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Thanksgiving weekend tends to be a bit slow in the news department so you might not hear much from us until Monday. Hope everyone has a refreshing weekend full of food and merriment.

NPR is offering an exclusive first listen of Neil Young’s Sugar Mountain — Live At Canterbury House 1968. This 40-year old bootleg of Young’s legendary concert at Canterbury House in Ann Arbor, Mich has never been released in its entirety until now.

The link above takes you to the audio stream and a nice write-up on the event.

Hugh Jackman, People Magazine and Insulinfunk’s Sexiest Man of 2008, is set to star as Harry Houdini in a Broadway music based on the late magician’s life. Danny Elfman will compose the music for the production so it is sure to be both whimsical and frantic.

The folks behind the production hope to have this on stages by 2010.

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If you are planning on sitting around this weekend and aren’t already on Xbox Live because of monetary restraint, Microsoft is blowing the gates off their private gaming garden this weekend. From friday to monday all Xbox users will have full access to the Xbox Live system, along with some special video content exclusive to this weekend. So sit on your butt, play some games and make sure you don’t exercise, you may need the stored up energy to yell at 12 year olds over a headset.

Leo Blais, an artist described as “amongst the musicianship of Jason Collett and Ben Folds, mixed in with the mission of Al Gore and slice from the eccentric left brain of David Byrne” in a press release, will be releasing a series of maxi-singles that will eventually come together to form the Everyone’s Feelin Alone Collection, a 40-song opus.

And, if that doesn’t sound like enough of an undertaking, the massivl

Using an X-acto knife, a sharpie, and quite a bit of patience, Leo carved out and constructed all of the letters that make up each of the lyrics and liner notes inside each of the albums. Every single one of the song titles are hand painted and shaded gray for a 3-dimensional look. His debut LP has a poster inside, which is a wrap around of his apartment in Lowell,… … Leo Blais “Slowly” Releases 40 Songs

Most know by now that the less-than-stellar current season of NBC’s Heroes inspired the powers that be to axe some of the show’s creative team a few weeks ago. Co-executive producer/comic writer Jeph Loeb was amongst those given the boot.

The blog Cable & Tweed recently pointed out that the most recent episode of the show still contained the Loeb stank. Remember the scene in the comic shop featuring cameos from Seth Green and Breckin Meyer? Green portrayed an employee of the shop. When we see him behind the counter he’s surrounded by promotional items for several books Loeb has worked on. Shameful!

Watch the full episode via NBC Rewind.

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“This February, the world’s most popular monster hunter confronts the past he fought so hard to forget in Image Comics Shadowline’s JOHNNY MONSTER!

“Even the best action movie only works because it has heart and JOHNNY MONSTER has it in droves,” Shadowline Publisher Jim Valentino said. “While loaded with enough giant monster showdowns to make any fan happy, the core of the book is writer Joshua Williamson and artist J.C. Grande fleshing out what may be my new favorite character of the year! The whole Shadowline team hopes to see JOHNNY MONSTER return in the future!”

JOHNNY MONSTER made himself a household name by hunting the monsters who stalk the Earth. However, nobody knows he was raised by the same monsters he’s been after. Unfortunately for Johnny, no secret stays quiet forever. However, he won’t be alone as Image Comics’ other monster-man, FIREBREATHER, appears courtesy… … Johnny Monster Solicitation

Major Nelson announced today that the catchily-titled Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix is now available via the Xbox Live Marketplace for 1,200 MS Points. It hit the Playstation Network yesterday.

After you’ve had the chance to play, feel free to come back here and comment and let our readers know if it’s worth a DL.

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Phantom Planet will be playing their final show at West Hollywood, California’s The Troubadour on December 12. Though they’re calling it a “hiatus”, the future holds no promise for ” live shows or … any new records”. Read their official announcement here.

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The long-awaited soundtrack for Ryan Feerer’s Murkville children’s book will be released on December 8. It features the likes of Anathallo, Cheyenne, Denison Witmer, Timbre, Foxhole, and several other indie luminaries. This isn’t the first time the project has received a release date so it could easily be delayed again. Hopefully it will see the light of day this time.

To learn more about the book and cd you may visit the project’s official website.