Pop links: Michael's weird sendoff; Tom Corbett; Steranko; Infantino; Beatles bootlegger quits, more!

Reviewing a memorial service is weird. But, then, this memorial service WAS weird. From Mojo:

WHILE THIS IS STILL the Official Period Of Mourning In Which It Is Not Permissible To Say Bad Things About Michael Jackson, can we be the first to ask of yesterday's Tribute gig: what the f____ was that all about?

If the vision of his not-always-supportive family dressed up in the shades'n'glove uniform and faking the solidarity they could never manage during his lifetime was not weird enough, what will be the lasting (further?) damage to his poor kids - Prince Michael, Prince Michael II and Princess Michael Of Kent (or whatever she's called) - of this garish and hypocritical wake-cum-PR-circus, this tribute to their father and (frankly) all the money he made for lots of people once upon a time?


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See a Tom Corbett View-Master reel.



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We just wrapped our own presentation of Shadow paperback covers by the great Jim Steranko. Now here's a look at some of his other book illustration work.






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Via Michael May's Adventureblog, check out this awesome home theater modeled on Captain Nemo's Nautilus!


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The first issue of DC's Wednesday Comics (see related posts below) is in shops today. USA Today is running the Superman installments online. Check out the first one here.



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Read a great interview with veteran comics artist/editor Carmine Infantino.





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Good news/bad news Dept.: Famed Beatles bootlegger Dr. Ebbetts, known for his excellent-sounding "needle drop" from-vinyl transfers of classic Beatles albums to CD, is calling it quits. This news is on good authority--from renowned Beatleg expert Doug Sulpy himself. So that's bad. The good news is why Doc Ebbetts is quitting:

Evidently, the Doc has heard samples which purport to be from the upcoming remasters, feels that these better his own work, and has decided it isn't worth it to carry on with the "core" of his collection rendered obsolete by the upcoming official releases.

Obviously, this means that the upcoming official remasters of the Beatles' albums are going to sound really, really good. Up until now, Dr. Ebbetts' releases have been the best way to hear the Fabs' output on disk, far surpassing the sound quality of the official CDs released in the late 1980s.

So, I bid a fond farewell to Doc E. and all the great work he's done tiding us over in the interim.




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Hear Sonic Youth live in concert on NPR.

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