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With Cinecast recently celebrating its 50th podcast, I hope you'll indulge Sam and I a quick respite from our twice-weekly grind. We're going to produce one extended edition podcast this week (50-60 minutes). We'll publish the show late Wednesday night, and it will include: a review of "Capote" ... Listener Feedback ... Massacre Theatre ... Western-a-Week Review: "The Wild Bunch" ... and our Top 5 Biopics.

Now for some other news and notes...

Put yourself on the map: Sam and I would like to thank listener Bassam Islam in Culver City, CA for creating the Cinecast-Frappr! map. We've added the link to our header throughout the site and would love to see where all of you Cinecasters are located. Please take a moment to add yourself.

The horror, the horror: With the Western-a-Week Marathon concluding this week, we've finalized the Horror-a-Week lineup (in chronological order):

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Suspiria
Dawn of the Dead
Halloween
Re-animator
Evil Dead 2

The list can also be found along the right rail. I plan to build a separate Horror Marathon page soon. Thanks to everyone who sent in suggestions. We've already received a few emails questioning some of our choices, so I just wanted to take a moment to highlight our criteria. 1) We decided against using any "classic" horror films, such as "The Haunting" (1965). We believe these films deserve their own Marathon later on down the road. 2) With the lone exception of "Halloween," which I have seen, these are movies that neither of us have seen. So for all of you wondering, "Where's 'The Exorcist,' 'The Shining', 'The Thing', 'Psycho', etc...?" None of these made the cut because they are all films Sam and I have both seen and, as it turns out, like very much. The intent of these marathons is to force ourselves to finally catch up to movies we have overlooked, which nicely sets up this email from Chris in CT: "I applaud you two on your choices for the Horror Marathon. Those are all classics of the genre. Which brings me to my reason for e-mailing you... Sweet Jesus!!! You have not seen any of those!?! Keep up the good work! Love the show." Better late than never, right Chris?

Spare some change?: Many thanks to Oliver, David, Chris N., Chris C. and Marcus for generously making a donation to Cinecast in October. Between web hosting and movie tickets, the costs do add up. If you'd like to help support Cinecast, click on the Paypal link at the top right of this page.

Correction: Tim Gerdes in Hamilton, NJ was one of several people who corrected a recent comment I made about how the wonderful Beatles tune "I've Just Seen A Face" was misguidedly replaced by the decidedly average "Drive My Car" on the CD version of "Rubber Soul." Tim explains:

In reference to a comment that Adam made on this past Tuesday's show, "Drive My Car" sits exactly where it should at the beginning of the "Rubber Soul" CD. The Beatles and their producer, George Martin, took great care in selecting the track listings for their British LPs, and the CDs reflect the original albums as the Beatles intended.

When Capitol Records started releasing Beatles albums in the US, they would chop up the running orders, move songs around and hold back a few tracks to create new albums — specific to the US market. None of this was the work of the band though, but rather greedy marketing executives. By the time Sgt. Pepper rolled around, and the Beatles had the clout to demand it, their albums were released in the US with the correct track listings.

I suggest that if you want to hear "I've Just Seen A Face" you look for it on the CD "Help!". Track 12. Sandwiched right where it belongs, between "Tell Me What You See" and "Yesterday".

Thanks for the clarification, Tim. Instead of railing against the studio executives who put the CD out, turns out I should have been ripping on the Beatles and George Martin. Sorry chaps, you got it wrong! I don't want to listen to "Face" on the CD "Help!" For me, it will always be the first track on the album "Rubber Soul" leading right into "Norwegian Wood," and that's the way it should be. Of course, I'm kidding here... but this is just one of those nostalgic things we all fall prey to sometimes. It's better the way I remember it, regardless of the explanation. I can't even hum the tune "Face" without hearing the crackle of the record needle. Clearly, I need to move on...