I have gotten a plethora of cool press releases have been flooding my inbox recently that you may find interesting. This post will include blurbs on Chicago Fire, Dexter, Austin City Limits, Sound Tracks: Music without Borders, Caligula: 1400 Days of Terror, The Song that Changed My Life, Liz and Dick, Mad Magazine, Emmanuel Jal, Ari Shine, Rocktoberfest, Smash, and the TNT Winter Schedule.
- Chicago Fire, the new show from Dick Wolf, does not premiere until next Wednesday, but if you want, you can watch it right now and do watch below:
- Can’t get enough Dexter? You are in luck because the show just launched the first ever official podcast, Dexter Wrap-Up. It will provide a behind-the-scenes look at the making-of the series, and featuring interviews with the creative minds and stars of the show. And I that is not enough, there is now a Dexter trivia app for Facebook Dexter’s Disciples.
- Austin City Limits returns tomorrow on PBS (check your local listings) with Radiohead. Hitting the stage in upcoming weeks include Bon Iver (10/13), Bonnie Raitt with Mavis Staples (10/20), The Shins / Dr. Dog (10/27), The Civil Wars / Punch Brothers (11/3), and November 10 will feature performances from the Americana Music Festival.
- While tonight on PBS it is the premiere of Sound Tracks: Music Without Borders featuring stories and exclusive performances by Youssou N’dour, Wynton Marsalis, Julie Fowlis (who sings the title track to the Pixar animate feature Brave), and Of Monsters and Men.
- One man and four years is all it took wreak havoc on the Roman Empire. Caligula: 1400 Days of Terror, premiering Tuesday at 9:00 on History, explores the orgies, incest and murderous acts of this reigning lunatic up until his demise at age 28, while looking beyond the legend and into the anguished life of a notorious leader. Don’t miss this captivating special and check out the latest preview below:
- Howard Jones is the next singer featured on The Song that Changed My Life, coming Monday at 8:00 on BYUtv, where he talks about Your Song by Elton John. Also featured Monday will be Mike Peters of The Alarm and Grammy winner Joe Henry.
- The Liz and Dick Lifetime Movie starring Lindsey Lohan as Elizabeth Taylor and some dude not as famous as Lohan as Richard Burton finally has an air date: Sunday November 25.
- Apple just released the much buzzed about Apple iO6 Maps and of course the people over at MAD Magazine had to say something about it and even put it on their cover. Take a look at it over at the Mad Magazine website.
- Emmanuel Jal recently released his first single and video off his new album called We Want Peace 2012 and the music video features Peter Gabriel, Alicia Keys, George Clooney, Richard Branson, President Jimmy Carter, Kofi Annan and many more. You can watch the the video on RollingStone.com.
- New music alert! Ari Shine funded his latest album Songs of Solomon is out now and features Ninety Nine a populist anthem inspired by Occupy Wall Street.
- Promoters of the first annual Rocktoberfest at L.A. LIVE announced that rock icon Gene Simmons will host KISS Army night at the festival on Thursday, October 18. Simmons, along with other KISS members, plans to hit the stage for a jam session at 8:30.
- For those wondering when the first season of Smash will finally be released, mark your calendars for January 8, 2013. The set will include deleted ad extended scenes, a gag reel, and a pair of featurettes. It will also come with an UltraViolet code so you can steam it from the cloud on your various devises.
- Look out for more hijinx from Franklin and Bash because the lawyer show just got picked up for a third season by TNT.
- Speaking of TNT, the network usually saves the bulk of its seasons for the summer, but they are plunging head on into some winter programming this season including the second season of Dallas (which just started production and will premiere Monday, January 28 at 9:00), a new season of Southland (Wednesday, February 13 at 10:00). They will also be launching new shows Monday Mornings, Monday February 4 at 10:00, starring Ving Rhames and Alfred Molina, and Boston’s Finest (working title), Wednesday, February 27. Also look out for the remaining episodes of the current seasons of Rizzoli and Isles (Tuesday, November 27 at 9:00) which will be followed by Leverage.
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