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Friday, August 27, 2021 - 08:00 AM
Posted by: Karl
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THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: 
...with THE BANGLES! Live in Pittsburgh, circa 1986. Your setlist includes: 1 Let It Go; 2 Restless; 3 Walking Down Your Street; 4 James; 5 Going Down to Liverpool; 6 He's Got a Secret; 7 September Gurls; 8 If She Knew What She Wants; 9 Return Post; 10 Live; 11 In a Different Light; 12 Want You; 13 Angels Don't Fall in Love; 14 Hero Takes a Fall; 15 Manic Monday; and 16 Walk Like an Egyptian. LUCY DACUS visits World Cafe. BACHELOR plays KEXP. ALL SONGS CONSIDERED features Big Thief, George Harrison, Hand Habits, and more. CARIBOU's video for "You Can Do It" is filled with doggos. THE MOUNTAIN GOATS' John Darnielle holds forth on Bonnie Raitt, Depeche Mode and more. KACEY MUSGRAVES is profiled in the New York Times. GENE SIMMONS apologizes to DAVID LEE ROTH. THE NATIONAL reunited earlier this year and "shared a lot of ideas" for new music. R KELLY: A woman told a New York court on Thursday of a relationship she had within which he would film their sexual interactions and yell at her for disobeying his commands. DIANE KRUGER & NORMAN REEDUS are engaged. EMILY VanCAMP and Josh Bowman secretly welcomed their first child together, a baby girl named Iris. THE LION KING prequel is roaring into life. JAY CUTLER, a/k/a Jerkface, is having trouble dating post-divorce. DAVID DUCHOVNY Turned Down Scientology, Doesn't Care About UFOs, and Loves Making Sweet Music. JAKE TAPPER, on his book (and movie) The Outpost. PARROTS, nesting in a palm tree. A SCHOOL OF RAYS, caught by drone. SUGAR GLIDERS, doing their thing.
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| At least tomorrow's Thursday. No, wait... today's Thursday. |
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Thursday, August 26, 2021 - 08:00 AM
Posted by: Karl
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SHOCKING BLUE: She's your "Venus." MEN I TRUST streams their Untourable Album. MIGOS play a Tiny Desk Concert from home. DEERHOOF shares the jagged, angular "Plant Thief." FIERY FURNACES return with “The Fortune Teller’s Revenge.” TEN REASONS to love Charlie Watts. Also: The Stones' tour will go forward, including a tribute to Watts. NIRVANA faces a lawsuit from the grown nude baby on the cover of Nevermind. YOU CAN'T BURY CANTERBURY: A Guide to the Neo-Canterbury Sound. ABBA: Next Friday. THE NUMBER ONES looks at the loud, fast downfall of Milli Vanilli and at their final No. 1 hit, the Diane Warren-written ballad "Blame It On The Rain." R KELLY allegedly made women write "collateral" letters as blackmail. RON JEREMY was indicted on a slew of sexual assault and rape charges ... and prosecutors say there are now a staggering 21 alleged victims. MEGXIT: A new chapter in the Sussexes' controversial biography claims Prince Harry was declined the chance to have a wreath laid at the Cenotaph. THE MATRIX: RESURRECTIONS has a trailer coming. LETITIA WRIGHT was briefly hospitalized with minor injuries after a stunt rig accident on the set of “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.” REMINISCENCE, starring Hugh Jackman, has become one of the biggest flops in box office history. CHER listed her pet peeves. VAL KILMER, on surviving throat cancer. SPIKE LEE is editing the conspiracy theorists out of his HBO documentary on 9/11. MICHAEL NADER, best known for his role as “Dex” Dexter on ABC's original version of Dynasty, and as Dimitri Marick on All My Children, has died at the age of 76. A PARROT takes a phone on a trip. SHORTCAKE is a vocal rescue Pittie who overcame nerve damage. A SECRET MEETING: Wait for it.
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| Charlie Watts RIP, and no Things. |
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Wednesday, August 25, 2021 - 08:00 AM
Posted by: Karl
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CHARLIE WATTS, whose strong but unflashy drumming powered the Rolling Stones for over 50 years, died on Tuesday in London. He was 80. If you're not an NYT subscriber, here's an anecdote from Keith Richards which features therein. The Guardian has an obit, a profile, a critical look at his role in the Stones, and a life in pictures. And here are the obits in Rolling Stone and one filled with tributes at the NME. Here's a video of Watts talking mostly about his kit. Here's some isolated drum tracks. And here's how "Jumpin' Jack Flash" looked from his throne. With Mick and Keith out front, Charlie was truly underrated within the context of the Stones -- not just the jazz-influenced swing he brought to the band which is getting its due in the obits, but also the way he and original bassist Bill Wyman played in tension with each other, providing a friction you didn't hear anyplace else. And interviews made clear that Watts was fine being in the background (the anecdote linked above being a rare exception to the rule). He always thought of himself as a musician as opposed to a rock star, and the long-married Watts famously avoided groupies on the road. So there won't be any other "news" here today. I consider myself quite lucky to have seen him wield the sticks on the Tattoo You tour; his like will not pass this way again. Give the drummer some. BONUS: Here's the Political Beats survey of the Rolling Stones, Part 1 and Part 2, if you want to spend six hours immersed in the catalog of which Charlie watts was the foundation. More tomorrow, barring the unforeseen.
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