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Tuesday, June 23, 2020 - 08:00 AM Posted by: Karl
GARY WRIGHT will always be known as the "Dreamweaver," but add "Love is Alive" (with More Cowbell) and you have Twofer Tuesday. BLONDIE, Live in Asbury Park, 1979. KISHI BASHI, Live on KEXP from Home. CASS McCOMBS & STEVE GUNN cover Michael Hurley's "Sweet Lucy" and a Scottish folk tune. RICK ASTLEY covers the Foo Fighters' "Everlong." (Not a Rick Roll) BRIGHT EYES shares “Mariana Trench.” JARVIS COCKER, interviewed by Jeanie Finlay. IS "DAD FOLK" Back? THE FUTURE OF MUSIC: ‘No one has anything positive to say about physically distanced gigs. At all.’ THE NUMBER ONES looks at Lionel Richie's first-ever solo single, the grandly sappy ballad "Truly." DAVID GUILLOD, a producer on Atomic Blonde, as well as the 2020 Netflix film Extraction, has been charged with sexually assaulting three women. JUSTIN BIEBER Denies Sexual Assault Allegations, Will Take Legal Action. JOEL SCHUMACHER, costume designer-turned-director of films including “St. Elmo’s Fire,” “The Lost Boys” and “Falling Down,” as well as two “Batman” films, died in New York City on Monday morning after a year-long battle with cancer. He was 80. MICHAEL KEATON may play Bruce Wayne in The Flash movie. STEVE BING, a producer, philanthropist and screenwriter, has died by jumping from an apartment building in Los Angeles. He was 55. J.K. ROWLING: Authors quit her literary agency after the company declined to issue a statement of support for transgender rights and pledge action. The agency says it is not willing to have staff "re-educated" to meet the demands of a small group of clients. WINONA RYDER has said she was once overlooked for a movie role because the producer said she looked “too Jewish”. DL HUGHLEY tested positive for COVID-19 after collapsing on-stage at Nashville comedy show Friday night. DREA de MATEO had a common reaction to The Sopranos finale. THE GOLDEN GLOBES will be postponed. I'M DOING whatever you're doing. THE RATTLESNAKE: Misunderstood? Maligned? THE WORLD'S LARGEST REPTILE EGG, 68 million years old, has been found on Antarctica.
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Ian Holm RIP, Denny O'Neil RIP, and Monday Things. |
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Monday, June 22, 2020 - 08:00 AM Posted by: Karl
STEAM: The one-hit wonder with a synced take on "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye." NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to Bob Dylan, Phoebe Bridgers, Neil Young, Braids, and more. BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has Wire, Joe Pernice, Damaged Bug, and more. THE MEKONS are streaming an "Exquisite" new album. THURSTON MOORE shares "Hashish." BOB DYLAN, essayed by Peggy Noonan. PHOEBE BRIDGERS gives Stereogum a track-by-track tour of her new LP. HUEY LEWIS writes a letter to his younger self. THE NUMBER ONES looks at Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes' drippy, Oscar-winning 'Officer And A Gentleman' ballad "Up Where We Belong." IAN HOLM, who was in everything from King Lear to Alien to the Lord of the Rings trilogy, died on Friday in London. He was 88.Here's an essay at The New Yorker. CINEPLEX won’t require guests to wear face masks in its theaters when they start reopening later this month. AMC, OTOH, has reversed course and will require masks. HEATHER LOCKLEAR is engaged to her high school sweetheart Chris Heisser. LEONARDO DiCAPRIO was seen partying on a yacht to celebrate his girlfriend Camila Morrone's 23rd birthday. TENET gets a big BTS feature from Entertainment Weekly. DENNY O'NEIL, a leading comic-book writer who in the 1970s acquainted readers with Batman’s tougher, urban roots and injected social issues into the joint adventures of Green Lantern and Green Arrow, died on June 11 at his home in Nyack, N.Y. He was 81. The creator of Ra's al Ghul and Talia al Ghul, O'Neil is as responsible for Christopher Nolan's vision of the Batman as Frank Miller. A BABY HIPPO, on a treadmill. THERE'S GOING FOR A WALK, and going for a walk. A BABY MAGPIE falls in love with a cat.
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Sly Stone, Vera Lynn and other Things to liberate your weekend. |
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Friday, June 19, 2020 - 08:00 AM Posted by: Karl
THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: SLY & THE FAMILY STONE rip through a medley of "Everyday People" and "Dance to the Music," plus "Hot Fun in the Summertime," "Don't Call Me N*gger, Whitey," and "I Want to Take You Higher" on network TV, circa 1969. LORETTA LYNN, Live in Dallas, 1982. LITTLE DRAGON plays a Tiny Desk Concert from Home. BOB DYLAN: Pretty Good Stuff, Ep. 7. His new LP is out today also, so here's a condensed timeline of his career. TARA JANE O'NEIL covers Bananarama's "Cruel Summer." Then again, so does Evanescence. FIERY FURNACES return with “Down at the So and So on Somewhere.” DOVES return with "Carousels." R.E.M.: "Don't Go Back to Rockville," very unplugged. PHOEBE BRIDGERS on the 10 Things That Influenced Her New Album, which is streaming now. THE TOP 10 REISSUES of 2020 (So Far), according to SPIN. I'M NOT A DAD, but I Rock Like One. VERA LYNN, the British singer whose touching ballads helped sustain the spirits of Britons during WWII, died yesterday. She was 103 years old. JUSTICE LEAGUE: The Snyder Cut has a teaser. AMC THEATERS plan to reopen on July 15; mask policies may vary locally. WATCHMEN: The HBO miniseries is streaming for free this Juneteenth weekend. ELON MUSK denied allegations that he was involved in an alleged “three-way affair” with his ex Amber Heard and model Cara Delevingne. LORI LAUGHLIN fears she will contract coronavirus in prison. DUNE is heading to Hungary to film additional material this summer. JAMES GANDOLFINI once threatened to "beat the f***" out of Harvey Weinstein. JAWS: The Perfect Blockbuster? A HERD OF BISON, just headed through traffic at Yellowstone. ALCOHOLIC KILLER MONKEY leaves one man dead and 250 injured after going on a rampage. A BEAR attacked a 19-year old woman who had fallen asleep in her backyard. A BROTHER AND SISTER had a close call with a large shark.
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Thursday's rags. What you gonna do? |
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Thursday, June 18, 2020 - 08:00 AM Posted by: Karl
THE FIVE AMERICANS: "I See The Light." NEIL YOUNG may or may not still be advance streaming Homegrown. JASON ISBELL visits with World Cafe. ALL SONGS CONSIDERED features Eluvium, H.E.R., A.O. Gerber and more. PATTERSON HOOD apologizes for the name of his band. MTV UNPLUGGED, rated by NME. BOB DYLAN & FIONA APPLE? Seems so, professionally. THE NUMBER ONES looks at Men At Work's twitchy, paranoid, sax-driven new wave breakout "Who Can It Be Now?" DANNY MASTERSON was charged by the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office with raping three women. KRISTEN STEWART is set to play Princess Diana. KRISTEN WIIG and her fiancé, Avi Rothman, welcomed twins via surrogate. MICHELLE WILLIAMS has welcomed her second child, her first with her husband, Thomas Kail. JOHNNY DEPP's defamation suit against his ex-wife claims that Amber Heard once had a threesome with Elon Musk and Cara Delevingne. ELON MUSK & GRIMES changed their baby's name, again. EWAN MacGREGOR talks about the Obi-Wan Kenobi series moving forward at Disney+. THE BOLD & BEAUTIFUL goes back into production using blow-up dolls in intimate scenes. A DOGGO meant to do this. THIS GATOR probably wanted key lime pie. THIS GATOR is back from Oz.
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