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Tuesday, December 29, 2009 - 08:00 AM
Posted by: Karl

Karl

THE DRUMS' latest video is for "I Felt Stupid."

NEW RELEASES: Still looks like Christmas at Spinner. But the 30th anniversary reissue of The Clash's London Calling is out today...

ROMANTICA stopped by The Current for a chat and mini-set streaming via MPR.

NORTHERN HOWL did the four free songs thing for Daytrotter, two previously unreleased.

SPOON: Britt Daniel talks to the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel about the upcoming album, and sticking with Merge Records.

THE 12 BEST LATE NIGHT PERFORMANCES of 2009, according to Stereogum. It's like Twofer Tuesday, times six.

THE DECADE IN GENRE HYPE: A few examples of the decade's Next Temporarily Big Things, courtesy of the Village Voice.

THE 100 MOST-STREAMED SONGS from Spotify.

100 MOST SHOCKING MUSIC MOMENTS from VH1.

RINGO is the Coolest Beatle, according to Steve Thornton, owner and operator of The Indiepop List. Or is he just making a play for Summer Finn?

CHARLIE SHEEN headed to rehab? It would be a celeb thing to do before authorities decide on whether to prosecute on domestic violence charges. His wife's 911 call is now online, describing threats and a knife.

TIGER WOODS and reported mistress No. 1 Rachel Uchitel were spotted holding hands in Palm Beach?

LINDSAY LOHAN brought new beau Adam Senn to meet her dysfunctional family.

JUDE LAW and SIENNA MILLER: Together again, with the kids, in Barbados.

RUSSELL BRAND and KATY PERRY engaged? Color me skeptical.

TYRA BANKS is is announcing the end of her talk show, apparently deciding against trying to fill the vacuum that will be left when Oprah leaves the stage.

JFK HOAX: TMZ obtained a never-before published photograph which appears to show John F. Kennedy on a boat filled with naked women -- only to discover it was actually a photo from a 1967 Playboy photo shoot.

TERROR in the USA: Two of the four leaders allegedly behind the al Qaeda plot to blow up a Northwest Airlines passenger jet over Detroit were released by the US from the Guantanamo prison in November, 2007.  Probably not the right time to be trying to send another 100 or so Yemeni detainees from Gitmo to Saudi Arabia's "rehabilitation" program for jihadis.

YEMEN: The US has quietly opened a third, largely covert front in the war against Al Qaeda in Yemen. Regular Pate visitors already knew Yemen was a hotbed. The ever-reliable Sun claims that British cops fear that 25 British-born Muslims are in Yemen, plotting to bomb Western airliners.

IRAN will possess the technology to build a nuclear bomb by early 2010 and be able to produce one the following year, Israeli media quoted Israel's defense minister as saying Monday.  Coincidentally -- or not -- Israel has called all of its ambassadors and consuls home for meetings this week in Jerusalem. Meanwhile, an Iranian-style intifada seems to be in the making.  The Daily Beast collected videos of street battles.  A number of opposition figures were arrested Monday in the wake of violent nationwide protests a day earlier, Web sites reported, including three top aides to the opposition leader Mir Hussein Moussavi and the leader of a banned political group, Ibrahim Yazdi.

MOUNTAIN GOAT: Aptly named.

A BABY SEAL turned up 18 miles inland on Christmas.

DONKEYS escaped from a live Nativity scene in Colorado.

WANDERING BULL handcuffed by Chinese police. Pic at the link.

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