A “Teenage Dream”, Coming August 24th, From Ms. Katy Perry (Updated)
“I really don’t know clouds at all.” … Joni Mitchell
“Fine, Fresh, Fierce, We got it on lock.” … Katherine Hudson (nee Perry) and Dr. Luke, Max Martin, Snoop Dogg & Benny Blanco
“Oy.” … Your popGeezer
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Added 7/28/2010:
Katy made her very own fake-advance You Tube video for “Teenage Dream”, just like the kids like to do!! It has lyrics and everything!
“Avengers Freakin’ Assemble!!” Fanboy Dreams Made Real In San Diego
Yeah. This actually happened.
Late yesterday at the San Diego Comic Con, The Avengers actually assembled in the frakkin’ flesh. Please to enjoy, from left to right:
- Kevin Feige, head of Marvel Studios
- Robert Downey Jr., Tony Stark/Iron Man
- Clark Gregg, S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent Phil Coulson
- Scarlett Johanssen, Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow
- Chris Hemsworth, Thor
- Chris Evans, Steve Rogers/Captain America
- Samuel L. Jackson, S.H.I.E.L.D. Director Nicholas Fury
- Jeremy Renner, Clint Barton/Hawkeye
- Mark Ruffalo, Bruce Banner (III)/The Hulk
- Joss Whedon, Earthly demi-god and writer/director of “The Avengers” movie
I think I need my smelling salts….
As “Nerd Thanksgiving” Approaches, An Appetizer From Marvel and ‘USA Today’
Tonight, it’s preview night for the 40th anniversary gathering of geekdom that is the San Diego Comic Con.
Now spread to five days of comics, movies, TV, games, LARP, awards, auctions and geekstacy, it has become – to paraphrase sports writer Michael Wilbon – “Nerd Thanksgiving“.
And before tonight’s “reception”, USA Today and Marvel Studios delivered an appetizer of mythic proportions, this image from next summer’s “Thor” movie…
Now why does it make your old popGeezer wobbly? Yes, Chris Hemsworth looks pretty “nummy” as the Norse God of Thunder, but that’s not my area of delight.
No, I’m all a-twitter ’cause of the similarity with this image…
Stone slab? Hammer time?
While I don’t think Thor will be Dr. Donald Blake in the film – how do you camouflage Hemsworth’s mass? – I’m hoping that USA Today image is when Thor is reunited with his enchanted Uru Hammer.
Rock. \m/
popGeezer Radio’s “These Were The Seventies: 1975″
In 1975, Disco was in full bloom, punk was still an unstruck match in the mainstream, and pop was still pretty poppy.
We reach 1975 on this week’s episode of popGeezer Radio’s “These Were The Seventies“!
| ARTIST | TITLE |
| Aerosmith | Sweet Emotion |
| Foghat | Slow Ride |
| Pink Floyd | Have A Cigar |
| Roxy Music | Love Is The Drug |
| David Bowie | Golden Years |
| Bad Company | Feel Like Makin’ Love |
| Lynyrd Skynyrd | Saturday Night Special |
| Paul McCartney & Wings | Listen To What The Man Said |
| John Lennon | #9 Dream |
| George Harrison | You |
| Rolling Stones | Out of Time |
| Sweet | Fox On The Run |
| The Eagles | One Of These Nights |
| Chicago | Old Days |
| The Who | Squeeze Box |
| Four Seasons | Who Loves You |
| Van McCoy | The Hustle |
| Pink Floyd | Wish You Were Here |
| Bee Gees | Jive Talkin’ |
| Bee Gees | Nights On Broadway |
| Sugarloaf | Don’t Call Us, We’ll Call You |
| Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds | Fallin’ In Love |
| Linda Ronstadt | You’re No Good |
| America | Sister Golden Hair |
| Neil Sedaka | Bad Blood (ft. Elton John) |
| Simon & Garfunkel | My Little Town |
| James Taylor | How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) |
| Bob Dylan | Tangled Up In Blue |
| Minnie Ripperton | Lovin’ You |
| Steely Dan | Black Friday |
| Todd Rundgren | Real Man |
| Aerosmith | Walk This Way |
| KISS | Rock & Roll All Nite (Live) |
| David Bowie | Young Americans |
| Queen | You’re My Best Friend |
| War | Why Can’t We Be Friends |
| The Rocky Horro Picture Show | Time Warp |
| ABBA | Mamma Mia |
| Glen Campbell | Rhinestone Cowboy |
| Alice Cooper | Only Women Bleed |
| Jefferson Starship | Miracles |
| Styx | Lady |
| Bruce Springsteen | Born To Run |
| Queen | Bohemian Rhapsody |
Facebook’s Dark Origins Make For A Promising Looking Movie
After the second teaser trailer, which was basically just visual status updates and bits of dialogue from the film, I got real interested in “The Social Network“. Now, the first full trailer is going out attached to Warner’s “Inception”, and it looks equally as engrossing.
Based on Ben Mezrich’s (“Bringing Down The House“, “Busting Vegas“) book “The Accidental Billionaires“, “The Social Network” tells the (questionably) true story of the creation of social networking’s killer app Facebook. As any Facebook fan could imagine, it appears to make a villain of Facebook uber-lord Mark Zuckerberg, as the book was written with the cooperation of (allegedly) screwed-over co-founder Eduardo Saverin.
The film has a solid list of creative contirbutors, too. Director David Fincher, screenwriter Aaron Sorkin, producer Kevin Spacey, and stars Jesse Eisenberg (“Zombieland”), Justin Timberlake, and Andrew Garfield (the new Spider-Man) all combine to make “Social Network” look to be the main upscale picture of the fall.
With its canny combination of a youth-culture cast, blue-ribbon creatives, and a subject that really cuts across a bunch of demographics, “The Social Network” might be an Oscar-bait movie that can BOTH make money and collect statues. Let’s take a look, shall we?
“The Social Network” opens on October 1, 2010.
(And, BTW, though the movie’s official site does use an Open Graph recommendation widget, the movie is not listed or shown on Sony’s official movie Facebook page. And the only Facebook page for the actual movie “looks” like a fanpage. Curious.)
Zombies Invading San Diego, As AMC Rolls Out The Hype For “Walking Dead”
Click to enlarge the above photo, which is the first cast photo release from AMC TV for the upcoming series “The Walking Dead“. Adapted and directed by Frank Darabont (“Shawshank Redemption”), from Robert Kirkman’s Image Comics series, six episodes will begin airing this October on AMC.
For those who follow the comic, this picture is about as close an exact translation of these eight core characters to real-life as one could imagine. And star Andrew Lincoln’s “Viggo Mortensen-ness” in the picture can’t hurt the show at all.
Next week, AMC launches an all-out offensive for the show at the San Diego Comic Con, with panels, signings, a party and a screening of the pilot for lucky attendees.
No pressure on the cast and creators to deliver at SDCC, huh?
popGeezer Radio’s “Fresh-Mix Thursday” For July 15, 2010
We had a full load of fabulous pop on this week’s “Fresh-Mix Thursday” on popGeezer Radio! You can hear it all again tomorrow morning, and at various times this weekend, so just refer to this handy list of tunes played for the scoop!
| ARTIST | TITLE |
| Vampire Weekend | A-Punk |
| Kings Of Leon | Molly’s Chambers (live) |
| The Jam | The Modern World |
| Kate Nash | Do-Wah-Doo |
| The Cowsills | Love American Style |
| Marshall Crenshaw | Starless Summer Sky |
| The New Pornographers | Crash Years (Live on Letterman) |
| Genesis | Illegal Alien |
| Jace Everett | Bad Things (Theme from “True Blood”) |
| Kellie Pickler | Don’t You Know You’re Beautiful |
| Elton John | Sweet Painted Lady |
| Imelda May ft. Jeff Beck | How High the Moon (Live @ Grammys 2010) |
| Ian Hunter | Once Bitten Twice Shy |
| Inmates | Dirty Water |
| Kenny Chesney | Don’t Blink |
| John Hiatt | Thing Called Love |
| Julie Neumark | Dimestore Halo |
| Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes | Satisfaction Guaranteed (Or Take Your Love Back) |
| The Doobie Brothers | Little Darling (I Need You) |
| Joni Mitchell | The Dry Cleaner From Des Moines |
| John Mayer Trio | Who Do You Think I Was? |
| The Raconteurs | Steady, As She Goes |
| Katy Perry | California Gurls (Live from MMA’s 2010) |
| Katy Perry | If You Can Afford Me |
| Hunter Gibson | The Unopened Door |
| John Waite | Missing You |
| Prince | Cinnamon Girl |
| Neil Young And Crazy Horse | Cinnamon Girl |
| INXS | Devil Inside |
| Starship | Layin’ It On the Line |
| Kid Rock | All Summer Long |
| Kiki Dee | I’ve Got The Music In Me |
| k.d. lang | Constant Craving |
| John Lennon | Going Down On Love |
| Kinks | Where Have All the Good Times Gone |
| Kansas | Portrait (He Knew) / Carry On Wayward Son (live) |
| Journey | Wheel In The Sky |
| The Clash | Clash City Rockers |
| Kelly Clarkson | My Life Would Suck Without You |
| Wanda Jackson | Honey Don’t |
| Kirsty MacColl | Terry |
| Paul Davis | Love Or Let Me Be Lonely |
| Kiss | A World Without Heroes |
| Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers | Running Man’s Bible |
| Steve Miller Band | Heart Like A Wheel |
| Paul Simon | Outrageous |
| A plus D | Beethoven’s 5th Gold Digger (Kanye vs. Walter Murphy) |
| Kenny Loggins | Danger Zone |
| Joan Jett & The Blackhearts | Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah) |
| Styx | Mr. Roboto (live) |
| Lowell George | 20 Million Things |
| Imogen Heap | Not Now But Soon |
| Bob Dylan | Simple Twist Of Fate |
| Olivia Newton-John | Twist Of Fate |
| The Romantics | Tell It To Carrie |
| Tom Jones | Delilah |
| David Bowie | Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) |
| Suzi Quatro & Chris Norman | Stumblin’ In |
| The Rolling Stones | Time Is On My Side |
| The Byrds | 5D (Fifth Dimension) |
| The Rubinoos | I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend |
| Kerli | Love Is Dead |
| Suzanne Vega | Caramel |
| Bruce Springsteen | Does This Bus Stop At 82nd Street? |
| Jackson Browne | Cocaine |
| Sting | Next To You |
| The Police | King Of Pain [Live] |
| The Sex Pistols | Pretty Vacant |
| The Beatles | Good Day Sunshine |
| The Beatles | Martha My Dear |
| The Beatles | She Said She Said |
| Led Zeppelin | When the Levee Breaks |
| Sting & Sheryl Crow | Always on your side |
| Hurricane Smith | Oh, Babe, What Would You Say? |
| Queen | Want To Break Free |
| Bill Wyman | (Si Si) Je Suis Un Rock Star |
| Roger Waters | Goodbye Cruel World (live) |
| David Gilmour | So Far Away |
| Adam & The Ants | Prince Charming |
| The Shoes | Too Late |
| The Hollies | Dear Eloise |
| Sara Hickman | I Wish I Were A Princess |
| Marvin Gaye | Sexual Healing |
| R.E.M. | Nightswimming |
| Utopia | Road To Utopia |
| The Who | Long Live Rock |
| Mac McAnally | She’s A Doll |
| Aerosmith | Rag Doll |
| Hole | Doll Parts |
| The Four Seasons | Rag Doll |
| Plastiscines | 097-Bitch |
| Kiss | Plaster Caster |
| Eric Clapton | Badge (live) |











