Charts – 18 November 2016
Right, then… I will get back to a regular schedule later this week, with Deadpool v Gambit finally getting that review, followed by Uncanny X-Men Annual and an Old Man Logan arc a bit later, and maybe a wrestling post (depending on whether I want to write about the show in question once I’ve, you know, actually seen it). Meantime, let’s clear this one away: a moribund top half of the chart, but a few more surprises lower down.
Second week. It’s now number one in streaming as well as sales.
4. Rae Sremmurd featuring Gucci Mane – “Black Beatles”
Blimey. That’s a 28-place climb, which is quite something for a track that was propelled into the charts as a meme soundtrack (especially since it isn’t a novelty record).
23. Nevada featuring Mark Morrison & Fetty Wap – “The Mack” (more…)
Charts – 11 November 2016
Yes, I really will get to Deadpool v Gambit. But you see, I explained last week that I was leaving it until I was in a better mood and…
So! We’ve got a new number one! And the next chart is out tomorrow so I’d better get this post up.
1. Clean Bandit – “Rockabye”
House to Astonish Episode 150
It’s been a long time coming, but it’s finally here – House to Astonish episode 150, commemorating eight years of chat and waffle about comics. This time round, we’re not doing our usual news-reviews-handbook format, but instead tackling questions about what current books we’d recommend, what the most ridiculous stories are that we’ve ever read, the Transformers: Earthforce stories, our secret origin, the concept of the “Reverse OHOTOHOTMU”, our greatest hits, and how we’d remake crossover events. Plus our most punsome Amalgam characters, a spot of House to Astonish Theatre and a feature which we straight-up ripped off from another podcast. As a bonus, we’ve also got the entirety of the House to Astonish vs SILENCE! panel from Thought Bubble 2016, featuring Ryan North, Brenden Fletcher, Emi Lenox and John Allison, for anyone who missed that. All this plus Magazine and Magazine Collecting (the magazine for people who love magazines), fifth-dimensional imp Paul F Tompkins and the Super-Beard.
The podcast is here, or here on Mixcloud, or available via the embedded player below. Let us know what you think, in the comments, on Twitter, via email or on our Facebook fan page.
Our Redbubble store (with its wonderful shirts, so cosy, such perfect Christmas presents) is here. You can find our friends from SILENCE! here, and the boys of Bit Socket here.
Charts – 4 November 2016
Okay, so. I was going to try and get the long overdue Deadpool v. Gambit review done this week, but to be honest, I want to write that one when I’m in a more suitable mood for being positive about a happy little story. And doing it this way round means the chart post won’t immediately shove the DvG review down the page. So.
1. Little Mix – “Shout Out To My Ex”
Third week, so it’s now their joint longest-running number 1, matching last year’s “Black Magic”. Unusually, this is number one in sales but not in streams (on the streaming-only chart, it slips to number 2, leaving James Arthur’s “Say You Won’t Let Go” to retake the top spot). That’s unusual, because it’s tended to be the sales that flare out first.
Charts – 28 October 2016
Let’s see, what’s still in the queue… oh yes, Deadpool v Gambit. We’ll get to that soon, honest. And then we’ll be caught up, hopefully just in time for some more stories to wrap up. First, though, I’m going to bash through a pretty quiet week on the singles chart.
1. Little Mix – “Shout Out To My Ex”
That’s their second week, so clearly it didn’t just fluke itself a week at the top on the strength of fan sales. The streams have caught up quickly enough to keep it here. It heads up an entirely static top five.
Entering the top ten, and it still doesn’t have a video.
7. Clean Bandit – “Rockabye”
Charts – 21 October 2016
See, it can still be done.
1. Little Mix – “Shout Out To My Ex”
Well, I think you know what you’re getting with a title like that – you dumped me, you broke my heart, I have risen above you, etc etc. It’s exactly that. And given that Little Mix actually can sing, having them in unison on the chorus doesn’t seem the best use of them. But whatever. I’ve heard it done worse.
Civil War II: X-Men
Oh, it’s one of those miniseries. Event Crossover: Non-participating Series. Never a dull moment with those. Remember World War Hulk: X-Men? Me neither. I mean, I remember it existed, obviously. Don’t remember a thing about it beyond that. Imagine it probably had some Hulks.
Turns out, though, that this one isn’t quite such blatant filler as usual. It’s written by Cullen Bunn, the regular writer of Uncanny X-Men. It’s the first X-Men title since the relaunch to feature both Magneto’s and Storm’s teams with any sort of extended interaction. It mildly advances the Magneto/Psylocke storyline in Uncanny (not that you’re missing anything). And it’s bringing the Inhumans proper – rather than just the Terrigen Mists – into an X-Men book, to start the build for the upcoming Inhumans vs X-Men stuff.
Charts – 14 October 2016
Well, this one won’t take long. Seriously, there’s a podcast one post down, you should listen to that first. Proper content. And in the next two or three days I will, honestly, try and get to Civil War II: X-Men. But meantime…
1. James Arthur – “Say You Won’t Let Go”
Number 1 for the third week. It’s number one in both streams and sales, too. But there’s not much more to be said about that.
4. Ariana Grande featuring Nicki Minaj – “Side to Side”
Up one more place. In true 2016 style, this has taken a month to move four places.
9. Bruno Mars – “24K Magic”
House to Astonish Episode 149
We’re gearing up for our big 150th episode, with discussion of Charlie Adlard becoming the UK’s Comics Laureate; more details on Marvel’s Monsters Unlimited event; Scott Snyder reteaming with Greg Capullo; Kieron Gillen and Kev Walker’s upcoming Doctor Aphra series; the impending relaunches of Nova and Batwoman; Warren Ellis’s revamp of the Wildstorm universe; America Chavez’s 2017 ongoing; Thunderbolts anniversary stories and LionForge’s new superhero universe. We’ve also got reviews of Reborn and Mosaic, and the Official Handbook of the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe has eight arms to hold you (even if it actually only has six). All this plus Jeff’s Sandwich Shack, hand-whittled comics and the difference between a ghost and a g-g-g-ghost.
The podcast is here, and here on Mixcloud, and available via the embedded player below. Let us know what you think, through the comments below, on Twitter, via email, or on our Facebook fan page.
We’ve got some fab shirts on sale on our Redbubble store, of course, and if you don’t have one yet, you should buy one, and if you do have one yet, you should buy another one.
As mentioned on the show, we’re no longer syndicated at Comics Should Be Good, but we are now over at Atomic Junk Shop, which also features many of the excellent columnists and regular features that CSBG used to host.
If you’re in the UK and attending Thought Bubble on the 5th and 6th of November, then come and see the House to Astonish/SILENCE! panel at 11.50 on Saturday the 5th. It’s going to be the usual collection of shambolic absurdity, daft games, barely logical Q&A, singing, costumes, all that kind of thing. Thought Bubble show tickets are available from their website.
Charts – 7 October 2016
Three new entries, not much else on the singles charts, deluge on the albums. Let’s run through it…
1. James Arthur – “Say You Won’t Let Go”
Two weeks at number one, which by the standards of this year is hardly a surprise.
2. The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk – “Starboy”
Climbing one place, which it makes it his biggest hit.
5. Ariana Grande featuring Nicki Minaj – “Side to Side”
Another one place climb.
9. Niall Horan – “This Town”
