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Apples in Stereo, Nick Drake, Peter Bjorn & John, "Peternity" Leave   Printer-friendly page   Send this story to someone
Thursday, February 01, 2007 - 08:00 AM
Posted by: kbade

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APPLES IN STEREO singer/songwriter/guitarist/producer Robert Schneider tells Harmonium why he's excited by the band's New Magnetic Wonder, his favorite cookie and more. The band sings along to "Same Old Drag" while driving through Park City, UT during Sundance. Plus, you can stream two more new tracks from TheirSpace (plus "Stephen, Stephen," which Schneider played at the Colbert-Decemberists guitar duel).

NICK DRAKE is getting another posthumous album of allegedly extremely rare material never officially released.  The link will also direct you to a streaming "best of" compilation.

THE EAGLES are close to releasing their first album of new music in almost 30 years? It's going to be tough to convince people about global warming if Hell keeps freezing over like this.

THE DECEMBERISTS frontman Colin Meloy is interviewed by Terry Gross for NPR's Fresh Air about the guitar duel with Stephen Colbert, The Crane Wife, and more.

MUSIC'S TOP MONEYMAKERS 2006: According to Forbes magazine, it's all about the touring, which doesn't surprise me, as I think it's been that way since I was a kid.

PETER BJORN & JOHN tell Pitchfork who they are listening to now, among other things. The band had its network TV debut recently, but the regular video for "Young Folks" is better, imho.  Plus, you can still stream their latest album from TheBooth this week.

THE SHINS do an interview (plus audio) with Rolling Stone, which starts with frontman James Mercer recalling his awe at the notion of selling 20K albums. The band's new album, Wincing the Night Away, debuted at number two o­n the charts, selling 118K copies. Do you think they have to pay royalties to Zach Braff and Natalie Portman? Anyway, you can stream a bunch via the ol' HM at the moment.

TURN THAT MUSIC DOWN! The Austin Chronicle looks at the growing complaints against super-loud, over-compressed recordings that tire the ears of the listener.

SINGER-SONGWRITERS: London's Independent examines their quiet, but growing, resurgence.

PETE DOHERTY-KATE MOSS UPDATE: London's Sun has video of the troubled singer shooting cocaine while reassuring the supposedly sober supermodel that he's "fine."

JESSICA BIEL: How did she steal Justin Timberlake? By answering his telephone call. That's not much of a seduction, but it's enough if you're Jessica Biel.

MISS CONDUCT: Freshly-rehabbed Miss USA Tara Conner says she used cocaine, antidepressants and other drugs prior to her treatment.

BRADGELINA: Pitt and Jolie's N'awlins home was o­nce Cosimo Matassas' recording studio, where Fats Domino, Little Richard, Professor Longhair, Allan Toussaint and more recorded in the 1950s. The house is rumored to be haunted by the spirit of Professor Longhair.

LINDSAY LOHAN, stuck in rehab, reportedly text messaged bachelor-about-town Brody Jenner that all she wanted was "McDonald's and sex." I'm lovin' it.

COURTNEY LOVE was punk'd by someone claiming to be the exec producer of American Idol, who asked whether she would be interested in sitting in as a judge o­n the show.

SIENNA MILLER is denying rumors of any romance with either Diddy and that she and Hayden Christensen really "did it" for a love scene in Factory Girl. But there's a disputed story that Diddy's people took the memory card from a camera that snapped him and Miller at Crobar last weekend.

MADONNA: Contrary to all prior reports, adopting little David Banda from Malawi has worked wonders for Madge and Guy Ritchie's marriage.

RACHEL McADAMS is rumored to be the front-runner to replace Katie Holmes in the next Batman movie, perhaps playing Selena Kyle (a/k/a "The Catwoman"). The Dark Knight is scheduled to shoot in Chicago this summer.

SCARLETT JOHANSSON was snapped with Mark Wahlberg, but Scar-Jo's rep says it was all business.

TOM BRADY and GISELE BUNDCHEN, otoh, were officially caught o­n camera as a couple walking back to her NYC pad.

SIDNEY SHELDON, award-winning producer and novelist, died Tuesday afternoon of complications from pneumonia at 89. I'm sure he might prefer to be remembered for the novels, but who can forget The Patty Duke Show, which he also wrote, or I Dream of Jeannie?

RICH GIRLS GONE WILD: A new study of more than 600 high-net-worth individuals shows that the number of well-heeled women that lead more adventurous and exotic sex lives, have had an affair, or joined the mile-high club far outdistances that of men. But how can we judge these results as valid without knowing whether Paris Hilton was part of the survey?

MAXWELL'S DEMON: Nearly 150 years ago it was no more than a concept by a visionary scientist, but researchers have now created a minuscule motor that could lead to the creation of microscopic nanomachines.

IRAN: A new survey of Iranian and American attitudes about terrorism reveals both peoples have many of the same opinions: 70 percent of Iranians questioned felt international terrorism was an important threat to their country's vital interests; 76 percent said attacks against American civilians in the US are never justified; and 74 percent view Usama bin Laden unfavorably. Notably, Iranians were not asked about attacks o­n Americans in Iraq. Also, most Iranians view Hamas and Hezbollah favorably.

IRAQ: If it's a story about reconstruction, it must be bad news. The latest audit by Stuart Bowen Jr., the special inspector general for Iraq reconstruction, paints "a grim picture of waste, fraud and frustration," according to the AP. What Bowen actually said was that "fraud has not been a significant component of the US experience in Iraq," but you won't learn that unless you read through to paragraph 15. Other stories highlight Bowen's comment that the potential loss could be 10 to 15 percent of the 21 billion allocated for US aid. That seems like a lot, but the GAO and others have estimated that 10 percent of all health care spending nationally is lost to "fraud and abuse" -- with New York losing as much as 18 billion yearly, and as much as 14 billion yearly in the Medi-Cal program. None of which justifies waste, fraud and abuse -- but such figures demonstrate that the levels seen in Iraq aren't far from the norm for a big government program (which surprises me, given it's a war zone). Little of the coverage even mentions what the US has accomplished in reconstruction, even though it would probably be news to most.

OXYGEN MASKS FOR PETS are becoming standard equipment for firefighters. They can be used o­n dogs, cats, ferrets, rabbits, guinea pigs, even birds.

"PETERNITY" LEAVE: Companies in Britain are allowing employees to work from home or take days off to look after unwell pets.

ALBERTUS MAGNUS is a fat cat looking for a home.

SNAKES: A British mechanic spent two hours nervously dismantling a courtesy car to find a customer's pet python. PLUS: A new study finds Asian snakes like the Rhabdophis tigrinus eat poisonous toads and keeps their venom for themselves.

SHEEP are eating the sugar-based grit used to defrost icy roads in North Wales. Bad Sheep! Baaaaaaaaaad Sheep!

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