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Don Kirshner RIP, Destroyer, Social D, REM, Baby Armadillo   Printer-friendly page   Send this story to someone
Wednesday, January 19, 2011 - 08:00 AM
Posted by: Karl

Karl

DON KIRSHNER, who guided the course of Brill Building and bubblegum pop in the 1950s and '60s as a music publisher and promoter, and later served as an Ed Sullivan for 1970s artists like Bruce Springsteen, Pink Floyd, Kiss and the Ramones with his weekly TV program "Don Kirshner's Rock Concert," died on Monday in Boca Raton, FL. He was 76. The cause was heart failure.  He was also impersonated brilliantly on SNL by the fabulous Paul Shaffer.  The A.V. Club collects more from Rock Concert.

DESTROYER is advance streaming Kaputt. Dan Bejar talks to Aquarium Drunkard about managing his various projects, influences on the Kaputt album and more...

SOCIAL DISTORTION does three free songs for Daytrotter, including "Ring of Fire."

R.E.M. drops "Mine Smell Like Honey" as an advance pop-rocker from Collapse Into Now.

DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS drop "Used to Be a Cop" as a freebie from Go-Go Boots.

NEW RELEASES REDUX: As I suspected, Spinner updated and is now streaming the Decemberists, Social D, Gregg Allman, Klaxons, Tennis & more...

BEST COAST premiered the "Crazy For You" video at I Can Has Cheezburger, for obvious reasons.

PAZZ & JOP 2010 is posted at the Village Voice.

MOUNTAIN GOATS: Jim Darnielle talks to Pitchfork about the new album, how he hooked up with Rutan, maintaining an indie ethos in the age of Twitter, and the fan-generated Facebook campaign that's currently trying to help him nab a cameo on his favorite TV show, Law & Order: SVU.

NILE RODGERS, best known for his work with Chic, is recovering from surgery to treat an aggressive form of cancer.

DICK DALE is also in and out of the operating room.

KRISTEN STEWART is profiled at length in -- and makes tortilla soup for -- Vogue.

REGIS PHILBIN blindsided Kelly Ripa with his retirement announcement today ... telling her less than 15 minutes before they went on the air.

CHARLIE SHEEN didn't use his charm to pick up a professional female companion during his Vegas bender last week. TMZ has the e-mail.

ELTON JOHN shows off his son, Zachary Jackson Levon Furnish-John.

LINDSAY LOHAN has passed up to 10 random drug and alcohol tests in the two weeks after she left the Betty Ford Center, according to RadarOnline.

MELISSA ETHERIDGE's ex-wife made a series of new allegations against the singer on her blog, including one involving novelties.

TOM CRUISE & NICOLE KIDMAN kept a safe distance from each other at CAA's Golden Globes afterparty.

JAKE GYLLENHAAL, otoh, was not keeping his distance from Maria Menounos, Scarlett Johansson and Mila Kunis.

RICKY GERVAIS says he didn't offend anyone at the Golden Globes... but he's "not gonna do it again anyway."

IRAN: A team of UN weapons experts and observers has arrived in Nigeria to investigate a seized Iranian weapons shipment found at the oil-rich nation's busiest port.

AFGHANISTAN: A US-backed plan to hire an additional 73000 Afghan soldiers and police officers has raised concern among diplomats in Kabul about the quality of recruits and the sustainability of an increasingly costly security apparatus financed almost entirely by international donors.

IRAQ: Officially, the yearlong mission remaining for roughly 48000 US troops in Iraq is to "advise and assist" this country's security forces. Unofficially, it is to fight off boredom and to stay alert and safe in the long, empty stretches that dominate their days.

A BABY ARMADILLO: Let's go to the video.

DRUNKEN OWL picked up by German police.

MARRIED COUPLE show off their 28 pet rats.

DOG EATS MAN'S EAR after his girlfriend bites it off. Ruff.

POLICE HORSE allegedly slapped in St. Petersburg, FL.

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