Songbook Xtended: Freeek

George Michael- Freeek! (2002) [Original Post]

Songbook Xtended: TNT For the Brain

Enigma - TNT For the Brain (1997) [Original Post]

Songbook Xtended: Stardust

Jean-Michel Jarre & Armin Van Buuren - Stardust (2015) [Original Post]

Songbook Xtended: Ashes to Oceans

DJ Shadow - Ashes to Oceans (2016) [Original Post]

Songbook Xtended: Theatricks

Kinobe - Theatricks (2000) [Original Post]

Songbook Xtended: Closing Shot

Lindstrøm - Closing Shot (2016) [Original Post]

Songbook Xtended: I Kiss Your Lips

Tokyo Ghetto Pussy - I Kiss Your Lips (1995) [Original Post]

Songbook Xtended: Telephone Call

Kraftwerk - Telephone Call (1987) [Original Post]

Songbook Xtended: Beyond The Invisible

Enigma - Beyond the Invisible (1996) [Original Post]

Songbook Xtended: DJ Culture

Pet Shop Boys - DJ Culture (1991) [Original Post]

Songbook Xtended: Utopian Facade

John Carpenter - Utopian Facade (2016) [Original Post]

Songbook Xtended: What's It Gonna Be?

Busta Rhymes & Janet Jackson - What's It Gonna Be? (1999) [Original Post]

Songbook Xtended: Jesus Alone

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Jesus Alone (2016) [Original Post]

Songbook Xtended: Firestarter

The Prodigy - Firestarter (1996) [Original Post]

Songbook Xtended: The Return

Rob Dougan - The Return (2016) [Original Post]

Songbook Xtended: Bachianos Brazil Samba

Michael Kamen - Bachianos Brazil Samba (1985) [Original Post]

Songbook Xtended: Honey

Moby - Honey (1998) [Original Post]

Songbook Xtended: We Come 1

Faithless - We Come 1 (2001) [Original Post]

Songbook Xtended: Came Back Haunted

Nine Inch Nails - Came Back Haunted (2013) [Original Post]

Songbook Xtended: Streets of Philadelphia

Bruce Springsteen - Streets of Philadelphia (1994) [Original Post]

Songbook Xtended: BKAB

Ethan Stoller - BKAB (2006) [Original Post]

Songbook Xtended: America, What Time is Love?

The KLF - America, What Time is Love? (1991) [Original Post]

Songbook Xtended: Ghost Lights

Woodkid - Ghost Lights (2013) [Original Post]

Songbook Xtended: Walking in the Rain

Grace Jones - Walking in the Rain (1981) [Original Post]

Songbook Xtended: Sweetness and Light

Itch-E & Scratch-E - Sweetness and Light (1994) [Original Post]

Songbook Xtended: One Minute Warning

Passengers - One Minute Warning (1995) [Original Post]

Infinite Wars: Green Lantern vs Hulk

GREEN LANTERN versus HULK
No Time Like The Present! (Marvel/DC)
Where: Unlimited Access #1 When: December 1997
Why: Karl Kesel How: Pat Olliffe

The Story So Far...
New York City native Axel Asher had enough trouble holding his own life together before he was confronted with a destiny to protect two parallel universes!

Drawn into an inter-dimensional conflict between warring cosmic brothers, and the denizens of their respective universes, Axel became the hero of two worlds: Access!

Having undone a merging of universes, and averted cosmic annihilation, Axel learns to adjust to the challenges of keeping both worlds separate, while also living a normal life. Attempting to juggle his responsibilities he decides to stop off in the DC Universe to get a special gift for his girlfriend -- only to find himself caught in the crossfire between the Incredible Hulk and Green Lantern! Zoinks!

Full Article: http://secretearths.blogspot.com/2016/04/green-lantern-versus-hulk.html

Songbook Xtended: Blue Sky Mine

Midnight Oil - Blue Sky Mine (1990) [Original Post]

Songbook Xtended: Land Of All

Woodkid - Land Of All (2016) [Original Post]

Infinite Wars: Batman vs Scorpion

BATMAN versus SCORPION
In The Doctor's House (DC/Marvel)
Where: DC/Marvel: All Access #3 When: Late January 1997 Why: Ron Marz How: Jackson Guice

The Story So Far...
Life as a university student can be a balancing act at the best of times, but when Axel Asher discovered his destiny as the inter-dimensional hero Access -- he took balancing to a whole new level!

As a hero of two universes, he now carries the burden and responsibility of maintaining all of reality! The two worlds came to blows once, eventuating in the totality of an unnatural Amalgam Universe! This is the unreality he must fight to prevent by keeping the worlds separate -- easier said than done!

Villains from the Marvel Universe are appearing in the DC Universe and Access doesn't know why! With such high stakes in play; he knew it was risky to grant the X-Man Jubilee a return visit with her one-time opponent and star-crossed lover Robin. When the Scorpion crashes the party the real trouble begins!

Full Article: http://secretearths.blogspot.com/2016/04/batman-versus-scorpion.html

Songbook Xtended: Should I Stay or Should I Go

The Clash - Should I Stay or Should I Go (Live at Shea Stadium) (1982) [Original Post]

Infinite Wars: Superman vs Venom

SUPERMAN versus VENOM
The Crossing! (DC/Marvel)
Where: DC/Marvel: All Access #1 When: December 1996 Why: Ron Marz How: Jackson Guice & Josef Rubinstein

The Story So Far...
Dashing from one back alley shortcut to the next - that's the life of Axel Asher. One minute he's on the city street, the next he's rushing to meet his girlfriend Ming Kuo-Fan. There's just one problem: The uncontrollable visions of two worlds once locked in cosmic battle!

See, one time when Axel was running through an alley he got stopped by this bum, who showed him a glowing cardboard box. It was an avatar for the fragile reality he maintained between two universe. When these universes became aware of each other through awakening cosmic twins - Axel learned his true fate as a man between worlds: the inter-dimensional guardian Access!

Now, just as things are starting to get to normal, it seems the universes are starting to bleed together again -- threatening the whole of existence! A dude called Venom has found himself in the wrong universe and he's getting freaked. If Access can't put Venom back where he belongs before he and Superman tear down Metropolis it could spell The End for reality and his relationship!

Full Article: http://secretearths.blogspot.com/2016/04/superman-versus-venom.html

Songbook Xtended: Moments in Love

Art of Noise - Moments in Love (1985) [Original Post]

Infinite Wars: Spider-man & Wonder Woman vs Mantis & Juggernaut

SPIDER-MAN & WONDER WOMAN versus MANTIS & JUGGERNAUT
No Time Like The Present! (Marvel/DC)
Where: Unlimited Access #1 When: December 1997
Why: Karl Kesel How: Pat Olliffe

The Story So Far...
New York City native Axel Asher had enough trouble holding his own life together before he was confronted with a destiny to protect two parallel universes! Drawn into an inter-dimensional conflict between warring cosmic brothers and the denizens of their respective universes, Axel became the hero of two worlds: Access!

Having undone a merging of universes, and averted cosmic annihilation, Axel learns to adjust to the challenges of keeping both worlds separate, while also living a normal life. Crossovers continue to draw him deeper into the DC and Marvel Universes, but his powers help maintain the balance of reality.

What happens when it isn't just space that's starting to bleed from one universe into the other? When Mantis shows up in the Marvel Universe with a plan to kill Axel's girlfriend, he's forced to use his powers to recruit heroic allies from each universe once more. Only this time he's crossing over through time, as well!

Full Article: http://secretearths.blogspot.com/2016/03/spider-man-wonder-woman-versus-mantis.html

Songbook Xtended: Infinity

Guru Josh - Infinity (1990s... Time For The Guru) (1989) [Original Post]

Infinite Wars: Captain Marvel & Hawkman vs Superman & Batman

CAPTAIN MARVEL & HAWKMAN versus SUPERMAN & BATMAN
Public Enemies Part Four: Battle On (DC)
Where: Superman/Batman #4 When: January 2004
Why: Jeph Loeb How: Ed McGuinness

The Story So Far...
A giant piece of the destroyed planet Krypton is hurtling towards the Earth! The humongous meteorite threatens all life on Earth, but President of the United States Lex Luthor has a plan to thwart what his government claims is a proven attack orchestrated by Superman!

Uniting with Batman; Metropolis' Man of Tomorrow helps devise a plan to stop the celestial threat, and undo Lex Luthor's corrupt political scheme once and for all -- becoming a wanted fugitive in the process!

With a bounty on their heads, the World's Finest evade attacks from some of the most notorious figures in the criminal underworld, before fending off a team of government enlisted heroes. When an accident during the fight causes mass destruction in Tokyo, the big guns of the Justice Society of America finally agree to step in to take the pair down safely and quietly at the rest of Wonder Woman. Enter the JSA's hand-picked heroes for a showdown in the snowy mountains of Japan: Captain Marvel & Hawkman!

Full Article: http://secretearths.blogspot.com/2016/03/captain-marvel-hawkman-versus-superman.html

Songbook Xtended: Venus As a Boy

Björk - Venus as a Boy (1993) [Original Post]

Infinite Wars: Hawkman vs Superman

HAWKMAN versus SUPERMAN
A League Divided: Chapter 7 (DC)
Where: Justice League of America #200 When: March 1982 Why: Gerry Conway How: Joe Kubert

The Story So Far...
They came from beyond the stars! Many years ago, alien invaders chose Earth as the battleground for a challenge between would-be rulers! These bizarre strangers from the planet Appellax arrived as elemental vessels carried by a shower of meteors. The resulting threat of powerful monsters too great to be ignored!

Scattered across the globe, seven individual heroes used their unique powers to intervene: Martian Manhunter, Aquaman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, The Flash, Superman and Batman! Combining their efforts against the final force of the Wood King, they thwarted the invasion and forged an unbreakable alliance known the world over as The Justice League of America!

Unbeknownst to those involved, or the many heroes who would join their ranks in the time following -- the threat from Appellax lay dormant within the minds of those who defeated them! Once triggered, the original JLA are programmed to gather the buried meteors to begin their restoration! With no memory of their subsequent allies, the brainwashed heroes must be stopped in a worldwide battle between hero and hero!

Full Article: http://secretearths.blogspot.com/2016/03/hawkman-versus-superman.html

Songbook Xtended: Rip It Up

Orange Juice - Rip It Up (1983) [Original Post]

Infinite Wars: Captain Marvel vs Superman

CAPTAIN MARVEL versus SUPERMAN
> Chapter Four: Never-Ending Battle (DC)
Where: Kingdom Come #4 When: August 1996
Why: Mark Waid How: Alex Ross

The Story So Far...
They were humanity's greatest champions, but when humanity no longer wanted them, they were gone. In their place, a new generation of warriors led by Magog, whose violence promises a just world of brutal simplicity.

In the wake of this changing of the guard, a new generation of super-humans arises with little regard for humanity, or justice. Rife with anger, prejudice, personal agenda, and self-interest they wage wars where the heroes and villains are indistinguishable from one another. Violence begets violence. The children of a greatness deemed too hard to accept become doomed to relearn their history's value the hard way. The people suffer for their choice.

When hope seems lost, the heroes return as they always had in humanity's hour of need. The Justice League judges their replacements harshly, forcing them to answer for their actions. It's a dose of truth, justice and the old American way. A blast from the past. Too little, too late. An uneasy return to extremes.

An improvised gulag for the dangerous super-humans becomes a powder keg waiting to blow. The old villains remain the keepers of the match. Lex Luthor and his Mankind Liberation Front are the architects of an Armageddon designed to end all super-humans at the sound of a word, and the word is... Shazam!

Full Article: http://secretearths.blogspot.com/2016/03/captain-marvel-versus-superman.html

Songbook Xtended: Boat Song

Woodkid - Boat Song (2013) [Original Post]

Infinite Wars: Daredevil vs Punisher

DAREDEVIL versus PUNISHER
The Bully (Marvel)
Where: Daredevil #257 When: August 1988
Why: Ann Nocenti How: John Romita Jr

The Story So Far...
When Alfred Coppersmith lost his job to computerized machines, he perceived his enemy as all around him. In retaliation, he lashed out at everyone all at once - spiking over-the-counter aspirin with deadly cyanide!

To a man like former marine Frank Castle, spiked medication is like firing a random bullet into a crowd. It's an act of guerrilla warfare staged in the urban jungle of New York City. Hell's Kitchen is his new frontline, and as The Punisher he's the special operative to bring the bad guy down - by any means necessary!

Punisher's tactics have never sat well with Daredevil. As a lawyer by day, he invests his faith in the criminal justice system. He won't allow a disturbed man to be put to death. Even if it means stepping between Coppersmith and a bullet, making an enemy of The Punisher!

Full Article: http://secretearths.blogspot.com/2016/02/daredevil-versus-punisher.html

Infinite Wars: Daredevil vs Deadpool

DAREDEVIL versus DEADPOOL
Final Cut (Marvel)
Where: Contest of Champions II #4 When: November 1999 Why: Chris Claremont How: Michael Ryan

The Story So Far...
On a day like any other, the super-heroes of Earth find themselves suddenly plucked from their normal routines -- abducted by aliens! Fortunately, The Coterie are a benevolent race of game-masters hoping only to trade their vast intergalactic knowledge in exchange for basking in the legendary fighting excellence of humanity's greatest champions!

A nice story, but if The Coterie are as benevolent as they claim - why is the air crawling with nanites infesting every hero they've abducted?! Could it be that The Brood are plotting to manipulate the heroes into a plot to steal their powers and turn them against the rest of humanity?

Manipulated by the microscopic nanites infesting their very being, the heroes comply with the contest - turning their powers against one another!

Full Article: http://secretearths.blogspot.com/2016/02/daredevil-versus-deadpool.html

Songbook Xtended: Piece in The Old Style III

William Orbit - Piece in The Old Style III (1999) [Original Post]

Songbook Xtended: All of This and Nothing

Dave Gahan & Soulsavers - All of This and Nothing (2015) [Original Post]

Infinite Wars: Juggernaut vs Deadpool & Siryn

JUGGERNAUT versus DEADPOOL & SIRYN
Luck of the Irish (Marvel)
Where: Deadpool: Sins of the Past #2 When: September 1994 Why: Mark Waid How: Ian Churchill

The Story So Far...
Black Tom Cassidy is a bad seed with a bad problem. A viral wooden growth is claiming his humanity while he serves a life sentence in maximum security prison.

Former Weapon X geneticist Dr. Emrys Killebrew is Black Tom's only hope. Brought in at the request of Interpol Agent Sean Cassidy, the good doctor is running out of time and methods to cure the aggressive infection. Lucky for Tom, his brother isn't the only one looking out for his health. Eager to upgrade Black Tom out of the prison healthcare system, Juggernaut goes on the warpath!

Absconded with Dr. Killebrew, Black Tom's condition is hanging in the balance and the key to saving him may just be former Weapon X subject: Deadpool! The mercenary's sinful past with Black Tom is about to bite him in the ass and the unstoppable Juggernaut is first in line to do the biting!

Full Article: http://secretearths.blogspot.com/2016/02/juggernaut-versus-deadpool-siryn.html

Infinite Wars: Deadpool vs Ajax

DEADPOOL versus AJAX
Payback Part 2: The Quick and The Dead (Marvel)
Where: Deadpool #19 When: August 1998
Why: Joe Kelly How: Walter McDaniel

The Story So Far...
From the tortured corridors of The Workshop he came. A hulking marriage of man and machine! Once, he was merely Francis Fanny - The Attending at the Weapon X hospice where he kept failed experiments in check for scientist Dr. Emrys Killebrew. When he was unleashed on taunting inmate Wade Wilson, he unlocked the healing factor within cancer-riddled Wilson, and seemingly became Deadpool's first victim.

Resurfacing years later as a cybernetically enhanced killing machine; Francis sets his sights on killing Wade Wilson once and for all! After murdering his way through surviving Weapon X rejects, Ajax finds the reformed Dr. Killebrew in the Swiss Alps. Torturing Killebrew for knowledge, he teleports Deadpool to the Alps to enact a final revenge quest against The Workshop's worst escapee!

Haunted by the ghosts of the murdered Weapon X subjects, Deadpool is sworn to set their spirits free to a great reward by stopping Ajax once and for all! With the life of his recently acquired Swiss hostage hanging in the balance, Deadpool steels himself for the final battle that must be waged. It's go time!

Full Article: http://secretearths.blogspot.com/2016/02/deadpool-versus-ajax.html

Songbook Xtended: Pilot

The Notwist - Pilot (2001) [Original Post]

Infinite Wars: Spider-man vs Juggernaut

SPIDER-MAN versus JUGGERNAUT
To Fight the Unbeatable Foe! (Marvel)
Where: Amazing Spider-man #230 When: July 1982
Why: Roger Stern How: John Romita Jr

The Story So Far...
Madame Web has seen a vision of her impending death and it seems a fate unstoppable! Black Tom Cassidy and Juggernaut wanted the seer's powers of premonition to predict the movements of the uncanny X-Men - forcing her to summon the aid of a reluctant Spider-man!

A lone Spider-man did his best to stop the unstoppable, but a rampaging Juggernaut could not be waylaid from his ultimate goal! When removing the frail clairvoyant from her chair threatened her life, however - everything changed! Even the Juggernaut could see the folly in a mission if it means Madame Web's life!

While Madame Web receives medical attention, Spider-man resolves once more to put a stop to the Juggernaut's mad dash! He's going to make the mystically strengthened Juggernaut pay for his crimes! He just has to figure out how...

Full Article: http://secretearths.blogspot.com/2016/01/spider-man-versus-juggernaut.html

Songbook Xtended: French Kissin in the USA

Debbie Harry - French Kissin' in the USA (1986) [Original Post]

Infinite Wars: Jimmy Olsen vs Superman

JIMMY OLSEN versus SUPERMAN
The Superman/Olsen War! (DC)
Where: All-Star Superman #4 When: July 2006
Why: Grant Morrison How: Frank Quitely

The Story So Far...
A daring solar rescue mission has left Superman with a genetic death sentence! PROJECT think tank director Leo Quintum is in a race to find a cure for the Kryptonian's sun soaked cell degeneration, and while he's away, Daily Planet columnist Jimmy Olsen will step in as Director For a Day -- and what a day it will be!

Happy to help out with a wayward experiment, Superman finds himself accidentally exposed to a chunk of Black Kryptonite embedded in the perilous Underverse! The mysterious mineral appears to have no effect, but looks can be deceiving!

PROJECT is about to find itself with a bad case of bad Superman! Everything's going topsy-turvy in the Man of Steel's brain, which means Director Jimmy Olsen and the rest of humanity is enemy number one! Looks like desperate times will call for desperate measures -- but will Diretor Jimmy be able to survive what lies behind the door that says Do Not Open Until Doomsday and complete his column before deadline?!

Full Article: http://secretearths.blogspot.com/2016/01/jimmy-olsen-versus-superman.html

Infinite Wars: Supergirl vs Mary Marvel

SUPERGIRL versus MARY MARVEL
How To Murder The Earth (DC)
Where: Final Crisis #6 When: January 2009
Why: Grant Morrison How: JG Jones

The Story So Far...
The Anti-Life Equation has been unlocked! Orion is dead! Gods walk the Earth as men! This is the final crisis!

The prophesized death of Darkseid could only be but a passing moment - the beginning of something new! The New God of evil could never truly die as he was already reborn in a mortal shell! Embedded as mortals, the evil gods wage their war on the Earth unopposed by their heroic rivals. Anti-Life justifies humanity's enslavement!

Possessed by Desaad; Mary Marvel fights on the front line as a super-soldier against the heroes of Earth. Their numbers dwindling to the Anti-Life Justifiers, the heroes coordinate as best they can against the greatest threat they've ever faced! Targeting the darkened Mary Marvel is a hero every bit her equal. Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird... It's a plane... No - it's Supergirl!

Full Article: http://secretearths.blogspot.com/2016/01/supergirl-versus-mary-marvel.html

Songbook Xtended: Little Wonder

David Bowie - Little Wonder (1997) [Original Post]

Infinite Wars: Jessica Jones vs Owl

KNIGHTRESS versus OWL
Finale (Marvel)
Where: The Pulse #14 When: May 2006
Why: Brian Michael Bendis How: Michael Gaydos

The Story So Far...
Married life has been good for Luke Cage and Jessica Jones. With a new born child, the pair are reminiscing about the good old days - like the first time they met!

Jessica was in a dark place at that time in her life. Her ordeal with The Purple Man had left the former Jewel despondent and clinging to life as a costumed protector by the thread of her need to hit something.

Adopting a grim new identity for her final shot at being a superhero, Jones became Knightress! Prowling the city by night, she sets her angry fists on the criminal called The Owl. Little did this bird of prey know, his deal is in danger from a pair of Heroes for Hire as well!

Full Article: http://secretearths.blogspot.com/2016/01/knightress-versus-owl.html

Songbook Xtended: Don't Talk To Me About Love

Altered Images - Don't Talk To Me About Love (1983) [Original Post]

Songbook Xtended: Proud

Drop Bears - Proud (1983) [Original Post]

Songbook Xtended: Candyman

Primus - Candyman (2015) [Original Post]

Infinite Wars: Flash vs Anti-Monitor

FLASH versus ANTI-MATTER CANNON
A Flash of the Lightning! (DC)
Where: Crisis on Infinite Earths #8 When: November 1985 Why: Marv Wolfman How: George Perez

The Story So Far...
Ten billion years ago, a mad act of godlike impetuousness set into motion events that would threaten all of reality! The Oan scientist Krona dared to witness the creation of the universe and in doing so triggered the existence of a second, mirrored duplicate: the Anti-Matter Universe!

In this reality of darkness and evil there would be born a creature on the planet Qward known as The Anti-Monitor. Through his many meditations he would come to notice his counterpart born simultaneously in the world of positive matter. Sensing this existence he sought to snuff it out -- igniting a perfectly matched war with his brother that sent both into dormancy with the strike of a final powerful blow!

Billions of years later, another seeking the secrets of the origin of all things unleashes chaos anew. In exposing his matter universe to anti-matter he condemned it to total destruction! This Pariah watches on as The Anti-Monitor reawakens and draws his plans against an entire Multiverse!
Worlds will live. Worlds will die. Great heroes will fight to defend their world and the worlds of others. Those that fall may never come to realize the true threat they faced. Reaching out from beyond space Anti-Monitor faces few. The Flash will witness this face of evil and the weapons he assembles. The Flash will fight.

Full Article: http://secretearths.blogspot.com/2016/01/flash-versus-anti-matter-cannon.html