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Shindig, Beirut, Of Monsters and Men, Cutout Bin, Penguin Chick   Printer-friendly page   Send this story to someone
Friday, December 16, 2011 - 08:00 AM
Posted by: Karl

Karl

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:

...with SHINDIG CHRISTMAS '64! Part One includes The Beach Boys' "Dance, Dance, Dance," Bobby Sherman and Donna Loren singing "Keep on Searching," the Righteous Brothers doing "The Jerk" and an awesome milk commercial. Part Two includes Marvin Gaye with "How Sweet It Is To Be Loved By You" and Adam Faith with "Watch Your Step," plus Bobby Sherman singing "Sleigh Ride" and Adam Faith returning with "Santa Claus Is Back In Town."  In Part Three, Donna Loren returns with a Spector-esque, but rougher "Santa Claus is Coming to Town," and The Beach Boys deliver a set including "Little Saint Nick," "Monster Mash" (yes, really) "Papa Oom Mow Mow," and "Johnny B. Goode." Part Four brings Marvin Gaye with "Hitch Hike" and concludes with The Beach Boys on "We Three Kings."

BEIRUT played DC's 9:30 Club and you can stream the whole gig on demand.

OF MONSTERS AND MEN stopped by KEXP for a live performance.

DIEGO GARCIA (Elefant) visited The Current for a chat and mini-set.

NPR MUSIC streams their 100 Favorite Songs Of 2011.

SLEIGH BELLS drops "Born to Lose" in advance of their Reign of Terror.

CRAIG FINN: Go behind the scenes of his upcoming solo LP.

WILCO: Jeff Tweedy does the weather report. Really.

THE BEATLES: Randy Bachman solves the mystery to the opening chord of "A Hard Day's Night."

THE DARKNESS wuz robbed when "Christmas Time (Don't Let The Bells End)" only made it to No.2 in the UK for 2003.  Frontman Justin Hawkins was reportedly very bitter about the defeat.

SEASON OF THE LIST: Top Albums from Chromewaves, Stereogum, PopMatters, NPR MusicGorilla vs. Bear, PrefixMetacritic, Drowned in SoundSpinner, A.V. Club, Filter, Sasha Frere-Jones, the DJs at KCRW, Magnet, Rolling Stone, and SPIN.

ST. VINCENT: Annie Clark talks to NOW about stockpiling riffs. (Thx, LHB.)

WILD BEASTS: Tom Fleming and Chris Talbot talk to Drowned in Sound about touring, America, and more...

SYL JOHNSON: The soul legend is not happy with two Grammy nominations.

CUTOUT BIN: From Elmer Bernstein to Eddie & the Hot Rods, from the Replacements to Rick Springfield, from the Supremes to the Sundays, plus XTC, M Ward, Rush and more -- this Friday's fortuitous finds are streaming from the Pate page at the ol' HM.

NOW SHOWING: This weekend's wide releases include Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked, which is currently scoring 13 percent on the ol' Tomatometer; and Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, which is currently scoring 63 percent.  Young Adult expands wide scoring 81 percent.  Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol opens on about 400 screens at 93 percent.

KIM KARDASHIAN and...Kanye West? ALSO: Barbara Walters is tough on the family.

HOWARD STERN has signed on with America's Got Talent.

COURTNEY LOVE is being evicted from her West Village townhouse after she set it on fire and "ruined" its designer décor.

NATALIE PORTMAN is ticked that Marvel fired Thor 2 director Patty Jenkins.

THE TOP EARNING WOMEN IN MUSIC, according to Forbes.

THE GOLDEN GLOBES nominations went to these folks. Congrats!

IRAN: IRGC General Gholam Reza Jalali says Iran will move its uranium enrichment facilities to safer locations underground if necessary. Iran and Saudi Arabia held a rare high-level security meeting in Riyadh.

PAKISTAN: Prime Minister Gilani said President Zardari went to Dubai for medical treatment after receiving death threats.

IRAQ: The United States military officially declared an end to its mission in Iraq on Thursday even as violence continues to plague the country and the Muslim world remains distrustful of American power.

COUNTERTERRORISM: In an interview on Tuesday, US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said that US operations against al Qaeda will decline in Iraq and Afghanistan, and that US operations will now focus on groups in Yemen, Somalia, and North Africa.

A GENTOO PENGUIN CHICK hatched last week at Sea World - a first for the theme park.

WILBUR the WOMBAT gets a bathroom visit from Grammy Award-winning cellist Yo-Yo Ma.

A BABY FUR-SEAL wriggled through the cat-door of a Bay of Plenty house - and made himself at home on the couch.

BOOIE, the (reformed) smoking chimp, has died at a California animal refuge at 44.

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