But wait, there’s more!

The winner will also receive an indoor BBQ. How sweet is that!  Folks in the Midwest may be suffering from inclement weather, but that doesn’t mean you can’t start baseball BBQ season now, especially with the nifty little gadget picture below.

Now, for something this cool, you’re going to have to answer a question, and it’s going to have to involve a little research. But I’ll give you a clue. Here it is:

Dee Bradley Baker is one of the most sought after voice over actors today. On American Dad he plays the role of Klaus Heissler, among others. For what project did he play the role of “Sundae?”

Here’s your clue: The animated project was produced by a company that deals in meat.  See what I did there, I tied the clue into the whole BBQ thi—- Aw, whatever!  Just come up with the right answer and email it to Mr. Malchus (Malchus) by Sunday night’s episode of American Dad (or, 9:30 PM ET).

Good Luck!

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Which Star Trek episode is parodied in the host segments for Last of the Wild Horses?

(If you don’t know for sure, you can find the answer in my review of this set.)

All you need to do is email me the answer along with your name and address. Put “MST Contest” in the Subject of your email so I don’t get it mixed in with other stuff. Contest is limited to U.S. or Canada residents only. One entry per person per email address please. Deadline for the contest is Monday, March 26 at 10:00 pm Central Time. I’ll choose a winner and post his or her name here! Good luck!

STOP THE PRESSES! The winner of the contest is Matthew Merkelson. Contact me to verify your information, Matthew, and we’ll get that set sent off to you. Congratulations, and thanks to all who entered!

And while you’re waiting, here’s some scenes from the movies in this set:

King Dinosaur:

The Castle of Fu Manchu:

Code Name: Diamond Head:

Last of the Wild Horses:

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Filmed at Minneapolis’ historic State Theatre, In God We Rust features Black’s inimitable comedy tirades as he wags his finger at the absurdities of our lives. With topics taken from the front pages, Black leads the audience on a hilarious, cathartic journey from politics to Valentine’s Day to Facebook’s popular application, Farmville.

In honor this new special, Popdose has some Lewis Black swag to give away to some lucky readers. Since Mr. Black is a supporter of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (a charity near and dear to the hearts of the Popdose staff), we’re not going to ask you to answer any ridiculous question. Simply email Scott Malchus (malchus) your name and address (U.S. only, please.) and you’ll be entered to win one of six different Lewis Black prizes.

Prizes include: an autographed poster and a dreidel; a Lewis Black t-shirt; a DVD copy of Stark Raving Black, a CD copy of Stark Raving Black;  a copy of Black’s book, Nothing Sacred; and a Lewis Black bobblehead doll.

Entries are due by 11:00 PM, PT, this Thursday (3/15/12). Winners will be drawn at random and notified the next day.

Good luck, and as always, thanks for reading Popdose!

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Great news from Popdose: We have a copy of The A-to-Z Recordings to give away to one lucky Popdose reader. To enter, all you have to do is drop me an email with the subject line “Paul Kelly,” and your name and mailing address in the body. Do so before Thursday, March 8, at 5:00 PM ET, when I’ll pick one email at random while listening to “Sweet Guy” and drinking a Foster’s oilcan; the sender of said email will have the set delivered to his/her door.

Since we at Popdose would rather drink a steamy cup of Santorum than share your information with others, I will personally delete all received emails after the winner is selected.

If you’re a fan of Paul Kelly, you need to have this. If you’re a songwriter, or fancy yourself to be a songwriter, you need to have this—it’s a virtual clinic on form and content, not to mention performance.

Hell, if you appreciate music, you need to have this. Whaddya waitin’ for?

Wanna hear some of it? Here’s an eight-track Soundcloud sampler for you to check out.

Wanna see Paul Kelly live? He’s on tour in the U.S. this month:

March 3 PITTSBURGH, PA Club Café
March 4 CHARLESTON, WV Mountain Stage
March 6-9 NEW YORK, NY Rockwood Music Hall – Stage 2
March 11-12 VIENNA, VA Jammin’ Java
March 14-15 PHILADELPHIA, PA World Café Live
March 16-17 CAMBRIDGE, MA Passim
March 20 LOS ANGELES, CA Largo at the Coronet
March 22-23 SAN FRANCISCO, CA Swedish American Hall
March 25-26 SEATTLE, WA Triple Door
March 27 PORTLAND, OR Alberta Rose Theatre

And while we’re at it, here’s a video of Kelly, playing the title track of his fine Deeper Water album:

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We here at Popdose have a one (1) CD to giveaway to some smartypants who can answer the following questionmundo:

What the hell do dancing hamburgers and John Cusack have to do with the wackidoodle world of Van Halen?

Email your answer to Scott Malchus (malchus) by Friday, 2/24 at 4 PM ET. One lucky contestant will be picked at random and notified by email. U.S. residents only.

Van Halen road dates:

2/22/12             Indianapolis, IN         Bankers Life Fieldhouse

2/24/12             Chicago, IL               United Center

2/28/12             New York, NY            Madison Square Garden

3/1/12               New York, NY            Madison Square Garden

3/3/12               Uncasville, CT           Mohegan Sun Arena

3/5/12               Philadelphia, PA        Wells Fargo Center

3/9/12               Buffalo, NY               First Niagara Center

3/11/12             Boston, MA               TD Garden

3/13/12            Manchester, NH       Verizon Wireless Arena

3/15/12             Montreal, QC             Bell Centre

3/17/12             Toronto, ON              Air Canada Centre

3/21/12             Ottawa, ON               Scotiabank Place

3/24/12             Atlantic City, NJ         Boardwalk Hall

3/26/12            University Park, PA   Bryce Jordan Center

3/28/12             Washington, DC        Verizon Center

3/30/12             Pittsburgh, PA           Consol Energy Center

4/1/12               Rosemont, IL            Allstate Arena

4/10/12             Fort Lauderdale, FL    BankAtlantic Center

4/12/12             Orlando, FL               Amway Arena

4/14/12             Tampa, FL                 St. Pete Times Forum

4/16/12             Jacksonville, FL         Jacksonville Arena

4/21/12             Greensboro, NC         Greensboro Coliseum

4/27/12             Nashville, TN             Bridgestone Arena

4/29/12            St. Louis, MO              Scottrade Center

5/5/12               Tacoma, WA             Tacoma Dome

5/7/12               Vancouver, BC          Rogers Arena

5/9/12               Calgary, AB              Scotiabank Saddledome

5/11/12             Edmonton, AB           Rexall Place

5/13/12             Winnipeg, MB            MTS Centre

5/19/12             St. Paul, MN              Xcel Energy Center

5/24/12             Denver, CO               Pepsi Center

5/27/12             Las Vegas, NV           MGM Grand Garden Arena

6/1/12               Los Angeles, CA        STAPLES Center

6/3/12               Oakland, CA             Oracle Arena

6/5/12               San Jose, CA             HP Pavilion at San Jose

6/12/12             Anaheim, CA             Honda Center

6/14/12             San Diego, CA           Viejas Arena

6/16/12             Phoenix, AZ              US Airways Center

6/20/12             Dallas, TX                 American Airlines Center

6/22/12             San Antonio, TX        AT&T Center

6/24/12             Houston, TX              Toyota Center

6/26/12             New Orleans, LA        New Orleans Arena

And the new video…………

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Last week I was happy to give you the opportunity to win the new Alex Chilton vinyl bundle from Omnivore Recordings. The contest got a great response, and a winner was chosen and notified on Friday. Thanks to everyone who entered.

If you didn’t win last week, don’t worry, I have another opportunity for one lucky reader this week. The prize is, once again, pretty amazing. It’s another Omnivore Recordings release, this time it’s reissue copies of the two Jellyfish studio albums, Bellybutton and Spilt Milk, presented on RTI’s HQ 180-gram vinyl. Bellybutton is pressed on beautiful translucent blue vinyl, and Spilt Milk on equally lovely green vinyl. Bellybutton also includes a special tri-fold LP sleeve.

It’s worth noting that these albums have never been released on vinyl before, and that the colored vinyl is only available on the first 1,500 copies of each album, after which they will be released on black vinyl.

But wait, there’s more, and this is for the real fans. Omnivore originally pressed the albums on standard weight vinyl, but the test pressings were rejected and sent back to the factory to be melted down. A few copies were retained though, Bellybutton still on translucent blue vinyl, and Spilt Milk on what is described as “purple swirly vinyl.” Our contest winner gets a copy of each of these test pressings as well. So that’s four LPs in all.

Do you want to win this amazing package? Of course you do. Read on to find out how.

In the early ’90s, while a lot of bands were turning to grunge, Jellyfish was still flying the banner for power pop. The band, founded by Andy Sturmer and Roger Manning, arose from the ashes of a band called Beatnik Beach. Jellyfish didn’t have a long career, but they remain extremely influential and their music is still prized by aficionados everywhere.

As I mentioned earlier, Jellyfish only made two studio albums. Fortunately they were both brilliant. Bellybutton is something of a masterpiece, while Spilt Milk is merely great. Both albums feature great songs, terrific production and arrangements, and powerful vocals and first-rate drumming from Sturmer.

The first Jellyfish album, Bellybutton (1990), also features Jason Falkner. Falkner had played in a Paisley Underground band known as the Three O’Clock. When that band broke up, Falkner and Manning played together for awhile while both were living in southern California. Eventually Manning moved back to San Francisco, and when Sturmer and Manning needed a guitar player for their first album, Falkner got the call.

The music on Bellybutton drew on a wide range of influences that included the Beatles, the Beach Boys, XTC, and Queen. The album wasn’t a huge success with the most successful single, “Baby’s Coming Back,” making it to #62 on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart.

Falkner wasn’t happy about just being the band’s guitar player and left Jellyfish after the Bellybutton tour. Back to being a duo, Sturmer and Manning brought in a group of studio musicians, including Jon Brion, to make their second album, Spilt Milk (1993). It was a much more elaborate record, at times close to being over the top, but the great songs, vocals, and drumming were still in place. The Queen influence was even more present.

It wasn’t meant to last however, and by the following year, owing to the usual “creative differences” between Sturmer and Manning, Jellyfish was no more. In their wake they left two wonderful albums, and a lot of promise unfulfilled.

Now, to win the 180-gram vinyl copies of Bellybutton and Spilt Milk, AND the rejected test pressings of each each album, just answer the following question.

What recently deceased bass player, best known for his work with Hall & Oates, played on the second Jellyfish album, Spilt Milk?

I know. It’s a gimme. Send an email to ken with the words ‘Jellyfish Contest’ in the subject line, and your answer in the body. The deadline for entries is Friday, January 20 2012 at 5:00 p.m. eastern time. With all apologies to our friends from foreign lands, this contest is open only to readers with a valid U.S. mailing address.

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Haywire is an action movie (because that’s just about the only genre the eclectic Soderbergh hasn’t made) starring mixed martial arts superstar Gina Carano. Apparently the director saw her on TV and thought, “Someone should make a movie around her! Hey, I think I’ll make a movie around her! And when I go to film it, I’ll enlist Channing Tatum, Ewan McGregor,  Michael Fassbender,  Antonio Banderas,  and Bill Paxton. Aw hell, why not get an Academy Award winner, too. I’ll call  Michael Douglas!”

Okay, maybe it didn’t go down that way. But those are the supporting cast members in Haywire, and the film was written by Lem Dobbs, who also wrote Soderbegh’s brilliant, The Limey, so this film has the potential of being one kick ass movie.

In honor of Haywire’s release, Popdose has a Soderbergh prize pack to giveaway to one lucky reader. The prize includes a DVD copy of Ocean’s Eleven, Soderbergh’s 2001 remake of the Rat Pack movie; a DVD copy of Traffic, the 2000 film that won Soderbergh a Best Director Academy Award; as well as a Haywire T-shirt, rubber bracelet and mini poster.

All you have to do to win is email Scott Malchus (malchus) the answer to this riddle:

What is the relationship Steven Soderbergh has with Peter Andrews?

The contest ends this Thursday,1/19/12, at 10:00 PM, ET. The winner will be notified on Friday. Good Luck! 

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We’ll give three lucky Popdose readers a Blu-ray copy of this new release. All you have to do for your chance to win is send Dave Lifton an email with When The Whip Comes Down in the subject line and let him know what you’re going to do to him “when the whip comes down.”

Originally shot on 16mm film at Fort Worth, Texas in 1978, the footage has been restored in high definition, with the sound remixed and remastered by Bob Clearmountain from the original multitrack tapes.  The result is an explosive visual reminder of why The Rolling Stones are  the best live band on the planet.

The movie features many Stones classics including Honky Tonk Woman, Tumbling Dice, Brown Sugar, Jumpin’ Jack Flash,  Miss You and Beast of Burden, plus an interview with Sir Mick Jagger shot in August 2011 where he introduces the concert and offers an insight into its significance in the band’s history.

Mick Jagger says: “Fort Worth was an amazing night in a blistering hot July. Watching it now, the band were really intense and focused, but we were also having a blast with the fans who were really getting into the show and the new tracks from “Some Girls”. I think our fans will love the chance to see this concert movie for the first time on the big screen.”

The Rolling Stones 1978 tour of the USA in support of that year’s Some Girls album is considered by fans to be one of their very best. The tour followed immediately on the release of the album and by the time the band arrived in Texas in mid-July it had hit the No.1 spot on the US charts. The tour took a “back to basics” approach, with the band and their music very much at the forefront, and little or no elaborate staging.

Filmed at the Will Rogers Memorial Center in Fort Worth, Texas, on 18th July 1978, this concert is typical of the tour with The Rolling Stones delivering a raw, energetic performance in front of a crowd who are clearly loving the show. Many of the tracks from Some Girls are included in the live set with a sprinkling of Stones classics from earlier albums. This is truly The Rolling Stones at their peak.

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Lisa Simon, age 37, still loves loud punk rock and hates Dave Matthews with an all-consuming passion. April 15, 2001 should have been just another Sunday night. But a news headline landing in Lisa’s email inbox changes everything: “Joey Ramone is dead.”

Back then, we had no Internet, no social media, no cellphones to call friends from in front of the stage. Bands built an audience brick by brick, fan by fan. You really felt part of a secret society. Caryn Rose perfectly captures those days.” – Paste Magazine

Win a copy of B-Sides and Broken Hearts, the debut novel from author Caryn Rose. Popdose readers will undoubtedly be interested in the book Largehearted Boy called “a rare book, one that incorporates music seamlessly into its core ” and Jewcy named “a rock and roll Frankenstein, brought to life with equal parts fanzine, road tale, and love story.” If you love the Ramones and hate Dave Matthews you will love this book (Hell, even if you love Dave Matthews, you will love this book). Popdose has three paperback copies of the book to give away to readers* who can answer the following question:

What was Joey Ramone’s real name?

To enter, send an e-mail to Dave Lifton with the subject, “B-Sides & Broken Hearts Contest.”

B-sides and Broken Hearts is available in paperback and e-book formats from Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Indiebound, and Powell’s Books. More information is available at bsidesandbrokenhearts.com.

*Readers outside of the U.S. are welcome to answer but if chosen will receive an e-book in their format of choice.

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Here’s a synopsis:

Best friends Woodrow (Glodell– man, this guy does it all) and Aiden (Tyler Dawson)  spend all of their free time building MAD MAX-inspired flamethrowers and muscle cars in preparation for a global apocalypse.  But when Woodrow meets a charismatic young woman (Jessie Wiseman) and falls hard in love, he and Aiden quickly integrate into a new group of friends, setting off on a journey of love and hate, betrayal, infidelity, and extreme violence more devastating and fiery than any of their apocalyptic fantasies.

Popdose has 2 prize packages to giveawy to a couple of lucky readers. The packages include:

1 DVD/Blu-ray combo, (1) Vinyl Record, (1) Lighter & Matchbook and (1) Poster

Sounds smokin’, huh? What do you have to do to win? Nothing! We here at the Dose are in the holiday spirits and have pity for you poor souls that will be forced to stand in long lines come Friday morning. Just email Scott Malchus (malchus) your name and address by Sunday night. Winners will be notified Monday morning.  U.S. residents only, please.

Have a blast!

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