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Do Re Mi Bombscare by DJNoNo

Fantasy writer David Eddings dies

Bestselling fantasy author David Eddings, who wrote The Belgariad and The Malloreon series, has died aged 77.

Jane Johnson, publishing director at Eddings' UK publisher HarperCollins, paid tribute to the author. HarperCollins was his publisher from 1990 until 2006, when his last title, The Elder Gods, was released.

She said: 'The Voyager team and I were immensely sad to hear the news. The arrival of a new Eddings novel used to be a grand event for the whole division. In the 90s, each one was guaranteed a Number One position on the Sunday Times hardback bestseller list, selling 100,000 copies apiece.

The Beatles: Rock Band

The world’s leading music game meets the greatest band in history! The Beatles™: Rock Band™ gives fans what they’ve been waiting for: a chance to experience the Beatles’ legendary story from the inside. You won’t just watch and listen as the Beatles make rock history, create landmark records and conquer the world—for the first time, you’ll be part of the band.

This Week's SL Setlists

I'm previewing the setlists for this week's DJ sets in Second Life. You can search for either "The Gnarled Oak" or "Fiction and Lattes" to find the locations, or if worse comes to worse IM Walton Vieria and I'll send you a limo. Both of these sets are for Wednesday, June 3, 2009. While the Oak setlist is pretty much locked in, I might still play around with the Orion set.

The first set will be at the Gnarled Oak and is a cat-themed set. Music about cats and kitties...and something else that some consider to be cat-like. This set is from 5-7 SLT. The music is all over the place for this set, just the way that I like it.

1. Tom Jones - What's New Pussycat (2:19)
2. Fletcher Henderson & His Orchestra - Kitty On Toast (2:45)
3. Theme From The Thundercats Television Program (1:15)
4. Cat Power - Werewolf (4:08)
5. Golden Boy and Miss Kittin - Rippin Kittin (4:48)
6. REM - Fuck Me Kitten (w. William S. Burroughs) (3:30)
7. Grinderman - No Pussy Blues (Midfield General Remix) (7:59)
8. Minus 8 feat. Sharon Harris - Pussycat (3:45)
9. Harry Chapin - Cat's In The Cradle (3:50)
10. The Cure - The Love Cats (3:38)
11. Shonen Knife - Catnip Dream (4:32)
12. Lene Lovich - Cat's Away (3:43)
13. The Aquabats - Cat With 2 Heads (3:00)
14. Catspaw - Bad Cat Sitter (2:43)
15. Stray Cats - Stray Cat Strut (3:15)
16. Devastations - All Cats Are Grey (6:39)
17. David Bowie - Cat People (Putting Out Fire) (4:13)
18. Derrick Morgan - Copy Cat (2:33)
19. Lush - Cat's Chorus (3:24)
20. Ladytron - Black Cat (5:08)
21. Devo - Pink Pussycat (3:12)
22. Mud - The Cat Crept In (4:02)
23. Sugarcubes - Cat (Icelandic) (3:00)
24. Oakenfold Feat. Brittany Murphy - Faster Kill Pussycat (3:14)
25. Squeeze - Cool For Cats (3:11)
26. Katrine Ottosen - The Love Cats (4:42)
27. Tipsy - Kitty's Daydream (Longhair mix) (2:26)
28. Go Home Productions - I Dream Of Pussy (2:58)
29. Lords of Acid - Pussy (4:05)
30. Spank Rock - Put That Pussy On Me (Josh Console NOT RNB remix) (4:00)
31. Miss Kittin - Kittin Is High (3:51)
32. Husky Rescue - Sweet Little Kitten (4:38

It gets a little "mature" near the end. The second set (from about 7-9pm SLT) is at the Orion Club. No theme to it, just really great tunes.

1. eve massacre - Drop The Queen (Queen + AC Slater / Drop The Lime) (4:42)
2. The Reborn Identity - Wonderful Liar (3:46)
3. The Reborn Identity - In for the Kooks (3:29)
4. MadMixMustang - Viva Les Boys (5:22)
5. Darkspring XL - Travis Meets Joe and Bill (Robert DiNero vs. Unknown) (1:43)
6. cry.on.my.console (Josh Console) - Command Your Rabbits (4:52)
7. The Kooks - Young Folks (3:59)
8. CSS - Cannonball (3:23)
9. Jonathan Coulton - Code Monkey (3:09)
10. The Crystal Method - Cherry Twist (Deadmau5 Remix) (6:04)
11. Daft Punk - Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger (Deadmau5 & Glenn Morrison Remix) (6:16)
12. David Bowie - Let's Dance (Chilly Bolly Radio Mix) (5:15)
13. Dean Gray - Boulevard of Broken Songs (Dance Mix 05) (6:18)
14. Death in Vegas - Hands Around My Throat (5:05)
15. Aggro1 - Steely Dan v. Caninesounds (6:30)
16. Instamatic - Neon Sex People (Neon Neon vs. Depeche Mode vs. Latour) (3:54)
17. The Jam - Town Called Malice (2:56)
18. Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - Bad Reputation (2:48)
19. Jimmi Jammes - Sgt. Pepper's Paradise (Extended Edition) (4:00)
20. Joe Jackson - The Harder They Come (3:53)
21. Zombies! Organize!! - Robotacus (3:39)
22. mc chris - Nrrrd Grrrl (2:27)
23. The Streets - Let's Push Things Forward (4:08)
24. Soundhog - The Without Me Song [censored version] (Eminem vs. Led Zeppelin) (5:51)
25. Soft Cell - Tainted Love/Where Did Our Love Go (8:56)
26. Sister Machine Gun - Caught Between the Bullet and You (8:28)

This set is the one that I get to play around with a bit, since I don't have anyone following me like I do at the Oak. I try to follow where the crowd is going and the music follows all of that. Because of that my Orion setlists tend to be a starting point rather than a destination. After a few weeks away from them, this set is a little heavier on the mashups than I've been doing for a bit. After the week of the RFL set happening at the same time as my Boot Camp at Republik, I got a little bit burnt out. But since this weekend I'm doing a Boot Camp set, I was looking for some new bastard pop and because I was in that mindspace a few tracks snuck into this set.

I hope that I'll see some of you in Second Life at these sets, and like I said at the beginning if you like what you see and want to show up just IM Walton Vieria. Always happy to have more peeps at my sets.

Cubicle 7 Joins Rebellion Group

For Immediate Release.

The British publisher of role-playing adventure games and card and board games, Cubicle 7 Entertainment has announced that it has joined the Rebellion Group of companies.

Founded in 2006 Cubicle 7 Entertainment was set up by Angus Abranson and Dominic McDowall-Thomas, two gaming entrepreneurs who wanted to create a games publisher fostering some truly iconic brands. Since then the company has published role playing games from a growing list of properties including Victoriana, SLA Industries, Starblazer Adventures (based on DC Thomson's 80's Starblazer comic series) and 7th Circle's Chinese fantasy Qin.

Victoriana is a fabulous fusion of Victorian adventure and fantasy myth, SLA Industries is a gritty futuristic urban horror fuelled by classic British punk imagery, whilst Starblazer Adventure is set firmly in the heart of classic 80's space opera where gigantic fleets prowl the starlanes and devilish scientists operate enormous engines of destruction. The English translation of French publisher 7th Circle's Qin propels players in to the epic fantasies and tragic events of ancient Chinese legend.

Cubicle 7 will join other sister companies in the Rebellion Group; 2000AD, the British comic book publisher, Abaddon Books the publisher of sci-fi and fantasy novels, Mongoose Publishing (another British RPG publisher) and Rebellion itself, the massive UK based video games developer established in 1992 by brothers Jason and Chris Kingsley.

The company will be now based out of Rebellion Group offices in Swindon, UK and their support will allow Cubicle 7 to focus on a major licensed mainstream release later this year as well as a busy monthly release schedule.

"This is a great move for the company and one that will certainly benefit the fans of our games. It allows us the time and resources to fully support our existing lines as well as giving us the backing to bring new ideas -- and licenses -- to the marketplace." said Angus Abranson of Cubicle 7. "It places us firmly were we wanted to be in several years time, right now," added Dominic.

Jason Kingsley felt Cubicle 7 was a great addition to the Rebellion Group's circle of creative companies. "We have been aware of Cubicle 7's ambitions and enthusiasms for some time and approached them with a view to combining resources to make a good thing great. Rebellion is very excited to be welcoming C7 into its family. Wonderful things await!"

For further information, interviews or images please contact Chris Birch Chris@cubicle7.co.uk

Find out more about Cubicle 7 games at www.cubicle7.co.uk

About Rebellion

Rebellion is well known for the Alien's vs Predator franchise games which first came out on the Atari Jaguar in 1995. Recently Rebellion secured critical acclaim with Sniper Elite for Namco in 2005, Miami Vice: The Game for Vivendi Games, James Bond: From Russia With Love for EA and Rogue Trooper for Eidos in 2006 and was nominated for two British BAFTA awards for 'Best Character' and 'Best Screenplay' later that year.

In 2007 Rebellion teamed up with LucasArts to produce Star Wars Battlefront: Renegade Squadron and the chart topping Harry Potter and The Order of the Phoenix with EA for PSP as well as a brand new Aliens vs Predator game in the form of Requiem for Sierra. During 2008 Rebellion produced Call of Duty: World at War for Activision on PS2 gaining yet more chart success.

Doctor Who's new companion unveiled as 21-year-old Karen Gillan

The BBC today unveiled the companion who will join new Doctor Who Matt Smith next year – 21-year-old Scottish actor Karen Gillan.

Gillan, who has previously appeared in Doctor Who as a soothsayer in 2008 episode The Fires Of Pompeii, as well as in Rebus and The Kevin Bishop Show, will join Smith for the new series of the hit sci fi drama, which begins filming this summer and will air on BBC1 in spring next year.

However, the BBC has not yet revealed what her character will be called.

Archie Proposes to Veronica in Archie #600

I say this completely without sarcasm but this is probably the biggest comic book-related story of at least the last 10-15 years. In a setting where things are even more unchanging than the most staid super-hero book having a plot development like Archie picking between Betty and Veronica is huge. I'm hoping that this is something that they stick with at Archie and don't write it off as "just a dream" or something similar.

The eternal love triangle is the cornerstone of Archie Comics for over 65 years—and the bane of Archie Andrews' existence! In fact, over the years it has not only defined the Betty/Archie/Veronica relationship, but has even threatened to dismantle it a time or 20.

Never was this more evident than in the landmark 'Love Showdown' storyline from 1994 and '95. When Archie Comics announced that Archie Andrews may finally choose between Betty & Veronica once and for all, the response from the media, fans and retailers alike was unprecedented—and with good reason! The landmark 'Love Showdown' storyline threatened the certainty of the love triangle and all it stood for, nearly bringing an end to the friendships of all three characters as Archie chose old flame Cheryl Blossom at story’s end!

Like it says right here:

In fact, we'll even go so far as to call it the Archie Story of the Century. With a title like 'Archie Marries Veronica Part 1: The Proposal,' how could we call it anything else?!

Danger Mouse to release blank CD

Music producer Danger Mouse is to release a blank CD, after record label EMI reportedly cancelled his new album.

Dark Night Of The Soul, a collaboration with rock group Sparklehorse, also features Iggy Pop and The Flaming Lips, along with artwork by David Lynch.

It has already been streamed online, but Billboard magazine said a 'legal dispute' with EMI derailed the project.

Here's a little more from Rolling Stone that might fill in some of the gaps. Its still a bit weird.

The disagreement between Danger Mouse and EMI likely roots back to the Jay-Z/Beatles mash-up The Grey Album he made in 2004. The brilliant combination of The White Album with The Black Album catapulted DM (real name Brian Burton) from bedroom producer to international star, but it came with a price: it infuriated the massive label group, which controls the rights to the Beatles’ recordings.

Benson & Glass on 'Luke Cage: Noir'

Marvel Comics has been navigating the seas of genre-writing for 70 years now—but it was not until earlier this year that the superheroes of the Marvel Universe stepped into a world unlike any What If or alternate timeline—they went 'Noir'. And now, Luke Cage, a character born during a different era of genre writing is getting his second comeuppance in recent years with a Noir mini-series. Luke Cage Noir, an August-debuting four issue mini-series written by Mike Benson and Adam Glass with artwork by Shawn Martinbrough, sets one of Marvel's A-list African American characters in an era of American history infamous for its practices of prohibition and racial segregation. If you’re not familiar with his work, Adam Glass is a relatively new voice in comics; he and Benson are working together currently on the Deadpool: Suicide Kings mini-series.

To Hell With Spandex

The 1970s was verily the decade of the occult, to a level of national fascination (at least in the UK) that is hard to understand if you weren't there. Tarot cards fell out of Christmas crackers; young children were turned onto drugs early by the latex fumes from werewolf masks; we were all building those Mattel Draculas and Frankensteins (more glue-sniffing opportunities) with The Carpenters on in the background; Hammer films seemed to run on a loop at weekends...