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TODAY ON UDETROIT THE BOB BAUER SHOW!!

Posted: 22 Jun 2011 09:49 AM PDT



Today Bob has a ton of my buddies on The Bob Bauer Show 2-6pm



From 2 to 6pm D time: New music from Jim McCarty, Jim McCarty AND Jim McCarty plus...The Howling Diablos, Chrome Mollie, Slaves of Illuminati, Dave Edwards and The Infatuations as well as new music from around the world and the latest Electronic from The Electric T, Droppin' Beats In The D...and who knows what else?! You know where...Come git you some...

Here is the Link

Paradise Valley To Motown, The Rock Starts Here...The Bob Bauer Show 2-6pm - UDetroit
www.udetroit.com

GARY AND LAURA GRIMSHAW EVENT: TEMPORARY INSANITY

Posted: 22 Jun 2011 05:52 AM PDT






Got a note this am from the lovely Laura Grimshaw wife of our favorite artist Gary Grimshaw. They are having a 2 day art/music event in Detroit this weekend... Pun Plamondon will be there reading from his fantastic book "Lost From the Ottawa" which I absolutely loved reading.. Would make a great movie! So we are going to try to make it down there.

From Laura:

I hope you have seen our poster and info about show this weekend; your facebook page would not allow me to send an invite...but we have been posting on fb and have a page with the schedule at SOMA Society of Detroit group page. We have Susan Whitall reading from her Little Willie John book. LEG

More info HERE

[New post] Paul McGann stars in Doctor Who spin-off The Minister of Chance

Paul McGann stars in Doctor Who spin-off The Minister of Chance

dailypop | June 22, 2011 at 8:29 pm | Tags: doctor who The Minister of Chance mcgann | Categories: doctor who | URL: http://wp.me/p4kUt-2LG

A character first introduced in the 2001 streaming multimedia project Doctor Who - Death Comes to Time, the Minister of Chance, rival Time Lord played by Stephen Fry stole the show from both Sylvester McCoy and John Sessions. One of the few survivors from The Second War in Heaven (a conflict between the Time Lords and the Great Vampires/Yssgaroth), The Minister of Chance gained a strong support base from Whovians in hope of seeing or hearing from the character again.

Almost eleven years later, the follow up is here and has received roaring support and glowingly positive early reviews.

The accolades are many and from the most popular of cult sources:

"Ambitious and innovative...excellent production that creates vivid, evocative soundscapes that drive forward the mood and suspense....gripping."
Elisabeth Mahoney The Guardian

"...terrific...put me in mind somehow of Iain M Banks' science fiction. The acting was great... a wonderful cast...the production values were inventive and pin-sharp."
Warren Ellis Writer, The Authority / Planetary / Red

"...is there even a way to begin describing the quality of the soundtrack? Every review of The Minister of Chance works out the same: it's fantastic... the actors are brilliant...the story is gripping...this pioneering radiophonic drama has us spellbound."
10th Planet, Life the Universe and...

The Minister of Chance is a new form of entertainment - a radiophonic drama - made using a combination of film and radio techniques and delivered by podcast. It is the first, but we hope not last, of its kind. By painstakingly constructing soundscapes we create worlds that you can drift into wherever you are.

The production is funded entirely by you. By buying the episodes and merchandise you are actively allowing us to complete the series.

The series will run in seasons of six episodes. The first two episodes and a prologue have been made and the remaining episodes and seasons will be created when we have enough sales to allow us to make them.

The production stars accomplished actor Julian Wadham as the lead character, and several luminaries of cult science fiction including Paul McGann (The Eighth Doctor) as ambassador Durian, Sylvester McCoy (The Seventh Doctor) as Witch Prime, Paul Darrow (Avon from Blake's 7) as General Lord Rathen and Jenny Agutter (Logan's Run) as Professor Cantha.
Prologue- Ambassador Durian of Sezuan (Paul McGann) is despatched to the primitive backwater of Tanto to engage in diplomacy with The King (Mark Lewis). However, The King is unimpressed by Durian's offers of friendship, and things take an altogether sinister turn.
watch?v=nXx4NX5IPSE

For more information, please visit the official site of The Minister of Chance.

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[New post] Howard Chaykin takes the Avengers back to 1959

Howard Chaykin takes the Avengers back to 1959

dailypop | June 22, 2011 at 2:48 pm | Tags: avengers marvel, howard chaykin | Categories: Avengers | URL: http://wp.me/p4kUt-2Lv

Recently referred to as 'the Jewish rick god of comics' by Brian Michael Bendis, Howard Chaykin is one of the modern masters of the medium. From American Flagg to Blade to the Shadow and Black Kiss, he has dipped his pen into various genres, but retained that distinctive style each time. When Bendis and Chaykin teamed up to present readers with an alternate Avengers team assembled by Nick Fury in 1959, readers were confused but excited nonetheless. It was unclear how the flashback story fit into modern continuity, but damn if it wasn't fun!

This October Chaykin will deliver the goods once again as he turns back the clock to a different era before the Avengers formed at Stark Mansion and instead operated as a covert ops team consisting of the unlikeliest of characters.

Avengers 1959

Marvel Comics fans know the original "Avengers" line-up first assembled on a day unlike any other. Readers of "New Avengers" know that fateful day may have come much earlier than anyone originally believed. In the series' recently completed "Infinity" arc writer Brian Michael Bendis told a story set in the present with the book's present day members illustrated by Mike Deodato, and a story set in the past featuring art by Howard Chaykin. The story set in the past took place in 1959, and in it the U.S. President tasked war hero Nick Fury with creating a special "Avengers Initiative," a team of highly skilled and super powered operatives that would take on secret missions. Over the course of the five-issue storyline, Fury assembled his team and led them on their first assignment, to shut down a secret Nazi cabal attempting to create their own Captain America.

This fall, Fury and his team return for another action-packed, top-secret mission in the five-issue "Avengers 1959" miniseries written and drawn by Chaykin. CBR News spoke with him about the project beginning in October.

"Infinity" originally came about because Chaykin approached Bendis with the idea of doing a Nick Fury story in a context similar to the AMC television series "Mad Men." The idea grew and eventually became part of a "New Avengers" arc, but Chaykin felt the story worked out beautifully. It featured a large cast of interesting characters, and Nick Fury was still front and center for all the action. That suited Chaykin just fine because the writer/artist is a longtime fan of the character. His past Nick Fury stories include books like 1976's "Marvel Spotlight" #31 where Chaykin teamed with writer Jim Starlin to tell a story that introduced the concept of the Infinity Formula, the secret chemical concoction that keeps Fury young. There is also 1989's "Wolverine/Nick Fury," an original graphic novel by Chaykin and writer Archie Goodwin that brought Fury face to face with Mikel, the son he never knew he had.

It comes as no surprise that Chaykin is very excited to be writing Nick Fury again, especially the 1959 incarnation of the character. "I was born in 1950. My older relatives were all vets of either the Second World War and or Korea. It really did inform the life we lived. I was nine years old in 1959 and aware and reading comics. So to a certain extent I've kind of become the go-to guy in comics in general for period material because I seem to have a pretty good handle on conveying visually and textually a sensibility that's markedly different from contemporary senses," Chaykin told CBR News. "What it is about Fury that I like, is that he really is a guy who is old enough to have genuinely experienced the horror of the Second World War and young enough to still be active and vital at this point. And for me it wasn't just because he looked like him, but my backstory in my head for Fury, because of where he was born and raised, is that in another universe he would have been Burt Lancaster.

"Lancaster was a guy who was born and raised on the Lower East Side of Manhattan who became an acrobat in a circus and ultimately moved from that into heroic movie roles and then became a great character actor. Fury is a guy who is a product of the Lower East Side of Manhattan. He's a Yancy Street guy in the most basic way. I really like that aspect of this guy. He's a New Yorker born and bred whose seen the world and has a world view that's both global and local," Chaykin continued. "The story that Brian and I told took place before Fury became a super spy. In that story, and in this one as well, you're seeing Nick Fury stepping up to the plate to become the guy we know he's going to become."

Nick Fury isn't the only member of the 1959 Avengers with a special place in Chaykin's heart. Chaykin created Dominic Fortune and introduced him in in the pages of the black and white Marvel Magazine "Marvel Preview" #2 in 1975. Before his most recent return to the character with "Infinity," Chaykin wrote and drew a four-issue "Dominic Fortune" miniseries for Marvel's MAX imprint.

"I always figured that Fortune was a couple years older than Fury. In my head, Fortune served in the Spanish Civil War. If I ever get a chance to do another Fortune miniseries I'd love to show his experiences during that conflict," Chaykin remarked. " And again, like Fury, he's a New Yorker. Unlike Fury though, he fled New York and built a new life and identity for himself in California. So by the time we meet him again in '59 he's a bit more weathered, a bit more cautious than he would have been in the '30s and '40s, and has a more sanguine view of life. Perhaps he's more fatalistic."

In "Infinity" Fortune was the second person Nick Fury recruited for his Avengers team. His first was Wolverine's savage arch-enemy, Sabretooth, and Sabretooth wouldn't be the only recruit with a primal edge. The team also included Spider-Man's foe Kraven the Hunter and his girlfriend at the time, Namora of the "Agents of Atlas." In "Avengers 1959" Chaykin will explore the dynamic between these three fierce characters.

"These were the characters that were handed to me, and in that first story we hinted at some bad blood between Kraven and Sabretooth. As we speak I'm working on the panel break downs for issue #4. I did a sequence that directly addresses some of that," Chaykin explained. "It was one of those moments where I'm flying by the seat of my pants and wondering how I'm going to solve this problem and it was like 'O'Brien to Ryan to Goldberg.' It's like a triple play. It started with this, goes here, and then boom! The tag line is sort of Namora's dismissive, 'Whatever, he'll get over it.' So there is that. You've got those three characters who are barely contained by civilization."

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"Avengers 1959" picks up a few weeks after the end of the "Infinity" arc in "New Avengers" and finds the titular team pursuing a different target. "They're not after the Red Skull this time. Basically they're up against that nascent network of post-World War II fascist villains that's slowly coming together," Chaykin said. "There's also a third party, which I will not go into, that is instrumental in stirring up a storm between our heroes and those villains. That sort of complicates things radically."

Chaykin ultimately wants "Avengers 1959" to be a project where the story and art combine to deliver an epic, action-packed, character-driven, tale. "For me it's basically punching, killing, and explosions. People always assume I'm a huge pulp fan and I'm really not. My familiarity with pulp stuff is actually limited. I have to do research on that as much as anything else," the writer/artist remarked. "I'd certainly say there's no dearth of action. If you found that atmosphere from the 'New Avengers' story appealing, there's plenty of that too because this is what I like to do; character moments and action. What could be better?"

(full article at CBR.com)

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Jafar Silk Shirt Dress by Diane von Furstenberg

Posted: 21 Jun 2011 10:15 AM PDT

Jafardress

Who better to turn to for seventies revivalist fashion that the designers who made their name in the decade itself? That's the key to the great looks of Diane von Furstenberg's latest designs, like this Jafar Silk Shirt Dress with its pitch perfect seventies looks.

The relaxed fit of the dress is key to its high end, luxurious feel, using a rich silk fabric that creates femininity out of the menswear-inspired shirt design. The use of a true seventies-glam tan shade adds a hint of that much-loved Riviera style, with a waist-cinching belt to tie it all together.

It's available online in the UK from Net-a-Porter for £400.

Find out more from the website

Retro Maternity Jeans from Topshop

Posted: 21 Jun 2011 09:45 AM PDT

Maternitymoto

While the options for true vintage maternity wear might be limited to smocks and voluminous dresses, there's plenty of retro options available for expecting mums available from modern retailers. These Maternity Skinny Jeans from Topshop are ideal for creating a cool cropped mid-century look with all the comfort you need thrown in.

The skinny cut combined with a cropped leg create a cool capri style, ideal for fifties and sixties looks. The use of bright shades of red and teal add another element to the vintage feel, offering a great wardrobe basic. The jeans have elastic panelling at the waistline to accommodate for the baby bump, too.

They're now available from Topshop for £38.

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Sir Harald Panel Curtain by Lisa Bengtsson

Posted: 21 Jun 2011 08:01 AM PDT

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New in at the Scandinavian Design Center is this Sir Harald Panel Curtain by Swedish artist Lisa Bengtsson.

Like many of Lisa's patterns, it combines black and white with bold splashes of colour. In this case, the design is a tribute to Lisa's great grandfather Harald, although I'm not sure if the rather dashing retro-looking man in the print is actually him. The curtain measures 43cm by 260 cm and costs £53.56.

Buy it online from the Scandinavian Design Center.

Capellini Secret Clubhouse

Posted: 21 Jun 2011 04:37 AM PDT

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The Capellini Secret Clubhouse is an unusual piece that combines memories of childhood dens with the best of classic Swedish design.

It could easily pass as something from the 1970s, although it was created by Martin Vallin in 2010 and rather than wicker, it uses recycled pine plywood. Even at the current discounted price, the Cappellini Secret Clubhouse is, I suspect, out of most people's price range for a single piece of furniture. It costs £5,863.98 (reduced from £6,898.80).

If you have the desire and means, buy it online at Nest.

Musical Bouquet print by Madamesange

Posted: 21 Jun 2011 02:41 AM PDT

Musicalbouquet
This Musical Bouquet print by Madamesange is a joyful piece of retro-styled artwork. 

Madamesange is otherwise known as Helen Lang. This piece has something of a fifties/early sixties feel about it, from the boxy look of the musician to the sketchy style of the flowers. 

A lovely piece of artwork, if you like it we advise moving quickly - it's a limited edition of just twenty. 

The print costs £58.

Buy it from Elphicks

Marionette Wallpaper by Ferm Living

Posted: 21 Jun 2011 02:32 AM PDT

Marionette paper

Cast your mind back and you may remember the Marionette cushions, the result of a collaboration between Ferm Living and Darling Clementine. Those creatures are back, this time ready to liven up your kid's bedroom in the form of this Marionette Wallpaper

The four creatures - Frank Fox, Elle Elephant, Posy Panda and Aristo Katt - are, as with the cushions, depicted in a retro style and here is shown as a repeated pattern against a turquoise background. 

A timeless design for a kid's room, the wallpaper costs £59.95 a roll. 

Buy it from Wallpaper Direct

Pearl & Ivy Liberty Print Ears Alice Band from ASOS

Posted: 21 Jun 2011 01:50 AM PDT

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Add a dash of summer florals to your look with this Liberty Print Alice Ears Band from Pearl & Ivy at ASOS.

Pearl & Ivy are London-based design duo Carly Beischer and Samantha Neary. They draw their influences from vintage styling and the glamourous designs of the 1920's and 1930's.

A flexible metal band within the Liberty print fabric allows you to shape the hairband however you like; be it in a sharp bow like the one pictured here - or go all out and give yourself a pair of ears; either way you can be sure your style will go the distance.

The bow is handmade and costs £30 from ASOS.

 

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