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Stephen Malkmus, New Releases, Lucinda Williams, Rhino Attack Drill   Printer-friendly page   Send this story to someone
Tuesday, November 04, 2008 - 08:00 AM
Posted by: Karl

Karl

STEPHEN MALKMUS & THE JICKS are joined by Blitzen Trapper for a rendition of the James Gang's "Funk 49" in St. Louis. More Cowbell!

NEW RELEASES: Mavis Staples and Led Zeppelin are among those streaming in full this week via Spinner.  Merge Records is re-issuing albums from Camera ObscuraMagnetic Fields, and Polvo on vinyl.

STEVE ALBINI talks to The List about Shellac and All Tomorrow's Parties.

LUCINDA WILLIAMS has an interview + tracks streaming at NPR from All Things Considered.

THE U2 TOWER, slated to be th tallest building in Dublin, has been put on hold due to the slumping property market.

THE TOP TEN AUTUMN ALBUMS, according to Rawkblog.

THAT PETROL EMOTION plays "Big Decision" and "Swamp" on The Tube, circa 1987. It's your Twofer Tuesday. Whatcha gotta do in this day and age? Gotta agitate and educate and organize.

GARY GLITTER is commercial poison for Hewlett Packard.

THE NERVES will release their first full-length compilation Nov. 25th.

LAURA MARLING picks out a playlist of tracks that inspire her art for Drowned In Sound.

THE DESCENDENTS: Co-founder and original guitarist Frank Navetta died Friday, after a seeming sudden, undisclosed illness.

JOAQUIN PHOENIX maintains that he is quitting acting to pursue music, but friends reportedly fret that he may be off the wagon.

AMY WINEHOUSE has returned to the hospital for ongoing treatment, after a weekend at home.

GUY RITCHIE was threatened by a crazed, knife-wielding Madonna fan who burst onto the set of his new Shelock Holmes movie.

JOHN CLEESE is selling his second home - just weeks after settling a messy divorce.  So don't call him "Two-Sheds."

IRON MAN 2: Was dropping Terrence Howard about more than money?

HEROES: Co-exec producers Jesse Alexander and Jeph Loeb were axed, reportedly for both creative and budgetary reasons.

QUANTUM OF SOLACE: The new James Bond movie shattered UK box office records. FNC's Roger Friedman did not like it, but he wanted the gadgets and comedy that were also missing from Casino Royale. The Communist Party in St. Petersburg says Olga Kurylenko has betrayed her roots. I'm thinking the Ukranian hottie sees it differently.  Meanwhile, a professor finds that the once improbable seeming Bond villains have become close to the real threats face faced by modern security services.

NATALIE DORMER talks to the Daily Mail about Heath Ledger, The Tudors, martial arts, poker and more...

OUR FRIENDS, THE SAUDIS claim they stopped a terror attack against the US in 2003.

SYRIA has mobilized some 3000 troops and heavy equipment near its border with eastern Lebanon, Beirut's As-Safir newspaper reported over the weekend.

IRAQ: The US is actively transferring ownership of Iraq's troubled Diyala Province, using a tough-love approach to force Iraq to take on greater control ahead of whatever security pact may be entered into by the two nations. The Iraqi government plans to cut salaries for the estimated 100K members of the Sons of Iraq, a move certain to aggravate building tensions between the Sunni volunteer force and the Shiite-led government.

RHINO ATTACK DRILL, complete with pantomime rhino: Let's go to the video.

CAT CAMS: Inquisitive owners can find out exactly what their pets are getting up to - by hanging tiny digital cameras from their necks.  Pics at the link.

PYTHON in a TOILET leads Dutch authorities to uncover an illegal exotic animal trading ring set up in a hotel.

CRICKET-FIGHTING: Shanghai police have smashed a professional cricket fighting ring in a raid that snared the city's most notorious handler of the insects, according to state media.

THE BIRDS: An elderly woman has been forced to have her leg amputated after it became infected and then gangrenous when she was pecked by a pet magpie.

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