm.. I am not quite sure who would want to DOWNLOAD A SET OF STAR WARS CARDS but in case you are one of them this link will net you TWO DOWNLOADS OF STAR WARS CARDS! I know that I am a geek and I download almost everything that i come across but I really don't want to DOWNLOAD A SET OF STAR WARS CARDS!!! (I already have the actual cards)
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Music Podcasts (continued)
WFMU is another 'public' radio station similar to KEXP but originating on the east coast (New York). WFMU plays a much more eclectic selection of music than probably most other stations combined (if you do know of a station more eclectic than this please let me know!) and they do broadcast live on the internet 24/7. I enjoy a number of music podcasts from this station on a regular basis including:
Anti Static with Mike Lupica - Mike usually features three 'lost' indie rock singles from the 1990's on each weekly show. There is rarely anything played that could be considered mainstream although most of it should have been.
Bitslap with KBC - Just listen to this week's episode (4/21/9) via this popup player and you should get a good idea of what this show is about. Eclectic is too meaningless of a word to describe this great show!
Cake & Polka Parade with Fatty Jubbo - Sparks, Bollywood soundtracks, weird soundbytes, strange orchestra pieces... it's all here and almost too weird for even someone like me!
Antique Phonograph Music Program - This one is much more mainstream if you consider cylinder and 78 recordings from the turn of the last century as mainstream! If you like this stuff then be sure to check out the defunct Thomas Edison's Attic show archive here.
Do or DIY with People Like Us - I don't listen to this show as much as I used to as it is usually, to me, either a big hit or a big miss. But hey, it's free and the only thing that you lose by trying it out is your time.
Link to PODCASTS page
Music Podcasts
This week I have decided to highlight the music podcast. I listen to about a dozen of them each week and will present a few of my favorites.
KEXP is a public radio station broadcasting from Seattle, WA (and on the net) and features a large variety of eclectic programming with it's primary focus on indie music and local artists. This isn't to mean that they are bound by either and you would probably be hard pressed to find a better station in the Pacific Northwest.
Podcasts of note:
Song of the Day - A song is posted each day (umm, maybe that's why they named it this way?) and it's almost always indie rock.
Music That Matters - This one comes out about once a week and usually features lots of great indie rock music. It's normally like an hour slice of normal station programming that you can take with you on the go. The show sometimes branches into other genres (indie-rap) but that is the exception rather than the rule.
Live Performances - The station has LOTS and LOTS and LOTS of in studio guests from all genres and locales. Unfortunately most of them never seem to make it to this podcast but it's still worth putting it in your subcribed list. This week's artist was M. Ward from SxSW. Past artists included Loney, Dear, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, and Starf*cker.
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Sunday, April 26, 2009
The Flintstones (the Comic Strip)
The Fabulous Fifties has posted the first two weeks of the Flintstones comic strips (from 1961!) and some other promo material for the series. I would love to find this one in a nice hardback someday but for now I guess I will have to be happy with the paperback with some strips from this series that I found at a thrift store a while back.
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Prince Nico Mbarga and His Rocafil Jazz - Panco Juju System
I wasn't going to post any more afro-pop albums but this one looked too good to not share.
Link (posted at Global Groove)
African System Orchestra - Bad Friend (1978)
One last post for AFRO-POP WEEK and then next week it's on to MUSIC PODCASTS. Thanks to ylowek scavel-cronek (whatever that is) for posting this - and don't forget to jot down the password (I use a sticky notes program on my computer desktop to track passwords for archives).
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Saturday, April 25, 2009
The Jungle Book (the Chuck Jones Version)
I just found this clip and thought it would be a nice share here. Thanks to Cartoon Brew for bringing it to my attention. It's definitely got the Chuck Jones audio background and animation style going for it.
It is available in it's entirety on dvd.
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CBS Saturday Morning 1981
A few new shows this year include Kwicky Koala, Trollkins, Blackstar, and Zorro was added to the Tarzan/Lone Ranger Adventure Hour. Now I don't rememeber a single one of them which means that by 1981 I was probably watching another network.
Returning this year: The Bugs Bunny Road Runner Show, The Popeye and Olive Oyl Show, The Tom and Jerry Comedy Show, and the New Fat Albert Show.
Kwicky Koala and The Trollkins were gone by the spring, to be replaced by an expanded Bugs Bunny Road Runner Show.
The Kwicky Koala Show - In a Pig's Eye
Trollkins - Intro
Blackstar - Intro
Tom And Jerry Comedy Show - Gopher It (from Brazilian tv)
Zorro - Don Diego Becomes Zorro
Friday, April 24, 2009
Star Trek Animated Series - $19 at Amazon today!
I have been waiting for a good deal to get this series ever since I almost bought it on laserdisc for more than a hundred bucks many years ago. And here it is! $19 for a four disc set!
Star Trek The Animated Series - The Animated Adventures of Gene Roddenberry's Star Trek
Accident Man (Comic Book Mini-Series)
The Crosseyed Cyclops has posted this three issue mini-series that sounds kind of interesting. I have not yet read it but I have always liked the genre (secret agent with a twist) such as THE TROUBLE WITH GIRLS.
Link
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Portable Multi Video Game System Emulator
Do any of you, my faithful readers, have a device like this? I keep seeing them pop up on Engadget and places like that and I am almost ready to flip the proverbial switch and order one for myself. For about $87 you get this portable device which will emulate almost any 32 bit (or older) video games system on it's 320x240 screen and it will play videos and MP3s. It also includes 4 GB of internal RAM and a mini-sd card slot for increased storage.
Gaming Console Modes:
- NES (Nintendo Entertainment System - 8bit)
- SNES (Super Nintendo Entertainment System - 16bit)
- Sega Genesis (Sega Mega-Drive - 16-bit)
- GBA (Nintendo Game Boy Advance)
- Neo-Geo (SNK Neo-Geo)
- CPS1 and CPS2 (CAPCOM, arcade game systems, 1st and 2nd edition)
Wow! (?)
Link ($87.31 at Chinavision)
Billo's Album Cover
Here is another one that I would just love to hear! What kind of awful goodness could be behind this record sleeve?
(originally posted at LP Cover Lover)
Peter Pain (Ben-Gay Ads in the Guise of Comic Strips from 1954)
Blatant marketing to kids in the 1950's? Oh the horror! Anyone who was a tot from the late 1960's to the 1980's can relate to this idea being used against the Saturday morning cartoons of those times.
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Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
The Girl From U.N.C.L.E. (Comics)
Ikenga Superstars of Africa - Ikengas In Search of Peace (1985)
Afro-pop week continues (at least I hope that is what I am doing this week! It's been a while since I created the Music Monday post that actually posted on Sunday) with this promotional gem.
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Free Issue of HELIOTROPE
This one looks good - "Neil Gaiman, Lou Anders, Bryan Talbot, Hal Duncan, Catherynne M. Valente, Chris Roberson, Paul S. Kemp and Rhys Hughes contributed fiction and articles that were part of an issue of Heliotrope that was an appreciation to the legendary writer, Michael Moorcock."
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Video Arcade Gum (from 1983)
Does anyone remember this? I certainly don't - maybe it was a regional thing (?) otherwise I know that I would have been all over it!
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