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Motown, New Matt Pond & Neko Case, Cutout Bin, Chumbee   Printer-friendly page   Send this story to someone
Friday, August 24, 2007 - 08:00 AM
Posted by: Karl

Karl

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:

 

... with THE SOUND OF MOTOWN!  This Ready Steady Go! special from 1965 kicks off with Smokey Robinson and The Miracles singing "Ooo Baby Baby," Dusty Springfield joined by Martha Reeves and The Vandellas on "Wishin And Hopin'," and The Temptations singing "It's Growing." Martha Reeves and The Vandellas join Dusty Springfield for "Can't Hear You No More" followed by The Supremes singing "Stop! In The Name Of Love," The Temptations singing "My Girl," and  Martha Reeves and The Vandellas returning for "Dancing In The Street," the Supremes with "Shake," and Martha Reeves and The Vandellas with "Nowhere To Run," then a medley with The Supremes, Smokey Robinson and The Miracles, Stevie Wonder, The Temptations, Martha Reeves and The Vandellas and Dusty Springfield, continuing with Smokey Robinson and The Miracles, The Supremes and all performers joining in on "Mickey's Monkey," all backed by the Earl Van Dyke Sextet.  BONUS:  Stevie Wonder wails through "Kiss Me Baby," plus prior RSG appearances by Marvin Gaye syncing "How Sweet It Is To Be Loved By You" and "Can I Get A Witness."

MEAT PUPPETS maestro Curt Kirkwood talks to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette about the rebooting of the band.  There's plenty of great stuff in the article, but perhaps none more wacky than this: "When the Mad Hatter comes up and sticks a knife into you or Alice sticks a knife, they're always smiling and it's hardly ever fatal..."  In context, it even makes sense.  You can stream various Meat Pups tracks online, though none from my fave album, Up on the Sun.

HALL... & OATES!  No sooner does Pitchfork interview Daryl Hall than Seatlle Weekly interviews John Oates, who credits the online comedy series Yacht Rock (a Pate fave) for rekindling interest in his band and bringing in younger fans.  Oates is also enthusiastic about the growing world of H&O mash-up projects: "Once you make a record, it's out to the world. Who cares?"

MATT POND PA & NEKO CASE duet on "Taught to Look Away," which will be on the upcoming Matt Pond PA LP.

MORE TALK, LESS ROCK:  The A.V. Club surveys 15 masters of onstage banter, including Robert Pollard and Robyn Hitchcock.  Plenty o' embedded audio at the link.

120 MINUTES:  Philip Fibiger is aggregating videos that appeared on the the vintage, late-night MTV alt-rock show.

RILO KILEY goes to church in the gold-tinged video for "Silver Lining."

OKKERVIL RIVER frontman Will Scheff talks to The A.V. Club, about the more modern, less melodramatic sound of the band's new album, The Stage Names.

MORRISSEY confirms he turned down 75 million bucks for a Smiths reunion tour with guitarist Johnny Marr.

FEIST is temporarily abandoning her website because it was "a robot whith a paper mask of my face on it."  She invites folks to listen at FeistSpace instead.

YOU TUBE plans to start running ads within the videos posted there.

VEE-JAY RECORDS -- Chicago's other great indie label of the Sixties -- was likely undone by its own success.  NPR is streaming a few tracks from Jimmy Reed, John Lee Hooker and Little Richard (and Jimi Hendrix) in a feature on the new box set celebrating the label.

BOB MOULD has arranged a series of shows this fall combining music and fan-interview sessions around the release of his first live concert DVD, "Circle of Friends."

THE PHIL SPECTOR TRIAL:  The defense rests.  Things have not gone well for the legendary pop producer.

CUTOUT BIN:  This Friday's fortuitous finds from the ol' HM are: The Mountain Goats - Cubs In Five; Sweet - Ballroom Blitz; Heart - Barracuda; Fleetwood Mac - Don't Stop; The Allman Brothers Band - One Way Out; Stealers Wheel - Stuck in the Middle With You; Led Zeppelin - Hey Hey What Can I Do; The Faces - Stay With Me; Sweet - Little Willy; Thin Lizzy - The Boys Are Back In Town; Reunion - Life Is A Rock (But The Radio Rolled Me); Elton John & Kiki Dee - Don't Go Breakin' My Heart; The Boy Least Likely To - Be Gentle With Me; The Kinks - Picture Book; The Sonics - Boss Hoss; R.E.M. - Superman; Caribou - Melody Day; Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians - My Wife & My Dead Wife (live); The Vibrators - Yeah, Yeah, Yeah; Pretenders - Precious (nsfw); The Jam - I Need You (For Someone); Four Tops - Reach Out, I'll Be There; James Brown - Sex Machine; Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings - Just Dropped In To See What Condition My Condition Was In; Wilson Pickett - Land of 1000 Dances; Prince - Little Red Corvette; Of Montreal - Rasberry Beret (live); Rick James - Super Freak; Talking Heads - Life During Wartime; The Untouchables - Free Yourself; The Clash - Train In Vain; The Fun Boy Three - Our Lips Are Sealed; Trio - Da Da Da; Men Without Hats - Safety Dance; A Flock of Seagulls - I Ran; Killing Joke - Eighties; The Dandy Warhols - Bohemian Like You; Run-D.M.C. vs. The Knack - Tricky Sharona; Frankie Valli - Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You (remix); and The Go! Team - The Wrath Of Marcie

LINDSAY LOHAN struck a deal by pleading no contest to two counts of DUI, two counts of being under the influence of a controlled substance, and reckless driving -- all misdemeanors.  After factoring in community service, etc., Li-Lo looks to be spending one day in jail.  Looks like the more contrite rehab worked for her.

NICOLE RICHIE, meanwhile, snuck into jail to serve her sentence for DUI, while all the tabloid attention was focused on La Lohan.  She checked in at 3:15 PM and was released at 4:37 PM.

BRITNEY SPEARS:  Rumors swirl that the pop tart is so desperate to get away from her custody battle she is considering moving to London or France, but she is still stateside for now.  There is probably even less truth to the claim that Spears signed up to learn the hardcore Israeli combat techniques Matt Damon uses in The Bourne Ultimatum, but it's just too funny to not pass along.  PerezHilton has her new song.

THE FRENCH HOTEL may have paid as much as two million bucks to settle the defamation suit brought by diamond diva Zeta Graff.

NOW SHOWING:  This weekend's wide releases are: War, the Jet Li / Jason Stratham action flick not screened for critics (ouch); The Nanny Diaries, a Scarlett Johansson vehicle currently scoring 24 percent on the ol' Tomatometer; Mr. Bean's Holiday, which is scoring 48 percent; and the homeless boxer movie Resurrecting The Champ, which is seemingly also about a father-son relationship and scoring 64 percent.

JESSICA BIEL & JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE finally had a PDA moment outside of JT's New York restaurant, though I still predict they are saving the big reveal for the MTV VMAs.  Video at the link.  Timberlake has joined the cast of the next Mike Myers movie, The Love Guru, where he will get a chance to chat up Jessica Alba.  Which is mostly an excuse to link to Biel's new photo spread in the French edition of FHM.

GISELE BUNDCHEN: The supermodel is said to have bought a Gucci bib for the newborn son of bf (and Pats QB) Tom Brady and Bridget Moynihan.

MAD MEL UPDATE:  A Malibu judge has given Mel Gibson two thumbs up on the progress of his DUI case.

FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF really doesn't need a sequel about a mid-life crisis.

THE JUSTICE LEAGUE movie may move forward as a CGI motion-capture animation.

JESSICA ALBA was spotted with supposed ex-bf Cash Warren on the beach in Pacific Palisades Wednesday morning.

BRADGELINA:  Jolie is having fainting spells or something and Pitt is telling people that she has some sort of liver disease, according to the ever-reliable Star magazine.  Meanwhile, Warner Bros. has rolled out the first full trailer for The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, which looks to be about the peril of infamy.  The trialer also mentions that James had children, as though you need more than Pitt to appeal to the female demo.

AFGHANISTAN:  A week ago, US forces launched a major operation to counter a rejuvenated al-Qaeda, which has been steadily regrouping in the tribal areas of Pakistan, and has in the past three months moved back into the Tora Bora area of Afghanistan.  Discreetly, Western officials in Kabul describe it as "very successful", trapping insurgents in a series of adjacent valleys.

IRAN:  A draft National Intelligence Estimate on Iran is nearly complete and reportedly portrays a bleak political situation in Iran, anticipating little progress in getting Tehran to halt its nuclear program or stop supporting militant groups in the region.  OTOH, this is the crowd that assured everyone Iraq had WMDs, so hope springs eternal.

IRAQ:  The declassified version of the new National Intelligence Estimate on Iraq sees uneven progress on the security front, little to no progress on the national political front, and states that switching from a counterinsurgency mission to a counterterrorism mission would damage the past year's gains.  If the Maliki gov't falls in the next few months, is that good news, or bad news?  Also between the lines of the NIE is the implication that the political stalemate is partially the product of the US arming the mostly Sunni tribal militias.  Are the Shia (e.g., Maliki) then acting in ways to proke a US withdrawal?  While the headlines are about Sen. John Warner (R-VA) urging Pres. Bush to anounce he will bring home 5000 troops by Christmas, the real story is that Warner said would not support Democratic legislation that would call for Bush to bring troops home by a certain date.

IRAQ II:  In Diyala province, Iraqi and Coalition security forces wrapped up Operation Lightning Hammer, Iraqi and Coalition forces are engaging the tribes in the region to fight AQI, and Iraqi security forces are said to have launched a large-scale operation along the Iranian border, but AQI remains a threat and seeks to intimidate the local population.  Iraqi forces, with US Special Forces advising, detained a high-level terrorist in Mosul.  The Guardian points out that the large suicide bombing of the Yezidis may have less to do with religion than an upcoming referendum on whether the Yezidis would join the autonomous region of Kurdistan.

IRAQ and the MEDIA:  An investigating officer on Thursday recommended dismissal of all charges against a US Marine accused of killing six people during an assault in the Iraqi town of Haditha.  If the commanding general overseeing the case accepts the recommendation - as he has with three of eight Marines who were initially accused - that would leave only one Marine charged with murder.  The "Haditha massacre" generated a lot of press; the case falling apart, not so much.

CAT NEWS:  We have fat cat video, as well as pics of Milford, Mass. firefighters saving a half-dozen cats from a burning home.  The cats may have forgotten their trauma ten minutes later.

...AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT:  A depressed one-legged chicken.  But who wouldn't be?

...AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT: Blinky the two-headed calf.

SKIPPI the KANGAROO is much less so after ending a three-week spree across southern Germany in an auto collision.

CHUMBEE is the Casanova of koala bears.

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