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Well, seems like we're back. Howard Hesseman RIP.   Printer-friendly page   Send this story to someone
Monday, January 31, 2022 - 08:00 AM
Posted by: Karl

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RICHARD THOMPSON: The culmination of 1000 Years Of Popular Music.

NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to Anaïs Mitchell, Pinegrove, St. Paul & The Broken Bones, and more.

BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has Urge Overkill, David J & Victor DeLorenzo, and more.

U2: Bono and The Edge unplugged "Sunday Bloody Sunday" for the 50th anniversary of the event.

STEELY DAN: The second piano demo for "Black Cow."

JONI MITCHELL and NILS LOFGREN pulled their music off Spotify, which announced  plans to take to combat COVID-19 misinformation.

ANAIS MITCHELL, on her first solo album in a decade, the upcoming Bonny Light Horseman LP, how crafting the Broadway smash 'Hadestown' changed her approach to songwriting, and much more.

IS OLD MUSIC Killing New Music? (nah, it was the internet.)

THE NUMBER ONES looks at looks at Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You," one of the biggest and most overwhelming hit songs of all time.

 

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: With no new releases and a nor'easter, Spider-Man: No Way Home again tops the chart with 11MM on a mere 21 percent drop.  Scream places with 7.35MM on a 40 percent drop.  Sing 2 shows with 4.8MM on a 17 percent drop.

HOWARD HESSEMAN, a prolific character actor who became a beloved TV mainstay through his roles on sitcoms “WKRP in Cincinnati” and “Head of the Class,” died Saturday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles of complications from colon surgery he had undergone last summer. He was 81 years old.

MEGXIT: It's been a year since Harry and Meghan announced their reported $25 million deal to produce a podcast series for Spotify - and since they produced their only 34-minute episode. Meawhile, the Queen launches her own ketchup.

ADELE canceled her concerts in Las Vegas because of problems with her boyfriend?

TOM CRUISE promoed Top Gun 2 for the AFC Championship.

FLORENCE PUGH is back to cooking on Instagram.

JASON MOMOA is reportedly in talks to star in the next instalment of the Fast & Furious franchise.

PEYTON MANNING on the NFL playoffs, sort of.

 

THE SHOCK of Recognition.

THE 3-D CATQUARIUM probably stresses the fish.

WINTER OLYMPICS Preview.

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Short week, flying by.   Printer-friendly page   Send this story to someone
Thursday, January 20, 2022 - 08:00 AM
Posted by: Karl

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THE DEL LORDS extend "How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live?" Circa 1990.

TOM MORELLO visits Word Cafe.

GARCIA PEOPLES covers Jerry Jeff Walker, The Waterboys, and Neil Young for a Lagniappe Session.

ANIMAL COLLECTIVE shares “Strung With Everything.”

SUPERCHUNK shares “This Night.” 

BILL CALLAHAN & WILL OLDHAM talk to The New Yorker.

TELEVISION: The Genius of... Marquee Moon.

MARTY ROBERTS,  one half of the irrepressible, crowd-pleasing lounge duo Marty & Elayne — the beloved L.A. partnership that serenaded everyone from Frank Sinatra to Nicolas Cage and stole the 1996 film “Swingers” out from under Vince Vaughn and Jon Favreau — died from cancer on Thursday. He was 89. Eff cancer.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at Sir Mix-A-Lot's eternal big-butts anthem "Baby Got Back."

 

LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RINGS OF POWER has an announcement video.

BRITNEY SPEARS has accused her father of paying a security team to track the locations of those close to her.

GASPARD ULLIEL, star of “It’s Only the End of the World” and Marvel’s upcoming “Moon Knight” series, has died following a ski accident in the French Alps on Wednesday. He was 37.

SEBASTIAN STAN & LILY JAMES on Pam and Tommy and the talking penis.

THE HOUSE OF MOUSE reorganizes its streaming biz.

SCREAM and the rise of self-hating sequels.

BRIAN COX knows how to end an interview.

 

THE SEASON where frozen iguanas fall from the trees.

A PIGEON, showing off.

ANIMAL SACRIFICE Sees Drunk Priest Allegedly Behead Man Instead of Goat.

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Yvette Mimieux RIP, and Wednesday.   Printer-friendly page   Send this story to someone
Wednesday, January 19, 2022 - 08:00 AM
Posted by: Karl

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LIZ PHAIR: "Jealousy." It sneers like she does.

ADAM SCHLESSINGER: A MUSIC CELEBRATION is streaming on the Tube.

SONIC YOUTH shares "In & Out" from an upcoming rarities comp.

GEESE plays "Low Era" on Colbert.

ELVIS COSTELLO talks songwriting wih Rolling Stone.

CAT POWER looks back at her 30-year career with Stereogum.

BONO is embarrassed by his band's name and its singer.

GERRY MARSDEN: The Liverpool ferry terminal will be aptly named after the late popster.

 

DANIEL RADCLIFFE will play "Weird Al" Yankovic in a forthcoming biopic.

THE GRAMMYS are now set for April in Vegas.

OUR FLAG MEANS DEATH has a teaser trailer online. Yaaarrrr.

LOUIE ANDERSON is undergoing treatment for cancer in a Las Vegas hospital. Eff cancer.

JOHN CARPENTER, Genre Genius.

SIDNEY POITIER  died from a combination of heart failure, Alzheimer's dementia and prostate cancer ... according to his death certificate.

YVETTE MIMIEUX, star of The Time Machine and The Black Hole, passed away in her sleep at 80.

 

A PENGUIN hitches a ride to the floe.

A MAINE COONE KITTEN outweighs a toddler.

A BULMASTIFF enjoys a wading pool.

A RABBIT laps the track.

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Rosa Lee Hawkins RIP on a slow post-holiday "news" day.   Printer-friendly page   Send this story to someone
Tuesday, January 18, 2022 - 08:00 AM
Posted by: Karl

Karl

RAY CHARLES jamming out "Walk the Line" & "Ring of Fire" for Johnny Cash Twofer Tuesday.

ELVIS COSTELLO visits World Cafe.

WHO IS HARRY NILSSON AND WHY IS EVERYBODY TALKIN' ABOUT HIM is online, plus an interview with documentarian John Scheinfeld.

TINDERSTICKS shares “Both Sides Of The Blade.”

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN tops the list of highest-paid musicians of 2021.

DAVID BOWIE is the 21st Century’s best-selling vinyl artist.

INDIE BASEMENT'S Most Anticipated Albums of 2022.

THE BEST 30 DEBUT ALBUMS of 2021, according to Paste.

ROSA LEE HAWKINS, who sang with the Dixie Cups on the classic recordings "Chapel of Love" and "Iko Iko," has died at 76.

 

JOSS WHEDON, violating the first rule of holes, repeatedly.

MOON KNIGHT has a trailer online.

RUPERT GRINT compares J.J. Rowling to an auntie.

VIC MENSA, busted by Customs, allegedly for shrooms.

BETTY WHITE: How a celebration became a tribute.

WAKANDA FOREVER: Letitia Wright is back on setWinston Duke reportedly has a bigger role.

JIM CARREY's Top 10 Film Roles.

 

A DIVER HELPS AN OCTOPUS trade a plastic cup for a shell.

GENTLE Giant.

WHERE'S Winston?

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MLK Jr Day, and Monday.   Printer-friendly page   Send this story to someone
Monday, January 17, 2022 - 08:00 AM
Posted by: Karl

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U2: "Pride" and "MLK." Crushingly obvious. Have a dream.

NEW RELEASES: Paste will pint you to Elvis Costello, Cat Power, Earl Sweatshirt, and more.

BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has Molly Nilsson, Balkans, Elephant Stone, and more.

BLEACHERS, Live on Saturday Night.

REMEMBERING RONNIE SPECTOR, the Beating Heart of Rock 'n 'Roll.

RACHEL NAGY, leader of the garage-rock band the Detroit Cobras, has died.

FRED PARRIS, frontman for the doo-wop group the Five Satins, has died at 85.

DALLAS FRAZIER, the songwriter responsible for "Alley-Oop," "Elvira," “Beneath Still Waters” and many more, has died at 82.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at Mariah Carey's 'MTV Unplugged' cover of the Jackson 5 classic "I'll Be There."

DION: A vintage performance of "Abraham, Martin & John."

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE:  Scream tops the chart with an estimated 36MM over the holiday weekend, pretty much right in line with the first couple of sequels and a good-for-horror B+ CinemaScore.  It remains to be seen whether this was front-loaded or gets leggy. Spider-Man: No Way Home places with 26M, still seggy with new cometition as it's about to become the fourt-biggest domestic grosser in history. Sing 2 shows with 11MM, a decidedly leggy number given that it's also streaming.

JUSTIFIED is coming back as a limited series.

BRITNEY & LAMIE-LYNN SPEARS: Their feud escalates.

JONAH HILL, on reprioritizing comedy, and why he's open to a Superbad sequel under one very specific condition.

NICOLE KIDMAN, shocked at the love for her AMC ad.

NEW YORKERS, checking out Florida properties.

ALLIGATORS, getting their mouths washed out with soap.

SQUIRREL, check your privilege.

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