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Monday, September 25, 2017 - 08:00 AM Posted by: Karl
BUSY WEEKEND. But I have a few things, mostly this very sad news:
CHARLES BRADLEY, the acclaimed soul singer and exuberant live performer who saw his career ascend late in life, died Saturday following a bout with stomach and liver cancer. He was 68. The Guardian obit is also good, as is this 2014 interview with Noisey including Bradley's general view of humanity. Pitchfork rounds up seven great song performances, while NPR re-upped his 2016 SXSW performance at Stubb's.
WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: Kingsman: The Golden Circle topped the chart with 39MM -- a few million better than the original, probably several million less than where the gurus projected. The foreign grossses were 51MM, taking the sequel past the 100MM overall. The former champ, It, placed with 30MM on a 50 percent drop that's dang leggy for a third frame in the horror genre. The clown show has already pulled in 266.3MM domestic against a 35MM budget. The LEGO Ninjago Movie showed with 21.2MM, substantially below the prior movies in this cinematic universe; the stakes will be higher for the proper sequel to The LEGO Movie. American Assassin slid 58 percent to the fourth slot with 6.3MM (Lionsgate will have been glad to have sold off the overseas rights). Home Again rounded out the Top Five with 3.3MM. ISLE OF DOGS, the next film from Wes Anderson, has a trailer online. KYLIE JENNER reportedly is pregnant. I SHOULD BE BACK to full strength tomorrow.
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Byrds, David Crsoby, Jessica Lea Mayfield, Loney Dear, Kangaroo |
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Friday, September 22, 2017 - 08:00 AM Posted by: Karl
THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: ... with THE BYRDS! To everything there is a season, and when the leaves start turning, my thoughts turn to this rare live threefer of "Turn! Turn! Turn!", "Bells of Rhymney" and "Mr. Tambourine Man", introduced by... David McCallum? There are more screaming girls, plus go-go dancers when they hit Shivaree for "All I Really Want to Do" and "Feel A Whole Lot Better." There are even more dancers when they cover "Not Fade Away" for Shindig! on June 23, 1965, while I'm pretty sure that's Ed Wynn introducing "Chimes of Freedom." DAVID CROSBY advance streams Sky Trails. JESSICA LEA MAYFIELD advance streams Sorry Is Gone. LONEY DEAR advance streams a self-titled LP. YOUNG JESUS streams a self-titled LP. MAGGIE ROGERS shares "Split Stones." COUSTEAU: "The Last Good Day of the Year." Or close to it. THE NATIONAL: A band of brothers...but not like Oasis. MARILYN MANSON blames the Columbine shooting for wrecking his career. AFGHAN WHIGS: Greg Dulli on loving Minneapolis, losing a friend, and getting the band back together. JUDY COLLINS & STEPHEN STILLS: Judy talks about that song; you know the one.
NOW SHOWING: This weekend's wide releases include The LEGO Ninjago Movie, which is currently scoring 47 percent on the ol' Tomatometer; Kingsman: The Golden Circle, which is scoring 49 percent; and Friend Request, scoring 29 percent. Could be some competition for the top slot. ANTHONY MICHAEL HALL gets probation instead of detention. IT: Bill Skarsgård talks to NME about his clown show. WATCHMEN is moving forward at HBO with a pilot order. WONDER WOMAN may rescue The Flash. GLASS: Unbreakable actors are returning for the sequel. (Spoiler Warning) AUDRINA PARTRIDGE is divorcing her husband of less than a year, on the heels of running to court to get protection from him. ADAM SANDLER & BEN STILLER get a little serious in Netflix's -- and Noah Baumbach's The Meyerowitz Stories.
A KANGAROO on the loose in Kenosha. A MASSIVE SPIDER INVASION in Queensland. PLEASE DO NOT PET the Radioactive Puppies of Chernobyl. The More You Know. Swoosh. FROGS turn yellow during orgies.
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Omni, Billy Bragg & Joe Henry, Bruce Cockburn, Hooded Grebe |
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Thursday, September 21, 2017 - 08:00 AM Posted by: Karl
FOO FIGHTERS + SLASH + TENACIOUS D cover Led Zeppelin's "Immigrant Song." NSFW langauage. They were Sonic Death Monkey, and soon will be Kathleen Turner Overdrive. OMNI streams Multi-task. BILLY BRAGG & JOE HENRY play the Mountain Stage. BRUCE COCKBURN plays the Mountain Stage. JULES SHEAR: "If She Knew What She Wants," unplugged on Unplugged, circa 1990. Check how he's holding his guitar. ST VINCENT: Annie Clark talks to NYLON about MASSEDUCTION, sobriety, celibacy, and the joys of being misunderstood. NEW ORDER reaches a financial settlement with Peter Hook. SOFT CELL: Ten of Their Best. THE 50 ESSENTIAL LPs OF 1976, according to Rolling Stone. TOMB RAIDER has a trailer online. JUMANJI has a second trailer online. FERDINAND has a trailer online. YOUNG HAN SOLO: It appears Star Wars fans are finally going to see the Millennium Falcon's famous Kessel Run. GAME OF THRONES will have five prequels on HBO. LAURENCE FISHBURNE & GINA TORRES split in the early fall of last year - after 14 years of marriage. HALLE BERRY and Alex D Kid are a thing. JAKE LaMOTTA, the boxer portrayed by Robert De Niro in Raging Bull, has died at age 95. THE HOODED GREBE, getting its mating dance on. OCTLANTIS: An underwater city built by octopuses. A BABY SNOW LEOPARD debuts in Seattle. DUCKS: Sexual competition wreaks havoc on penis size.
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Joan Shelley, Prawn, Morrissey, Leon Russell, Bash & Pop, Man, Cat & Rat |
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Wednesday, September 20, 2017 - 08:00 AM Posted by: Karl
LEONARD COHEN: Watch "Leaving The Table." JOAN SHELLEY plays the Philadelphia Folk Festival, complete with cicadas. PRAWN streams Run. ALL SONGS CONSIDERED features new tracks from Neil Young, Lisa LeBlanc, Björk and more. MORRISSEY returns with "Spent The Day In Bed." LEON RUSSELL: Hear "Easy To Love." BASH & POP feature NICOLE ATKINS on "Too Late." O'JAYS: "Backstabbers." PULP, ranked by NME. NANCY WILSON of Heart talks about her new supergroup, Roadcase Royale. THE CLIENTELE: Alasdair MacLean talks to Aquarium Drunkard about the band's new LP, Music for the Age of Miracles. RINGO STARR: The Beatles' unsung genius. RYAN PHILLIPPE's ex-girlfriend Elsie Hewitt filed a lawsuit Monday against the actor for allegedly kicking, punching and throwing her down the stairs. KEVIN HART is aggressively helping authorities nab the people who tried extorting him. RACHEL BILSON & HAYDEN CHRISTENSEN have split after nearly ten years together. EVA MENDES talks work and family. mother!: The year's most divisive film? MATTHEW VAUGHN talks to Uproxx about Kingsman, Prince Superman, X-Men, John Denver, and more. TERMINATOR 6: Linda Hamilton and Arnold Schwarzenegger are both returning. MAN & CAT... vs RAT. AN AUSSIE SNAKECATCHER captured a deadly eastern brown snake in an underwear drawer. THE SQUIRREL THREAT: Three militant rodents were captured in New Orleans. FLAMING WAR PIGS were deployed against elephants in ancient Rome.
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