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Takin' it again. Again! Again! Takin' it again.   Printer-friendly page   Send this story to someone
Friday, February 02, 2024 - 08:00 AM
Posted by: Karl

Karl

I got flowers...in the Spring...

First D.J.: "Rise and shine, campers and don't forget your booties 'cause it's cooooold out there today."

Second D.J.: "It's cold out there every day. What is this, Miami Beach?"

First D.J.: "Not hardly. So the big question o­n everybody's lips..."

Second D.J.: "O­n their chapped lips..."

First D.J.: "...their chapped lips is, 'Does Phil feel lucky?' Punxsatawney Phil! That's right, woodchuck chuckers, it's...

(IN UNISON): GROUNDHOG DAY!!!"

Saturday, Punxsutawney Phil ---  the Seer of Seers, Sage of Sages, Prognosticator of Prognosticators, and Weather Prophet Extraordinary will predict whether we will have six more weeks of winter.  According to the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club, Phil has seen his shadow 103 times, and hasn't seen it (predicting an early spring) only 18 times.  Phil's track record is hotly disputed. In general, Groundhogs Do Not Make Good Meteorologists. Nevertheless, thousands will await the sunrise and the groundhog at Gobbler's Knob in the tiny Pennsylvania hamlet that has become known as the "Weather Capital of the World," due in no small part to the movie that makes every day Groundhog Day.

This is o­ne time where the Internet really fails to capture the true excitement of a movie about a large squirrel predicting the weather. However, you can see the trailer as a refresher (while BuzzFeed compiles trivia).

In 2005, Roger Ebert revisited Groundhog Day, declaring that the film "finds its note and purpose so precisely that its genius may not be immediately noticeable. It unfolds so inevitably, is so entertaining, so apparently effortless, that you have to stand back and slap yourself before you see how good it really is."

At the other end of the political spectrum, Jonah Goldberg's equally effusive movie meditation grabbed the cover of National Review: "When I set out to write this article, I thought it'd be fun to do a quirky homage to an offbeat flick, o­ne I think is brilliant as both comedy and moral philosophy. But while doing what I intended to be cursory research -- how much reporting do you need for a review of a twelve-year-old movie that plays constantly o­n cable? -- I discovered that I wasn't alone in my interest. In the years since its release the film has been taken up by Jews, Catholics, Evangelicals, Hindus, Buddhists, Wiccans, and followers of the oppressed Chinese Falun Gong movement."

Indeed, a 2004 article mentioned by Ebert (but not linked) from London's Independent observes that the Harold Ramis comedy has been hailed by some religious leaders as the most spiritual film of all time. More examples can be found at the NYT and the Christian Science Monitor.

As Phil Connors ultimately observed: "When Chekhov saw the long winter, he saw a winter bleak and dark and bereft of hope. Yet we know that winter is just another step in the cycle of life. But standing here among the people of Punxsutawney and basking in the warmth of their hearths and hearts, I couldn't imagine a better fate than a long and lustrous winter."

ACCORDINGLY, we conclude:

...with Sonny & Cher o­n Hullabaloo and famously o­n Letterman years later, plus UB40 with Chrissie Hynde, not to mention The Cynics (from the Bonograph tribute CD), and David Bowie & Marianne Faithfull.

WILCO plays KCRW.

BLACK PUMAS plays World Cafe.

BILLY JOEL returns with “Turn the Lights Back On,” his first pop song since 2007.

THE DISMEMBERMENT PLAN cover Circus Lupus's "Unrequited," their first recording in over a decade.

HOOTIE: Busted.

VICTORIA MONET's Grammys Moment.

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN's Mom passed at 98.

 

THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED.  Tomorrow is the anniversary of the passing of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson in a plane crash outside Clear Lake, IA, and it is still bringing people to the historic Surf Ballroom (now a National Historic Landmark), as well as the Riverside Ballroom, where the Winter Dance Party made its penultimate stop. So it's worth linking to an MPR audio feature on the Winter Dance Party and a Weekend Edition piece on Buddy Holly's old classmates.. We'll start with some video of Buddy Holly playing "That'll Be the Day," and "Peggy Sue."  There's even less video of Valens, outside this lipsync of "Ooh, My Head!", but there's rare live audio of "La Bamba" and "Donna" on the Tube. And no survey would be complete without the Bopper's signature song, "Chantilly Lace."  The tragedy has echoed through the years in movies like The Buddy Holly Story and La Bamba.  The latter featured Los Lobos, who would make "La Bamba" a hit again almost 30 years later, with Marshall Crenshaw as Holly, who can be seen here covering "Crying, Waiting Hoping", introduced by Wolfman Jack.

 

MATTHEW VAUGHN does care what you think.

LARRY DAVID attacked ELMO on live TV.

BRAD PITT will star in Quentin Tarantino's The Movie Critic.

TIM BURTON and "Gone Girl" author Gillian Flynn are remaking "Attack of the 50 Foot Woman."

CHRISTOPHER NOLAN hopes Oppenheimer points the way to a new movie landscape.

WHY 2-D ANIMATION is so hot right now.

MICHAEL SHANNON. MATTHEW MACFAYDEN. James Garfield.

HOW "THE HOLDOVERS" achieved "the film look."

 

A BABY CAPYBARA with hiccups.

TODAY THE TOWN, tomorrow the world.

JUST ME and my shadow.

THE BIRDS: A murmuration in Italy.

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People are cray. But you knew that.   Printer-friendly page   Send this story to someone
Thursday, February 01, 2024 - 08:00 AM
Posted by: Karl

Karl

DUSTY SPRINGFIELD covers "People Get Ready."

SLOWDIVE plays KCRW.

PET SHOP BOYS returns with "Loneliness."

PARAMORE covers Talking Heads' "Burning Down The House."

DEHD shares "Mood Ring."

FLORENCE + THE MACHINE covers “The White Cliffs Of Dover.”

IBIBIO SOUND MACHINE shared "Got To Be Who U Are."

TALKING HEADS reportedly turned down an 80MM offer from Live Nation to headline six to eight festival gigs and headlining concerts.

THE LAST DINNER PARTY: A Feast For The Senses.

UNIVERSAL MUSIC and TIKTOK are having a major beef.

BRIAN GRIFFIN, notable album cover artist and rock photographer, has died at 75.

 

DENIS VILLENUEVE Refuses to Let Hollywood Shrink Him Down to Size.

ARGYLLE is getting mixed reviews

GLENN CLOSE claimed that Robin Williams "would still be alive" had it not been for the death of Christopher Reeve in 2004.

ROBERT DOWNEY JR, on Margot Robbie. And Robbie is putting a good face on her Oscars snub.

DANNY MASTERSON has been moved to a maximum security prison that once held Charlie Manson.

SHANNEN DOHERTY shared a significant update in her experience with breast cancer.

GEN Z is rebelling by watching the least cool TV shows imaginable.

 

CATS & DOGS, living together...

IF YOU KNOCK IT OVER, you have to push it back.

WHATEVER THE SIZE, Cats Gonna Cat.

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America, and Chicago.   Printer-friendly page   Send this story to someone
Wednesday, January 31, 2024 - 08:00 AM
Posted by: Karl

Karl

LEONARD COHEN plays "So Long, Marianne," circa 1979.

ALLAH-LAS plays KCRW.

THE BREEDERS cover Guided By Voices' "Shocker In Gloomtown."

CAMERA OBSCURA returns with the Country-ish "Big Love."

JONI MITCHELL: Emerging artists discuss Court and Spark at 50.

ROGER WATERS and publisher BMG are splitting over his inflammatory comments about Israel, Ukraine and the United States.

RUN-DMC: Jam Master Jay's killing was motivated by greed and revenge, prosecutors say.

BRIAN WILSON announced the death of his wife.

 

CHITA RIVERA, the legendary Broadway star of “West Side Story,” “Chicago” and “Kiss of the Spider Woman” has died at 91.

THE MINISTRY OF UNGENTLEMANLY WARFARE, directed by Guy Ritchie and starring Henry Cavill, has a trailer online.

QUENTIN TARANTINO, on What’s Up, Doc?, and Robert Altman’s McCabe & Mrs. Miller.

UNIVERSAL's DARK UNIVERSE returns in a theme park.

MICHELLE YEOH is doing some Star Trek.

MASTERS OF THE AIR: The Pop Culture Plane-aissance.

REDDIT's favorite movies of 2023.

 

A MUDDY GOLDEN, a defenseless couch.

CATS & DOGS, living together...

A RHINO greets a doggo.

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A week without football.   Printer-friendly page   Send this story to someone
Tuesday, January 30, 2024 - 08:00 AM
Posted by: Karl

Karl

R.E.M., playing "Radio Free Europe" and "So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry)" for their network TV debut ... and Twofer Tuesday.

THE KINKS' post-Village Green Preservation Society discography gets over three hours of analysis on Political Beats with Jay Cost.

THE NEW PR0NOGRAPHERS plays KEXP.

DUCKS LTD. shares "Heavy Bag."

MARY TIMONY shares "Summer."

RICHARD MARX berated an audience member for talking during the show.

THE NUMBER ONES, on "One More Night," the moment where Maroon 5 enlisted Max Martin and went, mostly unsuccessfully, for an Ace of Base robo-reggae type thing.

 

GHOSTBUSTERS: FROZEN EMPIRE has a trailer online.

FLORENCE PUGH revealed that the camera broke while she and Cillian Murphy filmed a sex scene in Oppenheimer.

BRITNEY SPEARS apologizes for offending people with her memoir and says that she loves Justin Timberlake's new songs.

DUNE: Timothée Chalamet and Zendaya say they're "super enthusiastic" to hear what Denis Villeneuve is planning beyond Part 2.

MILLY ALCOCK is your new Supergirl.

MARILYN MANSON was ordered to pay Evan Rachel Wood's legal fees following dismissal of his defamation claims.

BRYAN CRANSTON said that it is time to let Breaking Bad “go”.

WILL & JADA SMITH's media company is making steep cuts amid a broader company restructuring.

HOME ALONE: Catherine O’Hara is weighing in on the apparent wealth of Peter and Kate McCallister.

 

A PENGUIN enjoys skritches.

CATS & DOGS, living together...

DUCKS, evading the guard dog.

BABY GOATS find a new playground.

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Time flies when too much is going on.   Printer-friendly page   Send this story to someone
Monday, January 29, 2024 - 08:00 AM
Posted by: Karl

Karl

TALKING HEADS: A vintage clip of "Psycho Killer" from the OGWT.

NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to The Smile, Ty Segall, and more.

BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has Gruff Rhys, The Umbrellas, and more.

U2 covers covered Crowded House‘s ‘Don’t Dream It’s Over’ at their first Sphere show of 2024

JAMES VINCENT McMORROW shares "Stay Cool."

BRITTANY HOWARD shares "Prove It To You."

SUNNY DAY REAL ESTATE returns with "Novum Vetus."

JONI MITCHELL is making her Grammys debut performance next weekend.

 

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: The Beekeeper may edge out Mean Girls at the top of the chart with dueling estimates between 7.3 and 7.4MM.  The Statham pic had a very leggy 14 percent drop.  Wonka shows with 5.9MM on a 2 percent drop.  Below the fold, Oscar nominees Poor Things and American Fiction saw big bumps in receipts as they hit hundreds of additional screens.

OSCARS CAMPAIGNS are more complicated than you think.

VINCE McMAHON resigns from TKO after a sexual abuse lawsuit was filed by a former WWE employee.

GEORGE CARLIN's estate sues over an AI-generated stand-up special titled 'I'm glad I'm dead.'

SAG-AFTRA slams sexually explicit AI images of Taylor Swift that have been circulating on social media, and reiterated support for legislation to outlaw such images.

KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON: Scorsese, DiCaprio, and Gladstone on Leo's Oscars snub, why Marty doesn't go to many movies, and more.

DESPICABLE ME 4 has a trailer online.

CHRISTOPHER REEVE's story ignites a Hollywood bidding war.

STREAMING: The Disruptors Have Disrupted Themselves.

 

A DOGGO, surprised by a lemon.

A PRIDE OF LIONS, wandering into traffic.

A MILWAUKEE DOG disappears, turns up at a bar, having fun.

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