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Episode 19 of the Main Show!  Listen live on Thursdays  from 7pm to 9pm on 103.3 FM KSCU Santa Clara, or online at http://www.kscu.org/

Tunes for 5/3/2012:

• Shake the Ground by Cherri Bomb from This is the End of Control
  The Answer by The J. Davis Trio from Vintage
  R U Mine? by Arctic Monkeys from R U Mine?
• My Girl by Yukon Blonde from Tiger Talk
  Someone Else by The Sweaters from Phylum

News:

• Dolphins help fishermen catch fish: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/47254991/ns/technology_and_science-science/#.T6HitatYunk
• Richard Branson ice cubes?: http://overheadbin.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/03/11520266-never-drink-alone-on-virgin-atlantic-with-richard-branson-ice-cube?lite
• Bike washes up on Canadian shore: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2012/05/02/international/i003836D78.DTL
• Move over Viagra, hello…BMW?: http://blog.sfgate.com/hottopics/2012/04/30/man-sues-bmw-after-motorcycle-seat-allegedly-causes-2-year-erection/
• Idaho man forces other to “Moonwalk” :http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2012/04/26/national/a022315D44.DTL
• Missle-Packed Blimps: http://gizmodo.com/5907265/heres-the-plan-to-fly-missile+packed-blimps-over-your-home
• First Private Spaceship:http://gizmodo.com/5907384/the-first-private-spaceship-that-will-dock-to-the-international-space-station
• Zeppelins make a come back: http://gizmodo.com/5907373/zeppelins-make-their-comeback-as-exotic-lighting
• Harry Potter actor jailed: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-17449630

Robot Story:

• Robo Games: http://blog.makezine.com/2012/04/22/robogames-2012-report/

The Core:

Movies:

• New Releases

  www.metacritic.com to find out what came out.

• DVD/Blu-ray

  A Bright Shining Lie DVD – from HBO Mod – Vietnam movie featuring Bill Paxton
  About a Boy Blu-ray – Universal Home Video – romantic comedy with Hugh Grant, Nicholas Hoult and Sharon Small
  Casablanca : 70th Anniversary – Blu/DVD
  CHiPs – s1 & s2 – DVD
  Clueless – Bluray;
  Deep Blue Sea/The Long Kiss Goodnight/Snakes On A Plane – Blu-ray set
   Haywire – DVD/Blu
   Mimic – 3 movie set – Blu/DVD
  The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 DVD

Comics:

• Marvel:

  Age of Apocalypse #3 – if you just can’t get enough; Avengers: Black Widow Strikes #1 of 3

• DC:

  Sweet Tooth – very odd but well written and illustrated; Earth 2 #1 – revive the second world of DC heroes – although I thought Crisis on Infinite Earths closed Earth 2 for good. Well I guess it’s as dead as Jean Grey

• Indie:

  Dark Horse: Skeleton Key One Shot – a nice way to try out something new
  Indie: XO: Manowar – Valiant is making a comeback

• Web:

  Max Overacts – http://occasionalcomics.com/ – lovingly illustrated and wicked funny, will occasionally feel like Calvin and Hobbes, but in a good, not a rip off way. Excellent example – http://occasionalcomics.com/1205/latest-comic-286/

Stories:

• Inside Xbox production shutsdown: http://www.shacknews.com/article/73626/inside-xbox-production-shut-down
• Xbox and Windows 7 Sales Ban in Germany: http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/122/1224192p1.html
• A second Avengers Easter Egg set to drop for US release: http://movies.ign.com/articles/122/1224187p1.html
• Black Ops 2 details: http://www.ign.com/wikis/call-of-duty-black-ops-2