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Pretenders, Austin James Band, Magic Numbers, and Tina the Tortoise   Printer-friendly page   Send this story to someone
Monday, November 06, 2006 - 08:00 AM
Posted by: kbade

Karl

THE PRETENDERS' reissues didn't really make my radar, but Rhino has packaged them with bonus discs of rariries like the demos for "Brass In Pocket," "Kid," "Talk of the Town" and a different, guitar-based version of "I Go to Sleep." So I thought it best to lead with a rehearsal video of "Stop Your Sobbing." I also found tasty live versions of "Message of Love" from Fridays and "My City Was Gone" from the Us Festival (!) Topping it off is a semi-unplugged "Brass In Pocket."

THE AUSTIN JAMES BAND has a cowboy and an "Injun," but they sound much more like SMiLE-era Beach Boys than the Village People. You can stream three tracks of theirs via MySpace. (thx Dodge.)

RYAN ADAMS and PARKER POSEY are dunzo.

MISSION OF BURMA has uploaded Roger Miller's Piano Cocktail version of "Academy Fight Song" to MySpace for your streaming and downloading enjoyment.

WEEZER and THE BEACH BOYS: Matt Brundage notes intriguing similarities between the two bands. It's like that old Lincoln-Kennedy thing... but with the Beach Boys and Weezer.

THE MAGIC NUMBERS talk to London's Sunday Times, the Independent and NME about the follow-up to their double-platinum UK debut, whch comes out this week in the UK. For now, we Yanks have to make do with the cartoony goodness of "Forever Lost."

GRIZZLY BEAR: CokeMachineGlow begins an interview with Ed Droste, "How did you find out your brakes had gone out?" You can stream and download the band's appearance o­n The Interface via AOL.

PAGE FRANCE frontman Michael Nau acknowledges his lyrics have religious leanings, but doesn't want that overshadowing what the band's label calls their "folkloric storytelling, campfire sing-a-longs and lovelock tales." You can stream a bunch from the band via the Hype Machine.

SERENDIPITY: A piece in the Washington Post explores finding new music through sites like the Hype Machine and Pandora.

PETE DOHERTY-KATE MOSS UPDATE: The trobled singer was "rushed" to the hospital after getting the supposedly sober supermodel's engagement ring stuck o­n his own finger. The couple has also inspired a children's book, focusing o­n a disheveled boy named Pete who "isn't fond of rules and regulations," which insures that "sometimes he falls down a lot." Meanwhile, Moss reportedly has had a bitter falling out with Doherty over his reluctance to build bridges with her mum Linda.

NEIL PATRICK HARRIS sets the record straight, admits he is not. NTTAWWT. Had he come out of the closet a bit earlier, he probably could have gotten a Best Supporting Actor nomination for playing the straight version of NPH in Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle. Warning: that video clip is NSFW, unless you work at Bada-Bing!

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: Borat, despite being scaled back from 2,000 screens to 837 based o­n low tracking numbers, beat out two family films opening o­n over 3,000 screens apiece to win the weekend with 26 million bucks. You can bet Borat will expand to at least 2,000 screens next weekend. I thought it was both funny and offensive, but there was no way it could live up to some of the hype dubbing it the funniest movie ever. The Santa Clause 3 and Flushed Away raked in 20 and 19 million, respectively. Flushed Away was quite nice -- very much an Aardman film (e.g., Wallace & Grommit, Chicken Run) made with Dreamworks' CGI than o­ne filled with Shrek-style pop culture satire for adults, though there were a few such moments. Saw III dropped to fourth place, but has made six times its 10 million budget already. The Departed remained in the top five with a slight 19 percent drop; this is huge for Scorsese. The Prestige also dropped a mere 19 percent, showing legs that will mean profitability. Clint Eastwood's Flags of Our Fathers dropped to seventh place and could be gone before audiences start thinking about Oscar contenders.

THE McCARTNEYS: London's Daily Mail claims that Sir Paul has secretly paid

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