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Ray Thomas RIP, Father John Misty, St Vincent, Anderson East, Giant Doggo |
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Monday, January 08, 2018 - 08:00 AM Posted by: Karl
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RAY THOMAS, a founding member of the British rock group the Moody Blues, died on Thursday at his home in Surrey, south of London, months before the band is to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. He was 76. He wrote songs like “Legend of a Mind” and palyed the flute solo on the classic “Nights in White Satin.” FATHER JOHN MISTY plays Austin City Limits. ST VINCENT: Annie Clark plays World Cafe unplugged. ANDERSON EAST advance streams Encore. ![source: imgur.com](http://i.imgur.com/u9BI1ZL.jpg)
SCOTT McCAUGHEY, of The Minus 5, Young Fresh Fellows, R.E.M.’s touring band and more, got an alt-star benefit concert for his medical bills following a recent stroke. Members of REM, Sleater-Kinney, The Decemberists, The Shins and more joined in. Brooklyn Vegan and Stereogum have overlapping, but differing selections of video. LANA DEL REY is being sued by Radiohead for allegedly plagiarizing "Creep." Reminder: Radiohead ended up crediting The Hollies members Albert Hammond and Mike Hazlewood on "Creep" because of similarities to "The Air That I Breathe." DAVID BOWIE: Ten things to learn from The Last Five Years. AC/DC: Beyond The Hits. ![source: imgur.com](http://i.imgur.com/gNgDLkg.jpg)
WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle topped the chart with 36MM on a leggy 28 percent drop and may reach 300MM domestic. Insidious: The Last Key placed close behind with 29.3MM, a bit surprising given the five-year gap since the prior, underperforming installment. The Last Jedi showed, dropping out of the top spot a week or two earlier than people may have expected, with 23.6MM on a 55 percent drop. The Greatest Showman held on to the fourth spot with 13.8MM on a mere 11 percent drop and worldwide grosses that look like this thing will at least break even. Pitch Perfect 3 rounded out the Top Five with 10.2MM on a 39 percent drop; I keep going back and forth on whether trhat's good enough to warrant a fouth. THE GOLDEN GLOBES were awarded to these folks. Congrats. PAUL HAGGIS, famed screenwriter and critic of Scientology, is accused by four women of sexual misconduct. HARVEY WEINSTEIN has left the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences with the moral quandry of consistency. BRYAN SINGER is dropped as an exec producer on Legion. ALEX TREBEK is recovering from surgery to remove blood clots from his brain,while Jeopardy goes on hiatus. KIERNAN SHIPKA, the talented child actress from Mad Men, will take on the Chilling Adventures of Sabrina. JERRY VAN DYKE, broter of dick and co-star of Coach, died Friday afternoon; he was 86. BETTY WHITE swears by vodka and hot dogs at age 95. ![source: imgur.com](http://i.imgur.com/k9rXEMl.jpg)
THIS GIANT DOGGO still thinks he's a lap dog. A CHEETAH has a record-breaking 8-cub litter at a zoo. THOSE FROZEN FLORIDA IGUANAS? They may thaw out and suddenly attack. FRIED FISH comes alive in front of Chinese diners.
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Echo & the Bunnymen, Typhoon, Benjamin Booker, All Songs, Sled Dog |
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Friday, January 05, 2018 - 08:00 AM Posted by: Karl
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THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: ![](http://claudepate.com/albums/Graphics/echolive83.jpg)
...with ECHO and the BUNNYMEN! Live at the Royal Albert Hall, circa July 1983. Your setlist includes: "Going Up," "With A Hip" and "All That Jazz"; "All My Colours (Zimbo)" and "Silver"; "The Cutter" and "The Killing Moon"; "Rescue" and "Never Stop"; and "Over the Wall." Your encores are "Crocodiles" and a wide-ranging take on "Do It Clean." TYPHOON advance streams Offerings. BENJAMIN BOOKER has a set up at La Blogotheque. ALL SONGS CONSIDERED features new tracks from Lucy Dacus, Bethlehem Steel, Anna Burch and more... THE GO! TEAM shares "All The Way Live." Aw yeah. ![](http://claudepate.com/albums/Graphics/artbrutgoodweekend.jpg)
ART BRUT get you off to a "Good Weekend." CRAIG FINN talks to ChicagoNow about the importance of creating a community via the performance of live music, the impact of the Midwest on the characters he's created on We All Want The Same Things and his approach to the ideas of empathy and love on his latest solo album. U2: Bono talks to Rolling Stone about the state of his band, the state of the world and what he learned from almost dying. ELVIS COSTELLO talks to The A.V. Club about his acting roles. BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE's guide to Toronto. ![source: imgur.com](http://i.imgur.com/2hqesU1.jpg)
NOW SHOWING:This weekend's new wide release is Insidious: The Last Key, which is currently scoring 25 percent on the ol' Tomatometer. But expanding way wide are Darkest Hour, scoring 84percent; and Molly's Game, scoring 81 percent. ROSE McGOWAN talks to Vanity Fair about what Weinstein hath wrought. WEINSTEIN CO: The bidding is down to a handful of suitors. GAL GADOT & PATTY JENKINS talk about the Wonder Woman sequel. CATE BLANCHETT will lead this year's Cannes jury. MATT LAUER is still trying to have a hand in TODAY. Dude. THE FUTURE OF FOX after a Disney merger. ANIMANIACS is getting two new seasons on Hulu. ![source: imgur.com](http://i.imgur.com/4LtPODR.jpg)
THIS DOG is taking herself sledding. IT'S SO COLD. How cold is it? It's so cold that Miami Beach iguanas are falling from their perches in suburban trees. THE TOP CATS of 2017, according to Mother Jones. PUPPY BOWL XIV: What You Need to Know About the Fuzziest Starting Lineup.
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Post-Holiday "News" Slowly Ramps Up For Thingsday. |
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Thursday, January 04, 2018 - 08:00 AM Posted by: Karl
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NANCY SINATRA: "These Boots Are Made For Walking." Are you ready? ANIMAL COLLECTIVE performs Sung Tongs in full. MARGO PRICE stopped by World Cafe for a chat and mini-set. SIDNEY GISH streams No Dogs Allowed. JANN WENNER has been accused of sexual assault by a former employee with the company. SPOTIFY was hit with a 1.6 billion dollar copyright lawsuit over Tom Petty, Weezer, Neil Young songs. THE TOP 10 CURE SONGS, according to NME. A ROOM OF THEIR OWN: Teenage bedrooms from the 1980s. PAUL SORVINO may go Goodfellas on harvey Weinstein. ELLEN PAGE married her fiancée, Emma Portner. BROOKLYN DECKER & ANDY RODDICK welcomed their second child, a daughter. CAMERON DIAZ & BENJI MADDEN are working on offspring. HODA KOTB is being paid around 18MM less per year than her disgraced male predecessor at TODAY, Matt Lauer. EMILY BLUNT talks to Vanity Fair about Mary Poppins Returns, her social-media skepticism, and her most recent challenge, in A Quiet Place, directed by her husband and co-star, John Krasinski. MERYL STREEP & TOM HANKS discuss President Trump, the fallout from the Harvey Weinstein case and why they hadn't worked together until The Post. BRAD PITT, flirting at the coffee shop. BOY SAVED FROM SHARKS by drone operator. THE SWARM: Vandals destroyed 50 beehives in Iowa, killing at least 500K bees. AND THERE WERE CHICKENS all over the highway. RAT ON A PLANE: Flight canceled.
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So yeah...Wednesday. Time for Things. |
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Wednesday, January 03, 2018 - 08:00 AM Posted by: Karl
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GEORGE HARRISON covers "Got My Mind Set On You." KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD streams Gumboot Soup, competing their promised five LPs for 2017. JEFF ROSTENSTOCK streams POST- (NSFW) JAPANESE BREAKFAST covers The Mamas & Papas' "California Dreamin'." OH SEES share “Dead Medic” and "A Few Days of Reflection." RINGO STARR is getting knighted, and Sir Paul can dig it. THE WORST SONGS of 2017, according to Stereogum. OXFORD AMERICAN magazine has dedicated its annual music issue entirely to Kentucky, and it explores soul jazz, punk rock, rap and more from the Bluegrass State. RICK HALL, who recorded some of the biggest musical acts of the 1960s and 70s and helped develop the fabled “Muscle Shoals sound”, has died at 85. CARRIE UNDERWOOD needed 40 stitches to her face following a fall, reportedly. YOUNG HAN SOLO: Director Ron Howard tweeted a mystery pic. DAVID CHAPPELLE has thoughts about the Louis CK scandal that are very Chappelle. BRIGHT, the big-budget Netflix flick starring Will Smith, managed to pull in a total of more than 11 million views in its first three days of release. PARIS HILTON is engaged to actor Chris Zylka. LINDSAY LOHAN was bit by a snake while hiking in Thailand, her shaman says it's good luck. RUPERT MURDOCH's decision to sell most of 21st Century Fox appears to resolve a mystery: which of his sons will inherit his empire? ROSE MARIE, the actress who went toe-to-toe in a man’s world as wisecracking comedy writer Sally Rogers on the legendary 1960s CBS sitcom The Dick Van Dyke Show, has died. She was 94. MEET THE BABY ANIMALS saved during Hurricane Harvey. JOKER THE DOG returns home, ten days after escaping an airport. IT'S WINTER: Watch out for falling raccoons.
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Oh, let's ease into 2018, shall we? |
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Tuesday, January 02, 2018 - 08:00 AM Posted by: Karl
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WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: The Last Jedi threpeats atop the chart with 52.7MM on a decent 26 percent drop, consdering the lofty heights from which it started. Despite less enthusiasm from some, Episode VIII became the largest grosser of 2017, crossed 500MM domestic and 1 Billion worldwide. The first three Disneymade installments have paid for the company's acquisition of Lucasfilm. Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle placed with a perhaps surprisiongly close 50MM on a 38 percent increase over the prior frame; it will likely break 200MM domestic next weekend. Pitch Perfect 3 shows with 16.8MM on a 16 percent drop; underwhelming overall, but perhaps not enough to kill the franchise. The Greatest Showman may be the biggest winner of another long weekend, making 15.6MM on a 77 percent increase over last weekend... but it still seems like a bit of an uphill climb to profit on the big screen. Ferdinand also benefitted from the extra time for family movie dates, and rounded out the Top Five with 11.4 MM on a 56 percent increase from the last frame. Below the fold, Oscars bait also tended to get a boost from the holdays, while Downsizing and Father Figures continued to flop. TIME'S UP: Driven by outrage and a resolve to correct a power imbalance that seemed intractable just months ago, 300 prominent actresses and female agents, writers, directors, producers and entertainment executives have formed an ambitious, sprawling initiative to fight systemic sexual harassment in Hollywood and in blue-collar workplaces nationwide. YOUNG HAN SOLO will get at least a theme from composer John Williams. MARIA MENOUNOS and Keven Undergaro, who have been together for 20 years, got hitched on live TV. JESSICA ALBA and Cash Warren are now a family of five. MEGHAN MARKLE could have been a Bond Girl. AMANDA BYNES has big plans for 2018. More tomorrow, most likely.
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