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Lotta nihilism for the first week of the year...   Printer-friendly page   Send this story to someone
Wednesday, January 04, 2023 - 08:00 AM
Posted by: Karl

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LOVE TRACTOR plows through "Paint" and "Fun To Be Happy" in Athens, GA, circa 1983, for an instrumental Twofer Tuesday.

THE SMILE plays a Tiny Desk Concert.

BRANDI CARLILE & SLEATER-KINNEY team up for Pat Benatar's "Hit Me With Your Best Shot."

THE LEMON TWIGS return with "Corner of My Eye," and it might be their best yet.

CDs: The postcards of your past.

DE LA SOUL's classic albums are finally coming to streaming services on March 3, the group says.

THE POGUES: Shane shares a health update.

ALAN RANKINE, musuician, producer, and popularizer of Belle & Sebastian has died at 64.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at Mariah Carey's massive comeback single "We Belong Together."

 

JEREMY RENNER shared a health update on social media.

ROMEO & JULIET (1968) stars Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting filed a lawsuit accusing Paramount of sexually exploiting them and distributing nude images of adolescent children.

THE ROYALS: Meghan Markle is looking to ink a deal for a tell-all memoir like her husband's.

ANGELINA JOLIE and... Paul Mescal?

GLASS ONION: Rian Johnson isn't trying to fool you.

WEDNESDAY could move from Netflix to Amazon?

SHERLOCK: Season 5?

TAYLOR SWIFT's CAT is worth 97MM.

 

SHEPHERD Cat.

THE DOGGO BUS in Skagway, Alaska.

MAKING MUSIC is fun.

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And we start with a bunch of obits.   Printer-friendly page   Send this story to someone
Tuesday, January 03, 2023 - 08:00 AM
Posted by: Karl

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NANCY SINATRA: "These Boots Are Made For Walking." Are you ready?

AND YOU MAY ASK YOURSELF... "Well, How did I get here?"

FOO FIGHTERS will continue this year without Taylor Hawkins.

THE MOUNTAIN GOATS' John Darnielle talks with Bully's Alicia Bognanno.

AEROSMITH's Steven Tyler is accused of a sexual assault in the 1970s in a new lawsuit.

QUEEN's Brian May has been knighted by King Charles.

VINYL just had its biggest week since the 90s

ANITA POINTER, one of the Grammy award-winning Pointer Sisters whose string of hits included "Fire," "Jump (For My Love)," "Automatic" and "I’m So Excited," has died aged 74.

JEREMIAH GREEN, a drummer who was one of the founding members of Modest Mouse, an indie rock band that rose to mainstream fame in the early 2000s, died on Saturday. He was 45.

FRED WHITE,  a drummer for classic ’70s superband Earth, Wind & Fire, has died, according to an Instagram post from his older brother and former bandmate, Verdine White. He was 67.

VIVIENNE WESTWOOD, the designer who defined the look of punk, using rock iconography, royalty, art and religion as recurring motifs in collections that brought a rebellious edge to British style, before going on to a long and influential career as a fashion designer with an activist streak, died on Thursday in the Clapham neighborhood of South London. She was 81.

 

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: Avatar 2 is tops again with an 82.4MM four-day holiday haul, for a domestic total of 440MM Puss In Boots: The Last Wish places with 21.7MM.  Wakanda Forever shows with 6.5MM.

HOLLYWOOD'S TOP 10 for 2022.

JEREMY RENNER is in critical but stable condition after an accident while plowing snow on the weekend, a spokesperson for the actor revealed on Sunday. Renner lost a lot of blood, but a doctor neighbor was able to fashion a tourniquet. UPDATE: Renner returned from surgery and remains in the intensive care unit in critical but stable condition.

BABYLON: Damien Chazelle shot a two-hour version with his phone.

ANGELA LANSBURY only played a gamer in her posthumous Glass Onion cameo.

ANTHONY HOPKINS celebrates 47 years of sobriety.

MARVEL is reportedly developing more Halloween specials for D+ after the success of Werewolf by Night.

THE TOP 100 TELECASTS of 2022 was led by a streaming show, according to Variety.

BARBARA WALTERS, the trailblazing television news broadcaster and longtime ABC News anchor and correspondent who shattered the glass ceiling and became a dominant force in an industry once dominated by men, died Friday. She was 93.

 

A WALRUS really had a day, resulting in the cancellation of NYE fireworks.

PENGUINS, chasing a butterfly.

CATS & DOGS, living together...

A DOGGO steals an empanada during a TV interview.

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New Year's Rockin' Eve Eve Eve.   Printer-friendly page   Send this story to someone
Thursday, December 29, 2022 - 08:00 AM
Posted by: Karl

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THE NEW YEAR HOLIDAY STARTS HERE:

...with THE BEAT FARMERS!  Making a tradition of this more sober than usual, professionally-shot, early BF gig recorded at Universal Studios, including "There She Goes Again" (VU); "Road to Ruin," "Bigger Fool," "Reason to Believe" (Springsteen), "Powderfinger" (N. Young), "Happy Boy," "Big Ugly Wheels," "Bigger Stones," "Gun Sale at the Church," "Dallas Blues," "I Wanna Be Free," "Lakeside Trailer Park," "Death Train," and "Seven Year Itch."  If you're new to the band, my picks would be "Bigger Stones," "Happy Boy" and the cover of your choice.  BONUS:  Now how much would you pay?  But wait... there's more!  If you really want to see someone put the "bar" in "bar band," watch these NSFW clips from Houston, TX of the late Country Dick Montana leading the band through "Lucille" (K. Rogers) -- complete with his favorite beer bottle stunts -- followed by "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Wino," "Are You Drinkin' With Me, Jesus?" and "Mondo."  SUPER-SPECIAL BONUS: Country Dick rolls out "California Kid" and "Anarchy in the UK" (Language warning).

U2: Crushingly obvious, I know

NICK CAVE & SHANE MacGOWAN: "What a Wonderful World."

ABBA wishes you a "Happy New Year,"  but it doesn't sound anywhere as celebratory as "Take A Chance On Me." 

THE MOUNTAIN GOATS perform "This Year" at the M-Shop in Ames, IA.

OTIS & CARLA have a "New Year's Resolution."

CLAUDE PATE: Don't forget you can stream "New Year" on the Tube, with comments from a member of The Eclectics and Friend of Pate Ken King.

AULD LANG SYNE: All my life, I don't know what this song means.

JOE JACKSON: Pate frequently attempted "One More Time" to often hilarious effect, so today I stick with Joe's early material, including "Sunday Papers" live on the OGWT, "Kinda Kute" on the Kenny Everett Video Show, and a Beat Crazy-era run of "On Your Radio."  The Rock Goes To College show provides live takes on "It's Different For Girls,"  "I'm The Man," and this pulsing version of his signature "Is She Really Going Out With Him?"  BONUS: The appropos finale, "Got The Time?

FLUXBLOG 's massive 2022 Survey Mix, on Spotify and Apple Music.

JIMI HENDRIX's forgotten holiday EP.

THE TOP 50 ALBUMS of 2022, according to Brooklyn Vegan.

BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has its Top 40 Albums of 2022, and its Best Box Sets, Reissues, and Comps.

THE BEST INDIE ALBUMS of 2022, according to Uproxx. And Steven Hyden.

THE 50 BEST ALBUMS of 2022, according to Stereogum.

THE 50 BEST LPs of 2022, according to Paste

THE 50 BEST ALBUMS of 2022, according to Pitchfork. And PopMatters.

THE 50 BEST ALBUMS of 2022, according to NME

THE 10 BEST ROCK ALBUMS of 2022, according to NPR

ROLLING STONE's Top Albums of 2022.

THE TOP 100 ALBUMS of 2022, according to The Quietus.

THE ZOMBIES: "This Will Be Our Year."

THE SIGHT & SOUND Directors' 100 Greatest Films.

THE BEST MOVIES of 2022, according to The Ringer

THE TEN BEST MOVIES of 2022, according to Uproxx.  And Vince Mancini.

THE BEST TV SHOWS of 2022, according to The Ringer. And Uproxx.

THE GREAT PERFORMANCES of 2022, according to Roger Ebert dot com.

THE TEN BEST FILMS of 2022, according to Sonny Bunch.

A CLEVER DOG, a ball, and a treat.

I IMMEDIATELY regret this decision.

NOTHING'S GONNA STOP US Now.

RYAN SEACREST: Don't drink and host. The More You Know. Whoosh.

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We'll see how many I do before defaulting to NYE.   Printer-friendly page   Send this story to someone
Wednesday, December 28, 2022 - 08:00 AM
Posted by: Karl

Karl

ALEX CHILTON: Let's enjoy the Box Tops' "The Letter" and Big Star's "In The Street."

ALVVAYS plays KEXP.

NPR's Most Popular Songs of 2022.

SONDRE LERCHE covers Taylor Swift's "Anti-hero."

OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN's Catalog of Emotion.

NICK CAVE's 10 favorite love songs.

MODEST MOUSE drummer and co-founder Jeremiah Green has been diagnosed with stage 4 cancer.

THE GUMMY AWARDS: Stereogum Readers' Top 10 of 2022.

 

GLASS ONION: Soft streaming numbers?

DANIEL CRAIG: A guide to his filmography.

M. NIGHT SHYAMALAN's Knock at the Cabin has a trailer online.

PAM GRIER, on raising hell with John Lennon, cutting it up with Richard Pryor, jamming with Hendrix and her 90-day dating rule.

KIM KARDASHIAN, on co-parenting with Kanye.

CHRIS PRATT tried beekeeping, found out.

PETE DAVIDSON & EMILY RATJKOWSKI: Already dunzo.

CHER: Not Engaged.

BLUE'S CLUES: A talk with three hosts.

 

A DALMATION found his mom?

A DOGGO, building a snowman?

A DOGGO, digging the music.

THERE'S ALWAYS One.

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Thom Bell and Martin Duffy, RIP.   Printer-friendly page   Send this story to someone
Tuesday, December 27, 2022 - 08:00 AM
Posted by: Karl

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DAVID BOWIE: Rare footage of "The Jean Genie" from a 1973 performance on Top of the Pops.

NEW RELEASES: Pitchfork will point you to Weezer, Hildur Guðnadóttir,and more.

BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has its Top 40 Albums of 2022, and its Best Box Sets, Reissues, and Comps.

UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA shared the 42-minute "SB-10," possibly the last in an annual series.

JACK BLACK covered Rush's "The Spirit of Radio" for Dave Grohl and Greg Kurstin's Hanukkah sessions.

SHOEGAZE: Stereogum surveys the new American wave.

JOE STRUMMER had hoped to reunite The Clash for their Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame induction.

THOM BELL, the Jamaican-born producer, arranger, songwriter, and pillar of ’70s Philadelphia soul, has died at 79.

MARTIN DUFFY, the keyboardist for bands including Felt, Primal Scream, and the Charlatans, has died at 55.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at Gwen Stefani's sole Hot 100 chart-topper, the abrasive cheerleader chant "Hollaback Girl."  And 50 Cent's "Candy Shop."

 

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: Despite disastrous weather in much of the country, Avatar: The Way of Water topped the chart with a better-than-expected 4-day total of 90MM.(China remains the film's big problem worldwide).  Puss in Boots: The Last Wish also beat its estimates with a 20MM 4-day take. I Wanna Dance with Somebody shows with a 4-day take of 6.8MM.  Babylon had a 5.3MM debut, leading some to ask whether Margot Robbie can open a movie.

BABYLON: The Myths and True Stories That Inspired the Classic Hollywood Epic.

NEPOTISM IN HOLLYWOOD, the subject of a recent article at New York,has drawn a lot of comment, including from OG "nepo baby" Jamie Lee Curtis and Kate Hudson.

THE BLACK PANTHER SEQUEL That Never Was.

SPIDER-MAN 4 is likely coming, but not soon.

BLACK ADAM 2 is not moving forward in the DCU reorganization.

HARRISON FORD is still trying new things, including his first major TV role. Just don't ask him to get all touchy-feely about it.

CHRIS ROCK upcoming stand-up special Selective Outrage is the first of its kind to be streamed live on Netflix.

ANA DE ARMAS fans are suing a film studio over what they claim is a “misleading” trailer.

THE TEN BEST FILMS of 2022, according to Sonny Bunch.

STEPHAN BONNAR, UFC Hall of Famer, has passed away at 45.

 

SANTA PAWS visited the Dogs Trust Ireland.

CATS & DOGS, living together...

CATS & DOGS, living together...

CATS & DOGS, living together...

OTTERS, checking out Christmas morning.

FROZEN IGUANA WARNING in Florida.

AN ARMY OF ISLANDERS to protect gecko the size of a paperclip.

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