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Monday, August 19, 2013 - 08:00 AM
Posted by: Karl

Karl

TWIN SHADOW plays 10cc's "I'm Not In Love" under the cvrs.

NEKO CASE is advance streaming The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You.

VOLCANO CHOIR: One of Justin Vernon's side projects is advance streaming Repave.

BOB DYLAN is advance streaming highlights from the latest in his ongoing Bootleg Series, titled Another Self Portrait (1969-1971).

SLY & THE FAMILY STONE is advance streaming highlights from a four-disc box set titled Higher!

"SURFIN U.S.A." was voted the Greatest Summer Song of All Time in a Yahoo mega-poll.

JULIA HOLTER talks to the L.A. Times about Loud City Song, which is inspired by the musical Gigi.

IN UTERO: The always opinionated Steve Albini talks about the label's initial negative reaction to Nirvana's post-breakthrough LP. 

ZOLA JESUS talks to Stereogum about recording Versions, JG Thirlwell and Schopenhauer, self-criticism, and how her constant struggle with humanity is explored in her forthcoming album.

THE 15 MOST HATED BANDS of the last 30 years.

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: Lee Daniels' The Butler tops the chart with 25 million, riding a wave of buzz and churchgoers past estimates in the high teens. With an "A" Cinemascore, this one may be leggy, too. We're The Millers places with 17.8 million, though that may be more of a tribute to the lackluster performance of the action flicks -- Elysium shows with an underwhelming 13.6 13.6 and Kick-Ass 2 settles for a fourth-place debut statistically tying Elysium.  KA2 fared badly with critics, but got a "B+" Cinemascore, so 13.6 million against a 28 million budget is likely not a disaster.  Rounding out the Top 5 is Planes with a mere 13.1 million, as people reject the bait-and-switch from Disney (not Pixar).

THE SPECTACULAR NOW: A teen movie from the screenwriters of (500) Days of Summer? I'm there. This one is stripped of the plotting gimmick, leaving the naturalistic characterizations to carry the film.  Indeed, while some compare this to the John Hughes canon, I think The Perks Of Being A Wallflower occupies that space. The Spectacular Now is closer to the Cameron Crowe of Say Anything or the original book of Fast Times At Ridgemont High -- less stylized and romanticized than Hughes (or the latter-day Crowe, for that matter).  Plus, Miles Teller has a certain John Cusack meets Jonah Hill quality about him, neatly anchored here by the more reserved performance of Shailene Woodley (The Descendants). A fine film worthy of many more screens than the 50 or so it's on now.

ROBERT PATTINSON shoved a security guard he misttok for a paparazzo.

CHRIS BROWN was sentenced to 1000 hours of community service to resolve issues involving potential violations of his felony probation and the number of hours he completed.

JENNIFER LOPEZ will be returning to American Idol for Season 13.

KANYE WEST won't face any felony charges over his altercation with a photographer at Los Angeles International Airport.

KATIE COURIC didn't mean to offend Kim Kardashian when she questioned why the reality-TV star was famous. Why not?

LIBYA: A bomb detonated outside the Egyptian consulate in Benghazi yesterday, injuring a guard.

EGYPT: After torching a Franciscan school, Islamists paraded three nuns on the streets like "prisoners of war" before a Muslim woman offered them refuge. In the four days since security forces cleared two sit-in camps by supporters of Egypt's ousted president, Islamists have attacked dozens of Coptic churches along with homes and businesses owned by the Christian minority.

SHEEP PROTEST: Let's go to the video.

40 DISTRESSED PYTHONS rescued from a Canadian motel.

THE TESTICLE-MUNCHING FISH, contra the internet, is not really menacing Scandanavia.

FRANTICALLY MATING GUINEA PIGS are disturbing the neighbors.

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