TRON: Legacy Translucence Identity Disc Vinyl Record by Daft Punk

One of The Blot’s favorite days of the year is almost upon us, Record Store Day! This is the one day that all of the independently owned record stores come together with artists to celebrate the art of music and release a ton of limited edition CDs and vinyl records. This year Disney is getting in on the act by releasing this Record Store Day limited edition TRON: Legacy Translucence 10” vinyl record by Daft Punk. What’s cool about Translucence is it comes pressed on a translucent vinyl record, which features the design of a TRON: Legacy Identity Disc and will be available in three colors: blue, orange and yellow.

The TRON: Legacy Translucence limited edition vinyl record features four songs by Daft Punk, three from the TRON: Legacy Soundtrack (“Derezzed,” “TRON Legacy,” and “End of Line”) and a fourth song, “Castor,” which was previously only available on the special edition bonus CD. This Record Store Day exclusive release comes packaged in a clear cellophane wrap and a see through sleeve to allow for visibility of the 10” picture record without having to be opened.

TRON: Legacy Translucence by Daft Punk goes on sale on Record Store Day (a.k.a. April 16th) and will retail for around $15. To find out a participating store near you, click here.

New Green Lantern One Sheet Movie Poster

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Wow, just 2 days after The Blot complained on Twitter about Warner Bros’ lack of Green Lantern promotion, everything changed for the better! Ok, I know it had nothing to do with my bitching, but after WonderCon 2011 I think it’s safe to say the Green Lantern media onslaught is in full effect. Not only did WB release this beautiful new one sheet movie poster, they also showed 9 full minutes of footage from the film. 4 minutes of that footage is available here, which I watched last night.

The footage is actually pretty good, but it's not as amazing as I had hoped. I think they’re trying to do too much too soon. Maybe they should have left the GL Corps and Oa for the all but guaranteed sequel, and focused primarily on Hal learning to use the ring on Earth. Sometimes less really is more, and once Hal leaves Earth the film starts looking like a cartoon with way too many aliens. But I have to give them credit for trying to tackle the mythology of the Green Lantern Corps and not just Hal Jordan becoming a Green Lantern.  We’ll have to just wait and see how the film plays to audiences starting on June 17th!