1. First to business, with several blog updates to report:
◀ - Rather than featuring extinct links that lead to dead ends, the old post regarding illustrator Robert McGinnis has been amended, and currently directs readers to vibrant sites showing fine examples of his work.
- 'Ask the man who drives one'... ▼ The post concerning unanswered questions about Peter Sellers and his mechanical elephant now includes some information shared by a previous owner of just such an animal...
Speaking of which, I thoroughly loved 'Forgetting Sarah Marshall', and am SO looking forward to 'Pineapple Express' - - Basically, I've been an easy mark for all of the Apatow Posse since 'Freaks & Geeks' was on the air getting great reviews and bad ratings.
Due for release later this year is the Herbie Archive Volume 1 hardcover edition, to be published by Dark Horse Comics.
As originally published by ACG, it's the classic and strange 1960's 'unlikeliest super-hero' comics from writer Shane O'Shea and artist Ogden Whitney. 224 pages in full color, collecting the character's earliest appearances.
It'll mean Herbie being available to the masses again, not merely the intrepid collectors!
5. I tend to be a sucker for any story about another skirmish with the FCC's policies toward the utterance of expletives on radio.
The Radio Business Report recently ran a piece: 'President Clinton goes blue on noncom radio'. It's an interesting little story, bringing up possible problems with rigid rulings and blanket penalties.
6. Below: ▼ The li'l Japanese gal rocks the Kansas at her recital! (YouTube link via Coudal Partners.)
I sent that video link around to some friends a few days ago. If she's taking requests for future performances, Johnny Savage would like to hear 'Bohemian Rhapsody', Stairway - - of course, and 'Devil Went Down To Georgia'.
Joe Sixpack requests side two of the 'Abbey Road' album.
Myself, I'm thinking The Band's 'Chest Fever', and Deep Purple's 'Highway Star'. - - Okay, and maybe Edgar Winter's 'Frankenstein'...
- - But wait! There's more.
In response to that video above, my old friend Rosie Palm (a.k.a. Lady J) has countered with another YouTube link to a different Japanese take on American Top 40 - - Do please check it out!
◀ - Rather than featuring extinct links that lead to dead ends, the old post regarding illustrator Robert McGinnis has been amended, and currently directs readers to vibrant sites showing fine examples of his work.
- - And so it's very cheering indeed to read of Jason Segel talking about putting together a new Muppet movie.
5. I tend to be a sucker for any story about another skirmish with the FCC's policies toward the utterance of expletives on radio.
