Pop Culture Roundup Jan. 20, 2006

The BBC remembers Wilson Pickett, one of my all-time favorite soul singers.

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Via Bedazzled: The BBC reports Universal Music is making more than 10,000 deleted albums available for download, including work by the likes of Eddie & the Hot Rods, Fairport Convention, Chris DeBurgh, Jacques Brel, Nana Mouskouri and Brigitte Bardot.

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Down in the Groove shares an out-of-print John Lennon interview album, live Paul McCartney and rare Neil Innes (Bonzos, Rutles, Pythons).

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Some exotica sharity from Xtabay: Don Tiare - The Music of Les Baxter.

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Dial B for Blog hilariously reviews another issue of DC's "Infinite Mid-life Crisis" so I don't have to. Like I would've anyway.

Still, it's fun to see Robby get his jabs in, although he says the series holds some promise. I don't know. The scans presented in his review look awful I'm very much lost on what the point of this is all supposed to be.

Early on, we'd heard we'd be left with a more accessible, less dark DC Universe when the whole thing's over. But it certainly looks like the reader has to persevere through a lot of ugly, dark muck to get there.

I guess, though, if the series does what it's supposed to do, though, I don't have to read it because, when it's over, I'll be able to pick up any DC book of interest to me and happily enjoy it without all the tedious continuity getting in the way. Right?

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Joss Whedon talks about his second year plans for "Astonishing X-Men."

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Check out a groovy online exhibit of 1950s raygun toys. The twist is, these are the patent drawings for said toys, not photos.

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Via the Great Curve: Jewish World Review has an article about Joe Kubert's new "Sgt. Rock" mini-series.

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