My brother, 60's Marvel Comics collector extraordinaire, sent me an email regarding yesterday's post in which he reminded me about the lovely wares spotlighted in 1968's Spectacular Spider-Man magazine. A short-lived attempt by Marvel at cracking the magazine market (presumably due to the company's awareness of a strong college-age readership in its regular comics fare), each of the two issues aimed for a more "adult" sensibility -- not in the stories themselves, which were standard template Stan Lee/John Romita fare done in a longer form, but rather in the class (and I use that term loosely) of items [...]
This was their 10 inch 7 song debut, released in early 1968. Throughout their career the Flamin' Groovies went through multiple phases though many feel that the Sneakers to Teenage Head era was the band's finest. During this period the band produced some of the best proto punk hard rock records around. In the late 70's people started realizing the band's importance and influence on the emerging punk scene. The band finally received an enormous amount of respect from the rock press during this period. This late 70's version was led by Cyril Jordan, [...]
Man, am I digging the Foley story! This is one of the more entertaining news cycles since Slick Willie was on the prowl. It’s like All The President’s Men or something in the way it keeps getting worse and worse day after day. I’d been scared that Joe Lunchbucket couldn’t follow the Abramoff stuff, but I could draw you pictures of the Foley antics and make you understand. I think Fat Bastard (Denny Hastert) is finished. Hey, don’t forget using some of them harsh methods you guys are so sweet on! [...]
The long and short of it is that I've made you a summer mix tape. I woke up all excited for a nice summer day of tennis and bbq and things like that. Then the sun went away, the grey came in and the rain started. There will be no tennis today. There will be no bbq today. And so I find myself with some extra time on my hands. And that's the story of the radnauseum summer mix tape.... mix mp3 collection... whatever. Plus... to make things [...]
Armagideon Time
The Rising Storm
Timedoor
radams ad nauseum
Catcall – ‘The Warmest Place’
This Is Not The End (Gui Boratto 2012 Mix)
Rihanna Gets Nude For Nude
