The Boys Season 4 just had its epic finale on Amazon. Over the final scenes and end credits of the episode Nirvana’s 1990s classic song “Heart Shaped Box” could be heard. The track comes from In Utero (DGC Records) album, which has its 30th anniversary last year and saw a deluxe boxed set both as a vinyl boxed set and DSPs. The song has been one of the most covered Nirvana songs, used especially in television and movies. Continue reading
The anti-heroic Superhero series, The Boys, based on the popular comic created by Garth Ennis (Preacher, The Punisher) and co-created, designed, and illustrated by Darick Robertson (Wolverine, HAPPY!) just saw the first three episodes released to Amazon Prime Video this week. As was the case in season one, the show is a blur of action sequences, bloody gore, cursing like a sailor, sand social commentary, and smart musical choices. Already heard in season two so far are The Rolling Stones (“Sympathy for the Devil”), Talking Heads (“Psycho Killer”, U2 (“Where the Streets Have No Name”, Goo Goo Dolls (“Iris”), and Billy Joel, who was one of the signature artists heard in season one (“Pressure”, “Piano Man”, “You’re Only Human”). The first three episodes and the post-show hosted by Ayesha Tyler are all streaming now. New episodes arrive every Friday through early October. Continue reading