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Not My Best Weekend, But Tough to Complain, Really. |
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Monday, April 20, 2020 - 08:00 AM Posted by: Karl
MARTI JONES & TIM LEE (The Windbreakers) cover The dB's classic, "Neverland." With Beatle Bob cameo.THE ROLLING STONES, Paul McCartney, Elton John, Eddie Vedder and more played a benefit concert on Saturday. NEW RELEASES: Pitchfork will point you to Fiona Apple and more. BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT looks back 20 years with this selective list of favorite Y2K albums. BOB DYLAN shares "I Contain Multitudes." MATTHEW SELIGMAN, the bassist who played with the Soft Boys, the Thompson Twins, Thomas Dolby, and more, has died of complications from COVID-19. WRECKLESS ERIC has tested positive. THE BEST COUNTRY(ISH) ALBUMS of 2020 (So Far), according to Paste. THE NUMBER ONES looks at Blondie's shimmering reggae cover "The Tide Is High." SOME GOOD NEWS: John Krasinski hosted a virtual prom for the Class of 2020, with guest stars. THE LAST DANCE: How Michael Jordan was convinced to release the footage from 1997-98. LORI LAUGHLIN's claims of prosecutorial misconduct are getting serious consideration. ALICIA SILVERSTONE looks back at Clueless, 25 years later. WEEKEND BOX OFFICE? The "most-watched" streaming metrics are meaningless, but hey, if you're interested... JAMES GUNN's streaming recommendations. CAT vs DOG, on the Wall Street Journal op-ed page. NEVER LEAVE YOUR PHONE near a fox. PENGUINS are taking back Cape Town. WILD BOARS are roaming Haifa. WHEN THE BELLY RUBS are too good.
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Yardbirds, Brian Dennehy RIP, and Friday Things. |
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Friday, April 17, 2020 - 08:00 AM Posted by: Karl
THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: ...with THE YARDBIRDS! Live circa 1967, featuring someone the announcer calls "Timmy Page." Your setlist inlcudes "Shapes of Things," "Happenings Ten Years Time Ago," "Over Under Sideways Down," and "I'm a Man." TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS, Live at Winterland, Dec. 30, 1978. LAURA MARLING plays a Tiny Desk Concert from Home. COURTNEY MARIE ANDREWS shares "Burlap String" and recommends gardening and poetry. THE NATIONAL's Matt Berninger covers Mercury Rev from home. CAR SEAT HEADREST goes "Hollywood." ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN: A Celebration. PHOEBE BRIDGERS talks about the legacy of Elliot Smith's Figure 8. RICHARD MARX talks to Stereogum about his vocal use of social media, how he and wife Daisy Fuentes are faring being quarantined together, and how his kids had to tell him who Trapt were. BRIAN DENNEHY, a versatile stage and screen actor known for action movies, comedies and classics, but especially for his Tony Award-winning performances in “Death of a Salesman” in 1999 and “Long Day’s Journey Into Night” in 2003, died of cardiac arrest in New Haven, Conn. He was 81. MEGXIT: Harry & Meghan scrapped plans for a celebrity-filled bash to celebrate Archie's first birthday after Los Angeles extended coronavirus lockdown. And they volunteered to deliver meals to the needy. PRINCESS BEATRICE and her fiancé Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi have formally canceled their royal wedding. HOWARD FINKEL, WWE Hall of Fame ring announcer, has passed away at age 69. ROGUE ONE: The Disney+ spinoff likely adds Stellan Skarsgard and Kyle Soller. SAVED BY THE BELL: The reboot-sequel has a trailer online. PERRY MASON has a teaser trailer online. AMY SCHUMER realized she had to change her son's name. WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS: The funniest show on TV? WHO FLEW with the crabs? THIS GUY brought an injured baby deer into his house and became her dad. AN OSPREY was close to drowning so a surfer used his board to scoop him out. WHISKEY & LULU: Schwarzenegger knows what the fans want.
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Fountains of Wayne and Tuesday Things. |
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Tuesday, April 14, 2020 - 08:00 AM Posted by: Karl
SOUL ASYLUM dip into their back catalog for the classic "Never Really Been" at the Northern Lights Theater; Milwaukee, WI. Throw in a cover of Glen Campbell's "Rhinestone Cowboy" and you have Twofer Tuesday. MATT WILSON & HIS ORCHESTRA plays for The Current. (Thx, Jon Pratt!) RYAN ADAMS covers Tears For Fears' "Everybody Wants to Rule the World," Madonna's "Borderline," Cyndi Lauper's "Time After Time," and Huey Lewis & the News' "The Power of Love." ELEANOR FRIEDBERGER covers Destroyer's "Hell" and "The River"in time for Twofer Tuesday. FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE gets two hours and twenty minutes of discussion and analysis on Political Beats with guest Cam Edwards. BONUS: Chris Collingwood remembers his years of friendship and music with Adam Schlesinger, who died at 52 last week. THE ONEDERS are reuniting for a "That Thing You Do" party on Friday night. THE TOP 50 POSTPUNK ALBUMS, according to PopMatters. THE BEATLES broke up 50 years ago. Rob Sheffield on how the band's petty infighting snowballed into rock's most legendary split. THE NUMBER ONES on the Kenny Rogers/Lionel Richie connection, simmering adult-contempo intensity, the value of pop shamelessness, and "Lady." DUNE has a trailer online. BOB IGER Thought He Was Leaving on Top. Now, He's Fighting for Disney's Life. KATE BECKINSALE was spotted holding hands with 22-year-old musician Goody Grace. THE CANNONBALL RUN has a new record, and purists are angry. SELENA GOMEZ, interviewed by Amy Schumer. WEIRD AL YANKOVIC's Enduring Appeal. MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL's Enduring Influence. A GOOD BOY giving hs friend a hug. THE GREATEST GAME of fetch I’ve ever seen? A WOMAN finds a baby bird in the wall — and he grows up imitating everything she says! KATHARINE, the Great White Shark Who Ghosted Her Trackers, Resurfaces. A NEW PLAGUE OF LOCUSTS descends on Africa. CHINA has reclassified dogs as pets instead of livestock for the first time, as part of a clampdown on animal trade and consumption that was spurred by the pandemic. ANIMALS continue to take over the empty streets.
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