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Friday, March 15, 2024 - 08:00 AM Posted by: Karl
ST. PATRICK'S DAY STARTS HERE: ...with JOE STRUMMER and THE POGUES! People will be getting their drink and dance on today, so enjoy Joe, Shane and the band putting a Celtic spin on "London Calling" and "I Fought The Law" for St. Patrick's Day, 1988. Follow that up with the Dropkick Murphys' videos for "I'm Shipping Up to Boston" (which you may have heard in Martin Scorsese's The Departed) and "The Wild Rover." Round it out with an Old Grey Whistle Test of my Fave Pogues songs, "Sally MacLennane" and a Shamrock Shake. WEDNESDAY plays a Tiny Desk Concert. COLD WAR KIDS, Live at Rockwood Music Hall. WILLIE NELSON shares "The Border." RIDE shares "Monaco." BOECKNER (of Wolf Parade and Handsome Furs) shares “Dead Tourists.” VAMPIRE WEEKEND shares "Classical." BARRY ADAMSON (of the Bad Seeds and Magazine) shares "The Last Words of Sam Cooke." Lady, you shot me! THE HOLD STEADY's Almost Killed Me Turns 20. WAXAHATCHEE, on Extracting the Magic out of the South. ROGER DALTREY, on the one guitar he smashed. THE IDES OF MARCH: The friendly stranger in the black sedan. THE CROW remake has a trailer online. LINDSAY LOHAN has returned to Hollywood... older and wiser? THE ROYALS: William and Harry will attend the Diana Legacy awards, but their appearances will remain separate. THE HOUSE OF MOUSE has made a lot of money driving Star Wars and the MCU into a ditch. THE BEAR: Seasons 3 and 4 are filming back-to-back. PIERCE BROSNAN pleaded guilty to stepping off a trail in a thermal area during a November visit to Yellowstone National Park, got caught after posting pictures online. VALERIE BERTINELLI confirms she's dating again. ORIGIN: The news around Ava DuVernay's latest movie just stays weird. EMMA STONE & YORGOS LANTHIMOS will be back on big screens in June. UNCUT GEMS, EX MACHINA, and HEREDITARY are all coming to IMAX screens. A MAMA CAT shows off her kitten to a little girl. A PANGOLIN, climbing a tree. MEET THE COLUGO: The Flying Lemur That's Somewhere Between A Squirrel And A Bat.
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Thursday, March 14, 2024 - 08:00 AM Posted by: Karl
DRAMARAMA give you "Anything, Anything" and a "Last Cigarette" for Twofer Thursday. DEEPER plays World Cafe. THE LEMON TWIGS share “A Dream is All I Know.” SPLIT ENZ shares "Murder," a previously unreleased song that they played live a handful of times 45 years ago. MITSKI covers Pete Seeger's “Coyote, My Little Brother.” MANNEQUIN P*SSY, on complex femininity, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, religion, and more. ANTHONY "BABY GAP" WALKER, most famous for his work with The Gap Band, has died at age 60, following “complications from a neck surgery.” ROMAN POLANSKI faces an August 2025 trial date for a rape lawsuit. SYDNEY SWEENEY: Scream Queen? The early buzz for her turn in Immaculate is hot. THE ROYALS: Kate Middleton's health status remains a mystery, even to some members of her own family. OLIVIA MUNN reveals a breast cancer diagnosis. X-MEN '97 showrunner Beau DeMayo has been fired just weeks before the premiere, for reasons unknown. NICOLAS CAGE is kinda done with comic book movies. STAR WARS: Patty Jenkins claims she's back on Rogue Squadron. MICHAEL CULVER, a/k/a Captain Needa, whose failure to capture the fleeing Millennium Falcon results in Darth Vader force-choking him to death aboard a Star Destroyer, has died at 85. A GALAPOGOS TORTOISE, getting skritches. A BUFFALO saves a turtle. BABY GOATS on aisle 6. CAMELS: Why don't we do it in the road?
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Wednesday, March 13, 2024 - 08:00 AM Posted by: Karl
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Eric Carmen and Karl Wallinger, RIP. |
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Tuesday, March 12, 2024 - 08:00 AM Posted by: Karl
ERIC CARMEN, who became an icon of power pop as the frontman of the Raspberries before achieving even bigger hits as a solo artist in the 1970s and ’80s, has died at age 74. Folks are going to go for “Go All the Way,”or "I Wanna Be With You," or "All By Myself," but "Overnight Sensation" is the one, srsly. KARL WALLINGER, the former Waterboys multi-instrumentalist who became the sole member of the successful ’80s and ’90s psych-pop project World Party has died at 66. A nice video selection at the link. THE STROKES played live rarities at a benefit gig. DAVE GROHL covers McCartney's "Live And Let Die." THE 100 BEST BEATLES SOLO SONGS, according to Rolling Stone. MADONNA called out a fan for sitting at her concert, though the fan was in a wheelchair. 10CC is touring the US after 30 years. THE NUMBER ONES looks at Pink & Fun. singer Nate Ruess' power-ballad duet "Just Give Me A Reason." THE OSCARS delivered their highest rating in four years, averaging 19.5 million viewers. Helps when big, popular films are good. WES ANDERSON reacted to his first Oscar, which he wasn't there to accept. AL PACINO explains his delivery of the Best Picture vote. OPPENHEIMER's Oscar-winning editor speaks to Vulture about the film's hardest scenes. THE FIRST OMEN has a trailer online. THE ROYALS: Kate Middleton apologizes for editing a family photo that still leaves her health status a mystery. DAISY RIDLEY was not flooded with job offers post-Star Wars. JODIE FOSTER is done with True Detective. COYOTE v ACME still has a chance at a release? A DOGGO gets his dance on. CRUFT'S Best In Show. A BULL does some showjumping.
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- Monday, March 11
- And the Monday goes to...
- Friday, March 08
- The state of the blog is steady.
- Thursday, March 07
- BTO > RTO
- Wednesday, March 06
- Logged a lot of phone time. Sigh.
- Tuesday, March 05
- "Carry on" is an ambiguous suggestion, tbh.
- Monday, March 04
- Trying to seize the week, really.
- Friday, March 01
- Lion Around.
- Thursday, February 29
- Richard Lewis RIP.
- Wednesday, February 28
- 70s and a tornado warning. Wild.
- Tuesday, February 27
- Glad it's only Tuesday, sort of.
- Monday, February 26
- Cromulent weekend.
- Friday, February 23
- Take care, TCB
- Thursday, February 22
- Short week. And yet. Again.
- Wednesday, February 21
- Not quite the midpoint of a short week and yet.
- Tuesday, February 20
- Back on the chain gang.
- Monday, February 19
- I forgot I made the same mattress reference last year.
- Friday, February 16
- And yet the days fill up.
- Thursday, February 15
- You don't know when it runs out.
- Wednesday, February 14
- My favorite work of art.
- Tuesday, February 13
- The Combine is at the end of the month.
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