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Gram Parsons, All-TIME Albums, Modest Mouse, and a Banking Deer   Printer-friendly page   Send this story to someone
Thursday, November 16, 2006 - 08:00 AM
Posted by: kbade

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GRAM PARSONS, as a member of both The Byrds and The Flying Burrito Brothers, and as a solo artist, anticipated the so-called country rock of the 1970s and the alt-country movement that began around 1990. There is not a lot of GP video floating around, but "Christine's Tune" is a good place to start, though the video for "Older Guys" is great because someone made them go out to christen Judge Smails' sloop. The Hell's Angels make an unfortunate cameo in the clip of "Six Days o­n the Road" from the infamous Altamont festival in 1969. The posthumous video for "Sin City" is nice also. Steve Earle,Dwight Yoakam,Emmylou Harris and Chet Flippo give good quote in a five-minute BBC story o­n Parsons. BONUS: Dwight Yoakum covers "Wheels" at a Parsons tribute concert. DOUBLE BONUS: Frequent duet partner Emmylou Harris covers "Return of the Grievous Angel" with alt-country icon Ryan Adams (and Buddy Miller o­n bass) at a different tribute.

THE ALL-TIME 100 ALBUMS, unranked by decade in Time magazine. The mag wants you to "Read and listen to the arguments for the selections, then tell us what we missed or got wrong." Missed? Dark Side of the Moon, though argubly overrated. Elvis Costello, The Replacements and Husker Du... and more, I'm sure. The inclusion of "Greatest Hits" albums is also debatable... but (as I've long maintained) debate is the point of The List.

MODEST MOUSE: Hearsay is among those posting live tracks of new songs featuring new Mouse ( and ex-Smith) Johnny Marr. You can stream 'em via the Hype Machine.

MOTORHEAD is sponsoring an under-10 boys soccer team. The team runs out to "Ace of Spades," with the band's skull logo o­n their jerseys.

LUCINDA WILLIAMS had a cameo from Bruce Springsteen o­n Lil' Son Jackson's "Disgusted" and her own "Joy" in London: "I'm just beside myself about this... It's o­ne of the highlights of my entire life."

PATE recorded, but never released, a cover of the Bee Gees' "Nights o­n Broadway." Pate's version rawks much harder than the original. But Pate never got to play theirs o­n The Helen Reddy Show.

P.J. HARVEY: Her Peel Sessions are streaming from The Booth at MySpace.

CALEXICO: False 45th posted three high-quality bootleg tracks from the 2005 Telluride Bluegrass Festival. You can stream 'em via the Hype Machine.

BONO is getting his cowboy hat back. It's a proud day for the Irish legal system.

PETE DOHERTY UPDATE: The Daily Mail has been cleared of breaking the Press Complaints Commission code after a reporter entered a "private" area of celebrity rehab clinic The Priory without permission to find out whether the troubled singer was complying with a court order to visit the clinic..

TOM-KAT UPDATE: Former Cruise target Brooke Shields will likely attend the Cruise-Holmes wedding. Which makes it even more indefensible that they did not invite Oprah. They should have invited Matt Lauer, too. They could have had a wedding photo that would be like the cover of Sgt. Pepper's for Cruise's Year of Crazy, but they've blown their opportunity. And having reported o­n Holmes buying wedding lingerie yesterday, it's o­nly fair that I note Cruise has bought boxers and briefs -- perhaps the latter will be part of a Risky Business re-enactment for Holmes. Ironically, while Cruise was directly involved in whipping Holmes back into shape for the wedding, he is having trouble fitting into his wedding suit. Let's call him Tom-Fat, just for spite.

MADONNA now wants to adopt a second youngster from Malawi -- this time a baby girl, to "redress the balance" in her family. Which is a great reason to adopt.

BRITNEY BREAK-UPDATE: A handwritten letter from Fed-Ex, mostly blaming Britney for all their problems, was the last straw for the pop tart, according to US Weekly. The blog entry asks, "Who staged an intervention o­n November 1 and finally convinced Britney that Kevin was wrong for her?" (Her family and returning manager Larry Rudolph) and "What has Britney been doing to get revenge o­n Kevin?" (Cutting off his credit cards and cellphone, leading him to ask for doggy bags at a Manhattan burlesque spot.)

THE NAME IS BOND: The Casino Royale countdown continues with IGN's list of Top Ten Bond Gadgets.

BRADGELINA: Jolie must have deserved a break from filming A Mighty Heart, as she hit the Mickey D's in Mumbai while still in hair and makeup. She had the McVeggie burger, so I don't know whether the joint serves the Royale with Cheese (an obvious profanity warning).

GEORGE CLOONEY been named People magazine's Sexiest Man Alive for 2006

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