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U2, Dean & Britta, Dan Deacon, RAM tribute, Sleepwalking Dog   Printer-friendly page   Send this story to someone
Wednesday, March 04, 2009 - 08:00 AM
Posted by: Karl

Karl

U2 play "Breathe" as part of their weeklong engagement on the Letterman show.

DAN DEACON is advance streaming his Bromst album via NPR.

RAM ON L.A.: Aquarium Drunkard has posted a tribute to the classic McCartney album from Los Angeles bands.  It's a free download, though AD asks for donations to No More landmines, a charity Sir Paul supports.

ALINA SIMONE talks to Gotham Acme and streams free MP3s, including her take on "Oops... I Did It Again." 

COLD WAR KIDS do the four free songs thing for Daytrotter.

DEAN & BRITTA did a Q&A with MAGNET, including talk of Lou Reed, Andy Warhol, Bob Dylan, The Kinks, Dean's memoir and a free MP3 of the lovely "Words You Used To Say."

ST. VINCENT: Annie Clark talks to Pitchfork the role classic Disney cartoons played on her upcoming Actor album, Twilight, playing covers, and the frightening ubiquity of Aerosmith.

THE MOUNTAIN GOATS (and an obsessive fan) get an in-depth profile in New York magazine.

THE FLAMING LIPS' "Do You Realize??" is now the Official Rock Song of the state of Oklahoma. And you can click through for a stream.

AMANDA PALMER finds out whether she will be allowed to devolve from Roadrunner Records, the major-label subsidiary she says has sabotaged her album, Who Killed Amanda Palmer, on June 16th.

WATCHMEN: The National Post provides a neophyte's guide to the cast of characters. The L.A. Times reports that young males may not be embracing the movie as heartily as older die-hard devotees. MTV lists Easter eggs in the movie.

BRITNEY SPEARS is flogging her tour, but ticket sales are flagging.

MADONNA gets slammed by... Jose Canseco(?) for dating 22-year-old Brazilian model Jesus Luz. Is Canseco feeling guilty about opening the MLB box of steroids on behalf of A-Rod?

ANGELINA JOLIE began work Tuesday on Salt, a spy thriller about a rogue CIA operative who tries to clear her name after she is accused of being a Russian sleeper agent - perhaps falsely, perhaps not.  Two hair colors at the link.

JENNIFER ANISTON & JOHN MAYER: The latter admits he visited People's Web site Monday to vote for himself in the site's poll, which asked "Is John Mayer a keeper?" Dude.

SEAN CONNERY has been summoned to a Swiss court over an alleged scam worth £50million.

SHARON OSBOURNE has been sued by the woman she attacked on her VH1 reality show, "Rock of Love: Charm School."

TERMINATOR: SALVATION has a new trailer online.

THE SARAH SILVERMAN PROGRAM will return to Comedy Central, with co-financing from sister net Logo.

GLOBAL WARMING may have hit a speed bump and could go into hiding for decades.

OUR FRIENDS, THE SAUDIS: A religious scholar in the employ of the Kingdom issued a fatwa for the prosecution of a royal prince and a Saudi businessman for owning TV channels that broadcast movies.

IRAN is supplying the Taliban in Afghanistan with surface-to-air missiles capable of destroying a helicopter, according to US intell sources. The US Treasury Department designated 11 companies under Executive Order 13382 as Weapons of Mass Destruction proliferators and froze their assets for their ties to Iran's Bank Melli. The US, Britain, France, Germany, Russia, and China have committed to 'direct diplomacy' with Iran over its nuclear program.

IRAQ: The number of detainees in Coalition custody has dropped below 14,000.

BIZKIT the DOG sleepwalks, much like my Dad's dog, except that Bizkit freaks out when he wakes up.

LIKE JONAH & THE BIG FISH, but with a cellphone.

CAT in a BONG: "Schomaker told deputies 6-month-old Shadow was hyper and he was trying to calm her down."

AN ELEPHANT SHREW was born and resided at the National Zoo in Washington DC for several weeks before staff finally noticed it.

ELEPHANTS: Can innovative contraception ideas solve South Africa's elephant over-population problem?

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