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Calexico, Top Videos, Cutout Bin, Dog vs. Balloons   Printer-friendly page   Send this story to someone
Friday, December 05, 2008 - 08:00 AM
Posted by: Karl

Karl

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:

...with CALEXICO! Live at the Paradiso in Amsterdam on October 15, 2008.  The setlist spans their career, not leaning heavily on their current album Carried To Dust -- and including their killer rendition of Love's "Alone Again Or," which I touted just last week.

SOMEONE STILL LOVES YOU, BORIS YELTSIN: Lead guitarist and songwriter Will Knauer tals to Teen Ink, and it's amusing beyond the mere idea of it.

RA RA RIOT stopped by the World Cafe for a chat and mini-set you can stream on demand via NPR, where they are likened to "Spoon with strings."

LOST ALBUMS that shouldn't be found, according to Seattle Weekly.

BEST OF 2008: Largehearted Boy is doing his usual yeoman's work compiling the list of lists.

THE TOP 40 VIDEOS OF 2008, according to Pitchfork. I'm singling out the Mountain Goats' "Sax Rohmer #1" because they probably should have been on last week's Faves list. RELATED: John Darnielle talks to Australia's Courier-Mail about the importance of a work ethic.

THE ANNUALS are finally "breaking" at Rolling Stone.  Video at the link.

DRESSY BESSY: Tammy Ealom talks about the importance of finding the right drummer.

PITCHFORK & FADER have entered a new strategic content and ad sales partnership.

CUTOUT BIN: From the Bonzo Doo Dah Dog Band to Manfred Mann's Earth Band, from The Clash to Ricky Nelson, from Iggy Pop to The Osmonds, from X to the Bay City Rollers, The Only Ones, Blitzen Trapper, Marvin Gaye and more -- this Friday's fortuitous finds can be jukeboxed or streamed separately via the Pate page at the ol' HM.

NOW SHOWING: This weekend's only wide release is Punisher: War Zone, which is currently scoring 19 percent on the ol' Tomatometer.  However, hundreds of screens will be showing Nobel Son, which is currently scoring 27 percent; and Cadillac Records, the Chess Records pic that is scoring 62 percent.

ANNE HECHE and her beau, actor James Tupper, are expecting their first child together.

JENNIFER ANISTON: Not pregnant, but longing for motherhood. Or so she says.

SEAN AVERY, the Dallas Stars center suspended by the NHL for making an offensive statement apparently referring to ex-girlfriend Elisha Cuthbert, apologized Wednesday.

MADONNA: Is Alex Rodriguez already two-timing Madge with model Melissa Britos? Perhaps more important, can we get a gander at model Melissa Britos?

EVAN RACHEL WOOD: Inspired by her role as a bitter daughter in The Wrestler, the actress has re-established a relationship with her estranged dad.

MORGAN FREEMAN may pay out more than 100 million bucks in a potential divorce settlement.

SPOILER ALERT: The Fine Brothers spoil 100 movie endings in under four minutes.

BEA ARTHUR accepts her second shot at the TV Academy Hall of Fame.

WES ANDERSON talks to The A.V. Club about on-the-job training, directing James Caan and Gene Hackman, being despised, and what debut films he admires most.

MAD MEN: Jon Hamm officially joins 30 Rock for a multi-episode arc as the love interest of Tina Fey character Liz Lemon. Creator Matt Weiner talks to TV Time Machine for an hour about all sorts of things, including The Sopranos and The Twilight Zone.

DECEMBER 7, 1941: A "date which will live in infamy." I'll be watching Tora! Tora! Tora! on Sunday. BTW, the first nation invaded by the US after entering WWII was Morocco, then Algeria, iirc.

IRAN: The Israeli Defense Force is drawing up options for a strike on Iranian nuclear facilities that do not include coordination with the US,  according to the Jerusalem Post.

IRAQ & AFGHANISTAN: The US military reported the lowest level of casualties in both theaters of war in over five years of fighting.

DOG vs BALLOONS: Let's go to the video.  I love the ending.

DEMO the ORANGUTAN is quite the stud. And King Louie wants to be like us?

JONATHAN the TORTOISE, as it turns out, is also quite the stud at 176 years young.

SUPER ANTS prepare to invade Britain.

THE SWARM apparently saved a Conneaut, OH, house from a devastating fire late Tuesday night.

KNUT UPDATE: The once cuddly polar bear is now a dirty brown and facing eviction from the Berlin Zoo.

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MGMT, The Submarines, Takka Takka, Hero Dog   Printer-friendly page   Send this story to someone
Thursday, December 04, 2008 - 08:00 AM
Posted by: Karl

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MGMT rocked a Thanksgiving theme playing "Kids" on French TV. In Australia's Courier-Mail, Andrew VanWyngarden marvels at the band's success Down Under (their debut has spent six months in Oz's Top 40).

NOAH & THE WHALE talk to the BBC about their plans to release a 'punk' side project and record a feature film. Video at the link.

LOS CAMPESINOS! are the latest band offering a free MP3 via Insound.  Frightened Rabbit and others are there also.

NEKO CASE talks to Paste about her next album (due in March) and her new 100-acre farm in rural Vermont.

THE GRAMMNY NOMS favored Lil' Wayne and Coldplay, but Adele got four noms and Duffy scored three.  Perusing the full list, we find that the nominees for Best Alternative Album are Beck, Death Cab, Gnarls Barkley, My Morning jacket and Radiohead.  Elsewhere, Kings of Leon, the Raconteurs, Marshall Crenshaw, Tia Carrere and Gwyneth Paltrow get nods.

THE SUBMARINES: John Dragonetti talks to LAist about his KISS phase, placing "You, Me, and the Bourgeoisie" in an iPod commercial, and more...

TAKKA TAKKA does the four free songs thing for Daytrotter.

THE STROKES have been around for a decade, and NME is going to make you feel old about it.

PASTE has been around for a decade also; congrats to them!

ODETTA, a folk singer who influenced the young Bob Dylan (among others), passed away at 77 from heart failure.  NPR has a 2005 interview.

KRISTEN STEWART, currently starring in Twilight, is set to portray Joan Jett in "The Runaways," the rock ‘n' roll biopic of the 1970s all-girl band. Here's the real band playing "Cherry Bomb" on Japanese TV.

BRITNEY SPEARS: Fed-Ex tells his side of their saga.

SEAN AVERY, center for the Dallas Stars was suspended indefinitiely from the NHL for making rude remarks about his former galpal, Elisha Cuthbert.

BRADGELINA: Pitt is bringing moustaches back.  And advising Ellen DeGeneres on how to land George Clooney. Meanwhile, families are moving into the houses his Make It Right foundation is building in N'awlins.

JESSICA SIMPSON wants to head off to college to study theology - and watching TV was her inspiration. Shocka.

MILEY CYRUS: The Hannah Montana star is in discussions with her attorney about filing a Petition of Emancipation after repeatedly butting heads with her parents over personal and business matters, according to two uber-reliable tabloid reports.

MARY-KATE OLSEN is denying a pregnancy rumor started by the ever-reliable National Enquirer.

PATRICK SWAYZE is denying tabloid stories that he is near death.

THE DARK KNIGHT will not be re-released in 2009 for Oscar buzz, so fans are taking matters into their own hands.

WATCHMEN is getting whittled down to about two and one-half houurs for theatrical release; the director's cut will top three hours.

THOR: Kevin McKidd (Rome, Journeyman) is in the running for the lead in Marvel's live-action Thor movie.

ROMAN POLANSKI is seeking the dismissal of a charge that saw him flee the US in 1978 after admitting "unlawful sexual intercourse" with a 13-year-old girl.

IRAQ: US forces captured two suspected members of an Iranian-backed network and killed a third Wednesday.  The Iraqi Army is developing its heavy mechanized and armored forces.

DOG SAVES DOG hit on the highway.

KITTIES!  Hugging!

VINTAGE LOLCAT postcard, circa 1905, discovered in a Seattle antique store.

AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT: A lobster with four claws, caught near Newport, RI.

THE BIRDS: A "wayward" bird crashed into a motorist's head in Port St. Lucie? Oh, please. I think we all know what happens next.

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Faith No More, Hush Sound, Smart Rock, Sara the Walrus   Printer-friendly page   Send this story to someone
Wednesday, December 03, 2008 - 08:00 AM
Posted by: Karl

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FAITH NO MORE seems to be reuiniting. I think I speak for FNM fans when I say, "We Care A Lot." It's a dirty job, but someone's gotta do it.

THE HUSH SOUND does the four free songs thing for Daytrotter. Jaunty!

THE TOP 10 "SMART ROCK" ALBUMS of 2008, according to KUT, with streaming tracks.

OASIS: Noel Gallagher talks to The Current about a recent fan attack and his fascination with guns.

A CHRISTMAS GIFT FOR YOU FROM PHIL SPECTOR, downloadable from Amazon for 1.99.

LOW has released a video for their new single, "Santa's Coming Over." And it's really creepy.

CONOR OBERST gets a segment on NPR's Morning Edition, plus a relink to last month's full concert.

THE LONG BLONDES may be long gone, but ex-guitarist Dorian Cox is hoping to play again, with therapy from a bionic hand.

MY MORNING JACKET drummer Patrick Hallahan lists a few of his favorite things for ClashMusic.

TEN SONGS LED ZEPPELIN STOLE, according to Earfarm.

JESSICA ALBA: Just when the weather turns cold, the Alba returns in a Club Campari calendar. Phew!

DENNIS HOPPER spoke with The A.V. Club about his latest movie, Elegy, and other scattered pieces of his filmography, including Rebel Without A Cause.

MADONNA and A-ROD are quietly shopping for love nests on the Upper East Side and on the East End, sources told Page Six

BRADGELINA: Pitt tells the Today show that he truly feels rich around his family, which is probably easier to say when you have a gazillion dollars.

GWYNETH PALTROW & CHRIS MARTIN are still very much together, says a friend of the couple.

LINDSAY LOHAN denies rumors that she's breaking up with Samantha Ronson.

ROBOT CHICKEN has posted more Star Wars videos online.

HOLIDAY TV SPECIALS: TV Spreadit has a fairly comprehensive listing of airdates. Rudolph is tonght!

BRYAN ADAMS has called in police after being stalked by a mother and her son.

NICOLE KIDMAN probably should avoid Facebook.

JUSTICE LEAGUE: Director George Miller has confirmed that he is no longer involved.

CAPRICA, the much-anticipated prequel to hit series "Battlestar Galactica," has been greenlit by the Sci-Fi channel.

INDIA: Terrorists who battled Indian commandos for 60-hours last week relied on cocaine and other stimulants to stay awake for the duration of the fight.

IRAQ: Women are driving in Baghdad again. Coalition forces captured three AQI leaders and detained five operatives in central and northern Iraq. Police in Dhi Qhar defused 10 bombs believed to have been placed to assassinate Prime Minister al-Maliki.

DON'T FEED THE BEAR: Really.

SARA is the Walrus. Goo goo goo joob! Pics and video at the link.

CARPET PYTHONS: Worse than trouser snakes?

A DEATH ADDER was brandished during a racially tinged road rage incident in Australia.

THE INTERNATIONAL FERRET CONGRESS: Need I say more?

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New Releases, Hold Steady, Paul Westerberg, Spaghetti Cat (Slight Return)   Printer-friendly page   Send this story to someone
Tuesday, December 02, 2008 - 08:00 AM
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THE HOLD STEADY: Craig Finn talks to the L.A. Times about layers on the band's latest album, including the covert harpsichord incident. And the band is posterized in the title video to "Stay Positive".

NEW RELEASES: Neil Young and International Noise Conspiracy are among those with albums streaming this week at Spinner.  Hall & Oates and the Cadillac Records sdtk are streaming via the AOL mothership.

PAUL WESTERBERG:  With "Alex Chilton" in Rock Band 2, he talks to RockBand.com about writing that salute to Big Star's frontman, and a whole lot more -- including the money he lost on his recent 49-cent digital album, and the Replacements reunion that nearly happened last month.

MATT POND P.A. has a free EP to download from the official website.

ELVIS COSTELLO talks to SPIN; an excerpt is posted online.

JULIANA HATFIELD blogs an update on her anorexia, along with an analysis of a song she wrote when she was in the Blake Babies, "Until I Almost Died." Throw in the Blake Babies' fab cover of "Temptation Eyes" and you have Twofer Tuesday.

NICK CAVE compares the Bad Seeds to Grinderman for ChartAttack.

IDLEWILD is taking advance orders for their next, as-yet unrecorded album: Fifteen quid will bag you a limited edition CD with exclusive packaging, at least one bonus track and access to a website full of photos, videos, blogs and downloads from the band's December gigs at Glasgow's King Tut's Wah Wah Hut.  Plus a thank you in the liner notes.

FRIGHTENED RABBIT is keeping a tour diary for Drowned In Sound.

VAMPIRE WEEKEND keyboardist Rostam Batmanglij is careful not to reveal too much about plans for the band's second album to Diamondback Online. (Thx, LHB.)

TINA FEY is the cover story in the new Vanity Fair. Gossip outlets seem interested in the story of her facial scar, but there's plenty of other interesting stuff there.

KIRSTEN DUNST has obtained a restraining order against a 25-year-old alleged stalker.

KATE HUDSON admits she once stalked a man she was desperate to date.

TOM-KAT UPDATE: Cruise denies that he pressured Amazon to stop selling a book critical of the Church of Scientology. 

BRADGELINA: Pitt reveals what Jolie does not do well.

THE 100 BEST MOVIES OF 2008, according to the Times of London.

MADONNA & ALEX RODRIGUEZ were both spotted in Mexico City last weekend.

BRITNEY SPEARS is again the queen of Yahoo searches.

AFGHANISTAN: Only one US serviceman died in Afghanistan in November, a dramatic drop that the US military attributed to their campaign against insurgent leaders, operations by Afghan and Pakistani forces and the onset of winter.

IRAN: German firms are trying to circumvent economic sanctions imposed by the UN and EU.

IRAQ: A country club in Baghdad has staged the Iraqi capital's first public beauty contest since the downfall of Saddam Hussein.

THE RETURN OF SPAGHETTI CAT: The viral oddity + the guy who did "Hamster on a piano" = Crazy Delicious.

GEODUCKS are not ducks, but vaguely obscene-looking mollusks.

PRAIRIE DOG THEFT: Is there anything lower?

LIONS are not digging the snow in Scotland. Cool (very cool) pics at the link.

ZOE THE DALMATION is deaf, but has been given a new lease on life after learning sign language.

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Macy's RickRoll, Calexico, Blitzen Trapper, AC Newman, Wombat Season   Printer-friendly page   Send this story to someone
Monday, December 01, 2008 - 08:00 AM
Posted by: Karl

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MACY'S THANKSGIVING PARADE got RickRolled. Awesome.

CALEXICO stopped by The Current fort a chat and mini-set you can stream on demand via MPR.

BLITZEN TRAPPER: LAist has Eric Earley for an interview and streaming audio tracks.

GLASVEGAS, featured here recently, also gets featured in the Independent and Drowned In Sound.

NEW PORNOGRAPHERS: A.C. Newman talks to Pitchfork about his upcoming second solo album, and gives ChartAttack a timetable for the band's next album. At the moment you can stream the solo leadoff track "There May Be Ten or Twelve" via the ol' HM.

JOHN LENNON was "Starting Over" 28 years ago; it would come to an end on Dec. 8th.

BON IVER and FLEET FOXES -- two bands I named last week as good for the season -- turn up in a Chicago Tribune piece on bands inspired by nature.

NEIL YOUNG gets a meaty profile in the Montreal Gazette.

JAMES McMURTY talks to Creative Loafing about major labels, political songs, etc.

THE TEN BEST SONGS ABOUT CARS, according to Autopia, which tried to stear clear of some obvious choices. Personally, from the Beach Boys, I might have picked "Shut Down."  And where is Jan & Dean's "Deadman's Curve"?

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: Four Christmases takes the turkey over Thanksgiving weekend, making a bigger-than-expected 46 million. Twilight places with 39.5 million, but its 43.2 percent drop is a steeper 60 percent over the last three days.  Then again it has already made almost 120 million on a 37 million production budget.  Bolt finds its legs, increasing 37 percent to make 36 million; it was in the second slot for the regular three day weekend. Quantum of Solace also increased five percent overall to make about 28 million, but dropped 27 percent in the last three days (which is about what Casino Royale did over Thanksgiving 2006). Australia's 20 million debut rounds out the Top Five -- that number might look good to Hugh Jackman, but maybe not to Nicole Kidman.  Below the fold, Transporter 3 obened in seventh, while Oscar-aspiring Milk and Slumdog Millionnaire in the 10th and 11th slots.  The real story this weekend was that the top 12 movies made twice as much this weekend over last year.

THE BANK JOB: I finally watched this Jason Statham flick last week, in lieu of going to Transporter 3 -- and I'm glad I did. It's an interesting heist flick based on a true story from the early 1970s.  The heist itself isn't spectacular, but the MacGuffin really isn't one and the getaway has all sorts of nifty twists.

MADONNA & A-ROD were flirty during her concert at Dolphins Stadium. Madge began her show two hours late because she got caught in traffic, never apologized for the delay and didn't even wish the crowd a happy Thanksgiving. Rodriguez visited his soon-to-be ex-wife and kids for Thanksgiving dinner, then rushed to be with Madge at her house nearby.

BRITNEY SPEARS reportedly was crash dieting to slim down for her X Factor performance on Saturday.

SIENNA MILLER may be reigniting her romance with her married ex, Balthazar Getty.

KRISTEN STEWART: The Twilight star's out-of-it demeanor during a press junket raised questions over whether the actress might have been a bit over-medicated in order to face the parade of journalists.  Seems possible.

ORLANDO BLOOM & MIRANDA KERR reportedly plan to marry in the middle of next year.

WINONA RYDER mysteriously lost a diamond-encrusted bracelet and ring worth more than 125K, according to a published report.

IRAN has 5000 "running centrifuges" in its main nuclear site at Natanz, according to Iranian news reports quoting a top official.

IRAQ: Parliament on Thursday approved a security pact that requires the US military to end its presence in Iraq in 2011. "It's a historic day for the great Iraqi people," Prime Minister al-Maliki said in a nationally televised address. "It represents the first step on the road to regain national sovereignty." That could bolster his influence and popularity ahead of provincial and national elections scheduled for next year.

IT'S WOMBAT WHACKING SEASON in New South Wales.

FERAL CATS feasted on Thanksgiving in Queens.

TAKING AWAY A PONY from a three-year-old boy who has spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy is not politically popular.

A COCKER SPANIEL and her puppies are at the center of a legal tussle between a Long Island couple and a Queens animal-rescue group battling over who gets to keep the pups.

A JAPANESE ZOO puzzled by its lack of success in getting two polar bears to mate has discovered the reason. Take a guess.

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