Around the Tubes: 7/26/13

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 Hannibal, First Comes Love, House Party 5, Black Rock, Toad the Wet Sprocket, Lissie, 9-11: The Heartland Tapes, Screen Actors Guild Awards, and Emergency Tiara.

- NBC has released full Comic Con panels for those not in San Diego last week including Community, new show The Black List, Grimm, Revolution, and Hannibal which you can watch below:


- The latest chapter in director Nina Davenport’s autobiographical work, First Comes Love chronicles her journey to motherhood and beyond. In the 2000 HBO documentary Always a Bridesmaid, she drew on her job as a wedding videographer and fraught relationship with a noncommittal boyfriend to probe her generation’s anxieties about tying the knot. Now, in this bracingly honest, often hilarious and ultimately moving film, she examines solo parenthood. Ranging from hormone injections to post-natal chaos, Davenport’s wry chronicle of her pregnancy and its aftermath debuts Monday at 9:00, exclusively on HBO. Check out a preview below:


- House Party: Tonight's the Night sees the triumphant return of Kid n Play to the franchise (albeit as the trailer suggests only in a cameo which you can check out below) which you can pick up now on DVD.


- Out on DVD and Blu-Ray next week is the heart-racing thriller Black Rock starring Katie Aselton (who also directed the film), Lake Bell and Kate Bosworth.


- Toad the Wet Sprocket is ready to release their first new studio album in 16 years, New Constellation. The album will be released independently on the band's label Abe's Records, and already has a jump start with Toad fans through an in process Kickstarter Campaign, which will help assist with funding the final stages of recording and releasing of the album. The initial fundraising goal was set for $50,000 to be achieved over the course of the 60 day campaign, and through incredible fan support, was reached in under 24-hours on June 5th, 2013. In return, backers between now and August 4th will receive the Kickstarter Early-Rewards Bonus Version of New Constellation, as well as an acoustic EP that was promised to fans when the second "reach goal" of $150,000 was achieved. The official version of New Constellation will be released on September 3rd, 2013 and available in all digital stores (iTunes, Amazon, etc.).

- In other sort of crowd sourcing news, Sony Music has teamed up with Pledgemusic for the pre-sale campaign for Back to Forever by Lissie. The album s being released September 9 Lissie is offering fans the opportunity to pre-order the album via pledgemusic.com as well as a range of exclusive content - from artwork, videos, remixes and backstage footage.

- With all the streaming sites out there, there is plenty of ways to get your music legally, but the question is with so many of them, which one is for you? If you are trying to decide which one to get into, Dealnews.com has created an infograph to help you out.

- We’ve all seen the horrific images of September 11, 2001 from New York City and Washington D.C. Across America, however, there are thousands of other images and sounds – ones that were seen and heard only in the cities in which they were created. From the Peabody Award-winning production team led by Tom Jennings of 1895 Films, comes 9-11: The Heartland Tapes, a one-hour special premiering Sunday, September 8 at 8:00 on Smithsonian Channel. This program combines media from across the nation and fashions them into a compelling story of bearing witness, taking action and survival. This is the story of September 11th not seen before – from the outside looking in.

- Groundbreaking actor, singer, dancer, author and educator Rita Moreno has been named the 50th recipient of SAG-AFTRA's highest tribute – the SAG Life Achievement Award for career achievement and humanitarian accomplishment. Given annually to an actor who fosters the "finest ideals of the acting profession," the SAG Life Achievement Award will join Moreno's rare catalog of preeminent industry and public honors, which also includes an Oscar, two Emmys, a Tony, a Grammy, the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the National Medal of the Arts. Moreno will be presented the performers union's top accolade at the 20th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, which will be simulcast live on TNT and TBS on Saturday, Jan. 18, 2014, at 8:00.

- For those looking out for some new catchy power pop type songs, give Poison by Emergency Tiara a spin. Look out for a full EP this fall.