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Lou Ottens RIP, and Thursday Things. |
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Thursday, March 11, 2021 - 08:00 AM Posted by: Karl
WRECKLESS ERIC: The "Whole Wide World," of course. With Ian Dury on the throne.ALL SONGS CONSIDERED has a SXSW 2021 preview! COURTNEY BARNETT, Live at the Corner Hotel, Jan. 2020. 4AD AT 40: The Breeders, Bradford Cox, Big Thief, Jenny Hval, Bing And Ruth, Future Islands, and more cover songs from the label’s storied history. BLACK SABBATH: The Dio-era "Slapback" has surfaced. LOU OTTENS, who is credited with not only inventing the cassette tape but also helping develop the CD, died at his home in the Netherlands village of Duizel this month. He was 94. TAYLOR SWIFT & PHOEBE BRIDGERS are among those featuted in the annual NYT Magazine Music Issue. PAUL McCARTNEY appears to be teasing something with St. Vincent, Beck, Josh Homme and a number of other artists. THE NUMBER ONES looks at Los Lobos' smash version of "La Bamba," the first all-Spanish single ever to top the Billboard Hot 100. MEGXIT: Meghan Markle made a formal complaint to ITV following Piers Morgan's incendiary comments about the duchess, the U.K.'s broadsheet newspapers have reported. JENNIFER GARNER: The Queen of Nice, on returning to acting. JUSTICE LEAGUE: The winding history of the Snyder Cut. ADELE won't be cutting monthly checks to her ex-husband now that they've finally reached the end of their divorce case ... and they'll be sharing custody of their child. BRITNEY SPEARS can file a motion to terminate her conservatorship "any time," but hasn't in the 13 years it has been in place, according to her dad's counsel. AVATAR is getting a surprise re-release in China. 'Member when James Cameron congratulated Marvel on Endgame becoming the largest grosser ever? He does. A PUP, dreaming with his lamb chop doll. WORKIN' AT the Dog Wash, yeah. CHARLIE THE CHIPMUNK stores up. SEA SLUGS that can sever their heads and regrow entirely brand-new bodies.
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Tony Hendra RIP, and Monday Things. |
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Monday, March 08, 2021 - 08:00 AM Posted by: Karl
THE BANGLES are "Going Down To Liverpool" to do nothing with Mr. Spock.NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to Jimbo Mathus & Andrew Bird, Adult Mom, Arab Strap, and more. BIL'S INDIE BASEMENT has Fake Fruit, Jane Weaver, Maxwell Farrington & Le SuperHomard, and more. RILO KILEY's Jenny Lewis & Blake Sennett reuinited for a charity gig. FOO FIGHTERS covered Andy Gibb’s “Shadow Dancing” for the same gig. RYLEY WALKER shares “Axis Bent.” BRUNO MARS has spoken out about the cultural appropriation claims he has faced during his career. ALICE COOPER disputes GENE SIMMONS on the state of rock. BONNIE TYLER credits her age-defying looks to regular Botox sessions — but lockdown has put them on hold. THE NUMBER ONES looks at U2 's stately, devotional hymn "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For." WEEKEND BOX OFFICE? Raya and the Last Dragon tops the chart with 8.6MM, with little word on how it did on Disney+. Tom & Jerry placed with 6.6MM on a 53 percent drop from its debut. Chaos Walking showed with a 3.8MM debut. MEGXIT: Queen Elizabeth II didn't stay up to watch the "circus" of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's Oprah interview Sunday night. TONY HENDRA, a humorist whose wide-ranging résumé included top editing jobs at National Lampoon and Spy magazines and a zesty role in the mockumentary “This Is Spinal Tap,” died on Thursday in Yonkers, N.Y. He was 79. DANIEL CRAIG & MADS MIKKELSEN revisit Casino Royale. THE WIRE's EP David Simon and producer George Pelecanos are working on an HBO limited series based on We Own This City: A True Story of Crime, Cops and Corruption. WANDAVISION's songwriters reveal their secret melody. A MURMURATION OF STARLINGS, in the shape of a bird. A HUSKY naps through Guard Dog training. A HUGE TURKEY causes chaos after crashing into a California dental office. THE WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS DONKEY lives in Palo Alto?
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Talking Heads, and Friday Things. |
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Friday, March 05, 2021 - 08:00 AM Posted by: Karl
THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE... ...with THE TALKING HEADS! Here's the expanded band -- including axeman Adrian Belew (who certainly influenced Jon Pratt's early work in Pate) -- Live in Rome, circa 1980. Your setlist: "Psycho Killer," "Stay Hungry," "Cities," "I Zimbra," "Drugs," "Take Me To The River," "Crosseyed And Painless," "Life During Wartime," "Houses In Motion," "Born Under Punches," and "The Great Curve." ST VINCENT shares “Pay Your Way in Pain.” ADRIANNE LENKER plays KEXP. OLAFUR ARNALDS plays a Tiny Desk Concert. IGGY POP covers Donovan’s "Sunshine Superman"’ With Dr. Lonnie Smith. BIG RED MACHINE covers Sharon Van Etten's "A Crime." THE BOTTLE ROCKETS are no more. THE HOLD STEADY talk about recording an album instead of songs. SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES: The story of the band who band who saved punk from parody and invented goth. ANGEL OLSEN: No One Sings Quite Like Candi Staton. MEGXIT: Meghan Markle was livid after palace aides sent back designer freebies. ALSO: In Run-Up to Oprah's Interview With Harry and Meghan, Royal Accusations Fly. ALAMO DRAFTHOUSE CINEMA announced that it has voluntarily filed for bankruptcy as the coronavirus pandemic continues to have an effect on its business. JASON SUDEIKIS "is still heartbroken" over his ex Olivia Wilde's relationship with Harry Styles and isn't living with his new girlfriend, Keeley Hazell, in London, despite online speculation. ADELE and ex-husband Simon Konecki finalized their divorce nearly two years after they announced their decision to separate. ANTHONY MACKIE: The Falcon is profiled at Variety. SPACE JAM: A NEW LEGACY is... um, well... MATTHEW MODINE's Teenage Obsessions. PARAMOUNT+: Better late than never, after being first. THE BUSINESS of Hollywood Awards Season. A MAMA ELEPHANT can't wake her sleeping baby and asks the keepers for help. A DOGGO, watching... 101 Dalmatians, I think. THE SMART DOGGO is revealed.
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