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Let's have a Shindig. And the Big Ragu RIP.   Printer-friendly page   Send this story to someone
Friday, December 03, 2021 - 08:00 AM
Posted by: Karl

Karl

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:

...with A CHRISTMAS SHINDIG! The full episode has gone dark, but still-available clips from 1964 include The Beach Boys' "Dance, Dance, Dance," Bobby Sherman and Donna Loren singing "Keep on Searching," the Righteous Brothers doing "The Jerk" and an awesome milk commercial, Bobby Sherman with "Sleigh Ride," Donna Loren returning with a Spector-esque, but rougher "Santa Claus is Coming to Town," and The Beach Boys returning for a set including "Little Saint Nick," "Monster Mash" (yes, really) "Papa Oom Mow Mow," "Johnny B. Goode," and "We Three Kings."

SOCCER MOMMY plays KEXP.

CHARLEY CROCKETT plays World Cafe.

THE HOLD STEADY covers Counting Crows' "A Long December" and plays "Chillout Tent" with Michael Imperioli.

JENNYLEE (of Warpaint) shares "Heart Tax" and "Tickles."

GROHL & KURSTIN (and Violet Grohl) cover Amy Winehouse’s “Take The Box” for Hannukah.

 

THE TOP 100 SONGS of 2021, according to NPR.

THE BEATLES' road manager Mal Evans will be the subject of a biography before the release of archives.

LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM: Lessons from a songwriting legend.

BIG BOI, on Kate Bush, George Clinton, drum'n'bass, and Outkast's unreleased music.

 

EDDIE MEKKA, the actor who played Carmine "The Big Ragu" Ragusa, the high school sweetheart of Cindy Williams’ Shirley Feeney on the hit ’70s sitcom Laverne & Shirley, has died at his home in Newhall, CA. He was 69.

MEGXIT: A British media company lost its appeal Thursday against a judge's ruling that it invaded the privacy of Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, by publishing parts of a letter she wrote to her estranged father, Thomas Markle. ALSO: Prince Harry felt slighted by Queen Elizabeth II and the rest of his family during the 2019 Christmas broadcast after his photo was removed from the table while filming.

A GAME OF THRONES PREQUEL pilot that was scrapped cost HBO 33MM.

KATHY GRIFFIN revealed that she is now cancer-free following surgery.

PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON and LICORICE PIZZA took Best Director and Best Film for this year from the National Board of Review.

NETFLIX remains blocked by a Cali appeals court from poaching executives at Disney’s Fox unit.

MOVIE STUDIO 'TRACKING" DATA is now published by The Quorum.

 

A SMALL GIRL, a big owl.

A REINDEER, trying to catch the train.

A CORGI makes his own fun.

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It's like an Advent calendar without the Advent.   Printer-friendly page   Send this story to someone
Thursday, December 02, 2021 - 08:00 AM
Posted by: Karl

Karl

THE RAMONES: "Merry Christmas (I Don't Wanna Fight Tonight)."

WET LEG plays a Tiny Desk Concert.

BROADCAST's Black Session from Paris, France — May 4th, 2000.

GROHL & KURSTIN cover Van Halen's "Jump" for Hanukkah.

BAND OF HORSES shares "In Need of Repair."

WILD PINK shares "Florida."

 

THE TOP 50 ALBUMS of 2021, according to NPR.

THE TOP 50 ALBUMS of 2021, according to Gorilla vs Bear

THE TOP 100 ALBUMS of 2021, according to The Quietus.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at Extreme's simpering acoustic ballad "More Than Words."

 

ALEC BALDWIN claims that he did not pull the trigger of the gun that fired a live round on the set of the film "Rust," killing the film's cinematographer and wounding its director.

BEN AFFLECK, on the gift of second chances and feeling grateful for his imperfect life

PEOPLE MAGAZINE's People of the Year.

LADY GAGA knows how she screwed up in The Sopranos.

MARVEL'S SECRET INVASION: Cobie Smulders is set to reunite with Samuel L. Jackson.

MICHAEL B. JORDAN, profiled by THR.

THE MATRIX RESURRECTIONS: It's déjà vu al over again.

 

A BABY PENGUIN, getting tickled.

FOXES, getting tickled.

REINDEER, under the Northern Lights.

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Tis the Season...   Printer-friendly page   Send this story to someone
Wednesday, December 01, 2021 - 08:00 AM
Posted by: Karl

Karl

U2 cover "Merry Christmas, Baby (Please Come Home)."

SONIC YOUTH: Steve Shelley Selects 10 Gems From The Band's Archive.

DEEP SEA DIVER plays KEXP.

PHOEBE BRIDGERS covers Tom Waits' "Day After Tomorrow" for the holidays.

THE NEW PR0NOGRAPHERS are back onstage, with Neko Case and Dan Bejar.

DAVE GROHL & GREG KURSTIN cover Barry Manilow's "Copacabana" for Hannukah.

 

DAVID BOWIE: 10 Defining Moments From the 90s.

SLY & THE FAMILY STONE: There's A Riot Goin' On turns 50.

KACEY MUSGRAVES talks to The Current about the nonlinear stages of grief, and her upcoming appearance on Sesame Street.

LISA LOEB is voicing a commercial for insomnia drugs. Get off my lawn.

 

AND JUST LIKE THAT, the Sex and the City sequel has a trailer online.

THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL: Season 4 has a teaser online. I really liked the first two seasons, was a little disappointed by the third. Hope springs eternal!

BRITNEY SPEARS  says she's "on the right medication" now.

MARILYN MANSON's home was crawling with detectives from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, and it's related to his ongoing sexual assault investigations.

THE MATRIX RESURRECTIONS gets an EW cover story.

NICOLAS CAGE will play Dracula in Universal's Renfield.

GAME OF THRONES is getting another prequel, this one with a silly title.

LIVE IN FRONT OF A STUDIO AUDIENCE is doing The Facts of Life and Diff'rent Strokes with stacked casts.

 

A RARE DEEP-SEA ANGLERFISH, usually found at ocean depths of more than 2000 feet, was found on a beach in San Diego.

MIGRATION of Monarch butterflies.

A BLUE-FOOTED BOOBY, showing 'em off.

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The last day of November, even in leap years.   Printer-friendly page   Send this story to someone
Tuesday, November 30, 2021 - 08:00 AM
Posted by: Karl

Karl

JASON and the SCORCHERS cover "Absolutely Sweet Marie" and play "Harvest Moon" for Twofer Tuesday.

SAINT ETIENNE is streaming a Christmas EP, Her Winter Coat.

DAVE GROHL & GREG KURSTIN kick off Hannukah with covers of Lisa Loeb's "Stay" and the Ramones' "Blitzkrieg Bop." (another Twofer 4 U)

ROBERT PLANT & ALISON KRAUSS visit World Cafe.

 

NEIL YOUNG is releasing another lost album of Summer Songs.

HOW THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS made a little "Birdhouse In Your Soul."

THE TOP 50 ALBUMS of 2021, according to Paste.

THE TOP 20 SONGS of 2021, according to The Guardian.

THE NUMBER ONES looks at Mariah Carey's melodramatic ballad "I Don't Wanna Cry," which was Carey's fourth single and also her fourth chart-topper.

 

MEL BROOKS Writes It All Down.

SPIDER-MAN producer Amy Pascal says Tom Holland will return, and that the animated Spider-Verse sequel is in the works.

BRADLEY COOPER was once held up at knifepoint on the NYC subway.

MAGIC MIKE is getting a threequel.

THE BOOK OF BOBA FETT may explain his escape from the Sarlaac.

BENNIFER helped a holiday food drive.

MILEY CYRUS & PETE DAVIDSON will host NBC's NYE special.

 

A BEAR politely closes the door.

THE LANGUAGE OF A MOTHER is universal.

THIS SQUIRREL always brings dried seed to trade for some nuts.

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And so, the post-holiday, during-holidays (Chanukah), pre-holiday period.   Printer-friendly page   Send this story to someone
Monday, November 29, 2021 - 08:00 AM
Posted by: Karl

Karl

THE WHO: "I'm A Boy."

NEW RELEASES: Pitchfork will point you to Julie Dorion, Richard Dawson & Circle, and more.

RYLEY WALKER dropped a surprise album, Post Wook.  I could have put Course in Fable on my faves list.

SILK SONIC played "Fly As Me" on Soul Train.

THE BEATLES were like aliens from the future in 1969 - and they are still as radical today.

YOKO ONO shares an article suggesting she didn't break up the Beatles.

BRIAN WILSON talked to BrooklynVegan.

THE NUMBER ONES looked at Amy Grant's "Baby Baby," Roxette's "Joyride," and Hi-Five's "I Like The Way (The Kissing Game)" during my week off.

 

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: Over a light Thanksgiving frame, Disney's Encanto topped the chart with 40.3MMGhostbusters: Afterlife placed with 35.3MM (with a 24.5MM 3-day total that dropped 44 percent from its debut).  House of Gucci showed with21.8MM.  Below the fold, Paul Thomas Anderson’s 1970s teen comedy Licorice Pizza posted a huge 83.8K opening screen average from four theaters, which MGM is calling an-all-time record.

STEPHEN SONDHEIM,  one of Broadway history’s songwriting titans, whose music and lyrics raised and reset the artistic standard for the American stage musical, died early Friday at his home in Roxbury, Conn. He was 91. And he gave an interview just the Sunday befoe he passed.

MATTHEW McCONAUGHEY Decides to Not Run for Texas Governor.

MICHAEL STRAHAN and Laura Shepard Churchley, the daughter of Alan Shepard, signed up to follow the billionaire Jeff Bezos and the actor William Shatner to the edge of space on the next Blue Origin spaceflight.

KEVIN SPACEY has been ordered to pay the producer of House of Cards 31MM to cover the loss in revenue caused by his termination from the show.

KEIRA KNIGHTLEY is doing her thing. And caught COVID, unrelatedly.

BENNIFER enjoyed Thanksgiving.

LINDSAY LOHAN got engaged to Bader Shammas.

 

A DOBERMAN, watching and imitating Michael Jackson.

CATS, running on solar power.

A BEAGLE who loves soccer.

SPIDER-CAT, doing whatever a spider-cat can.

KRATU: A rescue steals the dog show.

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