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Nilsson, and some Weekend Things.   Printer-friendly page   Send this story to someone
Friday, June 12, 2020 - 08:00 AM
Posted by: Karl

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:

...with HARRY NILSSON! He would have celebrated a birthday yesterday, so let's revisit the BBC's "The Music of Nilsson from 1971, including a mashup of "Mr. Richland's Favorite Song" and "One," "Gotta Get Up," a medley of "Walk Right Back," "Cathy's Clown" and "Let The Good Times Roll," and really moving take on "Life Line." Then there are two videos from The Point!  -- "Think About Your Troubles" and "Are You Sleeping" -- sandwiching "Joy." The set concludes with "Without Her," "Coconut" and "1941."

PICTURE SHOW: A Tribute Celebrating John Prine, ft Jason Isbell, Kurt Vile, Kacey Musgraves and more.

NADA SURF performs for KEXP.

NORAH JONES visited with World Cafe during the heavy lockdown.

MICHAEL STIPE & BIG RED MACHINE share “No Time For Love Like Now.”

 

MARGO PRICE shares "Letting Me Down."

DAVID CROSBY may never play guitar again and may not have a "next year."

SAVAGES' Jenny Beth talks to NME about working on her solo LP with everyone including Cillian Murphy.

LADY ANTEBELLUM changes their name.

THE BEST ALBUMS of 2020 (So Far), according to Stereogum.

 

J.K. ROWLING: Warner Bros issued a statement about recent remarks on the trans community, but good luck discerning any meaning.

KELLY CLARKSON files for divorce.

EWAN MacGREGOR and his wife of more than 20 years, Eve Mavrakis, finally settled their divorce.

REESE WITHERSPOON's phone stopped ringing. Now she's making the calls.

HENRY CAVILL will likely never be in Man of Steel 2.

JUDD APATOW: The King of Comedy Finds His Serious Side.

LeBRON JAMES and Other Stars Form a Voting Rights Group.

MONEY PLANE has a trailer online that is as every bit as good as the title.

 

A FOX  that ended up with its head stuck inside a discarded candy jar was freed, thanks to a member of the public and an animal hospital.

AMOS NACHOUM: Photographer of Megafauna.

GIANT TADPOLES may be a key weapon against climate change.

AUSTRALIA'S RARE NIGHT PARROT may not see well in the dark.

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So yesterday was packed, but a few Thursday Things.   Printer-friendly page   Send this story to someone
Thursday, June 11, 2020 - 08:00 AM
Posted by: Karl

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AEROSMITH: "Train Kept A-Rollin'" At least until Midnight.

THE ASSOCIATION: "Windy," Illustrated. A little strange.

COACHELLA & STAGE COACH: Canceled.

ICE CUBE: Tweeting anti-Semitic memes and Russian propaganda.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at the godawful-terrible horny synth-rock blooper "Abracadabra," the final hit for the Steve Miller Band.

 

LIVE P.D.: Canceled.

GONE WTH THE WIND: Temporarily off HBO Max, flying off the shelves at Amazon.

J.K. ROWLING reveals past abuse and defends her right to speak on trans issues.

CAITLIN JENNER celebrates five years post-transition.

AMC announced that it is planning to reopen its roughly 1000 theaters around the world next month.

ANNA KENDRICK compared filming Twilight to a hostage situation.

KATE MOSS, former party animal, is now early to bed.

 

HUMPBACK WHALES, breaching in Botany Bay.

DO NOT TAKE SELFIES WITH BEARS: The More You Know. Swoosh.

A PLANT That Can Cause Severe Blistering Burns Is About To Bloom Across Canada.

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When it's nighttime in Italy...   Printer-friendly page   Send this story to someone
Wednesday, June 10, 2020 - 08:00 AM
Posted by: Karl

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CARL DOUGLAS, with the classic "Kung Fu Fighting."

COURTNEY MARIE ANDREWS visits World Cafe.

HAMILTON LEITHAUSER, Live on KEXP (at home).

FONTAINES DC share "I Don't Belong," which owes more to Joy Div than to the Beach Boys.

 

PRINCE: You probably never saw the video for 1999's "Automatic," but it's online now.

SONIC BOOM: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview.

MODEST MOUSE's The Moon & Antarctica album, reconsidered.

THE TOP 25 SONGS of 2020 (So Far), according to Paste.

LOLLAPALOOZA: Canceled.

INDIE DOOM: 90 percent of independent venue owners, promoters and bookers say that they will have to close permanently within the next few months, if they can't get an infusion of targeted government funding.

 

COPS: Canceled.

MOST CALI MOVIE THEATERS will not reopen Friday, even though they could.

BILL & TED FACE THE MUSIC has a trailer online.

YOU SHOULD HAVE LEFT has a trailer online.

THE MANDALORIAN brought in Extraction director Sam Hargrave to take things to the next level.

CHRIS CUOMO makes a naked cameo in his wife's yoga video.

NIXON-ERA CINEMA: The Fruits of Distress and Unrest.

 

THE WORLD'S TALLEST DOG breaks a second record? I doubt it, but still a fine cnaine.

DONKEY arrested on charge of gambling in Pakistan.

A WHALE that won Canadian hearts is believed to be dead.

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Not much "news" (as opposed to news), but a few Things.   Printer-friendly page   Send this story to someone
Tuesday, June 09, 2020 - 08:00 AM
Posted by: Karl

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URGE OVERKILL: Their killer '93 single "Sister Havana" and their even more famous cover of Neil Diamond's "Girl, You'll Be A Woman Soon" are your Twofer Tuesday.

STURGILL SIMPSON, live at the Ryman, June 5, 2020.

STEVE EARLE visits WFUV Live.

MATTHEW DEAR plays KEXP.

 

BONNIE POINTER, one of the founding members of the Pointer Sisters, has passed away at 69.

THE 25 BEST ALBUMS of 2020 (So Far), according to Paste.

FACTORY RECORDS: The Complete Graphic Album is excerpted at The Quietus.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at Survivor's thumping, howling 'Rocky III' banger "Eye Of The Tiger."

 

DANIEL RADCLIFFE is beefing with J.K. Rowling.

PRINCE ANDREW could be forced to appear in a British court to be quizzed over his links to Jeffrey Epstein.

ANA de ARMAS makes it easy for the paparazzi.

THE MATRIX 4: Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss laud the script.

JUSTICE LEAGUE: Zack Snyder has teased further changes that he will be making to the movie in the ‘Snyder cut'.

JEAN SEBERG: Did the FBI and the L.A. Times help drive the actress to suicide?

THE GOONIES: Template of the modern franchise?

 

A FISH was accidentally lodged in a man's rectum. The cast of Seinfeld was unavailable for comment.

PYTHON vs COBRA: Who You Got?

MORE STUFFED ANIMALS are riding the roller coaster.

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Funny, but it seems I always wind up here with you.   Printer-friendly page   Send this story to someone
Monday, June 08, 2020 - 08:00 AM
Posted by: Karl

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THE CREATION:  "Making Time." The same old song (but a good one).

NEW RELEASES: Paste points you to Hinds, Jockstrap, No Age, and more.

BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, Sonic Boom, Longpigs, and more.

STRAND OF OAKS streams the Ambient For Change EP.

ELVIS COSTELLO shares "No Flag."

 

BRIAN WILSON plays "Love and Mercy" for Colbert.

FONTAINES D.C. have opened up on how The Beach Boys proved to be an unexpected influence on their latest record.

PET SHOP BOYS: Neil Tennant remembers the clubs, pathos and serendipity behind "West End Girls."

RUPERT HINE, who produced The Fixx, howard Jones, Tina Turner and more, has died at the age of 72.

THE NUMBER ONES ooks at the Human League's arch, dramatic early-MTV synthpop game-changer "Don't You Want Me".

 

CATE BLANCHETT said she cut her head with a chainsaw during an accident at home during lockdown.

TIGER KING PARK owner Jeff Lowe is doing Carole Baskin no favors.

ELMER FUDD is losing his rifle.

WILE E. COYOTE: Fiction's Tragic King.

LAST ACTION HERO: Way Ahead of Its Time.

MAD MAGAZINE legend Al Jaffee retires at age 99 after a record-breaking career.

 

CHINA may send ducks to battle Pakistan's locust swarms.

IDITAROD Champion and His Dogs Finally Make It Home

EINSTEIN THE PARROT doesn't stop with imitating human voices.

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